"We have safely crossed the critical point. We have entered the energy storm zone. The security level of the ship has been restored to normal."
Following the steady voice of the ship's mainframe, we left the Gate of the Abyss, which the old Empire had once used as a deep-diving port, and embarked on the road to meet up with the main fleet. Because there weren't many things that needed his attention, everyone just stayed in the laboratory. When we crossed the critical point, the work in the lab stopped for a while. Now, it resumed. The technicians were busy establishing a dialogue with the ancient autonomous robot, and we were busy watching them establish a dialogue.
This tens of thousands of years old autonomous robot with incredible experiences was now the focus of everyone's attention. I even felt that its story could be written into the textbooks of the Imperial Army War College. Even though it was just a cheap device that didn't even have a sense of 'self', it had done the same things as the best soldiers. If it weren't for this autonomous robot's lonely efforts over the past tens of thousands of years, the last fragment of the universe would have long disappeared into the void, and our harvest today would have been even more insignificant.
"I'm in awe. A robot is so loyal," Icetis muttered. 'Loyal' was probably the highest praise she could give.
"Ah Jun, what should we do with it in the future?" Qian Qian stomped her foot and swung back and forth. She did not look like she could stay still for even a second. She looked at the autonomous robot that was being inspected by the system. She seemed to be very concerned. "How should it be counted? Veteran? Retired soldier with meritorious military service? Citizen? Or something else? I feel that it should be rewarded for doing such a great thing. "
"What should we do with it …" I thought for a while. My eyes suddenly fell on the MDT, and I smiled. "Well, it seems that it has made its own choice. Look at that."
The MDT showed the ancient autonomous robot's words after it established a connection with it. "System self-check complete. Reset complete. Confirmed receiving personnel in place. Uploading work status … Work status uploaded. Everything is normal. Requesting to return to work. "
"For such an autonomous robot, continuing to work is probably the best reward." I smiled. "When we get back, pass it to Gaia. Gaia has a bunch of autonomous robots by her side. She is almost the mother of all autonomous robots. I believe that Gaia knows how to take care of his' children '."
"Yes, your will." The person in charge of the laboratory immediately responded with a solemn salute.
All in all, we had gained a lot from this trip. Information on the Old Empire's Deep Diving Project had always been what we needed the most. Be it the technical information on the Deep Diving Project or the details of the Deep Diving Project, they should be enough to excite Tawil for a few days. Especially this time, we had also discovered EN-166. The existence of EN-166 meant that one of the biggest mysteries at present — the origin of the Fourth Civilization and their relationship with the Old Empire — had made great progress. The "bridge-building" operation had finally proved that the Old Empire and the civilization on the other side were synchronized, and the entire Deep Diving Project might even revolve around the "bridge-building" operation. The Old Empire and the civilization on the other side had tried many times to communicate, and they had definitely found a way to exchange information with each other. Although the efficiency of this communication might be terrible, it was obvious that the two sides had exchanged some information with each other. The civilization on the other side had also sent a stone to the Old Empire. Although it looked like an ordinary space mineral, EN-166 might have a deeper meaning. We had collected a lot of weathered dust from the workstation, and some of it had been sent to the material analysis laboratory for preliminary analysis. We had indeed found some missing physical properties, or components that were "incompatible" with the world of Order. Basically, it was certain that the fragments of EN-166 were mixed in it. So, I felt that one of our biggest gains from this trip was the few hundred pounds of sand. Although it made Xiaoxue's face turn black for a long time, and she kept saying "I hate daddy the most" until she got home.
The other harvest was the original suppression towers from the old empires. This would doubtlessly allow our deep submergence technology to advance by leaps and bounds. Apart from the Deep Submergence Ship prototype, the New Empire had obtained another batch of prototype equipment. Even if they weren't as valuable as the original Deep Submergence Ship, they were still quite a pleasant surprise. I reckon that if the Fallen Apostles knew about this, they would be more than happy to snatch this thing from us at the cost of a fleet.
The small fleet consisting of three research ships and some auxiliary ships left the world wreckage without a hitch. Soon, everyone returned to the bridge of the Admiral of the Empire. It seemed that everything was normal outside, and the Fallen Apostles did not come out to cause trouble. The operation this time was a little unexpected.
I'm used to those bastards coming out to stab me every now and then …
I shook my head and temporarily put aside the matter of the Fallen Apostles. Then, I swept my gaze around and a figure that everyone had almost forgotten appeared in front of me.
In front of the communicator on the bridge's officer platform stood a young man with a face full of excitement. He was wearing a gorgeous and eye-catching armor and had an evil face that could make him the richest man in the world with a swipe of a card. He was talking non-stop into the communicator in front of him, and it seemed that he was in high spirits. However, not a single sound could be heard. I suddenly remembered that I seemed to have used a soundproof field to isolate him from the communicator.
"That … He's still talking …" Shallow Shallow grabbed my arm and carefully rubbed her back as she spoke softly. It was as though she was afraid that she would attract the attention of the humanoid rap machine in front of her.
I gaped at the scene not far away. I extended my hand and poked my father, who was next to me. "Hey, Xingchen, we've been out for almost a day … Have you tried to see how long that fellow can talk for?"
Father's mouth twitched. "If it were you, would you dare to try? Can you find someone who would dare to try? "
"… That's true. Don't say anything else. Hurry up and stop him."
Father shrugged and stepped forward to remove the soundproof field. Immediately, the voice of the highest Dragon God could be heard. "… That was the most delicious thing I've ever eaten. The mortals in that world used a plant called Ike grass to extract juice, fermented it, and used it as cooking wine to stew meat. The rest of the seasoning was only salt, and they could actually make such delicious food. Speaking of salt, it is said that in some places, salt can be used as currency. You can directly use salt to buy things. Oh right, let me tell you about the development of a few common currencies. When it comes to the development of currencies, we have to talk about history. I remember that there was a great historian among my believers. He was especially good at stewing meat … Do you know that there are 496 ways to stew meat? One of them requires an iron container to make it … Oh, Father, you're back? That's great. I'm just getting to the exciting part. Come, let me tell you from the beginning. Let's start from the expedition sixty-three million years ago … Eh, wait! No … Boss, what are you doing … Wait, let go of me! What did I do wrong! Why … Wuuu … "
Father casually stuffed the highest Dragon God into a cage of light that was overflowing with light. He even carefully set up several soundproof barriers. Then, he handed the cage to the Follower God beside him. "Take it back. Cast a layer of star gold stone on the outside and bury it at the bottom of Lake Ainia."
The Follower God froze, a conflicted expression on his face. It seemed that he felt that this treatment was a little too cruel. He did not believe that the highest Dragon God would be buried at the bottom of the lake. So, after some hesitation, he confirmed with Father. "Master, if it's buried so shallow, wouldn't it escape in advance?"
"…" I was speechless. This is the power of hitting someone when they're down! Hitting someone when they're down in the past was too weak. The real hitting someone when they're down was to push them down and pour them in buckets of aqua regia?
"You don't know how to dig too deep. Just don't dig through the continent." Father waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to report such a simple matter. Then, he awkwardly shrugged at me. "Sorry for making a fool of myself. I shouldn't have brought this fellow out before we set off. Back then, it was the Brilliant God Court who strongly requested for me to bring him out …"
I instantly felt the same way. I couldn't help but turn to look at the fleet dispatch panel. There was a majestic, square-shaped face glowing brightly. I felt a little sad. "I understand. We also have someone here who was strongly requested to be brought out by our colleagues."
"Heh … Hehe." Father laughed dryly. "I'm much more balanced now …"
"Hey, Second Lunatic, are you alive?" I came to the communication panel. The device was still lit up, but it didn't display the avatar of a commander. Instead, it displayed a silver-white ball: Warsong. As a battleship's AI, the avatar of Host Two Hundred and Five was obviously an egg.
"Yes, and then?" A dry voice came from the other side of the communicator.
I asked, "? What did you say? "
"Yes, and then?" Two Hundred's voice rang out again, just like a repeater.
"… Automatic reply?"
"Yes, and then?"
Everyone was speechless.
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. I waved my hand and Visca immediately understood and hopped over. The cat-eyed loli kicked the communicator forcefully and shouted, "Hey! Adjutant! "
"Yes, and then … Ah!? General's voice! General, you're back!? " Following this surprised voice, the silver-white battleship avatar on the communicator immediately lit up, as though a corpse had come back to life. "That idiot left?"
"I thought it was an automatic reply." I was instantly amused. "In the end, he was brainwashed into a conditioned reflex?"
The other side of the communicator became eerily silent. This time, Second Lunatic actually didn't burst out a bunch of vulgarities. Instead, after a moment of silence, she said slowly, "Tell me, where did I go wrong? I'll change, alright? "
"…" This time, I was truly speechless. This powerful and domineering woman, whose every sentence contained enough grains of sand to make the labor camp in Changping sift through it for half a year, who was known as the crazy bitch with "aqua regia", actually … actually softened?
"From the start of the first sentence, he didn't even take a breath. Do you believe it?" The Mad AI only said one sentence faintly, but it was enough to block all the words I wanted to say. In an instant, I felt as if I had been enlightened. It seemed that I had underestimated the combat strength of that blabbermouth Dragon God. How could a powerful character that could make a kind-hearted person like Father God decide to cast iron into a lake to seal his corpse? How could a stupid Mad AI who didn't even know how to count be able to deal with him? Listening to the Mad AI's weak voice, I knew that she was probably heavily injured this time.
I patted the control panel of the communicator emotionally, as though this would be able to provide some comfort to the battleship with a radius of more than 7000 kilometers. "So, do you want to say anything now?"
"… Silence is golden."
"… Take good care of Second Lunatic. Don't let her take things too hard and slap someone else's face." I patted Visca's head and left her in front of the communicator. "I'm going to chat with Father God."
"You don't look too good." Father God watched me walk over and asked curiously, "Did Qian Yuhao quarrel with that guy?"
"No, I'm just lamenting. It's nothing to describe a mental patient as having a mental illness, but to describe a mental patient as having a nervous breakdown, that's the real deal!"
Father God: "?"
"Let's not talk about this. The matter here has been settled, but we still have to wait a while before we leave." I sat down on the chair beside me and took out Jingle to let the little fellow move around. She only ate and slept all day and had almost degenerated into a perennial plant. "We've dismantled almost a third of the suppression tower and brought along the last engineering robot. The suppression system of the Gate of the Chaos Abyss has already lost control. It probably won't be long before it collapses, and this world fragment's lifespan will come to an end. Before we leave, I intend to give it to the Fallen Apostle as a small gift. Ever since the Star Ring fragment, those bastards have been throwing things at me every few days. Now that we're near their border, I intend to throw this world fragment into their territory."
"Aren't they from the Chaos Abyss? You're going to use the Gate of the Chaos Abyss to deal with them? "
It seemed that Father God didn't have a deep understanding of the Fallen Apostles. He probably thought that the Fallen Apostles' ability to use the power of the Chaos Abyss was the same as those "things" in the Gate of the Chaos Abyss.
"I didn't think of it at first, but the Fallen Apostles are actually affected by the power of the Chaos Abyss." I turned to look at Visca, who was gesturing in front of the communication device to communicate with his crazy AI. "You know, I have some subordinates who were originally from the Fallen Apostles' camp. They brought me a lot of incredible information. The Fallen Apostles possess the characteristics of the Chaos Abyss, and their weapons have similar corrosive properties. However, the power of the Chaos Abyss on them seems to be neutralized. It's infectious and highly destructive, but at the same time, it's also rational. Such Fallen Apostles will also be injured when they face the pure power of the Chaos Abyss. Of course, their resistance to the power of the Chaos Abyss is definitely stronger than normal creatures. As for the specific extent, we haven't figured it out yet. If we were to throw a Gate of the Chaos Abyss into their territory, it would probably cause them quite a bit of trouble. "
Father God lowered his head, thinking about something. After a while, he broke the silence. "If that's the case, the Fallen Apostle's territory should have already formed an unprecedented 'unique environment'."
"Hmm?" I looked at Father God in confusion. He seemed to be implying something.
"Perhaps it's because the person involved is unable to see the situation clearly. To you, the Fallen Apostles are just a new faction that was formed after your own compatriots rebelled. However, in my eyes, they are a completely new type of higher life form that would never have been produced through natural conditions and normal methods of creation," Father God said slowly. "Yes, I see the Fallen Apostles as a new species, and this new species possesses a racial characteristic that is unimaginable in a world of order: Affinity with the Chaos Abyss. They possess both rational and anti-order characteristics. And such a new species will definitely have a lot of trouble surviving in a normal world of order. "
"Oh, that's indeed the case." I immediately nodded. "Other than a small number of Cleaners who are slightly infected or have been specially purified by me, most of the Abyssified fleets have to be stationed in specialized places. They have a strange characteristic, and that is, the greater their numbers and the denser their individuals are, the more chaotic the area they are in will become. However, it's not the kind of extreme chaos and destruction like the Chaos Abyss. Instead, it's like … all kinds of bizarre phenomena emerge one after another. However, this doesn't seem to have any effect on the Fallen Apostles themselves. "
"That's right. If they gather together in large numbers for a long period of time, they will need a special environment." Father God nodded. "Or they can create a special environment themselves. Even though the Abyssified fleets under your command are no longer infected, it doesn't mean that they don't have 'radiation'. From this, it can be imagined that the territory of the Fallen Apostles should also be a special area that we have yet to see. And the deeper into their territory, the more serious the mutation will be, until … the world they are in is completely distorted to the point that it is incompatible with the world of order. "
I thought for a moment, then turned my head and called out to a certain extra-large brat who was whispering into Shallow Shallow's ear. "Xiaoxue, come over here."
Xiaoxue rolled her eyes at me from afar. "What?"
This child was still angry that I had sent her to dig in the sand.
"If I ask you to come over, then come over. What's with all this nonsense? Don't you want your pocket money next week?"
As soon as I said that, the effect was obvious. Xiaoxue immediately scurried over like a puppy that had seen a bone. "Dad, tell me, do you want my mother's nude photos or mine?"
I: "…"
Father God: "… Who will raise this child in the future?"
I: "At least that includes the one you just ordered to sink into the lake."
"I'm not going to play with you anymore. Let me ask you something serious. You stayed in the territory of the Fallen Apostles for a while, and you even went deep into their hinterland. The world in the depths of the Fallen Apostles' territory is different from the world outside, right? What is that place like? "
Our understanding of the Fallen Apostles' territory was limited. At most, we had come into contact with their border worlds. Xiaoxue was the only one who had stayed in the hinterland of the Abyss Empire. This brat had great achievements. So, I felt that she should know something.
Thus, Xiaoxue told us about her great operation from back then. This time, she focused on the environment of the world in the Fallen Apostles' territory. In the end, it completely confirmed Father God's guess.
"I originally thought that the Fallen Apostles lived in a pure Abyss environment. But now, everything is clear," Father God said slowly. "They can't come into contact with the pure Abyss, and they can't move about normally in the world of Order. Thus, the hinterland of their territory is in a state between the world of Order and the Abyss."
"So what?" I asked, puzzled. Father God's conclusion wasn't hard to speculate. I had thought about this before, such as the world in the Fallen Apostles' territory changing. However, Father God brought this up again. Could it be that there was some mystery behind this?
Father God looked into my eyes and reminded me, "Do you remember that the Fallen Apostles had a 'great cause'?"
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