Four days had passed since Sandora and I personally inspected the new warships. After correcting a few minor details, the new Executioner class warship officially entered the mass production phase. The blueprints sealed in high-level confidentiality agreements were personally sent by Bubble to node mainframes with sufficient authority. These node mainframes were stationed in spaceports that met the production requirements to monitor the entire process of the warships' production. Apart from this, they wouldn't take on any additional tasks until the first batch of warships was completed. Personally planned by the highest mainframe of the Empire, and every single warship was specially built by a production mainframe. Under normal circumstances, only the most important and secretive armaments would receive such treatment. From this, it could be seen how much importance the upper echelons of the Empire placed on these new weapons of mass destruction. The officers of the command had high hopes for these warships, and they unanimously agreed that even if they delayed the production of conventional warships, they would still prioritize the production needs of the Executioner class.
In a situation where the New Empire was weaker than the Fallen Apostles in terms of both the number of conventional troops and industrial foundation, we relied on unconventional technological breakthroughs as well as all kinds of crafty and strange 'tactics' to achieve victory. This has already been proven in many real battles.
However, due to the limited production of origin energy ores, as well as the difficulty of further refining these ores, the key materials for the Executioner class were in short supply. This was also the first time in many years that the Empire's factories faced the problem of 'lack of resources'. After taking into account the energy ores in storage and the rate at which energy ores were produced under natural conditions, and especially after excluding the consumption of energy ores for other projects, the first batch of executioner-class warships only had three hundred ships on the list. Considering that a regular army had seven to eight hundred motherships, the first batch of new warships might not even be able to satisfy the needs of an army. Of course, because the Executioner class was classified as a special-class warship with 'fewer but better quality', a single army didn't need to equip too many of them. However, in large-scale fleet battles, even the most special-class warships, having too few in number was still a huge problem, especially when the disassembly generator was a single-shot weapon. No matter how powerful it was, it would only be able to destroy a single ship. If they wanted to pose a threat to the enemy's giant warships, they would first have to deal with the combined shields and meat shields outside layer by layer. If they didn't have enough, they would easily be held back by the enemy's numbers, pointlessly wasting their combat power. You can imagine, even if you had an invincible needle in your hand, how long would it take for you to poke a mountain giant with it?
Moreover, the production speed of the new warships would be slower than the ones already in service. On one hand, the parts that used energy ores could not be processed using the "information-matter" conversion technology. On the other hand, the mainframes in charge of the production had to constantly adjust their own production procedures in order to find the most optimal construction process. All new equipment had to face this second problem. After all, manufacturing equipment in Tawil's laboratory was not the same as assembling it in the factory. Studying the factory process was the mainframes' job.
But no matter what, the Executioner class was now in production, and the Empire's strength was visibly increasing. Recently, the Fallen Apostle's side had also been very peaceful. Apart from occasionally causing trouble at the border and fighting with the patrolling troops, there hadn't been any big movements. The monitoring of the network rift had also been somewhat effective. After understanding the cause of the rift, it wasn't really that scary. A known danger was always more reassuring than an unknown threat. Icetis's matter had also been resolved, so I let the God Realm and the others busy themselves. Everything seemed to be developing in a good direction. I still liked this kind of rhythm. Although I was still very busy every day, having no unexpected situations was better than anything else.
Currently, the house was quite quiet. Even though the afternoon was supposed to be the busiest time in the house, Shallow Shallow, who caused the most commotion, had already been dragged out by Icetis to go shopping. Lin Xue, who caused the second most commotion, hadn't come to visit. She would occasionally stay at home or busy herself with her own "work," so she didn't come to visit every day. But how should I put it … That young mistress was always loitering in front of my eyes, often coming over during mealtimes to freeload off three meals a day. Sometimes, I even had the misconception that she had already married into my family … No wonder Xiaoxue would occasionally complain about her mother, saying that it was the first time she had seen someone who was so happy to sell her off. She had been bribed to the point that she didn't even want her own home for three meals a day.
This was usually the reason why Xiaoxue didn't have any pocket money for a week in a row.
Occasionally, I would think about it. Back when the young mistress came to our house to freeload off meals, she would loiter around in front of my eyes and cause trouble. I was tormented by her to the point where I wanted to hide as far away as possible. But now, I treated her like family. Even the way she held her chopsticks was deeply engraved in my mind. The two of them would stick together whenever they had the time — indeed, life was unpredictable.
After dealing with the reports on hand that didn't require much attention, I held a cup of hot tea and sat in the courtyard, looking at the large pond in front of me. (You should still remember how this pond came to be, right?) As I slurped on my tea, I waited for Shallow Shallow and Icetis to return home. I couldn't help but smile as I reminisced about the past. Xiaoxue and the fox maiden were lying on the left and right of me in the same position, just like two stone lions guarding the door. The big fox's tail would naughtily sweep across my back from time to time. I couldn't help but add a tail to Xiaoxue in my mind: This lass's lively personality was indeed suitable to add a tail to her character.
"Dad, you look like you're aging prematurely." Xiaoxue rolled her eyes as she twisted her neck 90 degrees.
I rubbed the young lady's head forcefully, coiling her long black hair into a bird's nest. "Your dad is reminiscing about his life experience — — Fox, you're not allowed to eat grass!"
The fox maiden lying on the right glanced at me in disdain, baring her teeth to show the lollipop in her mouth — — Oh, I saw wrongly. Seeing her moving her mouth on the grass, I thought that she had finally completed the final step of degeneration and was eating grass like a dog to aid digestion.
Some people might find it strange to talk about a lawn because it was already winter. There was even a light snowfall a few days ago, so the greenery should have long faded. However, the courtyard was indeed overflowing with greenery. The grass and trees were like spring. The green vines at the corner of the wall had already climbed up to the top of the courtyard wall. However, the temperature in the courtyard was indeed winter — — In any case, our family wasn't afraid of the cold.
Of course, the spring scene in the courtyard was due to Jingle's efforts, but to be honest, I felt that the plants in the courtyard were growing too well. The grass beneath me had already surpassed the level of a 'lawn'. It had only been two days since it was trimmed, but it had already grown to the size of an Inner Mongolian grassland. The large tree in the middle of the courtyard — — which was also Medivh's parents' perch — — was so lush that it looked like it had been sprinkled with Jinkela. The crown of the tree had already extended beyond the circular fountain below.
"Those little things have their own Jinkela aura." As I sighed, I raised my head to look at the large tree in the middle of the courtyard. Occasionally, a green shadow would flash between the lush branches, and the leaves would rustle along with it. After a while, a little girl the size of two palms would pop her head out from the leaves, giggling as she chased and flew around the trunk. The little one in front was getting impatient from being chased, so she turned around and dashed towards the inner ring of the fountain. In the end, it was probably because her wings were stained with water droplets that she couldn't maintain her balance. Halfway through her flight, she flew into the water column and was sprayed high into the air. After she finally escaped with great difficulty, the dripping wet little one and her little friends were laughing together. They didn't seem to be the slightest bit depressed about their earlier failure.
If you looked closely enough, you could find many other little figures in the courtyard. If the lush grass was shaking abnormally, it meant that there was a three-inch girl collecting grass juice. If the vines in the corner of the wall suddenly wriggled around as if they were alive, it meant that there was a little one telling jokes next to its roots. I even saw little ones as dirty as charcoal falling out of the drainage pipe in the corner of the wall and happily flying back to the roof. They were definitely using the drainage pipe as a slide. These little ones were like fairies living in a garden, happily playing among the lush plants, immersed in their own little game. Occasionally, you could also see little figures with a different 'hue' than them drilling in the grass. Those were little crows collecting grass seeds for dinner.
Looking at this scene, I couldn't help but think of Disney …
"The large amount of activity of the Goddess of Life has caused the growth of the plants here to go out of control," Xiaoxue casually plucked a blade of grass and watched as it extended its roots in the air at a speed visible to the naked eye, "I should ask Jingle to set a growth limit for the plants here. Who knows how many batches of her little friends are going to come over."
Thinking of the muddle-headed Jingle, I couldn't help but have a headache. It had been a long time since the first batch of her sisters came to our house as guests, but we could still see these little ones scurrying around our house and the City of Shadows. Actually, these little ones had already changed quite a few batches. The first thousand three-inch girls who came to our house had already returned to the Realm of Gods. These were all new arrivals in the past two days. When Jingle sent out the invitation letter to the entire Realm of Gods, she forgot to write down the starting and ending dates …
Thus, there were groups of little ones returning to the Realm of Gods every day. Every day, there would be new guests happily coming to play with Jingle. An invitation letter without a specific date and name list would probably cause all the three-inch girls in the Realm of Gods to come to our house for a celebration. This wasn't the most troublesome part. The most troublesome part was that these little ones were all muddle-headed. They didn't even know who was with them. Sometimes, they wouldn't even greet them when they returned. Some even forgot to go back. Furthermore, no one was able to grasp the movements of these little beans that were flying around randomly. Usually, I would bump into a tiny dot in the City of Shadows. Only then would I realize, 'Oh, so there's one here.' Jingle was even more muddle-headed. She would greet everyone she saw, but she never asked when they came. She might not even know their name — the Goddess of Life was naturally friendly. Even if someone she didn't know invited her, as long as the other party was also a 'sister', they would gladly accept the invitation.
Let me put it this way. These little ones who came and went without a trace, except when they came to visit, they would politely greet them. Then, there was no way to grasp their movements. They had almost become a major attraction in the capital!
The only thing that made people less worried was that the Goddess of Life was different from ordinary guests. These little ones didn't seem to need anyone to entertain them at all. They didn't care about their resting environment at all, and they didn't need anyone to serve them food (of course, if someone did, they would happily accept it). Most of the little ones lived their own lives in the City of Shadows or Avalon. Their lives. They spent the night among the flowers, and in the morning they collected dew for breakfast. Small animals in the natural world would enthusiastically collect honey and wild fruits as tribute to these goddesses. They also occasionally flew to the houses of the nearby inhabitants to ask for food. They lived a life which, in my opinion, could only be described as "transcendent." And this was also the way of life of the Goddess of Life in the Realm of Gods. They had a magnificent temple, but they usually only lived in a flower bud in the temple's garden. Usually, when the servants had something to report, they would have to stick their butts out and look for their Goddess in the garden for a long time …
It was just that every day when we ate at home, there would be about a dozen little ones coming to our house for food, and we would see new faces at every meal. This number didn't fluctuate too much. I don't know if they had discussed it, but they would take turns to greet the local host.
But although these little ones, who were already out of control, occasionally gave people a headache, the family didn't feel that they were trouble at all. The little ones were very polite, and other than scaring people from all kinds of strange places from time to time, they didn't cause any damage. I just assumed that Medivh had hatched a bunch of little crows.
Or to be more optimistic, I just assumed that the Shadow City and Avalon had recently migrated a flock of new species of migratory birds …
At this moment, Fox, who was lying next to me, suddenly twitched her ears. She propped up her upper body and looked in the direction of the courtyard's gate. Behind her, a bunch of tails were wagging unconsciously. Just as I was about to ask her what was wrong, I heard the voices of Shallow Shallow and Icetis coming from outside the courtyard's walls. The fox girl jumped up like a big golden ball of fur, and ran happily to open the gate of the courtyard to welcome Shallow Shallow and the others. I stared blankly at her from behind, and couldn't help but mutter, "You still say you aren't a canine."
"Anyway, Sister Fox has always been like this since I was young," Xiaoxue yawned lazily. "She would lie at the door and wait for her family to come home. Based on the amplitude of her tail wagging, I could guess who would be the first to open the door. If Mommy Shallow Shallow was the first to open the door, she would be able to create a small tornado with her tail. Yeah, seems like she hasn't reached that level yet. "
I was very interested, and asked curiously, "What if I go home?"
"Scratch the door," Xiaoxue replied concisely.
"… …" Fuck, just what will this stupid fox experience in the future!
Bryndis and Qian Qian came back with a lot of shopping bags. At first glance, it was obvious that some supermarket had a discount promotion. The two of them went to fight. Although they had a portable space, they still liked to come back with shopping bags in their hands, as if this was the only way to give them a sense of accomplishment. Shallow Shallow didn't wait to enter the courtyard, and she shouted loudly, "Sister Qian! Sister Qian! I bought a lot of vermicelli and chives. I'm going to make some vegetarian buns for Ah Jun tonight. He said he wanted to eat it yesterday … "
I was touched when I heard that. In this era where people were impatient and their girlfriends could scare men to death just by going on Taobao, there was actually a girl who could forget her identity as the country's matriarch, and just because she bought discounted vermicelli for her boyfriend, she cheered like this. With such a wife, what more could a husband ask for?
Although I said I wanted to eat dumplings yesterday …
At this time, Icetis saw that I was sipping hot tea next to the fountain. She passed the things in her hands to Shallow Shallow and quickly walked over. When she was halfway there, I noticed that there was something wrong with this female pervert's gaze. Although she was just joking with Shallow Shallow, when she walked over, the atmosphere around her became abnormally serious.
"What's wrong? Did something happen? "I frowned and waited for Icetis to come closer before I asked in a low voice.
Xiaoxue, who was beside him, had already disappeared without him noticing.
"I … Something might have happened." It was the first time that Bryndis spoke to me in such an uncertain and even fearful tone. It seemed that she had been holding it in for a while. Luckily, Qian Qian, that careless and silly girl, was kept in the dark by Bryndis. Just now, I saw the two of them talking and laughing as they walked in. "It might be a side effect of having a symbiotic soul."
I suddenly felt the blood rush to my head. Didn't you say that it was over?
"Could it be that you are going to come back and be stuck for a few days?" I looked at Sister Bing in shock. I thought to myself that if she were to nod, the first thing I would do would be to inform Father God to quickly arrange a mission for Father Bing and Mother Bing so that they could stay away from the God Realm.
"No," Icetis clenched her fist and suddenly looked at me solemnly, "Do you remember what Father God said back then? If you are stuck with a Void Creature for too long, it will lead to the assimilation of the other party's soul?"
I suddenly had a bad premonition.
"The consequences of assimilation might be more serious than expected," Icetis said in a low voice, "When I was shopping just now, I suddenly lost connection with the Pantheon in the Star Domain for a moment. Although it was a very short period of time, the connection was definitely broken. After the connection was restored, I contacted Xiao Lu from the Pantheon's registration office. They replied that the system detected that my Divine Persona didn't match with the Star Domain Gods. The system automatically blocked me as an unregistered citizen! "
I didn't notice that the big teacup in my hand was empty. I sucked in a mouthful of cold northwest wind, "Your Divine Persona was canceled?!"
Look at how nervous I was right now — I didn't even have the time to complain about who "Xiao Lu" was!
"It was just a block that lasted for less than a second. It has been restored now. However, the Pantheon said that as long as they don't find out the reason, the real cancellation of my Divine Persona will happen sooner or later. I felt that this matter might have something to do with the assimilation of the soul. I waited until I got home to discuss it with you. What do you think … "
Discuss? How could I discuss it? This was obviously a disaster caused by the assimilation of the soul. I didn't say anything else as I put away the teacup and brought Icetis into the house. As I walked, I called out to Sandora.
"Sandora! Something big has happened! "
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