Early this morning, I was woken up by a loud squawk.
Over the past two days, Shadora and I had been busy dealing with the deep diving project report and the shocking information about the Xi Ling Abyss that the Specter Ship had revealed. Shadora and I had been busy sorting out all the old things that we hadn't paid attention to before. I slept very late at night, so I naturally couldn't wake up in the morning. I thought that I finally had nothing to do today, so I could sleep in. But while I was dreaming, I heard an earth-shattering sound coming from the roof. Caw! Caw!
When I got dressed and went to the first floor, I saw my sister scolding the silly bird in the living room. "How many times have I told you? You are a crow, not a duck, not a swan, and definitely not a domestic chicken. I won't scold you when you squawk normally, but why are you squatting on the roof and cawing today? Even if you think you are a chicken, you can't be a rooster! "
Then I knew what the noise I had heard in the morning was.
The little crow lowered her head and didn't make a sound after being scolded by her sister. But when I walked past her, I saw the silly bird secretly pawing the ground with its feet. It turned out that the girl didn't hear a word. She was too preoccupied with her thoughts.
In this day and age, only an idiot could resist her sister's childish aura.
"How did she learn to caw again?" I patted the little crow's head as I walked past her. Before the girl could pounce on me, I pushed her down to the sofa. "She can hatch eggs and caw. Isn't this ability a bit of a crossover?"
The little crow cawed. I didn't know if he agreed or if he didn't understand what I was saying. My sister rubbed her temples and muttered helplessly, "God knows what's going on. This child flew to the roof early in the morning and started cawing. When I called her down and asked her, she confidently said that she was learning how to crow and that she would be responsible for waking up the whole family in the future … Can you control her sometimes? She listens to you and An Weina."
The little crow chuckled happily. This carefree passerine bird of the genus Corvidae did not seem to have any intention of self-reflection. Little Crow was different from other naughty children. Little Bubble Bear was because she really didn't know anything. She was ignorant, so she was fearless. Little Snow Bear was because she knew too much. You couldn't control a naughty child who knew how to travel incognito at the age of five to trick the customs to let her play in other worlds. Little Crow Bear … was because her worldview wasn't on the same line as yours. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for me to force a bird to behave according to human standards. Not to mention, even Big Sis wasn't able to get Little Crow to completely change her bad habit of squatting on a stool to eat and swallowing without chewing. What else could I do? If it was an ordinary person learning to caw, you could say that he was crazy, but the little crow was a bird...
I can only say that she has a wide range of hobbies, even if she's a female. After all, even masculine women have become conventional these days.
"Speaking of which, where did Anveena go?" When I saw the little crow, I thought of her mother. Usually, at this time, An Weina would be floating around preparing breakfast, but I didn't see any trace of the ghost maid.
"I was dragged out for a walk by Icetis as soon as I finished cooking." My sister turned to look outside the window, "It should be about time for her to come back, right?"
I said, "... What's wrong with that female pervert? It's not like she doesn't know Anveena's personality."
"I heard that the office building two streets away is haunted, so Icetis brought Anveena there to greet them." My sister's face was filled with helplessness, "She said that if you get along with the ghost, you should do good deeds and help it. If their personalities don't match, you should do the heavens' work and help it too. If it's just a rumor on the street, some people spread ghost stories, so they tied Anveena up in the office building and made her come out at night to scare people. It was a good deed to stop the spread of rumors. She wanted to make it the truth."
I looked at the ceiling in silence and didn't say anything in the end. Anyway, that female pervert had gone crazy more than once or twice. This time, the little ghost was unlucky enough to be targeted. Actually, I was quite curious about Sister Bing's mental model. How did she manage to say that she would do good deeds and go out to scam people every day? She even used the name of the Holy Light to write the phrase "whoever has the bigger fist will be the Pope" in the Bible...
The little crow saw that no one was paying attention to her for the time being. She took advantage of her sister's momentary daze and disappeared without a trace. Only a splinter that had fallen off her body floated in the air with an eggshell on its head. It looked at my sister in confusion for a few seconds before it started chirping. The latter shook her head helplessly and turned around to continue cleaning the house. I turned to look outside the window. Lord Fox Fairy had finally learned to help with the chores. She was sweeping the courtyard.
Using her tail...
Looking at Lord Fox Immortal sweeping the dust in the courtyard like a flaming wheel, I realized one thing: No matter how many strange creatures gathered in the house, Silly Bird and Silly Fox were definitely the strangest of them all. The abilities of those two mystical girls were getting more and more. I wouldn't be surprised if they turned into two robot dogs on the spot.
At this time, Bryndis's figure finally appeared at the corner of the street not far away. An Weina, who had transformed into the form of a crow, was squatting on Bryndis's shoulder and shrinking her head, as if pretending that she didn't exist. The two of them were finally back, and it seemed that Sister Bing still had some integrity in the end. She didn't really tie An Weina up in the office building to scare people.
The two of them might have encountered something bad outside. The moment Sister Bing entered the door, she shouted angrily, "Unlucky, today is so f * cking unlucky. My dignity as a goddess is being challenged!"
It wasn't the first time I saw Icetis like that, but I still asked casually, "What happened today?"
Anveena turned back into her human form and explained carefully, "On the way back, I met a bag robber..."
Just as I was about to turn towards the restaurant, my gaze froze. Then, I bounced back and looked at Icetis in shock, "... Someone dared to rob you... Then what?"
"Why else would I say it was unlucky?" Icetis shrugged, "That bastard came out to rob and was so poor. He didn't even have anything valuable on him."
I, "..."
Isn't there something wrong with this topic!?
Bindis was still complaining exasperatedly, "He's so weak. He only has a broken phone with him, and it was smashed by the Deity's Punishment. How dare he come out to rob people when he has no money? He doesn't know how to benefit the public …"
I listened on the side for a long time, but I didn't dare to continue. Sis Bing's attitude towards life is really good. I finally understand why the world under this female pervert's name is generally safe: Criminals belong to the disadvantaged group …
At this time, the elder sister began to call the whole family over to the dining table for dinner. A group of noisy problem children + problem adults swarmed to the dining room. Little Crow, who had disappeared earlier, and Bing, who was still pointing at the sky and pointing at the ground, also responded to the elder sister's call and obediently sat down at the dining table. They were more obedient when it came to eating.
I heard the sound of the door opening and the sound of someone running towards the entrance. Then, a young fox demon girl with the smell of dirt on her body ran in. This silly fox usually didn't do much, but when it was time to cook at home, her ears were sharp. She was like a husky that heard that it was time to eat and immediately rushed to the dining table. However, just as she ran to the side, I grabbed her tail and dragged her to the bathroom. "Hurry up and wash up. Your tail is going to die soon! Next time, use a broom to sweep the floor, understand? "
The fox demon girl struggled with all her might. She was just short of crawling on the floor and resuming her husky form, "Let go, let go! This is how I sweep the floor, why do you care? Do you know that the fox deity's tail is super durable … "
However, no matter how much she struggled, I threw her into the bathroom in the end. Her nine fluffy golden tails were rubbed against the wall. If she dared to sit at the dining table, I'm afraid we would have to eat through the haze.
After the sound of flushing water, the fox deity returned to us clean. However, I noticed that she didn't dry her tail and the fur was still wet and stuck together. Just as I was about to ask her what was going on, she ran in front of me and started wagging her tail …
As I wiped my face, I thought: Canines are no less vengeful than felines.
Our family didn't have many rules when we ate. Basically, we ate whatever was most lively. Plus, there was a bunch of Three-Inch Nails (Little Crow and Wild Jingle who still came to play) running around the dining table, so the atmosphere couldn't be serious. Thus, we ate and chatted in a lively atmosphere. However, the topic couldn't help but return to the ghost ship from two days ago.
Even when we were relaxing, we couldn't help but talk about work. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry about it.
The respectable starship captain had been properly buried. No matter what, he was finally resting in peace on the land of the Empire. The mainframe that had been with him for many years was sent to the maintenance center for a final round of debugging. If everything went as planned, she would probably be installed on a military-turned-civilian spaceship. She was not the mainframe of a battleship, and the Ark of Exile was just a colonial ship with combat capabilities. It would be a good thing for the mainframe to be away from the flames of war.
"Warren Ferd's small farm has been moved to the temple garden." Liliana saw that we were talking about the ghost ship again, so she reported the part that she was responsible for. "The small farm is now part of the temple garden and is being taken care of by the nuns. As long as the goddess's religion exists, it will always flourish. It is also a memorial to the old captain. In addition, I plan to transplant some of the plants from the small garden and hand them over to the mainframe. She probably hopes to continue taking care of Warren Ferd's small garden on the new spaceship. "
I nodded and glanced at Liliana. This girl, who was evil inside and out, wasn't completely a demon. It seemed that even she was shocked by Warren Ferd's eighty years of persistence. What she was doing now was not to promote the church, nor was it to complete a mission. It was because she wanted to do something for a mortal. From this point of view, Liliana actually had a little bit of kindness in her bones.
"I studied some old information that I didn't pay much attention to before." Sandora mentioned the Abyss Schilling incident. "Some of the information was from the old Empire period, and I found signs of the Abyss Schilling activity. Back then, there were strange phenomena such as abnormal activity of the network nodes, sudden instability of the database processing speed, and abnormally slow response of data related to Project X. However, no one knew that there was a 'ghost' individual on the data network, so these abnormal phenomena were eventually attributed to normal network fluctuations or the conceptual interference of Project X. Now that we have more information on hand, I'm afraid these abnormal phenomena are related to the Abyss Schilling. At that time, she had self-awareness and had been trying to warn the people in the real world about the dangers of Project X. Unfortunately, she didn't succeed until the day of the disaster. "
"I don't think she didn't succeed." I thought about how Schilling (the one in the Shadow City) could create her own interactive interface in the real world with her incomplete consciousness, so I had a different idea. "It could also be that after Abyss Schilling tried to warn the people a few times, she realized that everyone was too hot-blooded and probably wouldn't listen to her. So, she directly put everyone aside and started her own plan."
Sandora looked at me in disbelief. "She was that straightforward?"
"Don't forget, I've met her face to face before," I said as I picked up Jingle, who was about to fall into the bowl with my chopsticks. I also picked up a peanut for her to nibble on. "Although we only met once and didn't talk much, I noticed that she is a person with super high self-motivation. You can also say that she is a step further in her self-centeredness. In short, she should be able to quietly make a big plan."
I didn't come to this conclusion out of thin air. After I met Abyss Schilling for the only time that day, I noticed this point. As a collective consciousness of the network, this "ghost" didn't care much about being dragged down by the real world. If there were any external factors that affected her actions, she would simply block them out and start her next action in her own network. This was the reason why she ended the conversation with an indifferent attitude that day. She and Schilling (the Shadow City version) had the biggest similarity, which was that they ignored the interference of the real world.
In that case, the Abyss Schilling who started the quarantine plan and the ark plan (although she hadn't turned into the Abyss back then, I was used to calling her that) must have done the same thing. When she realized that there was a huge communication barrier between her and the Shiring Apostles in the real world, she directly eliminated all these obstacles and started her own grand plan. This was why we couldn't find any records related to the safety quarantine plan and the ark plan in the remaining materials of the Old Empire.
"It would be great if we could deduce the pattern of Abyss Schilling's actions from these clues." Sandora rubbed her eyebrows. It was rare to see her so solemn while eating. "That network ghost's actions are very different from those in the real world. She probably doesn't have any need for things in the real world … During the Old Empire, her goal was to preserve the spark of the Schilling civilization. What is she planning to do now?"
I had already given up on chasing Jingle out of my bowl. I could only watch as she led a bunch of wild Jingle and little crows around my bowl and snatched my food. I put down my chopsticks and focused on my analysis. "Right now, her plan is a grand undertaking. Based on her actions back in the Old Empire, this grand undertaking must be a series of steps. From collecting the Heart of the World, to stealing the technology of the Old Empire, to building the Deep Submersible Ship …"
At this moment, Shallow Shallow couldn't bear listening to me anymore. She jabbed my arm with her chopsticks and said, "Eat, eat! Can we not talk about such serious matters at this time? "
Sandora and I looked around in surprise. Everyone was focused on eating, and only the two of us were still discussing national affairs. After the awkwardness, I suddenly felt that I was a model example of someone who cared about the country and its people. I almost felt proud of myself.
After showing off for a few seconds, I lowered my head and seriously chased the bunch of wild Jingle and crows away from my bowl. They had almost finished everything in my bowl …
Just as I was carefully wiping the faces and hair of the little ones with napkins, an emergency call suddenly cut in. "This is the Deep Submersible Project. We have a major discovery!"
Other than a few naughty kids and a few Protoss tenants who were not connected to the data network, everyone else received the emergency message from the Research Center. Icetis stood up in shock. "Why did I receive it too … Oh, right, I have already boarded the pirate ship."
Sandora and I shouted in unison, "Can you not forget about this every time?!"
I stuffed the leftover food in my bowl into my mouth in a few bites. Then, I watched as Sandora finished the rest of the food on the table in just a few seconds. After that, I left my sister and Anveena at home to look after the group of kids. The rest of us hurried to the Research Center.
Of course, except for Icetis, the rest of the five Protoss cops stayed at home. There was no need for them to come along.
Everything in the Research Center looked normal, except for the Deep Submersible Project, which was much more tense than usual. When we arrived at the Chief Dispatcher's office, I was surprised to see Tawil's real body in the office. It seemed that they had seen something incredible today.
When I saw Tawil, I threw out a series of questions. "What happened? Another accident in the Deep Submersible Port? The control platform exploded again? Did something happen to the Deep Submersible Ship? Did something happen to the ancestors while they were diving with the ship? "
"None of them." Tawil shook his head. "We just conducted a very successful diving experiment. There were no accidents."
I felt a little relieved. I turned to look for a chair to sit down. However, what Tawil said next almost made me fall to the ground.
"A hundred times more serious than the accident!"
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