This time, I intended to stay in the God Realm for two to three days. After all, it had been a long time since I last came here. If I were to come here just to discuss some serious matters, it would seem too heartless. Besides, it was rare for Jingle to make a trip back home, and she seemed especially excited. She wanted to spend some time with her "Goddess". As her mobile sea-view house, I could only accompany her.
However, this time, I didn't dare to stay at Icetis's house no matter what. The combination of Father and Mother Bing's swords was just too powerful. I had stayed at her house for a few days previously, and I had already witnessed how powerful an old couple whose daughter couldn't be married off could be. Back then, it was fortunate that I had a firm will and I only stayed for a short period of time. Otherwise, if anything had gone wrong, I wouldn't have been able to explain myself to Sandora. This time, no matter what, I had to choose a safer place to spend the night — there were plenty of empty rooms in the Father God's Temple.
Of course, Icetis herself still had to return home. Although she was known as the number one sister of the God Realm, she was still a good daughter who was filial to her parents. Every time she returned to the God Realm, she would do her best to accompany her parents. According to my analysis, there was only one reason why Icetis was so obedient to her father despite her rebellious personality: She couldn't defeat her father.
As I mentioned before, I came to the God Realm for three main matters. The first was to understand the situation of the Fallen Apostle's invasion of the Star Domain, as well as discuss a plan to cooperate with Father God. The second was to understand the Protoss's deep diving activities and exchange information regarding the research progress of the discontinuum zone. The third was to inquire about the ancient God Equipment. Even though there were many matters that had distracted Sandora and me, the coordinates of our homeworld was still one of the matters that we couldn't forget. The ball that we brought back from the Redmoon-Hazenwood world had already been sent to the God Realm for some time. There should be some progress on Father God's side.
After the Celestial Realm Advanced Scholars and military experts left and Icetis was dragged away by her father, there were not many people left in the living room. The highest Dragon God was forcefully dragged out by Sauvaire to prevent the Father God from drowning him in the lake if he spoke again. The Dark Goddess continued to accompany the Father God in silence, appearing quiet and elegant. Liliana and the puppets were in a corner of the room, playing with the little ornaments collected by the Father God in peace for the time being. Jingle and the highest Life Goddess held a 0.1 square meter banquet next to the fruit platter on the table. The two little things drank a small bottle of cough syrup in place of wine and six popcorn as dishes. It was very lively as they toasted each other.
The atmosphere was just like my house.
At this moment, I brought up the matter regarding the big ball. "Xingchen, speaking of which, have you deciphered the big ball that Icetis sent to the God Realm a few days ago?"
"Oh, that ancient recorder." The Father carefully took a small berry from behind Jia Jia's body. This action even caused the Goddess of Life, who was the most protective of food, to backhandedly stick a toothpick into her hand. He blew on his fingers while taking out a scroll from his arms. "Look at it yourself. This scroll has been translated and processed. This is the current progress. The coordinates that you are looking for have not been deciphered yet. The coding rules back then have already been lost and I don't remember such a long time ago. However, other than the coordinates, we have also discovered quite a few interesting things. "
I took the scroll curiously. I rarely used the things that the Protoss made. However, I was familiar with this kind of scroll and a type of crystal that they commonly used. Icetis and Monina loved to play with this thing all day long. Sometimes, when they came across something fun, they would drag me along to take a look. After some time, I knew how to use this thing. In fact, it was a bit similar to the MDT made by the Empire. However, the control method and specific functions were not quite the same. This thing was divided into two types. One was a pale white crystal the size of a palm. It was a device that could be used for a long period of time. It had powerful functions and supported remote acceptance of prayers as well as remote control of the parameters of the universe. Some of the advanced models even supported one-button Doomsday and one-button Genesis. It was almost equivalent to a palm-sized world management terminal. Icetis had such a crystal board and it was an operating program that she had written herself. The other type was the scroll in front of me. It had slightly fewer functions but was easy to operate. It had a huge capacity and was usually only used to record data. However, it could also be used for reading and writing. At the same time, it supported basic linkage with the world management terminal. You could think of it as a cheap portable hard disk with input and output ports, and it was the kind with a built-in virtual machine.
Of course, these were all digressions. The introduction here was just to make it look more high-end.
I unfolded the scroll and established a compatible thinking control chain with this oddly shaped data processing device. A control interface immediately appeared a few centimeters above the scroll. This control interface was actually "not fixed". It would appear in different forms according to the observer's understanding to ensure that no matter who it was, this was the so-called "mutual translation". At the same time, it would also fine-tune its presentation according to the observer's personal preferences and focus to ensure that each observer saw the most suitable picture for themselves. Thus, when you held a data processing device from the Divine Realm, you would never know what the interface looked like in another person's eyes. This thing guaranteed that each observer could only see a unique picture that belonged to them. This was really a … pain in the ass function.
I rummaged through a bunch of messy things under the root directory. As I rummaged through, I couldn't help but mutter, "My dear Xingchen, do you even organize your files normally? Gatti's homework, Gatti's homework (new), Gatti's homework (updated), Gatti's homework (updated), Gatti's homework (updated), Leek Box's method, Leek Box's method (real), Cyndia's reflection (yesterday), New version of the Genesis rule book (to be used tomorrow) … Can you at least write a more normal date? "
God Father's forehead was sweating just by looking at it. "Actually, Sora is usually the one who records all the important things. I'm usually a little sloppy …"
At that moment, I finally found the report that God Father mentioned. Its title was very confusing: Working Document (new), (extra new), (recent) (newer than the previous documents). But there was no date written on it …
"That scout discovered a total of twenty-six original worlds. My hometown was only one of them." I slowly looked at the most eye-catching part of the report. "It mentioned that she discovered something strange in one of the worlds. She suspected that it was a shuttle created by a high-level cross-world civilization?"
"Yes, this is the biggest discovery." God Father nodded. "Back then, the report we saw in the library tower did not mention this. It seems that the child searched the area he was in again after his contact with the outside world was cut off, and then he found something suspected to be a relic of a higher civilization."
I was instantly attracted by this new information. I no longer had the time to complain about God Father's habit of organizing files. I lowered my head and began to read the long report word by word.
This report was deciphered by the Protoss's archaeologists based on the ancient information code on the artifact. They deciphered it according to the ancient message code on the artifact. It was made up of two parts. One part was the fragmented original text of the artifact, which was the words left behind by the scout who died in battle. The other part was the correction and annotation added by God Father's team of experts. The fragmented original text described a strange object like this:
"Date (Note: Invalid). I have settled all the funeral matters. Now, I am recording a newly discovered strange object. It is a large man-made object. Size and shape (Note: This part of the information is damaged). As the area I am in has been highly polluted by the Abyss, the universal constants are in disorder. Therefore, it is impossible to determine where this object came from. However, its material obviously does not belong to this universe. In addition, this man-made object (information damaged) did not disintegrate after the test. Preliminary judgment is that it can maintain its own stability under different world constants. In other words, it has the ability to cross the Void Quadrant. This object should come from a highly developed civilization. Its creator at least has the technology to cross the Void and is familiar with how to resist the impact of the Void Quadrant on the worldview.
"Additional records: More tests have been conducted on the man-made object mentioned in the previous report. I am still unable to determine where it came from. When I patrolled this area, I passed through dozens of universes. However, there is no advanced civilization in those worlds that can create this object. This man-made object may come from a more distant place. I found that this man-made object shows a lot of strange (information damaged). Its main composition is so strange that it is almost impossible to analyze. In theory, it is impossible for such a strange matter to appear in any of the Void Quadrants. Its many physical properties are unmeasurable. I even feel that this thing is not self-consistent. Its existence itself cannot explain why it can exist stably. This may be because the nearby Abyss environment has destroyed this object, causing it to show all kinds of unreasonable properties. I cannot continue to study it. This thing is worthless.
"The last additional record: Regarding the man-made object mentioned in the previous report, it has been confirmed that it has been contaminated by the Abyss. (information damaged) I am unable to protect myself. In order to prevent the contaminated fragments from damaging the surrounding few worlds of order, I have decided to destroy everything except this memory and the Abyss Sample Safe Box. I have recorded all useful information in the memory, including the strange man-made object. It may point to a mortal civilization with great potential. I hope that my compatriots who find my relics can look for them. "
That was the extent of the useful records. The rest were mostly highly specialized research reports that I couldn't understand.
I returned the scroll to Father. "Do you think this man-made object is related to our hometown world?"
"Not necessarily. I just find it unbelievable that such an advanced civilization appeared in that area." Father shook his head. "Do you still remember the records we saw in the library tower? It was mentioned there that there were many 'markers' around the Schilling people's hometown world. Those markers are the traces of advanced civilization's activities. So, at that time, we had suspicions that your hometown world might have been visited by another advanced civilization. Now, this report mentions something that looks like a Void Shuttle. This means that not only does that advanced civilization exist, but it was also very active around the Schilling people's hometown world. "
I nodded slightly. If that was the case, there was indeed a very advanced civilization around the Schilling people's hometown. Not only could they travel through the Void, but they also had the technology to cross quadrants. They could build World Gates and had the ability to create a shuttle that could "survive" in the Void environment. Considering that the scout had searched many worlds but could not find where this civilization was, the latter's ability to travel through the Void might be higher than what Father and I had initially thought. It might even be close to the Void transportation network in the early days of the Old Empire.
"Why do I smell a conspiracy …" A little girl's voice suddenly sounded behind me.
I turned and saw that it was Liliana. That girl finally stopped messing with the decorations in Father's house. I didn't know how long she had been listening by the side. Now, she suddenly came over and whispered something. It gave me goosebumps. I patted her and pressed her head. "Conspiracy. You only know about conspiracies all day long. Sinister … But you don't say, I also feel that there is something fishy about this."
Liliana's head was pressed by me as she scurried forward. "Then why did you still pat me!"
I replied, "Habit."
The "conspiracy" that Liliana mentioned actually didn't need to be explained. To put it bluntly, she suspected that the destruction of our hometown had something to do with the advanced civilization that had left behind the traces. This civilization could even be considered a super civilization.
However, everything about this super civilization was still just a guess. Even the guess wasn't concrete. We only had two pieces of evidence. The first was the document that I had seen in the library. It said that before the destruction of our hometown, all the surrounding universes had information segments that were suspected to be Void Beacon signals. These signals were usually the precursor to large-scale transmissions between worlds. The second piece of evidence was the report that I had just read. Back then, the Protoss scout who had sacrificed himself had found a Void Shuttle near the Schilling people's hometown. The Void Shuttle's technological level was extremely high. It was obviously the work of a super civilization. Even if these two pieces of evidence were accurate, they could only prove the existence of this mysterious civilization. To say that it had something to do with the destruction of our hometown was obviously not convincing enough.
I voiced out my opinion, and Father God obviously agreed. "Now, it can only prove that before the destruction of the Schilling people's hometown, a super civilization had been active in that area. However, in theory, a normal race of Order wouldn't use the Abyss to destroy other civilizations. They wouldn't have the ability to do so. Other than the current Fallen Apostles, I don't remember any other race having such technology."
I continued to pat Liliana's head. "Speaking of which, how did you suspect that the destruction of our hometown had something to do with that super civilization?"
Liliana puffed out her small chest. "Of course it's a woman's intuition!"
Then, she ran to the other end of the table. I smiled and waved at her. "Come here. Don't be afraid. I won't hit you …"
Liliana peeked out half of her face from under the table. "Boss, if you have the ability, keep that basket!"
"It's true that a normal civilization wouldn't be able to control the Abyss. Even the Protoss doesn't have the technology to open the Gate of the Abyss." Father God looked at the basket that I took out in astonishment. Then, he adjusted his expression and continued to talk about business. "Even a sane person wouldn't think of researching this kind of thing … The Schilling people's hometown was indeed destroyed by a Gate of the Abyss. Therefore, it's hard to establish a conspiracy theory. But no matter what, I think that the super civilization has something to do with this matter. "
I nodded. "Yes, at least in terms of time, the two are quite close."
"'Time' isn't necessarily an effective clue." Father God smiled. "Don't forget that the Void doesn't have a unified timeline. Our current evidence is based on the 'Third Party Relative Timeline' that the scout used in the report. Because it was too long ago, there were many things missing in the report. Half of the time points were actually deduced by the children themselves, so the accuracy isn't high. But what we can be sure of is that even if the accuracy isn't high, the general sequence of events is like this: Not long after a certain advanced civilization left its traces, something happened to the Schilling people's homeworld. Moreover, the Protoss has never heard of the existence of such an advanced civilization. They only showed up once. "
I smacked my lips. Yes, they only showed up once. Back then, the Protoss scout found the Void Beacon around the Schilling people's homeworld and found a real Void Shuttle. This was 100% proof that an advanced civilization had visited the homeworld. Not long after the homeworld was destroyed, the civilization that left behind all kinds of suspicious traces and Void Shuttles never appeared in the Protoss's sight again. Until today, neither the Protoss nor the Empire had heard of a fourth super civilization other than the "Three Great Races" in the Void. This race that only showed up once seemed to have really appeared just to destroy the homeworld.
Originally, we didn't have any evidence to prove that the destruction of the homeworld was related to this civilization. But now that we thought about it, the word "conspiracy" couldn't help but pop up.
"Boss." Liliana had been hiding by the side for a long time. At this time, she snuck over from under the table and rubbed against me recklessly. "Do you think we should tell Big Sis Sandora about this?"
"Of course." I nodded matter-of-factly. "She cares about her homeworld more than anyone else."
Liliana stuck her head out. "Then, will she send out her entire country in a fit of rage to search for her father's murderer?"
I thought about it and shook my head confidently. "No, the bigger the event, the more composed she is. Do you think she's like you?"
Liliana said, "Boss, just say it. Can you not drag me into this?!"
"Alright, let's leave the matter of our homeworld for now." I laughed and pulled Liliana to the side. I looked across the table. "I will go back and discuss with Sandora what to do. To be honest, the Fallen Apostle is having a good time right now. It really isn't the time to be distracted looking for her father's murderer. Besides, so many years have passed. Those fellows who once roamed around our homeworld might have gone extinct many years ago."
"Mm, that makes sense." God Father scratched his chin. "Then, let's eat first? Today, let's eat … "
I said, "… I came all the way here …"
"Can we eat leek boxes?"
As expected, I couldn't stop her!
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