Sandora was remonstrated to death by her entire family, but in the end, she didn't actually cook the egg and eat it.
However, no one could figure out what to do with this … 'treasure' that Lin brought over. In any case, I didn't think it was appropriate to put it anywhere. Although I understood that Lin was an oviparous creature (I heard that she could also be viviparous according to her personal preferences?) She had the ability to lay eggs, but that didn't mean that I could remain calm when I saw her carrying a several-meter-tall egg. It was already shocking enough when I found out that little crows were secretly hatching eggs, but now there was an even more fearsome one. It was still acceptable if it could lay eggs, but was it trying to scare me to death with this size? At first, I almost thought that this was a newly developed landing pod!
An object that was several meters tall definitely couldn't be placed in the living room, unless we planned to tear down the first floor's ceiling and use the egg as an indoor landscaping tree. It also couldn't be placed on the roof. Although it wouldn't collapse the roof, it was still my house! Could we not install some strange decorations on other people's houses!? Qian Qian gave me an idea. She said that we could leave the giant egg in the courtyard and build a circle of chairs around it. We could also plant some flowers and plants under the giant egg and cover the egg with a wide edge. That way, we could directly use the egg as a pavilion. First of all, it would be a good contrast with the fountain in the courtyard. Second of all, the giant egg would glow on its own, and it would be warm in winter and cool in summer. It would also have a healing effect for several meters around it. If we didn't put it to good use, we would be letting down the audience.
What a joke, having a fountain full of holes in our house was already strange enough, what was the point of putting a giant egg pavilion!?
Surprisingly, Lin didn't express her opinion from start to finish. She just smiled shyly and listened behind everyone, even when Sandora suggested that we could cook the egg and eat it, she didn't say anything. I couldn't help but wonder if this pitiful doormat had been bullied so much that she didn't even know how to stand up for herself — Silly girl, say something! Don't dragons value their eggs more than anything else? Weren't there all kinds of legends about mortals who accidentally touched a dragon egg, and the dragons formed a group to destroy their country? Although your dragon egg can't hatch any offspring, at least it's something that fell from your body. Can't you show some appreciation?
I dragged this punching bag to the side and interrogated her for a long time. In the end, Lin just smiled foolishly and shook her head carelessly, "It's fine. It's not something important anyway. It's fine as long as everyone likes it."
Stunned, I patted Lin's head and said, "Are you stupid, girl? I remember that the Dragon Race values their eggs very much. Or could it be that the Dragon God is different from the ordinary Dragon Race and is generally more unrestrained? "
"Dragon eggs that can't be hatched aren't important" Lin scratched her head, "That's what we all think anyway. Outsiders seem to have a bit of a misunderstanding about the Dragon Clan, thinking that as long as it's a dragon egg, they can't touch it, but in reality, we only protect the dragon eggs that can be hatched. Divine Dragons and ordinary dragons had similar ways of thinking in this aspect. It had to be like this. Some of the ordinary giant dragons in the Lower Realm laid eggs periodically before they found a mate. What were they going to do with these eggs? If they can't be hatched or thrown away, are they supposed to be piled up in the nest? It takes up a lot of space after a long time, and dragon eggs will never go bad. If they were piled up for a lifetime, it would be enough to build a house. "
"I feel like this topic of conversation is very strange …" Cold sweat appeared on my forehead. In the end, I decided to discuss the normal topic with Lin. "Then how did you deal with the eggs you laid in the past? Or should I say, how does the Dragon Race usually deal with eggs? These things are really everlasting for tens of thousands of years … It's really troublesome just thinking about it. "
"Whatever, you can deal with it however you want. Sometimes we throw it away, but if the pattern on the egg is very beautiful, we will also collect it, just like how we collect other shiny treasures. There are too many ordinary dragons in the Lower Realm, so I don't know everything. However, the dragons in the Divine Realm will make their eggs into handicrafts, or use them for experiments … all kinds of experiments. "Lin revealed a clean and pure smile." I still have three very beautiful dragon eggs in my castle. Two of them were laid by me, and one was a gift from a friend. I can show it to you in the future. I rarely show my treasure vault to others. "
I thought about it for a long time. I felt that some of the habits of different races in human society had been elevated to the level of performance art. This is the difference between cultures, my friends. Do you understand the difference between cultures?!
At this moment, I suddenly recalled something I heard Icetis say. I looked at Lin curiously. "By the way … Can the Dragon Race control the eggs they lay? I think Icetis mentioned this just now. "
"The Dragon Race in the Lower Realm might not be able to do it, but the Dragon Gods are definitely able to do it." Lin nodded vigorously. "If they have actions that they can't control, that would be so troublesome. It's even easier to delay things during a war."
"… Then why did you suddenly decide to lay an egg! Is it fun? "
Actually, I wanted to directly ask her "What's your motive for laying an egg?" But after thinking about it, I felt that it would be impolite to ask such a question, so I changed to … Yep, it still sounded impolite. Damn, this question was too complicated. No matter how I asked it, it wouldn't be appropriate! Who could tell me how to solve this ultimate problem of cultural differences?
In the end, Lin raised her head to look at the sky and gave me an answer that was even more culturally different. "Today's weather is pretty good. It's sunny and breezy. Since I have nothing to do, I decided to lay an egg. I feel that I'm in a good mood, so I can probably lay a very beautiful egg …" At this point, Lin revealed an awkward expression. But the reason for her awkwardness was completely different from what I imagined. "In the end, it seems that I didn't perform well. The egg doesn't look good."
In any case, I felt that there was no way to continue this topic.
Lin had already gifted this huge egg to us. She said that it was to thank us for taking care of her all this time. She also felt that it was embarrassing to freeload food and drinks here every day, so she had to at least show some appreciation. Let's not think about this strange gift and the cultural differences that came along with it. In any case, we couldn't forcefully reject something that was given out of goodwill. Thus, Big Sister accepted it. But in the end, this thing didn't have any use. Our family's values were quite normal (at least compared to some people's). We really couldn't bring ourselves to place Lin's dragon egg in the living room as a Christmas tree or smash a hole in it to make it into a boiler. In the end, this huge egg was hung on a newly built landscape tower in the City of Shadows. There was even a circle of searchlights that resembled a sword mound installed around it. Shallow shallow named it "Egg Tower (Tart)". At the end of the day, it was turned into something related to art. At least it wasn't a disgrace to the egg …
Hopefully, the little crow wouldn't specially fly over to hatch the egg … Probably not. I have already emphasized to her several times that the egg cannot be hatched.
By the way, what was surprising was that after the citizens of the City of Shadows heard about the origin of this huge egg, they all expressed that they could accept it. Not a single one of them thought that this thing conflicted with their values. I was really curious about what the City of Shadows had built up over the past five years … But when I thought about the fact that the Empire's Publicity Department had a humanoid spiritual pollution emitter like Shallow Shallow, everything seemed to be explainable.
Time passed slowly. Every day, something would happen. Sometimes it would be dull, sometimes it would be a pleasant surprise. But most of the time, it would be a battle of values. In any case, it was a daily routine. However, Sandora and I were unable to completely relax — because the Cataclysm waited for no one.
If it wasn't for the huge damage to our mental power from the previous self-explosion, and the fact that the specialist team needed time to assess the situation after the explosion, Sandora and I probably wouldn't even have the time to rest for the past few days. And now, our resting time was finally coming to an end. Early one morning, a few reports from the Empire Research Center and the Abyss Schilling appeared in front of Sandora and me.
This time, the location of the meeting wasn't at Tawil's research center, nor was it at the Empire's command center. Instead, it was at the Abyss Schilling's laboratory.
This place was located behind the City of Shadows. I believe that everyone still remembers the structure of the City of Shadows. It is currently a floating continent floating in Gaia's orbit. Its scale has already far exceeded the concept of a 'city'. It can almost be seen as a small country. The side of the floating continent facing Gaia is the Positive City of Shadows. The City of Shadows, and behind it was a bulging mountain range and an indescribably huge and mysterious equipment. Could it also be called Reverse? The City of Shadows. This area at the back of the City of Shadows is where the Empire's court, heavy factories, and power generators are located. Only a few residents of the City of Shadows know of the scenery here, and even fewer would occasionally come here to take a look because of work. However, no one would stay here for long. For most ordinary races, the environment here isn't friendly. At least, the strange landscape here doesn't make them feel comfortable.
At the edge of this' Against the World ', there is a newly built building. It is different from all the facilities in the City of Shadows. This building is a hexagonal tortoise shell structure. It looks like some kind of enclosed gymnasium. Its shape is Schilling's style, but it has a gloomy black and red paint job. A harmless but oppressive aura lingers around the building. The nearby patrol drones and sentry towers are also warning all visitors who see this building: Special zone, no unauthorized personnel.
This is a facility that we have specially prepared for Abyss Schilling and her subordinates (researchers only).
In fact, at the beginning, Abyss Schilling stayed in the research institute. Occasionally, her subordinates would come down to the City of Shadows, but they would also stay in the research institute or other places in the military zone. This was fine for a short period of time. However, after we found out that the bridging project might take a long time, we had to consider arranging an independent place for these 'special visitors' to work. It's not that we reject Abyss Schilling or her subordinates, nor are we suspicious of her (although there may be some people who have concerns in this regard). The real reason is that a lot of abyssal equipment can't be placed together with other things. The Abyss apostles themselves also need a special living environment (not that they can't adapt to ordinary environments, but ordinary environments can't withstand them). After comprehensive consideration, we built such a laboratory for them at the back of the City of Shadows.
Although Abyss Schilling could still move around in the front of the City of Shadows, if her subordinates wanted to come, they would basically have to settle at the back of the city. They didn't have any objections to this. The Shiring Apostles are rather pragmatic creatures. Both sides knew that this arrangement was not out of rejection or malice, but simply 'necessity'. Therefore, the 'guests' from the Abyss were happy to accept the Empire's arrangement.
Abyss Schilling's office (actually, a lifeform like her doesn't need an office, but we still made one for her) was similar to Tawil's office. It was just as spacious and simple. If it wasn't for the gaps in the alloy walls and some of the equipment that allowed me to see a dark red stream of light, I wouldn't have recognized this as a room belonging to the 'Fallen Apostles' (speaking of which, it doesn't seem appropriate to call them 'Fallen'). As this wasn't a research site, there wasn't any complicated equipment here. Most of the things around were holographic projection devices and some anti-gravity floating platforms with samples on display. I, Sandora, Halland, Belavilla, Abyss Schilling, Tawil's main body, and the two big shots, Xing Chen and Hilla. It could be said that all the leaders and experts were present. And what we had to face was a fact that would drive everyone crazy.
The startup port seemed to be unable to be repaired, and the problem with the Tranquility core wasn't small either.
The holographic projection in the middle of the room displayed something. There were many 'strange objects' that no longer had their original forms. They looked like large lumps of cotton candy. They were white in color and neither square nor flat. Under the dark space background, they emitted a faint white glow, giving the impression that they were clouds floating in space. The edges of these slightly flocculent white 'foreign objects' had obvious signs of blurring. They were illusory, but their insides were extremely solid. It was easy to tell that they were real objects at a glance.
There were about a dozen of such 'tearing clouds.' They slowly switched on the holographic projection until they were all listed out. Next to each 'tearing cloud' was a reference. It was the Eternal-class mothership that I was already very familiar with. This reference made me realize that the scale of these white light clusters was actually quite large.
Around each white light cluster was a group of indistinct light spots that were quickly swimming around. Some of the white light clusters even had dark red or golden-blue flashes that were bursting out irregularly. After zooming in on the image, I could see that those light spots were some engineering teams. They were a joint expert team formed by the Protoss, the Shiring Apostles, and the Abyss Apostles. They were trying their best to repair the white light clusters — the starting point.
This was what Abyss Schilling had presented to us.
"I have to say … the amount that you guys used was a little too much." Abyss Schilling pointed at the holographic projection. His tone seemed to be helpless. "Three Void Creatures were enough to flatten anything that could possibly be produced on the 'Main Shore'. You guys even added an Emperor-class Shiring Apostles and countless high-powered 'bombs.' Look at the pitiful state of the starting point. We had no choice but to run all over the universe and even to the Void to pick up its wreckage. Some of the wreckage was directly assimilated by the Void. What an earth-shattering explosion. You guys directly blew such a sturdy thing from the Main Material Plane into the Void! "
"Wasn't it a critical situation at that time? We were afraid that the amount of explosives wasn't enough. If the New Army succeeded, everything would be over." I scratched my face awkwardly. Then, I couldn't help but turn my head to look at Xing Chen and Hilla. The two of them had returned earlier than Sandora and I. In reality, they weren't blown too far away. The two Great Gods only fainted in the Void for half a day before flying back to the God Realm. "Speaking of which, you guys look pretty good."
"It's alright." Xing Chen smiled gently. "I pretended to be injured and stayed at home for half a month. They didn't even let me read the reports. If it wasn't for Hilla's bad acting and exposing me, I would have been able to stay in bed for a few more days."
I said, "… Is it appropriate for us to talk about this publicly?"
"There's nothing inappropriate about it. They are Void Creatures after all. They are inert. Regardless of whether it's Star Region or Huron, they will still spin without the two of us." Big Sister Hilla waved her hand. "Look, I haven't been back for such a long time. Nothing has happened at home."
"In reality, even though the God Realm will still spin without the two of us, it will spin at a slower pace." Xing Chen hurriedly adjusted his expression and carefully expressed that he was still working normally. He was really careful with his words and sentences …
I was speechless.
Belavilla couldn't stand it anymore. "Let's get down to business. Can the few of you restrain yourselves?"
After the three of us hurriedly sat upright, Belavilla immediately rubbed her face and chuckled. "Hehe, teaching three Void Creatures a lesson at once. I suddenly feel that I'm even more powerful than before I had schizophrenia."
Halland instantly glared at her. "Let's get down to business. Can't you restrain yourselves?"
I was speechless.
Ever since she became mentally ill, Belavilla had been completely insane.
"Anyway, that's the situation at the Activation Terminal." Abyss Schilling was already familiar with such situations. She had determined the general temperament of the leaders of the New Empire and the two Protoss in a short period of time. After confirming that we wouldn't screw up because of this, she didn't dwell on it any further. Now, she was only waiting for the few fellows who couldn't hold back from running their mouths to shut up before she continued. "The situation at that time really didn't allow for any hesitation. No matter what … Accept reality. At first, I thought that with the unique existence of the Activation Terminal, it would be able to resist any form of destruction. Now, it seems that the power of the Void Creatures has indeed exceeded my expectations. Its outer layer is still manageable. That can be repaired with technological means. The troublesome part is the core … I used many World Cores to create this core. It's an abstract and complicated thing. Although it looks material, it can't be synthesized using any method. It doesn't have any material structure. Other than being able to see and touch it, there's no way for you to scan it. Even if I created it, I don't know what its specific structure is … Do you understand? "
"You don't even know what its structure is?" Xing Chen looked at Abyss Schilling in surprise. "Then how did you create it?"
"This process can only be described with formulas and mathematical methods. There's no corresponding material object. It's just like when the earthlings had yet to unravel the mystery of dimensions, they saw a formula used to describe the four-dimensional space. The earthlings' mathematical tools could understand this formula, but they would never be able to manipulate it in the real world. The situation I'm facing is a little similar. The only difference is that I at least know how to forcefully transform pure mathematics into reality. But that's all I can do — our understanding of the Void is far from enough. That's why when we created the Activation Terminal, we only knew how it was, but we didn't know how it worked. I used a large amount of information from the other side, but the other side's information was inherited from the previous civilization. No one could understand it at all. Without knowing the principle, we didn't know the second method of creating the Activation Terminal … And I'm afraid that there's not enough time for the first method. "
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