"Pandora? Why are you here? " I was surprised to see Pandora alighting from the Avalon cargo ship. "Are you done adjusting your body?"
"Yes." The little girl nodded imperceptibly and walked up to Visca. She didn't say anything and just stood there quietly, her big gray eyes expressionless.
Just as I was wondering what Pandora meant, Visca, who had been stared at by his sister for a long time, suddenly turned his head in disdain and sneered, "Hmph, since when do I need your concern?"
Then it dawned on me.
After all this time, it was because he heard that his sister's Star Ring had been destroyed and landed on this world's Earth, so he came over to take a look because of some inexplicable worry?
Such a twisted girl … It was one thing to say that she wasn't good at expressing her feelings, but couldn't she even say a word of concern in front of her sister?
Speaking of which, even I didn't notice Pandora's intentions, but Visca was able to understand her intentions immediately. The bond between these two sisters was much deeper than I imagined — even if they never admitted it.
"How was the Star Ring destroyed?"
Faced with her sister's lack of appreciation, Pandora's expression didn't change at all. She continued to maintain her icy expression and asked calmly.
Visca unnaturally took half a step back and then pouted. "Mind your own business …"
The cat eyed loli didn't seem to want to directly answer her sister's question, and Pandora continued to stare at her sister without moving. Speaking of which, this was one of Pandora's most powerful skills. Its power was almost on par with Little Bubble's twinkling starry eyes. Being stared at by Pandora, who was as delicate as a doll but expressionless, like this, I had never successfully resisted it.
However, what I couldn't resist was obviously not worth mentioning to Visca. How should I put it? As creatures of the same species, it was really difficult for two lolis to kill each other out of cuteness?
Anyway, in the end, Visca just curled his lips and had no intention of answering at all. He turned his head and walked toward the gate of Avalon.
Pandora, who was left hanging there, didn't seem to be angry at all. Instead, she walked over as if nothing had happened. However, the slight curl of her lips made me see that she was slightly depressed.
"Okay, okay, it's not like you don't know Visca's personality." I patted Pandora's head, "She's just a rebellious child. If you ask her on the spot, she naturally won't answer you honestly."
"Yeah," Pandora, who was familiar with her sister's awkwardness, could only nod in agreement.
A hundred-kilometer-long star ring fragment was something that was very difficult to deal with. Not only was it huge, it also carried intense radiation. Even if it was placed in the shadow city, it wouldn't be a solution. I really didn't dare to imagine what kind of incident it would be to place such a leaking radiation source next to the Tree of Life. However, thinking about it, it should be slightly more serious than a crime against humanity. Also, if I kept it in Avalon's spatial warehouse, my heart would ache for the electricity bill …
In the end, it was Shallow Shallow who thought of a temporary solution and threw the gigantic fragment into the moon. The thing that Visca's barrier planet didn't lack the least was such a large space. It was a perverted thing that could even build a gigantic mothership in an indoor space. A hundred-kilometer-long metal lump wouldn't take up much space.
After that, our scientists would have a lot of work to do.
Even if the components of a Golden-class starship were destroyed, they still had high research value. Furthermore, as Visca was a rebel of the Empire back then, her army discovered many new technologies that were completely different from the conventional Schilling technology during their travels. For example, there were interference devices that were specifically effective against Espers. Since Star Ring was an additional component that was added later on on the planet, it naturally contained many special technologies that the Schilling technicians didn't understand. As a result, the moment that metal lump was placed on the planet, the research facilities in the shadow city instantly quieted down …
As the owner of the planet, Visca naturally stayed in the moon fortress for the past few days to assist in her research. Although her memory was very messy, she still retained a lot of relevant data.
Thus, we finally enjoyed three days of peace. It was great that we didn't have to mediate between the two generals before lunch every day.
Other than Visca, Liliana wasn't home for the past few days either. Before we knew it, it was already winter break. Xiao Ling naturally had to make a trip home. She was accompanied by her sister whom she hadn't reunited with in a long time, the vicious and black-bellied pseudo-loli Liliana. Speaking of which, it shouldn't be a problem for me to add these adjectives to that girl, right?
I wonder if that guy's trip home to reunite with his family will be smooth … Liliana once told me that her father abandoned his wife and two young daughters when she was ten years old. Therefore, other than her younger sister, Liliana's only family member was her mother. This was also the thing that she regretted the most after committing suicide. Now that she had a chance to start all over again, that guy … would probably make good use of this opportunity?
The Goddess that she served had specially held a ceremony to bless her family — although the Goddess's method of holding the ceremony was full of all kinds of things that made people cry tears of sorrow.
"That guy, Lin Xue, has also been resurrected, right?"
As I enjoyed the afternoon tea of love from the Ghost Maid, my thoughts started to wander, and I subconsciously blurted out this sentence.
"As for Miss Lin, she slept in the hibernation pod for an entire day and night," An Weina said with a smile. Her gentle voice rang out next to me.
I couldn't help but laugh. "An entire day and night? And then? That girl finally recovered her energy, right? "
Anveena continued to smile. "She really is energetic. When Lord Tawil finally remembered to open the hibernation pod, he was chased by Miss Lin for an entire 23 blocks."
I was speechless.
What a colorful daily life, whether it was mine or the life of the people around me …
"Speaking of which, what's Pandora doing?"
I suddenly realized that a certain little loli who was always sitting beside me in a daze seemed to have been acting mysteriously since the day before yesterday. This made me curious.
"Recently, Mistress Pandora has been personally supervising the operation of a few newly built war factories in the Shadow City. Also, it seems that the design and construction of two of the latest motherships has been put on the agenda. As for the specific details, Anveena isn't too sure."
Creating soldiers? Upgrading the technology tree? That girl didn't seem to have submitted a plan to start the third world war, right? Oh, I thought about it. She might be preparing to accumulate an army to help Visca take revenge. As for the target of revenge, it would naturally be the person who destroyed Visca's star ring … At first, I didn't really understand why Pandora cared so much about this matter until Sandora privately explained to me how important a Golden-class starship was to a Legend-class Apostle. As their physical form in the spiritual plane, it was equivalent to their other "self". The destruction of Visca's star ring was equivalent to someone breaking one of her younger sister's arms in Pandora's eyes. Although it was difficult for me to empathize with such values as an Earthling, it wasn't inconceivable that Pandora would care so much about it.
Also, that awkward girl had a personality that easily went to extremes. If we didn't find the culprit in time, something really troublesome would happen.
No matter which deity it was that blew up Visca's star ring, for the sake of world peace, they should just jump out and let Pandora kill them a hundred times to vent her anger!
All sorts of random and unrelated thoughts kept popping up in my mind like a lantern. As expected, lying on the balcony with nothing to do, spacing out, and not having to worry about the world suddenly coming to an end, this was the life that truly suited me!
However, just as the Sandman was about to successfully occupy the high ground and a certain emperor was about to fall asleep, an untimely voice suddenly entered my mind with high-level authority and woke me up.
"Your Majesty, Tawil is requesting a connection!"
I instantly pictured a certain black-haired, domineering woman with blue eyes and the floating … coffins behind her.
Tawil, you really should reconsider your own sense of beauty if you allowed others to treat coffins as a symbol of your identity!
"Permission to connect."
Although I was still a little sleepy, I knew that as a standard researcher, Tawil would rarely be distracted by unrelated matters. Since she chose to contact me at this time, she definitely had something important to report.
"We have made a major discovery regarding the research on the star ring fragment."
Following these words, Tarver's holographic projection appeared in front of us. Behind her was a gigantic and complicated black mechanical structure. It should have been a part of the Star Ring fragment, but it had already been dismembered.
Speaking of which, when did Pandora install a holographic projection system on the balcony?
"The cause of the star ring's explosion has been basically identified." After receiving my signal, Tawil began to report her findings to me seriously. "The main reason is that all the energy circulation pipelines collapsed at the same time, and several reactors stopped abnormally. This caused the entire star ring's energy system to lose balance in many places. In the end, it caused a big explosion. Yes, that's the theory."
"I already know that." I nodded. "Visca analyzed this possibility at the time. Have you found the cause of the energy loss?"
"Yes, we found remnants of Abyss energy in a few of the main pipelines of this fragment. From the looks of it, the star ring was invaded by Abyss energy when it was wandering in the void dimension, and then it self-destructed. It was also because of the protection of the Abyss energy that the fragment was able to wander in the void for so long. In the end, it crashed in one of the main material planes. That's the theory."
"Tsk …" I sucked in a cold breath. "That thing really won't go away. But this time, we don't have to worry about Pandora destroying the world."
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I have some bad news to tell you."
I knew it …
"Tell me, I can handle it."
With an extremely pained … cough cough, tragic expression, I expressed that I could handle any kind of catastrophic trouble.
"According to our analysis from the remaining records of the surveillance devices that survived the fragment, the blast of the explosion of the inner ring should've torn it into at least 196 pieces. Right now, those pieces are still wandering in the void."
I immediately spat out a mouthful of black tea three meters away. "You can't be telling me that we have to collect more than a hundred pieces one by one, right?"
I would rather it be the end of the world, you bastard!
"Of course it's not that serious." Seeing my frantic expression, Tawil hurriedly explained, "Not every piece is dangerous. Most of them are completely useless, and they will be assimilated sooner or later in the void. Only the pieces that still maintain propulsion need to be paid attention to. There shouldn't be more than ten of them, and we have already contacted the Protoss. They will help us deal with some of these pieces when they come across them."
I let out a long breath. I was finally resurrected.
"Still maintaining propulsion means that there is a possibility that they could break into the Main Material Plane and cause an apocalyptic disaster." Seeing my relaxed expression, Tawil probably thought that I wasn't paying attention to this problem, so he once again emphasized the seriousness of the matter. "Based on the current judgment, the piece that Your Majesty retrieved from World S-327 should be the smallest of all the pieces of the star ring. If it were any other piece that fell on Earth, I'm afraid that humanity would be destroyed within a day. Of course, that's only in theory."
Facing this mature lady who seemed a little too serious because she was immersed in her research all day long, I couldn't do anything about it. "Alright, alright, I know that the matter is serious … Yeah, but we can't just search around aimlessly. There are as many worlds in the Endless Void as there are hairs on a cow. Shouldn't you at least have a general range?"
"Of course, Your Majesty." Tawil nodded, but his expression seemed a little strange. "We've already limited the possible landing spots of those things … Err, since the Gold-class starship is an extension of the leader's Apostle's will, the star ring also preserved a portion of Visca's will. Back then, before Lord Visca 'left' this world, he naturally thought of 'attacking Earth'. Now, it seems that such a thought was preserved in the star ring as the main attack component, and it has been amplified due to the effects of the Abyss energy. According to our conjecture, ever since Lord Visca came to Earth, Planet Barrier had already partially awakened, and then ordered all the pieces of the star ring to 'continue attacking'. The pieces that maintain their momentum are all moving towards the universe where there are terrestrial planets. The reason why World S-327 was attacked was because it was too close to Earth. Yeah, that's the theory."
I … I have a good sister …
I was wondering why it was Tawil who reported the situation to me this time and not Visca. So it turned out that he was afraid of being scolded.
After limiting the types of worlds that could be hit by the fragments to 'planets similar to Earth', the range of our search became much smaller. Furthermore, we could directly eliminate some of the places that were far away from this universe. No matter how much momentum a fragment had, it would be impossible for it to drift too far in the void. To be honest, I was already quite surprised that it could still move after being beaten up so badly.
It would be quite a headache to find a few "small" fragments that hadn't been in contact with each other for hundreds of thousands of years, and whose whereabouts were currently unknown. Even if we limited the general area, it would still be quite a headache. Fortunately, apart from technological methods that weren't very useful in this situation, we still had some surreal methods to choose from.
And so, Miss Lin, who had just regained her vitality with much difficulty, was unsurprisingly caught by us.
The location was still that Space-Time Management Center, and the main participant was still our rather bad-tempered Miss Lin.
"Hey …" Snow, who had been duped by her older sister with just a few words and excitedly participated in the 'great adventure to save the world', immediately realized that she had been tricked the moment she saw Tawil. "Blockhead, you better explain why I'm always being used as a radar …"
Tawil meticulously narrated from the side. "That's because Matriarch Lin Xue's abilities cannot be replaced by ordinary technological methods, and our strength in the field of Mysticism is just too weak."
Alaya, who was at the side, immediately nodded his head shamelessly. This idiotic angel! Can't you at least leave me with a bit of the dignity of an angel!?
Tawil's compliments (even though he was merely speaking the truth in her eyes) didn't improve the young miss' mood by much. It seemed like being locked in the hibernation chamber for an entire day and night really did leave quite a bit of psychological trauma in this little girl. "Don't tell me I have to sleep in a coffin this time?"
Tawil smiled, and then turned around to press a few buttons on the control panel. Following a light mechanical friction sound, a brand new device gradually rose from below the platform.
"Matriarch, you don't have to worry about this at all. Last time, we used a type of energy reverse tracing device, but this time, the function of this thing is to connect your spiritual power with the star ring fragment, thus allowing the other fragments to resonate with you, allowing you to see their location. They are two completely different types of devices, so you don't have to worry about using the hibernation chamber from last time."
Oh, based on what Tawil said, the principle of this thing should be similar to letting a dog smell a certain handkerchief and then having it find a missing person … Speaking of which, if I made this connection, would Lin Xue go crazy on the spot?
"I feel like you're imagining something very rude." The prophet, who had the sensitive heart of a young girl, immediately cast a dangerous gaze at me.
I immediately raised my hand with a solemn expression and swore, "I'm just worried that the prophet will be hurt because of the connection with the star ring fragment. I swear in the name of God!"
"Who needs your concern? Scientists aren't idiots …" Lin Xue lowered her head and mumbled vaguely. Then, she raised her head with a bright expression and looked in Tawil's direction. "Alright, since I don't have to sleep in the coffin from last time, then … Bastard! If you change the western coffin to the Chinese one, this thing is still a coffin! "
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