Analyzing and applying the ancient Schilling technology obtained from Atlantis was a must, and that technology would definitely be used by the Empire's vassal civilizations. Even though the Empire had many vassal races, and there was no lack of silicon-based lifeforms or even energy-based lifeforms, and not all carbon-based lifeforms could be strengthened with genetic technology, the Atlantis technology still had a very wide range of applications.
However, bioengineering had its own uniqueness. To most carbon-based lifeforms, whether they could accept their bodies being modified into something else and no longer be considered a complete human was a question that they had to consider. While Sandora and I could accept Xi Weis's proposal, we also had to consider the opinions of other races.
After all, they were not tools.
"Send the bioengineering data to the leaders of all races and let them express their opinions to their ministers." I thought for a moment before telling Xi Weis, "I agree with the plan, but the bioengineering must be voluntary. Explain to the soldiers the meaning of the technology and let them choose. The enhanced humans who undergo the modification can receive more allowances and specialized equipment, while the soldiers who do not undergo the modification should not be punished. After all, in some worlds, bioengineering is equivalent to crimes against humanity, and their cultural traditions must be taken into consideration."
"Your will," Xi Weis bowed.
"There's one more thing. It's information that was just uploaded today: the chaotic storm in the universe where the Pan-Galactic Civilization Community is located has partially subsided."
"Oh? That fast? "I raised my eyebrows. That was good news, but it was too unreal.
The universe where the Civilization Community was located left a deep impression. It was originally a tomb that the Old Empire created for itself before its collapse, and the purpose of its existence was to store the archives and the coffins of the Thirty Emperors. However, we were forced to destroy it during the Great Nebula Battle. The core of the nebula was the control center of the entire universe. After it was destroyed, the universe where the civilization lived began to collapse in chaos, and the laws of physics that all celestial bodies followed went awry as they fell into the great storm that filled the universe. To preserve the citizens of the civilization, the newly formed Celestial Fleet of the Empire took on the role of a temporary colonial system. Until now, the billions of citizens of the civilization still lived on those planetary battleships that were covered in an artificial ecological environment, slowly rebuilding their homes under the blue light of the Psionic Death Star.
In the original expectation, the chaotic storms of the Tomb Universe would last for at least a hundred centuries. The celestial bodies that were galloping crazily in space would only gradually return to their normal positions after ten thousand years. Then, the newborn air masses in space would form young stars, and that would be the moment when the Tomb Universe became a normal world. But now, only a few months had passed, and the storm had subsided?
Xi Wei explained, "It's the result of Lady Icetis's help. She rewrote part of the laws of gravity in that world, allowing a part of the universe to enter a state of peace. However, the peace was only on a small scale, barely enough for the civilization to rebuild their home in space near their own solar system. The Tomb Universe was created by dozens of Emperors of the Old Empire, and even the power of high-level gods couldn't affect it too much. "
I immediately slapped my forehead as I finally remembered.
A while ago, I had told Icetis about the trouble that the Civilization Community was facing. At that time, Sister Bing had patted her chest generously and said that she would help me solve the problem. However, I had thought that the main reason why Sister Bing would say that was because of the cake roll that was originally in my hands, which was stuffed in her mouth. I had never thought that she would really help me without saying a word.
Although with her power, she couldn't directly restore order to such a special world, a small area of peace was still very gratifying. One of the difficulties that the Civilization Community faced was space storms. Basically, once they left the solar system of a celestial fleet that had a defense system, they would face unprecedented gravitational pull. This was equivalent to a cage that prevented the Civilization Community from developing space technology outside the solar system. Or rather, they originally had such technology, but because of the gravitational storms that filled the universe, they had no choice but to be blocked at home. In the long run, it would be extremely disadvantageous to the development of a space civilization.
Now, this problem was considered solved. With a certain degree of buffer, the Civilization Community's space technology could be preserved. With the support of the Empire, they would one day be able to use their technology to resist the fatal gravitational storms in space. The civilization that grew from that kind of adversity might even be stronger than their 'big brother' — the New Eden Federation.
"That fellow Icetis does some serious things occasionally." I grinned and decided not to pursue the matter of her snatching the last dish from me every night.
Every day, I would spend at least two hours in the City of Shadows. However, it wasn't to play, but to observe the development of the city and understand the progress of a few important tasks. I would also respond to the enthusiastic invitation of the research maniacs to listen to their latest discoveries. Even though the last point often made me so sleepy that I wanted to fall asleep in an instant, it had already become a habit of mine. In the beginning, I was very unhappy with this kind of schedule. If I had the time, I would rather stay in my room and accompany Jingle to drill a ring of fire or watch Little Bubble roll the keyboard with her face. But now, it seemed that I had really changed a lot.
After completing my daily 'patrol', I returned to the huge house that Lin Xue had jokingly called 'the most shabby palace in history' in the Surface World. I was suddenly shocked by the atmosphere in front of me.
In the living room, the doors and windows were tightly shut. Thick curtains blocked all the sunlight, causing the living room to be as dark as night even though it was daytime. The gaps of the curtains were filled with black and red velvet. The faint light that seeped through was dyed dark red like blood. A gloomy and oppressive atmosphere pervaded the living room. The source of the atmosphere was a few flickering candles.
A huge round table was placed in the middle of the living room. The candles that were burning on the table were on the verge of extinguishing. A circle of small faces flickered in and out of the candlelight. Due to the flickering of the candles, it looked sinister and twisted. In the middle of it all was the face of a certain archbishop who was smiling evilly.
"You guys are …" I was about to say something when a black figure suddenly rushed over from the side. I was a hundred percent sure that the black figure had used time acceleration to rush over so quickly. She covered my mouth and the soft voice of a young lady rang in my ear, "Ah Jun, be quiet!"
As Shallow Shallow spoke, she gently pulled me to an empty seat at the round table. Liliana looked in my direction approvingly. She placed her chin above the candle and said eerily, "Very good, the last person has been gathered. Let us begin the next story … Blood red liquid …"
"Ah? It's not over yet? " Mercury Lamp's voice came from the side, followed by the soft sound of wings flapping. A soft body landed accurately on my shoulder in the dark. "Stupid human, I finished the yogurt at home!"
"Oh, I'll go buy some in the afternoon."
"Hey! Be serious! "Liliana threatened." I don't believe that there won't be a successful story today! "
Seeing that everyone had quietened down under her despotic power, a certain black-bellied fake loli smiled in satisfaction. She continued with a low and terrifying voice, "This is a true story that happened recently. In London in the sixteenth century, there was a famous artisan who made mirrors …"
Everyone immediately booed.
"One of the mirrors that he made ended up in China. Half a year ago, it was bought by an antique collector in our city. Hey, you guys booed too early! I won't use such a vulgar excuse! " Lina looked at us in awe under the flickering candlelight. She raised a finger and waved it in front of us. "Anyway, it's an ancient mirror. It's been around for hundreds of years, and it's now an antique. It's been kept in the attic by a collector …"
A noisy voice immediately came from the wall not far away. "Cheeheeheehee!! Hundreds of years! An antique mirror! Human life is so short. I have witnessed the changes of time for billions of years. I know all the truths of the world. Hey, let's not talk about that boring story. Let's talk about everything in the world with the magic mirror. It's better than that! "
It turned out that the magic mirror that Liliana had brought from the Realm of Gods was making a noise. I didn't know when that girl had hung it on the wall of the living room. Now, it was the perfect opportunity to ruin the atmosphere. Liliana immediately used the burning candle in front of her to threaten the mirror with its mouth. She made the mirror behave before continuing her story. I have to say that the fake loli was quite capable. Even though someone was messing around, she managed to make the atmosphere return to the state of a ghost story in just a few sentences.
"… The collector found that there were strange red marks on his ceiling. Every morning when he opened his eyes, he would see the red marks oozing out. Some even dripped onto his bed. In the afternoon, the red marks would gradually disappear and reappear the next day. The cycle would repeat itself …"
I felt goosebumps all over my body. Shallow Shallow gulped and asked cautiously, "Does he have to wash his bed sheets every day?"
Liliana almost planted her head on the candle. "Sister Shallow Shallow, can we talk after listening to him? You have already ruined five of my stories! "
"Cough, cough. The collector had collected many antiques, many of which were strange. Hence, this wasn't the first time such a strange phenomenon had occurred in his house. He wasn't afraid. Instead, he decided to find out the truth. He set the alarm clock at three in the morning because he was sure that the red marks would only appear after three in the morning. He wanted to find out where the red liquid came from at that time. That night, the collector was woken up by the alarm clock. He immediately turned on the lights in his room and stared at the ceiling. However, the collector didn't realize that the alarm clock on his bedside table had stopped at twelve … It wasn't the alarm clock that woke him up. "
Shallow Shallow grabbed my arm nervously. She looked terrified. "His watch is broken. Won't he be late for work the next day?"
I looked at Liliana and Shallow Shallow with a conflicted expression. Then, I took out a Rubik's cube and shoved it into Liliana's hand.
"The collector heard the sound of dripping water coming from upstairs. Then, red liquid started to appear on his bedroom ceiling. Drop by drop, it started to drip onto his bed and the floor. It got faster and faster. He realized that something was wrong. He wanted to ring the alarm to summon the guards outside. However, he realized that the alarm had been cut off …"
"Didn't he turn on the lights?" Visca raised her hand. "There's electricity in the room, right?"
Pandora spat out four words: "Multi-path energy supply."
Mercury Lamp twisted her body on my shoulder. "Maybe someone purposely cut the wire of the alarm. I didn't expect a mirror from hundreds of years ago to know about modern electrical circuits."
Liliana was tongue-tied. After a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "Fine. Anyway, the alarm didn't go off, you bunch of bastards! The Collector sensed that something was wrong. He rushed out of the house and ran to the front hall. The place where the front door used to be was now a wall. The door, the windows, even the ventilator, everything that was supposed to be connected to the outside had disappeared. The whole house had been completely sealed off. By then, the red liquid wasn't just seeping down from the bedroom ceiling. It was spreading from every corner of the roof. It dripped and flowed along the walls. The roof seemed to have become a sponge that was filled with water. Soon, the sticky red liquid covered everything in the house. The collector ran to every possible exit in the house, but all he could find were impenetrable walls. His body was covered in the putrid blood. The red liquid seeped down from the roof like a torrential downpour. The living room on the first floor was soon filled with waist-deep blood. The collector ran to the second floor in a panic. The blood that flowed down from the second floor made it difficult for him to move. When he slipped at the corner of the stairs, he saw something out of the corner of his eye.
It was a mirror, a very ordinary decorative mirror.
The collector suddenly remembered the antique mirror that he had placed in the attic. It was the only collection that he had recently added. He immediately ran to the attic … "
"The floor is so slippery. Isn't he afraid of slipping again?" Shallow Shallow came over and became the focus of many helpless gazes. The girl stuck her tongue out and said, "Ah Jun, I've finished twisting the Rubik's cube."
At that moment, I really felt that Liliana's ghost story had started with a tragedy.
The priestess gritted her teeth and scratched her ears and cheeks. After half a minute, she finally calmed down and squeezed out the rest of her words. "Alright, at the request of the listener, the collector fell all over the place again. It took him a lot of effort to climb up to the attic. He found that the attic collection, which had been cleaned only yesterday, was covered in a thick layer of dust and cobwebs, as if it had experienced the vicissitudes of hundreds of years. In the center of the attic, the ancient mirror was placed alone. Red liquid seeped out from the lower edge of the mirror frame and flowed straight to the floor, as if it was absorbed by a sponge and disappeared. The collector gathered his courage and approached the antique mirror. To his surprise, the scene in the mirror was different from the one in the attic … There was a dim oil lamp and a hand holding the lamp. The collector moved closer to the mirror and finally saw the person holding the oil lamp.
It was a person that looked exactly like him, but with long white hair and a scruffy beard. It was as if he had been locked in a dungeon for twenty years. The collector in the mirror raised the oil lamp and suddenly grinned. Then … he walked out of the mirror.
An apparition walked out of the mirror and stretched out its bony arms to the collector … "
Anveena's head suddenly popped up from the table, "And then? And then?"
I looked at my strange head maid in silence, "Anveena."
"Huh? Master? "
"Disappear."
* Swoosh * The little ghost disappeared. However, Liliana was already crying. Our great priestess saw that the last part of the story had been ruined. She screamed at the top of her lungs, "Wah … I quit! What kind of family is this?! "
The elder sister stood up and walked to the window. She pulled the curtains open and the bright sunlight flooded the room. Pandora looked at us blankly and returned to the sofa to daydream. Visca came over and muttered about how Liliana's unfortunate stories had ended. Little Bubble rubbed her eyes and woke up from her deep sleep. Even in her drowsy state, she was able to pinpoint her father's direction. She started to search for candies in my pocket. In the end, she took out Jingle and put it into her mouth. Jingle took out a lollipop stick to prop up Little Bubble's teeth. Mercury Lamp taunted Liliana, who had failed miserably. Sandora stood up and stretched. Then, she asked me about the inspection today.
"Ha, it's so boring," the magic mirror on the wall grumbled, "Look at your identities. You're telling ghost stories together! You're so stupid! "
Liliana had been mocked by Mercury Lamp for a long time. Now that she had found a punching bag, she shouted at the magic mirror, "Bastard! Shut up! Annoying! No one will treat you as a mute if you don't talk! "
The magic mirror retorted, "You're the one who should shut up! I am a mirror. If I don't talk, everyone will treat me as a mute! "
Liliana pounced at me with a broken expression, "Oh no! I was ridiculed by a mirror!"
I rubbed Lina's head to appease her. Seeing as she was about to push her luck, I slipped her collar and tossed her into a nearby basket. Looking at the group of superwomen who had nothing better to do at home, I found it hilarious. "I say, why did you suddenly think of telling ghost stories?"
"Lin Xue came by. You didn't see her," Shallow Shallow said as she twisted the Rubik's cube in her hand, "She said that the supernatural team was busy investigating a few supernatural cases. After talking for a while, Liliana got excited. But I also thought it was interesting. When we were in middle school, we used to tell ghost stories together …"
"Me too. When I was in high school, I created a great feat of scaring half of the dormitory to tears. Why did I fail now?" Liliana spread her hands, her expression conflicted, "It's all because of that idiot Anveena! Don't be funny when you're telling ghost stories! "
"Although I shouldn't interrupt as a maid," Anveena's head popped out from the table, "those ghost stories … they seem to be similar to the appearance of the city that Cirvanas mentioned."
I pushed back the little ghost who couldn't remember how to appear normally and asked curiously, "Lin Xue was here? I haven't seen her for the past two days. Why did she leave so quickly today? "
"She was busy," Liliana lifted her eyelids, "Isn't she still a member of the supernatural team? That's her grandfather's business. As one of the successors, she only showed up ten times in half a year and was impeached by the old man. Now, she is busy carrying out missions to make up for her mistakes. Sigh, I really pity her. "
I agreed with her, but I was suddenly concerned about what Shallow Shallow had mentioned. Supernatural cases? There are such things on Earth?
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