Hao Ren and Leah came to the upper floor of the World Tree Temple together—this place is located deep in the canopy of the tree, and it is a vast area like a circular square. The tens of kilometers thick branches and layers of huge leaves make this place a beautiful place. A closed space, but there is no darkness here, the halo emitted by the World Tree itself illuminates this huge cavity, and even makes it as bright as day, and around the circular square, hundreds of curved white Curved stone pillars grow from the trunk of the giant tree, supporting and insulating the lush branches and leaves outside, and finally converge into a vault-like structure above.
Luminous silk threads hang down from those elegant stone beams, and at the end of each thread there is a small ball of light flying, which is the "spirit" associated with the World Tree itself, and they are responsible for maintaining this huge and complex world tree. An automatic system to ensure that every change in the entire universe is under monitoring.
In order to give full play to the efficiency of the World Tree system, Hao Ren has connected the data link of the crystal nucleus research station to this place, so this circular square is also equivalent to the extension of the crystal nucleus research station, and Asuman can directly connect his own Consciousness projected over, and used the processing function of the world tree to greatly improve his own listening efficiency—it was thanks to this high-efficiency system that he discovered the changes in the depths of the dark abyss in the first place.
Asuman's image shining like a nebula appeared in the center of the square, and a pleasant voice rang directly beside Hao Ren's ears: "I have observed three energy fluctuations, each with an interval of less than three seconds, the first and the second The fluctuations are relatively weak, and the third time is quite strong, even reaching the level of direct observation without the use of a booster antenna. The Lord of Madness will undoubtedly be injured by this energy burst, and the jailers who stick there will be able to breathe Chance."
"The first and second fluctuations should be the Goddess of Destroyer trying to suppress her divine power, but how could she be able to suppress it? It's a miracle that she can persist until now." Hao Ren, as a blasting expert, is quite professional. She commented calmly, "This bombing, she will lose half of her life."
But Lia was thinking about something else: "We're sending in a good signal—the guards there will know that they haven't been forgotten, and someone is out there trying to deal with the Lord of Madness."
Hao Ren nodded and looked at Asuman again: "Are there any other changes?"
"There is better news," Asuman said the good news, but his tone was as usual without emotional fluctuations, "The information relay station set up by the drone group near the dark abyss has been successfully activated, and its effect is beyond expectations. I started I received clearer interstellar whispers, and at one point heard the voices of the Star Citizen Sentinels—although they failed to establish contact, it has been confirmed that the sentinel system in the cage still exists, and the ancient line of defense has not fallen.”
Hao Ren couldn't help taking a deep breath. The progress in this area made him feel a little bit excited—the relay station is indeed useful! The information isolation between the dark abyss and the outside world has the possibility of being broken without breaking the seal, and if you can successfully establish contact with the sentinels there... the situation will not be improved at all!
"Very well, your work is very important, you must not relax," he said with relief, "I will let the drone speed up the construction of more relay stations and auxiliary facilities, and maybe we will be able to successfully communicate with your compatriots soon. We made a connection."
After learning the information about the dark abyss cage, Hao Ren hung up the connection with Asuman, and the holographic projection in mid-air gradually dimmed. Then he looked at the goddess of creation beside him: "The way to the dark realm How is the construction of the stable channel going?"
"It's almost finished, but it still needs to be adjusted. The current transmission consumes a lot of energy and there is a problem of coordinate misalignment," Liya said while reaching out and gently touching the crystal inlaid on the surface of a stone pillar beside her. "According to your Suggestion, I'll just open the passage here—”
As her words fell, there was a slight buzzing sound in the circular square.
Immediately afterwards, the hundreds of curved and closed white stone beams above the square entered the charged state one by one, and stretched out like soft vines, and a hundreds of hundreds of stone beams opened slowly above the hemispherical dome. A circular hole with a meter width, and a layer of shining light film covers the hole, and energy surges in it.
That is a portal—a portal that can directly lead to the dark realm.
The Dark Realm is the most special part of the Dream Plane. In fact, it does not belong to the Dream Plane at all, but an independent world that "sticks" to the world barrier of the Dream Plane, like a parasitic universe. This also leads to It solves the problem that the portal that is usually only used for transmission in this world cannot be directly connected between the two, but this is no longer a problem after obtaining the magical "beacon". By using the huge computing power of the World Tree And the surging energy, even without Nolan's assistance, can open a stable channel to the dark realm, and this is the final result.
Hao Ren just asked Leah about this matter, and then never intervened again. He didn't expect that after only two days, Leah had built the portal to the point where it was barely usable. But in fact, it's normal to think about it: the beacon leading to the dark realm itself was calculated by Leah herself, and coupled with her learning ability inherited from her mother, she could learn it after two days of research according to the instructions of the World Tree. I have learned everything, and then I just need to bind the Beacon to the World Tree. For this self-taught goddess of creation... it really is not difficult.
"After the portal is completely stable, we will start the investigation on the Laherian planet," Hao Ren said of his plan. "I went back and discussed with our boss. We both think that the entire dark field is full of mysteries, and Laherien may be the center of the mystery. We even speculate that the Lord of Madness is not unique to the Dream Plane at all, and the so-called Dark Realm may be the real first victim... "
There is no need to keep this information secret, so Hao Ren told the Goddess of Creation all the details, and the latter's eyes widened as she listened. After guessing, she finally couldn't help it anymore: "You mean that the Lord of Madness will parasitize one universe after another, spreading like a virus?!"
"Whether it spreads or not is uncertain, but the Dark Realm has at least proved that it has the ability to find new victims after destroying a world." Hao Ren nodded. "To be honest, the danger has suddenly increased a lot."
"Hey—I feel hairy all over," Liya hugged her arms and rubbed them together, as if gods would get goosebumps (maybe they really have this function?), "Such a dangerous thing...then I have to get rid of it quickly, and It has to be completely wiped out..."
At this time, Hao Ren suddenly remembered something again: "By the way, I have one more thing to ask you - about the Genesis Engine."
"The Genesis Engine? What's the matter?" Leah frowned. "Have you encountered problems in your research?"
"It's the golden discs in the engine," Hao Ren waved his hand, "We know that the golden discs in the engine are the key to make it run, but to be honest, I only found a small part of them, and there are nine more. The whereabouts of the discs are unknown. Although we have rejected the plan to use the engine to come from Mimanmen, those discs are still indispensable as the core of divine power calculations—so I want to ask where are the rest of your discs?"
Hearing this, Leah showed a look of surprise: "You mean the remaining discs? Aren't those discs in the engine core I gave you before? They were extracted from the gate of Suluen last time. The core of the engine…”
"You said the disc is inside?" Hao Ren seemed even more surprised than Liya, "Are you sure?"
"Of course I am sure that the core area of the Creation Engine was the fastest progressing, and I installed the completed divine power conversion skeleton and discs. In fact, the remaining discs are also planned to be installed—if the If the outbreak of the war could be postponed for a few months, I would have assembled it, but the plan could not keep up with the changes... But all in all, I saw the nine gold discs put into the core with my own eyes..." Liya noticed Hao Ren while talking With the change of expression, her speech speed gradually slowed down, "Wait a minute, shouldn't it be..."
"It's the one that shouldn't be," Hao Ren felt a dull pain in his back molars, "The disc is gone—the slot in the engine core is empty."
Liya's eyes widened, and her small body tensed up: "I'm sure I remember correctly, I did put them in it back then!"
Hao Ren smiled wryly: "Then there is only one explanation - someone stole them again..."
"Someone..." Leah blinked, "Who can do this? After the Kingdom of God exploded, the engine was sucked into the dark realm along with the Suluen Gate, and before that, the disk was always... Damn it!"
She seemed to think of something, and her face suddenly darkened.
Hao Ren also thought of the same thing, he gritted his teeth: "Looks like we're thinking about it together—if anyone but you can know the secret of the Creation Engine, it's only the Mieshi that we detonated. goddess… "
Liya grabbed a strand of silver hair on her chest irritably: "But how could she! She obviously fell into a deep sleep with me, even though the Suluen Gate was by our side at that time, she could..."
Hao Ren looked at the goddess and couldn't help reminding: "You were also sleeping at the time, but didn't you reshape Laherien in the dream?"
Lia fell silent.
Hao Ren sighed: "Sleeping gods can also do many things. The goddess of annihilation... Although she is a polluted body, she also has the power of a true god. It seems that we have another trouble this time."
The one who is most likely to take away the nine golden discs is without a doubt the Goddess of Destroyer. She took such painstaking efforts to take those discs away to tease the dog, so what would she use them for
"Nine discs... have already accounted for three-quarters of the entire core system. Even if there are three less, those nine discs can use the redundant complementary mechanism to complete most of the computing tasks," Liya said in a particularly serious tone. , "The most complicated and time-consuming parts of the entire Genesis Engine are the discs, and even if the rest of the parts are cut corners, they can actually ensure that the engine barely starts..."
"What do you think she's going to do with those things?"
Lia took a deep breath and pointed to herself.