After touching the golden disc, Hao Ren had been trapped in some kind of chaotic and strange dream for several days on end, and his hands were left with these indelible marks - Vivien and Itzhax both helped him check the marks on his hands, but found nothing, the marks were like ordinary burns, and did not carry any supernatural powers.But even Hao Ren knew that these traces definitely had extraordinary significance.During the night trapped by the chaotic dream, Hao Ren relived the scene he had seen in the illusion of the golden disc over and over again, each time he woke up in the crumbling temple of the Goddess of Creation, passed through countless burning pillars and battlefields of death, and finally arrived at the place where the god-killing sin had occurred.And then each time, as he had done at first, he was always one step too late, unable to see the respective faces of the godslayer and the goddess.Every dream was a repetition of the exact amount, but as he continued to experience those things over and over again, Hao Ren found that he was reading some information from the dream more and more clearly.The messages were the chaotic memories that had been injected into his mind after the first touch of the golden disk.The repetitive dreams seemed to help him extract these incomprehensible information from the depths of his mind, and as the repeated dreams finally faded away, Hao Ren was convinced that he had clearly grasped something.Now, as he re-examines the series of events that have taken place since he touched the golden disc, an idea has taken shape: the process of touching the disc, obtaining "information" from the disc, and then reinforcing this information after experiencing the dream is probably not accidental, it must be an elaborate program, and the purpose of this program is to convey a "message".Because after he fully understood what he had gotten out of the golden disc, those dreams faded just right—only the word "purposeful" could explain it."
I heard the Goddess of Creation say to me, 'Be careful, the enemy is still there,' and she didn't tell me directly in words, but in that whole illusion, in the whole spiritual world, with a more complex and imperceptible code, directly into my mind," Hao Ren rubbed the "burn" marks on his hands, "It took me five full days to extract these six words from the spiritual world, and by the end they were very clear.I guess that's supposed to be a warning. ”"But you think this warning is for you?"
The data terminal slowly flew next to Hao Ren's head, "What you saw was already an image left 10,000 years ago, and the 'last words' of the goddess of creation were also 10,000 years ago, she may have left a message to someone at that time, of course there were enemies everywhere at that time." ”"In the illusion, the Goddess of Creation once looked at me," Hao Ren lowered his hand and looked intently at the production plant in the center of the lair, "I am 100% sure that her gaze is on me, and she knows exactly where I am standing.Therefore, she should have the ability to see through time and space, even if it is only through a 'video', her ability still exists.So her message should have been for me as well. ”The data terminal was a little surprised, but it knew very well what kind of abilities those powerful creatures, especially gods, should have, so it quickly accepted Hao Ren's statement and guessed on this basis: "In this case, the goddess of creation probably knows more things than she thinks." ”"She's a god after all, but she was killed by a race she created, do you think it's really possible that she has no resistance and no backhand?"
Hao Ren raised her eyebrows, "She has time to create Vivien, she has time to shut down some of the Guardians' functions, she has time to send some of the Guardians out of the Divine Kingdom battlefield, and she has also spent thousands of years building a Creation Engine, after the collapse of the Kingdom of God, it is very likely that it was this Creation Engine that pushed the Gate of Surune out of the Dark Realm."
I think she may lack some knowledge compared to the professional gods of the Xiling Divine Department, but she is by no means a stupid white sweet. ”In the end, he shook his head and smiled: "Anyway, it is always necessary to be vigilant, and it will come in handy sooner or later to let the drone swarm improve its combat effectiveness, even if it is not to deal with those residual enemies in the mouth of the goddess of creation, there are still many threats to this universe." ”A small group of wanderer probes flew by the window, and they noticed that Hao Ren was looking at this side, so they came over curiously, turned their heads outside the window, and then flew in a line into the distance: although these drones are under the control of a unified consciousness, within a limited range, they still have individual intelligence and simple thinking ability, which allows them to respond more efficiently in the face of complex and changing situations.Hao Ren looked at the busy drones outside the window, and suddenly smiled and muttered: "Lily seems to have been worried about what to do if these drones go berserk like in the movie." ”"Legitimate concern," said the swarm-conscious face, expressionless, "The loss of control of the drone swarm poses an incalculable threat to the creator, and the speed at which the swarm expands is enough to cause her concern.Considering the circumstances in which she lived and the indoctrination she received from childhood, it was logical to have a similar reaction. ”Hao Ren looked at this rigid guy a little funny: "To be honest, you really won't get out of control?"
”"There's no need for that," the group consciousness couldn't quite hear that Hao Ren was joking, and it explained its attributes very seriously, "Any behavior should have a reason, and the fleet doesn't need to get out of control."
There is no conflict between the fleet and the creator, our proliferation, expansion, development, evolution, all the processes are under a rational program, and the fleet itself has no need to get rid of this program.At the same time, the Xiling Divine System itself is a huge cluster of consciousness connected by a spiritual network, which can be regarded as a higher class group, while we are a secondary group created by them - there is no difference in essence between the two.Everything is a tool and part of the Spiritual system, and one tool does not need to betray the other. ”The data terminal fell on Hao Ren's shoulder, and Yoyo said: "The drone swarm has a history of trillions of years in the Xiling Empire, and it may even be longer than that.Long before the concept of 'AI rampage', the fleet was already part of the empire, and they coexisted with the Apostle of Hilling, merging before they could contradict each other.The premise of loss of control is that one group first controls another group, but in the empire, there is no second group, everything is just parts and tools.All things, become one, just as your heart does not betray your ribs. ”At this time, Doudou grabbed Hao Ren's arm and woke up from a nap, she had already fallen asleep, but when she woke up, she found that Hao Ren was still discussing a bunch of boring topics with others, so the little guy slapped his tail vigorously and began to protest loudly, Hao Ren hurriedly held the little guy steadily, and nodded awkwardly to the group consciousness interaction interface: "Okay, let's not discuss these boring things - do you have a fish tank here?"
”Hao Ren waited in the drone frontier lair for two whole days, and although the swarm consciousness initially estimated that it would take twenty-four hours to find the clues, it actually took more time to search for those "space passers-by".But the wait finally made sense, and on the morning of the third day, one of the farthest flying cruiser drones finally found a clue: a few light-years away from the first lens trace, some slowly escaping synthetic material floated in space, and they were almost impossible to distinguish, but the probe still collected their remaining material particles and analyzed them as a synthetic, high-performance fuel, perhaps used by the spacecraft engine in a subluminal state.After receiving the report from the drone, Hao Ren and the others gathered on the bridge of the Giant Turtle Rock Terrace, and the detection area of the group in the past few days has been made into a holographic star map and placed on the projection of the console.After seeing the analysis report of the fuel, the data terminal muttered: "It looks like they are not in a good situation, I am afraid that these are leaked fuel." ”"No traces of the explosion of the aircraft have been found on the entire extension line from the lens traces to these fuel leakage points, and it is preliminarily determined that the artificial aircraft that left these traces are still alive, but there is some degree of damage," the interactive interface of the drone swarm floated on the other side of the console, "The direction of these aircraft has been roughly locked, and if they have not changed their course much in the last hundred light years, they should be tracked soon." ”Hao Ren thought for a moment and ordered Nolan: "Set sail, chase in that direction now, maybe we can find those ships before lunch." ”Nolan muttered as he started his engine, "How can you be sure it's a ship?"
Haven't you seen it yet?
”Hao Ren pouted: "Nonsense, is it possible that something that can leak oil while sailing faster than light is a durian?"
”After two and a half days of mooring, the Giant Turtle Rock finally left the drone lair, and under the guidance of the outpost drone, Hao Ren and his party quickly chased in the direction indicated by those traces.It didn't take them long to discover their target."
A massive man-made object has been spotted ahead!"
Nolan excitedly reported, "It really looks like a durian!"
”Hao Ren looked at the monitor screen in a daze, and a large group of huge flying objects shaped like durians jumped into view."
Tsk, you mouth," Vivien sighed, shaking her head, "legal." ”(To be continued.) )