Chapter 1525 - The Lair and the Crystals (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
A mysterious, unknown galaxy might hold the secret that the Goddess of Creation left to Vivian. It could also be a trap that the Goddess of Destruction left to the latecomers. Whatever the case, the galaxy was an irresistible place for Hao Ren to visit. After all, he had been trying to uncover the truth of the Plane of Dreams all this while.
He would definitely be going to the mysterious galaxy. But before that, he needed to take care of a few things.
Hao Ren had given the mysterious galaxy a lame temporary name: X Galaxy. Of the three probes that he sent out, he had lost contact with Probe 1 while Probe 2 and 3 were in good condition and had begun exploring X Galaxy. Hao Ren had ordered the two probes to expand their exploration and build guiding beacons using whatever raw material they could find locally. This task was crucial. What the two drones could accomplish was very limited. Even if each individual drone could multiply and form a cluster, it would take the two probes too long to achieve that. So, the best option was for the two drones to sow the guiding beacons. When the beacons formed a gravitational network, the main drone cluster would be able to find their way here. As for expanding the exploration, it was only a routine. It would take a long time for the two probes to explore the entire galaxy, which consisting of several planetary systems. Hao Ren only hoped that before he arrived at X Galaxy, the two drones had already figured out the situation near the target of the warp jump.
Nolan was running a preflight self-diagnostic, and the probes were planting beacons and snapping photos of X Galaxy. In the meantime, Hao Ren had summoned Lemendusa and Muru, who had just come back from Solenne Nebula, and Heve, who was monitoring the ecosphere on Tannagost. He had also called in the Lord of the Lords, Loken and the Lord of the Mountains, Geddon, two ancient giants of the early days of the Goddess of Creation.
Hao Ren needed to discuss the Crimson Moon and the Star of Creation with these giants.
The giants stood in the central chamber of the CARS. As usual, Hao Ren was on the crystal platform high above the hall, his line of sight was just level with these towering guys. He first asked about the Creation Engine, “Has the assembly project been suspended?”
“Aside from the necessary maintenance, we have shut down the production,” Lemendusa said. “The star forging furnace has collapsed. I have stored all the molded parts and unused materials on planet PHN-26.”
Hao Ren nodded in acknowledgment. But before he spoke, Muru chimed in by asking, “Is there really something wrong with the blueprint of the Creation Engine?”
Hao Ren looked at Muru, whose face like stone. But instinct told Hao Ren that these giants had begun to be suspicious of his earlier reasoning.
Hao Ren was silent for a moment before letting out a sigh. “I was not lying by saying that the blueprint of the Creation Engine was unreliable. It was just that we had not been able to determine whether the hidden danger existed. I have recently found some clues; some of the projects that the Goddess of Creations started before her death could have been compromised. In other words, I am not sure if the blueprint that I have given you is the original design by the Goddess of Creation.”
The giants looked at each other. Loken and Geddon, the previous generation of giants who had been keeping an eye on Lockmarton in Collow, knew little about the Creation Engine. But Lemendusa and Heve were visibly shaken; they understand how vital the Creation Engine was to their mother. Thing as crucial as the Creation Engine had been compromised?
“I will find out what happens as soon as possible.” Hao Ren quickly steered the conversation away when he sensed that the guardian giants began to raise questions. “I am seeing you all today for something else.”
Loken, the Lord of the Lords, nodded. “We are all ears.”
“You have all lived on the Star of Creation before and should know the planet very well. Have you heard about the lair of Lockmarton on the planet? Or maybe the ruins?”
Heve shook her head. “I used to be responsible for patrolling the Sea of Creation, but have never heard of that.”
Geddon, the Lord of the Mountains then said in a muffled voice, “Lockmarton once lived on the Star of Creation. At that time, we were not born yet. But I know the history; Mother had indeed built a lair for Lockmarton. But then Lockmarton went decadent and crazy. After a fight broke out between Mother and the Mad Lord fought went crazy, and the mother and the mad Lord, history had been buried. If I am not mistaken, Mother has even rubbed out the lair on the Star of Creation.”
Hao Ren nodded. Things seemed to add up. The lair of Lockmarton seen in the Crimson Moon was indeed the ruin on the Star of Creation. But what about the crystal at the bottom of the ocean?
“Who knows about these crystals?”
As Hao Ren spoke, the MDT showed a hologram that depicted the crystals on the seabed of the Sea of the Crimson Moon. “These crystals resonate and work like a neuro-network that transmit signals. It is probably on the seabed of the Star of Creation.”
This time, it was Loken who shook his head. “I have never seen this thing before, and I am sure it does not exist on the Star of Creation. Our mother made us from the star wreckage that she collected from deep space, but part of our core came from the core of the Star of Creation. This core enables us to know from our subconscious the original appearance of the Star of Creation. If the seabed had these crystals, I would have recognized it right away.”
Hao Ren turned his attention to the three second-gen, flesh-and-blood giants. After a while, Heve said, “I think… I have seen this thing.”