Chapter 179 World Truth

After learning about the origin of the Rift Galaxy, Hao Ren and Raven 12345 stood in space for a long time, gazing together at the magnificent rift that was the "Wound of the World." If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Hao Ren would have found it hard to imagine what kind of phenomenon the collapse of the Wall of Reality would produce—before this, when he discussed the Wall of Reality with the data terminal, he could only conjure up some empty doomsday scenarios, nothing more than the collapse of the sky and the inversion of the stars. But now he knew that the disaster caused by the conflict between two universes was far from that simple.

A galaxy comparable in size to the Milky Way was fundamentally deleted, becoming a meaningless piece of noise in the cosmic background radiation, leaving only a 7.7-light-year stretch of distorted nebula in its place.

This was the so-called "mathematical rate disaster." In the face of such a disaster, even the "disaster" itself would be destroyed and erased.

"Speaking of which, why did you suddenly tell me this today?" Hao Ren looked curiously at Raven 12345. He felt that the reason she had him learn about the Rift Galaxy this time wasn't entirely because she needed to place the Purgatory Planet here; there must be other reasons.

The starlight of distant space was reflected in Raven 12345's eyes, and she smiled slightly: "Because you are becoming more and more mature, it is necessary for you to understand the deeper truth of the world. For most mortal races, the universe is stable and reliable, and the laws of physics are like truths set by gods, immutable for all time. They don't have to worry about the sudden collapse of the entire world. But for us, the 'world' is far from a stable system; its balance is easily broken. Just as you saw, a galaxy that is almost eternal to mortals can be deleted to zero in an instant, and this universe will also face a similar danger. The world is not as safe as you think, do you understand?"

Hao Ren opened his mouth and honestly replied, "I feel a lot of pressure."

"So today is to get you used to this pressure, to face this pressure," Raven 12345 nodded slightly, "Inspectors are characters located between gods and humans. You come from the standpoint of ordinary races, but in the end, you must look at this universe from our perspective. You must be clearly aware of these deadly threats looming over the world, recognize the fragility of this universe, and prepare to solve all this. Of course, doing what you can."

Hao Ren felt that he could only understand a part of it now, but he knew that one day he would always know what the world Raven 12345 lived in was like. He looked up at the distant Rift Galaxy, imagining how destructively it destroyed everything around it when the cosmic scar was first torn open, and unleashed this destruction in a way and with a force that mortal races could almost never resist. He sighed softly: "Ignorance is a blessing. When I was on Earth, I felt that the biggest crisis in life was not having enough money to pay the internet bill."

"'Ignorance' is the greatest gift mortals receive," Raven 12345 patted Hao Ren on the shoulder, "But no one can remain ignorant forever."

After saying this, she transformed into a ray of light and quickly merged with the distant cosmic stars, disappearing as if merging with the universe.

"I never thought you'd have such a serious moment," Hao Ren looked in the direction where the goddess sister disappeared and couldn't help but murmur to himself. Then he suddenly realized that he was floating in some unknown place in the universe and was immediately anxious: "Hey, wait! At least send me back! Where the hell is this?"

He had just finished shouting in his mind and was about to call the data terminal to pick him up when he saw a spatial rift suddenly open in the space next to him, and then a leg stretched out from inside. A white light flashed, and a word from the goddess sister echoed in Hao Ren's mind: "Off you go!"

After that, some things happened that didn't quite conform to the laws of physics. A few minutes later, Nolan pried Hao Ren off the antenna tower of the Tortoise Rock Platform, and a group of people surrounded him asking questions. Lily summarized it best: "So you were sent back by the goddess with a flying kick?"

Hao Ren rubbed his lower back (though he wasn't actually injured) and said angrily, "That crazy woman!"

No divine punishment came down: Raven 12345 being a crazy woman had long been recognized by the Great Universe Consciousness.

Nangong Sanba patted Hao Ren on the shoulder comfortingly: "Think positive—after all, this is also the first push. Think about the Purgatory Planet just now; you're getting the same treatment as the planetary consciousness."

Hao Ren: "..."

He pushed Nangong Sanba aside, got up and came to the control panel to observe the situation of the Purgatory Planet. This beautiful white planet was already orbiting a brand-new star. No matter how unreliable its "first push" was, the goddess sister's kick made it run very well. But just letting the planet orbit the sun was only the first step; its recovery was far from beginning. Hao Ren knocked on the data terminal, which was still lazing on the control panel: "When will the first phase of the project start?"

"This terminal will explain. First of all, the first step is to obtain control of the First Born. The ecosystem of this planet can only be maintained by the power of the First Born. To make it actively adapt to the new environment, we must also use the tentacles of the First Born. Therefore, this administrator authority is necessary. We can now deploy engineering robots and production factories in the inner crust of the planet. The drawings and software for the related control facilities are ready and can be started directly. Only after we have completely controlled the First Born can we allow the Joint Mining Company to enter—this terminal has initially contacted their agents, and they are very interested in this business, able to 100% meet all our requirements, and also include a 'pest control' service, which is to clear those twisted monsters on the surface crust."

Hao Ren smacked his lips: "Tsk, tsk, profiteers. Sounds good, but cleaning the construction site yourself during mining is also considered a value-added service."

"Hmph, it would be strange if they didn't do this," the data terminal snorted, "By the way, Chief Raven left a layer of divine protection on this planet, which will remain in effect until we gain control of the First Born. But we don't have to wait here foolishly. The control facilities require about half a month of construction, during which we can go home and rest."

Before Hao Ren could say anything, Lily suddenly jumped up and grabbed his sleeve, shouting, "Ribs!"

After shouting these two words, she went back to her seat and played games, leaving the bewildered Hesperides trio staring blankly. Hao Ren had to translate for them: "Oh, she means she wants to eat ribs when we get back."

Vivian then crooked her finger at Lily and held up three fingers, shaking them.

Hao Ren followed up with the translation: "This means stewed ribs are okay, but Lily has to wash the dishes for three days."

Lily twitched her ears after seeing Vivian's gesture out of the corner of her eye, her tail came out and wagged, and pointed to Nangong Wuyue.

Hao Ren continued to translate: "Lily said she heard it. Washing dishes is okay, but she definitely won't wash as cleanly as Nangong Wuyue, and it will cost dish soap. She asked Vivian and Wuyue to discuss it when they get back, and said that she wasn't lazy, just too lazy to move. And she also requested that some green vegetables and corn kernels be added when stewing the ribs."

Hesperides broke out in a cold sweat: everything else was fine, but Hao Ren's last wave of translation seemed to her to be simply in the realm of metaphysics. Without some kind of telepathy, she couldn't imagine how Hao Ren could translate so many details from Lily's tail wagging.

It was obvious that there were no such creatures as "cat slaves" or "dog slaves" in the Athenian Sanctuary...

After that, the Tortoise Rock Platform returned to the lower crust to begin the first phase of construction.

Just like they did on Tanagrus, the Tortoise Rock Platform only needed to set up a few basic workstations and two or three autonomous machines, and these things could quickly complete self-replication and expansion.

Hao Ren hovered the spaceship over Dorasil, and after the spaceship's ejection channel opened, four silver-white metal cubes, each about ten meters square, separated from the spaceship and flew to the four corners of the city.

These were the mini-factories, more efficient and integrated construction units designed by drawing on the experience gained in Tanagrus. Each construction unit came with an autonomous machine and a set of material conversion equipment, capable of manufacturing everything required in the blueprint and replicating themselves with extremely high efficiency. After establishing many strongholds in the Dream Plane, Hao Ren realized that his inspector career—at least his recent career—would be accompanied by a lot of infrastructure work, so he kept such construction units on standby in the spaceship.

Four construction units were enough. Watching the cubes land smoothly on the prairie and begin to slowly unfold, Hao Ren knew that all he had to do next was wait.

Then Vivian contacted the native tribes again through the communicator.

After confirming that all the messengers had arrived and that things were proceeding according to plan, the Tortoise Rock Platform left the planet.

In half a month, a complete rebirth will be ushered in here.

(The backend has been crashing for a long time... I couldn't upload it for a long time.)