Chapter 122 Starship Fragment

Judging from the external characteristics and energy fluctuations alone, Hao Ren already believed that this crystal was the same as the crystals on the Asueman's hull, but the technology of the Starry Sky People was too strange after all, and everyone didn't dare to make this judgment for a while. Therefore, in the end, Asueman himself had to see the crystal before a final conclusion could be made.

However, Iva didn't understand what Hao Ren and his party's reaction was after seeing the crystal. She seemed a little confused, and thought that her gift was not popular. She also surged to Hao Ren and asked, "Gift... don't like?"

Hao Ren was stunned, and immediately reacted, and quickly waved his hands: "Of course not, of course not, your gift is just too perfect—this thing is of great value to me! You really helped me a lot!"

"Help?" Iva shook her body formed by seawater, and suddenly made a cheerful sound, "Oh—help!!"

"Probably expressing that she is very happy to be able to help you," Nangong Wuyue said with a smile while looking at this scene, and suddenly used her tail to roll up a ball of water and甩 (shuǎi) it at Hao Ren, "Speaking of which, Iva seems to like you quite a bit, landlord."

"She is close to everyone," Hao Ren easily avoided Nangong Wuyue's water splash attack, and turned to look at the crystal still being held up by the sea water, "Okay, let's change the itinerary a little bit. I will take this thing to Asueman for identification first. You guys discuss who will stay and take care of the 'sightseeing tour'. If all goes well, I will be back within a day."

"Let's stay," Nangong Wuyue said proactively before others could speak. She grabbed her old brother, "AIO is considered my hometown, and it is convenient for me to communicate with Iva here. My brother is a demon hunter, and almost a third of this 'sightseeing tour' is demon hunters, so it will be easier for my brother to stay and negotiate with them."

"Then I'll leave it to you two," Hao Ren nodded, "There shouldn't be any problems. If those guys really fight, you can ask Hasse and Hesperides for help. They are enough to suppress the others. But I don't think the chances of those guys fighting are very high now."

Katrina smiled and interjected, "Don't worry, I don't think they will fight either—this is the Ocean Star, the main camp of the sirens. I don't believe anyone can stir up浪花(làng huā) in the water in front of me."

The Siren Queen's speech was full of momentum, and Hao Ren immediately glanced at Nangong Wuyue: "Look at the Queen's momentum, you should learn from it, don't be a coward all day long..."

Nangong Wuyue: "..."

This sudden interlude slightly disrupted Hao Ren's plan, but the "Sunset Red Return Home Visiting Group's" original AIO itinerary was two full days, so he still had some time to spare. After handing over the sightseeing tour of one hundred people to the Nangong siblings to take care of, Hao Ren directly boarded the Giant Tortoise Rock Terrace and returned to the crystal core research station in orbit on Tanagus with the Sacred White Crystal given to him by Iva.

Since the battle of Coro, the Asueman has been docked near the crystal core research station. This ancient Starry Sky People's spaceship is seriously aging and malfunctioning, so during this docking period, it has been using the facilities of the crystal core research station to carry out repairs. Now this repair is nearing completion, but according to Asueman himself, even if the repair is completed, he will stay here until he finds the whereabouts of the Goddess of Creation's kingdom or solves the threat of the Lord of Mad Whispers.

The crystal was soon sent to the Asueman.

"...Well, yes, this is indeed a creation of my race, but I'm not sure if it's part of the spaceship," In the Will Hub hall, Asueman carefully observed the crystal that Hao Ren brought, his voice echoing throughout the hall like a wind chime, "Eighty percent probability... Since it fell from outer space, the possibility of it being a spaceship fragment is indeed very high."

Hao Ren's expression became serious: "So, hundreds of years ago, a Starry Sky People's starship did pass through AIO, and most likely fought with something near the planetary orbit... otherwise such a large fragment would not have fallen down."

"Are there no more fragments?" Asueman's voice was a little urgent.

Hao Ren shook his head: "Only this one was found. After all, hundreds of years have passed, and the location of the crossfire is uncertain. Maybe only one fragment was captured by AIO's gravity, and most of the other fragments have flown into the vast universe. By the way, can you analyze anything from this fragment? Can you identify the spaceship model or number or something..."

He asked this casually out of disappointment, and didn't have much hope, but he didn't expect Asueman to give an answer after a brief thought: "I can try... I can feel that there are still fragments of thought remaining on this fragment, but these fragments have been severely scattered, so I can't guarantee that I can give you an answer."

Hao Ren was stunned: "There will be fragments of thought remaining on the spaceship fragments? What kind of technology is this?"

The Asueman in the crystal made a pleasant vibration, and wisps of translucent lines diffused from the crystal he was in, forming various complex shapes in the air: "Do you know how this spaceship was built?"

Hao Ren hadn't thought about this question before: "Um... is your way of building spaceships very special?"

"Every ship is a Starry Sky Person," Asueman's voice was gentle and soft, with a rhythm like music, "We don't have blueprints, and we don't have factories. All our knowledge is stored directly in our own energy nodes, engraved in the depths of our souls. When we need to build something, we will approach a star and emit tremors from our souls. Through a specific amplification device—that is, the crystal I am in—these soul tremors will spread into a mental skeleton. This mental skeleton is our 'industrial blueprint' and 'construction framework'. Then we will draw matter and energy from the star and condense them on the mental skeleton, and finally form all kinds of things, such as this warship."

Hao Ren was deeply shocked by this magical technology: "It's simply... incredible..."

"Compared to the information-matter conversion technology used in your space station, our technology is not so magical," Asueman's crystal flickered, "I still don't understand how you can create those materials out of thin air."

"In fact, I don't know—this whole space station was directly assigned by the superiors," Hao Ren shrugged, "In short, according to your statement, this 'Asueman' spaceship is actually your extended soul?"

"It uses my mental power as the skeleton, and fills it with the matter and energy of the star," Asueman corrected seriously, "More than 90% of the structure of this spaceship is built on this basis. The mental skeleton is the technological foundation of the Starry Sky People."

Hao Ren pointed to the crystal fragment not far away: "So this crystal..."

"There is still the mental power of the creator inside, or a set of codes. This set of codes is unique," Asueman replied, "It's just that the information contained in this crystal is too little. I need at least ten days to restore it to valuable content, and it may not be successful."

"So it takes so long..." Hao Ren frowned, but hope is better than no hope, and at this time he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, do you have to manufacture things near stars?"

"Yes, and not all stars are suitable. The ones that meet the conditions are usually 'strong' stars in middle age. They contain the most complete sequence of matter in the universe, and they are full of energy, making them easy to extract."

"So the times when the Guardian Giants occasionally witnessed you, you were all 'sunbathing' around the stars?" Hao Ren felt quite interesting, "Were you extracting matter and energy from the stars?"

"I was already the gatekeeper of Coro in the era when the Guardian Giants were active, so I don't know what you are talking about, but it should be like that. But we usually don't operate in places where other races live, because most intelligent life will be afraid of our behavior of extracting matter and energy from the stars—although in most cases, we only extract a small part of things from the stars, but many ordinary races don't see it that way," Asueman said quietly, "Of course, this was all after the Goddess of Creation defeated the Lord of Mad Whispers. In ancient times, we didn't have this luxury. At that time, the Starry Sky People followed the Goddess of Creation to fight, and we drained thousands of stars to build an army. Our greatest flagship, the Sun Throne, was made by quenching an entire star. It was so huge that we merged a hundred warriors together to complete the laying of the mental skeleton... That glorious era is over after all, and the powerful Sun Throne eventually crashed into the dark tide of the Lord of Mad Whispers. I don't know how many soul warships like me are still alive in this universe..."

Although it was only a few words, Hao Ren was deeply shocked by the epic ancient era in Asueman's mouth. When he heard that even a starship like the "Sun Throne" that was quenched with an entire star would crash under the power of the Lord of Mad Whispers, he deeply realized how much the Goddess of Creation paid to defeat that terrifying enemy—that was a war beyond the imagination of mortals!

"Leave this crystal here, I will complete its analysis as soon as possible and tell you the conclusion, and maybe it can help me contact other members of my race who are still alive in the current universe," Asueman's voice echoed in the hall, interrupting Hao Ren's reverie, "I need to hibernate now to adjust my soul frequency."

"Then I won't bother you," Hao Ren came back to his senses and nodded, "I'll wait for your good news."