He told Salaman these circumstances with considerable embarrassment, because the truth meant that the Guardian Giants’ millennia-long vigil here had suddenly become meaningless—the Final Web was a defective product from the start. Even if the guardians had waited for Vivian, the "Lord of the Throne," as planned, the Mother Goddess's plan could not have succeeded.

But he didn't hide these things because these truths belonged to the giants, who had the right to know everything about the Final Web. And he believed that with Salaman's state of mind, even knowing all this wouldn't make him lose his fighting spirit.

As he expected, after learning that the Final Web had inherent flaws, Salaman was silent for a long time and felt quite dejected, but in the end, he shook his head with relief: "In any case, we finally completed Mother's mission."

"In this case, the activation of the Final Web has to be postponed even more," Hao Ren carefully chose his words. "It has a very serious... design problem, and I can't fix it with the technical means on my side. I have to go back and ask my superiors for help."

"I understand," Salaman nodded. "We've been waiting here for ten thousand years, and we don't mind waiting a few more years. The threat of those freaks has been eliminated. For the Guardian Legion, this is an unprecedentedly good time."

Looking at the commander of the Giant Legion in front of him, Hao Ren remembered the things he had thought of before, so he said with a smile, "So, next, apart from rebuilding the various facilities here according to the plan, you should have nothing else to do, right?"

Salaman looked at Hao Ren curiously: "The Guardian Legion is indeed idle... Do you need our help? Please feel free to ask. As long as it is within our power, the Guardian Legion will do its best."

"No, it's not about asking you for help, but something even better," Hao Ren waved his hand. "Don't you want to see some of your other compatriots? Although... there are only three of them."

Salaman's eyes seemed to light up: "Ah, are those the three Guardian Giants you mentioned before?"

"That's right, they are in my base and are very much looking forward to reuniting with their compatriots," the smile on Hao Ren's face became even more obvious. "Actually, I originally planned to bring them here, but you also know... this place has just been through a war, and it's either ruins or construction sites. There's really no good scenery, so are you and your subordinates interested in seeing the world outside the X-Star Cluster? In a place called Tanagus, the ecosystem left by the Mother Goddess is recovering, and I think it should be able to provide the greatest relaxation for the tired legion soldiers."

Salaman hesitated a little: "But the reconstruction work here..."

"Most of the reconstruction work can be handed over to the drone swarms. As long as you give them the blueprints, they can rebuild Amantir for you," Hao Ren waved his hand. "Besides, I didn't say that the entire Guardian Legion should go there. You can take turns going on vacation."

Hao Ren had already moved Salaman's heart, and Vivian quickly chimed in when she saw this: "In fact, the outside world really needs you—we have found a large number of Mother Goddess relics, and we have also started reconstruction in places like the Gate of Sulun, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. Drone swarms are indeed good at building, but I think... you Guardian Giants should be more willing to participate in such things personally. Isn't it better to go out and about than to stay in this X-Star Cluster?"

A smile finally appeared on Salaman's face, which rarely showed any expression: "I have absolutely no reason to refuse."

The Petrified Turtle Rock wasn't able to transport so many Guardian Giants at once—even though the spacecraft had scientific space expansion cargo holds, it couldn't stuff more than six figures of Guardian Giants in at once. So this time, the Guardian's own black starships were used to take the Giant Legion to Tanagus.

In the previous battle, the Guardian Legion's battleships were heavily damaged, especially the large motherships that had been the "focus" of the corruptors. They were stuck in the starport and couldn't fly for several months, but this time Hao Ren didn't need to take the entire Guardian Legion to Tanagus. Only a third were going, so even with the necessary garrison warships left in the Hub Star System, the Guardian's spaceships were still quite sufficient.

In order to allow those massive Guardian starships to keep up with the speed of the Petrified Turtle Rock, the drone swarms established a large base on the edge of the Hub Star System. The main facility in the base was a super-large warp acceleration track. At this moment, hundreds of black starships were lined up in a magnificent formation, waiting at the starting end of the acceleration track, and in front of this fleet, the one responsible for navigation was a small silver-white spaceship.

"Beacon is lit, the airway is clear, ready to jump at any time," Nolan stood on the bridge of the Petrified Turtle Rock, with a happy expression on her face. She turned her head (actually turned the ship's external monitor) and glanced at the huge fleet behind her, her tone slightly raised, "Hey, boss, I'm the flagship of this fleet!"

"Yes, yes, yes, you've been saying that ten times," Hao Ren sat on the captain's seat and looked at his ship spirit with a bit of helplessness. "Your size isn't even as big as their antenna, look at how smug you are."

"It's because the tonnage difference is so big that it's worth being smug!" Nolan folded her arms. "Only with comparison can there be persuasion, only with contrast can there be a sense of existence! Let me tell you, I've already taken pictures, and I'll post them on the shipmates forum later, so that those noobs who are smug for two weeks just because they changed an engine can see what real combat power is. This ship is a big shot who can lead such a big fleet through the star gate. What's so great about them modifying their own ships? Oh right, and the ones I took on the battlefield before, I'll post nine pictures when I get back..."

Hao Ren stared dumbfounded at the radiant Nolan, and a feeling arose spontaneously that his own cat had suddenly learned to take selfies and go online, and then ran to the pet forum to compete with other people's cat pictures...

The rolling cat, who was lying on the soft cushion not far away with its eyes closed to rest, suddenly raised its head as if feeling something, glanced at Hao Ren confusedly, and after finding that no one was calling it, meowed vaguely, and lay down to continue dreaming a beautiful dream with many fish and the fish not beating it up.

In the next moment, the layers of rings on the warp acceleration track gradually filled with light, the entire fleet began to accelerate slowly, and gradually became illusory between the rings of the acceleration track.

"Entering warp, destination—Tanagus-Crystal Core Research Station Anchorage."

When the warp ended, Tanagus's vibrant planetary landscape had already appeared on the main monitor of every ship, and a crystal-clear fortress that seemed like a creation of mythology was suspended high above the planet, casting its light on the universe like the palace where the gods lived in myths.

The Crystal Core Research Station sent a welcome message. This space station, which was so large that it was equivalent to a small moon, was welcoming such a large fleet for the first time, but its massive docking berths, which were built into the design, allowed it to fully meet the fleet's berthing needs.

A part of the lower structure of the space station began to light up, and then the crystal-formed shell opened silently like petals, extending long bridges with elegant curves. Hundreds of such bridges extended in space, and light escaped from the crystal beams, materializing into various berthing facilities.

"Welcome to the Crystal Core Research Station, the Observer's bridgehead in this universe, and the base for the forces of order to counterattack the Lord of Madness," Hao Ren's figure appeared on the "Aier's" holographic device. "Legion Commander, I hope you like this place."

"I see that planet," Salaman's attention was obviously more focused on Tanagus, and his emotions seemed a little excited. "Indeed, as you said, an ecological planet is recovering, and I can feel the power of the Mother surging on that planet's surface... Ah, it's been so many years since we felt such a clear aura of life and order!"

Hao Ren smiled. He knew that Salaman was referring to the aura released by the Source Blood on the surface of Tanagus—although the Hub was also an important legacy of the Mother Goddess, in order to ensure the normal operation of the Final Web in the "Age of God's Demise," the Mother Goddess greatly suppressed her aura when building the Holy Land. In addition, there was still a lot of pollution left by the claws of madness, so the Guardian Giants would be so touched when they came to Tanagus.

"Don't worry, the Crystal Core Research Station is just a transit point. There are space teleportation devices inside the space station that lead directly to the planet's surface. After parking the ship, you can all go to the planet's surface to take a look. Of course, most of the place is still wilderness, and only the cities and settlements established by the Zohm civilization have been developed. You..."

"We won't affect them," Salaman said before Hao Ren finished speaking. The old giant smiled. "Don't worry, although we weren't born as 'gardeners,' the Mother's education is the same for every Guardian Giant. I heard you say before that the Zohm civilization has just emerged from a crisis, and their cities have just been built. A group of giants would cause trouble for them. But then again—do they need help? It's not easy to rebuild a civilization from scratch."

"Muru is taking care of them," Hao Ren shook his head with a smile. "And the Zohm people are a very self-reliant race. In fact, since last year, they have taken the initiative to reduce the food rations they receive from me—in just over two years, they are ready to achieve food self-sufficiency."

Salaman nodded very seriously: "Many times, mortals will show amazing qualities, so it's no wonder that the Mother liked them so much. Compared to 'power,' which can be obtained or strengthened through various means, the qualities that come from nature are more important."

Thirty minutes later, Salaman and the first batch of Guardian Giants arrived on the surface of Tanagus via teleportation devices.

Of course, hundreds of thousands of Guardian Giants could not be teleported to the same location at once, so Hao Ren chose an open wilderness in the north of the planet as the landing site. The giants landed in various areas of this wilderness in a dozen batches, and the organizational work after that was something that Salaman and his subordinates had to consider.

Muru, Remon Dusa, and Hif, who had been waiting for a long time, finally met their compatriots—after already accepting that the entire Guardian Giant race had been wiped out and that only the three of them had survived, they met so many compatriots.

For the first time, Hao Ren discovered that even a race as serious as the Guardian Giants would hug each other and weep.