Chapter 521: Moonlight Goddess, Wormhole Engine, Dark Matter

"How did you determine that Wokan is in Sanosche?"

Sui Bian harbored some doubts.

"Esteemed sir, forgive my bluntness, the Spiritual Energy you rely on is indeed formidable, but... our clan locks onto the unique aura emitted by souls, and the scent of the fire‑dragon lord Wokan remains unforgettable to me," Asasitie said, their tone still somewhat smug.

And it, too, has this source of smugness.

Sui Bian, Magnus, and the chief sergeant of the Tutmos legion, even using Spiritual Energy to probe, could not locate the fire dragon Wokan.

Nearly half a century ago, in order to forcibly reclaim all the souls of the rebellious OriginalBody from a host of evil gods, Sui Bian even employed ideological force to penetrate the alien dimension, and clashed fiercely with Kong Nu, the battle being indecisive; in the end, Kong Nu explicitly stated that Wokan was still alive (the premise of the question is that they fought, and Sui Bian had previously bested it).

But as for the exact location, Kong Nu said even if it wanted to tell, it didn't know, after all it wasn't interested in the "nice guy" fire dragon Wokan.

And even if Se Nie and Jian Qi knew, they wouldn't tell him; as for Na Gou…

Although they are easier to talk to than Kong Nu, Sui Bian instinctively resists, not wanting to get close to them, and regardless, he will eventually find a way to fully control this bunch of things, preferably erasing them.

But now, never having expected it, they have been unable to track Wokan's whereabouts, and Asasitie managed to resolve it so easily?

However, if Asasitie and its race have no particular special traits, they wouldn't dare call themselves the "God" and "Ruler" of the material universe.

Hmm…

It's worth a thorough study, to excavate all of this fellow's knowledge and understanding.

At this thought, Sui Bian, in the void space he created, stared at the "carnivorous plant", couldn't help but give a slight nod and said:

"Very well, your life is spared."

"Sincere thanks, esteemed sir!" Asasitie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmm, from now on, don't let me discover any thoughts you have toward my offspring," Sui Bian's tone was slightly somber.

"Understood! Understood, I…"

Just as the "carnivorous plant in the pot" was about to utter more flattery, the void space instantly dissipated, and the surroundings reverted to a dim plaza filled with crystals, belonging to its dwelling.

The sergeant and others still lay prone ahead, but now this group of Astate had regained autonomous consciousness, shook their heads, pushed themselves up with both hands on the ground, then each reclaimed their weapons, wary of the unspeakable ahead.

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But seeing Asasitie halt all offensives and just "honestly" linger within the binding stance truly puzzled the sergeant and the others.

Wasn't that guy just being loud a moment ago?

And even though they clearly held the upper hand, they suddenly abandoned devouring their souls—could it be… their father?

Soon, the sergeant and the others realized that only Sui Bian could intervene to explain what was happening.

Learning that they were protected and watched by a father, their confidence instantly hardened, and at this moment communications were restored, allowing them to upload real‑time images of the dim plaza, the binding stance, and Asasitie to the Griffin ship and the Leon team on the surface.

While Leon, the sergeant and others were figuring out how to deal with Asasitie, the "carnivorous plant" voluntarily used its psychic power to influence everyone, imparting knowledge of Wokan, Sanosche, and related information, shedding its previously nasal tone, and said:

"Everyone, rest assured, I will uphold absolute obedience in accepting control and transfer! I will have no complaints or resentment!"

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The previously attitude‑reversed Asasitie instantly left Leon, the sergeant and everyone else in a stunned bewilderment, not knowing what to do.

"Brothers! Shall we burn it right now?" a Tutmos raised his staff, loudly proposing to the sergeant.

Moreover, the staffs of the two Tutmos began to emit dazzling pale‑pink light, linking together, clearly ready to unleash a large‑scale Spiritual Energy spell in unison.

"Wait…" the sergeant raised his left hand, signaling his brothers to temporarily refrain from acting against Asasitie.

After all, analyzing the recent encounter, neither they nor even the full might of the Griffin could contend with this ancient "Ruler" before them.

Thus the opponent's attitude, combined with the flood of memories into their minds, clearly shows that the father had already dealt with everything before they could react, and might even have truly subjugated this unspeakable into a "carnivorous plant in a pot".

In other words, had the father not intervened, the few of them would have nearly paid the price of death for their reckless actions.

He pondered for a moment.

The sergeant sheathed his short sword, then lightly raised his left hand, signaling his nearby brothers to also lower their weapons, and said: "Maintain vigilance here, ensure the current anomalous conditions, and await the incoming Gray Knight reinforcements."

"This... is."

Receiving the order, the five Astate ceased hostilities.

"Brother." Meanwhile, the Tutmos who had requested attack permission, while attaching his staff to his side waist, looked at the constantly twitching tentacled, "petal" Asasitie, and said gravely:

"If possible, I'd actually like to drag this so‑called Ruler to the Terra Shield, so that our OriginalBody and legion can study what knowledge it truly harbors in its mind."

"Impossible," the sergeant shook his head lightly, "Given the current situation, until the doctor (plague‑doctor) fully studies it, it cannot be sent to your Tutmos."

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Hearing the Astate's words, Asasitie didn't know how to reply.

Because through the acquired memory fragments, it knew what capabilities the one the Astate called 'doctor' possessed, and with Sui Bian pressing above, Asasitie could only "force a smile"…

Although no one could tell it was straining to keep a "smile", even if that doctor entered its dwelling, Asasitie would still maintain an "optimistic" demeanor.

It, unlike most of its kind, doesn't obsess over "orthodoxy" or "apocalypse"; it simply enjoys devouring souls, tasting flesh, and roaming freely among the stars.

As long as it stays alive, that's enough.

As long as Sui Bian doesn't kill it, it is willing to do everything in its power to provide assistance.

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Next.

A small fleet of three stealth‑class ships, employing cutting‑edge technology and having been in service for about ten years, arrived at the low orbit of Srilan.

This small fleet was responding to the Griffin, under Leon's special authority, which issued a support request to the Gray Knight squad.

According to Leon's plan, if the Griffin were powerless against Asasitie, then the Gray Knights, each trained on Titan and actually around a thousand years old, could certainly eliminate any threat.

Because Artemis had asked Ran Min, Li Mu and others to have Magnus provide some Spiritual Energy assistance, i. e., using Spiritual Energy to accelerate the flow of time on Titan.

To this, Magnus did not refuse, after all this OriginalBody's feelings toward Artemis, Hephestus and other Greek gods were not shallow.

Thus, a hundred days on Titan equated to roughly one Earth day, so within the Human Empire, the Gray Knights' elite status ranks just below the Imperial Guard.

Of course, among all legions there could be special individuals such as Sparta's 12th Battalion commander Asteruon Morlock, and the shark‑eating shark battalion commander Taibelos, capable of matching the Imperial Guard and Gray Knights.

But by that calculation, the Grey Knight's physical age seems to be far older than even their fathers…

Fortunately, Sui Bian, having noticed this in advance, whenever he is not busy will both apply Spiritual Energy acceleration to New Krypton and personally descend to its surface, thereby ensuring his own physical age remains the "oldest among all humans."

However, when the Grey Knight Squad arrived at Srilan and learned the situation, the giants' previously high spirits plummeted to the lowest point, because the achievements delivered at their doorstep were snatched away by their fathers.

At this point, Leon also received a direct order from the Emperor: to gather the Griffin, the Grey Knight Squad, and the still‑en‑route Kang Sitan Ting and the Plague Doctor, along with a contingent of the Imperial Guard, to form a task force to secure Asasitie, then promptly head to Sanosche.

While continuing the investigation of the Space Death Spirit, they must also uncover the OriginalBody of the Fire Lizard Legion and determine whether the Fire Dragon Lord Wokan exists.

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Some time later

At the edge of Srilan's gravitational sphere, a twisted, light‑refracting sphere about forty kilometers in diameter suddenly opened.

Immediately after, a cloaked super‑battleship, the Moonlight Goddess, measuring roughly thirty‑five kilometers in length and twenty kilometers in width and height, appeared.

The ship's appearance overall resembles the Glory Master Class, but the Moonlight Goddess is classified as a super‑battleship because of its conspicuous bow, which bears black‑gaped electromagnetic main cannons and a main cannon array.

After all, one of humanity's proudest technologies in the main universe is the electromagnetic accelerator cannon.

Moreover, when the Casting Star Region delivered the first Moonlight Goddess‑class ship to the Imperial Guard, the order explicitly specified a sixteen‑kilometer electromagnetic main cannon capable of firing six‑thousand‑ton conventional tungsten‑iron projectiles, or the comparatively expensive vibranium projectiles.

However, as long as the main cannon fires at 85%–89% of light speed at maximum power, the effect is roughly the same whether using tungsten‑iron or vibranium.

In addition, the Moonlight Goddess is equipped with numerous new weapons, such as an antimatter annihilation cannon.

These cannons employ a special confinement field to launch varying masses of matter‑antimatter at extreme speed; upon striking the target, an instantaneous annihilation reaction expands the damage radius and effect.

And technologies such as beam matrices, field compression, and any other cutting‑edge weapons are all mounted on the Moonlight Goddess class.

Moreover, twelve years ago, the 13th Battalion of the Space Wild Wolves, while pursuing a group of fallen Velyn in the intergalactic domain near the Extragalactic System, accidentally stumbled upon Shield World 002 drifting beyond the Milky Way.

When 13th Battalion commander Genluoxigede led his veterans, along with his adopted daughter Sarah Kaigegan, deep into the Shield World's core—its diameter a staggering fourteen thousand kilometers—reaching the central control room and communicating with an Administrator's memory storage…

It became immediately clear why this Shield World bears the designation 002.

Beyond certain formulas, algorithms and some "mundane" technologies already mastered by humanity, what most shocked the wolves were the wormhole engine and dark matter utilization.

The wormhole engine needs no further introduction, for before encountering Shield World 002, the research team led by Wang Zhaofeng was already attempting to miniaturize the Ark's pseudo‑wormhole engine.

However, no matter how Wang Zhaofeng's team tried, they could not avoid requiring an artificial star to serve as an igniter.

At present, the team can only try to match the matter‑antimatter annihilation effect to the pseudo‑wormhole engine, but progress is painfully slow.

Yet the wormhole engine supplied by Shield World 002's memory storage uses dark matter as the igniter, achieving a true "instant" creation of a wormhole, enabling immediate and arbitrary interplanetary and interstellar travel.

Along with the wormhole engine technology, the memory storage also provided related information and data on dark matter utilization.

Countless papers in the universe attest to the existence of dark matter, some authored by Sui Bian and Wang Zhaofeng.

Because Sui Bian must accumulate "creation" experience to avoid the heat death dictated by the entropy increase law, this human Emperor thus exploits New Krypton for various experiments, drawing knowledge from the Zero Three Emperor and discussing the universe's origin with his sons.

As for dark matter, according to the Zero Three Emperor's explanation, it serves to "fill" the universe and promote its continual expansion.

However, both the Zero Three Emperor and Sui Bian view dark matter primarily through the lens of Spiritual Energy, making it difficult to apply in physical terms.

Now, with the physical explanation provided by the Administrator civilization's formulas and algorithms, combined with existing research experience, Wang Zhaofeng's team finally broke through the wormhole engine barrier.

Next, twelve wormhole engine prototypes were quickly installed on the Imperial Guard's Glory Master Class and Moonlight Goddess class ships.

When enough real data is gathered and the Imperial Guard, Grey Knights, and legions complete the successive installation of wormhole engines, humanity will be able to reach any corner of any universe as easily as a post‑dinner stroll.

At that time, pioneering, colonization, tourism, and mercenary trades will usher in another long‑term development "spring."

However, present‑day humanity still has to endure relatively "backward" jump and warp travel technologies.

Moreover, before anything else, the Moonlight Goddess class will accompany Leon and others to Sanosche; this super‑battleship is the flagship of Imperial Guard commander Kang Sitan Ting.

Soon, several carrier aircraft escorted a large transport vessel into the atmosphere toward the desert surface; it appears the Plague Doctor intends to transfer Asasitie into the Moonlight Goddess's interior for convenient study.

(End of Chapter)