Chapter 582: The Ghost Keeper

After finishing my meal and returning to the dormitory, that so-called mission didn't come, but what the hell is the Sacred Song Committee?

Li Hao was caught between laughter and tears, "It can't be that serious, right? A small, insignificant person like me, how could I have made an enemy of a committee member? It's probably just a simple mission, don't overthink it."

"Anyway, if you run into an unsolvable problem, just report my, Lastaya's, big name!" Gaia laughed.

Li Hao smiled. A committee member... he checked; they are at least a Sergeant Major. He thought for a moment; it seemed he hadn't offended anyone like that.

... Huh, it's not impossible. Thinking about what happened during his promotion, could it be that guy who owes him fifty credits, trying to use this opportunity to silence him?

Li Hao smiled. Actually, he was curious about what the other party wanted by intentionally letting someone like him in.

In the evening, the mission arrived. He really had been made nervous by Bleem; every time he saw the word "mission," he had a conditioned reflex.

"Go to the Star River Biological Research Center to find Lord Hayes and complete the work he assigns."

Following the map guidance on his Star Swift, Li Hao arrived at the Sacred Song's Biological Research Center. The Biological Research Center is mainly a place for raising various creatures of the Star River Alliance, researching biological characteristics, origins, and the commonalities of species, and searching for the roots of life creation. In the research summary of the Celestials, all things in the star river, regardless of their basic composition, essentially follow a common life imprint pattern, which can be simply explained as a common wave function segment.

Finally arriving at the area where the Biological Research Center is located... looking at the building in front of him, it was quite spectacular, but Li Hao didn't feel at all that this place could raise many creatures.

The interior of the research center was very high-tech, with many staff members busy at work. A staff member brought Li Hao to the Dean's office.

A lean old man who looked like a human in his seventies or eighties was immersed in dense virtual data. At the same time, the entire space was filled with images of various creatures, like an entire biological universe. Hayes busied himself for quite a while before stopping and waving at Li Hao, "You're the one Helena sent?"

Hayes glanced at Li Hao's file and frowned, "That little girl is getting more and more unreliable. Here, you go to D District, feed all the animals in D District, take good care of my babies, and remember to clean up when you're done. Don't be clumsy. Carl, Carl, where the hell did you go? Take him over and tell him the rules!"

A middle-aged man ran out and led Li Hao away. Along the way, he introduced the work to Li Hao. It was very simple: the zookeeper for D District was injured. This job couldn't be done by an ordinary person; it had to be someone from the Anthem Warriors. After looking at Li Hao's file, Carl was also surprised—he was only an Anthem Warrior, not even a Sergeant. Could he handle this job?

"Li Hao, the creatures locked in D District are all relatively dangerous. You must feed them according to the regulations in the manual, otherwise, it's very easy for something to go wrong," Carl still urged.

Li Hao smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I will definitely do it well. If I don't know how, I can learn!"

Animal zookeeper—he checked, and there really was such a mission. It required a Sergeant or higher. At his level, he could be rewarded with 1000 Galaxy Coins and 200 merit points each time. Just kidding, he could feed them until this place went bankrupt!

Carl was stunned. It was rare to see someone so passionate about this kind of thing. Oh, a Human, a new civilization; that was possible, full of curiosity about everything.

"Teacher Carl, once I finish feeding D District and cleaning up, can I leave?"

Some of the previous ones were driven away, others were angered into leaving. If this one left too, he would have to fill in. He didn't have enough time for his own research projects; how could he be distracted? Besides, the creatures in D District were too troublesome. He wasn't a combat type; going there was simply suffering.

Carl took Li Hao down to the 15th underground floor by elevator. The elevator indicator said Ghost Biological Zone. The elevator door opened, and what came into view was a hall, followed by rows of doors marked with zones and classifications. There were signs hanging at the entrances, specifically introducing the origins of the creatures in each zone and precautions. Because it involved many very dangerous creatures, some were very pampered—anyway, they all had plenty of issues. The environment in each zone was also different, all designed to suit the survival of these creatures. Li Hao found D26, which was the zone he had to feed today.

The creatures in this zone were marked "Dangerous" and "Irritable."

There was a password lock on the door. Li Hao entered the code. Golden veins appeared on the door, and it opened like a magic door. Li Hao felt a space shift.

The D26 District he was going to was definitely not in the Ruling Sacred Song. Looking at the dim passage, Li Hao stepped in anyway. The moment he entered, he felt the expansion of space. This was genuine space technology; it was truly awesome.

What met his eyes was a dim world. The creatures raised here were all energy-based and dark-type creatures. Generally, the visual effects of such creatures did not conform to the aesthetics of intelligent beings; they were just terrifying.

Rows of energy grids kept various creatures in captivity. These energy grids were Death Light rays; the safety manual had already stated not to touch them.

At this time, in a desolate world on Diwu Star, there was a solitary circular building, and all around the building was boundless darkness and desolation. This was a world built specifically for the survival of ghost entities. The Celestials' portable space conversion technology was limited to the same planet; cross-planet technology was still at a bottleneck. Of course, the cost of this technology was also extremely expensive, and the energy required to support it was also very terrifying. Only places like the Ruling Sacred Song had it.

Li Hao's responsibility was to feed and observe the condition of the creatures. Of course, this was limited to simple observation, such as reporting in time if they were about to die or had other serious problems. If there was nothing else, cleaning up the environment counted as completing the mission.

The so-called Biological Research Center existed in many Sacred Songs, but it was very rare to build a pan-galaxy ecosystem inside the Ruling Sacred Song. Its seniority and status were right there. What caught his eye was a monster glowing with a ghostly blue light, carrying a strong chill. It looked like an electric carp, but it had a translucent, skeleton-like electric energy vein body. It stood upright, staring at Li Hao with a pair of eyes, emitting a buzzing noise.

Following the manual's instructions, Li Hao pushed the ore cart. These ores were rich in K23. There was no helping it; Li Hao was too familiar with K23. He had mined it back in the day, for a long time; it was full of memories. Thinking of the Ocean Heart made him think of his A Youyou. He didn't know how she was doing. Once he had the Star Swift, the first thing he did was send a message to Kepler. It was just that Kepler's current signal range was still quite limited and required various conversions, but if A Youyou and the others had Star Swifts, they could establish contact. This had to wait for feedback from Romero.

Romero and the Solar System were actively promoting the networking of information. In any kind of competition, intelligence and information were paramount. Humans were very clear about this. Even if they had to spend more in this area, they had to do it. Of course, the responsible Galasta Commercial Alliance also knew this. There was nothing taken for granted; it all required paying a great price. The wealth and resources accumulated by humans over ten thousand years were being nibbled away bit by bit, and they still had to be grateful.

Civilization crushing—whether it was war or peace, it was not easy. Of course, these were not things Li Hao needed to worry about.

First, finish the work. Li Hao approached the thing that looked like an electric carp. The label above read, "Ghost-Faced Floater, Origin: Shadow

Ghost Empire, five catties." There was also some brief information about the habits of this creature. Basically, they could absorb the soul of a living being through contact.

This creature existed mostly in the Shadow Ghost Empire. Although dangerous, it was very helpful for soul research.

The creatures absorbed by them did not involve flesh and blood, but they would soon weaken and die.

Li Hao weighed about five catties of ore and put it in. The Ghost-Faced Floater immediately pounced and roared at Li Hao. The infrasonic waves went straight for Li Hao. Due to the agitation of the Ghost-Faced Floater, all the creatures in the entire D26 showed signs of restlessness, eager to try. This kind of ore was just to maintain life; they liked to devour living things.

Listening to the clanging of pots and pans, his hair stood on end from the electricity. Li Hao smoothed his hair. He wasn't angry at all; he even looked at the Ghost-Faced Floater with a strange gaze. He stepped closer, took a shovel, tapped the cart, and licked his lips, "Little cuties, eat well, don't seduce me."

As he spoke, he reached out and touched the Death Light energy net. With a "pop," Li Hao retracted his hand. He wasn't injured, just a little stinging pain. However, the Ghost-Faced Floater, which was stretching its body and releasing strong energy, was so scared that it shrank into a ball, zipped into the furthest corner of the room, and shivered.

It felt a suffocating soul suppression. A natural enemy. It had nothing to do with strength; that feeling was as if it were permeated in the species' survival inheritance. The creature in front of it was born to feed on them...

Li Hao swallowed hard. It was really difficult. Was this testing his patience? Having a Dasha was already hard enough; even doing a casual part-time job required testing his willpower. Although in terms of energy requirements, he didn't need to devour at the moment, but if there was good food, who would complain about having too much? In here... except for being a bit ugly, they were all delicious, and there were many flavors.

He was still growing.

Gurgle, gurgle... his stomach was hungry; he was craving it.

Such energy creatures all had one thing in common: they were particularly sensitive to danger. When Li Hao released a little bit of his hunger, almost all the creatures in the D26 zone felt that their natural enemy had arrived. The manic agitation that was about to intensify quieted down in an instant.

Li Hao had devoured many Void creatures, and his Golden Cells were full of this aura. And to these creatures, Void creatures were a dimensional strike.

All the creatures curled up in the corners. One of the largest energy creatures even tucked its head under its butt, facing away from the exit, trembling non-stop. Because Li Hao had already pushed the ore cart over, the individual stalls he approached immediately became tense.

This one looked the most succulent. Li Hao didn't like this job much anymore; it was too tantalizing. "Big guy, eat more, eat more, you have to eat a lot to grow fat."

Dream Beast, Shadow Ghost Empire, natural fierce beast. A mature Dream Beast can control creatures with souls. Highly dangerous.

These creatures usually had a very high demand for energy, and they were also very manic when eating. This was also an instinct that energy-devouring creatures could hardly resist. But today, every stall was eating very delicately, trembling with fear.

Li Hao looked at the rows of cute creatures and couldn't help but swallow his saliva again. This sound actually echoed in the empty and quiet D26 zone. All the creatures immediately stopped eating...

No, he had to be cold. What pets? They were just food. Once you develop feelings for them, they won't taste good anymore.