Chapter 907: What Is the Reward of Patient Observation?

You were originally a microorganism living in a drop of seawater.

When you exhaust your life's 'exploration', you discover that beyond the drop of seawater you inhabit, there are other seas.

Thus, to seek the seawater you long to reach, you begin a lifelong journey.

This is the work that Jie Si Ti Si is currently undertaking.

The super agent who has been painstakingly searching within the 'Guli te Universe' has, up to now, not yielded any decent clue information.

Aomo is not surprised by this.

Such a needle-in-a-haystack effort, if it yielded results in just a few days, then that luck would probably be worth trying one's hand at gambling.

To investigate a case, one naturally needs to have a method.

Yet Jie Si Ti Si, in his anxiety, chose a plan that, while it could comfort himself, was the least efficient.

At that time, Aomo himself also hadn't found any clues to improve efficiency, so he naturally let him go find something to do.

But now it's different.

The interdimensional exploration equipment provided by Jierbalisi and Ya Bo Company yielded a first-round result whose quantity remains astonishing.

Then, after a second screening based on the traces left by Shima and Nacht, the greatly reduced target range still numbers in the six figures and continues to proliferate.

This phenomenon is actually not hard to understand.

Because the old universe is continually 'deteriorating', it continually extends new universes.

Just like the body's immune system, it is trying to save itself.

But the new world will also quickly 'deteriorate'.

The ever-proliferating universes are also gradually becoming carriers for the spread of 'disease'.

This disease is called Shangzeng, spreading across the Guli te Universe this diseased body.

The proliferating universes symbolize the immune system's resistance, but this resistance itself also imposes a burden on the body.

The current 'Guli te Universe' is in such a self-destructive stage; the accelerated chaos phenomenon named 'Shangzeng' will ultimately destroy everything, and the culprit secretly hiding behind the scenes, pressing the accelerator, could be lurking either in the mutated universe or in the newborn universe.

Even with Jierbalisi's computing power, it is impossible to encompass the entire information volume of the 'Guli te Universe', let alone the name 'Chaos Envoy', hastily coined, lacking fame—making retrieval extremely difficult.

Of course, Aomo also did not have it retrieve this.

After all, that Chaos Envoy is deliberately hiding, so the possibility of Jierbalisi finding it via local network search is virtually zero.

At such times, if it were someone like Jie Si Ti Si or Sai Luo, they would likely say: 'It's not completely impossible, so we should give it a try!'

But unfortunately, the team leader is Aomo Lindun.

Aomo Lindun only feels that expending computing power here is not worthwhile; it would be better to spend a bit more time looking for another way.

So, is there really another way?

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Just a few days prior, at the Adachi Ward Horiguchi Bridge mentioned in relation to Not Returning Platform—this being the coordinate point of the exclusive bridge tunnel for Shima in *SSSS. Electric Shock Machine King*—it features both irregular oppressive terrain and many unerased textual markings.

Moreover, the Sideno Taoza floodgate (real-world prototype: Ayase Floodgate) located several hundred meters away—the several-meter-high, rather dangerous structure where Nan Yume first appeared seated—Sai Luo sensed there the extreme fragility of space.

This is also a structure present on Cuckoo Platform, appearing not only in audience comparisons but also receiving acknowledgment from the involved party—after Akane recognized it, she was certain that this building was the one where she and Rikka had spoken.

And the result of attempting to shift that fragile space was to confirm Aomo's earlier speculation about a mirror.

Not Returning Platform and Cuckoo Platform are mirrors of each other.

Yes, the result of breaking through that space is arriving at Cuckoo Platform.

A ruin-strewn Cuckoo Platform.

The characteristic terrain is gone entirely; identification relies solely on a few ruined shop signs, and occasionally one can still see some miserable-looking corpses.

The result of scanning with Jialatenglong shows that the entire city has no signs of life.

But this city also connects to other cities.

Rather than a mist obscuring vision, the outside is an unmodeled, untextured cheap world.

Precisely for this reason, it instead lets Akane feel at ease—although it is Cuckoo Platform, it is not the Cuckoo Platform she knows.

Compared to the tranquil and peaceful Not Returning Platform, this shattered ruin is actually a treasure trove of information.

The corpses' deathly appearances, the ruins' traces, and any intact electronic instruments that can be found—these, in Aomo's eyes, and with Jierbalisi's power, are all 'able to speak'.

These are also precisely the residual traces left by the missing persons, serving as the information relied upon for the second screening of the search range, and also the reason Aomo summoned Jie Si Ti Si.

While the combat power rankings within the team are still uncertain, in terms of efficiency exploration—Jie Si Ti Si in fighter jet form is undoubtedly first.

Aomo, this pretender lugging multiple mechanical monster cards, can actually go online with a single click.

But this convenience is not easy to share.

Even if Aomo were willing, for the reason 'don't underestimate my information network', to trust this batch of new employees—the monster cards themselves still bring considerable hassle to the user.

Even if it doesn't cause immediate corruption, it easily leads to mental imbalance, and then at some unknown time brings forth nonsensical ideas and operations.

It will be issued to Chazuo, Suzi, and Bourbon, and this is premised on an extremely high degree of compatibility, with him also later checking each of their conditions.

Considering this risk, Aomo feels it would be better to bind each team with a Jialatenglong instead.

An excellent data interface, an excellent signal extender, and also an excellent bodyguard—mass-produced Jialatenglong lets you avoid having to ask passersby for help or figure out how to get online yourself upon reaching a brand-new universe.

But even so, Jie Si Ti Si still far leads in efficiency.

Long before, the fighter-jet-type super agent equipped with loadable components by Jierbalisi could fly at several Mach speeds, shuttling between other universes, and at the very first moment of crossing over, could link to the local network using the components provided by Jierbalisi.

Arrival, network connection, search completion, moving on to the next universe—such a high-speed cycle, without needing to mingle with local inhabitants, is why he is number one in efficiency.

Each universe he scans, the local inhabitants can at most see a flashy-colored fighter jet suddenly appear, streak across the sky, but before they can react, it's already gone.

Only the possible contrails in the sky, depending on the environment, prove that earlier scene was certainly not a dream.

With this efficiency, even if the number of universes after the second screening remains huge, the required processing time can be reduced considerably.

"But can this find the culprit?"

Having such an efficient reconnaissance aircraft, yet a trace of doubt that cannot be dispelled still lingers in his mind.

Asking the person on the other end of the screen, Aomo Lindun walks the halls of Azalea Terrace High School.

Empty hallways, empty classrooms—a full‑day school shouldn't be this desolately quiet; the bulletin‑board timestamps on the walls suggest it shouldn't be vacation.

"Can't find it, but this way we can find Gulite."

It seems to be looking at him, but the focus of that vision shifts slightly; Aomo faces the light screen, actually browsing the local network while also walking through this building.

Unlike other teammates who, upon reaching the world, stand still browsing the net and then prepare to leave, he does not seem rushed; he even has leisure to gaze at the cityscape outside the school.

It's as if gazing upon a huge corpse.

Dead silence.

Even with a demon's hearing, the city feels only quiet, yet a suddenly looming gloom spreads across the surfaces of those buildings.

This is the sixth universe he has reached alone.

As a special unit bearing the 'Chaos Envoy' mark, Aomo Lindun maintains contact with all teammates by acting alone.

"Find Gulite? Shouldn't we first deal with the culprit?"

"If you can find it, I'll support your decision; by the way, I suspect you haven't read the info packet I sent you earlier—go ahead and check it now."

Aomo turns his head to look at the student‑news poster on the nearby wall, whose headline reads 'Student Health News: Troubled Youth Under Pressure', making the school seem caring toward its students.

Besides that, festival‑style activity banners are posted everywhere, class activity notes are written on classroom walls, and flyer‑like paper scraps litter the hallway corners.

In Aomo's eyes, it seems capable of constructing a lively scene.

But there is nobody here.

The spreading gloom clings like ivy on the walls, entwining this corpse that seems to retain a hint of warmth.

Thus he moves forward in silence, glancing at the auto‑advancing news pages on the screen, ignoring Jie Si Ti Si's silence there, passing corner after corner until he reaches the familiar rooftop entrance.

Locked.

But it doesn't hinder.

Once, a horse girl waited behind the locked door; now, behind the locked door, he still sees her silhouette.

"CETI, 'Observer', welcome."

Raising both hands, lifting the overly long robe sleeves like a vacuum nozzle aimed at the sky, the blond‑blue‑eyed space horse girl hops on tiptoe to greet him.

Amid this land filled with dead silence, a sudden surge of life—familiar life—inevitably flashes a moment of astonishment on his face.

It quickly turns into a helpless smile.

"I see… this is an electronic world…"

It's not a pat on the head for that familiar child; instead, Aomo raises a hand to his chest, slightly bows, and already understands the situation.

"Thank you for your enthusiasm, Miss New Universe."

Having said that, he rises again, extending his right hand in invitation: "So, shall we 'talk'?"

"Confirmation, meeting—it's breaking barriers, it's beginning; 'Observer', what do you want to know?"

"Before that, how about changing the title? The whole universe might have someone more suited to the title 'Observer' than me."

"Understood, changing… to Sphilar."

"This is truly overwhelming honor."