Chapter 1 In the Dream Plane

In the Dream Plane, apart from species that evolved naturally, like the sirens, all living things followed a "bloodline" rule.

With the Creation Goddess as the source of all life and evolutionary algebra as the ladder, the closer a species was to the Goddess in terms of bloodline, the more powerful and perfect it would be. Those primitive creatures that evolved in the very first batch were born with earth-shattering power, as eternally existent as gods, and possessed the power to connect with the Creation Goddess in some mysterious way. The descendants that had evolved to the present day were not much different from the common races on Earth, perhaps slightly stronger, but their power was worlds apart from that of the firstborn.

This "bloodline" rule could be used to judge the "origin" or age of evolution of an unknown species. Based on the physical qualities of these giants in front of him, which did not conform to the laws of natural evolution, Hao Ren boldly guessed that they were probably another manifestation of the firstborn—although their individual strength was far from sufficient, their race was definitely unimaginably powerful.

Considering the abilities of those brain monsters, these giants were probably born with the ability to manipulate powerful spatial magic, and their control over souls was extremely strong.

"I thought primordial beings were all like the firstborn, relying on their innate physique," Hao Ren bent down to examine the bulge marks on the back of the giants' heads, "I didn't expect they would also choose the path of civilization like ordinary species."

"Wait a minute, this…doesn't look like it evolved from the seeds of creation," Raven 12345 suddenly frowned and said, "I analyzed the samples of source blood you brought back, and after just doing a deduction, I discovered an isolation between the source blood and these giants."

"Not the seeds of creation?" Hao Ren was taken aback. "Could it be that these giants weren't created by that goddess in the Dream Plane?"

Raven 12345 narrowed her eyes. "No, they were created by that goddess, but not through the seeds of creation. I suspect that the goddess created these giants herself—not through the method of sowing seeds, but directly."

Hao Ren was very curious. "How did you deduce that?"

Raven 12345 crossed her arms. "Goddess' intuition."

Hao Ren was immediately speechless. But at this moment, he suddenly remembered something, so he took out some fragmented pieces of paper from his dimensional pocket. "Oh, right, I also found this when I went to the Dream Plane on a business trip last time. It's a fragment of a scroll. At that time, the cultists of the 'Returning Sect' planned to use this to assassinate the Pope. The data terminal discovered that this scroll had divinity, and suspected that it was something that was once used to sacrifice to the Creation Goddess. Also, by the way, this thing was brought to Holleta by the brain monsters."

Raven 12345 immediately showed an interested expression when she saw those fragments. "This is a little interesting… Let me take a look."

While flipping through the pieces of paper, she casually asked, "What do you think?"

Hao Ren shrugged. "Before, I thought the brain monsters got this from other races. After all, at that time, the brain monsters didn't seem to be able to use tools. But now I think this thing might have been used by the giants. Those giants must have also worshiped the goddess in the past, and their connection with the goddess was closer than that of other races."

Raven 12345 raised an eyebrow. "How big is this scroll in its complete state?"

Hao Ren gestured. "About a foot long, I guess."

"Take a look at how big a finger of these giants is."

Hao Ren: "... Cough, cough..."

"The scroll wasn't used by giants, but you're not wrong about one thing, the scroll does have divinity," Raven 12345 returned the fragments to Hao Ren, but kept one for herself. "This is the most important sample. I need to take it back and analyze it."

After handing over the matters related to the giants, brain monsters, and scrolls, Hao Ren brought up the matter of the sirens wanting to return to their homeland. Although he didn't agree to the Siren Queen's request at the time, he still wanted to ask Raven 12345 what she thought of this matter.

"Your answer at the time was correct," Raven 12345 nodded. "It's risky to move an entire race back to the Dream Plane. Even the security loopholes on the Wall of Reality may not be able to accommodate this level of impact. And no matter what… the Dream Plane is ushering in a troubled time, so try not to let it be impacted even more."

Hao Ren nodded silently, and after thinking for a while, he raised a question, and it was a question he had been thinking about for a long time: "Actually, there's always been something I wanted to ask you, but I just don't know if I should."

"Then don't say it, I'm waiting to cook."

Hao Ren: "... It's still about the Creation Goddess in the Dream Plane. Didn't you say before that she possessed divinity? I went back and checked the information and found that 'divinity' is not that simple. The so-called 'True God Certification' is even more difficult to fool. Under normal circumstances, the things that are considered gods in various worlds are actually just ordinary creatures with powerful power. Even those 'gods' who can interfere with the laws and create the world are not considered true gods in the certification rules formulated by the Three Gods, because they lack a characteristic called 'information disturbance', which is, in short, a way to become an information entanglement point..."

Hao Ren rattled off these things that he had seen from Raven 12345 or in the database before, but at that time, he couldn't really understand these definitions due to his lack of knowledge. But now, he smelled something unusual from this information.

Raven 12345 glanced sideways. "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"Let me be frank, you once admitted that the Creation Goddess of the Dream Plane is a true god," Hao Ren spread his hands. "Is she a member of the Three Gods? Or, more simply… is she a Shirian god? Or maybe even someone you know..."

Raven 12345 waved her hand. "Don't talk about this, let me treat you to noodles."

Hao Ren: "... Doesn't this shift in topic seem a little abrupt?"

"Mom, I'm straightforward, sincere, and simple. This is my style of shifting topics. If you don't like it, don't play," Raven 12345 put her hands on her hips, then sighed with a drooping face, "Alas, the main thing is that I can't answer your question either—because we are also investigating this and are not sure who it is."

Hao Ren immediately widened his eyes. "So, it's really possible?!"

"Yes, and it's not just possible—in fact, two of the data network's server hosts have already locked the Dream Plane Goddess as coming from the Shirian or Starfield God systems, but they can't lock down exactly who it is," Raven 12345 spread her hands. "We checked the lists and couldn't confirm. There has never been a god who fell in this area in the historical records, so whether that goddess was resurrected, reincarnated, or even a fragment recombination has been ruled out."

Hao Ren stared. "So, if the Dream Plane Goddess is really a big shot at your level... do you think I can handle it?"

Raven 12345 patted Hao Ren on the shoulder. "Don't worry, the organization chose you for a reason. You have to trust the organization—because you can't resign even if you don't believe it. So, don't say so much, come and have a bowl of noodles."

When Hao Ren saw Raven 12345's classic expression, he knew that it was useless to say anything else, so he sighed, "Didn't you say you weren't cooking today?"

"This goddess has changed her mind," Raven 12345 grinned. "You should be secretly happy. Today's garlic was grown by the Goddess of Life herself..."

Hao Ren was shocked. "The Goddess of Life still grows garlic?!"

"Yes, the Goddess of Life has everything in her garden. I've been there. There are rows of natural treasures. The first row is garlic, the second row is star anise, the row next to it is chives… Oh, right, there are the most chives, because the Crow God likes to eat chives the most."

Hao Ren was dumbfounded. "I feel like this is like a vegetable garden… What about the golden apples?"

"Planted in the ground to block the wind."

Hao Ren: "..."

He felt that he would never be able to imagine what the God Realm was like, but judging from the style, it seemed to be similar to the atmosphere of the southern suburbs…

Hao Ren mooched a lunch at Raven 12345's place, and also tasted the garlic cloves that were said to be planted and blessed by the Goddess of Life herself. His feeling was… he didn't feel anything. The female psychopath put too much salt in the gravy. After eating a bowl of noodles, he only remembered that it was extremely salty. The only good news was that he took the opportunity to mooch two more bowls of noodle soup and almost didn't stuff himself to death.

After Hao Ren left, Raven 12345 returned to her office, looking at the small piece that had fallen off the "divine scroll," and she showed a thoughtful expression.

"It's really developing in the most troublesome direction," she muttered to herself. "Speaking of which, Hao Ren is..."

Raven 12345 carefully put away the scrap of paper, took a small crystal prism from the side, and gently placed her finger on the surface of the prism. "Mother Goddess, once again borrow your power to judge this incident..."

After whispering a few words, the surface of the crystal prism emitted a faint light, and then an image appeared in mid-air, which was Hao Ren's big face.

"What's so special about him?" Raven 12345 scratched her face, picked up the crystal prism and looked at it several times. "... Damn, could this be broken too?"

At this time, Hao Ren was walking on the dilapidated old street in the southern suburbs. He suddenly sneezed a solid sneeze and felt a little inexplicable. "Can my physique still catch a cold?"

Then he looked up and tried to think about whether he had forgotten anything. After confirming that he had not forgotten anything, he happily walked in the direction of his home.