Chapter 180 Manula Nova

"A similar legend?" Hao Ren looked at the bearded man in surprise. "What do you mean?"

"In some ancient texts of the Radiant Order, there are records of ancient knowledge absorbed from other religions. These records are not canon, but high-ranking clergy will study them to understand the stories that happened in ancient times—including those that exist only in legends," the bearded man said in a slow, unhurried tone. "I saw in those ancient texts that a small sect in the south of Holleta once circulated stories about the 'Manula Nova.'"

Hao Ren immediately perked up his ears: "Tell me in detail."

"'Manula Nova,' also known as 'Manula Doomstar,' is a folk legend from southern Holleta hundreds of years ago, which later became something used by a cult to confuse people. According to legend, hidden in the eastern night sky is an ancient Doomstar in a state of suspended animation, named 'Manula,' which is an eye left by the Goddess of Creation after destroying the world to monitor this universe. This Doomstar is blood-red, with a surface burning with eternal flames, and inside is a dark gap leading to endless purgatory. More than ten thousand years ago, the beginning of the Goddess's destruction of the world was the sudden appearance of such a nova in the night sky. With the shining of 'Manula,' the earth began to burn with raging fire. After the destruction of the world, the Goddess temporarily closed her eyes, and the 'Doomstar' returned to darkness as if in suspended animation. But after a certain period, the 'Manula Nova' will reappear, illuminating the night sky as it did ten thousand years ago, and then the end of the world will come."

Hao Ren stroked his chin: "Sounds very similar to the astronomical phenomena recorded by Tana Guss... a supernova explosion?"

"The timing should be about the same," the data terminal also said. "This unit has converted the calendars of Tana Guss and Holleta, and the apocalyptic disasters in the two places basically occurred in the same period. The 'red supernova' recorded in their respective records is probably the same celestial body."

Some bold guesses quickly emerged in Hao Ren's mind, and became more and more realistic and reliable. He tentatively voiced his speculation: "Could it be the main body of the Goddess of Creation?"

The data terminal immediately knew what he was thinking: "Still based on the scenery you saw in that illusion?"

"If the illusion is real, then the Goddess of Creation is located on a liquid planet covered with a red sea of blood, at least the color is consistent. Perhaps some kind of supernatural power allows this planet to be observed by the universe like a star," Hao Ren nodded. "These things... are too coincidental. Tana Guss and Holleta both observed a red supernova before the apocalyptic disasters occurred. No matter how you look at it, it feels suspicious."

"But there's a problem," the data terminal suddenly reminded, "The distance between Holleta and Tana Guss is measured in billions of light-years. Even light has to travel for billions of years, which means that after that Arcana—or Manula—celestial body undergoes a supernova explosion, the Holletan and Tana people will have to wait tens of billions of years to see it. In this way, the time span between the Calamity of the First Born and the supernova explosion is quite scary."

"What if the First Born started to go berserk only after being illuminated by the red starlight?" Hao Ren stroked his chin.

The data terminal agreed: "Well, that's also possible. If the Goddess of Creation is really related to the True Gods, then many things related to her may challenge the laws of the universe."

While gnawing on rabbit meat, Lily overheard Hao Ren and the data terminal discussing the instant explosion of the Goddess of Creation. At this time, she looked up and asked, "Can we find the location of that star based on these data?"

"With only two ranging points, I'm afraid there's no way," Hao Ren waved his hand. "At least four ranging points are needed to determine a point in space. Now we don't know how far that red nova is from Holleta or Tana Guss. We only know that the supernova event can be observed on both planets at the same time. So we should find two other recording points in the universe, and then we can infer where that celestial body is based on the time difference of the supernova explosion. In addition, this is based on the premise that the light of that star follows the law of constant speed of light—if it doesn't even follow this, then there's no way to find it."

"If it still exists," the data terminal interjected, "All indications show... after the supernova explosion, that star can no longer be seen in the night sky. It is very likely that it was blown into fragments like a supernova."

"But there should be something left," Hao Ren shook his head. "Leaving some residue is also possible, at least I have something to report to Raven 12345 so I can get that two-level salary increase."

At this time, the bearded man suddenly said in a muffled voice from the side: "You think the 'Manula Doomstar' is the Goddess of Creation?"

Hao Ren remembered that there was still a religious person standing next to him, and quickly smiled: "I'm just saying that it may be the place where the Goddess of Creation lives... Although it was the saying of a cult at the beginning, you also know that the Radiant Order's own heritage is not very reliable, so we have to refer to information from all parties. By the way, what happened to that cult later?"

"Them? Heh, they predicted the end of the world every year, but decades passed and the world just didn't end. In the end, their Pope ran out of inspiration and couldn't come up with a reason, so he found an excuse to abandon the bible they made up—as a result, he was beaten to death at his doorstep by the followers who were waiting for updates. We only had time to go over and recover two pseudo-bibles."

Hao Ren listened with sweat on his forehead: "Digging a pit and not filling it will kill people..."

"In short, this 'supernova' will also be added to the future search targets. This is at least another clue related to the Goddess of Creation," the blue light on the data terminal flashed, integrating the information about the supernova into its work assistant program, and then it nudged Hao Ren's shoulder, "By the way, what name are you going to give this star? The Tana people call it Arcana I, and the Holleta people call it Manula—we have to unify it."

Hao Ren stroked his chin and thought seriously: "This star is as red as blood, and it foreshadows falling and death, how about calling it the Red Comet?"

Lily flicked her tail and slapped Hao Ren: "Pay attention to copyright issues."

Hao Ren: "...Then call it Flashing Red Star?"

Lily gnawed the roasted rabbit, meat and bones, making a crunching sound: "Landlord, think again."

Hao Ren broke out in a cold sweat and quickly changed the name: "Then considering the Holletan folk legends, this star hangs in the eastern night sky, so let's just call it The East is Red..."

Lily sighed: "Isn't 'Red Nova' good? If you really want to add a touch of class, just add 'nova' in English..."

The data terminal quickly recorded this usable name. Lily rolled her eyes and looked at Hao Ren: "Your naming ability is worse than a husky's."

Hao Ren was sighing about something else: How wary this silly girl was of others calling her a big dog at the beginning, but look how much she identifies with her husky identity now... This is clearly a symptom of a post-disaster reconstruction of worldview taking the wrong blueprint!

The mysterious celestial body recorded in both Holleta and Tana Guss was finally named "Red Nova." However, Hao Ren currently had no way to start with this celestial body. He decided to temporarily write this down and see if he could find the whereabouts of this planet after finding more civilization relics in the Dream Plane.

Two days later, the Petrified Tortoise reported that the interfering pheromones and mind inhibitors (i.e., the Saint Coffin replicas) used to hypnotize the First Born had been mass-produced. Hao Ren decided to set off for New Irine and mobilize his ten billion tenants again.

Elizabeth knew that she was going back to the Demon King's Castle to visit relatives, so she got up early in the morning and dressed herself up beautifully. The little demon princess, who used to blow herself up until she was pitch black, finally restored a bit of her image. Izhaks also went with them: he wanted to confirm the current situation of the Demon King's Castle.

In addition to them, Lily and the Nangong siblings were also traveling together—Needless to say about the husky, it was impossible to go out without her. Nangong Sanba went to see the world: he had never seen the legendary ten billion tenants. Hao Ren thought he should give this guy a rough impression of the concept of "Inspector."

The reason for Nangong Wuyue's going was simple: the siren girl missed the vast ocean of New Irine. She was going to swim a thousand or eight hundred nautical miles to enjoy the life that a mantis shrimp spirit should have...

Everyone else stayed behind to watch the house. Anyway, the portal to New Irine was in the basement, so this was not a long journey—at least it was quite close for these guys with spatial teleportation.

However, just as Hao Ren led a few partners to the basement to activate the portal, "Gollum" somehow heard the news and scurried in. The cat girl excitedly circled around Hao Ren: "Big cat! Are you going out to play? Are you going out to play?"

Hao Ren was puzzled: "I'm not playing, I'm going out to work..."

"Meow, playing work," the cat girl completely misunderstood the meaning. She shouted happily, put a collar around her neck, and put the end of the rope in Hao Ren's hand, "Then walk me, walk me~~"

Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, but suddenly thought of something, and nodded happily: "Keep up!"