Chapter 1 Haoren Arrives

After leaving Corvus, Hao Ren immediately went to the residence of Raven 12345 with Vivian.

This neurotic goddess, who was always in the habit of skipping work, goofing off, and disappearing, seemed to have suddenly become conscientious recently. Not only did Hao Ren receive her response immediately every time he sent back a report, but this time she was also seriously busy in her office. When Hao Ren came to visit, she was frowning and pondering over a large number of phantoms floating and rotating in the air, as if she were dealing with some major matter. In those phantoms, Hao Ren saw planets and stars being born, intelligent creatures being active, and some incomprehensible, mysterious phenomena in the depths of the universe.

He had to disturb this goddess from her work because he brought very important news. But before the official report, he was still a little curious about Raven 12345's work: "It's rare, what are you busy with?"

Well, he wasn't curious about Raven 12345's work; he was curious that this female neurotic would actually work...

"Monitoring the operation of the universe, optimizing the celestial system, and seeing what the believers have been busy with lately," Raven 12345 raised an eyebrow, "I'm usually very busy too. Speaking of which, you look very serious... Let me guess, you found clues to the Creation Goddess again?"

"Important clues," Hao Ren took out the data terminal and presented a holographic projection of the Creation Engine core component, "I returned to Corvus, and after I took the Godslaying Sword, some things in Corvus changed, and this thing popped up—what do you think it is?"

Raven 12345 replied casually, "The core module of the Creation Engine."

Hao Ren was immediately shocked. He didn't expect Goddess-jie to be able to see this at a glance: Could it be that Raven 12345 already knew about this thing? Or did the goddess's all-knowing power allow her to directly see through the essence of this image—in any case, she successfully gave Hao Ren a scare.

"Look, the title is written on the projection," Raven 12345 pointed to the screen, "'Creation Engine Core Component - Accurate Model Diagram'."

Hao Ren: "Er, cough cough... That's it. This is the core of the Creation Engine, uh, if we guessed correctly."

"Tell me how you found it," Raven 12345's expression didn't change; she just leaned her upper body forward a little, "I know you've already found three golden disks, but this part is obviously not on the same level as those disks, and seeing how serious you look, the discovery process of this thing is probably different from those disks."

Hao Ren took a breath to make his tone more serious: "That's right, it's extremely special—this is a relic specially left for Vivian by the Creation Goddess. It was stored in a hidden space-time vault in Corvus, with a complete security system, the work of the Creation Goddess. This vault was activated by Vivian's divine bloodline, and the data terminal stores the scenes and environmental record parameters at that time. In addition, I also discovered the positioning meaning of those buildings in the Corvus space. I described those floating temples to you—those temples are floating in those places precisely to maintain this super-temporal vault."

Raven 12345's eyebrows raised slightly: "I understand what you mean."

"Of course, let's study this sphere now," Hao Ren said and nodded to Vivian beside him, "Vivian and I have been studying it for a long time, but we have made no progress. We think the Creation Goddess left this relic definitely wanting Vivian to do something, but..."

"She definitely wants you to do something," Raven 12345 glanced at Vivian, "But judging from the dazed look on your face, you definitely don't know. I need to raise my evaluation of that rural goddess. Although she is naive, she is very smart. She tries her best to make many arrangements, but it seems that these arrangements have ultimately gone wrong: the divine blood descendant she pinned her greatest hopes on has actually lost her memory. Hao Ren, where did you put that sphere?"

"In the spaceship's hangar. If you want to see it, we'd better find a more open place: That thing is much bigger than the holographic projection; it's several hundred meters wide, and it needs to be completely suspended to be easily observed."

Raven 12345 snapped her fingers, and everything in the room instantly moved away in all directions, quickly disappearing into a hazy chaos. A few seconds later, this space was replaced by a boundless proving ground. Under Hao Ren's feet was a gray-white ground that stretched out infinitely, and above his head was a solid blue sky of unknown light source. The distinct division of gray and blue gave people a sense of infinite insignificance.

Hao Ren was already used to Raven 12345's magical power. He just called out Nolan and then released the huge golden sphere.

The giant sphere floated in the air, continuing to operate as always. Those complex parts and discs rotated and changed silently, without any apparent meaning, but still running non-stop.

"This is it." Hao Ren pointed to the sphere and said to Raven 12345.

Raven 12345 nodded, came to the golden giant sphere, and gently touched its surface with her finger.

So this complex device, which had been constantly running and looked as if it would not stop even at the end of the world, suddenly stopped abruptly, like a restless beast suddenly being hypnotized. It stopped abruptly under Raven 12345's light touch.

At the same time, the melodious sound that had been continuously coming from the golden giant sphere also stopped.

"A powerful data processing device... but with layers of protection," Raven 12345 casually asked while probing the inside of the giant sphere in her own way, "How many slots are there on this for the golden disks?"

"Twelve," Hao Ren replied, "There are twelve grooves along the waistline. But it's not certain that all the golden disks have to be installed on this device."

"That is to say, there are at least twelve golden disks, and you have now found three. The other nine are very likely still in the 'Dark Domain' or have been blown to other places," Raven 12345 tapped the stationary metal plates with her fingertips, "My vision is blocked, and I can't see the deep truth of this thing. Wait a minute, I'll call a helper over and introduce you to her."

Hao Ren and Vivian were both curious when they heard this. They were interested in the "helper" mentioned by this neurotic goddess and wondered what kind of character this usually abnormal guy could call over.

Just as the two of them were curious, a huge shadow suddenly enveloped this space.

Endless dark clouds appeared out of thin air, gathering from all directions above everyone's heads. Huge lightning and aurora-like light storms rolled and surged in the depths of the dark clouds, carrying rolling thunder. The thick clouds and thunder light formed a vortex, rotating as if to devour the heavens and the earth, and opened a funnel-shaped door. Behind this terrifying energy door, a powerful existence was about to descend on this world, cutting through countless multi-universes and world barriers!

Hao Ren and Vivian instantly got goosebumps all over their bodies. When they first heard the female neurotic say she was going to call for help, they were still watching the excitement, thinking that the guy who could hang out with Raven 12345 should also be a comedian, but at this time, both of them suddenly became serious. They felt that at least a ten-meter-tall, radiant giant spirit would have to come out of this kind of special effect, right?

As soon as this idea came to their minds, the dark clouds and thunder storms in the sky disappeared in an instant. Then an unknown life form, only the size of a palm, fell from the sky and chirped loudly on Hao Ren's head: "Gah! What's the matter so flustered? I was just taking a walk next to the void bridge... Wow!! Such a big egg! A golden egg!"

Hao Ren was so frightened by the thing that suddenly fell on his head that he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly tried to pull the "sound source" off his head: "Hey, what is this thing!"

"Gah? Did I hit someone?" The thin, small voice exclaimed and quickly flew down from Hao Ren's head. Only then did Hao Ren see clearly what this "thing" was: A truly palm-sized... little, little girl.

This mini-little girl was wearing a black dress, with a small and delicate appearance. Her metallic purple-black hair was draped behind her, with sparkling electric lights jumping between the strands. She was like a proportionally reduced human girl, and everything about her was normal—except that she was only a dozen centimeters tall.

Hao Ren was stunned for half a minute before realizing that this was the so-called "helper" who had just stirred up a thunder storm, a scene like a giant spirit descending to earth.

"This is the helper you found?" Vivian murmured in a daze, completely unaware of what kind of species this suddenly dropped... was.

"That's right," Raven 12345 nodded, "Let me introduce you, her name is Maggie, a Raven God, a powerful interdimensional traveler."