Chapter 1447 The Most Frightening Thing

Perhaps before the Creator directly mentioned it, few people realized the greatest threat posed by the union of the Goddess of Destruction and the Lord of Mad Chaos, but after she said those words, everyone present felt their heart skip a beat—of course, those without a heartbeat didn't count.

Hao Ren was one of the few whose expression remained unchanged. In fact, he had noticed this from the beginning, but considering the morale issue, he didn't directly bring it up on the battlefield. Now, hearing the Creator speak for him, he simply sighed softly, "Alas, that's the most troublesome part..."

All of the Lord of Mad Chaos's activities had always been driven by instinct. Although this "instinctual creature" was powerful enough to sweep across the entire universe, its inherent flaw meant that all its actions followed a predictable pattern. This allowed for the possibility of devising countermeasures based on these patterns. The Ancient Ones of the Dark Chaos Era relied on these patterns to avoid disaster, and the Creator of the ancient war era used these patterns to defeat and seal the Lord of Mad Chaos. But now, a being who broke the patterns had emerged.

The Goddess of Destruction clearly possessed high intelligence. When she entered the Dark Abyss Cage and fully grasped the power there, it meant that the Lord of Mad Chaos... had finally begun to think.

And a thinking monster is the most terrifying of all.

"Suddenly, I feel like the gains we made today are insignificant compared to this terrible situation," Izhaks rumbled. "Even if we weakened the Lord of Mad Chaos's power in terms of quantity, its breakthrough in 'thinking ability' is enough to offset those losses."

"If I didn't know that everything the Lord of Mad Chaos did was unconsciously done, I'd almost think this was a well-thought-out plan," Nangong Sanba shrugged with a wry smile. "First, pollute the Creator to create a powerful, intelligent avatar, then let us attack this avatar to retrieve and devour her, and finally take the opportunity to gain the ability to think... Damn, it's terrifying to think about."

"Thinking about it is useless. We couldn't have done any better at the time," Hao Ren glanced at Nangong Sanba. "We were in a place completely isolated from the outside world, unable to call for divine intervention or let the World Tree exert its power. In that situation, we were able to severely injure the enemy and retreat unscathed, which is better than doing nothing and watching the Goddess of Destruction run away. Now the Lord of Mad Chaos is Intelligence +1, but in that situation, it might have been Power and Intelligence +1."

Nangong Sanba thought for a moment and nodded, "That's true."

At this moment, the Creator continued, "That evil god and the Lord of Mad Chaos shouldn't merge immediately. It takes time. According to my senses, it will take at least a few months—and even if they merge, they won't 'cooperate' too well. After all, the Lord of Mad Chaos's form of power and 'reason' are inherently incompatible, so the situation isn't so bad that it can't be salvaged."

"Then why don't we just attack that cage now?" Lily, with her simple and crude thinking, raised her hand. "While they're both injured and haven't merged yet, if we strike first..."

Hao Ren rolled his eyes at Lily. "You can beat them? Go in and bombard them with dog cannons?"

Lily grunted twice and fell silent.

Of course, Hao Ren knew that attacking the Lord of Mad Chaos's lair at this time was the best option. The Goddess of Destruction should be incapacitated due to self-destruction, and the Lord of Mad Chaos doesn't have a brain yet, but the key problem is... we can't win if we go in!

The Goddess of Destruction in a half-crippled state was already devastating, rubbing two legions on the ground for half a day without messing up her hairstyle. In the end, Hao Ren had to wield a divine artifact to resolve the situation. If this evil god ran to the Lord of Mad Chaos's lair, would Hao Ren be leading his team to deliver food to the countryside?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the Creator beside him.

Yes, the key to solving the problem is right here, the strongest combatant—although she was severely suppressed in the previous battle, it was only due to a decline in power caused by poor sleep. If this goddess could be restored to her peak state, or even surpass her peak, in these few months... all problems would be solved.

And this was exactly the plan Hao Ren and Raven 12345 had agreed upon.

It's time to start the out-of-school children rescue program...

The Creator didn't know what Hao Ren was thinking, but she also knew her responsibilities, so she said, "Actually, everyone doesn't need to worry. I have a plan that can completely eliminate the Lord of Mad Chaos..."

"If you're talking about your plan to wipe out your entire family, then don't mention it," Hao Ren interrupted before she could finish. "That plan is definitely inappropriate. Of course, I admire your spirit of sacrifice and decisive attitude, but have you ever thought about it? This is actually like gambling! You use yourself as a sacrifice to eliminate the Lord of Mad Chaos, but are you sure it will work? Your plan has already had many twists and turns, so the possibility of the Lord of Mad Chaos still surviving after your death is extremely high. Then you, the only hope, will be gone, how will the creatures of this universe save themselves? As for the loopholes in your End Network, there's no need to mention them..."

The Creator was originally very confident, but Hao Ren's rebuttal completely shut her down. She couldn't help but snort, "Then do you have a better way? You said before that due to the existence of the Wall of Reality, your gods can't personally come to help..."

"We have a plan that can quickly restore you to your peak state, and even further strengthen your power," Hao Ren saw that the guardians around him were all craning their necks, so he didn't bring out the pile of elementary school textbooks on the spot—after all, forcing their mother to do homework in front of so many biological children felt weird no matter how you looked at it. "Of course, it sounds a bit like something a villain would say, but I can guarantee that this plan is safe and ethical. It's just to further stimulate your... potential."

"There's such a thing?" The Creator looked at Hao Ren suspiciously, seemingly not believing it.

"I can show them to you after the meeting," Hao Ren nodded with a confident expression. "You'll be amazed. And think about it, do I need to trick you on this matter?"

The goddess thought about it and felt that it was true—after all, she was penniless now, and even the Star of Creation had been blown up. What benefit could this "Emissary of Another God" get from tricking her?

After this little interlude, the meeting continued and lasted for several hours.

The situation was about to undergo a huge change, and all arrangements had to be changed accordingly. First of all, Hao Ren readjusted the operational plan of the Dream Plane drone swarm—since the Dark Realm had been found and the Creator had been awakened, the drone swarm's "search and reconnaissance" mission was temporarily downgraded, and instead, all production capacity was invested in expansion and armed reinforcement. Next, in addition to the engineering models necessary for building bases, all production sequences would fully produce armed drones to prepare for the coming war.

The doomsday weapon "Annihilation Lance" used to destroy Amanthiel last time proved its value in actual combat. Its outstanding performance would not be ignored, of course. Hao Ren had already ordered the Core Research Station to fully analyze the battlefield data collected at that time and try to build a more stable and powerful Annihilation Lance system, and this part of the research had also made great progress. A new type of "Annihilation Lance" that can run without the main gun crystal on the Core Research Station and supports multiple launches has completed blueprint finalization and can be officially put into production in the near future. This new type of Annihilation Lance uses an energy confinement field to replace the limited number of main gun crystals, which slightly reduces its power, but the advantages of being able to launch multiple times and mass production can completely make up for this shortcoming.

On the other hand, the monitoring of the Dark Abyss Cage was also given higher priority. Asu Man was still responsible for listening to information from the Lord of Mad Chaos's lair, and the Ancient Giants led by Loken would participate in this work as assistants to Asu Man. To this end, Hao Ren specifically assigned the most powerful set of antennas in the Core Research Station to this "listening team" and also arranged an independent information processing system for them to improve work efficiency.

Of course, remote monitoring alone is not enough. Hao Ren also remembered that he had previously ordered some drones to advance towards the "dark area" in the depths of the universe. Later, in order to prevent the Lord of Mad Chaos from escaping, these drones stopped on the periphery of the dark area and built nests. Now they received orders again, starting to build a huge firepower blockade zone around the dark area and preparing to build a huge antenna tower at the same time to assist Asu Man's listening work.

In addition, there were also changes in the work of the guardian giants, reports on the remaining ecosystems of the Dream Plane, various arrangements after the Creator's return... In the end, Hao Ren became the one presiding over the meeting, while the Creator listened quietly.

After all, she had been asleep for too long, and the disconnection in information made it impossible for her to arrange any specific work. The goddess herself was well aware of this, so she quietly became an audience member for the second half of the meeting.

After the meeting, everyone returned to their respective posts. The personnel who had participated in the previous battle went back to rest. Hao Ren also returned to the Behemoth, but when he arrived at the bridge, he saw that the Creator was already standing here waiting for him.

He was not surprised by this, because Nolan had already received instructions that the Creator could move freely on this ship, and at this moment she was standing here, obviously for the "plan" mentioned in the meeting earlier.

"Creator..." Hao Ren just opened his mouth to call out to the other party when the silver-haired, blood-eyed goddess waved her hand, "Call me Leah."

Hao Ren blinked, "Leah? Isn't that just one of your avatars in the dream world?"

"But the life spent as Leah was the happiest and most relaxed days of my life," the goddess... no, Leah smiled, "My children call me mother, and my believers call me goddess. All along, there has been no need for me to take a name, but now... I think it's better for me to have a name."

Hao Ren also laughed, "Okay, Leah."

"You know why I'm here," Leah looked into Hao Ren's eyes. "You said you have a way to quickly enhance my power—and you emphasized that it's safe, but in fact, I don't care about safety. As long as the plan is useful, paying some price is no problem. Can you show it to me now? The plan you mentioned."

"Of course." Hao Ren smiled slightly, and with a wave of his hand, a huge box appeared beside him.

The box opened, revealing a box full of textbooks and exercise books...

"Knowledge is power, my lady."