180: My first "renovation" adventure

While Wen Youyi's 'fishing' law enforcement 2.0 plan successfully attracted most of the 'Scavenger' firepower, causing chaos within the Qingxuan Sect, both the 'ark' Shelter and the Ding Zi Courtyard were busily preparing for the 'Back Garden' plan.

Senior Brother Zhang and Ying worked almost tirelessly, burying themselves in the massive amount of channel data.

Senior Brother Zhang, displaying the ultimate spirit of a 'tech geek,' utilized the best 'star iron' on hand and several rare metals with excellent spirit-conducting properties found in ancient starship wrecks, painstakingly crafting three enhanced Puppets.

These three Puppets were no longer the round, 'little broom' shape, but had a more humanoid, streamlined design, about half a person's height, dark silver in color, with fine protective and concealment runes inscribed on their surfaces.

Senior Brother Zhang named them the 'explorer' series.

'explorer One' focused on defense and survival, with the thickest shell and built-in simple environmental adaptation and repair functions.

'explorer Two' focused on reconnaissance and perception, equipped with various improved sensors to more accurately analyze energy, matter, and environmental data.

'explorer Three' combined the features of the first two and had reserved interfaces, allowing for the future addition of modules like tool arms for simple operations.

'These three little guys should be able to withstand the harsh environment over there,' Senior Brother Zhang said, sporting two large dark circles under his eyes, but his tone was full of pride.

Meanwhile, Senior Brother Zhang and Ying also made a Breakthrough in analyzing the channel data.

'We found several key resonant frequencies of the channel's energy fluctuations!' Ying's voice was filled with excitement. 'Although we still cannot fully control the opening and closing of the channel, if we use Star Core Power at a specific frequency to perform 'resonant reinforcement' when the channel opens naturally, we might be able to briefly extend the channel's stability and, to a certain extent, 'soothe' the violent spatial turbulence!'

'How long can it be extended?' This was what Wen Youyi cared about.

'According to the model calculations, it can probably be extended by... ten to fifteen breaths!' Senior Brother Zhang estimated.

Ten to fifteen breaths! It sounded short, but for deploying Puppets or conducting rapid reconnaissance, it was already a very precious window of time!

'That's enough!' Wen Youyi decided immediately. 'Prepare for the first 'renovation' expedition! The goal is to conduct preliminary reconnaissance of the Starry Sky Debris environment, find a relatively safe landing spot, and attempt to deploy a micro-beacon!'

The operation was set for late at night. To ensure success, Wen Youyi decided to perform another consciousness projection to personally 'supervise the battle.'

The moonlight was like water; in the silent room of the Ding Zi Courtyard, Wen Youyi sat cross-legged, his mind sinking into the star core.

At the bottom of Falling Star Lake, the energy vortex in that cave was still rotating slowly and powerfully, but compared to its previous violence, it seemed a bit more peaceful. The second-generation relay was floating in the center, working stably.

Wen Youyi's consciousness lurked to the side like a ghost, waiting patiently.

Time passed second by second...

Suddenly, the starlight in the center of the vortex flared up! The rotation speed increased sharply! Space began to distort again, and that bizarre eye of the vortex slowly formed!

Now is the time!

[Old Zhang! Resonant reinforcement!] Wen Youyi's consciousness issued the command!

Far away in the Shelter, Senior Brother Zhang immediately controlled the main star core, and through the 'Star Network' link, injected a stream of pure Star Core Power with a specific resonant frequency into the 'Fallen Star Lake Node Two' node!

Hum—!

The entire energy vortex trembled slightly, and the originally restless spatial turbulence seemed to be gently smoothed out by an invisible hand! The shape of the vortex's eye also became relatively stable; although it was still unpredictable, it was no longer on the verge of collapsing at any moment like before!

The channel's stable period began!

[Deploy 'explorer' One and Two!] Wen Youyi ordered again!

The two dark silver Puppets, already prepared, were remotely controlled by Senior Brother Zhang, and like two cannonballs, they precisely shot into the eye of the vortex along the stable energy channel!

Wen Youyi's consciousness followed closely, trying to capture more information.

The moment they passed through the eye of the vortex, the immense tearing force could be felt even across the distant consciousness connection. The runes on the surface of the two 'explorer' Puppets lit up instantly, forcibly withstanding the impact!

The next moment, the scene changed!

It was still that dead, shattered Starry Sky.

Huge pieces of metal debris and rocks floated in the void like silent giants. In the distance, shattered planets emitted cold light. There was no air here, no sound, only bone-chilling cold and dense, decaying Star Power.

'explorer One and Two have landed successfully! Environmental data collection starting!' Senior Brother Zhang's voice came through, filled with excitement.

The two Puppets landed steadily on a huge, relatively flat piece of metal debris. They immediately began to work; 'Two's' sensors were fully activated, scanning the surrounding environment, analyzing material composition, and detecting energy radiation; 'One' moved vigilantly, assessing the stability and potential dangers of this 'land.'

Wen Youyi's consciousness also 'looked' at this desolate and spectacular scene, feeling shocked. It was as if this place were a graveyard of a world, burying its former glory.

[No signs of life detected...]

[Environmental radiation level... moderate, slight erosion to the Puppet structure, tolerable...]

[Gravity environment... abnormal, approximately 0.3 times standard gravity...]

[Detected multiple high-energy reactions... suspected residual Formation or special minerals...]

Data was transmitted back through the 'explorer' Puppets, relayed via the 'Fallen Star Lake Node Two' node, and finally presented in the minds of the 'ark' and Wen Youyi.

'Although it's desolate here, there seem to be many resources!' Senior Brother Zhang analyzed the data. 'Those high-energy reaction points likely have treasures!'

'Ensure safety first,' Wen Youyi said cautiously. 'Deploy the beacon!'

'explorer One' took out a button-sized micro-beacon made from scraps of star core fragments from its body and firmly fixed it onto the metal debris beneath its feet.

The beacon was successfully activated, emitting a faint positioning fluctuation that only the holder of a star core could perceive.

With this beacon, the next time the channel opened, they would be able to more precisely locate this relatively safe 'initial landing point.'

Just then, Ying issued a warning: [Channel stability is beginning to drop! Less than five breaths remaining!]

'explorer One and Two, return to the channel entrance immediately!' Wen Youyi hurriedly ordered.

The two Puppets immediately stopped working, powered up fully, and rushed towards the vortex eye, which had begun to twist and shrink, from where they had arrived!

At the very last moment before the channel closed, the two Puppets narrowly squeezed in and disappeared into the bizarre vortex.

Almost the second after they left, the vortex eye contracted sharply, collapsed, and turned back into that relatively calm energy vortex.

The first 'renovation' expedition concluded with Perfection!

They successfully established the first outpost beacon in the Starry Sky Debris and brought back valuable environmental data!

Wen Youyi's consciousness returned to his body, and he let out a long sigh of relief, a bright smile appearing on his face.

'Back Garden... here we come!'

(End of chapter)