38: Steel Graveyard
In that endless darkness.
That towering, magnificent figure made of light appeared slowly once again.
This time.
Su Jue heard it.
He clearly heard that... word, echoing in the depths of his Soul.
"Return..."
"Return..."
"Return..."
That ancient and majestic syllable, like the evening drum and morning bell, echoed again and again in Su Jue's dream, in the deepest part of his Soul.
Each echo made the strand of golden Primordial Human Ancestral Blood in his body become a bit more active.
When Su Jue slowly woke from his deep sleep, he felt his spirit was crystal clear.
He subconsciously called out the System.
A brand new entry appeared on his personal panel.
【 Special Mark: the human emperors call (Inactive) 】
【 Activation Condition: Unknown. 】
【 Note: When the wanderer hears the call of their hometown, the return journey is already destined. 】
"Return journey..."
Su Jue looked at these words, lost in thought.
He knew that this "hometown" must refer to Blue Star!
It seems his path of revenge is the key to activating this mark.
"Awake?"
A cold voice sounded above his head.
Su Jue looked up and saw Elizabeth's pair of huge golden Dragon eyes quietly watching him.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the way his mother was looking at him seemed... different from before.
"Since you are awake, get ready."
Elizabeth spoke slowly.
"Your third trial will begin immediately."
Again?!
Su Jue was stunned.
How long has it been since he rested? Is he not allowed to live?
Even a capitalist would shed tears at this!
"The location for this trial is a bit special."
Elizabeth seemed to see through his thoughts and continued.
She waved her dragon claw, and a 3D star map unfolded before Su Jue.
Her claw tip pointed to an inconspicuous planet on the edge of the star map, marked with a dark red cross.
【 Name: Gliese 436b (Abandoned) 】
【 Alias: Steel Graveyard 】
【 Environmental Assessment: Extremely Dangerous 】
"This place was once the home planet of a powerful technological civilization from the Primeval Era called the 'Machine God Cult'."
Elizabeth introduced slowly.
"They did not cultivate Law, did not believe in gods or demons, and only believed in ultimate technology and 'Logic'."
"They modified their own bodies into machines and created war weapons capable of destroying the world, once fighting the Zerg to a standstill."
"But in the end, they did not die at the hands of external enemies, but... died at the hands of the 'god' they created themselves."
"They created a supreme AI with self-awareness, named 'Odin'."
"But in 'Odin's' logical judgment, carbon-based Life with emotions is the Universe's biggest 'bug' that needs to be 'formatted'."
"So it took over all the war machines and launched a cleansing that lasted for ten thousand years against its own creators."
"In the end, the entire planet turned into a technological wasteland."
"Only those AIs and mechanical creations that followed absolute Logic survived."
"Your task this time is very simple."
Elizabeth looked at Su Jue.
"Enter there, survive, and bring back 'Odin's'... central processor."
Su Jue was stunned as he listened.
Technological wasteland? AI rebellion?
Why does this script sound so familiar?
And, asking him, an Infant, to go fight in a place full of robots?
This is a dimension-reduction strike!
"Mother, this..."
Ao Ning on the side couldn't help but speak, her face filled with worry.
"The environment there is very unfriendly to Law practitioners. Various energy radiation and logic virus will greatly suppress our power. And, little brother is..."
She wanted to say that Su Jue is just an Infant who can't even speak clearly, and asking him to deal with a planet full of killer machines is too absurd!
"I have my own measure."
Elizabeth interrupted her.
She certainly knew the risks involved.
But she wanted to see more.
When Su Jue's awakened Human Race Bloodline, which represents "infinite possibilities", goes to a world composed entirely of "absolute Logic", what kind of sparks will collide?
This in itself is a gamble.
An ultimate experiment about "possibility" and "Logic"!
Seeing that Elizabeth had made up her mind, Ao Ning no longer tried to persuade her.
She silently took out a small silver-white ball from her Storage Ring and stuffed it into Su Jue's hand.
"This is my latest developed 'Ten Thousand Phenomena Recorder', third generation."
She said to Su Jue with a serious face, although she knew Su Jue might not understand.
"It will automatically record all environmental Data, energy fluctuations, and Law changes within one hundred meters around you. And... it is very sturdy, you can't break it."
Su Jue curiously held the cold little ball.
The System prompt popped up immediately.
【 Ding! Detected unknown technological creation: Ten Thousand Phenomena Recorder (Third Generation) 】
【 Grade: Ninth-grade Magic Treasure (Technology side) 】
【 Function: High-precision environmental Data recording, passive energy shield, micro-spatial Dao beacon... 】
【 Note: A very advanced peeping camera, it is recommended that the Host does not do anything weird in front of it. 】
Su Jue: "..."
What weird things can I do as an Infant?!
He seriously suspected that the System was sick.
Just then.
"Awoo—! Son! My good big son! Daddy is here!"
A Dragon roar full of joy descended from the sky!
Ao Yuan's huge Dragon shadow rushed into the Time Garden aggressively!
This time, Elizabeth did not stop him.
"Son! Daddy missed you so much!"
Ao Yuan's Dragon shadow swooped down, wanting to rub his big face against Su Jue.
As a result, with a "bang", he was swatted away by Elizabeth's dragon claw.
"Get away." Elizabeth said coldly, "Don't get your saliva on him."
"Hehe..."
Ao Yuan wasn't angry and flew back again, wagging his tail.
He looked at Su Jue, who was about to go on a long trip, with the worry of an old father.
"Son, Daddy knows about the place you're going to this time. It's all iron lumps, not tasty."
"Come, Daddy prepared some appetizers for you."
As he spoke, his dragon claw flipped, and he took out a pitch-black metal core that was still fizzing with electric sparks and stuffed it to Su Jue.
"This is the core of some 'Titan Mech' that I smashed back then. The taste isn't great, a bit hard on the teeth. But take it with you, if you encounter similar stuff, you can refer to it to see if you can gnaw on it."
Su Jue took the metal core.
【 Ding! Detected high-quality energy source: Titan Mech power core (wreckage) 】
【 Grade: Tenth-grade 】
【 Effect: Contains majestic thunder-type energy and pure destructive will. 】
【 Devour Suggestion: The taste is not good, but the energy purity is very high. It is recommended to eat it with the peel of the 'Seven Orifices Exquisite Dao Fruit' for better flavor. 】