175: Chapter 175 The Origin of Ghosts

"Su Fan, look! These A-Piaos can actually pass through the spaceship's hull!" Zhou Xiaoxiao exclaimed.

Su Fan had already seen it without needing Zhou Xiaoxiao to remind him.

These A-Piaos actually ignored the laws of physics, treating kunpeng no. 2 as if it were nothing, passing straight through the ship and entering its interior!

"This is quite impressive!" Su Fan's gaze was solemn.

For the time being, he hadn't found this special life form to be harmful to the ship, nor could he judge if it was harmful to humans.

Because there were no real living beings inside the ship; they were either robots or Androids.

"Have kunpeng no. 2 take off first, then conduct low-altitude reconnaissance, circling Nether Planet to explore it as quickly as possible," Su Fan ordered.

Due to the atmosphere of Nether Planet and the grayish-black mist within, the kongming mothership couldn't see the ground from above the atmosphere and could only rely on kunpeng no. 2 for low-altitude exploration.

"Red Queen, dispatch a few more kunpeng no. 2s down to explore together."

"Yes! Master!"

Time passed slowly, and a total of ten kunpeng no. 2 spaceship soon finished exploring the entire surface of Nether Planet, mapping out 3D terrain and other data.

"According to the data sent back by kunpeng no. 2, Nether Planet is covered in A-Piaos, and these A-Piaos don't seem to have much independent consciousness," Su Fan said with a frown.

"Look at this video; a group of A-Piaos are devouring each other and eventually forming a giant A-Piao!"

Zhou Xiaoxiao nodded and said thoughtfully, "They seem to have only the desire to feed. I haven't seen them mating, nor have I found any A-Piaos giving birth."

"But the strange thing is, despite devouring each other, the number of A-Piaos hasn't decreased at all."

Su Fan stared closely at the large screen. These A-Piaos indeed didn't seem to be born from others. On such a large planet with so many A-Piaos, there would surely be some about to give birth or in the process of doing so.

It was impossible for there to be no trace at all!

"Red Queen, deploy a batch of Micro-bionic flying robots from kunpeng no. 2 to explore carefully," Su Fan ordered.

The Micro-bionic flying robots had played a major role on Luye Planet last time; their detection capabilities were very strong, allowing them to go deep into narrow places to explore.

Silently, a large number of Micro-bionic flying robots were released from the ten kunpeng no. 2s.

The number released this time was relatively small, but Su Fan didn't have them explore the entire planet; instead, he focused them on a specific area.

The flying robots scattered, passing over one grotesquely shaped withered tree after another, occasionally flying straight through the bodies of the A-Piaos.

Besides the A-Piaos, which could tentatively be called life forms, there was another type of living entity on this planet.

And those were the various withered trees spread all over the planet.

These withered trees had pitch-black trunks and branches but no leaves.

At first, Su Fan thought these were just dried-up trees, but through the robots' careful investigation, he discovered they were actually a peculiar kind of tree.

Many A-Piaos often hung from the branches, whether to rest or hold some kind of gathering; it was very mysterious and terrifying!

Imagine this scene:

A black sun in the sky, grey mist rising from the ground, grotesquely shaped black withered trees clawing at the air everywhere, and on those trees, several A-Piaos with dead-fish eyes and stitched mouths quietly watching you.

Around you, a large swarm of A-Piaos floats back and forth, and suddenly, with a whoosh, they dive into your body!

Terrifying!

Su Fan and Zhou Xiaoxiao waited on the ship for over an hour before finally receiving useful information.

The micro-flying robots discovered a Spatial rift in the deepest part of a cave!

At this moment, Su Fan was looking at the images displayed on the large screen with a solemn expression.

It was a Spatial rift only a little over a meter high, narrow at both ends and wide in the middle.

The interior of the Spatial rift was pitch-black and profound; one look at it felt as if it would suck in a person's soul!

The source of the A-Piaos was this Spatial rift!

"System, what's on the other side of this Spatial rift?" Although Su Fan wanted to dispatch robots to explore immediately, he decided to ask the System first to be safe.

"Another world?" the System said indifferently.

"A higher-dimensional world?" Su Fan followed up.

"No."

"It is a Small World attached to the Main Universe," the System replied indifferently.

"Main Universe, Small World..." Su Fan fell into deep thought.

Though the sentence was short, the amount of information it contained was massive.

What was the concept of a Main Universe? How many Main Universes were there? If there was a Main Universe, would there be a sub-universe? If there were Small Worlds, would there be large worlds?

Su Fan raised his doubts one by one.

However, the response given by the System was: Insufficient permissions!

"System, setting aside other things, let's just talk about the situation we're currently facing."

"Can we enter this Small World from which the A-Piaos are emerging?" Su Fan asked.

"Do as you please!" the System said indifferently.

"Fine, this aloof System..." Su Fan grumbled helplessly, but he had already gotten the information he wanted.

"'Do as you please' just means I can do whatever I want!"

"Red Queen, send a Micro-bionic flying robot into the Spatial rift," Su Fan ordered.

"Yes! Master!"

Under Red Queen's control, a Micro-bionic flying robot slowly approached the Spatial rift.

At this moment, the Spatial rift was puffing out A-Piaos one after another.

However, since the A-Piaos could pass through solid objects, the Micro-bionic flying robot slowly passed through the bodies of several A-Piaos and then plunged into the Spatial rift!

But just as the Micro-bionic flying robot entered the Spatial rift, a notification immediately came from Red Queen's side!

"Master, contact has been lost with the Micro-bionic flying robot that just entered the Spatial rift!"

Su Fan was stunned, then frowned and ordered, "Send a few more in to test if contact will be lost."

While ordering Red Queen, he silently contacted the System again in his mind.

"System, why is contact being lost?"

"I told you, this is a Small World; Quantum Communication does not have the capability for cross-world communication!" the System replied indifferently.

"Alright..." Su Fan was helpless.

If that was the case, the method of using Quantum Communication to connect to robots or Androids to explore this Small World wouldn't work.

Sure enough, Red Queen sent another notification: the several Micro-bionic flying robots that just entered had lost contact again.

Su Fan fell into thought, considering what to do next.

Discovering a Small World was an immense opportunity; there was absolutely no reason to give up on exploring it.

After all, the System had said "do as you please," which proved that this Small World wasn't too dangerous.

At the very least, it wouldn't cause severe damage to the Xia Kingdom.

"Red Queen, notify the Great Elder and have him log onto this ship." Su Fan felt it was better to discuss this matter with the Great Elder.

"Yes! Master!"

Soon, the Great Elder came online, and Su Fan explained the situation to him in detail.

Of course, he didn't say there was a Small World on the other side of the Spatial rift; he only spoke of the actual situation that had just occurred.

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