The Record of Unusual Creatures

Everyone became as quiet as a mouse.

Sometimes the truth was simple and in your face. But if no one reminded you, you would always overlook this simple fact. When Hao Ren linked the circular recesses on the surface of the giant metal ball to the Gilded Discs, they only realized that both were conterminous and had a logical connection.

The MDT immediately measured the dimensions of the recesses, as well as the position and size of each bulge in the recesses, which were then compared to the Gilded Disc parameters stored in the database. The result was not surprising. “They fit perfectly, buddy. These are the ports for the Gilded Discs.”

“Is it just a coincidence? Their shapes and dimensions matched perfectly?” Vivian said spontaneously. The discovery seemed unreal and too dramatic.

“The accuracy of my measurement is the highest attainable in the material world,” the MDT said in a serious tone of voice. It was not happy that people are questioning his ability. “The Gilded Discs and the recesses on the ball match perfectly. This is not a coincidence.”

Vivian nodded and did not object. After all, this was the creation of the Goddess of Creation; its connection to the Gilded Discs was entirely logical. But still, it was incredible.

“Gilded Disc is the data processing module of the Creation Engine,” Hao Ren said. Calming himself down, he tried to make sense of the giant metal ball in front of him. “So what do you make of it?”

The MDT replied, “According to my findings that it has so many ports reserved for the Gilded Discs, it is likely a core component of the Creation Engine. Perhaps it is a control hub. Or maybe a database.”

“Whatever it is, this is not looking good,” Hao Ren said as he rubbed his eyebrow. “The Goddess of Creation has left behind a terrific relic for us.”

“Not for us, it is for Battie,” Lily reminded, her face solemn. “Be careful of what you say; if you say something wrong, this thing may go kaboom.”

Speechless.

He could understand why his fellow inspectors called him Mr. Ominous, but how could this husky see him in the same light? He said to himself.

Vivian ignored Lily’s gag. Her eyes were on the giant metal ball all the time, staring at the revolving surface, unable to make of it. It was the core of the Creation Engine? Who the hell could believe that this thing would appear here? Should it not be in the almost-finished Creation Engine and sinking into the endless darkness along with it after the grand explosion of the divine realm? What was the Goddess of Creation thinking at that time? She asked herself in her mind.

The theory of the uncontrolled explosion of the divine realm explained why the Gilded Discs were scattered in the Plane of Dreams and on Earth, but this theory did not apply on this engine core, which was tucked away safely by the Goddess of Creation. It was in a special space-time vault given to Vivian her descendant as a gift.

But this had upset the descendant of the divine blood.

Spacing out for a long while, Vivian was still unable to figure out what her mother-in-logic would like her to do. She had the gut feeling that the key to uncovering her “mission” was probably hidden in this ball, but she could not remember anything of it.

Hao Ren’s voice jolted her back into reality. “Let’s discuss how we should deal with this thing. I think we shouldn’t let this thing stay in Coldpath. I will bring it back to the goddess though she would probably rather let me handle it for her.”

Vivian said, “I agree. That is what we always do—”

White Flame suddenly interrupted. “Ahem, shouldn’t we at least inform the Council of Elders first?”

Vivian now finally realized why Hao Ren had made the suggestion: it was not that he did not know what to do but was concerned about the feeling of the demon hunters in Coldpath. After all, when they had made so much hoo-ha when they dug this thing out, probably everyone in Coldpath had already seen the spatial shift phenomenon.

It was not the same as taking away the Godslayer. The Godslayer was a curse; something that everyone would avoid like the plague. The Godslayer was mostly unknown to the demon hunters, taking it away would not cause any problems, and 99% of the demon hunters did not even realize that Hao Ren had taken the sword.

But the giant ball was hard to miss, and it looked like a huge gemstone.

He could not care less about others, but Hasse and White Flame were his friends. It would put them in a challenging and awkward position if he took the thing from the demon hunters without asking, even though it was never originally theirs, to begin with.

But at least, he had to ask.

“I personally have no problem with that, and I don’t think the Council of Elders will,” White Flame said quickly as she had noticed Vivian frowning. “After all, everyone knows who’s helped the demon hunters during their most difficult time. But as always, there are certain rules to follow.”

Vivian snorted softly. “Don’t take things for granted. I’ve given you Coldpath, but the relic here is what the Goddess of Creation has left for me. So what rule are you talking about when I am only taking what is rightfully mine?”

White Flame was speechless. She forced a smile and nodded. “Well, I guess teacher will have no objection. I will inform the Council of Elders. How are you going to move this thing by the way?”

Hao Ren waved his hand. “It’s simple. I had moved even bigger things. I specialize in moving house and goods.”

Knowing the real functions of the giant golden ball, Hao Ren knew that his portable gear would not be able to handle the job this time. Only CARS or Raven 12345 can handle it. He summoned the Petrachelys, reopened the space-time garage of the spacecraft, and put the golden giant ball into it. Just imagine it: Nolan stuffed that giant ball that was bigger than herself into her mouth.

After loading the golden giant ball into the garage, Hao Ren returned to the top of the Netherrealm Clock Tower.

The purple space fissures had vanished. The once-running magic circle had also stopped. The “blood-authentication” pattern had become blurry lines and no longer carry any magic anymore. This was obviously a one-use system. When the thing in the vault was taken away, the entire vault would self-destruct.

But such massive dimensional disintegration had not even caused slight magic turbulence.

“We have taken the relics of the Goddess of Creation. But to be honest, I am not sure if there would still be something else popping up again.” Hao Ren frowned. “God knows how many secrets are hidden in this place!”

Vivian nodded gently. “I am afraid that the Godslayer is the key. After you took the sword, a lot of things started to happen. Before that, the demon hunters had not found any vault here even though they had lived here for 6,000 years.”

Hao Ren took out the Godslayer to see if it had anything to say. Householder Stabber thought for a moment and said, “I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?” Hao Ren rolled his eyes. “You seem like not knowing everything.”

The Godslayer felt hapless. “I really don’t know, and I don’t want to know so many things. I don’t like things complicated. I like peace. If can, I like quiet.”

Speechless.

After causing two Woes of Madness, the murderous Godslayer said that it preferred peace and quiet.

Hao Ren laughed wryly. “Seems like when Raven 12345 bit on its head, she also damaged its brain.”

Vivian buried her head in her hand. “There is not surprising at all. Just think what Y’zaks is doing now.”