Soshiyan was a little surprised when he heard Veronica's words.
“Is it… artificial?”
He was sitting on the edge of the bed in his hand, holding a file recording the history of the galaxy. Although there were many things, Soshiyan tried to take some time every day to accompany Veronica. After getting along for a long time, he found that the other party was actually very surprised to be lonely.
"Looking at the arrangement of the planets, I will know that this is a star system modulated by ancient horticulturalists. Each planet should have an ancient ecological maintenance system inside, otherwise how could it be restored so quickly under your destruction."
Veronica raised her head slightly, looking very proud.
“Hortician?”
"In the age when you were single-celled creatures, our great horticulturists had used galaxies as flowerbeds to carve the most perfect world in their minds, but after the great fall... all became warriors and there were no more horticulturists."
Speaking of the latter, Veronica seemed to feel a little depressed and her voice became much lighter.
Soshiyang randomly put the book aside and said:
"I didn't bring you with me when I went to the flagship last time. I'll take you to see it next time."
"Hmph, what's there to see in a warship full of traces of the dead."
He said this, but Veronica's mood obviously improved and her tone became much lighter.
But then, she seemed to think of something, stood up and walked to Soshiyang, then sat side by side with him, and said softly:
"Most of the technology of those who fear the deceased comes from the Star God, and the Great Prophet said that although most of the Star Gods have been eliminated, there are still some individuals with ulterior motives, so be careful."
"Did that prophet know a good thing about the Star God?"
"I don't know either, but the Great Prophet often mentioned some things about the Star God to me in the previous days... Forget it, say that these are so suffocated, come and play chess with me!"
Playing chess is one of Veronica's most common ways to pass the time, but what she played was not the common regicide chess in the human empire, but a kind of black or white chess that "includes the ultimate principle of the universe" according to what she said.
Of course, Soshiyang didn't understand, but in order to make this spiritual race safer, he could only learn with her while he was doing it.
At first he was basically defeated, and Veronica was very happy every time he won, but as time went by, Soshyan failed longer and even occasionally tied.
"...What else did that prophet say about the Star God?"
Veronica's previous words aroused Soshiyan's great interest, so that he always remembered it when playing chess, because he judged from various clues, including those inexplicable memories, that the gray marrow is highly likely to be related to not only the space undead, but also to the Star God.
"It's all bits and pieces, and I can't say anything if you tell me."
"So have any star gods ever had contact with the empire?"
"I remembered something when you say this. The Great Prophet mentioned that a guy named Kiliman of your primrose once activated a lighthouse. That lighthouse is a way for the fear of the dead to achieve rapid interstellar communication, and the core of that lighthouse is a fragment of the star god called the ruler Zahurash."
"Lighthouse? The ruler Zahurash? Is there anything special about it?"
"The Great Prophet didn't say that it was special, but just emphasized that this star god may have returned to a sufficient scale over a long period of time. Even if it turned into fragments, it might be a disguise. In short, it is the top three guys who can rank in the top three in terms of danger."
"That's it--"
Soshiyang didn't know what he was thinking, and even stopped the chess piece in his hand.
Veronica looked up and glanced at him, then patted his hand holding the chess piece.
"Hey, what are you trying to do? Since that thing is so dangerous, it must be not simple. Don't take risks."
"Where do I want to go, I'm not that stupid."
The two were silent for about three minutes, and Soshiyang's defeat in the chess game was already revealed.
But Veronica suddenly let go, threw the chess piece on the board, and then whispered to Soshiyang:
"Can you take me to a planet? I haven't breathed the natural air for a long time."
Soshyang thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Can."
Veronica chose a planet called Bechdard. Soshiyan did not wear power armor, so she directly transferred a shuttle from Ditrian and asked the servants to take charge of the driving. The two went directly to the surface of the planet.
From the high altitude orbit, it can be seen that although this world was attacked by virus bombs more than a thousand years ago, its ecological environment has been well restored. There are three continents on the planet, including large oceans, stretching mountains and plains and hills sandwiched in it. However, there are brown spots visible to the naked eye on one of the continents. That is the location when the virus bomb landed and the only place on the planet has not yet recovered.
Soshyan chose to land the shuttle at the largest continent near the ocean.
The moment the hatch fell, a smell came in from the wind. It was a faint smell of the ocean and the smell of ancient soil, mixed with the fragrance of flowers.
It was spring on the planet, with temperature and humidity very suitable, sufficient light, and not strong. The clouds in the sky outlined many outlines on the earth.
“Smells like home.”
Veronica looked at everything in front of her almost joyfully. The huge grassland dotted with sparse trees and flowers stretched to the pale peaks in the distance, and finally disappeared into the forest at the foot of the mountain. On the other side was a coast full of stones. The blue sea kept washing the sea water onto the tidal flats, stirring up layers of white foam.
Looking up, it was the pure sky that Veronica missed the most.
She no longer remembers how blue and wide the sky is.
Even tears were squeezed out of the corners of his eyes.
Soshiyang stood behind the spirit girl. During this period, he saw that the other party was so happy for the first time, and he felt much more relaxed. He then took off his hood and exposed his face to the sun.
One of the major reasons why he chose this place was that there were no human settlements nearby, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.
At this moment, Veronica suddenly turned around and grabbed Soshiyang's hand.
"Come."
Then Soshiyan was taken to a small hill by the other party, where you can clearly see the forests and mountains in the distance.
Veronica and Soshyan talked a lot about her, including the first time she remembered she left the ark and went to a world, which was the homeland of the wilderness elves.
At that time, she was standing in a similar place, looking into the distance, the scenery was breathtakingly beautiful: misty canyons, vast forests, and deep oceans exploring into endless blue.
But in all, she remembered that the sky was so wide that it seemed like there was no end.
Since then, she has seen other worlds and wonders, and has climbed many mountains, but nothing can compare to the scenery of crossing the cold ocean and looking at the new world.