hsntnovel Chapter 386 Mysterious Detection Wave Reappears, Source Located
Chapter 386 Mysterious Detection Wave Reappears, Source Located
For the next week, Lu Sheng's daily schedule remained roughly the same.
Moving goods during the day.
He made two to three round trips to the Old God Abyss every day, bringing back seven or eight pieces of ancient warship wreckage each time. By the seventh day, the sea around Ascension Island was already piled high with wreckage, and they had to start dumping it into the deeper sea.
Luo Tianfei led a group of cultivators, cutting, forging, and assembling day and night.
Earth's outer defenses are being reinforced at a visible rate. What was originally just a single layer of star alloy shell is now covered by an additional layer of ancient metal armor. Although only about 30% of the coverage has been completed, it is already several levels tougher than before.
I practice meditation in the evening.
After exhausting his spiritual energy each day, Lu Sheng would return to his secret chamber, sit cross-legged, and use the Devouring Heaven Furnace to slowly refine the scattered fragments of laws he had absorbed during the day's transportation.
His cultivation at the early stage of the Spirit Saint Realm was steadily increasing. Although the speed was not fast, every bit of progress was real.
On the night of the eighth day.
Lu Sheng was meditating in the secret room when Luo Tianfei's communication device suddenly rang.
"Lu Sheng. The probe wave has reappeared."
Lu Sheng suddenly opened his eyes.
"direction?"
"Same as last time. But this time the signal strength has increased threefold. And the scanning range has been greatly reduced, focusing on the galaxy where Earth is located."
Lu Sheng's expression turned serious.
Last time it was a large-scale patrol search, this time the scope has been narrowed down to a focused scan of the galaxy where Earth is located.
What does this tell us?
This indicates that they had already detected the anomalies on Earth during their initial scan. This time, they are here to confirm them.
"Can you pinpoint the precise coordinates of the signal source?"
Luo Tianfei remained silent for two seconds.
"Attempting reverse tracking. Requires the other party to maintain continuous transmission of probe waves for at least thirty seconds."
Thirty seconds?
"Yes. Currently, the enemy's detection waves are pulsed, each transmission lasting only two to three seconds. The intervals are irregular. I need data from at least three consecutive pulses to complete the triangulation."
"Then let's wait." Lu Sheng stood up from the stone bed. "Run all monitoring equipment at full power. This time, we must pinpoint their location."
"clear."
Lu Sheng walked out of the secret room and went directly to the observation deck at the highest point of Dengxian Island.
The night sky was very clear, and the stars were so bright they were almost blinding.
He stood in the wind, squinting at the dark sky.
"The Divine Court of Myriad Phenomena."
He chewed those four words in his mouth.
The ancestor had very little information about the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court in his memory. He only knew that their sphere of influence was on the other side of the universe, and that they maintained a peaceful alliance with the Cleaners.
But now the Cleaners Alliance has been completely devoured by him. That sector that originally belonged to the Cleaners is now no man's land.
The presence of the Probe Wave from the Divine Court near Earth is likely because they sensed the destruction of the Scavenger Alliance and wanted to see what had happened.
"If they're just here to take a look, that's fine."
Lu Sheng muttered to himself.
"But what if they want to take advantage of the Scavenger Alliance's defeat to seize territory..."
A slight smile played at the corners of his lips.
"Then don't blame me for eating you all like takeout."
I waited for about forty minutes.
Luo Tianfei's communication device rang again.
"Third pulse captured successfully. Triangulation complete. Signal source coordinates locked."
Lu Sheng's spirits lifted. "Where?"
Luo Tianfei sent over the coordinate data.
"Approximately 18 billion light-years from Earth. Located in the northeastern part of the known universe. There lies an extremely large star cluster there. According to the star map comparison of the Scavenger Alliance, that star cluster is the core control area of the Pantheon."
"However, the probe wave was not emitted from the core region, but from an outpost on the edge of the core."
"An outpost?"
"Yes. Our initial assessment is that this outpost is likely a patrol node used by the Pantheon to monitor the surrounding star systems. Their probes originated from this node."
Lu Sheng's eyes lit up.
An outpost. Not headquarters, nor any key location.
As for outposts, the garrison won't be too large, at most just a few guards of medium strength.
Isn't this just an appetizer served right to your mouth?
"A distance of 18 billion light-years. At my current spatial folding speed, how long would a one-way trip take?"
Luo Tianfei did some calculations. "If you fully utilize the spatial laws and continuously fold and fly, the estimated one-way trip will take about twenty days."
Twenty days.
It was almost half as fast as going to the Old God Abyss.
Lu Sheng pondered for a while.
"Luo Tianfei, do you think I should take the initiative to take down this outpost, or wait for them to come to us?"
Luo Tianfei's answer was very direct.
"If your objective is to protect Earth's safety, we suggest taking the initiative. With the outposts destroyed, the Divine Court of All Things will be unable to obtain intelligence about the vicinity of Earth for a short period. This will buy us at least six months of preparation time."
"But if your goal is to devour the opponent's essence to increase your own strength—"
Luo Tianfei paused for a moment.
"Then I suggest you wait a bit longer. Wait until they send their main force, then take them down in one fell swoop."
Lu Sheng smiled.
"You understand me better and better."
He thought about it and made a decision.
"Don't rush off yet. The defenses aren't set up yet, and there's too much to do on Earth. I'll go out for a stroll after I've moved the remaining materials and upgraded Earth's defenses to a level that can withstand attacks from Spirit Saints."
"Let the Divine Court of All Things come if they want. The more people they send, the more I'll feast."
After making his decision, Lu Sheng turned around and left the observation platform.
He stopped halfway there.
"Oh, right. Consort Luo."
"exist."
"Could you set up long-term monitoring of that star-sized remains in the Abyss of the Old Gods? I need to keep track of what's happening there while I'm away. That corpse is my personal treasure trove; I can't let anyone steal it."
"Sure. I will deploy a team of stealth detectors to the outskirts of the Old God's Abyss for 24/7 monitoring."
"good."
Lu Sheng nodded and continued walking towards the secret chamber.
He now has a general plan in mind.
The first step is to upgrade Earth's defenses to the extreme.
The second step is to go to the Old God Abyss to continue gnawing on that Hengxing remains and push my Spirit Saint Realm to the mid-stage.
The third step is to take the initiative and visit the outposts of the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court to find out what's going on.
As for that Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable who is suspected to be from the Spirit Immortal Realm—
Lu Sheng clenched his fist.
Once he has stabilized his Spirit Saint Realm and digested all the good stuff from the Old God Abyss, he will go and meet this old guy.
"Whether you're from the Divine Court or the Ghost Court, once you're in my mouth, you'll become nourishment."