I Don't Agree to the Terms

"The Heavenly Mechanism Flow is also transforming."

At this moment, Gu Shanhai's Heavenly Mechanism Flow, the Four Sacred Beasts are complete, and the Nine States Instrument is changing. His Heavenly Mechanism Flow has officially transformed from merely revealing information to brazenly peeking at the script.

However, currently, it hasn't reached the point where he can view the content of the script, at most, he can only see an outline.

This supposed outline is a segment of the world's development process, which includes an overview of certain Children of Destiny.

Indeed, the script he wants to look at is not about those protagonists or antagonists, but the entire world.

It's just that, at present, he can only catch glimpses of the protagonists, largely due to his current lack of strength.

"All aspects of strength have been comprehensively enhanced, especially the Universe in a Sleeve."

Speaking of the Universe in a Sleeve, the greatest enhancement was not any profound technique of imprisoning people, but the strength and speed of pulling.

Previously, he relied on causal fortune to guarantee a hit, but the problem was, if the enemy was fast or strong enough, they could resist. After all, even if you hit, whether it affects the opponent is another matter.

With the current enhancement, his efficiency in capturing people has improved significantly.

"It's a pity, there are now very few enemies that require me to use Universe in a Sleeve," Gu Shanhai lamented.

There's no need to use it against those he can defeat, and there's no point using it against those he can't.

As for things like Heart Demon Dao Soldiers, Spirit Root Abilities, etc., they've also been improved to varying degrees, though not as impressively as Universe in a Sleeve for Gu Shanhai. For example, the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers have perhaps gained several times their strength, increased potential, and a few more abilities, akin to a long essay of effects.

Gu Shanhai couldn't be bothered to sum it all up.

"Now it's only the Dao Fruit that can help me continue on a shortcut."

Then, Gu Shanhai focused again on the Multi-Life Flower inside himself, realizing that the completion of the Four Sacred Beasts cannot bring him a qualitative change, it can only be considered a supplement. The Four Saints Beasts System is useful, but for Gu Shanhai, it will always be used to handle trivial tasks rather than really helping him grow stronger.

Becoming stronger is something he prefers to rely on himself for peace of mind.

"Has something happened?" Gu Shanhai acutely sensed something related to his interests, directly or indirectly, had gone awry.

With the completion of the Four Sacred Beasts, a series of divine skills from the Nine States Instrument were naturally strengthened, and part of his sixth sense, heavenly mechanism ability also broadened.

[One Moon Star Girl is missing, reason currently unknown, suspected to be caused by a two-world coupling phenomenon]

"..." Gu Shanhai looked at the intelligence fed back by the Ascended Empire through the Four Saints Beasts System, which lagged a few seconds behind his intuition.

This indirectly indicated that Gu Shanhai's strength has increased, otherwise previously... he could feel something too, but not as accurately and timely, mostly due to the update of the heavenly mechanism ability. Otherwise, it would be similar to a whim or sixth sense, sporadically effective.

"Send over the video or data." Gu Shanhai didn't intend to pursue responsibility.

Who to hold accountable, when the work is done by a bunch of robots? Robots can't be imprisoned or criticized, ultimately it's still his lack of skill. If his skills were adequate, this wouldn't have happened.

The Four Saints Beasts System soon transmitted the monitored video footage at that time.

The planet where the Moon Star Girl was had already completed comprehensive monitoring construction three years ago.

However, the transmitted footage appeared chaotic, seemingly affected by some influence.

Fortunately, the Four Saints Beasts System refined and restored it.

"Demon Claw?"

Despite the signal disruption, Gu Shanhai could determine from the subsequently collected parameters that it was due to the impact of spatial fluctuations.

Every time a Demon Claw arrives at the Moon Star Universe, this unidentified fluctuation would occur. Gu Shanhai's current technology cannot effectively guard against it, even intelligent machines experience momentary signal disruptions.

"It seems the Demon Claw, or the ones controlling them, are not without rationality or self-awareness, but why wait until now to capture them?"

Gu Shanhai's eyes narrowed. Normally, if they intended to capture the Moon Star Girl, there would have been records long ago, rather than waiting until now.

Clearly, there are differences between now and before. In the neighborhoods where the missing Moon Star Girl was, there still exist other groups of Moon Star Girls, yet it was only him left alone.

"Did other Moon Star Girls sense spatial fluctuations and produce anomalies?" Gu Shanhai inquired.

[No]

"The technology has improved, allowing one to avoid the spatial sensory organs of the Moon Star Girl unnoticed."

"I feel like this matter runs deeper..."

Apparently, this technology was not invented recently, but had already existed, just unable to penetrate and locate.

"Thus, it seems the technology level of the universe where the Demon Claw is from is not low, but limited by the shallow coupling of the Moon Star Girl, preventing further use."

Gu Shanhai suspected that the weaker side may not actually be the Demon Claw on the other side, but rather the Moon Star Universe over here.

If it weren't for the surveillance system of the Ascended Empire covering the entire planet and the existence of the Four Saints Beasts System, it wouldn't necessarily have been discovered.

"Perhaps, this is not the first time the other side tried to capture a Moon Star Girl, but merely the first time in modern times."

The number of Moon Star Girls is not large. Even if they all gathered together, there are only one thousand three hundred and twenty-seven people, on a planet with a population of 23 billion. The proportion is evident.

Furthermore, Gu Shanhai suspected that the Moon Star Girls would disappear permanently if a generation gap occurred, rather than through the primitive moon energy selecting a new host to be born.

"Now it seems the target of the Demon Claw might not be the Moon Star Universe, but the Moon Star Girl herself."

Chasing the source, Gu Shanhai quickly zoomed in on the bloodline.

From his research, the powers of the Moon Star Girl are fundamentally constructed by primal moon energy and bloodline. Previously, he focused mainly on the primal moon energy.

Now it appears the bloodline is undoubtedly unique; otherwise, the Demon Claw would not cross realms to capture individuals.

Upon further investigation of the bloodline of the Moon Star Girl, Gu Shanhai didn't find much concrete data. The bloodline is somewhat special, the specialty lies in its better capacity to bear the primal moon energy and form special abilities, which is the Moon Star Girl concept.

Beyond that, there isn't much more.

"Unless..."

"The bloodline of the Moon Star Girl is incomplete or only half."

As for the other half? It certainly isn't the Demon Claw's, as the Demon Claw seems more like a recovery tool. The real other half of the bloodline should be in the world where the Demon Claw is located.

"The question is if the other side requires all the Moon Star Girls or just one. If it's the former, that's fine; if it's the latter, we'll need to find a way to accelerate the progress."

Gu Shanhai understood that needing all would mean volume matters, allowing time to delay slowly.

If only a single sample is needed, such as for a key or a clone, delaying too long could risk the other side succeeding, executing a major move that may trap him.

"Notify the authorities to ensure that the Ascended Empire completes the two-world coupling within three days. I need to extract primal solar energy as soon as possible."

"Moreover, inform to prepare for combat and comprehensive evacuation, and initiate the extraction mode."

Gu Shanhai's intentions were simple: to obtain the potential primal solar energy deriving from the dimensional drop of the sun. As for other matters, if they can defeat them, directly conquer and colonize. If not, plunder the Moon Star Universe's resources and retreat to the Navia Universe, closing the passageway.

The rest is irrelevant to him. He was solely there to perfect the Dao Fruit·Multilayer, not really intending to invade the universe, especially since the resources for his breakthrough were already prepared. There's no need for a death match with a tough opponent that might break his teeth.

Of course, this was just preparation. Gu Shanhai believed his Ascended Empire had a fair chance of success, and he also had Heart Demon Dao Soldiers as a back-up. It's merely pre-considering the contingency plan in case of failure.