Chapter 65: Entropy Loss Syndrome

Chapter 65: Entropy Loss Syndrome

"Do you know the Molten Knight?" Edmund interlaced his fingers, his dark green eyes calm and profound.

The Molten Knight...

"I have seen this entry in the 'Breeding' catalogue of the Interstellar Astronomical Society." Bai Heng gently ran his finger along the rim of the porcelain cup and said, "The Molten Knight is a weapon made by humans during the Cosmic Locust Plague era using the breeding locust 'Ankiet'. Whoever pilots it will be affected by the Breeding Pathway. Their body tissues and mental states will be corroded, leading to mutation and ultimately death."

"There seems to be a record in 'Breeding Catalogue VII' that the Molten Knight, under the influence of 'Breeding', has even developed self-awareness and can act independently. But by burning the life of the pilot, its combat power can also be greatly enhanced."

Edmund nodded in satisfaction at Bai Heng's homework and added, "During the Cosmic Locust Plague and the two Imperial Wars, they almost destroyed most of the universe."

"The Molten... When this weapon was named, it was put into the endless war between humans and locusts. The hope was that it would be like a spark that melts the raging flames and extinguish the countless dependents of the 'Breeding' star god, Teyzzyoros."

"Unfortunately, after the 'Breeding' star god Teyzzyoros fell under the heavy hammer of the 'Preservation' Amber King, this technology disappeared along with the fall of 'Breeding'."

"Now, the ancient battlefield of the Cosmic Locust Plague, that relic has been rediscovered by Alan Jones once again. The weapon named Molten Knight also reappears before the world. It's a pity that my old bones can't go and take a look in person. And there are few people in the Interstellar Astronomical Society who truly make me worry-free. I can only trouble you to make this trip again."

Edmund placed his hand on Bai Heng's shoulder and said in a deep tone, "I believe in your ability and also believe that in the future, I will be able to hand over the Astronomical Society to you all."

...

After leaving the president's office.

Bai Heng immediately contacted his subordinates to formulate the nearest schedule.

According to the plan, it only takes four days to travel to and from the Fakar galaxy where the Molten Tomb is located.

This means that as long as the time for this scientific expedition is controlled within five days, he will not miss Topaz's invitation.

Xianzhou, Punk Lord, Fakar galaxy, Yarilo-VI...

He is really busy this month.

After organizing all the itineraries, Bai Heng, as usual, decided to only bring Xiao Si, who is responsible for driving the stellar cruiser. They will set off tomorrow morning immediately.

After all, the sooner the work is completed, the sooner he can rest.

Thinking of this, Bai Heng sighed and said, "I really miss the days last month in Pierpoint when I could just loaf around and still receive credit points by sending messages."

After retrieving the relevant information about the Fakar galaxy within the Astronomical Society, Bai Heng called Topaz and gave a positive reply to the invitation to go to Yarilo-VI in the morning.

Then he returned to his private residence and spent an entire night conducting a preliminary understanding of that galaxy in advance.

During the process, he also collected some information that he had not noticed before.

For example.

In the past, in order to cultivate pilots for the Molten Knight, the Fakar galaxy cultivated a large number of genetically modified infants in incubation chambers through genetic modification technology.

These infants are not only the future pilots of the Molten Knight but also their fuel.

Fate only left these children one future, to become pilots of the Molten Knight and join the endless war between humans and locusts.

But the genetic modification technology that allowed them to successfully match the Molten Knight also gave them a strange disease from birth - 'Entropy Loss Syndrome'.

This is a strange disease. People suffering from this disease will experience irreversible chronic dissociation of their physical structures.

This means that you are slowly disappearing.

And this 'disappearance' is even difficult for others to detect - you can still run, jump, and communicate with others.

Everything seems so normal, except that you are always a little slower than others...

Then slower and slower, until your own and the outlines of the whole world become blurred. You can't distinguish between reality and dreams because they become equally fragmented.

...

The next morning.

Bai Heng dragged his slightly dark eye bags and came to the starship parking lot in Pierpoint.

A young man with neat short red hair, pushing an old-fashioned goggles onto his head, with raised thick eyebrows and full of vitality was standing there waving at Bai Heng.

"Hey, Brother Bai, over here."

Bai Heng looked at the energetic Xiao Si and gave a wry smile.

Oh... At twenty-five years old, he really is becoming an old thing.

You young people are really full of energy.

When he walked up to Xiao Si, the other person was still holding a bag of breakfast emitting wisps of heat.

As soon as Bai Heng got close, he handed the breakfast to Bai Heng and said, "Brother Bai, this is for you. It's still warm."

"Oh..." Even though Bai Heng had already had breakfast at home, he still took the bag of food that looked like steamed buns. "Thank you. Let's eat on the stellar cruiser."

"Sure."

The two boarded the stellar cruiser one after the other.

However, one was looking forward to an exciting interstellar adventure, while the other boarded the deck with the mentality of being forced to work overtime.

Due to staying up late to 查阅资料 last night, Bai Heng was in poor mental state. As soon as he boarded the stellar cruiser, he shrank into the capsule cabin and rested for eight system hours.

In the middle, they stopped at a company branch to replenish fuel and let the driver rest for a while.

After going around for 48 system hours, they finally arrived at the Fakar galaxy.

According to the data, this galaxy can be said to have suffered many disasters in history.

It has been afflicted by the Cosmic Locust Plague, invaded by the antimatter legion, and even the Imperial Wars have affected the civilization there several times.

The civilizations on multiple habitable planets were destroyed. Later, due to the migration of alien civilizations, it regained a little vitality. Now it finally shows some signs of prosperity.

However, the destination of Bai Heng's trip, the Molten Tomb, is not located on any planet with existing civilizations.

Its location is in the asteroid belt of the Fakar galaxy.

At first, when Alan Jones, the chief scholar of the Armed Archaeology School of the Learned Society, passed through that asteroid belt, he discovered a huge amount of spaceship wreckage with sufficient mass to rotate around the asteroid belt on its own.

Subsequently, he sent people to search in that asteroid belt.

Finally, he found the Molten Tomb on a giant asteroid, that tomb that buries the battleships from the Cosmic Locust Plague era and several Molten Knight armors.

It was also after that that various forces have sent people to visit the excavation work of the Molten Knight.

So far, three Molten Knights have been unearthed.

When Bai Heng arrived at the Molten Tomb, it was afternoon in the Fakar galaxy, and the excavation work was still in progress.

This time, in addition to the people from the headquarters of the Interstellar Peace Company and the affiliated Interstellar Astronomical Society, the Interstellar Peace Company also announced that members of the Genius Club and all forces friendly to the company are welcome to visit the Molten Tomb.

After Bai Heng got off the stellar cruiser, the first thing he did was to prepare to go to the temporary camp of the Molten Tomb to register and check in.

As a result, as soon as he and Xiao Si stepped into the camp, they saw a familiar figure.