Void Jigsaw Puzzle

The Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, located at the edge of the universe, stretches across spacetime far beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. Within it, billions of stars vie for brilliance. Some have existed since the singularity at the beginning of the Big Bang, while others have been conceived and formed in the eons since. Regardless of their origin, all are part of this magnificent structure.

This is the territory of the Hydrogen Clan, and within this vast territory, the position of Taibai Star is naturally irreplaceable. It is the center of the Hydrogen Clan.

Now, there is endless void on Taibai Star, and it seems that there is nothing.

However, if you look at it from another way, you can find that the hydrogen family is gathered together.

As the patriarch, Hydrogen Memory is located in the core area in the center. Surrounding him in a fan-shaped manner are the main leaders of the Hydrogen Clan, naturally including Hydrogen Ao and Hydrogen Nian.

Hydrogen Memory looked at Hydrogen Nian with approval: "You moved very quickly, bringing the game of 'Return to One' to a halt."

Hydron responded humbly, "It was the Patriarch who made the quick decision. Besides, the people in Wuming City were very afraid of the Patriarch's authority. I was just taking advantage of the power of the tiger."

Qian Ao lowered his head and said nothing, but his heart was filled with a hint of unhappiness.

Hydrogen Memory clearly sensed his emotions, but didn't care at all. She continued, "Although the game brought us a lot of fun, and we have to admit, they were serious about it... However, it eventually became too cruel, and clearly not something we should promote. Therefore, it's time to end it, and we should honor our promise."

Faced with his own people, Qing Yi naturally wouldn't make Zhong Chenmu's final threat public. In fact, although he agreed with some of Zhong Chenmu's views that this universe shouldn't be a jungle society, if the young man had only pleaded, appealing to his emotions and reasoning without revealing the truth about the cosmic rogue, Qing Yi might not have made this decision.

“No matter how advanced civilization becomes, it seems that simply relying on the understanding of correct opinions without the stimulation of risk aversion will still prevent us from making the right decisions smoothly…”

Hydrogen Ao naturally didn't know what Hydrogen Yi was thinking at the moment, but conversely, Hydrogen Yi couldn't see through his thoughts.

"You old, fame-seeking bastard... We're the ones shouldering all the bad stigma and doing all the dirty work, while you just talk and take away all the laurels and praise... Weren't you watching with amusement while that game was going on?"

As a subordinate of Hydrogen Ao, Hydrogen Nian naturally knew his leader's thoughts clearly. He had been paying close attention to the development of the situation throughout the whole process and witnessed Zhong Chenmu's final attempt at facing the source of a river. He always felt that the truth of the matter might not be as trivial as the patriarch said.

So he said cautiously, "Headmaster, there is one more thing I am not sure whether I should mention or not."

Qiong Yi was stunned, thinking, "Hyon Nian, what are you going to keep me in suspense for? Now that you've said that, how can I stop you from talking?"

So, he replied somewhat stiffly: "It's okay to talk about it."

"Yes... This is something the clan leader has been paying close attention to. When their puzzle team's captain, Zhong Chenmu, disappeared, I observed another crack... I remember earlier, we'd observed three cracks at a relatively high frequency. At the time, we were worried they were the work of cosmic hooligans, but the fourth one didn't appear for quite some time until Zhong Chenmu disappeared in Ma'anshan... Therefore, I have reason to suspect that the cracks are closely related to him."

In fact, at that time, Xiong Nian had a very frank conversation with Zhong Chenmu, and Zhong Chenmu had confessed the matter to him. However, Xiong Nian did not want to appear to know everything in front of the clan leader.

Unlike his reckless leader, he knew when to be humble.

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Hydrogen Memory was slightly stunned, and then replied expressionlessly: "Well, it's a very sharp observation and reasonable suspicion. That boy is indeed an outlier among them. However, if this is confirmed, it actually means that the crack was not caused by the cosmic rogue."

"But how do you know that he himself is not possessed by the cosmic rogue?" Hydrogen Thought almost wanted to ask back.

But in the end, he only uttered a few words: "The clan leader is wise."

Seeing that Hydron Nian didn't ask any further questions, Hydron Yi nodded with satisfaction. "Speaking of Hydron Nian, during the game, you created the Black Sky Curtain. That was a great adjustment. You did a good job, and it also gave the people of Wuming City a more concrete understanding of our abilities."

"It's just a trifle, far inferior to your abilities... I simply randomly projected information from several other tribes into their skies. Unexpectedly, this also gave them a glimmer of hope."

"I don't care what your motives are, but this result is compassionate."

"Thank you, Patriarch."

As Hydron Ao listened to the conversation between the two, he secretly felt a little better. At least Hydron Nian still gave a little help to this high-ranking clan leader.

As usual, the others present showed little interest in participating in such discussions. From their perspective, whether it was the restoration of the Wuming City civilization or the opening of their territory, it had little to do with them. Their normal lives and the operations of the entire Hydrogen Clan would not be affected in the slightest by such a decision.

What's more, they also had a lot of fun in the process.

Their only concern was whether the cosmic rogues would take advantage of the opportunity to invade, but judging from the clan leader's words, they were now safe. In that case, they could just let it go.

Hydrogen Memory explained a few more things, especially asking Hydrogen Nian to continue to be responsible for opening up an open area for Wuming City on Taibai Star, and then happily announced the adjournment of the meeting.

However, after everyone left, he said calmly to the void, "I need to confirm once again that your promise has been fulfilled. The cosmic rogues will never be able to invade us."

A moment later, the young man's reply came from the void: "Don't worry, I have activated the reset mechanism. Everyone in Wuming City has accepted this operation. Although I can't make them like me, at least after the reset, the Silicon Clan has disappeared from the bodies of everyone in Wuming City."

Only then did Hydrogen Memory smile and nod, then disappeared into the void.