Chapter 1667 - 1244: Seeking Help_2

However, how did the Golem end up like this?

"More than a decade ago, suddenly one day, this already fully repaired but core-unmatched Golem changed into this form amidst an outburst of Divine Power. Our scientists and technicians spent a long time trying to figure out the reason, but all in vain. Then, Miss Suolin appeared, and she told us that you would come here in a dozen years when the entire universe would be in crisis. Your arrival is meant for the salvation of the entire universe, and also to uncover why the Golem transformed this way."

Will I be able to figure it out? Is that what Suolin thinks?

If Suolin thinks so, then it probably means that things should indeed be like this.

"Let me take a look." Long Yi approached the Golem, truly puzzled as to why a Golem of such a massive size had ended up this way. However, he can start with a self-check.

The creations of Giants usually share common traits, the first being simple operation. The next are high levels of automation and intelligence, and the Golem is no exception. Inside the Golem, there is a self-check module, which cannot be activated externally; it normally has to be started by an intelligent core. But this Golem has changed into its current form without matching an intelligent core; its size is significantly reduced, and the existing cores of the Dark Clan can no longer match it, hence it can’t perform a self-check.

Long Yi took out the Giant’s staff and, relying on his administrator privileges, externally initiated the core of the Golem. Inside the Golem, there is a miniature standby energy core that usually is not activated and only starts at the most critical moments—such as when the intelligent core loses power—and apparently, that was the situation.

"Initiate self-check, pull up the log."

Long Yi carried out a series of actions with practiced ease.

Soon, the log was displayed on the Giant’s tablet.

Long Yi looked at the contents of the log, his eyes wide and speechless.

Because the first line of the log, following the remote activation of the Golem, described this: Received external commands, body evolution, loading combat program against Gods.

Combat against Gods!

Aren’t these Golems meant to fight the Dragon Clan?

From the beginning, Long Yi felt that something was amiss; these Golems did not seem to be a particularly efficient weapon. It’s unbelievable to say they were specifically developed to fight the Dragon Clan, yet the Golems did cause significant casualties to the Dragon Clan.

And now, a new program has been loaded?

After scrutinizing the log, Long Yi found a short message: "Master Long Yi, this is Darkness. We are in the Divine Realm, waiting for your arrival."

So, it was the Dark Saintess. Through the log, Long Yi finally understood. The Dark Saintess and her group had unlocked the secrets within their bodies, successfully elevating the Golem to a new level, and this Golem was simply passively receiving the evolution instructions. Its evolution drive originated from the internal backup core; however, because it did not receive the same Fine Gold reinforcements like the Dark Saintess in the counterfeit Heavenly Kingdom, it, despite evolving, still could not achieve the god-slaying capability described in the program. Nevertheless, it is evident that at least on a hardware level, this Golem’s combat capacity had reached the pinnacle among those Long Yi has seen.

But.

An extremely embarrassing matter now lay before Long Yi.

What kind of core should be used for this Golem?

Obviously, as the Elder just mentioned, the cores of the Dark Clan can no longer match this Golem; the specifications are totally different. This means that this Golem needs a new core!

Manufacturing a Golem core is not as simple as one might think; if it were, the Giants would probably have mass-produced them long ago. Moreover, this is not a standard core component. The new Golem core location is only the size of a fist, needing an energy core capable of God-level power output installed in such a small space?

Long Yi was somewhat dumbfounded.

The Elder of the Dark Clan beside him also had an embarrassed expression and said, "In fact, we select some outstanding children every year to try and match the core, but as you see, although we’re a core race, we have been unable to get this Golem up and running."

"If possible, I would like to take her away," said Long Yi.

"Of course, the Golem was originally yours. Even our core clan is at your service, should you need anything please do not hesitate to tell us. The universe is facing a tremendous crisis; if there’s anything we can do, please don’t hold back."

Long Yi nodded, his hand ready to pick up the Golem, but to his surprise, it wouldn’t budge an inch.

"Although its size has been reduced, its overall mass hasn’t changed... We had to transport it to the warehouse using our personal spaces," an Elder hurriedly reminded him.

Long Yi chuckled and honestly stashed it into his personal space.

After leaving the Underground City, Long Yi didn’t return to the Heaven Realm immediately, but made a detour to the Human Realm’s orbital space station.

"I need help, all kinds of it, any help that could be of use," Long Yi said bluntly to the Maintenance Golem there.

"Actually, you might want to try that fellow..." the Maintenance Golem pointed at the distant moon and suggested.

The moon is usually a satellite orbiting a planet. However, the moon of the Human Realm is not; it’s a colossal creature that had followed the Dragon Clan in their assault on the Human Realm and was ultimately killed by the space station’s artillery fire in the outskirts of the Human Realm. Later, the Maintenance Golem pulled its body into the Human Realm’s orbit, turning it into a satellite, serving as a warning to all lifeforms with designs on the Human Realm.

Long Yi immediately contacted Simu, who according to himself, said the creature was supposedly a prototype of the Dragon Clan, a failed product of the Creator God. The initial experiments of the Creator God were quite extreme, and this creature was one of them. It resembled the Dragon Clan but was much larger in size, yet far less intelligent. Its low intelligence turned it into a purely brutal life form, so at first, the god discarded it into Hell. During the war, the Dragon Clan recalled it, only for it to be shot down here.

"How many of them are there?" Long Yi’s eyes lit up.

"Just one, a mere lab-created creature," said Simu.

"Brother, there was only one of this creature, and you killed it," Long Yi said to the Maintenance Golem upon receiving confirmation from Simu.

"No, no, no, in fact, the creature is not dead. Its vitality is too resilient. Although it was hit by countless shots, the recovery was too fast to keep up with. So I had to use a time-lock to halt the central transmission of its thought processes, forcibly putting it into a state of hibernation. In fact, its body is still alive to this day," the Maintenance Golem explained.

"Does this mean that if it is awakened now, it will believe it’s still in the midst of the war and immediately begin its assault?" Long Yi asked.

"Very likely," replied the Maintenance Golem.

"So, who originally brought this thing here?"

"For that matter, you’d have to ask the Creator God himself or the Dragon Clan," the Maintenance Golem replied.

Clearly, Simu didn’t know. However, immediately upon Simu’s inquiry, two apologetic elderly faces appeared before Long Yi.

Gulelie and Asus.

Ever since the great battle of the Dragon Clan in the Human Realm, Long Yi had not seen these two old dragons. On several occasions when Long Yi returned to face the Dragon Clan in the Human Realm, these two elders were nowhere to be seen, supposedly too ashamed to meet with Long Yi. And now, standing before Long Yi, they were even more embarrassed, their faces tense.

"It’s been a long time," Long Yi said with a smile.

"This... it really has been... a long time," the two elders replied, their faces flushed with embarrassment.

From first meeting Long Yi to now, when Long Yi had become a celebrity throughout the universe, actively concerned with the safety of the whole cosmos, the two old dragons genuinely felt as if they were living in a different era. If it wasn’t for Creator God Simu’s call this time, even now, Long Yi would have no hope of seeing them.

In the more than twenty years since the war, they had completely assimilated as humans, living in an ordinary human village, never using any magic or Fighting Aura. When encountering difficulties, they would ask for help from the villagers, their lives simple and tranquil.

Then, the inquiry of Simu had brought them back to stand before Long Yi once more.