CHAPTER 1106: CHAPTER 1085: SPACE COOLING

"When you can reach that height, maybe you can also outsmart others."

Heseman Brown sighed, unable to find other words to comfort Chen Fei, who was being pushed around like a pawn, never-endingly tormented.

He himself was no different; despite being an S-Class Superpower User, treated with courtesy wherever he went, he was still destined to be a pawn, going wherever the big shots needed him to go.

Chen Fei said irritably, "Scheming back and forth, aren’t you tired of it? One day, I must take down these old hacks! They’re already a thing of the past, yet they still come out to wreak havoc!"

This lack of control over one’s life is particularly frustrating.

In just this short time, the seedling rooted in the hot, igneous ground had grown into a small tree, nearly as tall as Chen Fei, with a remarkable growth rate.

The S-Class Space Ability User also noticed and exclaimed, "Wow, the thing you planted is growing taller than you— is this really a ’Seed Nest’? It doesn’t look like one!"

So far, all discovered ’Seed Nests’ had developed underground, each was a sinkhole, varying only in size and depth.

Even McKenny’s over 100,000-year-old prime ’Seed Nest’ remained an underground realm with a diameter of about 300 kilometers; in short, it’s still a pit, both in a physical and other senses.

But the seedling Chen Fei just planted showed no intention of becoming a sinkhole; instead, it was growing into a lush tree, climbing higher and higher like a normal plant.

"Who knows!"

Chen Fei shrugged; he could not understand the path this sapling was taking. Could it be that it first grows into a towering tree, then falls with a crash, creating a big pit on the ground?

This line of thinking is bizarre to the extreme.

"How do you feel yourself? Any adverse effects?"

Heseman Brown was a little worried about some unknown connection between the sapling and Chen Fei that might negatively affect Chen Fei.

Although the ’Seed Nest’ McKenny had never shown any hostility towards humans, and even provided considerable help, its parasite species nature could not be ignored.

It is a parasitic species; if it parasitized Chen Fei, that would be quite a situation.

Although this possibility isn’t great, the hidden ’Lord of the Sky’ would never allow such a thing to happen; however, the risk remains.

"No!" Chen Fei shook his head, thought seriously, and then spoke again: "My connection with it is only in spiritual power, with no exchange of consciousness, and it doesn’t seem to have self-awareness either."

Plants with consciousness do exist, but they are rare and react very slowly, displaying low intelligence, making communication with other intelligent species nearly impossible.

So far, the seed given to Chen Fei by the ’Seed Nest’ McKenny showed no signs or signals of intelligence, nor has its purpose been understood.

Though noticing that this seed is part of some calculation and discovering its adaptability with the ’Boundary Pearl’s’ Life Space, Chen Fei could not guess the details and purpose of this scheme no matter what.

Chen Fei also thought about planting this seedling on the Emerald Star, which might be an option.

But there was only one seedling, so it was an either-or choice.

Obviously, planting it in the ’Boundary Pearl’s’ Life Space would benefit Chen Fei the most.

While it could also grow on the Emerald Star, it would easily escape his sight and control.

After all, the Emerald Star is easy to lose, but the ’Boundary Pearl’ isn’t as easy to obtain.

"Better to be careful."

S-Class Space Ability User Heseman Brown shared the same interests as Chen Fei and naturally didn’t want any accidents to happen to him.

"No worries, this is my turf; I call the shots!"

"Boundary Pearl" can only be used by Chen Fei, and the corresponding Life Space wouldn’t easily slip out of his control. If it becomes impossible to manage, he could just pluck the ’Boundary Pearl’ and toss it directly into a star; whoever picks it up gets to keep it.

Artificial Intelligence AI ’Adam’ deployed a reconnaissance drone swarm circling in the atmosphere and satellites outside the gravitational area, capturing some unusual data changes, which immediately appeared on Chen Fei’s AR visual assistance interface.

"It’s effective!"

Chen Fei nodded to Heseman Brown, sharing this news with him.

The S-Class Space Ability User perked up and asked, "What effect?"

The AR visual assistance that occupies Chen Fei’s visual nerve signals can only be seen by him, and Heseman Brown couldn’t share this visual effect.

"I’ll show you when we go back."

Chen Fei gave a push off the ground, raising himself up and heading towards the small flying ship hovering mid-air.

"Alright!"

Heseman Brown, in a flash, moved ahead and waited at the spacecraft’s hatch for Chen Fei’s arrival. He glanced at the small tree still growing on the ground, worriedly asking, "Leave it here like this?"

Chen Fei replied, "Is there anyone who would come steal it?"

Using psi skills, he directly assembled several wireless camera systems, equipped with pan-tilts and tripods, powered by Crystalline Blocks, and casually tossed them to the ground. Each stood firmly on the igneous ground, filming the sapling from different angles and distances, with video signals being sent out simultaneously.

Even if Chen Fei left, the sapling’s growth would still be recorded accurately by the second.

"Well... that’s true!"

The S-Class Space Ability User, startled for a moment, then laughed out loud.

Isn’t it just like that? In the entire Life Space, the only intelligent species are him and Chen Fei, no one else.

Before anyone could steal, they’d have to know about the sapling’s existence.

Even if they knew, they’d have to come in advance.

Even if they managed to get in, the environment here wouldn’t suit life to survive freely. Without a specialized life support device, they’d likely die in the next second.

Carrying the two of them, the small flying ship flashed across the sky, disappearing as Heseman Brown whisked it back into the enclosed city ’Atlantis’ within the ’Skylight’.

In the spaceship cabin, the three-dimensional holographic projection equipment synchronized with the AR visual aids picture seen by Chen Fei, displaying various icons and dynamic data automatically generated by Artificial Intelligence AI ’Adam’.

After pondering for a while, Heseman Brown finally understood some underlying principles.

"Is this? The space energy cycle is stabilizing?"

’Adam’ had highlighted the key points, and with a little patience, comprehension would come eventually.

"’Adam’, add an original data comparison!"

Chen Fei added a data module.

Immediately, the graphs displayed parallel lines and bars for comparison; once juxtaposed, it all became clear.

The initially planned cooling period for the Life Space was six months, with the change curves and graphs appearing perfect; of course, this was the ideal state. The actual ’cooling period’ lengthened to about ten years with the addition of heavy-element bodies.

Though the time seemed long, compared to the formation period of the Blue Star, it was trivial.

Until the seedling brought in by Chen Fei rooted in the lava-tiered earth, the Life Space’s ’cooling period’ changed again.

Centered on the rapidly growing sapling, it was as though an invisible large hand was efficiently tweaking the surrounding energy cycle. This influence was gradually expanding, covering more and more areas. Based on this development trend, within a month, the entire Life Space would complete its preliminary cooling, no longer affected by the current apocalyptic impact and extreme weather changes.