Back at the temple, Holmes was busy.

The single-celled creature that forms the fortress comes from the invaders, a massive living form and a machine capable of providing an ideal living environment for the 200 million modulators within, and protecting them from spatial barriers. The problem is that the fortress is not a complete machine, and it lacks one key piece of equipment, namely energy.

In fact, this is also the most difficult thing for Holmes to figure out.

The single-celled creatures that make up the fortress come from Dom, and as early as five years ago, what Chu Tianjiang did proved that Dom can be energized, and this is the key to breaking through the limitations of space. Otherwise, when he was about to be killed by Fest, Chu Tianjiang would not be able to escape.

Obviously, the easiest way to provide energy to a fortress is to energize.

Although the fortress is very large, and it is possible to quantify all of them with enough energy bodies, it is possible to at least make some of them energy, or simply use them to create energy systems. With the technology at the disposal of the church, this is not a difficult task at all.

The problem is, instead of agreeing, Feist asked Homs to develop a completely new energy source.

An energy source that has never been seen before.

That is, to transform the energy sources obtained on the northern continent into energy.

For more than four years, Homs has been developing this energy source. In a sense, that's the most important thing. Without energy, the fortress is nothing more than an ornament in the bay.

It's just that it's too hard for Holmes.

To know the Dao, before entering the Northern Continent, Holmes did not know the existence of the Dao energy source at all.

For more than four years, Holmes has spent a lot of energy on this, but he has not achieved much, and he doesn't even know how to use this thing that looks a bit like a coffin. It wasn't until Uma's arrival that the problems were solved, and the development was put on the right track.

In fact, that's what Holmes fears the most.

Although in the eyes of many people, Holmes is the spokesperson of Fest, and his mental power is the most powerful, and he can control all the patriarchs who are modulated by him, but in the church, Holmes's true identity is the chief scientist, that is, his contribution lies in the field of scientific research.

This is what Holmes is most proud of.

Even though the other patriarchs had powerful superpowers, and some of them had good mental power, none of the patriarchs could match Holmes in the field of scientific research.

It is precisely for this reason that Holmes has an irreplaceable place in the church.

Unfortunately, Uma's arrival changed the situation.

Although she has only shown her hand, Uma has proven by her actions that she not only has more powerful mind control than Holmes, but also has a wealth of scientific knowledge. She can replace Holmes at any time if she wants, so her appearance greatly reduces Holmes's importance.

If Holmes is no longer indispensable, then he has no say in the church.

Of course, nothing like this happened. At least until now, Uma's main job has been to assist Homs and not replace him.

More importantly, the arrival of Uma has made significant progress in the development of energy.

According to the development schedule proposed by Uma, the energy system will be completed before the fortress in order to test it to determine if improvements are needed. In other words, before the fort is built, the energy is produced and then sent to the modulation yard to be assembled into the fort.

This trip to the modulation yard was also mainly to learn about the construction work of the fort to determine when to send the energy over.

Although the research work on energy is not yet over, it has been able to operate stably. The rest of the things don't really need to be done in the temple.

Holmes knew that in a few days, he would have to go to the concoction field again.

When the fort is activated, Feist will definitely be there, because he is the only one who can activate the fort and get the fort into the transfer orbit. The next step was to send 200 million modulators into the fortress in batches, make the last concoction of the patriarch, and then follow Feister to the micro-universe of the Adventists.

These tasks have been arranged a long time ago, and they have been arranged by Feist himself, and there will be no changes in the slightest.

Holmes also knows that there are not many opportunities left for him to prove his worth. If he wasn't good enough, maybe Feist would have Uma replace him.

Thinking of this, Holmes couldn't help but feel a little lost.

The understanding of Fest made Holmes know that it was impossible for him to resist Fest, and he could not even have the slightest idea of resisting. In Fest's eyes, there was no difference between the others, even the patriarchs of the church, even Holmes, and the lowest modulators. Any rebellion against Fester will not end well, and even Holmes will not be forgiven for his defiance.

The only way to do that is to prove to Feist that he still has great value.

Of course, it's almost impossible to prove your worth in superpowers. Uma is also a product of Feist's own concoction, and is hundreds of years younger than Homs, so Umma's superpowers are definitely above Homs, and this gap simply cannot be bridged.

Only in scientific research does Holmes have a little chance.

Although living for a few hundred years means that the method of concocting Homs is outdated, that is, his superpowers cannot be compared to those of later concoctors, but the accumulation of knowledge in these hundreds of years cannot be obtained through concoction, so Homs at least knows more about science and technology than Uma.

To do this, Holmes can only work desperately.

Even if he couldn't believe it, Holmes had to think that Umma's arrival might be the pressure that Feister put on him to focus on the most important things, rather than dealing with the most trivial things, which affected the most critical research work.

One way or another, Holmes has been in the service of Feist for five hundred years.

For the past five hundred years, Holmes has been the de facto leader of the church. Even though Feist created the church, it was Holmes who managed the church and grew it. For the past 500 years, Feist has placed great trust in Holmes.

Holmes has reason to believe that this trust will not change because of the arrival of one person.

The problem is that there are a lot of things that Holmes simply can't afford to ignore.

For example, the death of Lombardo.

Shortly after returning to the temple, Homs' spiritual connection with Lombador was severed.

At first, Holmes didn't really care.

With the exception of Uma, the other patriarchs in the church were personally concocted by Holmes, so Holmes maintained a spiritual connection with these patriarchs at all times.

The problem is that there are patriarchs who have been around for hundreds of years.

For example, Lombador is already more than 400 years old.

Although this spiritual connection cannot be permanently severed, it can be blocked for a short period of time. If the other elders wanted to do something that didn't require Holmes to know the Tao, and they didn't want Holmes to know the Tao, they would block the spiritual connection and restore the connection after the incident.

In any case, the patriarch is also a modulator, and he also has desire and privacy.

The problem is that the spiritual connection with Lombador has never been restored after it has been severed.

It wasn't until Uma arrived that Homs learned that Lombador was dead.

"How did he die?" Holmes's complexion was very unsightly. In the past six months, he has lost three senators, even if you don't count the Sakya, he has already lost two senators. They were all elders he had personally concocted, and they were all loyal to him, completely different from Uma.

"No one knows what to say, he left alone, and then he disappeared."

"Missing?"

"Before that, he sent a group of men to deal with the aborigines."

"Something to do with this?"

"It should be related, otherwise there is no reason for him to leave alone."

Holmes immediately frowned. "Has the Modulation Yard been attacked?"

"Not for the time being, Farah and Zhuo Wu have already controlled the situation and taken over Long Bado's men, and no potential threat has been found near the modulation field."

Holmes' brow tightened.

Obviously, this had nothing to do with Chu Tianjiang, because it was impossible for him to deal with just one elder, let alone not to disrupt the ongoing modulation work.

The question is, who will deal with Lombardo?

"Either way, we can't ignore it."

"Since the modulation work has not been affected......"

"Doctor, don't you think that Lombardo's death is a threat in itself?"

Holmes looked at Uma and didn't argue with her.

"Obviously, the guy who attacked Lombador didn't want to kill Lombador, but wanted to achieve a more important purpose by killing Lombador. Of course, we can send another Patriarch to replace Lombardo, or even concoct a Patriarch immediately. The problem is that Lombador is dead, and no amount of patriarchs sent in the past may be able to solve the problem. If we don't prepare for anything, maybe the next attack will be on the Modulation Field. You also know that the ongoing modulation must not be affected in any way. ”

"The problem is, we can't delay the work on our side."

"The development of the energy has been completed, and although it is still being commissioned, there is no need to stay here."

"What do you mean......"

"I took the energy with me to the modulation yard, and after I finished the concoction, I installed it inside the fortress."

Holmes' brow jumped a few times, although Uma didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning was clear, that is, Holmes stayed and was in charge of the aftermath of the temple.

"Doctor, you know that when the concoction is complete, Feist will personally come and activate the fortress."

"Of course I know." Holmes was a little angry, but he immediately kept his temper under control. "That's it, I'll go to the concoction yard after I'm done dealing with this side of things. Until then, you're in charge of the modulation field. I'm sure you won't disappoint Feist. ”

Now that Holmes had made concessions, Uma made no more demands.