Unknown Territory: Callisto.

On top of a vast ocean of ice, surrounded by endless, snow-capped ice fields.

The surface of the ice ocean is as smooth as a mirror, occasionally pierced by deep crevasses and ice crevasses, and deep and mysterious azure light shines through the cracks.

And above the icy ocean, a majestic ship, like a floating castle made of steel, sails through the harsh environment of Callisto.

Countless steam pipes, valves, and spokes cover the surface of the ship with such a sturdy appearance that it seems to have been specially designed to conquer this frozen world.

Woowoo woo –

Every steam eruption of the ship was accompanied by a roar, a stark contrast to the icy silence of Ganymede.

As [Icefield Walker] slowly crossed the low altitude of the satellite, its massive body cast a dark shadow over the icy ocean.

The ship's thrusters spew out hot currents that wrestle with the icy air currents over Callisto, causing snow particles to tumble around it.

Inside the ship's command room.

The internal command room is the nerve center of the [Ice Source Rambler], a perfect blend of technology and functionality.

In dim light, the multi-screen workstation emits a soft blue light, and the workstation is densely covered with charts and 3D modeling showing the flow of data. In the center, a giant holographic projector is in operation, transforming radar scanned data into vivid three-dimensional images.

In this calm and calm technological environment, a young man with blond hair and golden eyes brings a different color.

He sat leisurely in a self-rocking chair that rotated back and forth in an actuated amplitude, as if echoing the rhythm of the ship and the silence of the starry sky outside. His slender fingers caressed a cat with a dark coat and emerald green eyes, which lay lazily on his lap, enjoying the pampering of its owner.

Inside the barren Callisto, the fourth sword-wielder of the kingdom of heaven is leisurely petting his cat.

And in front of him, there is a delicate holographic projection disc, with light and shadow changing, showing a virtual card game.

In the game, the cards flutter and rotate in the air with special effects, as if they really have weight and texture. The game scenes are realistic and vivid, and every attack is accompanied by brilliant light and powerful sound effects.

On the other side of the blonde youth, a girl with purple hair and purple eyes was as small as a keychain, and her body was like a fairy jumping out of a fantasy story.

At this moment, she was puffing out her cheeks, frowning, and a trace of naughtiness and dissatisfaction flashed in her eyes.

On the projection disc, her camp had just suffered a crushing defeat, and the soldiers were scattered all over the ground with their armor unarmoured, a scene that was obviously unacceptable to her.

"Why, why is it that the class representing the Light can steal someone else's cards!"

Xiao Hope, who returned from his slumber after a long absence, raised his small fist angrily and tapped the card box in front of him that Xia Xiu had made through the authority of [Shattering Tinder].

At the moment, she is complaining about the production and planning of the game, expressing her dissatisfaction.

The mechanics of this broken game are not fair at all!

"Vegetables practice more, and how can you play cards like you, you've been stacking armor, this kind of thing you can stack in reality until you vomit, and you still stack armor in the game, how boring it is."

The corners of the golden retriever's mouth hooked up a teasing arc, which made the fist of Hope, who had finally woken up fully charged, stiffened.

Who understands this feeling.

I finally filled the "electricity", and woke up happily thinking that I could see the beautiful customs of Terra, but I didn't expect to wake up and see that a certain golden retriever social animal had started a cross-planet business.

Terra turned into Ganymede, and the joy in her heart snapped away.

Her anticipation turned into playing a card game he made himself on the ship.

The game is quite fun, but there is no mousse cake, so one positive and one negative offset, which is equal to happiness.

In addition, the other party has been disgusting himself with the mechanism deck, and now not only is there no happiness, but there is also a belly of fire in the stomach.

Do you want to fly over and give the brain melon seeds a melon collapse? At this moment, I hope is thinking about whether to teach the blonde youth in front of me a little "lesson".

She sat on the edge of the console, her legs wobbling and a pair of deep purple eyes locked on the blonde youth's forehead.

Xia Xiu looked at Hope's quirky gaze, and immediately guessed what the other party was thinking, this guy is really easy to understand.

Moreover, the timing of her awakening was quite coincidental, and she happened to have some problems that she needed to learn from the other party.

"You've been sleeping for a long time, what's going on on Jupiter?"

Xia Xiu asked at Hope.

"The situation? It wasn't too big, he was still quietly waiting on Jupiter, looking at the starry sky, and my body was still digesting the authority of the 'father' on Jupiter. ”

Hope put her index finger against her chin, and after recalling it, she briefly talked about the situation, and she was not stupid, naturally she knew that what Xia Xiu wanted to ask was actually whether she and [Buck] had noticed the disappearance of Ganymede.

"Well, if you're asking about Callisto, all I can say is that it disappeared a long time ago, at least when we were still in the middle of the war. And the false Calymede that now orbits Jupiter was also there a long time ago, and when I woke up, I had already touched the leylines, and Callisto had been out of the main Terra universe for at least a hundred years. ”

Hope's eyes narrowed slightly, his brows furrowed slightly, and his whole expression looked extremely focused. The corners of her mouth drooped slightly, and her fingers unconsciously tapped the edge of the console with a subtle sound.

This contemplative posture adds a bit of seriousness and wisdom to her usually innocent and lively image.

"A hundred years...... Xia Xiu's golden eyes lowered slightly.

For a hundred years, for a large country like Iberia, their high-level leaders really didn't notice anything wrong with the early days of the reincarnated human beings after the [Great Race of Is] took over.

According to the information he received from Pedro and the [Miguel Set] clan about the Isis race, when humans undergo a consciousness shift from the [Iss Great Race], these "reincarnated humans" usually exhibit a series of significant physical, psychological, and sociological characteristics.

Physiologically, early reincarnated humans need to deal with a week of physical discomfort and sensory abnormalities: such as poor muscle coordination, sluggish reflexes, or a feeling of not adapting to their body proportions and movement patterns. They may have significant changes in their perception of light, sound, or temperature, such as unusual sensitivity to sunlight or altered perception of the frequency of sound.

In general, in this case, the family members of the reincarnated humans will notice the anomaly, and in this case, the risk of exposure of the reincarnated humans is the highest, although the spirituality of the Isis race has been in line with the original group after the reincarnation, and nothing can be detected by the ancient method of [Demon Dependence Detection], but due to their discomfort with the new body, they may appear clumsy or abnormal in walking, gestures, and facial expressions.

This anomaly will greatly deepen the risk of their exposure.

Moreover, reincarnated humans appear cold or inappropriate when dealing with interpersonal relationships because their emotional responses are different from the normal human responses. Due to their bizarre behavior and psychological confusion, reincarnated humans are generally marginalized by society and find it difficult to integrate into regular social activities.

Coupled with the fact that cultural customs and social norms are unfamiliar, reincarnated humans often have things that are misunderstood by normal people.

Of course, there are accidents, such as reincarnated humans falling in love with the Terra, or beautiful stories such as some vicious family member in the ancient story of taking care of the family after being taken away.

In the land of Terra, all sorts of strange things are happening.

He still vividly remembers his first official assignment while studying abroad at the Deer Academy, when he dealt with a love story between a Sarkic creature and a containment researcher.

"Meow ————"

Suddenly, the gray cat sitting on Xia Xiu's lap stood up and jumped onto the metal console in front of him.

Dididi——

Suddenly there was a slight electronic hum in the command room, which was the sound of radar transmitting and receiving signals.

"Looks like we've found the place where the second soul fragment is stored."

Xia Xiu got up from the rocking chair and came to the front of Gray Wind, and Hope also floated up, sitting expertly on his shoulder.

As Xia Xiu approached, a curtain of rolling data appeared in front of him.

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Scan Groove Status: Active

Frequency range: 1.2 - 3.8 GHz

Pulse width: 3.5s

Antenna rotation speed: 6 rpm

Maximum detection range: 2000 km

Resolution: 0.5 m

Probe Logs:

03:22:49 - Radar activates, scan sequence initialization.

03:23:15 - Received an anomalous reflected signal from the subsurface with a signal strength of 5.7 dB.

03:23:47 - Confirm that the source of the signal is a metal structure, perform a detailed scan.

03:24:03 - Structural dimensioning analysis completed. Estimated dimensions: length 150 m, width 40 m, height 30 m.

03:24:30 - The depth of the structure is determined to be about 20 m under the ice.

03:25:01 - Thermal imaging shows that the interior of the ruins is slightly warmer than the surrounding environment.

03:25:45 - Weak electromagnetic field fluctuations detected, presumably a residual energy system.

03:26:17 - Additional small structures are scanned around the ruins, presumably ancillary facilities.

03:27:02 - Structural surface scan shows moderate corrosion, further analysis of metal composition continues.

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A holographic projection emerges in the center of the command room, which shows a complex structure sealed by ice.

As the data gradually improved, the structure began to unfold layer by layer, revealing the supporting structures of each of its passages, every room, and even the interior of the walls.

Ketos, the storage place of the second soul shard. Xia Xiu's gaze looked at the location that appeared on the holographic projection.

After reporting to the Kingdom of Heaven [the Great Race of Is] and the reincarnated humans, he rode the [Ice Wanderer] along the remaining two-thirds of the soul fragments that Pedro and [Miguelset] had severed.

According to both accounts, they split the soul into three in order to prevent detection by some being capable of incurring the root collapse, and the broken three souls hide all the truth about the deeds of the state of the Sea of Fog.

At present, Xia Xiu has only found the [Great Race of Is] and deciphered the truth about the [New Lisbon Island Hub] and the [Monster Sea] where countless monsters lurk, but he has not yet investigated the secrets behind the [Electronic Passage] and what happened between Pedro and the [Miguelset] clan.

[Ding-]

[You have an email from Eden, please check it out——]

Just when Xia Xiu discovered the [Kaitos] storage place that represented the soul desire part, [Adam]'s prompt sounded at the right time, and he subconsciously opened the email, and when he saw the content of the email, his gaze froze on the screen for a moment, and the eyes that should have been familiar and quiet suddenly showed a trace of wavering.

The messages in the email were like frosty autumn fruits, unexpected and shocking, revealing the consistent way of doing things in Heaven—decisive and radical.

Xia Xiu couldn't completely hide his surprise, his brows furrowed slightly.

The Kingdom of Heaven sent the Angel of Death to attack Iberia, and the first sword-wielder of the Kingdom of Heaven and the god Quetzalcoatl, two gods that mortals regarded as miraculous beings, openly clashed in the skies over Iberia.

Such news is a bit beyond his expectations.

This action of the Kingdom of Heaven is undoubtedly radical, and even a bit beyond the usual routine of Eden.

Did Eden detect any unusual signs?

Or is this Eden's intention to balance the power of Terra and take the opportunity to interfere in Iberia's internal affairs?

"It looks like we're going to speed up the operation on our side."

Xia Xiu took his eyes off the mail, and then he manipulated the [Ice Source Rambler] to begin exploring the place where the soul fragments were stored.

On Callisto's icy exterior, the Ice Walker descended on the surface of the ice field, slowly extending its massive ice shovel.

With every precise and powerful movement of the robotic arm, the ice shovel pierces deep into the skin of the planet's ancient ice.

Knock Knock Knock –

The low, unwavering roar of the ship's engines echoed across the silent celestial body, as if challenging the icy world.

As the ice shovel continues to operate, pieces of ice are precisely cut and lifted into the air, revealing the secrets hidden below.

Soon, a massive structure began to reveal its outline.

It is an ice-covered relic, an ancient experimental building whose metal surface reflects the dim glow of the ship's lights under the ice.

The metal walls of these buildings stand tall in the eternal cold, long covered by a thick layer of ice that bears witness to their time.

The [Ice Source Rambler] continues its excavation work, unraveling the mystery of this ruin little by little.

The surface of the metal has been weathered to the point of almost blurring, but some structures are still recognizable: the concave doors, the sturdy pillars, and the frames of the windows, all of which speak to the former glory of these experimental buildings.

(End of chapter)