At the boundary of the New Krypton Universe, all was dim and desolate. No living being could survive there; the sparse particles meant everything had to rely on energy, and even the most powerful stellar-level beings in the universe could not remain alive there for long.
The Heavenly Blood at the distant edge of the universe was even more like endless bloody mist, seeming ready to surge forth and corrode everything.
A spindle-shaped exploration ship, as though it had existed there since time immemorial, suddenly appeared. It looked like a grain of dust amid the vast void, yet it was twice the size of the Solar System's sun.
This was merely one exploration ship of the Monitors.
Two headlight-like eyes opened at the front of the spindle-shaped exploration ship. They rotated, sweeping over the Heavenly Blood at New Krypton's boundary before scanning the void around the New Krypton Universe.
"Lord Koken Novo, we have arrived." The spindle-shaped exploration ship reported to the highest-ranking commander within itself.
The Monitors' exploration ships were nimble scientific probes for the Monitors' research into the universe, designed to recover cosmic data and record data on universal differences.
Though they lacked offensive capabilities, exploration ships were equipped with high-level emotional navigation, self-aware color-shifting camouflage, and engines faster than thought.
Ordinary universes could not detect her fluctuations or arrival at all.
The exploration ship was living technology of the Monitors.
"Thank you, Grace." At the center of the Monitor exploration ship called Grace, which was twice the size of the Solar System's sun, Koken Novo wore an unattractive-to-human-eyes suit of eighties-style metal armor. His skin was dark brown, his head bald, and an iron cape draped over his shoulders. A faint gleam of delight flickered in his eyes.
"This is my duty." Grace's emotionless voice echoed through