The second batch of Deep Space Probes we launched had been in the universe for three days. Since we had no idea what the God Forging Furnace looked like, nor whether it was a particularly conspicuous object in space, these probes were searching the universe in low-speed mode just like the first batch. But even "low-speed mode" was only low-speed by Shilin Technology standards—after three days, even the nearest probe had practically reached the edge of the galaxy we were in, some 170,000 light-years away.
The painstaking, inch-by-inch search of the low-speed probes had finally borne fruit: at an exceptionally desolate and empty region near the galactic boundary, they discovered traces left behind by an artificial energy source. Moreover, the "level" of this energy source was remarkably high. It was not psionic energy, but it was definitely some extraordinary power on the same level as psionic energy. If the God Forging Furnace truly had something to do with this universe's sealed state, then there was a strong possibility this energy source was the God Forging Furnace. In any case, we had yet to find any artificial energy source more advanced than this one.
It looked like Sailin would need another day or two before receiving permission to meet the Pope—assuming the heresy incident here really had escalated to the point where the Pope needed to intervene personally. That gave Sandora and me the perfect chance to go check out the galactic boundary. With teleportation technology, traveling around within the universe took no more than a blink.
Before leaving, I casually came up with an excuse. Something like Sandora Ball accidentally getting her eyes dazzled yesterday while comparing brightness with the sun, and wanting to find somewhere uninhabited today to recuperate her body and mind. We might spend the whole day