For now, though, he had only made a preliminary attempt. He was still far from extending his Authority and rule power deeply and on a large scale to anything beyond people, especially Blue Star itself.
If he had the chance and the need later, and if it would cause no irreversible harm to Blue Star, he could try exploring further.
Just then, Winnie spoke softly. Her golden eyes turned toward Hilat's gray-white halo with a trace of urgency.
"Lady Hilat, when can we start examining my condition?"
After speaking, the light in Winnie's eyes dimmed a little.
She had noticed that the scenery had stopped changing once they entered the depths of this star system. They were now suspended in a most unusual place.
It seemed to be the central observation point of the Soul Matrix, or perhaps its control center.
The four of them seemed to stand inside a vast, transparent glass tank. Its walls were formed from pure, stable Soul Rules and were almost completely transparent.
Outside the tank, countless finer, more complex, faintly glowing Rule Veins stretched like the roots of a giant plant or the wiring inside a precision instrument. Closely and orderly interwoven, they formed a vast, visible Soul Rule Network that enveloped the entire star system.
Those veins pulsed faintly, continuously gathering the rule power of 128 planets here before sending it back out, sustaining the operation of the entire Star Array.
Within it, they could clearly feel the immense, intricate fluctuations of Soul Rules and their cold sense of order. It was a magnificent sight.
Hilat's response carried a faint smile. She glanced at Winnie, then at Xilos, whose surrounding flames had grown transparent and concentrated, and spoke with a touch of self-mockery but no embarrassment.
"There's no rush. Before we begin, there