Sea Emperor's Terrifying Computational Power
Gu Ding, who originally planned to meet up with Liliath and the others, changed Sea Emperor course after learning about Hake, and his destination became Isa Star, where Hake had disappeared.
Meanwhile, Liliath, Bigge, Dokter, and Scarlet Group all headed towards Isa Star, where Hake had disappeared.
Three days later, Gu Ding and his group were among the first to arrive on Isa Star. In fact, he had traveled the furthest, so he initially assumed the others would arrive first. However, he underestimated the capabilities of the new warship; what should have been a journey of at least half a month was completed in three days.
Regarding Hake's disappearance, Gu Ding only told Miko and Fa Te, who were on the same warship, not Liliath and the others. He figured the others couldn't offer much help, and telling them would only cause them worry and wouldn't solve the problem. He planned to inform everyone after they had all reunited.
Upon arriving on Isa Star, Sea Emperor immediately began his work. Meanwhile, Gu Ding and his two companions, guided by Sea Emperor, went to the area where Hake had disappeared in the video, hoping to find other clues.
That street was lined with all sorts of small vendors, their stalls stretching out in long rows, their calls filling the air. The flow of people was also very large; even in the morning, it wasn't much quieter.
Gu Ding located the coordinates where Hake disappeared, then looked around before leading Miko and Fa Te towards a stall. The stall was positioned so that it faced directly at the White Robed Man who had taken Hake away.
The stall sold local ingredients, and the owner was a lean, Middle-Aged Man who looked shrewd.
"Hello, boss," Gu Ding greeted the stall owner.
"What would you like to order, gentlemen?" The stall owner could tell at a glance that Gu Ding and his two companions were wealthy, because the several large gemstone rings on Fa Te's hand were dazzlingly bright, and when he saw the three of them approaching, the smile on his face was almost obsequious.
"I want to ask you something," Gu Ding said directly, as he never liked beating around the bush.
"Ask about something? I might not know. You should ask someone else." Upon hearing that the three of them weren't there to buy anything, the stall owner's smile vanished, and he began to evade the question.
"Stop rambling, just ask a few questions." Fa Te casually tossed out an Originium.
The stall owner caught the source stone, his expression clearly showing a moment of surprise before he finally came to his senses. He immediately stored the source stone in his Storage Space. His gaze towards the three of them was even more obsequious than before. "Don't just ask a few questions, ask hundreds of questions if you want. As long as I know the answer, I will tell you everything I know."
To put it simply, one Originium is equivalent to ten thousand Universe Crystal, and one Universe Crystal is equivalent to ten thousand Universe Coin. People like them, who earn a living by selling raw materials, can only earn five or six Universe Crystal at most in a year. They couldn't earn a single Originium in their entire lives.
"About three months ago, did you see a group of men in Black Robed Man surrounding a man on the street? I know there are a lot of people here, but please try your best to remember." Gu Ding was also a little worried that too much time had passed and the stall owner might not remember.
"Of course I remember. There were nine men in Black Robed Man, and their leader was a man in white robes." The stall owner clearly hadn't forgotten that incident.
"Do you remember them so clearly because they have any distinctive features?" Gu Ding immediately asked.
"Those nine Black Robed Man were all dressed exactly the same, making them hard to forget. What's even stranger is that no one present could clearly see the faces of the nine Black Robed Man or the man in white robes. My eyesight has always been excellent; I can see a fly a hundred meters away. But when that group of people stood in the middle of the street, less than ten meters away from me, I still couldn't make out their faces. Later, I asked other people, and they had the same experience; no one had seen what they looked like."
"We saw the man you mentioned who was taken away very clearly. He looked very young. He looked to be in his early twenties, and even with a full beard, he didn't look old. He was a very handsome young man."
"Less than a minute after they left, Lord Buli Te appeared. He seemed a little lost in thought, muttering something about 'the Strongest King' and 'the Conferred King'."
"Lord Buli Te? Who is he?" Gu Ding asked immediately upon hearing the name.
"He is the ruler of our universe and hundreds of universes around us. It is said that Lord Buli Te is a true god." The stall owner spoke of Buli Te with a look of admiration.
"Didn't you tell anyone else about this?" Gu Ding thought that Bigge must have asked some of the stall owners in the vicinity before.
"A big guy went from stall to stall asking, he looked fierce, but no one told him. Everyone was afraid of getting into trouble, so they all said they didn't know. If you weren't so generous, I wouldn't have told you that Buli Te had come, because it might have caused unnecessary trouble. But you gave me an Originium, so I felt I shouldn't hide anything, which is why I'm telling you so much."
Gu Ding guessed that Bigge might have been acting very impatiently in front of these people because of Hake's disappearance, which is why he was described as fierce.
"Could you describe in more detail the scene when that young man was taken away?" Gu Ding also wanted to know some details from that time, as they might be clues, because the stall owner's perspective on the group was different from that in the video surveillance.
The stall owner enthusiastically recounted the entire story, and Gu Ding asked about all the questions he had before approaching several other stall owners nearby.
For the price of a few Originium stones, Gu Ding quickly obtained relevant information from several other vendors, which was basically the same as what the first vendor had said.
However, this information only helped Gu Ding and his team understand the course of events better, without providing any further clues.
"Sea Emperor, do you have any leads?" Gu Ding finally asked the Sea Emperor, who had been busy all along.
"My search is not yet complete. I initially reviewed all the video surveillance footage from this universe on the day Hake disappeared, but found nothing of value. Now I've pulled up surveillance footage from a thousand nearby universes three months ago, and I'm still looking at the information from the day Hake disappeared. If there are no clues, I'll have to broaden the time frame."
How many inhabited planets are there in a thousand universes? How many surveillance devices are on each planet? And what about hacking into the various local surveillance systems? The workload of Sea Emperor is obviously enormous.
About two hours later, Gu Ding suddenly heard the Sea Emperor's voice.
"I think I've found something..." (To be continued~^~)