The Origin Holy Artifact emitted a soft, steady hum as it carried out its preset synthesis task. The way this device operated was completely different from human technology—including physics and chemistry. It used magic to combine various elements into a new life-form, directly imbuing it with knowledge and power at the moment of its birth. This miraculous process made Hao Ren extremely curious. He stared at the image displayed on the control panel in front of the artifact, wanting to see what this thing would ultimately create.
The control panel had already displayed some new information, images that had not appeared when the artifact's core was missing: the outline of a human figure, surrounded by numerous parameters, symbols, formulas, and things resembling progress bars. Their earlier guess had been correct. The Origin Holy Artifact was indeed used to synthesize a humanoid life-form—or perhaps several kinds of humanoid life-forms. The device was currently operating under its default instructions, so it was hard to say whether it could create anything else.
Everyone gathered in front of the device and held their breath as they waited for the next result. The four ascetics had no idea what these people were doing, but they had already confirmed that these people possessed technology far beyond that of the Dream Plane and seemed to truly have the ability to unravel the secrets of the two holy artifacts. Thus, they watched silently with excitement and anticipation. After a while, the young female ascetic suddenly asked Big Beard in a low voice, "Although I don't question the Goddess's intentions, are these actions... really a form of blasphemy?"
Big Beard pondered briefly, then shook his head. "I haven't sensed the Goddess's anger. What about you?"
The other ascetics lowered their heads and thought hard, as though they were asking