As soon as Hao Ren finished speaking, everyone looked at him as if he were insane. Nangong Sanba was dumbfounded. "Have you lost your mind?"
"I'm not joking." Hao Ren stood before the holographic projection, watching the Siren Spirit named "Eva" silently roar in space. "She's the only witness to the disaster from ten thousand years ago. She's the only one who can tell us who attacked Aeolus. We've already lost the warship samples we had on hand, and this is the only clue left..." He paused, then pointed toward space. "I always thought the world-ending disasters in this universe were all caused by the Firstborn, but this place is an exception. We have to find out what happened--and the brain monster once tried to open a rift from here to the Outer World. Aeolus must have something special about it. I can't just leave it alone."
Vivian frowned as she looked into Hao Ren's eyes. "I know how important this is, but do you think you can communicate with Eva? This..."
She turned to glance at the scene on the holographic projection. "This 'deity' doesn't look capable of communication. She's just a Vengeful spirit now, with no rationality at all. And even if she did have a mind, how are you planning to speak with a... 'creature' like that? Her face is as wide as an entire planet! Are you going to stand in the middle of the ocean and shout at her?"
"When the ice first began forming down there, I briefly sensed a huge amount of information flooding into my mind." Hao Ren tapped his forehead. "It lasted less than a second, I think... but I'm certain it was a memory related to the Sirens. So I think I might be able to establish a connection with