The exploration of the Red Moon had yielded completely unexpected results.
At first, Hao Ren had only been interested in the Red Moon itself, which Vivian had summoned. His curiosity had been limited to finding out how the Red Moon actually worked and what kind of structure it would have if it possessed a physical form—but he had never expected not only to explore the Red Moon's secrets, but also to be drawn into what appeared to be an illusion packed with information. Even more unexpectedly, he had activated a segment of Vivian's memories by sheer coincidence and learned the astonishing secret that the Creation Goddess had once split herself in two.
Although there was still no definite evidence to prove it, Hao Ren had ample reason to believe that Vivian's sudden recovery of those memories was related to this Red Moon test.
He could not determine how deeply the Creation Goddess had been influenced by the Lord of Madness back then. Nor could he determine how much of the "final measure" she had taken before her fall had been her own will, and how much had been intended to release the Lord of Madness. To be safe, he could only have Lemendusa temporarily halt construction of the Creation Engine. He was deeply worried that the Creation Engine's function might be to release the Lord of Madness...
He had to review the blueprints for the Creation Engine all over again. If possible, he would have Raven 12345 analyze them once more, to confirm whether the thing was actually safe.
The materials that needed sorting had piled up like a mountain, and the matters that needed reporting were earth-shaking. Hao Ren felt that he was going to be very busy from then on.
Vivian had rested in the mage tower for