Following the anomalies in the Seclusion Zone, Stelle and Jiang Yu made their way into a room.
Here, the two found another reheated-rice robot.
They had no idea whether similar robots had been placed in different areas, just like upstairs, or whether this little thing had run over here while they were exploring.
"Hidden room, hiss," the reheated-rice robot said. "For Ms. Ruan Mei's use only. Please present your credentials, hiss."
Stelle showed it the pass Ruan Mei had stamped with her fingerprint earlier.
"Verification successful, hiss.
"Select one of the following services: one, historical cultivation records. Two, inorganic life-form companionship and conversation service."
Stelle selected the first option, and another recording began to play. It seemed to pick up where the previous video had left off.
"I thought of one form of life whose inscrutability I must acknowledge." It was Ruan Mei's voice. "That is... an Emanator."
"Ah... I guessed wrong." Hearing Ruan Mei say that, Jiang Yu stuck out his tongue.
But there was nothing he could do about that. He did not remember everything from before he transmigrated with perfect clarity, which was perfectly normal.
"What is an Emanator? I do not fully understand," Ruan Mei's voice continued. "Scholars regard them as agents of an Aeon's power.
"Then, from what point in time, and in what respect, does one become closer to an Aeon than other life-forms?
"At first, I attempted to cultivate a genius. But I failed. This problem remains unsolved, and there is still a long road to explore.
"But Erudition is not the only Path in the universe. If we set reason aside, might more primitive, purer Emanators exist on other Paths?
"-Of course they do.
"Tayzzyronth. Through the Simulated Universe, I was able to glimpse the Swarm Disaster from beginning to end, as