Chapter 2568 Absorption

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The 'Eternal Recording Field' is divided into three parts.

The first is a device for generating gravel models, one is a device for detecting everything that enters the void tunnel, and the other is a device for collecting resources.

The second device is... the most important and the most complex.

The creature trying to create a miracle allowed it to detect every detail of all objects entering the void tunnel as much as possible. Although it could not perfectly detect every object that entered, it could still detect quite a lot.

And the most important thing is that these devices will 'evolve'.

They will slowly strengthen their functions according to changes in channel conditions.

The creatures that made them hoped that sooner or later these things would grow into true wonders…

The 'model' resources of the model sand sea are mainly obtained from the debris floating everywhere in the entire tunnel.

Any material could be collected and modeled, but only that which was suitable for preservation remained.

After preparing everything, the species that tried to create a miracle left, leaving only the 'Sand Ball Guardian' here.

The main task of the sand ball guard is to control this model sand space, that is, to prevent the arrival of some... invaders.

Because the sand-guarding balls themselves have the ability to open or close space channels, they actually originally wanted to open an exit somewhere in the tunnel, so the sand-guarding balls can barely be considered one of the builders of the tunnel.

Although what they built was just to add a tiny entrance to the countless exits.

The records of the sand balls no longer contained any information about why they were chosen by that creature and why a 'contract' was signed with them.

In short, the sand ball has been living in the model sand sea since then.

Their mission is not just to guard this place, but mainly to serve as...witnesses here, which may be the reason why they are chosen.

Because the vitality of the sand balls is very "tough", they can survive by switching between multiple forms.

So they also have another mission, which is to witness the growth of this model sand sea... this miracle.

They don't need to promote the model sand sea after it grows, just witness it... that's enough.

The sand-guarding balls therefore lived in the model sand sea for a long time, and through the resource-collecting device, they could also obtain unlimited resources from it.

Since then, they have not done anything special, no development, nor tried to make any changes to the sand sea.

Guarding the sand ball is exactly what that monster wanted, just staying here... guarding it.

The sand-guarding balls didn't have any special ideas at the time, they just kept watching the changes in the entire void tunnel.

Although it is almost impossible to penetrate the entire void, it may have spanned the range of several galaxies.

However, they don't know how big the sand ball is, as they have not gone out to study it.

They just watched as the tunnel continued to expand, little by little, over the long years.

The main reason why the tunnel can continue to grow is because of one thing... the entire tunnel is never damaged.

It's not to say that there has been no damage or attenuation at all, it's just much smaller than the growth.

However, something happened later that caused this unparalleled miracle to begin to collapse.

Because the main thing that the sand guard balls have been doing is to pay attention to controlling the space of the model sand sea and prohibiting outside creatures from...breaking in.

Occasionally, some creatures would notice the sand sea and try to get in. So in order to guard against these creatures, the Sand Guardian Ball had been using a device to detect various creatures in the tunnel to prevent the arrival of dangerous species in advance.

This also allows the sand ball to observe the ecology of many creatures in the tunnel.

They accidentally observed a creature.

This creature can be called...absorption stone.

The reason for this name is mainly because they look very much like stones, are usually tens of meters in size, and almost... do not move.

What they usually do is stick to one place, and the place they stick to is usually the edge area of ​​the tunnel.

Or they are near the entrances and exits of certain tunnels, and then they just stay there without doing anything.

The reason why this kind of "absorption stone" attracts the attention of the sand balls is that a very strange phenomenon of "space shrinkage" will occur where they stay.

Although this space will shrink due to various reasons, its shrinkage is far less rapid than its growth.

However, where there are absorption stones, the space will obviously shrink.

If the space of the entire void tunnel is likened to the sea, then the normal shrinkage is like the evaporation of water... this will not have much impact on the overall capacity.

The appearance of the absorption stone is like a group of creatures suddenly appearing and constantly drinking water from the ocean.

So, they got the name absorption stones.

Although the impact is extremely slight for a huge space, it still exists.

The sand-guarding balls didn't pay much attention to it at first, but they soon discovered that the number of absorption stones was increasing... They seemed to reproduce in a way similar to plants, and many absorption stones would 'grow' near one absorption stone.

They also like to gather in large numbers near a certain entrance or exit, and if they stay there for a long time, the entrance or exit will disappear.

The absorption stones are doing the opposite of what all creatures have been doing. Other creatures are enlarging tunnels and opening more entrances and exits, while they are shrinking tunnels and closing entrances and exits.

Perhaps it's because the absorption stones look... too peaceful, so no species notices them.

Only some creatures will eliminate them if they find them around the entrances and exits they frequently use.

The number of absorption stones is therefore steadily increasing.

Later, Shi Shoushaqiu discovered that they had many... subspecies.

Some are larger in size, and some float around.

But no matter what, one species cannot have much impact on such a huge area.

...In fact, although the absorption stones began to multiply on a large scale in the tunnel, the area they occupied was very small.

And the sand ball guards did not observe them causing too much damage to the tunnel.

But Shoushaqiu also felt that... the series of events that happened later were the effects of the absorption stone.

Although they have not been observed directly.

But then, at some point, the entire tunnel began to undergo many changes.

For example, some phenomena like space rupture and space vibration.

These names were given by Lin... In short, after the absorption stone appeared, the tunnel began to become unstable.

Although there is no indication that it is made of absorption stone.

The only one who felt that the absorption stone was suspicious was the sand ball's own "intuition".