Lively universe

The sliding cover of the adjustment chamber opened silently, and the sudden appearance of light in front of Lin Feng made him dazed for a moment before he sat up. He shook his head vigorously and found that there was still no change in his body. It was just like the first time he underwent body adjustment, lying in the coffin for a dozen seconds and then it was all done.

However, the brief yet eerie dream just now still vividly lingered in his mind, recalling it was chilling.

Raven12345 was tinkering with a crystal panel suspended in mid-air beside him. It seemed to be the central controller for several adjustment chambers. Watching this unreliable goddess mutter to herself while tentatively pressing buttons on the controller, Lin Feng felt his eyes twitch. He glanced at the other three adjustment chambers that remained silent and couldn't help but be curious, "Why haven't they woken up yet?"

"Oh, I'm also conducting a physical examination for them." Raven12345 answered without lifting her head, "The little wolf girl is still growing, Izax has just come from another world, and Vivian seems to have problems controlling her powers. These three are all problematic children. I'll take this opportunity to examine them, don't worry, they all seem normal for now. How do you feel?"

It was only at the end of her speech that Raven12345 finally looked up, looked Lin Feng up and down, and said, "Hmm, you look pretty good."

"I had a nightmare." Lin Feng looked at Raven12345's stress-free face and felt completely unable to be angry. He could only recount the short dream from earlier, "In the end, I saw something floating up to the surface of the water... and it scared me awake."

Raven12345's hand paused slightly as she silently glanced at Lin Feng, "You'd better hurry up and train in the Dream Plane. Your mental strength is too low right now, and your mental resilience is also problematic. If you continue like this, you won't be able to handle future major events."

"What was that nightmare about?" Lin Feng felt that Raven12345 always had the bad habit of not finishing her sentences, so he had to continue asking, "You seem to have a meaningful expression..."

"It's still the influence of the Dream Plane." Raven12345 looked at Lin Feng out of the corner of her eye, "Once you have contact with that place, it will remember you, and then constantly appear in your mental world, whether it's in dreams or hallucinations. What you see is the 'silhouette' produced during the process of mutual projection between the Dream Plane and the real world. Many ordinary people who have survived contact with the Dream Plane eventually exhaust themselves in this erosion. So you'd better train in the Dream Plane while I'm here so that even if you have trouble, I can help. When your mental strength is strong enough, the Dream Plane will be nothing to you."

Lin Feng slapped his forehead: this sister was so sincere and warm-hearted before, why did she still have such a cryptic tone in the end? Couldn't she just stick to the goddess route to the end?

Raven12345 continued to adjust the equipment in the room slowly, flipping through the manual with a slow pace. Lin Feng, bored, could only wander around the room. He curiously studied the cutting-edge devices that seemed to have jumped out of a sci-fi movie. Seeing that Raven12345 probably wouldn't finish for a while, he took out his own data terminal and started browsing the internet.

He hadn't been idle these days. Lin Feng was a bit lazy normally, but not to the point of being unambitious. He knew that one of his most important assets in the future was this little device at his fingertips - although this thing had a quirky system, a messy database, a bunch of useless programs, and an AI that liked to oppose him, it was still a treasure. Lin Feng had been trying hard to learn how to control this high-tech gadget from the Empire of Hira. After studying for so many days, he had finally made some progress: the biggest gain was that he knew how to use the network mode of the data terminal's dozen or so modes.

He should have thought earlier that the most important function of this terminal should be in its online operation. It was impossible for a creation from a super civilization to be a standalone device. It was just that the random installation of a bunch of plugins by Raven12345 had made its network settings very bizarre. In the end, it was the terminal AI that had messed itself up with restarts and restores for half an afternoon before finally restoring the network mode to its optimal state. Then Lin Feng stared blankly at the list of network modes in the terminal:

Local Device Chain - Local Channel Communication Network - Local Galaxy Communication Network - Local Celestial Group Communication Network - Local Universe Communication Network - Macro World Civilian Communication Network - Macro World Military Channel - Special Line Network - Military Intelligence Department Special Line...

Lin Feng suddenly realized that he was sitting on a treasure without knowing it. Seeing such a frightening list of channels on his data terminal, he truly realized the meaning of "you are not alone." So he enthusiastically started studying the network mode of the data terminal.

Most of the network channels were locked, which Lin Feng expected. He was currently just a rookie who had just completed his novice tasks. Those channels with confidentiality levels would not be open to him. The maximum level of network channels he could access was the Local Universe Communication Network - this was the highest level network he could freely connect to. The higher-level data chain was the Macro World Civilian Network, although it was a civilian network, it was directly controlled by the Temporal and Spatial Management Bureau, and some military nodes were involved. As a low-level inspector, Lin Feng had only partial data access permissions for that network. He could read public messages from the higher-level network, but could not directly connect.

But this was enough. He found that just the Local Universe Communication Network was enough for him to tinker with, and even made him dizzy to the point where he couldn't distinguish what other channels were saying!

After the data terminal entered network mode, the first thing Lin Feng saw was a window called "Activity Information Push", where he could see what was happening in the distant depths of space.

"Unencrypted message - Local Universe Channel, originating from Keltura III, direct transmission to Dan-Tuin. The aggressive war launched by the Keltura natives against the main star of Keltura has ended, and the natives have won victory with their own strength. The local inspector judges that this war has not exceeded the observer's alert line and does not require intervention. Postscript: Withdraw intervention application. End of message."

"Unencrypted message - Local Universe Channel, originating from Chadanor, no directed broadcast. The Chadanor star is severely declining, and it is expected to be completely extinguished 326 Empire days after the time of this message. This is a moderately alert-level event that may lead to the extinction of civilization. The local inspector judges that intervention is necessary and is now sending a distress signal. Please respond from any idle groups receiving this message. End of message."

"Unencrypted message - Local Universe Channel, originating from Dan-Tuin, relayed from Suhah satellite to Chadanor. The local inspector has idle ship resources. Do you need a massive-scale migration? There are no idle colonized planets locally, but a new planet can be

 requested from the Empire. Please refer to the attached local management zone permission and available planet customization services. If necessary, please enter the dedicated channel. End of message."

"Unencrypted message - Local Universe Channel, originating from Sangu-Su IV, no directed broadcast. End of message."

"Unencrypted message - Local Universe Channel, originating from Suhah Satellite Station, directed to Sangu-Su IV, did you forget to enter the text? End of message."

"Unencrypted message - Local Universe Channel, originating from Sangu-Su IV, no directed broadcast. Just my cat. End of message."

As soon as Lin Feng opened the data terminal, the activity information push window displayed a bunch of such messages. They dragged Lin Feng's thoughts from the narrow and cramped little Earth to the bustling scene deep in the universe in an instant. Although they were just some system-abbreviated briefings, they pushed the busy scene in the depths of the universe right in front of Lin Feng.

He was astonished and excited when they first appeared in front of Lin Feng several days ago.

"Although I can't understand it, it feels really awesome..." Lin Feng looked at the information scrolling rapidly in the channel, couldn't help but marvel. He had no idea how to intervene in this kind of conversation, and to be honest, with his current abilities, there was really no need for him to occupy bandwidth in higher-level channels. But as long as he could watch these things, he felt a sense of accomplishment: even though I don't speak up, I still have an alias in the channel!

"Looks impressive, doesn't it?"

"Yeah."

"Wanna get involved?"

"Yeah."

"But don't know if this little thing of yours is worth posting?"

"E... hey, did you figure it out?!"

Lin Feng finally realized that the voice that suddenly appeared in his ear was from Raven12345. He quickly exited the network and stood up to greet her, but Raven12345 just waved her hand indifferently, "Don't be so nervous, it's just chatting while working online, I don't care about this. Moreover, it's beneficial for you to get more exposure to these things, effectively broadening your horizons and preventing you from becoming like some bumpkins who, like inspectors, spend their days staring blindly at the tiny radius of their own planet. As long as you don't get overly stimulated by this thing and think about reaching the sky in one step all day long. By the way, the little wolf girl is the first one awake. Take a look at the treatment effect."

Only then did Lin Feng notice that one of the adjustment chambers not far away was already open, and Muyun was clumsily climbing out of it.

She had already returned to her human form.