The voice carried a slight tremble, like a girl nervously encountering her beloved for the first time:
"Ugly, terrifying, fearsome monster..."
"No." Ron firmly interrupted her self-deprecation:
"This is a powerful, ancient, beautiful existence, worthy of everyone’s reverence - the ’Eye of the Abyss’."
He did not shrink back, even took the initiative to approach, gently caressing those tentacles with open arms:
"I am proud to be able to be your child, and happy to receive your affection."
Nari’s emotions surged like a tsunami.
She cautiously surrounded Ron with her softest, most harmless tentacles.
The force was as light as a feather brushing through the breeze, fearing any harm to him.
"My child... my true child..."
Her voice carried uncontrollable joy and satisfaction:
"Mother has waited so long... waited thousands of years... just to hear these words..."
Countless eyes simultaneously secreted crystalline liquid, pure crystallizations of happiness.
"Now..." Ron said with a light chuckle:
"Can I see the surprises you’ve prepared for me? I’m sure you’ve put tremendous effort into them."
"Of course! Of course!"
Nari’s voice immediately became excited, all her eyes glittering with excitement:
"Mother has prepared lots and lots of good things for you! Guaranteed to make you satisfied!"
Her tentacles began to swing rhythmically, the structure of the palace changing wondrously as a result.
The original hall began to split and reorganize, rearranging like living building blocks.
Walls slid open to both sides, revealing a vast space hidden behind them.
"First, mother built you the most perfect laboratory!"
Nari proudly introduced, several tentacles pointing to different areas:
"Here is everything mother could think of!"
What unfolded before Ron’s eyes was an enormously grand experiment facility.
The entire experiment area was divided into over a dozen different functional blocks, each meticulously designed for specific research directions.
A gigantic living Alchemy Furnace towered in the center like an ancient temple, entirely made from the most precious blood-red agate.
The furnace walls were inlaid with countless types of glowing minerals, forming a complex network of energy circuits.
The furnace’s temperature could be precisely adjusted via Chaos Energy.
From near absolute zero to ultra-high temperatures enough to quickly melt gold and iron, any Alchemy needs could be met.
The living dissection table was made of self-healing biological materials, its surface covered with a perception network that could monitor every subtle change in the experiment subject in real-time.
Surrounding it were dozens of different cultivation tanks, each one nurturing rare biological tissues from various layers of the Abyss.
"And this!"
Nari excitedly showcased the laboratory’s core - a giant Chaos Energy regulation hub:
"Mother solidified part of her origin power here, you can tap into it freely!"
This hub, like a giant beating heart, was covered with energy pipelines resembling countless blood vessels.
Through these pipelines, Chaos Energy could be precisely delivered to any corner of the laboratory.
More importantly, this energy had been "tamed" by Nari’s will.
No longer possessing the destructive nature of ordinary Chaos Energy, it had become gentle and controllable.
"Mother..." Ron gazed at all of this, his voice full of awe:
"How much origin power did you expend to build this?"
Under the vision of "Extraordinary Recognition," he could clearly see that Nari’s life spectrum had dimmed quite a bit since their last meeting.
Building this palace and laboratory had evidently come at a great cost to her.
"As long as it makes my child happy, anything mother gives up is worth it!"
Nari waved her tentacles indifferently, but the exhaustion in her eyes betrayed her true state:
"And... and mother has prepared even more surprises for you!"
One of her tentacles picked up a special container from the corner of the palace.
Inside the container, the Stand-In Puppet was sitting cross-legged, engaged in some form of deep Meditation.
"The little avatar is truly amazing now!"
Nari proudly introduced:
"Mother has taught it seven Abyssal languages and thirteen Abyssal Combat Techniques!"
Ron smiled and nodded in thanks; through Two-way Communication, he already knew about the Stand-In Puppet’s various progress in physical cultivation.
This was also the reason for Aksa’s previous surprise.
In addition to bringing physical growth, the Puppet had brought some other pleasant surprises.
The Stand-In Puppet could now communicate to some extent with those dangerous Abyssal Creatures.
"And this!"
Nari once again showcased another surprise, the modified "Explorer One" Golem.
The Golem’s original appearance was now completely unrecognizable.
The formerly crude metal shell had been replaced with exoskeleton armor, its surface flowing with energy patterns resembling blood vessels.
Most striking were its "eyes."
Two intelligent cores emitting a ghostly blue light, containing a consciousness far more complex than artificial intelligence.
"I have performed a comprehensive bio-mechanical fusion transformation."
Nari explained in detail:
"Now it not only has high adaptability to the Abyss environment, but also can perform a certain degree of space disturbance via the Energy Core.
In the most critical moments, it can trigger a void turbulence through self-destruction, teleporting all targets with Power Levels below that of an Apostle away."
The modified Golem gave Ron a standard military salute:
"Explorer One, transformation and upgrade complete, ready to serve the master at any time."