"We don't have her contact," Boo complained.
"I searched the meta net, I can't find any information about Shadow Guardians' contact. Forget Enigma, we can't even contact the lowest member of Shadow Guardians! And you just wanted to contact her without any leads?! You're dreaming, master." With puffed cheeks, Boo said.
Varian smirked. "What's my title?"
"…Dreamer," Boo replied and realized what he was implying.
Then it looked at Varian from head to toe before shaking its head, "Don't brag, master. You just did an online search for a cool title when divulging the Omni keys."
"To question my naming sense, you sure are a tasteless ghost." Varian looked at Boo with contempt.
'Your naming sense? As if that ever existed!' Boo thought but didn't say it out loud.
"So, how are you going to contact her? Send a message on meta net asking her to meet you?" Boo retorted.
Varian looked at Boo in surprise and nodded.
Boo was taken aback and opened its mouth. "W-What? Are you serious, master?"
"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Varian calmly asked.
Boo wanted to nod but shook its head.
"Good." Varia patted Boo and said. "Remember a lesson. You can hook any fish with the right bait."
"Eh?" Boo titled its head in confusion.
"My stupid ghost AI." Varian facepalmed and explained. "We'll give Enigma an irresistible offer."
"What would that be?" Boo frowned.
Enigma had power, wealth, and connections. In all these aspects, she far exceeded him.
Even if he took out a 9-star treasure, it wouldn't be enough.
"Information." Varian chuckled.
He snapped his fingers and a luxurious black chair appeared behind him.
Sitting like a ruler, Varian asked. "Shadow Guardians are the nemesis of Shadow Order. Enigma herself can kill almost all level 8s, essentially ending the Shadow Guardians, but it never happened. You know why?"
Boo's eyes flashed as it quickly read through the meta net.
"Un. Shadow Order has several bases in secret realms. Even Enigma doesn't know where they are. Their secret realms are also likely mobile." Boo answered.
Varian nodded.
Secret Realms. Their original name was Desolate dimensions, the vestiges of the Deva race.
Devas were the civilization that thrived on Earth before humans. What today's humans know about them comes mostly from Ruins.
The eight planets of the Solar System each have Deva Ruins.
After Devas sealed off the aura, all the constructions of devas began to crumble.
Their traces were quickly swept off in the first thousand years.
Only special dimensions survived.
They were like Dungeons—a small world with their own space and aura.
But as the whole Solar System was cut off aura, even these special dimensions started to break down.
Only those that used to be the center of their planets remained intact.
They became what today's humans call Deva Ruins—a small world of their own containing the treasures, dangers, and knowledge of the Deva civilization.
Almost all other special dimensions broke down. Their debris floated in the chaotic space and remained out of human sight.
But there were a few special dimensions.
Everything inside these special dimensions was destroyed. But they themselves survived.
So all that left was an empty small world with abundant aura.
They were not qualified to be called Deva Ruins. They had no treasures, no ecosystem, no creatures—nothing!
Their title was thus Desolate Dimensions.
Unlike Ruins that existed independently, these desolate dimensions could be controlled.
As one would expect from humans, upon their discovery, all powers contended for their control.
Then these desolate dimensions were used for the cultivation of special herbs, minerals, and other precious resources.
They were also used to store some precious resources. Like warehouses of sorts.
The big powers went as far as to create trials for their younger generation.
Abysses were too dangerous, Dungeons were too easy. Thus, these desolate dimensions began to gain prominence among the great powers.
At some point, they were termed as 'Secret Realms'.
"Shadow Order controls at least three secret realms on Earth." Varian browsed through their history and muttered.
The terrorist group was on the verge of extinction until Abyssals arrived.
By then, major powers were already controlling all known secret realms.
Secret Realms were usually hidden and needed a deep search to find. A cursory search won't help.
Miraculously, Shadow Order was able to find a few Secret Realms on every planet and took them as their bases.
Then, even more miraculously, they found a few treasures to keep their Secret Realms hidden even under thorough searches.
"I call bullshit! Abyssals helped out Shadow Order find those secret realms. Now, Shadow Order helps Abyssal deal with humans." Varian sneered in contempt.
When you find a Secret Realm, you should find the realm ruling key. Then, the Secret Realm could be controlled by you.
With the Abyssal hiding technology, Shadow Guardians became a headache to even the Army.
Now, no one could find the Shadow Order bases except Abyssals.
And to top it off, there were rumors that Shadow Orders could mobilize their Secret Realms. This was cited as the reason for failing to pinpoint their location through the members of Shadow Order.
'Tsk. Dreamer did the impossible last time. Now, he'll do it again.'
"Boo, you can do it, right?" Varian smiled like an angel, but Boo felt like it was seeing a devil.
Ghostship's space subsystem was damaged, but the existing functionality was enough for the job.
It just needed to detect the existence of Shadow Order's secret realms.
No matter the type of desolate dimension, it would emit spatial fluctuations.
Even if they were shielded by Abyssal tech, detecting space fluctuations was a cakewalk for Boo.
"I can, but I have to be within a minimum distance. I don't know where to search." Boo answered with an embarrassed face, wishing for him to drop off the proposal.
"That's easy. Just cover every part of Earth." Varian said nonchalantly.
"….every part?" Boo repeated in a daze.
Every part included the highest peaks, the deepest trenches, the oceans, the forests, and every goddam city.
"You can travel at very high speeds. Since you can detect the secret realms within a few miles around you, just travel fast and cover every corner. I'm counting on you." Varian said and controlled the ghost ship.
Boo was still in a daze when Varian landed in front of his home.
"Just make sure not to be noticed." The hatch opened and Varian got down.
"See you, Boo! Return after finding their secret realms." He waved and walked into the home.
Boo recovered and clutched its head. "MASTER!"
After a few minutes, there was non-stop news of hurricanes, storms, cyclones across every corner of Earth.
The perpetrator of this was a ghost ship.
Maintaining its stealth, it moved around Earth at ridiculously high speeds.
Of course, it didn't move at full speeds. That'd be literally asking to be noticed by high awakeners.
"Argh! Master, you're evil!" Boo muttered in annoyance.
Since it couldn't do anything about him, Boo shifted its anger towards Shadow Order.
"I'll find all your bases! Mhuahaha!"
As Boo continued its evil laughter, the ghost ship's sensors detected Shadow Order's first secret realm.
Soon, the second.
And third.
"Mwuhahaha!"
That day, a ghost was angry and the world suffered.