After a series of minor incidents and more or less frightening surprises, the ship's Artificial Intelligence terminal finally announced that the Triangular Body Beings' vanguard fleet was about to arrive at their interstellar location.
"Huh? Why are you standing so far away from me?"
He Xi stood near the ship's hatch, tilting her head as she looked at Hua Zhen, who was a full three meters away and doing something with a Light Energy Projection. A faint smile lingered in her eyes and brows.
Hua Zhen paused for a moment. After glancing at her, he returned his attention to the projection before him. His expression remained blank, and his hands never stopped moving.
He was clearly furious over her earlier "slip of the hand," yet he had absolutely no way to deal with her. Just thinking about it made him feel stifled. Who acted like her, going for the kill at the slightest disagreement?
If she knew who I was... Well, she'd probably still do it. She might even drag Kesha into it. Sigh...
Tap tap tap...
Tap tap tap...
"Heh~"
On the other side, He Xi finally could not hold it in and burst out laughing. After a moment, she put away her playful mood and said seriously, "All right, Instructor Han Xu, stop fiddling around over there. Clean things up quickly; we're getting ready to depart."
"..."
Although Triangular Body Beings possessed more highly developed brains, they still belonged to the Beast Body Civilization. Their ways of handling matters were often completely different from those of God River Body lifeforms.
"Envoys are not slain in war."
This was a rule universally recognized in the God River Body world. Whether creatures of the Beast Body Civilization would follow it was unknown. Therefore, before formally making contact with the Triangular