Just as Hao Ren had predicted, the moment Mimir's voice was transmitted through the relay system, Yggdrasil's mutation abruptly stopped. The spatial rifts that had been flickering as if they were about to vanish stabilized again, but a pale purple radiance still leaped between them. The light carried a trace of hesitation—as if the powerful ancient creature was confused about the voice's source and could not make up its mind.
The Data Terminal floated in the center of the phase hall, releasing a steady blue beam. Its light extended in all directions, illuminating several mithril golems around the phase hall. The lower halves of these mithril golems were buried deep in the rocky floor, forming sharp cones that reached all the way to the ring of metal surrounding the Hibern Crystal directly beneath the hall. A stable signal transmission path was thus established. The mental pulses Mimir sent from the Giant Turtle Rock Platform were transformed into magical-energy fluctuations from the Hibern Crystal and continuously released toward Yggdrasil.
After the initial greetings, Mimir and Yggdrasil's exchange went beyond the scope of language. They began conversing through a supernatural method resembling a direct mental connection and synchronized souls. Hao Ren had no idea what they were communicating; he could only watch the massive streams of data constantly pulse through the monitoring channel of the Data Terminal. The amount of information those streams could convey exceeded that of any language in the world.
The exchange between the two "people" did not last long. In fact, in less than ten seconds, Mimir took the initiative to switch channels, while Yggdrasil remained quietly suspended in space. It neither fled nor opened its gate.
"Mimir, how did it go?" Hao Ren asked anxiously about the progress of the negotiation.
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