Huh?
Hearing the Saintess's cold, mechanical voice, Xu Shi frowned.
Clearly, she was no longer herself. Rather, the person behind her had appeared, choosing this method to meet him.
Still, it was not all that surprising.
Xu Shi had long wanted to make contact with the people of the Heavenly Principle; he had simply never had the chance.
If there was no opportunity, then he would create one. Testing their limits had been part of that as well.
He had actually considered whether the Heavenly Principle would reveal itself if he hacked the Saintess to death and killed one of its "Observers."
Do not ask why he had not killed He Yuxia instead. Doing something like that on someone else's turf was always better than doing it on his own.
Unexpectedly, one of their people had appeared of their own accord, saving him quite a bit of trouble.
This also indirectly proved something else—the Heavenly Principle had most likely been watching him from behind the scenes all along. Or rather, it had been monitoring every test field.
If something went wrong, it could forcibly seize control of an Observer's consciousness and intervene.
Perhaps even the Observers themselves did not know that.
But that was not the point.
The point was how to communicate with them.
"Can you still talk?"
Xu Shi looked at the Saintess's dim eyes and patted her cheek. "If you can, make a sound."
"The Level Two Judgment Process is in progress."
The Saintess did not make a sound. She merely repeated that sentence mechanically.
...Damn it.
It felt like punching cotton, and Xu Shi nearly cursed out loud.
But since communication had failed, he had no other options. Even forcibly pressuring her with Liminal Space had vanished without a trace. It seemed the only thing he