The Thoughts of Mang and Tide

"The complexity of their language is extremely high. It seems that without the Heavenly Mechanism to decipher it, communication will be impossible in the short term."

By using Celine to lure the planetary natives into speaking and obtain samples of their language, the Collectors confirmed after a simple analysis that the native tongue was too complex to decipher with their minds alone.

"What do we do next?"

"First, spread out the Rhizome and search for traces of that destroyed civilization. As for translating their language, we'll consider it after the Heavenly Mechanism megastructure has finished gestating."

The Collectors exchanged information through their life fields, but from the outside, they appeared silent. This put immense psychological pressure on the Tide army, much like ordinary employees facing upper management—the quieter the executives were, the greater the pressure felt by those below. Naturally, the Tide army and the Collectors had no superior-subordinate relationship, but they did have one with the "Heaven Beasts." The "Heaven Beasts" had been sent by "Heaven" to assist them, so they could also be understood as Heaven's agents on the ground.

The Tide army mainly feared accidentally angering "Heaven." None of them understood Heaven's thoughts. What if Heaven believed that their failure to respond to the Heaven Beasts' words was a sign of disrespect toward Heaven?

If things truly developed that way, the Tide lord would probably wish for death.

While the Tide army held an emergency discussion over how to respond to the Heaven Beasts' words, the Collectors had already finished communicating. They ceremonially waved their tentacles at the Tide army, then more than a dozen individuals dug into the ground with their fanged limbs and burrowed underground.

After a cloud of dust rose and settled, deep, pitch-black holes remained in the ground, leaving the Tide soldiers staring