Elsewhere, inside a Spire of the Secondary Hive City, there was a magnificently decorated room.
If Li Qinwu had seen it, he would have immediately massacred everyone in sight, because every person here was T'au—a purebred bunch of blue-skinned aliens!
The officials walking about wore T'au attire, while the guards wore combat suits, carried Rail Rifles, and were accompanied by drones.
The entire Hive City within this Spire, from its architectural style to its wall paintings, had been completely T'auified!
Not only had it been T'auified, but it was also the main base of T'au colonization. Hidden here was an important figure from T'au, an Ethereal!
Shan Shui, the Water Caste diplomat who had previously communicated with Inquisitor Trasos, was now respectfully entering a grand hall, seemingly to meet someone important.
A great door opened before her, revealing a room brimming with technology and filled with massive holographic displays!
At the very center of those displays sat a T'au wearing a long blue robe.
Judging by the wrinkles in his skin, he was somewhat advanced in years. His expression carried a hint of age, but his eyes remained sharp.
After entering the room, Shan Shui respectfully knelt down and lowered her head as she spoke:
"Honorable Ethereal Chou Yun, Shan Shui pays her respects!"
The respect in her tone, movements, and even the depths of her gaze could not have been faked.
That was because the Ethereal before her, Chou Yun, belonged to the highest caste in T'au society!
The T'au had incorporated East Asian culture in reality, including India's caste system.
That was right, the T'au also practiced a caste system!
Within this caste system, everyone had their proper place.
Those of the Water Caste were more personable, so they handled diplomacy. Those of the Fire Caste were stronger,