The hasty retreat of Princess Lilandra and the highest warning it issued were like a huge stone thrown into the top of the Shi'ar Empire, causing waves that far exceeded the previous reports of the military department. A warning with obvious fear issued by a member of the royal family who is known for his boldness and well-informed in his own name has a completely different weight.
After a brief but heated debate, Shi'ar Imperial Council finally adopted Lilandra's suggestion. An official order was issued to all fleets and border posts:
**[Order]: Immediately designate Solar System (Eternal Starbrand: Sol) and the one light-year area around it as the "Absolute Exclusion Zone" (Absolute Exclusion Zone). All Shi'ar Empire ships, personnel, and detection equipment are strictly prohibited from entering the area in any form. Cancel all observation, research, and contact plans in the area. This order priority: the highest level of imperial security.]**
At the same time, the summary of this order and some non-confidential reasons (mainly emphasizing the existence of incomprehensible extremely high-risk individuals) were also carefully shared through diplomatic channels with a few advanced civilizations connected with the Shi'ar Empire.
As a result, in the high-level network of cosmic civilization, "Solar System Taboo" gradually changed from a vague rumor to an official label worthy of vigilance. Although curious people still exist, those who dare to take action will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
However, for Xiao Han, who is at the center of the storm, the impact of this change is minimal.
That cold, ubiquitous "gaze" of Watchers Council still exists, as inescapable as background radiation.
That damn "Leviathan Echo" broadcast is still going on, like a broken speaker that never stops.
The buzzing of those flies' nests (A. I. M., etc.) on the earth has not stopped, and is even getting a little bit stirred due to the temporary reduction in extraterrestrial spying.
Deep in the earth beneath your feet, although those little mice (Wakanda) are more careful, the weak Vibranium energy fluctuations generated by their activities can still be felt.
The most important thing is that the feeling of being watched as a "spectacle" and being looked at by countless eyes has not diminished at all.
His irritability continued to build.
Move.
The thought resurfaced again, clearer and stronger than before.
It's too noisy here. The neighbors are too annoying. There are too many onlookers.
He needs to find a truly quiet place. A lonely planet without any bugs to disturb him and with plenty of sunshine.
This universe is so big, there must be such a place, right?
He even began to search with Super-Brain unconsciously - filtering out all known civilization signals, excluding all galaxies with harsh environments, calculating the age of stars and whether the Spectrum type meets the requirements...
This is almost the first time since his arrival that he has thought about something so "actively".
But he was still too lazy to take action immediately. Searching for suitable planets, interstellar travel... sounded like a lot of trouble. Moreover, although the current noise level was annoying, it had not yet exceeded the limit of his tolerance.
He decided to "wait and see" to see if the bugs would completely disappear on their own.
But the subtle aura that "may leave at any time" exuded around him, as well as the indifferent gaze that occasionally cast towards the stars, as if measuring and calculating, made some people who had been paying close attention to him feel unprecedented panic.
The first person to notice this change was Tony·Stark.
Through Friday's long-term monitoring of the energy field around the villa and Xiao Han's behavioral patterns, Tony discovered some extremely subtle but continuous changes: Xiao Han no longer fully relaxed when basking in the sun, and sometimes stared at the sky for a long time in a daze (never before), and there was an indescribable sense of... "alienation" in its energy field.
"Friday, analyze the changes in his behavior pattern. This seems... not quite right." Tony stared at the data curve, feeling a bad feeling in his heart.
"It was detected that the target had rare 'externally directed thinking' activities, and the pattern was similar to... information retrieval and evaluation. The related keywords were vaguely speculated to involve...'distance', 'illumination', and 'solitude'." Friday's analysis results made Tony's scalp numb.
Information retrieval? Distance? Lighting? Loneliness?
A terrifying possibility suddenly occurred to him -
"He... he's thinking... let's go?!" Tony's voice changed its tone.
This thought made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave instantly!
Xiao Han's existence is certainly terrifying and uncontrollable, but objectively he has always been the Earth's biggest protective umbrella, scaring away countless overt and covert threats. If he left...
Tony I simply can't imagine that scene! Those covetous alien forces will pounce on them like sharks smelling blood! What can the earth do to resist?!
"No! Absolutely not!" Tony stood up suddenly and paced in place, "We have to find a way... We have to find a way to make him stay! At least... we can't let him think it's too noisy here!"
But what can he do? Persuade? Please? He even has difficulty communicating!
Tony was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Almost at the same time, S.H.I.E.L.D. also captured the extremely subtle "retrieval" pattern fluctuations of the Malibu energy field that pointed toward the starry sky through the global energy monitoring network.
Nick Fury's one eye instantly narrowed. He couldn't understand what the fluctuations specifically represented, but it was definitely not a good sign. An existence that had always been indifferent to its surroundings suddenly began to "look" at the starry sky? This in itself means huge variables.
"Hill, call the strategic analysis team immediately! I want to know what he wants to do!" Fury's voice was more serious than ever.
Wakanda, Princess Shuri's instruments also detected the abnormal energy thought fluctuations pointing toward deep space.
"Brother! He... He seems to be searching the stars in a way we can't understand?" Shuri reported in surprise.
T'Challa's heart suddenly sank. Searching the starry sky? What does this mean for an existence that can instantly wipe out the alien fleet? Could it be that the earth can no longer satisfy him? Or... he thinks it is too noisy here?
"Immediately assess the level of alien threats that Wakanda and even the world will face if he leaves!" T'Challa immediately ordered, his face extremely solemn.
The results of the assessment came almost instantly—disastrous.
Without this invisible deterrent, Wakanda will have to be fully exposed in advance and face the swarming cosmic forces alone, with an unpredictable outcome.
The high-level insiders on the entire planet have fallen into great anxiety and panic because of Xiao Han, an idea that has not yet been put into action.
They suddenly discovered that the existence they had always feared and feared was actually the only "protective layer" they relied on to survive.
This contradictory and desperate understanding left everyone at a loss.
How to retain a "god" who you can't communicate with at all, and who may dislike you at any time because you breathe too loudly?
This is an unsolvable problem.
Tony·Stark went crazy in the laboratory for a long time, and finally made a decision that even he thought was ridiculous.
He asked Friday to control all the sound systems in the villa and began to play a specially processed "ambient sound" that was extremely soft and looped around the villa, mixing the sound of waves, breeze, and extremely weak white noise.
He also ordered the lighting system around the villa to be adjusted to make the light softer and warmer.
He's even experimenting with having robots deliver various flavors of ice cream and drinks more frequently, but more quietly.
All he does has only one purpose - to maintain the "environmental experience" around Xiao Han in an ultimate, comfortable and "quiet" state as much as possible.
I hope I can make him feel... it's quite comfortable here, so don't think about moving for the time being.
This behavior is almost ridiculous, like putting a few flowers in the crater of a volcano in the hope that it won't erupt.
But Tony has no other choice.
Xiao Han noticed these subtle changes. Music? Lights? More frequent feeding?
He glanced in the direction of the laboratory and probably guessed that the noisy landlord was responsible.
Boring.
But these actions did not create new noise, and even slightly optimized the environmental experience to some extent (such as adding more ice cream flavors).
Although he had not given up the idea of moving, the slight improvement in "comfort" made him decide... to stay a little longer.
Just for a little while.
If only those damn bugs could disappear completely.
He closed his eyes again and temporarily suppressed the thought of searching the starry sky.
The pressure was temporarily relieved very weakly.
But everyone knows that this is just a temporary measure.
The eye of the storm is still lingering and may move at any time.