The violent collapse of Nebula is like a cosmic-level mixer, which re-throws, compresses, and stirs matter that has been dormant for millions of years. This great change caused by Xiao Han inadvertently not only accelerated the birth of stars, but was also like a violent earthquake in the deep sea, briefly exposing some ancient secrets that had long been buried deep in Nebula and obscured by dust and energy.
The intensity and clarity of those weak signals that are automatically classified as "irrelevant background noise" by Xiao Han Super-Senses are slightly and continuously increasing with the disturbance of Nebula matter. They are not energy emissions, but more like... residual imprints, an echo of extremely ancient information solidified in the space structure itself.
At first, they were indeed completely ignored by Xiao Han, like the breeze blowing over the rocks.
But as he continued to absorb energy and his consciousness was in an extremely relaxed and open state, these weak but lasting "imprints" began to penetrate into the bottom layer of his perception in a more subtle way.
It was no longer noise, but a... whisper.
It is not a language, there is no vocabulary, it is more like a fragmented and repeated imprint of "emotion" or "state":
... lonely...
... Watch...
... WARNING...
... Sleeping...
... Do not disturb...
... Loop...
... End...
These emotional fragments are cold, ancient, and lifeless, but they carry a sense of heaviness that spans a long time. They are like the inscriptions on tombstones, silently telling a story that has long since disappeared.
They are different from the mechanical repetition of "Leviathan Echo", different from the cold gaze of Watchers Council, and even more different from the greed or curiosity of those alien snoops.
This is a pure proof of "existence" that has been accumulated for countless years.
Xiao Han frowned again, but this time his emotion was not pure irritability, but also mixed with an extremely subtle... doubt that even he himself was not aware of.
What are these things...?
He still had his eyes closed, but part of his consciousness began to subconsciously trace the source of these whispers, trying to analyze their essence.
Like the most sophisticated decoder, his Super-Brain began to process these ancient spatial imprints. Fragments of images began to flash in his consciousness, blurry, jumpy, and incoherent:
Huge, inhuman-style geometric structure buildings are looming in Nebula...
Some kind of huge, silent observation facility that seems to be integrated with the planet...
The position of the stars is completely different from now, as if time has flown back hundreds of millions of years...
The energetic afterimage of an incomprehensible life form that is neither carbon-based nor silicon-based...
In the end, it was a long time when everything fell silent and was covered in dust...
These fragments cannot piece together a complete picture, but they point to a clear fact: In this now dead star field, in the extremely distant past, there once existed a highly developed ancient civilization that was completely different from any civilization he knew. They seemed to be conducting some kind of long-term, large-scale... observation or watch here? Then, they disappeared, leaving only these emotional imprints and incomplete information solidified in the space.
And the device that he destroyed that produced regular vibrations seemed... not a natural creation, and was probably related to this ancient civilization? It might not be the source of noise, but part of a huge system?
This thought just flashed by and did not cause Xiao Han to have too many emotional fluctuations. If it was destroyed, it would be destroyed. Anyway, it made vibrations and disturbed him. As for what it was originally used for and who it belonged to, he didn't care.
What he cares about is that these ancient whispers, although extremely weak, but because of their endless heaviness that has accumulated for hundreds of millions of years, are beginning to cause a new and different kind of interference to the "absolute tranquility" he pursues, just like water dripping through a stone.
This is not a noise, but a kind of... weight of history, a sense of the silence of death that lingers.
This made him feel very uncomfortable. What he wanted was pure, empty, meaningless silence, not this kind of "silence" full of ancient echoes, carrying stories and weight.
His irritability began to accumulate again, but this time, there seemed to be something else... an extremely subtle boredom that "could not completely get rid of".
Why is it that even if we go to the corner of the universe, we are still disturbed by such messy things?
He just wants to bask in the sun quietly!
At this moment, those Ancient Whispers seemed to have a very subtle resonance due to his conscious attention, and a relatively clear piece of information suddenly became intense:
... Coordinates... Locked... Abnormal... Individual...
... Energy... Characteristics... Inconsistent with... Protocol...
... judgment... as... external... interference...
... Start... Secondary... Response...
This piece of information is no longer an emotional imprint, but more like an automated command response!
Xiao Han opened his eyes suddenly!
The next second, hundreds of kilometers ahead of him, deep in the desert, the earth suddenly opened a huge gap silently!
An unbelievably huge pyramid-shaped building made of some kind of dull black stone, slowly rising from the ground like a giant beast awakening from its slumber!
Its surface is as smooth as a mirror, without any visible entrances or gaps. There are only countless complex and unfamiliar geometric lines looming on the surface, exuding a heart-stopping, cold and dead ancient atmosphere!
It is not driven by energy, but its existence itself emits a powerful force field, distorting the surrounding light and space, making the desert in that area blurry and unreal!
This ancient ruins seems to have triggered some kind of automatic defense or observation protocol that has been dormant for hundreds of millions of years because it sensed the huge energy of the "abnormal individual" Xiao Han and its behavior of destroying "Star-Core Stabilizer"!
On its smooth surface, some geometric lines began to glow faintly, as if countless cold eyes were "looking" in the direction of Xiao Han!
An invisible wave with the meaning of scanning and analysis spread slowly, covering Xiao Han!
New source of noise! And it looks more troublesome than that vibrating device!
Xiao Han The patience in his eyes completely disappeared, replaced by cold anger.
It's not over, right?
Everyone jumped out to seek death!
He slowly stood up, and the sand around him floated automatically without any wind, and then vaporized instantly under the high temperature.
He looked at the huge black pyramid, with no curiosity or awe for the ancient creation in his eyes, only pure impatience and desire for destruction.
No matter what kind of rags this ancient civilization left behind.
It creates new noise.
It's spying on him.
That's enough.
The golden loneliness was completely broken.
The blazing sunshine is still pouring down, but the air is filled with a terrifying and depressing feeling of impending rain.
A conflict with Wraith hundreds of millions of years ago seems inevitable.