Empire Will eagerly intercepted the signal and studied the message from the civilization that had opened the L-Gate with the utmost seriousness it had ever mustered.
[We are the Interstellar Human Military Junta. Our species is genuine organic "human," and our ethics are flexible... We are delighted to help you, dear Dessanu Concordat. I know your nation is a disguise created by nanomachines.]
Empire Will: !!!
Killing intent flared! Why do you know my secret?!
Human, you know too much!
Yet a moment later, Empire Will quickly calmed down, because the humans had sent another message.
[Allow me to introduce myself. I am Xi Yan, Grand Marshal and supreme leader of the Interstellar Human Military Junta. I am the greatest Psionics User in this sector. I possess countless pieces of knowledge and secrets, including yours, of course.]
[However, I have no intention of broadcasting your secret, dear Dessanu-or rather, Gray Tempest. I would like to be your friend. I will not investigate your nanite factories, and I have no desire to become your enemy.]
[The past cannot be undone, but the future is still ours to shape. Dear Gray Tempest, what you did in the previous era has no bearing on the present. Let us begin a brand-new relationship.]
This... Empire Will stared at it all in shock. The sheer volume of information nearly overwhelmed its positronic artificial intelligence.
The greatest Psionics User!
This person was clearly no ordinary figure. Had the Milky Way produced someone this powerful after all these years? Or was some ancient monster from the previous era still alive?
Empire Will feared that its shameful history was still remembered, leaving the empires of the Milky Way hostile toward it. It wanted to befriend other empires. It did not want to suffer the same treatment as before.