"I have an idea."
The leader of the Shroudwalker Enclave displayed a starmap and a set of data in the conference room.
"...I've had an idea for a while, too."
"Looks like we're thinking along the same lines."
[Teacher] and the grandmaster bumped fists.
"Huh?" The Sacred Guard Empress was baffled.
"Huh?" Xi Yan was baffled.
"Here's the situation." The grandmaster explained to everyone present in [Teacher]'s place.
It was still the same lineup: the all-star team of psionics users from the Shroudwalker Enclave and the Holy Guard, now gathered in an online conference room.
Every one of these psionic powerhouses was a master of the art of "I reckon," and now they were discussing whatever bizarre thing they had cooked up this time.
Or rather, the entire Psionics Field had been dreamed up through sheer conviction. Far too rational in his thinking, Xi Yan seemed utterly out of place among these masters of psionics.
"Obviously, the End of the Cycle's plan has failed again. This is another major defeat for it, the first since the Zroni incident."
"So was the End of the Cycle actually something the Zroni created?" Xi Yan asked impatiently. "What effects did the Evangelicals and the Ascensionists have on the Shroud?"
The Shroud Mentors spread their hands almost simultaneously.
"We don't know. No one knows what really happened back then. The Zroni Homeworld has already become a Shroud Planet, and that unknown history lies buried beneath the Shroud's dark clouds."
Xi Yan rubbed his chin.
"As it happens, I know all the information there is about the Zroni."
"Zarqlan's revelation." Looking at the Empress and the Sky Bishop, Xi Yan shrugged. "Believe it or don't."
The Zroni precursor event was one of the most far-reaching events in Stellaris, touching on the history of the Shroud