Contacting He Xi

He Xi landed near a river and surveyed her surroundings. The environment seemed quite nice, then she rolled her eyes...

The Insight Eye, one of the technologies angels were most proud of, possessed extraordinarily powerful analytical capabilities. They could easily decipher the Dark Data of any Aerospace Civilization or lower, uncovering all of that civilization's secrets within mere seconds.

However...

"No network?"

He Xi frowned tightly. Although Trigonian signal bands were not easy to decrypt, detecting them was not difficult. Yet she could not detect a single signal now.

"Could it be that this planet hasn't even developed into a pre-nuclear civilization? But where are the Trigonians?"

It was not strange that He Xi had arrived on Aiur before the Trigonians. What puzzled her was that the Trigonian outpost that had transmitted this planet's coordinates was nowhere to be found. Before she set out, she could clearly still receive faint Trigonian signals here.

Something was wrong. He Xi found this planet's situation rather bizarre.

"Forget it, I'll look around first. At worst, I'll treat this as a vacation. I came to investigate the Trigonians anyway, so Tomboy has no reason to accuse me of slacking off."

After giving it some thought, He Xi strolled leisurely through the forest with great interest. She loved the lush vegetation, though the only flaw was that it was too quiet. It needed a little life.

"Hmm... it would be nice if there were a few butterflies."

He Xi extended her slender jade hand and lightly tapped the air. Several beautiful butterflies appeared out of nowhere and fluttered around her. Only then did she nod in satisfaction.

The butterflies were naturally not real lifeforms, but projections created by He Xi. Their realism, however, was no different from that of genuine butterflies.

"Hierarch, an unknown lifeform signal has been detected. It possesses an extremely high energy reading, but it differs from psionic energy. I cannot determine what kind of energy it is."

Inside the Fleet Beacon, Rohana's warning suddenly sounded in Shen Jun's ears.

"Where?"

Rohana told Shen Jun He Xi's location.

"What is it, Hierarch?"

Kerasul asked with a puzzled expression.

"Nothing. Our Aiur merely has a guest."

"A guest?"

Shen Jun waved his hand. "Don't worry, Kerasul. Your task now is to ensure that the Void Ray's construction proceeds without any mistakes. You need not concern yourself with anything else. I'll handle it."

With that, Shen Jun turned and left, while Kerasul continued burying himself in the countless rapidly changing streams of data.

"Tassadar, Zeratul, Alarak, tell me your current locations."

Though the three found it strange, they still sent Shen Jun their locations. Tassadar and Alarak were closer to the signal source, so Shen Jun had them investigate while he headed there as well.

About three hours later, He Xi seemed to have grown tired of wandering. The monotonous green shade really could become tiresome after a while, so she found a comfortable rock, sat down, crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and began to rest.

"An interesting creature. She resembles a human, yet she is not human. Judging by those white wings, she is most likely one of the so-called angels. I can sense the power constantly surging within her. She is strong."

Not far away, Alarak and Tassadar observed He Xi. Alarak seemed quite interested in angels.

"It is rare to hear you praise someone else's strength, Alarak."

"Ha. I respect every true powerhouse. Like you, great Tassadar. I have always been curious why Artanis admires you so much."

"Artanis? In my memories, he was merely a sunny and optimistic scout pilot. He truly possessed exceptional potential, but I never imagined that he would later become the Protoss' final savior. I am very gratified to have such an outstanding student."

When Tassadar died, he was three hundred and fifty-six years old, only fifty-six years older than he was now. In other words, Tassadar had essentially already reached his peak, whether in personal combat strength or military command.

Among Shen Jun's top generals, Tassadar was unquestionably the strongest. Zeratul was no weaker than Tassadar, but Dark Templars excelled in assassination and surprise attacks. In a direct fight, Zeratul was probably not even Alarak's match, much less Tassadar, whom Gao JianGuo sincerely admired.

As for military aptitude, Zeratul, who had spent centuries focused on archaeology, was even less comparable to Tassadar. Of course, when it came to assassination, no one could rival old man Zeratul.

"Who is there? You have been hiding over there for so long. It is time to show yourselves."

Suddenly, He Xi opened her beautiful eyes and looked toward where Alarak and Tassadar stood.

The two Protoss heroes were not surprised. They had never deliberately concealed their tracks.

"So... who goes first?"

Alarak asked.

"There is no need to be hasty. This angel does not seem hostile. Perhaps she is not our enemy."

Tassadar walked straight toward He Xi. Alarak shrugged and followed after him.

"Are these two God River Bodies? Or Beast Bodies? I have never seen their species before. The technology behind their armor is highly advanced, and its hardness is not much inferior to angel armor. It does not seem like something an ordinary Aerospace Civilization could produce..."

He Xi observed the two Protoss and rolled her eyes again. Yet all she could obtain was: "This lifeform cannot be found in the Database. Unable to detect the target's genes. Unable to detect the target's Dark Plane. The target possesses intense energy readings, but no information regarding this type of energy fluctuation can be found..."

There were all kinds of things she could not detect. The only scant information she could uncover was the Psionic Armor's formidable defensive capabilities; as for whether it possessed any other special abilities, she could not determine that.

It was not strange for this to happen. In the Super God Universe's technology tree, all information and data existed in the form of the Dark Plane. Dark Energy was the energy used by powerful beings themselves, while Stellar Energy was used to power celestial-scale equipment, such as celestial warships and celestial computers.

Protoss technology, meanwhile, centered on the Psionic Matrix. Although they also had technology that used Stellar Energy, it was not mainstream. The most typical example was the Colossus, the most powerful ground battlefield weapon the Protoss had created using Stellar Energy. At its most outrageous, three Colossi could plow across an entire planet's surface.

As for the Spear of Adun's energy core, it was directly an artificial star, the very pinnacle of Protoss technology.

One should not underestimate artificial star technology. After all, among the Three Great God-Making Projects jointly conducted by the Super God Academy, the Deno Civilization, and the Lieyang Civilization, the ultimate form of the Light of the Sun—the Lieyang Star's highest technological achievement—was an artificial star.

Leina's highest mission had never been destruction. It was to become the sun when the Lieyang Civilization's sun went out, allowing the Lieyang Civilization to endure forever.

Leaving everything else aside, Shen Jun knew of a civilization in a certain universe that could create artificial suns. That civilization was located in the M78 Nebula...