You Know Nothing About the Protoss

"Two hundred and seventy thousand years ago, the Protoss underwent an unprecedented upheaval. A sage named Artanis emerged out of nowhere and created the miraculous Plasma Spark Tower, uniting the Protoss' three scattered factions into the ultimate ideal society—the legendary Land of Light, Daelaam..."

Shen Jun spun his nonsense with a straight face, drastically rewriting Protoss history before telling it to He Xi.

After hearing this bizarre story, He Xi's face was full of disbelief. "You're making this up, aren't you? From what you're saying, the Protoss entered the spacefaring age at least three hundred thousand years ago."

"But neither the angels' nor God River's records mention such an ancient civilization. Even among all the civilization ruins found in the Known Universe, the oldest can only be traced back one hundred and fifty thousand years. No civilization is older than the God River Civilization."

"Heh heh..." Shen Jun gave a contemptuous laugh. "You know nothing about the Protoss!"

He Xi: "..."

I know nothing about the Protoss. Is there a problem with that?

No problem.

"As for why you haven't found any Protoss ruins, the reason is very simple. They were all destroyed!"

He Xi believed him even less. The Protoss were supposedly such a powerful civilization—what could possibly destroy them without leaving behind a single trace? Absolutely impossible!

Shen Jun deliberately looked at He Xi as if she were an idiot. "Could you not call something impossible just because you don't understand it? Its power is beyond anything you can imagine. Erasing an entire star system from the universe would be no difficult task for it."

"What is it?"

"...Amon."

Shen Jun's expression turned incomparably grave. Rohana had said that Amon would certainly descend upon the Super God Universe again in twenty thousand years. Twenty thousand years of development would be enough for the Protoss to surpass even their most glorious Golden Age, yet he still had no confidence that the Protoss alone could defeat Amon.

Then the angels, Lieyang, Deno, and even the demons that would come later—perhaps even the Styx—could all be drawn into his camp.

The Protoss fleet was glorious beyond compare. The Golden Armada could destroy any civilization in the Super God Universe, but in terms of individual combat power, the superiority of divine bodies was incomparable. Although the resources needed to create one divine body were enough to build an entire fleet, each had its own strengths and weaknesses.

If two different technology trees could be combined, Shen Jun believed an explosion of technological advancement that would shock the universe was bound to occur. Then they would have greater confidence when facing Amon.

Moreover, in the future, Kiran, Keisha, and He Xi would all abandon their physical bodies for various reasons, merging their wills with the universe. They would exist both within and beyond the universe, no longer interfering with its workings.

From Kiran's conversation with Leina, it was clear that they could appear within the Known Universe. Although the story never showed Liang Bing entering that state as well, Shen Jun believed she probably would not escape it either.

Interestingly, the Xel'naga in the StarCraft Universe also had their true bodies located in the void. They never interfered with the progress of cosmic civilizations, at most walking the universe through avatars.

Shen Jun guessed that perhaps Kiran's form was what a true god of the Super God Universe looked like.

But perhaps not. There was still much that needed verification. After all, Kiran was still farming in the Deno Civilization. No one knew when he would undergo that transformation.

In short, joining forces with every force that could be joined was certainly never a bad thing.

Thus, Shen Jun looked at He Xi with expectant eyes.

Then...

He Xi: "Amon?"

Shen Jun: "Mm, Amon."

He Xi: "...Who is Amon?"

Shen Jun: "..."

Damn it, the Super God Universe had no Xel'naga.

"Ahem..." Shen Jun coughed lightly to conceal his embarrassment. Just as he was about to recount some Xel'naga deeds, he suddenly realized he had no idea where to begin.

After polishing the story, Shen Jun said, "Amon was the culprit who destroyed the former Protoss civilization. About two hundred thousand years ago, when that God River Civilization of yours had only just begun trying to explore space, our surviving records were scarce as well. We only knew that Amon's arrival brought the annihilation of all things."

"At that time, the Protoss could only exhaust their last resources to build a protective facility capable of operating continuously for two hundred thousand years. This facility contained devices that blocked all detection, which was why it had not been discovered by other civilizations all these years. In the end, it preserved the Protoss spark—this group of Protoss, us—until now. Only recently did its energy run out, allowing us to reappear in the universe."

"You really weren't lying to me?"

He Xi looked at Shen Jun suspiciously. These stories sounded absurd, but on closer thought, they seemed logically coherent. They did not sound like something he had made up on the spot.

"I guarantee it upon the honor of a Templar. Every one of these records is true."

Shen Jun said it without blushing or missing a beat.

"Think about it carefully. The universe has existed for 13.7 billion years. Even if you go back ten billion years, civilizations of considerable scale could have appeared. They could absolutely have endured and been passed down to the present day. Yet not only can you not find them—even we Protoss could not detect the existence of older civilizations back then. That does not conform to the logic of the universe."

There were still several thousand years before Carl formally proposed the theory of Ultimate Fear, so Shen Jun's question was a revelation to He Xi. She could not help but agree inwardly. That's right. Why had no civilizations appeared during more than ten billion years of the universe's existence? Could the past two hundred thousand years really be that special? No, impossible. Something must be wrong somewhere, but...

He Xi fell into deep thought.

But Shen Jun had no intention of letting her stand there thinking forever. He had already emerged from the tension of his first battlefield experience—and it had been an interstellar war from the very start. There was still much he needed to do. He could not waste time here.

"Hey, let's stop here for today. It's getting late. If you don't want to leave, stay here and think it over by yourself. I'm too lazy to remain here."

With that, Shen Jun ignored He Xi. A flash of blue light passed, and he warped back to the Twilight Council.

Leaving He Xi standing there dumbly on the spot.

"...Something feels off..."

He Xi tilted her head, her brows knitting together as her beautiful blue eyes filled with confusion.

"That's right! Wasn't I supposed to be comforting him? How did it turn into him telling me stories?!!!"

For a moment, He Xi suspected that she had been played.

Red-faced with anger, she stomped twice on the rock, forcefully kicking it into two halves before leaving.

Upon returning to the Twilight Council, Shen Jun found Kerasul waiting there. It looked as though he had been waiting for a long time.

"Kerasul, why aren't you attending the banquet? What are you doing here?"

Shen Jun asked curiously.

"Well... I'm not used to overly lively atmospheres. Besides, Hierarch, you didn't go either..."

Kerasul scratched his head. Then, as though he had suddenly recalled something important, his tone turned grave. "Hierarch, because of time constraints, the ships we built previously not only failed to meet the required specifications, but the entire fleet's combat power has been severely compromised. The Psionic Shield strength is also far too low, and a large amount of Crystal Mineral has been wasted."

"One mineral vein has already been exhausted. The remaining two mineral veins have only around sixty percent of their reserves left. Hierarch, we must find new mineral planets as soon as possible!"