"Your origins are indeed unusual. I found your colony ship and discovered an unknown language. The key information inside is also encrypted. Do you know anything?"
After finishing speaking, Zhang Han sent the text image and password pattern. He didn't want to talk about the illusory Shroud first, he just wanted to understand the current situation first.
"The text is in ancient astrology. I have learned it. This is a required course for every original Astromancer. I don't know the genetic code, but the president told me that if one day I inherit the association, I can let the first drop of blood of all the original Astromancer come up, so as to understand the association's biggest secret."
"If you still can't unlock it, you can only use the stored original blood. But only if I inherit the association will I know where the original blood is."
Skadi's answer was without hesitation or reservation. Zhang Han's consciousness enveloped her brain, and every word she spoke was true.
In order to extract Skadi's memory, Zhang Han merged her consciousness into Swarm Network. Then he found the ancient astrological language directly in her consciousness, as well as the scene of Joanna communicating with her.
After roughly knowing what the original blood looked like, Zhang Han used the giant Cerebrate to conduct a multi-level scan of the area where Astrologers' Association was located.
During this scanning time, Zhang Han asked Skadi: "You don't seem to be planning to hide anything. Are you planning to betray Astrologers' Association just like Stars?"
"No, the great Overmind. I am still loyal to the association, and mentor Joanna is very good to me. Her character is a bit flamboyant, that's because she is too talented in Psionics, and it is difficult for people who are not as talented as her to understand her, and she gradually doesn't like those people anymore."
"Only her daughter and I are truly valued and cared for by her. If she is still alive, I will definitely follow her until death." Skadi said calmly.
"How did you know she was dead? I probably never told you." Zhang Han was even more surprised.
"The fact that you can find me means that Astrologers' Association has been destroyed. This is the fate I once saw in Shroud. This fate is so terrible that I have not even told my mentor."
"Shroud, prophecy, destiny, these things are really annoying!"
In order to get rid of the fate of being Overmind and merging into Hive Swarm Consciousness, Zhang Han himself had divided his consciousness. This woman named Skadi kept mentioning these things, which made Zhang Han a little unhappy.
He felt as if he was still entangled in the web of fate and had not completely escaped his fate.
"I'm sorry, great Overmind, I'm very sorry for making you angry." Skadi's conscious body lowered its head and apologized to Zhang Han.
"Can you see your own destiny? What is your future like?" Suddenly Zhang Han had a bad idea.
Whether Skadi said his future was life or death, he could make some changes.
"My destiny lies in the palm of your hand, great Overmind."
As if he had seen through Zhang Han's little thoughts, Skadi's answer was that Zhang Han had no idea what to do.
It happened that Cerebrate scanned a secret compartment in the colony ship. There was indeed something similar to blood in it. After brute force cracking, the blood was analyzed and it happened to be the password.
Instead of chatting with this smart Astromancer, Zhang Han plans to see what kind of secrets Astrologers' Association has buried.
Through Chloe's eyes, Zhang Han quickly read the records on the computer on the bridge of the colony ship.
The source of everything is still Shroud. Shroud has existed in this galaxy for an unknown length of time. Civilizations in the galaxy have risen, declined, and perished.
Shroud is there. No civilization can figure out what Shroud is. It seems to exist as naturally as the universe.
Gradually, some people appeared in the intelligent civilization in the universe, and they began to worship this ever-present Shroud, the powerful Shroud.
They fear Shroud and think it is the incarnation of God.
When most civilizations entered the cosmic age, there were more and more exchanges between civilizations.
These people who worship Shroud as a god have also connected with each other. They are very excited that there are such like-minded people in the universe, and some even think that this is the inspiration of God.
So the believers of Shroud united together and established a cosmic organization that worships Shroud. They are neutral and no longer belong to any country.
The name of this organization is Shroud Mentor Association. This name was obtained through archaeology, and similar organizations existed in the galaxy in the past.
As long as other countries can provide resources to the organization, the organization will seek help from Shroud on behalf of this country. Slowly, each country has discovered that the advantages of this organization's existence outweigh the disadvantages, and they have acquiesced in its existence.
The association's scale and influence are growing, and it is on the fast track to prosperity. The association is also very satisfied with its position among various countries.
Most people in the association spend their entire lives exploring Shroud and spreading the glory of Shroud.
But gradually, some people in the association have different views on Shroud. They feel that Shroud is knowable, controllable, and can be used by mortals.
Within the Shroud Mentor Association, every mentor and apprentice is in awe of Shroud, and everything they receive is a gift from Shroud.
There are higher beings within Shroud, and they are gods. There is also a lot of evidence that shows that their knowledge is based on certain facts.
The majority of people revere and believe in Shroud. The group that thinks they can take advantage of Shroud is considered by the association as fringe groups, and they are some arrogant guys who don't know how to revere.
The reason why this group is not directly labeled as heresy is because the Shroud Mentor Association is originally an inclusive and diverse organization.
The purpose of the association is that as long as someone is willing to study Shroud and believe in Shroud, the door of the association will always be open to people.
After all, the association includes most of the races of interstellar civilizations. Only with such an inclusive concept can intelligent life forms of different shapes and far different values be able to work together.
Time came a thousand years ago, when Stellaris Council was not united. Strong civilizations bullied weak civilizations, the weak and the strong, and merged with each other.
The meeting hall of the Council is the most shameless, bloody, and rogue place in the universe. The strong show off their strength here, while the weak can only cry on the podium. Many civilizations are not even qualified to cry.
Just as the same farce was being performed again at the council meeting, a great Shroud mentor stepped onto the podium and made a prophecy that a natural disaster Swarm was about to come.
At the first time, most civilizations did not believe it and laughed at it. Moreover, this prophecy was still in a thousand years.
Predicting the future is inherently ambiguous. Is the future that can be predicted still the future?
However, the Zero people who were permanent members of the Council at the time believed it. They were originally very dependent on the Psionics race of Shroud.
When the Shroud Mentor Association was established, the civilization of the Zeluo people existed.