Chapter 177: Chapter 144 Starseer_2
“Are you a Starseer?”
“What happened to your eyes???”
Duanmu Huai stared at the blindfold over the girl’s eyes and curiously inquired. As soon as the latter heard his question, she immediately became animated.
“This, this is for receiving guidance from God, therefore, Lord Father caused me to lose my sight. Only in this way can I gain more profound revelations……”
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai silently rolled his eyes. Indeed, most Starseers are blind, but it’s not their blindness that grants them substantial spiritual energy. On the contrary, these Starseers are blind due to a ritual called the Soul Binding Ritual. This ceremony uses the purity of the Human Lord to burn away the impurities in a psychic’s body and conscience, reshaping their nervous structure, making their will more resistant to the temptations of Chaos. Only by undergoing this ritual can one become a qualified Starseer.
Because the power of the Emperor would attack neutral structures such as optic nerves, most Starseers would go blind after the ceremony.
And now, listening to this girl, they seem to argue that blindness is the growth factor for becoming a starseer?
You haven’t even undergone the Emperor’s blessing and purification, and you are doing this, isn’t it putting the cart before the horse?
Nevertheless, it’s not surprising. The Human Empire has gone to hell for so many millennia, once those rituals’ effects and procedures probably have long since been forgotten.
“Since you are a Starseer, I will allow you to continue your work on my ship.”
Duanmu Huai refocused his thoughts, looking at the girl in front of him.
“However, I must warn you, subspace is more terrifying than you imagine. Therefore, I require that you only capture and transmit subspace information when I allow it. Do you understand? If you go against my orders, I assure you the next moment, I will throw you off this warship and let you turn into a corpse in the cold vacuum of space.”
“Yes, yes, sir, I understand.”
Hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, the girl nervously nodded her head vigorously.
“They all call me Hitomi, sir.”
“Alright, Hitomi, you can leave now. I will have someone prepare your room.”
Duanmu Huai gestured, and another servant, a Puppet, quickly came over to take Hitomi out of the command room.
Only then did Ann huffily look at Duanmu Huai.
“Sir Knight, you were too harsh on that child.”
“Yeah, Sir Knight, the child was just caught by pirates. I think you should be kinder to her… at least don’t scare her that much…..”
Lorena also offered her advice; apparently, they were not accustomed to seeing Duanmu Huai treat such a young girl so harshly.
Looking at them, Duanmu Huai just shook his head.
“I didn’t want to do this either, but I must, because that child is a Starseer, and with great potential.”
“Simply put, she can sense information from other worlds, including whispers from Evil Gods or Demons. If we don’t make her vigilant, she might become a pawn and accomplice of the devil at any time.”
“Really? Something like that can happen?”
Hearing this, Ann was astonished, while Lorena furrowed her brows.
“Hmm… hearing what Sir Knight said, I remember that some people are very sensitive to the existence and whispers of demons. Is the child one of them? In that case…”
“Do you have a solution, Lorena?”
Duanmu Huai turned to Lorena, curiously asking. After all, in this world, he knew there were not many ways to prevent a Starseer from being polluted by Chaos, and currently no methods were available. He wondered if Lorena had any solutions.
“I can go back to the church and ask for the Archbishop’s help.”
After a moment’s thought, Lorena replied.
“Then go. If you can find a solution to this problem, that would be a good option.”
“Yes, then Sir Knight, I’ll take my leave now.”
After saying these words, Lorena hastily curtsied, then went through the teleportation gate, returning to her world. Ann looked curiously at the teleportation gate before her, sighing in awe.
“I never thought that anything could happen in this world.”
“When you go to many places, you’ll find out that there’s no shortage of all kinds of strange things.”
Duanmu Huai shook his head and sat back down in his chair. Of course, he didn’t forget to send a Slaughter Puppet to lurk in Hitomi’s room to watch her. After all, Duanmu Huai had learned from the Star Thieves Leader that the reason he tied this little girl to his chair was that she could always prophesy what was where like a fortune teller. This was also the reason he was able to successfully attack the risk assessment ship, and it was clear that Hitomi might have communicated with Subspace and Chaos.
It’s hard to tell whether it’s her or something else inside this little girl now.
But no matter what, it’s better to be cautious.
Afterwards, the warship followed the star map route obtained from Dada Neil and headed towards the Galaxy of the Guardian civilization. After two days of navigation, Duanmu Huai’s warship finally arrived at the Guardian Star System.
“What should we do next, Mr. Knight?”
At this point, Ann rushed to Duanmu Huai’s side, peering eagerly at the galaxy in front of her, while Duanmu Huai patted Ogis’ little head beside him before looking ahead.
“In general, a distant guest, let’s say hello to them first… Mia, send a message.”
“Okie-dokie~~ Master.”
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s command, Mia responded in her unique airy tone, and then started a communication.
“This is Tribunal Warship Little Bunny, please respond if you hear us…. We are Little Bunny…..”
Listening to Mia’s casual chatting, Duanmu Huai and Ogis had no reaction, while Ann, Greiya, and Lorena were all blushing.
“Mr. Knight, why does it have to be this name!”
“Isn’t there a better-sounding name?”
In response to the girls’ complaints, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.
“The name and power are not directly proportional. It’s not like if your name sounds nice, your power will certainly be great. Little Bunny is so awesome, just by this name, who dares to beat us?”
Facing Duanmu Huai’s righteous response, Ann had nothing to say for a moment.
“Report to Master, the other party has not responded, it seems that the communication system has failed…..”
At this moment, Mia gave a report to Duanmu Huai.
“Communication failure?”
Hearing Mia’s report, Duanmu Huai frowned. Generally speaking, this kind of thing shouldn’t happen, right? Could the Guardian civilization have encountered some trouble?
At this moment, Hitomi, who had been standing by the window, suddenly started speaking. Her hands tightly held a pendant hanging around her neck———it was the holy artifact for exorcising evil and repelling demons that Lorena had previously obtained from the Archbishop. According to Lorena, this could protect Hitomi’s soul from being defiled and invaded by demons.
Of course, how much use it had was known only to God.
Hearing Hitomi’s words, Duanmu Huai looked at her.
“Anger…… Hatred…… Boiling rage…… I can feel it, right ahead…… Something……. wants to destroy everything……”
Upon hearing Hitomi’s response, Duanmu Huai’s eyes flashed a cold light.
“Then, we’ll know when we go and have a look.”