"Ah——" Standing in front of a gigantic black obelisk, Lin Xue exclaimed once more, "What is this?"
Pandora didn't need to answer this time. I could tell her myself, "A Ghost Energy Storm Obelisk... This is the sixth one, right? What were you listening to earlier?"
"I was excited, couldn't bother remembering things!" Lin Xue said as she quickly ran towards the next gigantic black obelisk, shouting, "Chen Jun! What is this?"
... She's definitely doing this on purpose, right?!
For Lin Xue, who takes great pleasure in causing trouble for me, I was left with no choice but to seek help from Carmen, "Do you have any way to quiet her down?"
"You carbon-based lifeform over there!" Carmen suddenly shouted with full force, "Ahead is the core defense zone of the base. Any unauthorized actions will trigger 166 autonomous floating cannons to fire at you!"
What a fierce threat!
Carmen's words had a noticeable effect. Lin Xue shouted in surprise and almost flew back to us.
"Calmed down?" I looked at her, annoyed.
Lin Xue seemed to have thought of something. She glanced at Carmen and said, "Were you serious? I didn't sense any danger earlier."
Carmen looked unfazed, "I was lying."
"Alright, alright," I pressed down on Lin Xue's head, "You should calm down too. You know exactly where this is, and I know exactly what you're planning – don't cause trouble for me."
"Tch," Lin Xue pouted, "Got caught so fast."
I knew from the start, okay?
Since we arrived here, Lin Xue had been acting overly excited like a bumpkin who had never seen the world, running everywhere with no trace of her Superpower Team Leader demeanor. How could I not notice this abnormal behavior? It turned out, as Pandora detected, that she used her abilities to carefully perceive the surroundings at each location – in other words, she was spying on the alien base's intelligence.
Such a blatant method; I guess every Xyrin Apostle here had noticed her actions. But because of my absolute authority as the Xyrin Emperor, they turned a blind eye to Lin Xue's actions. Besides, considering the current strength of human civilization, it posed no threat to the Xyrin Empire...
I looked around. Although I had seen the projection of the Xyrin Mother Star city countless times in the dream world, seeing a real Xyrin Military Base was a different feeling. The hundreds of meters high energy defense towers everywhere, giant factories constantly producing various war machines, and more mysterious structures I couldn't even name after searching my mind's database. In this vast Xyrin Fortress, fully armed or already transformed into a set of armed Xyrin Warriors were constantly patrolling back and forth. Enormous, grim-looking Xyrin War Machines or low-flying aircrafts roared past occasionally, giving the first-timer like me quite a fright,
It's really brave of Lin Xue to openly spy on their military intelligence here – though no matter how much she spies, it won't enable humanity to fly out of the solar system overnight.
By now, we had arrived before a pyramidal building at the center of the base. Carmen saluted us and said, "Please wait here for a moment," and then led his soldiers into the building.
Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Xue quietly approached, "If the Xyrin Empire dispatched troops against humanity, we wouldn't stand a chance to resist..."
I didn't understand Lin Xue's concern, "Anyway, they wouldn't attack humans, what are you worried about?"
Lin Xue rolled her eyes at me, "You're so relaxed. Knowing there's such a powerful alien empire, who wouldn't be worried? Anyway, I don't trust this so-called empire."
I coughed awkwardly and said, "You're saying this in front of the highest authority and senior generals of the empire."
Lin Xue was stunned, her eyes scanning between Pandora and me for a while before saying, "I forgot... By the way, do your words really matter? These troops shouldn't be your subordinates, right?"
"It's strictly prohibited for Xyrin Emperors to engage in armed conflict. Even if they don't obey me, they wouldn't start a war with Earth – or do you think I intend to conquer the world?"
"You don't have the ambition," Lin Xue stated firmly.
Should I cry or laugh?
At this moment, I suddenly felt a strange disturbance deep within my spirit. This sensation was unlike the complete control I felt while connecting with the Xyrin Mother Star or the Pandora Army. Instead, it resembled a resonance, a friendly signal, with a hint of joyous reunion.
For a moment, I was startled by this unprecedented spiritual sensation. In the next second, I saw a blue shadow flying towards me.
The sky was so high... the clouds so white...
The howling wind in my ears told me I was rapidly ascending...
Now I understood what the earlier unfamiliar spiritual connection was. It must be the unique spiritual resonance between Xyrin Emperors, and I was undoubtedly hit by this high-speed moving Xyrin Emperor.
Thus, the historical "collision" between the two highest leaders of the Xyrin Empire took place...
After about ten seconds, I crashed down.
Due to accidental internal injuries of one of the Xyrin Emperors, the meeting was called off. The final result was me being carried into the base's repair station by Pandora...
Hey! Wait! Why the repair station? Pandora, do you really not know the difference between carbon-based life and you? Those repair devices will definitely kill me, ahhhhhh...
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It turned out the Xyrin Empire's strength was truly exceptional. Even though they had almost no research on carbon-based life's medical technology, they still managed to create equipment to treat me – I really don't know how they figured out human physiological structure in just tens of minutes, while Earth's scientists are still confused about their own bodies.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself lying in a temporary ward, with the culprit who had injured me sitting by my bedside.
The person had a tall figure, wearing a sky-blue dress adorned with white lace, styled in European classical noble fashion. She had stunning golden long hair, with curly strands forming two exaggerated golden spirals beside her cheeks. Her blue eyes, deep and pure like the ocean, seemed to peer into one's soul. Although she had golden hair and blue eyes, Sandora's facial features were typically Eastern, delicate and elegant, with an air of seven parts nobility and three parts mischief. Paired with her luxurious attire, she resembled a princess visiting the commoners.
Seeing me open my eyes, the princess immediately showed a bright smile, happily hugging me as she said, "Ah, you're alive! I thought I had killed you!"
... Any Xyrin Apostle can't be judged by appearance, like the loli-looking war madman Pandora, the righteous-looking pirate Sicaro, and the noble yet clumsy princess Sandora...
"Hello," I said with a stiff smile, "Nice to meet you. I'm Chen Jun."
"Hello, hello!" Sandora seemed overly excited, holding my hand, "I'm Sandora! Really sorry for injuring you; I didn't expect your body to be so fragile. But don't worry, I've also strengthened your body... um... are you here to take me back?"
"Huh?" I didn't catch what Sandora was saying at first.
"I asked, are you here to take me back?" Sandora repeated, "Take me away from this world."