After finishing speaking, Joshua stared at the creature in front of him who called himself the "Midgardener".
This is a race that has a human form, but its appearance is very similar to that of the 'tree people'. If we take Milhabs as an average, they are generally tall, basically about two meters tall. Their heads have two observation organs and an extremely developed psychic core. They have mouths, but no ears. The nose and other facial features may look a little oozing at first glance, because their essence is still made of plants.
The body structure of the Zhongting people is highly similar to that of humans, but after Joshua observed it, he discovered that their internal organs are extremely special. Their thinking center is located at the spine, a flexible and translucent strip similar to the core of a tree, with many Densely packed tiny tentacles, all other organs and even the entire body grow from the tentacles of this spine. In addition, the tree core also has the ability to vibrate the air with spiritual energy to emit sounds, which should be used to communicate with similar people whose spiritual energy is not developed enough to communicate spiritually.
Generally speaking, the appearance of the people in the courtyard has a strange sense of dissonance. In Joshua's opinion, they definitely have an appearance that is more suitable for him, but for various reasons, they have forcibly distorted themselves into what they are today.
And the facts have proved this - there was only a slight energy fluctuation, and the fibrous cortex of Milhabs who was lifted up by him was rapidly regenerating under the stimulation of spiritual energy. It was almost completely regenerated in just a few seconds. complete. This fibrous cortex is extremely tight and is a slightly transparent gray-white color. After being covered by this cortex, Milhabs, who could only be said to be composed of countless roots and leaves to form a human shape, immediately turned into a human-like figure. The appearance of the human Mycroft is very similar - a tall, steady middle-aged man. The only difference that can be seen is that the hair of the Zhongting Man is made of thick green leaves, and roots similar to willow branches can be seen at the bottom. Must.
-This race, imitating the appearance of the sages, has lost its own appearance after imitating it.
Looking at this scene, Joshua couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't think that the human form must be the most perfect shape in this multiverse. Because of the differences in environment and ecology, each race will have a body that is most suitable for their civilization. Obviously, the Midgardians, who are essentially plant life, are actually not adapted to the human form, but with their superb psychic abilities and self-transformation, they have forcibly modified their race into this.
But this matter is not important. After sorting out his thoughts for a while, Joshua asked: "I already know that you are about to face an attack by the Void Beast... But I don't know the specific situation. Can you describe it in detail. "
Through the link of the power of steel, he can now have a barrier-free conversation with the leader of the Midgard who calls himself Mirhabs, but this does not mean that Joshua has learned the language of the people in the Midgard. In fact, all the people around him who pass by The scientific researchers and fleet commanders who watched this scene through psychic live broadcasts and various camera and recording devices could only hear a pronunciation that was completely different from their civilization, but with a cadence.
"Mr. Archon's spiritual link is wrapped in a strange power - he can understand the language of the void life!"
"Analyze it as soon as possible! A void life that is kind, can communicate, and looks so similar to the Void Saint... He may be an existence on the side of the real Saint!"
During the analysis of the Void Life Incident Processing Committee, referred to as the committee's subordinates, dozens of the most knowledgeable linguists of the current Atrium civilization who had been prepared for a long time began to nervously and happily analyze Joshua's voice, expression, and intonation in the camera. The analysis began, and the psychic link from Mirhabs provided them with great convenience, and also allowed them to more clearly understand the goodwill expressed by this void life.
Since the psychic awakening of all people in the Midgard a thousand years ago, more and more people's psychic powers have resonated and linked with each other, and finally formed a huge psychic network that almost covers the entire Midgard Star. Through this network, most of the Some people with advanced psychic abilities can achieve zero-delay information exchange through this network. As the strongest psyker in Atrium Star, Milhabs can naturally connect to this network, so under its deliberate openness, these few A linguist can know the meaning of what the soldier just said.
"Why don't Milhabs take action?!"
On the other side, high in the sky, in the Forerunner flagship, Tarquin watched the broadcast on the bridge. Not only was there no joy in his heart, but he firmly grabbed the crutch in his hand. The slightly aged commander had wrinkles on his face. The layers are stacked up, and it can be seen that it is extremely nervous: "The energy peak of the Psychic Pillar is about to fall! If we don't use the psionic power of the entire planet to control that guy now, we will never have a chance again!" "
Unlike other atrium senior officials who were optimistic about Joshua's actions, Tarquin, who had personally experienced the war against crystal insects, was extremely wary of any void life. In its view, although Joshua did not immediately Just start destroying, but wasn’t the same thing true for the crystal insects back then? In the few years after it was first summoned, the Crystal Insect not only made great contributions to the materials science of the entire Midgard civilization, it even dug several asteroid mines that could not be mined with the technology at the time, providing a large amount of asteroids to the people of Midgard. H.
But in the end, it turned back, not only wiping out all the benefits it had brought, but also greatly weakening the people of Zhongting. They fell into a dark age of civil strife and division. It was not until more than a thousand years later that Zhongting people walked toward the stars again.
Temporary goodwill is meaningless. Who knows if this void being will be frightened and turn against him when he sees the asteroid-like void beast? At a time when the entire civilization is on the line, in order to avoid any accidents, Tarquin believes that instead of communicating, using powerful spiritual energy to control the other party is the best option.
There are actually many senior military officials who think similarly to him. These Midgard people who have more or less experienced that dark age are extremely wary of all outside life. In their understanding, Joshua is a powerful and uncontrollable and extremely dangerous force. It is the most dangerous double-edged sword in the world. If you don't use strong force, it is very likely that they will be cut by this sword in turn.
On the solemn stage, Milhabs, who had recovered from the shock caused by Joshua's series of actions after his arrival, smiled awkwardly. It didn't need a mental link to guess what he was doing. What are the thoughts of old friends? They must be desperately shouting from behind the screen to let them preside over the ceremony and control the void life in front of them who calls themselves [Joshua Van Radcliffe]. Let’s not talk about it. In fact, it doesn’t want to do this, even if it wants to, it can’t do it!
From the beginning, its control over the ritual was taken away by a powerful will on the other side of the Void Curtain. Although the mighty spiritual light beam seemed to be controlled by it, in fact it had completely become Taking possession of other people's things, and speaking of control... Through instinctive psychic sensing, Milhabs can sense how terrifying the life in front of him is - around him, there are almost endless, dozens of Thousands of fragments of pure spiritual energy contain endless resentment and despair.
It was these fragments that corroded the psychic light beam and released the halo of despair before. But now, the psychic fragments that almost caused chaos in the formation of the entire fleet in the center of the atrium stayed around this existence without any movement.
—Control a super being who can suppress hundreds of thousands of fragments of resentment and still act as if nothing has happened? Tarquin, this is not a void creature with simple thinking and almost no intelligence like the crystal insect... This is a being that is far beyond your imagination.
An existence related to the Saint of the Void.
Thinking of this, Mirhabs, the supreme consul of the Holy Council, bowed to Joshua cautiously and respectfully. While vibrating the atmosphere with spiritual energy, it communicated with the warrior spirit in its mind: "What do you think about the crisis of our clan?" The enthusiasm is really touching... However, the information related to the Void Beast is in the [Hall of the Mother Tree] and is closely guarded by several Omega-level psykers, so it cannot be displayed immediately. But if you want to, I will bring it to you right away. You go."
"The sooner the better, the invasion of Chaos never waits, they may attack at any time."
Nodding slightly, Joshua's character has always been so direct. He came to this world to eradicate chaos and complete the task of governing the will of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site. The politics, conspiracy, uneasiness and joy of the people in the Midgard are all related to him. It's irrelevant. After a pause, the soldier said again: "Tell me about your civilization."
"Yes."
Milhabs led Joshua down the solemn platform on the top of the Holy Mountain. In Joshua's perception, this strangely shaped temple platform with even more peculiar materials contained an obvious aura of saints, and there was also a host in it. With the almost infinite amount of spiritual sustenance of the people of Zhongting, it is no wonder that the ceremony to gather strength to summon him must be held here. If it were not here, the spiritual power gathered by millions of people would never be able to be condensed enough to tear the world apart. The point of the wall.
In Milhabs' narration, Joshua also had a general understanding of the civilization of the Midgardians.
millions of years ago. The ancestor of the Zhongting people, a strange tree that reproduces by splitting its root system, suddenly had the ability to sense psychic energy due to frequent thunderstorms, volcanic eruptions and other changes at that time. Due to the stimulation of psychic energy, this psychic plant gradually With wisdom, it began to understand the meaning of oneself, and although its divided sub-strains lost their spiritual power, they inherited that wisdom. This was the beginning of the Zhongting people's civilization.
After millions of years of continuous training and evolution, under the guidance of the [Void Saint] and their own unremitting efforts, today's Midgard people have become a powerful interstellar race that can explore the starry sky and colonize the appearance. However, due to their spiritual abilities, Due to the characteristics of plant life, they actually do not like to migrate, but settle in their hometown. Although their lifespan is as long as thousands of years, their reproduction rate is unimaginably slow.
An atrium can exchange pollen with another atrium - the reproductive information used to create daughter plants, which are split from the core of the tree at their spine. This process takes 75 to 125 years, during which time the atrium that breeds the daughter plants The human psychic level will drop several levels and cannot be restored until the division of the sub-strains is complete. If they really don't want to socialize with others, then single Zhongting people can also separate themselves for the same time.
Although the gestation time is long, fortunately, the descendants of the Zhongting people have the knowledge of their parents when they are born. Those who are too advanced may be forgotten due to the imperfection of their thinking organs, but the basic knowledge can be passed down. Greatly saves educational time. A Midgardian will probably only give birth to descendants of sub-strains 2 to 3 times in his life, with 1 to 3 sub-strains each time. The slow population increase makes them not fond of fighting, because once they lose a large number of their own kind and the population cannot be replenished, the entire civilization may be affected. The city collapsed as a result, and it was precisely because of this that the Crystal Insect's massacre of the Leaf Star caused such long-lasting sequelae.
The political structure of the Midgard is similar to that of a human republic, ruled by the Holy Council, an arbitral body composed of a large number of elite psykers, and the Grand Archon, who is the most powerful psyker on the planet. When saying this, Milhabs showed a slightly tired smile. As a leader of civilization, although it has great rights, it also bears equally great responsibilities, just like being responsible for the Void Gate Ceremony this time. , if it was not Joshua but some other terrifying void monster that was summoned, it would definitely be the first to die in the line of duty as the summoner.
"Actually, the highest leader of the people in the Middle Court is not me."
After a wry smile, Mirhabs took Joshua to the temple complex below the high platform. It said helplessly: "Although the supreme consul is said to be lifelong, as long as someone's spiritual strength exceeds mine, I will Will be replaced within four years, and the same will be true for the hundred members of the Holy Council, and whether it is the Supreme Archon or the Holy Council, they all serve the true supreme leader."
"Oh? Then who is the supreme leader?"
Hearing this, Joshua asked curiously. Although he already had some guesses in his mind, he still wanted Milhabs to say it himself.
"It's hard to explain in words... You'll probably understand after you go to the Hall of the Mother Tree."
Milhabs really seemed to not know how to describe it better, so he could only skip this section. In the temple, there were already many atrium priests in robes waiting respectfully for instructions, even if they were Joshua of the Void Life walked in front of them. These priests with powerful spiritual energy and will did not raise their heads for even a glance, but just after Milhabus said the words Mother Tree Hall, one of them was obviously the leader. The priest stepped forward and said respectfully: "The psychic jump gate is ready. Mr. Supreme Archon, it can be used at any time."
"okay, I get it."
After briefly responding to the leading priest, Milhabs immediately led Joshua towards the direction of the psychic jump gate. As he walked, he asked cautiously: "Mr. Radcliffe ... You seem to know the existence of the Holy One of the Void? May I ask, is he... "
It seemed to want to ask for some information about the Saint of the Void, and wanted to know the relationship between Joshua and the Saint.
In fact, this question, whether it is for the warrior or for it, is nonsense. Not to mention Joshua's previous reaction to the water droplets, his appearance alone can prove that he has a close relationship with the sage, not to mention that the warrior as a whole is He was pulled over by the distress message sent by the sage's relic, but he knew that admitting a certain situation personally was more important than acquiescing to the fact, so Milhabs still asked in a roundabout way.
“The sages are among the founders of civilization in our world.”
Regarding the question of the Atrium Archon, Joshua thought for a while, and then answered in the simplest way: "He is not just a saint in your world, he is a saint in many worlds. The saints are greater than you think, You were able to summon me because of the foreshadowing left by the sage."
"And I am his successor for dozens of generations."
Joshua truly admired the sage's strength and broadmindedness. Not to mention other things, the teleportation of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site alone that can span the multiverse is far beyond the imagination of many people, not to mention the wonderful ability to control the will.
Of course, the warrior can sense that the moment he is summoned, the huge spiritual light beam wants to invade his spirit and control himself. This is actually a standard feature of many summoning rituals. Many warlocks do this to summon demons. Otherwise, how can those summoned beings be able to command the caster? Although Joshua considers himself not weak, he is still inferior to the combined power of a planetary psyker. However, the ruling will forcibly took over the control of the ritual during the last period of the teleportation. This not only made the Midgardians no longer He cannot be controlled by the psychic light beam, which greatly increases his strength.
You know, in the Sixth Abyss, Joshua's full strength form was only about a hundred meters. After more than half a year of training, it was only a little over one hundred and forty meters. And with the increase of the psychic light beam, he could easily It can condense a steel giant of four hundred meters or even larger. You must know that at that time, Joshua had not fully understood the power of steel in this strange world. He could not exert his full strength, but he could use it in a non-full state. The power beyond its original limit, this level of increase can only be described as terrifying.
After passing through the quaint rock corridor and following Milhabs around a corner, Joshua had already seen not far away the psychic jump gate located in the center of the temple on the top of the mountain—a kind of teleportation gate somewhat similar to Mycroft's mainland. Similar strange psychic creations, it seems that the two civilizations are not very different in terms of time and space.
"It's almost time to lift the combat alert."
Thinking of this, the warrior took off the giant sword and ax from his back, and the next moment was accompanied by a strong wave of magic power. In the nervous and guarded eyes of Milhabs, who turned his head suddenly, Yingying and Ying, who looked curious, The calm Rin appeared in front of the supreme governor of the atrium.
"The magic power in this place is very thin, Master." The silver-haired girl's psychic body flickered a little. She closed her eyes first to sense the free energy around her, and then said with some worry: "To be precise, it's not thin. But it’s so different from Mycroft’s world that Rin and I might not be able to function for a long time.”
"It's true... The magic here feels like it's mixed with the natural power of elves..." After saying that, Rin suddenly turned around, glanced in the direction of the solemn platform, and muttered to himself strangely: "Hey , Master, look, that fluctuation is a bit familiar..."
Without Rin's reminder, Joshua had already turned around and frowned at the solemn platform - that is, the high platform where Mirhabs held the Void Gate Ceremony. He also sensed an extremely familiar wave, and the warrior couldn't bear it. He said: "No way? How is it possible?!"
At this time, Milhabs and the surrounding temple priests were still in shock when they saw Hotaru and Rin suddenly appearing. The Supreme Archon blinked three of his eyes and said incredulously: "I didn't realize... we actually Summoned three void entities at once?!"
Without waiting for its shock to continue to ferment, outside the temple, on the solemn platform on the top of the mountain, a huge mechanical will came again. Along with the time and space, there were violent waves like the sea, and a faint blue time and space appeared. The door suddenly appeared in the center of the high platform - before Joshua could communicate with the will of the ruler of the Wanjie Sacrificial Site that reappeared, a figure emerged from the time and space door and came to the high platform. He staggered and almost Falling down, it can be seen that the transmission process was very hasty.
Sensing the extremely familiar aura, Joshua appeared outside the temple in the blink of an eye. He flew up to the high platform and looked at the figure who suddenly appeared. Even though he was as calm as a warrior, he couldn't help but exclaim: "No. Chatdamus?! Why are you here?!"
And following Joshua's footsteps to the outside of the temple, Milhabs, who looked at the location of the huge energy fluctuations, was completely shocked and speechless -
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-Atrium People-
-Racial Traits: Sedentary, Slow-Growing, Venerable, Distasteful, Sociable-
-Title of Head of State: Supreme Consul-
-The highest level: mother tree-
-Home planet name: Atrium Star, Jungle Planet-
-Ideology: Extreme idealism, xenophobia-
-Political system: Oligarchy. Political tendency: meritocracy, high priesthood-
This chapter is a bit difficult to write...
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