After staying in the secondary dimensions for a few days, Han Xiao finally returned to the explored universe. He immediately visited the Holy Covenant Organization and asked Destiny's Child about the World Tree Civilization's movements.
He teleported to Destiny's Child's laboratory with ease. The staff around looked over, but they only took a glance before lowering their heads to continue their work.
"You're here to see me …"
Destiny's Child sensed something and turned to Han Xiao. He pressed his hands on the inner wall of the container and sent out a happy mental wave.
Han Xiao smiled, stepped forward, and knocked on the container as a greeting.
Destiny's Child sensed that the mark on Han Xiao's body had not disappeared and tilted his head. "You didn't … mark the area?"
"There was an accident, so I didn't have the chance to do this." Han Xiao shook his head and said, "I need you to tell me what the other party is up to now."
"Okay …"
Destiny's Child did not refuse and shared information through the mental link. Pieces of information flowed into Han Xiao's mind.
Han Xiao quickly browsed through these images, and the real-time movements of the World Tree Civilization were almost unobstructed.
He soon saw that during the few days he had stayed in the secondary dimensions, the World Tree Civilization had been stimulated by him and was searching for clues related to him. They had even increased the frequency of the diviners activating their abilities, indirectly causing Destiny's Child's surveillance to increase.
He had left a deep impression on the other party this time. The reaction of the World Tree Civilization had all entered his eyes through Destiny's Child's surveillance, so he would not be completely unaware of the World Tree Civilization's movements.
Destiny's Child was currently the most important intelligence channel. By observing the other party's real-time movements, he could make targeted arrangements in advance. It was like two players in a real-time strategy game. One side had opened the fog of war, while the other side was still trying to figure out the opponent's position. The difference was obvious.
Seeing the World Tree Civilization's movements like a headless fly, Han Xiao heaved a sigh of relief.
At this moment, black flames surged, and Oathkeeper arrived.
"Black Star, why didn't you tell me before you came?"
As he spoke, Oathkeeper's gaze swept back and forth between Han Xiao and Destiny's Child. His expression was as if he was saying, 'You guys are having a tryst behind my back'.
"I'm just here to ask about the surveillance. I'll come more often in the future. It'll be too troublesome to tell you every time. You'll get used to it."
Han Xiao waved his hand.
Do you think you're a leader? You can inspect whenever you want …
Oathkeeper cursed inwardly.
"Alright, I'm done with my questions. I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave first."
Han Xiao nodded. Without waiting for Oathkeeper to speak, he changed into another King suit and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Oathkeeper helplessly retracted his gaze and turned to look at Destiny's Child.
Destiny's Child ignored him as well. Seeing that Han Xiao had left, Destiny's Child went back to sleep. He was no longer as proactive as he had been when facing Han Xiao. It was as if he treated Oathkeeper like air, clearly treating him differently.
Seeing that Destiny's Child did not give him any face, the corners of Oathkeeper's mouth twitched. He took a deep breath, suppressed the jealousy in his heart, and left gloomily.
… …
In the meeting room of the three Universal Civilizations …
"Black Star, you're finally back. What took you so long?"
Marbruce sized up Han Xiao's remote projection and sounded puzzled.
Beside him, Louis and the Ethereal Sect Leader were also curious.
After sending Han Xiao away, they thought that Han Xiao's first exploration would not take long, but they did not expect that more than half a month would pass in the blink of an eye, and there was still no news of him. If not for Han Xiao taking the initiative to contact them, they would not have known that Han Xiao was back.
In the past half a month, the three of them had been suffering. Because they could not contact Han Xiao, who was far away in the World Tree Civilization's territory, they were paranoid every day, thinking that something had happened to Black Star.
Seeing that Han Xiao had taken the initiative to visit, the three of them heaved a sigh of relief. Then, they were curious about what Han Xiao had done in the World Tree Civilization's territory for so long.
"There were some accidents along the way, so I was delayed. Let's not talk about that for now. I obtained some information on this trip. Take a look."
Han Xiao waved his hand and could not be bothered to chat with the three of them. He went straight to the point and sent the World Tree secrets that Barbani had mentioned to the three of them.
The virtual screen appeared on the table. The three of them only took one look and were instantly stunned, unable to shift their gazes away.
"This … this is the information you obtained on this trip?"
Marbruce's eyes widened in disbelief. He was almost stunned.
The three of them had limited expectations for this information. They felt that Han Xiao had gone to the other party's base after all, and it would be difficult for him to move. Even if he had gained something, it would not be too shocking … But what was with this information? They were all secrets that had never been heard of before!
Information Form Warning Network, Information Form Camera … A bunch of important strategic information. It was obvious that it was not information that could be obtained easily. Could it be that Black Star had robbed the World Tree's confidential database this time?
The three of them could not help but be dazed.
How many times had they explored the World Tree Civilization? At best, they had only stolen some general information from the internet, but it was all superficial. However, Black Star had only gone once, and he had obtained an explosive harvest. Be it the quality or quantity of the intelligence, it was countless times greater than theirs!
The repeated explorations of the three Universal Civilizations were not even comparable to what Black Star had gained …
The three of them looked at each other with mixed feelings.
When Black Star was their opponent, it gave them a headache. When he was their teammate, he was extremely reliable. It was a pleasure. If not for the confidential information that Black Star had provided, they would not have known how passive the three Universal Civilizations were.
Suppressing the shock in their hearts, the three of them calmed down and focused on browsing the World Tree secrets that Han Xiao had shared. Their expressions kept changing, sometimes serious, sometimes surprised, and sometimes frustrated.
Very soon, the three of them finished reading the information with complicated expressions.
"So this is how we were exposed …"
Louis sighed. Looking at the Information Form Warning Network, they finally understood how the World Tree Civilization had discovered them.
"This kind of technology is impossible to guard against. The World Tree Civilization's research level in the Information Form field is much higher than ours," the Ethereal Pope said with a frown.
"It seems like Black Star is right. It's best if we stop our regular exploration …"
The three of them looked at the information and felt a lot of pressure. At the same time, they were glad.
It was all thanks to Black Star stealing these secrets. Otherwise, if they continued to explore without knowing anything, they might suffer one day. Now that they knew the World Tree's detection methods, they could deal with it.
"… Black Star, how did you get this information?"
Marbruce could not help but ask. The other two also pricked up their ears.
"It's nothing. I just fought with them and interrogated them … By the way, I recorded the abilities of all the high-level combatants of the World Tree who fought with me and sent them to you."
Han Xiao hid his own ability and gave a simple explanation. After thinking about it, he shared the information he had collected with the three of them. The information recorded was not as detailed as the combat information on the interface, but they could roughly understand the abilities and combat strength of more than a hundred World Tree experts.
The purpose of collecting this information was not for his own use but also to let the Beyond Grade As of the explored universe have a basic understanding of the enemy so that they would not be caught off guard. There was no need to hide it.
Seeing the information of more than a hundred World Tree experts, the three of them were stunned.
Good heavens, did you go into stealth or fight?
Fighting more than a hundred high-level combatants in someone else's base, you're just relying on waves!
"Isn't this a little too radical …"
Louis could not help but speak.
Han Xiao looked at him and shrugged. "If we don't come into contact like this, do you think those secrets fall from the sky? Don't worry, although I fought with the enemy, all traces have been cleared. My intelligence channels have monitored the real-time movements of the World Tree Civilization, and they didn't discover anything. "
Hearing this, Marbruce was speechless and was a little moved.
"Black Star, you took such a huge risk to collect information. Everyone will remember your contribution …"
In his opinion, if not for collecting strategic information, Black Star would not have taken the risk to deal with the World Tree experts, causing him to be pursued. All of this was for the big picture.
When the other two realized this, they nodded their heads and sighed.
Han Xiao raised his brows slightly.
Seeing that the three of them had misunderstood his motives, he did not want to explain. He could not wait for the three of them to think that way.
"No matter what, the information you obtained has extremely high strategic significance. It can provide an important reference for our strategic direction."
The three of them sighed for a while before becoming excited.
No matter what, the information Black Star had obtained on this trip had solved their urgent problem. It was more like timely help, enough to change their strategic deployment.
The three of them began to discuss the next step of the plan, asking Han Xiao for his opinion from time to time.
Hearing that the three of them had finally accepted his suggestion and decided to stop the regular exploration, Han Xiao heaved a sigh of relief. He had finally convinced the three Universal Civilizations not to do anything unnecessary. His trust level had increased.
…
Somewhere in the unexplored universe.
Two spindle-shaped dark green spaceships were flying quickly in the endless desolate universe. The concealment device covered the trajectory of the hyperdrive stream.
In the cockpit, more than ten operators were sitting in their respective positions, working hard. No one spoke, and there was only the sound of operations in the room. It was quiet.
The cabin looked clean and tidy, but in some subtle places, there were still traces of time.
Every once in a while, the World Tree Civilization would send exploration teams in different directions, trying to find other civilizations in the vast galaxy. These two spaceships were one of them. The crew did not remember how many years they had been sailing for, as if they were silently wandering in the cold universe.
Suddenly, the radar, which had not moved for many years, sounded.
"Unknown metal object detected, direction …"
The dozen or so people in the room were stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted and immediately controlled the spaceships to fly in the direction indicated by the radar.
The two spaceships dragged streams of light and turned around for a while. Very soon, the object locked onto by the radar entered their field of vision.
Not far away, an egg-shaped metal cabin was slowly moving in the universe with a low-power tail flame. Its shell was mottled, and there were traces of cosmic radiation erosion. It looked like it had been sailing for a long time.
The dozen or so people present looked at the metal cabin on the observation screen, and the same thought appeared in their minds.
"This looks like … an escape pod?"
The group turned on the life detection device, and with extremely high technology, it directly penetrated the shell of the escape pod and detected the life signal inside.
The appearance of the life inside the escape pod was quickly displayed on the screen, which looked like upright crayfish.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
