Truth be told, Hao Ren had no idea what the creature that popped out of nowhere was. Based on his first impression, he decided to call it a sprite.
It was a humanoid creature that was only as tall as his calf. It was like a human that had shrunk in proportion. This little creature looked like a female, wearing a light blue dress of unknown material. She had very beautiful and exquisite facial features, and at the same time, she had a translucent body that looked like a spirit. She had long hair, and the ends of her long hair rippled with fine electric light as if they were charged. Glimmering particles constantly sprinkled out from the jumping electric light and scattered around this fairy.
The sprite carefully came out of the grass and stood about ten meters in front of Hao Ren. She carefully observed the big guy in front of her from this "safe distance". Her eyes were full of curiosity and alertness, but her face was tense and she did not say a word.
Was this the creature that was making so much noise earlier? Now it's quiet … In other words, it would usually be noisy with its own people, but once it got nervous, it would be speechless?
The two of them stared at each other for a long time. Hao Ren thought that he had fully proved his friendliness through his kind smile and harmless body language, so he waved at the sprite not far away. "Let's —"
Before he could finish, he heard the sprite in front of him exclaim, "It spoke!" and then turned around and ran back into the grass.
"Is there something wrong with my expression …" Hao Ren was stunned and did not know how to react. "Why did it suddenly run away?"
"I think this time you can understand how Wang usually feels when he goes out." Vivian sighed and looked at Hao Ren, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Perhaps creatures of our size are very scary in front of these little people?"
"I don't think so. The residents here are much bigger than us." The corners of Hao Ren's mouth curled up slightly as he raised his finger and pointed to the very old temples and cities in the distance. "Look over there, doesn't the style look a little familiar?"
Vivian looked in the direction where Hao Ren was pointing, and a look of surprise and realization appeared on her face. "That's … the architectural style of the Gate of Solenne?!"
"Yes, the city of the guardian giants." Hao Ren put down his hand and said with confusion and thoughtfulness, "Before I landed, I noticed the architectural style on the surface. There's no doubt that it's the work of the guardian giants. I just don't know why the residents here are only thirty to forty centimeters tall … little beans."
Just as Vivian was about to say something, she heard a series of rustling noises coming from the surrounding bushes. Then, one by one, tiny creatures emerged from the bushes.
All of them were only thirty to forty centimeters tall, wearing light blue skirts or trousers of the same texture. Their bodies were slightly transparent like spiritual creatures. After so many of them gathered together, Hao Ren found that it was impossible to distinguish the genders of these 'sprites' from their appearance. They all had the same exquisite face. If it were not for the difference in clothes, no one would be able to tell their gender just by looking at their faces!
Hao Ren had no idea where these little creatures had been hiding before, but now they all came out at once. Hao Ren was dumbfounded as more and more of them gathered around him. There were countless bright electric sparks jumping between them as if they were communicating with each other in this way.
Even though there were so many of them, the sprites still did not take the initiative to speak or approach them. Countless pairs of bright eyes stared curiously at the two uninvited guests in front of them. After being stared at for less than half a minute, Hao Ren felt goosebumps all over his body. He had no choice but to take the initiative and say, "… We are here to help. Can you send a representative?"
The sprites were shocked by Hao Ren's voice again. They took half a step back at the same time, but this time, they did not run away. Instead, they looked at each other and suddenly burst into a wave of voices.
"Oh, oh, oh! He really spoke! He really spoke! He's talking to us! "
"It looks very strange! Shouldn't the guardian giants be very tall? This one looks so short! "
"But he's still much taller than us!" "Nonsense, of course he's taller than us. Many things are taller than us!" "He definitely can't get into the secondary pressure relief pipe." "But we can't get in either — the secondary pressure relief pipe is so narrow." "I can! I got in the last time! "" You're lying! "
As expected, the sprites quarreled again, and their quarrel was completely disorderly and illogical. Hao Ren only said one sentence before he was completely excluded from the communication circle of these little creatures. He stared at them for a long time before he finally could not take it anymore and waved his hand. "Listen to me! Can you send a representative to communicate with me?! "
The sprites were startled, and then there was a more heated discussion and noise. But this time, when Hao Ren was about to lose it, they actually chose a few representatives. When Hao Ren saw the three timid little creatures coming out of the group and approaching him, he was so moved that he almost burst into tears.
Finally, he could communicate with these strange creatures normally … maybe?
"So, you are the representatives, right?" Hao Ren swore that he had never had such a strange third contact since he took up the job. He felt that he was not meeting the representatives of the survivors as an inspector, but a teacher in a kindergarten. "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Hao Ren. This is my partner and assistant, Vivian Ancestor. This little guy is Lil Pea, and this flying brick is called the MDT. We come from a distant world. When we passed by here, we found you fighting with the festered monsters. Because we are also at war with the festered monsters, we came to help."
The MDT flew out and said, "Buddy, that's not right! I've given myself the name Pattianne … "
No one paid attention to the neurotic PDA. The little creatures standing in front of Hao Ren looked up at Hao Ren and said, "Oh, oh, oh! We want to thank you! "" Yes, yes, thank you for your help! Otherwise, we would have died this time! "" Are you from far away? Very, very far? "" So there are such powerful guys in other places! We thought the guardian giants were the most powerful! " "The guardian giants are also super powerful. They just don't have enough people …" "I didn't say that the guardian giants are not powerful …" "It feels like we are the only ones who are not powerful."
A layer of sweat appeared on Hao Ren's forehead. The situation did not change much after they sent out a few representatives! These little creatures were just talking to themselves! He did not dare to imagine how such a bunch of messy creatures could form their own civilization and survive in this dangerous Star Zone until today …
Perhaps they were not a complete independent civilization?
Hao Ren could not help but look at the magnificent ruins in the distance.
Apart from these huge buildings belonging to the guardian giants, there seemed to be nothing on the surface that these little creatures built. They should be living in the guardian giants' cities and temples.
Despite the bad habit of talking to themselves, the three little creatures were more or less better than their compatriots. They could still communicate with Hao Ren in the midst of the noise.
When Hao Ren asked about the origin of this space continent, the sprites shouted, "This planet is called Naqdal! A very powerful Naqdal! "" Planet is a thing of the past! Now this is actually a fragment of Naqdal after it exploded. "" But this fragment is huge! "" Naqdal was built by the guardian giants. The guardian giants are very powerful. " "But the enemy is also very powerful. They have a fortress called Amantir, and they destroyed Naqdal."
As long as Hao Ren asked a question, the sprites would immediately respond with 10,000 answers. This indeed allowed Hao Ren to collect more information, but at the same time, it made the information chaotic. There was no time to analyze the seemingly connected but in fact, the order was a mess. Fortunately, Hao Ren came down with the data terminal. The data processing ability of the MDT allowed it to synchronize all the information and organize it into a general order, so Hao Ren was not completely confused by the noisy sprites.
From the sprites' introduction, Hao Ren learned that this space continent used to be part of a planet called Naqdal, and this so-called 'planet' turned out to be an armed fortress!
It did not seem wrong to describe it as a planetary battleship.
The surface buildings, underground pipes, and machinery that Hao Ren had observed in space were not fortresses at all. They were just parts of a larger fortress. When the planet was intact, it had a powerful planetary shield and propulsion capability, as well as some kind of terrible doomsday weapon. It was one of the most powerful weapons that Hao Ren had ever heard of in this universe.
However, another planetary fortress, Amantir, launched an attack on Naqdal.
The two fortresses were of similar strength, and one side launched a sneak attack when the other side was unprepared. The result was, of course, no suspense. The planet that the sprites lived on was blown into pieces, and then in the form of wreckage, it wandered the universe.
"Amantir was also built by the guardian giants?" Vivian frowned.
"Yes, yes! All three planetary fortresses were built by the guardian giants! "" Each of the fortresses had a doomsday weapon called the Apocalypse Torrent! " "But Naqdal's Apocalypse Torrent did not have time to aim …" "So Amantir blew it up!" "But Amantir seemed to be broken too. Its doomsday weapon seemed to be damaged when it was used …" "Then they suddenly started fighting!"
Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other and read the same message in each other's eyes.
A civil war between the guardian giants?
Or … a war between the festered and the unfestered?
(Recommend a book, Revolution Goddess. The style of writing is light and imaginative. Follow the goddess in the otherworld to revolutionize the mortals. Read it if you are interested.)
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