For the first time in thousands of years, the guardian legion stood outside the line of defense.
The black starship shuttled back and forth in space, sweeping away the lethal corrosion and harmful debris on the battlefield as quickly as possible. Temporary outposts and defense platforms were set up to reinforce the unstable position. The spellcasters among the guardian giants set up Watchful Eyes on the edge of the position to guard against a sudden counterattack by the festered. Everything was going on in an orderly manner.
In other parts of the battlefield, the frighteningly large drone army was also regrouping and withdrawing from the position in an orderly manner. They were setting up bunkers and drone storage further away from the hub, which effectively reduced the guardians' fear of these terrifying machines.
The Naqdal fortress slowly floated to the area where the guardians and the drone army intersected and anchored at this balance point. The new fortress did not have a chance to show its full strength, but in the last ten minutes or so, it intercepted the festered legion with anti-aircraft artillery. It was more or less a baptism of war. Above the Naqdal fortress, the Petrachelys and the guardian's flagship, Aiur, were slowly approaching and establishing a channel connection.
Considering that the guardian giants were more than ten meters tall, it was difficult for them to move around on the Petrachelys. So, Hao Ren and Vivian agreed to Salaman's invitation and boarded the giant ship that looked like a black mountain. The head of the guardian legion welcomed them warmly.
This was not the first time Hao Ren boarded a guardian spacecraft, but it was the first time he boarded a guardian battleship in good condition. Everything inside this huge war machine matched the size of the giants. Everything looked so huge that it left a deep impression on Hao Ren and Vivian. But that was all. They had been dealing with Muru and the other two for a long time, and now they had adapted to the things these giants used.
This would allow Hao Ren to quickly shift his attention from the behemoths around him to his conversation with Salaman.
The leader of the guardians had considered the huge difference in size between the two parties, so he prepared a floating platform for Hao Ren and Vivian so that they could talk at the same height. Vivian was quite satisfied with his courtesy and thoughtfulness.
The bridge of the guardian starship was much livelier than the Petrachelys. This giant starship obviously needed a lot of controllers to operate. Hao Ren looked curiously at the scene in the bridge, and the guardian giants who served as operators and commanders also looked at him curiously. This was an equally novel moment for both sides.
For the first time, the guardian giants came into contact with the forces (or individuals) who called themselves The Observer. They were very interested in this man who looked no different from a human but possessed great power. And Hao Ren's curiosity was even simpler:
It was his first time seeing so many guardian giants! And all of them were panting!
They were all compatriots of Muru and Lemendusa! There were at least two rows of giants standing on the bridge of the lightship! All of them were alive and kicking! If he were to bring them back to the three gardeners in Tannagost, they would probably have a myocardial infarction on the spot.
"Ahem, Hao Ren, be careful, your eyes are staring straight," Vivian noticed that Hao Ren was daydreaming again. She reminded him softly with a hint of helplessness, "Salaman is saying hello to you."
"Ahem," Hao Ren quickly pulled back his wandering thoughts and looked at the giant head in front of him.
Salaman was a guardian giant with an obvious aging appearance. Although the guardians had an almost infinite lifespan and were the standard long-lived species, some of them would still allow their bodies to show signs of aging over time. The old giant in front of him was obviously such a case. His white beard and hair almost covered most of his face, and his exposed skin was obviously loose and wrinkled. However, his eyes were still overflowing with divine light, full of wisdom.
"Commander Salaman, first of all, it's a pleasure to talk to you face to face here," Hao Ren said with a smile on his face. "About the escaped Amantir … I have a lot of questions that I don't quite understand."
"This is my responsibility. I did not expect that the drone army that Your Excellency brought would be so powerful that it could directly defeat those freaks on the battlefield," Salaman said, his voice rumbling like thunder. "I originally just wanted to push the frontline forward, and the guardian legion and the drone army to complete the rendezvous, and then we will discuss the next step."
He first explained why he did not inform Hao Ren about Amantir in advance, but in fact, what he said was indeed the battle process that they had discussed before. The actual result of the drone army was beyond Hao Ren's expectation, and it was at this point that the communication between the two sides went wrong.
Next, the commander explained in detail, "Amantir is indeed the lair of the festered, but it was also an important property of the guardian legion. There is something vital on that planetary battleship that cannot be destroyed in any case."
Hao Ren instantly thought of something, which was the most special item on the entire planetary battleship. "The crystal that acts as the 'navigation computer'?"
"How did you …" Salaman was a little surprised for a moment, but then he figured out the key points. "Yes, Naqdal is now in Your Excellency's hands. I see that its control center is still standing on the surface, so you must have touched the Naqdal crystal under the control center."
"So the crystal is named after the planetary battleship?" Hao Ren mumbled and looked up. "Can you tell us more about the crystal?"
Salaman hesitated this time, and finally shook his head gently. "I'm sorry, this is a confidential matter of the holy land, we can't —"
Before the old giant could finish, Hao Ren pointed to Vivian, who was standing next to him. "Even she is not qualified to know?"
The guardian giants standing nearby looked at each other. Salaman could not help but ask, "She? Who is this lady? "
"If I'm not mistaken, the sprites think that I am their queen," Vivian spread out her hands. "And if I'm not mistaken, I was created by the goddess of creation with her own divine blood. You can say that I'm her daughter."
When Vivian said this, her expression was very strange, a little embarrassed and guilty. It was the first time she introduced her origin so solemnly. The family composition in the household register was so high that the poor countess (now the queen) felt like she was living in a dream.
Of course, what was more embarrassing was that she really did not feel proud to be the queen of those messy sprites.
All the guardian giants had the same expression on their faces: O-O?!
Even Salaman was stunned. After a few seconds, the old giant suddenly put on a serious expression and frowned at the man and woman standing on the platform. "Do you know what you are talking about? This is not something you can joke about. Do you really know what the goddess of creation means? "
"How can I not know? I have been working on this for four years." Hao Ren waved his hand. "All these years, I have been running around this universe looking for the relics of the goddess of creation and trying to reassemble her creations. Ah, this is getting off topic. Let's talk about Vivian's identity. I can assure you that what she said is true. She and I have witnessed everything together. When you were isolated in this ancient galaxy, the outside world had changed beyond your imagination, such as the weakening of the Wall of Reality, the transmigration of a large group of creatures from this universe, and … the goddess of creation had once created a divine avatar, and this divine avatar is standing next to me now. But now my biggest headache is how to prove this to you … "
As he spoke, he looked at Vivian and lowered his voice at the same time. "The biggest problem with your identity as the goddess's daughter is that you do not have proof. When the goddess of creation created you, why did she not give you a function to show your identity? For example, when you meet other guardian giants, you can activate a skill, and then the holy light shrouds the sky and send an oracle …"
Vivian squinted at the sky forty-five degrees. "Your imagination is too … But then again, even if the goddess of creation left me this part of the setting, what use is it? First, I am only half of the divine avatar, and second, I have lost my memory. "
As the two muttered, Salaman's eyes became more and more serious. His first reaction was that the two in front of him were talking nonsense, but his rational mind told him that no one would joke about this topic.
They were discussing the gods and the survival of the world.
And most importantly, this matter involved the deepest secrets, and it was not something anyone could find out. If the mortal races of this universe did not know, how would the 'observers' from outside the known world know?
The fact that they could talk about this matter so matter-of-factly was very telling.
"There is one thing I need to correct," Salaman suddenly said. "We are indeed locked in this galaxy, but this does not mean that we know nothing about what you said. In fact, we are the ones who know all of this, or at least most of the truth. The large number of creatures that you mentioned must be the Yggdrasil Ark project. Although I have not personally experienced it, I know my mother has this plan. I also know about the divine doppelganger you mentioned, and I even know that this divine doppelganger has an identity on the Yggdrasil Ark … a guide. "
Now it was Hao Ren's turn to be shocked: O-O?!
These guardian giants were the witnesses of the goddess of creation's various deathbed plans?!
So guarding this place was also part of the plan?
Hao Ren was in a trance for a moment, and then he realized that everything was logical.
Vivian was the divine avatar of the goddess of creation, the guide of the Yggdrasil Ark. Her soul stored the star map of Star Cluster X, and the deepest part of Star Cluster X was where the crystal planet 'Heart' was located. Salaman and his legion were stationed here, of course, they would know a lot of things.
"The sprites can prove her identity," Hao Ren said seriously. "Vivian once activated the Naqdal Crystal. The sprites were present at the time, and they said that this is the symbol of the queen."
There was a burst of exclamation and discussion on the bridge. The whispers of the guardian giants sounded like muffled thunder. Salaman had to raise his voice to silence everyone. "Silence! Silence! Did you just say that she can activate the Naqdal Crystal? "
"Yes," Hao Ren said. "Is this the proof?"
"No, it is not enough to activate the Naqdal Crystal, but we have other ways to verify the identity of the guide."
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