Chapter 145 Astropath
After that, Duanmuhuai and Dardaniel chatted for a while. As expected by Duanmuhuai, Dardaniel's merchant ship came from the Holy City, so Duanmuhuai also asked him about the guardian. The current situation of the galaxy where it is located.
It's no wonder Duanmu Huai is so cautious. In fact, the current galaxy is a complete mess.
Basically, after the end of the human empire, the remaining human civilization is divided into two types. One is like the Yajin people, who still remember some of the empire's history. Another way is to be like the humans on the planet that was invaded by demons, who forgot where their ancestors were eighty years ago.
And more importantly, because currently few human civilizations in the entire galaxy are capable of inter-galactic operations, this has resulted in such an embarrassing scene that makes people laugh or cry.
Human civilizations that remember the history of the empire basically believe that they are the only successors of mankind and represent the final glory of the empire. Well, in fact, in the galaxy, this empire has only eight hundred glory if not a thousand. At least you are not the first. indivual.
Human civilization that does not remember the history of the empire, although it is not unknown that there are other civilized races in the universe, but when you go to communicate with him, he will be very confused, why do you, an "alien", grow up with Are humans the same?
Is there some conspiracy in this?
The civilization that inherited the history of the empire is not much better - I originally thought I was the only crown prince, but then you told me that I have one hundred and eighty brothers and sisters competing with me for the throne?
How can I put it... From a player's perspective, this is annoying. Especially when it comes to reclaiming those "undeveloped star areas", the other party will not welcome the players, and may even express dissatisfaction or even hostility. Therefore, later on, if players want to contact other civilizations, the best way is to first find out clearly about these Rogue Traders who are running around the galaxy. After all, the interstellar civilizations that have had contact with Rogue Traders can be considered to have broadened their horizons. I won't be like those indigenous civilizations that haven't even ventured out of their own galaxy, and are always full of delusions of persecution that "there are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me."
Fortunately, according to Dardaniel, the current guardian civilization is still relatively open-minded. Of course, it is not without its troubles. They seemed to have experienced a war before. Anyway, the entire Guardian civilization is still huddled in the galaxy. As for their combat effectiveness... well, it is quite average. After all, they have not even left their own galaxy. The level of technology can be imagined.
In any case, at least the other party has some understanding of the situation in the Milky Way, and is not too hostile to foreign civilizations... Well, that's enough.
It’s not that Duanmu Huai has never come into contact with the guardian civilization in the game, but that was in the middle of the game. One of the obvious features of "Xinghai OL" is that all changes are real-time. In other words, the order of players has an impact.
For example, if a player first encounters a civilization and he is friendly to this civilization, then this civilization will also maintain a certain degree of favorability towards other players who come here next.
But if a player shows hostility to a civilization that he meets for the first time or even does something bad, then the civilization will hate the civilization and have the same attitude towards other players.
Therefore, the attitudes of the forces Duanmuhuai met in the game does not mean that they will be the same as in reality. After all, who knows how the first players in the game encountered these civilizations and dealt with them, so that these civilizations developed their own Perception changed?
But now, at least Duanmuhuai got good news.
After the transaction was completed, Dardaniel happily left with the Holy Grail-class battleship. Before leaving, he also left his communication channel and said that if Duanmu Huai had anything to trade, he could contact him at any time. . Of course, considering that the human empire has collapsed and now adopts the barter method, Rogue Traders like Dardaniel are still worth making friends with.
Duanmu Huai also returned to the mothership with his trophies, although generally speaking, judges have the habit of saving their trophies. But for players, this kind of thing is not as convenient as directly converting it into building points.
So Duanmu Huai's spoils from this gang battle were 3 building points and a dirty kid.
"Go and clean this kid up."
Duanmu Huai handed the little guy in his hand to the maid next to him and gave a casual instruction. The latter nodded in agreement and took the unconscious kid to the bathroom.
After a series of scrubbing, disinfecting, cleaning and other tasks, the newly cleaned kid appeared in front of Duanmu Huai again.
This is a little girl with blond hair, who looks to be about ten years old. Her eyes are covered with cloth and she is wearing a simple coat.
"Hello, dear sir..."
Standing in front of Duanmuhuai, the girl was obviously nervous, but luckily she couldn't see...otherwise she might have fainted.
But for Duanmu Huai, he was more curious about the language the girl used - the language she used was mixed with a certain amount of Gothic, which showed that the girl was likely to be born in a very noble family. In the family of psykers. After all, ordinary people will not learn this technical language.
"Are you an Astropath?"
"Yes..."
"What's wrong with your eyes???"
Duanmuhuai stared at the cloth covering the girl's eyes and asked curiously, and the latter suddenly became excited when she heard his question.
"This, this is to obtain God's guidance, so my father made me lose my eyesight. Only in this way can I obtain a higher level of revelation..."
"Haah..."
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes silently. It is true that most astropaths are basically blind, but it is not because they are blind that they have powerful spiritual powers. On the contrary, these astropaths are because they are blind. When training, they will perform a ritual called the Soul Binding Ritual. This ritual is to use the purity of the Lord of Mankind to purify the stains on the body and mind of the psyker, reshape their neural structure, and allow Their wills are more resistant to the temptations of chaos. And only after going through this ceremony can one become a qualified astropath.
Since the Emperor's power attacks neutral structures such as the optic nerve, most astropaths will become blind after undergoing the ritual.
But now, listening to what this girl said, they actually think that blindness is the growth factor that can turn a person into an astropath?
You haven't been blessed and purified by the emperor, so you do this, aren't you putting the cart before the horse?
But it's no wonder, the human empire has been around for so many thousand years, and the efficacy and process of those rituals have probably been forgotten long ago.
"Since you are an Astropath, I will let you continue your work aboard my ship."
Duanmu Huai restrained his thoughts and looked at the girl in front of him.
"However, I must warn you that subspace is more terrifying than you think, so I ask you to capture and transmit information to subspace only with my permission. Do you understand? If you violate me command, then I promise to throw you out of this battleship the next moment and turn you into a corpse in the cold space.”
"Yes, yes, sir, I understand."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, the girl nodded nervously.
"What's your name?"
"They all call me Hitomi, sir."
"Okay, Hitomi, you can go down, I will have someone prepare the room for you."
Duanmu Huai made a gesture, and soon another maid came over and left the command room with Hitomi.
It was only then that An Cai looked at Duanmu Huai angrily.
"Mr. Knight, you were too cruel to that child just now."
"Yes, Lord Knight, that child was captured by pirates just now. I think you should be kinder to her...at least don't make her so scared..."
Lorena also gave her own suggestions. Obviously, they were not used to seeing Duanmu Huai treat such a little girl so forcefully.
Looking at them, Duanmu Huai also shook his head.
"I don't want to do it, but I have to do it, because the kid is an astropath and has great potential."
"Astropath?" "Simply put, she can feel messages from other worlds, including whispers from evil gods or demons. If she is not careful, maybe at some point, this child will become The devil’s minions and accomplices”
"Is there such a thing?"
Ann was shocked when she heard this, while Lorena frowned.
"Ugh... Listening to what the Lord Knight said, I also remembered that it seems that some people can easily feel the existence of demons and their words... Could it be that the child is one of them, in this case... ”
"Do you have any idea? Lorena?"
Duanmu Huai looked at Lorena and asked curiously. After all, in this world, he knew that there were only a few ways to protect astropaths from being contaminated by chaos, and there was currently no way to use it. Lorena didn't know Over there, is there any way?
"I can go back to the church and ask the Archbishop for help."
Lorena thought for a moment, then spoke.
"Go ahead, if you can find a way to solve this problem, that's a good choice."
"Yes, then, Sir Knight, I will take my leave first."
After saying this, Lorena also hurriedly bowed, then passed through the portal and returned to her world. An looked at the portal in front of him in surprise and couldn't help but sigh.
"I didn't expect that this world really has everything."
"When you go to more places, you will know that there is no shortage of all kinds of strange things everywhere."
Duanmu Huai shook his head and sat back on the chair. Of course, he did not forget to send a murderous doll to lurk in Hitomi's room and stare at her. After all, Duanmu Huai had already heard from the leader of the Star Thieves that the reason why he tied the little girl next to his chair was because the little girl could always point out where there was something like a prophet. This is also the reason why he was able to successfully catch the Risk Assessment launching an attack, and it is obvious that Hitomi may have communicated with the Warp and Chaos.
I don’t know if what is inside this little girl’s body is her or something else.
But no matter what, it's better to be careful.
After that, the battleship followed the star map route obtained from Dardaniel and headed towards the galaxy where the Guardian civilization was located. After two days of sailing, Duanmu Huai's battleship finally arrived at the Guardian galaxy.
"What are we going to do next, Mr. Knight?"
At this moment, An also came close to Duanmuhuai, looking impatiently at the galaxy in front of her, while Duanmuhuai touched the little head of Ogis next to him, and then looked forward.
"Anyway, we are guests from afar, let's say hello to them first... Mia, send a message."
"Okay~~Master."
After hearing Duanmuhuai's order, Mia replied in her unique light tone, and then opened the communication.
"This is the Inquisition battleship Pink Bunny. Please answer if you hear me... We are Pink Bunny..."
"Woo......"
Listening to Miya's chatty tone, Duanmuhuai and Ojisi didn't react at all, while An, Gu Leiya and Lorena turned red.
"Mr. Knight, why do you have to call me this name!"
"Isn't there a better name?"
"Isn't this good?"
Facing the complaints from An and other girls, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.
"The name is not directly proportional to the combat power. It's not just that your name is nice, it must be powerful. Pink Bunny is so awesome. Just look at this name. Who dares to hit us?"
"Uh..."
Faced with Duanmu Huai's confident answer, An was speechless for a while.
"Reporting to the owner, the other party did not respond. It seems that the communication system has failed..."
But at this time, Mia repaid Duanmuhuai.
"Communication failure?"
Hearing Mia's return, Duanmu Huai frowned. Generally speaking, this kind of thing shouldn't happen. Could it be that the Guardian Civilization is in trouble?
"I feel it..."
At this moment, Hitomi, who had been standing in front of the window, suddenly spoke. Her hands were tightly holding a pendant hanging around her neck - that was what Lorena had obtained from the archbishop before. A sacred weapon to ward off evil spirits and expel demons. According to Lorena, this can protect Hitomi's soul from being tainted and eroded by demons.
Of course, only God knows how useful it will be.
Hearing Tong's words, Duanmu Huai looked at her.
"What did you feel?"
"Angry...hatred...boiling rage...I can feel that just in front...there is something...wanting to destroy everything..."
"Oh?"
Hearing Tong's answer, a cold light flashed in Duanmu Huai's eyes.
"Then, let's go and take a look and find out."
(End of chapter)