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After speaking, Joshua stared at the creature in front of him, who called himself the 'Atrium Man'.
This is a race that has a humanoid form, but bears a striking resemblance to the Treants. If you take Mill Habs as the average point, they are generally tall, basically about two meters tall, with two observation organs and an extremely developed psionic core on their heads, and they have mouths, but they have no ears, nose and other facial features, and they look slightly permeable at a glance, because their essence is still caused by plants.
The body structure of the Atrium people is similar to that of humans, but after Joshua's observation, he found that their internal organs are extremely special, their thinking center is located at the spine, a flexible translucent strip similar to the core of a tree, with many dense tiny tentacles on it, and all other organs and even the entire body are grown from the tentacles of this spine. In addition, the core of the tree also has the ability to make sounds by vibrating the air through psionic energy, and it is supposed to be used to communicate with the same kind of people who have not developed psionic energy to communicate with the mind.
In general, the appearance of the atrium people has a strange sense of disobedience, in Joshua's opinion, they definitely have a more suitable appearance for themselves, but for various reasons, they forcibly distorted themselves into their current appearance.
And the facts proved this - I saw a slight fluctuation of energy, and the fibrous cortex on the top and bottom of Millhabs's body that he was holding up was rapidly regenerated under the impetus of psionic energy, and it was roughly all regenerated in just a few seconds. This fibrous cortex is unusually tight, showing a slightly transparent grayish-white, after being covered by this cortex, Millhabs, who could only barely be said to be a human form composed of countless roots and leaves, immediately became extremely similar to the appearance of a McCrof human - a tall and calm middle-aged man, the only thing that can be seen is that the hair of the atrium man is a layer of green thick leaves, and the roots like willow branches can be seen at the bottom.
- This race, imitating the appearance of the sages, has lost its own appearance by 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 appearance of this multiverse, because of the different environments and ecology, each race will have a shell that is most suitable for their civilization, it is obvious that the atrium people who are essentially plant life are not suitable for the human form, but they rely on superb spiritual energy and self-transformation, and they actually modified their race into this.
But this matter was not important, and after sorting out his thoughts a little, Joshua opened his mouth and asked, "I already know that you are about to face the attack of the Void Behemoth...... But I don't know the specifics yet, can you elaborate on it. β
Through the link of the power of steel, he can now converse with the leader of the Atrium in front of him, who calls himself Mill Habs, but this does not mean that Joshua has learned the language of the Atrium people, in fact, all the scientists and fleet commanders around him who watched this scene through psionic live streaming and various camera recording devices can only hear the pronunciation of a completely different civilization from theirs, but it is muffled and frustrated.
"Mr. Consul's psionic link is wrapped in an unfamiliar power - he understands the language of that void being!"
"Analyze as soon as possible! A well-meaning, communicative Void being who looks so similar to the Void Sage...... He may be on the side of the true Sage! β
In the analysis of the Void Life Incident Handling Committee, referred to as the Committee's subordinate analysis, dozens of the most knowledgeable linguists of the current Atrium civilization who had been prepared for a long time began to analyze Joshua's voice, expression, and intonation through the camera, and the psionic link from Mill Habs provided them with great convenience, and also made them more clearly understand the kindness expressed by this Void Life.
Since a thousand years ago, since the awakening of all the spiritual energy of the atrium people, there have been more and more human spiritual energy resonance with each other, linking, and finally forming a huge spiritual energy network that almost envelops the entire atrium star, through this network, the vast majority of people with developed spiritual energy can achieve zero-delay information exchange through this network, Mil Habs, as the strongest psychic person in the atrium star, can naturally link with this network, so under its deliberate openness, these linguists can know the meaning of what the warrior just said.
"Why hasn't Mill Habs done it yet?!"
On the other side, high in the sky, in the flagship of the Precursor, Taquinn looked at the broadcast on the bridge, not only did he not rejoice in his heart, but grabbed the crutch in his hand hard, and the wrinkles on the slightly old commander's face were stacked layer by layer, and it could be seen that it was extremely nervous: "The energy peak of the Psionic Pillar is about to fall!" If you don't take advantage of the entire planet's psionic power to control that guy now, there will be no more chance! β
Unlike other Atrium leaders who were optimistic about Joshua's actions, Taquin, who had personally experienced the war against the Crystal Insects, was extremely wary of any Void Life, and in its opinion, although Joshua didn't start destroying it in the first place, wasn't the same with the Crystal Insects back then? In the few years since it was summoned, the crystal insect has not only made a great contribution to the material science of the entire Atrium civilization, but it has even excavated several asteroid mines that could not be mined with the technology at that time, providing a large amount of resources for the Atrium people.
But in the end, it fought back, not only emptying out all the benefits it brings, but also devastated the Atrium, plunging into a dark age of civil strife and division, until more than a thousand years later, the Atrium went to the stars again.
Momentary kindness is meaningless, and who knows if this void life will be frightened into turning against itself when it sees that asteroid-like void beast? At a time when the entire civilization is dying and dying, in order to avoid all accidents, Taquin believes that it is better to use powerful psionic energy to control each other than to communicate.
And there are actually quite a few high-ranking military officials who think similarly to him. These Atrium people, who have more or less experienced the dark age of that year, are extremely wary of all outside life, and in their cognition, Joshua is a powerful and uncontrollable extremely dangerous force, the most dangerous double-edged sword used by the Atrium people, if they don't use strong means, they are likely to be slashed by this sword in turn.
On the solemn stage, Mill Habs, who had recovered from the impact of a series of actions after Joshua's arrival, smiled a little embarrassedly, it didn't need a spiritual link, it could guess what its old friends thought, they must be desperately shouting behind the screen to let themselves preside over the ceremony, control the void life in front of it that called itself [Joshua Van Radcliffe], but not to mention that it actually didn't want to do this, even if it wanted to, it couldn't do it!
From the very beginning, its control of the ritual was taken away by a powerful will on the other side of the Void Veil, and although the mighty pillar of psionic light seemed to be controlled by it, it had in fact completely become someone else's, and when it came to control, it was ...... Through instinctive psionic sensing, Mill Habs could sense the terrifying existence of this creature in front of himβaround him, there were almost endless, hundreds of thousands of fragments of pure psionic energy, which contained endless resentment and despair.
It was these fragments that had eroded the psionic light pillar and released the despair aura before, but now, the psionic fragments that almost caused the entire Atrium Central Fleet to be in chaos at that time were honestly staying around this existence, without the slightest movement.
- Control a super life that can suppress hundreds of thousands of resentment fragments and still have nothing to do? Tarquin, this is not a simple-minded void creature like a crystal insect, with almost no intelligence...... It's a far more existential existence than you and I can imagine.
An existence associated with the Void Sage.
Thinking of this, the Supreme Archon of the Holy Council, Mill Habs, bowed cautiously and respectfully to Joshua, and while shaking the atmosphere with his psionic energy, he communicated with the warrior spirit in his mind: "Your zeal for the crisis of our people is truly impressive...... However, the information related to the Void Behemoths is all in the [Mother Tree Hall], which is closely guarded by several omega-level psionic beings, so there is no way to display it immediately. But if you want to, I'll take you there right away. β
"The sooner the better, the invasions of Chaos never wait, they can attack at any moment."
Nodding slightly, Joshua's personality has always been so direct, he came to this world to eradicate chaos and complete the task of dominating the will of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground, the politics, conspiracy, anxiety and joy of the people in the atrium have nothing to do with him, after a pause, the warrior said: "Introduce your civilization." β
"Yes."
Mire Habs took Joshua down the solemn platform on the top of the holy mountain, in Joshua's sense, this strange shape, the material is even more peculiar The temple platform contains an obvious sage atmosphere, and there is also an almost infinite amount of spiritual sustenance of the atrium people, no wonder the ceremony of gathering strength to summon him is to be held here, if it is not here, the spiritual power gathered by millions of people will definitely not be condensed to the point that it can tear the wall of the world.
And in Mill Habs's narration, Joshua also has a general understanding of the civilization of the Atrium people.
Millions of years ago. The ancestor of the Atrium people, a strange tree that multiplied by splitting the root system, suddenly had the ability to sense psionic energy because of various changes such as frequent thunderstorms and volcanic eruptions at that time, because of the stimulation of psionic energy, this psionic plant gradually possessed wisdom and began to understand the meaning of self, and although the sub-plant it split out of lost its spiritual energy, it inherited that wisdom, which was the beginning of the civilization of the Atrium people.
After millions of years of continuous tempering and evolution, today's Atrium people, under the guidance of the [Void Sage] and their own unremitting efforts, have become a powerful interstellar race that can explore the starry sky and colonize the appearance, but due to the characteristics of their own psionic plant life, they actually do not like to migrate, but settle in their hometown, although the lifespan is long to thousands of years, but the reproduction rate is unimaginably slow.
An Atriumphant can exchange pollen with another Atriumite - that is, the reproductive information is used to give birth to subplants, which are divided from the core at their spine, a process that lasts for 75~125 years, during which the psionic level of the Atrium people who give birth to the sub-plants will drop by several levels until the sub-plant is divided. If you really don't want to socialize with people, then the single atrium person can also split himself, and the time is the same.
Although it takes a long time to conceive, it is fortunate that the descendants of the Atrium people have the knowledge of their parents at birth, and those who are too advanced may be forgotten due to the imperfection of their thinking organs, but the basic knowledge can be passed on, which greatly saves the time of education. An Atrium person will probably only give birth to 2~3 descendants of the daughter plant in his life, 1~3 daughter plants each time, and the slow population increase makes them not like to fight, because once they lose a large number of their kindred, if the population is not replenished, the entire civilization may collapse, and it is precisely because of this that the slaughter of the Leaf Court Star by the crystal insects will cause such a long sequelae.
The political structure of the Atrium resembles that of a human republic, ruled by the Divine Council, an arbiter of a large number of elite psionics, and the Supreme Consul, who is the strongest psionic on the planet. When he said this, Mill Habs showed a slightly tired wry smile, as a leader of civilization, although it has great power, but the responsibility it bears is also huge, just like this time in charge of the Void Gate ceremony, if it is not Joshua who summons but some other terrifying Void Monster, it will definitely be the first to die as a summoner.
"Actually, the supreme leader of the Atrium people is not me."
After smiling bitterly, Mill Habs took Joshua to the temple group under the high platform, and it said helplessly: "Although the Supreme Consul is said to be for life, as long as someone surpasses me in spiritual strength, I will be replaced within four years, and the same is true of the hundred members of the Holy Council, and both the Supreme Consul and the Holy Council serve the real supreme leader." β
"Oh? So who is that supreme leader? β
Hearing this, Joshua asked with some curiosity, although he already had some guesses in his heart, he still wanted Milhabs to say it himself.
"It's hard to put into words...... When you head to the Mother Tree Hall, you'll probably understand. β
Milhabs really didn't seem to know how to describe it well, so he could only skip this paragraph, and in the temple, there were already many priests in the atrium wearing robes who were respectfully waiting for instructions, even if Joshua, who was a void being, walked in front of them, these priests with strong psionic abilities and wills did not look up or even glance at them, and just after Millhabs said the word Mother Tree Hall, a priest who was obviously the leader stepped forward and said respectfully: "The Psionic Leap Gate is ready, Mr. Supreme Consul, it is ready to use at any time. β
"Okay, I got it."
After a brief response to the leading priest, Mill Habs then led Joshua in the direction of the Psionic Gateway, and as he went, he asked cautiously, "Mr. Radcliffe...... You seem to be aware of the existence of the Void Sage? Excuse me, ...... Him"
This is simply nonsense, not to mention Joshua's previous reaction to the water droplets, this appearance alone can prove that he has a great relationship with the sage, not to mention that the warrior himself was pulled by the distress message sent by the sage's relic, but knowing is knowing, and admitting a certain situation is more important than the tacit fact, so Mill Habs still asked around the corner.
"The sages are among the builders of civilization in our world."
Joshua thought for a moment about the Atrium Archon's question, and then replied in the simplest way, "He is not just the Sage of your world, He is of many worlds. The sages are greater than you think, and you were able to summon me because of the foreshadowing that the sages left behind. β
"And I, on the other hand, am His successor for dozens of generations."
For the strength and open-mindedness of the sages, Joshua sincerely felt admiration. Not to mention anything else, the teleportation of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground alone that was enough to cross the multiverse was far beyond many people's imagination, not to mention the wonderful abilities of the Will of Domination.
Of course, the warrior could sense that the moment he was summoned, the huge pillar of psionic light wanted to invade his spirit and control himself. This is actually the standard configuration of many summoning rituals, and many warlocks summon demons like this, otherwise how can those summoned beings be able to cast spell orders? Although Joshua thought that he was not weak, he was still inferior to the combined force of a planet's psionic power, but in the last period of teleportation, the ruling will forcibly took over the control of the ritual, which not only made the atrium people no longer able to rely on the psionic light pillar to control him, but also greatly increased his strength.
You must know that in the sixth abyss, Joshua's full force form was only about 100 meters, and after more than half a year of tempering, it was only a little more than 140 meters, and under the increase of the spiritual energy light pillar, he could easily condense a steel giant of 400 meters or even larger, you know, at that time, Joshua had not fully understood the power of steel in this strange world, and he could not exert his full strength, but he could use the power beyond the original limit in his non-full strength state, and this increase can only be described as terrifying.
Walking through the quaint rocky corridor and following Millhabs around the corner, Joshua had already seen the Psionic Gateway in the center of the temple on the top of the hill not far awayβa strange psionic creature that was somewhat similar to the portal on the Microf Continent, and it seemed that the two civilizations were not much different in terms of time and space.
"It's almost time to be put on combat alert."
Thinking of this, the warrior took off the giant sword and the giant axe behind his back, and the next moment, accompanied by a strong wave of magic power, in the nervous and wary gaze of Mill Habs, who turned his head sharply, a curious Hotaru and a calm Rin appeared in front of the Supreme Archon of the Atrium.
"The magic of this place is thin, master." The silver-haired girl's psionic body flickered a little, she first closed her eyes and sensed the free energy around her, and then said with some worry: "To be precise, it's not thin, but it's very different from the world of McCrof, and Rin and I may not be able to operate for a long time." β
"That's true...... There is a feeling that the magic here is mixed with the natural power of the elves......" Rin turned his head and looked in the direction where the solemn platform was located, and said to himself in a strange way: "Hey, master, look, that fluctuation is a little familiar......"
Without being reminded, Joshua had already turned around and looked at the solemn platform, which was the high platform where Mill Habs held the Void Gate ceremony, and he also sensed an extremely familiar fluctuation, and the warrior couldn't help but say, "Won't it?" How can it be?! β
At this time, Millhabs and the surrounding temple priests were still in shock at seeing Hotaru and Rin suddenly appear, and the Supreme Archon blinked his three eyes and said in some disbelief: "I didn't find out...... We actually summoned three Void Beings at once?! β
Without waiting for its shock to continue to ferment, outside the temple, on the solemn platform on the top of the mountain, a huge will like a machine descended again, accompanied by a violent wave like the sea in time and space, a dark blue space-time gate suddenly appeared in the center of the high platform - before Joshua could communicate with the will of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground that appeared again, a figure rushed out of the space-time gate and came to the high platform.
Sensing the familiar aura, in the blink of an eye, Joshua appeared outside the temple, he flew up to the high platform, and looked at the figure that suddenly appeared, even if he was as calm as a warrior, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Nostradamus?!" What are you doing here?! β
And Mirehabs, who followed Joshua's footsteps to the outside of the temple and looked at the place where the huge energy fluctuations were, was completely shocked and speechless-
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