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"It's over..." one of the starfish immortals muttered to himself, "That demonic scientist really did catch up..."
"What exactly does he want? Does he want to wipe out our entire empire? We only destroyed one of humanity's colonies. Is he going to keep chasing after us like this?"
The immortals present were all founders of the Sethsar Empire. They had all experienced the war between the starfish and humans. Therefore, when they learned that Zhou Qing himself had come, their sorrow was beyond words.
Furthermore, since the starfish are all psionic races, each of them possesses powerful psionic abilities. As a large group of powerful psionic beings were in low spirits, the resulting psionic influence was directly revealed in the physical universe.
As a race highly sensitive to psionic energy, the Eldar were able to keenly sense changes in psionic energy, and Evelynn sensed the deep-seated fear within the starfish before her.
But feeling it doesn't mean he understands it. He doesn't understand why this is the case, or what they are afraid of.
The Cessar Empire occupies 40 worlds in the entire Large Magellanic Cloud system and possesses a powerful fleet, even capable of contending with the Necromancers of the Space!
They possess a wide variety of faster-than-light travel capabilities, powerful planetary warships, and even warships as large as stars.
Even space undead need to be wary of them. Why would such a powerful civilization be so afraid of tiny humans?
Even if the combat power displayed by humanity's 108 worlds is indeed overwhelmingly strong, these seafood creatures probably don't know this, there must be some secret behind it!!
Evelyn has realized that these starfish definitely have a secret, and Zhou Qing is definitely the mastermind behind a huge secret.
Even if she was very curious, she didn't dare to ask. Right now, she was just living under someone else's roof.
And where did they get the audacity to ask these starfish why they were so afraid of Zhou Qing?
As the regent of the starfish, Strand Sharpbeak possessed the best mental fortitude; even ten thousand years had diminished some of his fear of humans.
After being depressed for more than 10 minutes, he was the first to come back to his senses and look at the Elven race in front of him.
Perhaps the spirit master who has met Zhou Qing knows something about the human condition?
It might be too early to fear humans; let's understand the situation of humans first.
Chapter 266 The bewildered Spirit Race, the utterly terrified Starfish
“Evelene, if I remember correctly, your name should be Eveleene, right?”
Strand Sharpbeak repeatedly confirmed the name of the Eldar in front of him, and Evelynn nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Your Excellency, my name is Evelynn."
"Now I will formally remember your name, instead of as before. There is a possibility of cooperation between us, but the premise is that you must tell me about human sentiments as you know them."
"We must first understand the current state of humanity before we can decide what to do next."
Strand Sharpbeak is a pragmatic starfish leader, although he has begun to gather manpower throughout the Empire in preparation for sending the younger generation away.
However, deciding how many people to send away at once, how many to take with them, and how many fleets to dispatch for escort is also a matter of strategy. And how to escape depends, of course, on just how powerful the human army is.
If a human army is too powerful, it can only take a small number of people and flee immediately. If a human army is not powerful now, it will have time to allow more people to escape.
Throughout the entire process, the starfish never considered attacking humans; they felt they couldn't possibly do it.
Even at the height of their empire, they were no match for humanity. How could their remaining remnants possibly be a match for humanity?
Everyone in the upper echelons of the Starfish Empire is rather timid.
This is also what Evelynn finds hardest to understand.
Why does a powerful empire that could rival the Eldar Empire at its peak seem so afraid of humans?
"The situation of humanity?"
"Humans are nothing but a bunch of mud monkeys. Their fighting power is just so-so. At our peak, they were nothing but a weakling. Although they are indeed somewhat powerful to us now, I think that to your empire, humans should still belong to the category of the weak."
Evelyn had a question in her mind; she felt she couldn't continue to let the starfish be so afraid, because sooner or later it would cause a big problem.
"Human civilization is very weak. Their technology is not considered advanced. They have only recently achieved some technological breakthroughs and built planetary-level warships."
Evelyn could sense the starfish's fear of humans, so she was afraid that she would be driven away by the starfish because of what she said. She quickly picked out the most important thing to say: planetary warship.
She was indeed wise to focus on the key points, and her words left the immortals of the starfish stunned.
"Monkey, what nonsense are you spouting? You're a serious human, how could you be as pathetic as you say? Are you making fun of us?!"
"What we want is the situation of humanity, not your nonsense. If you continue to show no sincerity, I will order the troops to wipe you all out!"
That's bullshit! Humans are weak beings; they've only just begun researching starships.
Was the story of that human commander leading quasar warships to hunt down their entire Starfish Empire ten thousand years ago just a dream?
Nord felt a surge of anger just thinking about what this guy had said; he was a former soldier, after all.
Are the losses they suffered at the hands of humans really going to be wiped away by this damned monkey with just a few words?
What about those starfish comrades who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield? What about those brave starfish soldiers? Were their sacrifices meaningless?
As a soldier, Nord could not accept anyone slandering the starfish who had sacrificed their lives on the battlefield.
His powerful psychic energy was on full display at this moment. The immense psychic pressure forced Evelynn to the ground, preventing her from even lifting her head.
The other starfish immortals watched this unfold with indifference, none of them intending to defend Evelynn, not even the starfish regent Strand Sharpbeak.
Although he did want to get some information about humans from Evelynn, the information she had just given was simply too outrageous.
What kind of nonsense is this, that humans have only just created a planetary warship like the War Moon? No one would have believed this nonsense if it had been said more than 1 years ago.
That damned spirit monkey is clearly not behaving properly. Let Nord teach him a lesson, and maybe he'll learn his lesson.
"I'm telling the truth!" Evelynn shouted with difficulty under the psionic pressure, "The Human Empire has indeed only recently developed starships!"
Nord's tentacles trembled violently with rage.
"Do you think we're fools? Ten thousand years ago, humans destroyed our capital star system with quasar warships!"
What you call a planetary-level warship is nothing more than the foundation of military warships for humanity; how could it possibly be only just beginning to be developed!
"I advise you to cooperate with us honestly, otherwise don't blame us for being impolite. Although you are currently the only one who knows about the human situation, we can always act directly according to the highest contingency plan!"
Nord wouldn't believe their nonsense; planetary-level warships were merely the beginning of human military warships.
If a fleet is not equipped with the War Moon, then that fleet is not worthy of being called a human military fleet group at all; at most, it is a patrol fleet.
This configuration is actually similar to theirs; they have the same configuration.
They used to be like that too; only fleets equipped with the War Moon were the true main military fleets, while ordinary Titan warships were used for sector patrols. Therefore, they could not trust what this Eldar said no matter what.
Feeling the increasing pressure of psionic energy emanating from her, and even the starfish opposite her seemed inclined to kill her, Evelyn knew very well that the other party was not joking with her.
But just as he just said, are his words a lie?
She was telling the truth; humanity had only just developed something like the War Moon. Not a single word she said was false.
"Trust me, trust me!"
Under immense pressure, Evelyn could only utter these six words.
The other party was so stubborn, insisting on what he had just said even under the threat of death. Strand Sharpbeek began to use his starfish brain.
Is there something wrong with it?
Chapter 267 There is no possibility that Zhou Qing, like us, transmigrated.
"Wait, Nord." Strand gestured with his tentacles to stop pressuring her. "Let her finish what she has to say."
The psionic pressure eased slightly, and Evelynn gasped for breath: "I swear... I was telling the truth."
"I swear on my life, humanity has only just acquired the technology to build planetary warships, and they currently only have one planetary warship in total!!"
Evelynn had clearly sensed the Starfish Empire's fear of humanity—a fear that was almost undisguised and utterly irrational.
At this point, these starfish had clearly become the last hope for these Eldar. Therefore, he had to find a way to make the starfish no longer afraid of humans, or at least to eliminate this fear that was almost entirely without any reason.
"you sure!?"
"Do you know what the consequences of deceiving us will be? With your current remnants of the Spirit Race, if you deceive us, you will have nothing left!"
Although Strand Sharpbeek didn't believe Evelyn's words at all, the other woman's behavior was too abnormal, so he decided to see what she was trying to say.
"I assure you that not a single word I have said is a lie. I swear on the name of my Spirit Race's Death God!"
"If I have uttered even a single lie, may my race's Grim Reaper never awaken!"
The Death God's faith is in the God of Death. Logically speaking, the Death God Army would not dare to swear an oath by the God of Death, but the Eldar are already in a critical moment of survival.
The Eldar's greatest enemy is no longer the Slaanesh, but the powerful humans.
The help that Death can offer to humanity, especially given their formidable strength in the real universe, is minimal.
For the Eldar at this time, the only thing that could protect them was the starfish.
“Your God?” Strand Sharpbeek knew.
Some empires that have ascended through psychic powers do indeed have an extraordinary level of faith in their gods.
For these psionic empires, their gods are everything, and they would never utter an oath that might break their own deity.
After all, in the world of psychic powers, they are all driven by idealism, so don't think that making an oath is as simple as just making an oath.
The punishment that is due will still occur.
Evelynn's attempt to swear an oath to their god successfully garnered a tiny bit of trust from the starfish, but it was only a tiny fraction.
The war that once took place in the sea of stars still terrifies these immortal beings. If the younger generation of the starfish were to lead the empire now, they might all have the courage to fight against humanity.
There's no way around it; the current rulers of this empire are the older generation of starfish. Although those immortals possess lofty vision and insight, and have knowledge that no other starfish can match.
But their fear of humans is ingrained in their very bones.
"Your words have gained some credibility, but they are still nonsense. Do you know who Zhou Qing is?"
Strand Sharpbeek didn't wait for Ifreni to answer him before he started talking to himself.
“Zhou Qing is a Level 10 scientist leader of the Human Federation. Scientist leaders of his caliber are invaluable treasures for any civilization.”
"Moreover, his identity, to some extent, makes him one of the most important people in the entire Federation of Humanity."
"During the time when we were at war with them, humanity only had one Level 10 scientist."
I don't know if humanity has produced any other Level 10 scientists since, but do you understand the significance of the first one?
"Any first is crucial to a civilization. Do you think that with such an important scientist appearing here, the entire human army is right behind him?"
"Although your Spirit Race has existed for a relatively long time, you are nothing more than a bunch of old relics that should have been swept into the trash heap long ago. You are not even as good as us, let alone the powerful human army!"