Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 1107: Chat With the Fleet's Captain.

The second the ships fired, Tatyana sensed it. After all, Divine Sense was able to transmit information faster than light itself, so Tatyana moved the Skeletal Warship upward and dodged all attacks. 

When the beams flashed by, they emitted quite a lot of heat, raising eyebrows in the warship. Andrea rubbed her chin and muttered. "Interesting, that attack didn't really have much energy, but it was able to carry so much destructive power."

Evelyn nodded. "It's really similar to a lightning bolt in nature but much more concentrated."

Andrea shook her head. "No… It uses heat, not electric charge. It's a peculiar weapon, for sure. Without the warship's maneuverability, we would have a relatively hard time dodging it."

Tatyana noticed that the enemy spaceships were firing again, and she activated the warship's formations. The warship accelerated forward, crossing the distance between them even faster than the lasers could fire. 

Tatyana parked by the side of the flagship and smiled faintly, speaking to those who had attacked them. "Hey. I said that we are not hostile. Why have you attacked us?" Her tone was light, but her next words were not. "Do you want to die?"

Those who could see them felt their hearts jumping in fear. The Captain of the fleet almost lost his composure as well. "You… How did you cross such a large distance in an instant?"

Tatyana looked around the spaceship and felt some sort of energy field protecting it. "Hm… I can tell you. However, can you let us in? We are trying to gather information about this place. We are also trying to find treasures and such." She clarified before they branded them as thieves. "Of course, we will pay if someone owns it already."

It was at this moment that someone in the spaceship realized a very crucial thing that they had been ignoring. "C-Captain… How can they breathe and live in outer space?" 

Now, though, seeing that the design was medieval-like and with nothing protecting the people abroad, his subordinate's question struck his mind like a hammer. 

Tatyana and the others waited patiently. Kali tilted her head and commented. "Do they not understand you? Perhaps their language is not the same as ours."

Tatyana shook her head. "They do understand me. I've had a small conversation with their leader already…" Tatyana paused and looked at Kali strangely. "Didn't you also hear their communication a few moments ago?"

Kali paused and felt her cheeks blush slightly. Clearing her throat, she muttered. "I momentarily forgot…" 

The girls chuckled.

The captain's voice finally reached them. "I need an identification. Otherwise, we can't let you inside."

Tatyana and the others spread their spiritual senses into the massive ship and saw that the captain's stern face had some beads of sweat as he said that. Andrea praised with a small smile. "He is quite valiant."

Tatyana thought for a second and spoke. "Sure. I can do that. I am Tatyana Dravory, and we are from the Astral Sky Sect. We come from another Solar System. Is that enough to start a conversation?"

Those inside the main room of the flagship looked at their captain, their faces serious but trusting this official. They'd been soaring the void of space for many years by his side, and they knew that he was one with a righteous heart and cunning mind. 

After a few moments, the captain closed his eyes and spoke. "You can enter through the bottom of the spaceship. We'll open a section so that you can enter with your… ship."

Tatyana smiled. "Okay~." She was about to move it when she paused and commented. "If you try anything funny…" Suddenly, the captain felt a pressure around his body, squeezing his internal organs. "I can also do funny things, alright~?"

The captain's eyes quivered with surprise, his usually impassive face showing a hint of shock. 'H-How is she…? These people are too strange. I must avoid being hostile to them.'

After the short exchange, Tatyana moved the warship below the massive spaceship and saw a location opening. She guided the Skeletal Warship, entering through the gates into a technologically advanced place with lights guiding her where to go. At the end of the path of lights, Tatyana noticed a circular area, highlighted by lights in a place where other smaller spaceships were located. 

The girls were looking around with curiosity. It was the first time they saw something like this. Angel pointed to the side and giggled. "Look, look, there is a mini spaceship there! So cute~."

Cecile asked, confused. "I can barely feel any energy traveling through this massive spaceship. How does it move?"

Evelyn muttered with disbelief. "I think… electricity? It's a combination of that and other energy sources. However, do you girls see those thick cylinders? There are conductive materials inside that transport large amounts of electricity."

Andrea was surprised. "Such mastery over electricity! I am honestly surprised. What kind of cultivator could do something like this?"

The warship landed, and the girls jumped off. In front of them, they could see around two hundred people wearing strange metallic suits and holding metallic items. These items had an opening pointed at them, and at the sides, there were glowing lines. All of them were holding the items in the same manner, with their index fingers resting on some sort of trigger. 

Evelyn whispered with curiosity. "Are those weapons?"

Tatyana nodded. "They are indeed weapons. I think they should be able to damage an average Unification Realm expert with them."

Hearing new surprising knowledge, the girls exclaimed with surprise. After all, those holding the weapons were mortals. Angel muttered, her eyes shining with curiosity. "Mortals with weapons capable of injuring Unification Realm experts? That's… ridiculous, no? Do they use formations to enhance the ambient energy without using the user's reserves?"

Tatyana chuckled. "No. I'll explain a bit more later. Let's go speak with the captain for now." Looking back, she commented. "Doriel, Eira, stay behind with another five maids and protect Yasenia. The rest, follow us." 

"Understood."

Tatyana stepped forward, the others following behind.

Meanwhile, the soldiers that had come to greet them were sweating. The women that had descended from that ship were dreamingly beautiful. Their appearance was something they had never seen, even in super enhanced simulation chambers. Not to mention, more than half of them had strange animal parts growing on them! 

They realized that the creatures they had welcomed were not humans. 

The captain arrived at the port with another 300 people. These 300 soldiers were different from those at the port. They had full-body black armor and much larger weapons. The armors were adorned with insignias, and the eye slits of the helmets glowed menacingly. They looked like two-and-a-half-meter bulky giants, emitting quite an aura of discipline and strength.

Even then, the girls didn't flinch. None of them had the aura of a cultivator, which surprised Tatyana and the others. After all, they had felt a few people with large souls in that main room.

Tatyana spoke to the captain, who was still far away. "Thank you for keeping your word and doing nothing. I am in no mood to kill mortals." 

The captain caught that very intentional word. 'Mortals…'

He spoke aloud as well. While he didn't have the ability to speak across great distances like Tatyana, he was sure that the woman could hear him regardless. "People from the Astral Sky sect. We don't know what your objective is, but I do hope that you do not underestimate our empire. We are far from the peak strength of our forces—nothing but a scouting group."

"I could tell." Tatyana smiled. "If your civilization has managed to reach the point of extracting most of the radiated energy of your star, you should have weapons and fleets capable of easily exploding a small planet."

The people from the captain's side got tense when they heard Tatyana. Her words were so familiar and nonchalant when categorizing them that it left clear that it was not her first encounter with a foreign civilization.

The captain spoke while mounting on a floating platform and approaching Tatyana's group. "We are part of the [Feldur Empire] of the Seventh Planet in our Solar System. After managing to harness the energy of our star, we've managed to terraform the entire Solar System, making it habitable for life regardless of their initial conditions."

He had pride in that statement. After all, doing so had taken this civilization millennia of fighting among internal conflicts that pushed back on progress every so often. The times that they had almost destroyed themselves from within were far too many to count. Still, they persevered and managed to reach their current heights. 

Tatyana dismissed it, though. For cultivators, only worlds with a Heaven were profitable. Hence, terraforming planets was a useless skill. "I see. That's nice. Still, I am more curious about other things… I hope you can lead us toward one of your leaders so that we can speak about it." 

The people on the other side frowned at Tatyana's lack of reaction, not knowing that they were dealing with a Demigoddess, a being that had peered into the Laws of Heaven itself. 

"Your demands are too much. I can't help you with that."

Tatyana chuckled when she heard the denial. She stepped forward and appeared right in front of the captain's nose, her hand holding him by the neck. "You have no choice, boy. I have told you what I want, and you will deliver or die. Am I understood?"

Everyone on the enemy side froze and then raised their weapons. 

"Drop the captain!"

"Don't hurt him, or we will fire!"

"Stop at this instant!"

"Be careful! She can teleport!"@@novelbin@@

Tatyana shook her head. "Teleport? I am just too fast for your mortal eyes to follow me." Then, she waved her hand and let out a minuscule fragment of her aura.

The soldiers felt as if the sky was falling onto their shoulders, and their legs buckled. 

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! 

The sounds of people face-planting echoed around the port area, regardless of whether it was the heavily armored guys or the other ones. 

It was at this instant that the captain understood that he was not dealing with something that he could face. The being in front of his eyes had powers that went beyond his imagination. 

Soon after, the fleet turned around on the captain's orders and moved toward one of the planets of this civilization.