Xyrin Empire

Chapter 71: Chapter 71 Xyrin Host

The efficiency of that Little Loli Xyrin Host was indeed impressive. In just three days, this inconspicuous small valley had become an ultra-futuristic high-tech base brimming with futuristic senses. Centered around the pyramid-shaped Nest in the valley’s middle, more than a dozen auxiliary buildings, including basic combat unit production bases, vehicle factories, war command centers, and space strike facilities, were strategically placed. Among these structures, there were also various types of defense towers and surveillance posts—enough to cover the entire valley twice over. Particularly, the two Ghost Energy Storm Obelisks set up at the valley’s exit possessed terrifying power that could instantly destroy a small town. These outrageous defensive weapons could practically be used as strategic-level offensive weapons if it weren’t for their large size.

During these three days, the three experts sent by Vedis purportedly to provide support, but in actuality to supervise, truly experienced the shock of alien advanced technology. @@novelbin@@

Miracles, and terror.

That was their unanimous assessment. At first, when they witnessed the Xyrin Builders using mysterious beams of light to construct huge military buildings in a short amount of time as if painting, they thought their vision had tricked them. But when they saw the Xyrin Army troops, fully armed and ready, streaming out of these buildings one after another, they were left with nothing but fear.

“Even if their combat ability is as poor as you’ve described,” Muller commented, flicking his tongue, “this kind of cheat-like army formation method is more than enough to compensate any deficiencies in strength. What’s more, these soldiers are not really weak in power…”

Compared to Muller’s more tactful speech, Mu, being of the Elf Clan, was blatantly direct, “A race bred entirely for war— even if you come to help us, we will maintain sufficient vigilance towards you.”

On the afternoon of the third day after the Xyrin Host was activated, the last Xyrin basic structure—the Paswell Ghost Energy Recharge System—finally completed construction. This meant that this temporary base had now obtained powerful self-defense capabilities and the capacity for autonomous development. The Nest, which had been sealed off from the outside from the beginning, opened again. Lin Xue, full of exploratory spirit, immediately decided to thoroughly explore this Xyrin building—the only one she hadn’t yet entered. In truth, I too was curious about this structure known as the Nest. So, under Sandora’s lead, a small sightseeing group composed of me, Qianqian, my sister, Lin Xue, and Dingdang set off towards the depths of the Nest.

The term ‘Nest’ initially brought to mind for me those places where bio-monsters breed in sci-fi films—places filled with disgusting slime, wriggling embryos, ominous dark red lighting, ticking background music, and a heroine always ready to scream to startle the audience. However, when I actually entered this mysterious building, all my previous speculations were completely overturned.

Inside this huge pyramid, there was none of the scenarios I had imagined. Its interior was entirely made of sparkling, translucent crystals. These massive, orderly crystals formed the main body of the pyramid. Mysterious halos flowed within these crystals, reminiscent of the mesmerizing beauty of auroras. According to Sandora’s explanation, these halos were the thoughts of the Xyrin Host—

“The Xyrin Host has to handle an extremely large amount of information simultaneously, and she can only process this massive information smoothly by integrating herself with the Nest. The halos you see are the Nest simulating the thinking process—in other words, we are now walking inside the brain of the Xyrin Host.”

Sandora earnestly explained to me through a spiritual connection, seemingly unmoved by the frightening nature of her own words.

“It’s so beautiful…” Qianqian was captivated by such a spectacle, “It’s just like a crystal castle…”

“A marvel, this is a true marvel!” Lin Xue’s face lit up with the fervor of scientific exploration, “There’s mysterious and powerful energy flow everywhere. I feel like my understanding of energy has deepened…” Saying this, Lin Xue reached out and tapped on the transparent crystal wall beside her. A small ring of light immediately radiated from the point of contact on her fingertip.

You just interrupted the thoughts of that Xyrin Host…

After walking through the crystal corridors for about fifteen minutes, we finally reached the core of the Nest, the central control room where the Xyrin Host was located.

It was a spacious, circular hall with walls, ceiling, and floor all made of luminescent crystals. The hall was devoid of any furnishings except for a hexagonal crystal column standing in the center, stretching all the way to the top of the hall, three meters in diameter. The column pulsed with mysterious light flows that converged from all directions, focusing at the feet of the small girl in the middle.

The Xyrin Host floated quietly at the center of the crystal column, about a meter above the ground, her eyes tightly closed, as if a sleeping Angel sealed within the crystal.

“She seems to have reverted to her normal thinking mode, hasn’t she?” The peaceful expression on the little girl’s face before me made me lower my voice involuntarily, as though I was afraid of waking the slumbering Angel.

“That’s correct. Actually, she had already switched back to emotional thinking mode when the construction of the last Xyrin basic structure began.”

As Sandora spoke, she stepped forward and placed her hand on the crystal column. Instantly, a rainbow-colored halo radiated from the contact point between her palm and the crystal.

“I can’t help but feel, this little girl is so pitiful…” Qianqian suddenly said with a melancholic tone.

My sister nodded in deep agreement, “Yes, she’s just a child, yet she is called the Xyrin Host. She doesn’t even have the freedom to think for herself, sealed within this crystal, unable to go out and see the sunlight like other children… How lonely that must be…”

“I don’t think so…” Sandora, who was checking the operation of the Xyrin Host, said with a mysterious expression on her face. Then she curled her fingers and knocked twice vigorously on the Crystal Column, producing two crisp echoes.

“I don’t think this dead girl would feel lonely while gaming with over a thousand people connected—no reaction? She’s too immersed, isn’t she?”

We looked at each other in bewilderment.

“Gaming?”

I finally realized, was Sandora talking about the Xyrin Host gaming just now?

“If there’s no miscommunication between us, then you heard correctly—this girl is playing video games with over a thousand Xyrin Apostles through the Mother’s Nest Super Space Connection abilities, and she’s so engrossed that not even this can wake her up…”

Sandora said and knocked on the Crystal Column again. Indeed, the Xyrin Host inside the column showed no sign of waking up…

Qianqian and her sister’s expressions instantly turned quite marvelous. It seemed all the sympathy they had just shown was for naught; the person in question wasn’t lonely at all but was joyfully gaming…

Seeing the Xyrin Host still not waking up, Sandora felt a mix of annoyance and amusement and went for the jugular: “Bubbles! Someone is using a cheat tool!”

Bubbles? What a weird name, as peculiar as Dingdang’s…

Sandora’s trump card seemed to work marvelously as the one called Bubbles, the Xyrin Host, almost instantly opened her eyes. Her youthful voice mixed with the crystal’s delicate chime, resonating throughout the entire core control room:

“Who dares to cheat? Drag them out and shoot them for half an hour!”

The room fell silent.

What…what a fierce loli!

Not only were Qianqian, her sister, and Lin Xue petrified, but even Dingdang, who was usually thick-skinned and energetic, was struck dumb by the phrase, forgetting to flap her wings, and plopped onto the ground from mid-air.

“Ah—it’s the great Emperor and several Xyrin Mistress… Welcome to the Mother Nest…”

The Little Loli from the Crystal Column spoke politely as if the shocking scene earlier never happened. Lin Xue then unceremoniously came over and gave me a noogie, shouting, “Since when was I counted among the mistress?”

Qianqian also came over and gave me a noogie: “How did Lin Xue become a mistress? Does this Xyrin Mistress mean the same thing as Xyrin Empress?”

Before I could react, her sister came forward with a smile and said, “I don’t really have a reason, I just wanted to knock a couple times to relieve some boredom…”

Sandora watched us playfully and suddenly said in a melancholic tone, “The Xyrin Emperor is under siege, requesting Royal Guard fire support…”

Geez, isn’t that a bit much?

While we were joking with each other, the watching Xyrin Host suddenly spoke up: “Report, the base has detected large Energy Fluctuations nearby—the attribute of the fluctuations has been confirmed as Abyss Power!”

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