Him and their stars.

Chapter 1995 Beheading
He stood quietly in a corner of this "universe" space that had returned to its original state, wrapped in a black robe and hood, as if wrapped in thick silence and nothingness.

He was like a statue forgotten by time.

However, Yu Lian's greeting finally caused a subtle fluctuation in the silence of this half of the black hole. Wrapped in a black robe, he raised his head slightly, and the face under the hood seemed to be swept by the light of this data universe for the first time, finally revealing its original appearance, which was the appearance of an ordinary middle-aged man.

It was indeed him.

Yu Lian was very friendly: "Please forgive my rudeness, Your Majesty Nordos. I really don't want to greet you with a sneak attack. Please believe that no matter what is about to happen, it will not be able to hide my respect for you."

He smiled and said, "What a hypocritical greeting. I don't even know you. How can I greet you?"

It was a very social smile, gentle with a hint of humility and flattery. This kind of smile could be from a social animal, a civil servant, or even a big shot in the Privy Council, but it shouldn't be from a psychic master.

Yu Lian said seriously, "I have heard of your reputation from my master."

But he didn't seem to believe it at all: "You're lying. I have never fought with Master Lan. With my ability, as long as he gets within 100 light years of me, he will never be able to hide from my future vision and will definitely escape in advance."

He looked quite proud.

"Unless Master Lan admires my ability to predict danger and escape." He sighed again: "But, this doesn't make sense. I didn't even notice you, so my ability to predict danger is probably nothing to be proud of, and it's not worth Master Lan's attention."

"This is an accident." Yu Lian said innocently, "Then just assume that I heard it from His Royal Highness Prince Suliuka."

"That makes sense." The middle-aged man took off his hood, revealing his slightly messy hair. "But it's definitely not a good review."

Yu Lian spread out his hands and said seriously, "She said you are a charlatan who plays tricks. She also said that if she had the final say, she would definitely reduce the funding for Xingjian Pavilion."

The man scratched his greasy head a little awkwardly and sighed, "My intuition tells me that you are probably lying, but my judgment seems to be true. It's really a magical manifestation."

Because Brunhilde said this to me in that virtual timeline when we were chatting. But this kind of thing is very troublesome to explain, so I won't say it.

The other party also sighed in the same way: "That's really a headache! Xingjian Pavilion is also doing its best to serve the empire. Even Her Highness herself has at least learned some skills of fortune perception... General Yu Lian, if I ask you to say a good word for the colleagues of Xingjian Officer now, is it a bit strange?"

Yu Lian heard Xiao Hui making a "whoosh" sound of contempt in his ear, but he couldn't see anyone. Needless to say, this sound should only be heard by himself, which was like mental pollution.

He simply ignored the chattering of the robot lady and looked at her ordinary face with interest - to be honest, judging from the facial features, she was actually a well-crafted middle-aged handsome uncle, but there was a lingering "class feeling" that was easily forgotten.

In a sense, isn't this also a magical skill?
Yu Lian asked with interest: "As the most powerful prophet in the empire, do you see the possibility that I will plead with Xingjian Pavilion in the future?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, you seem to still be very interested? Poor sister Fei, poor Miss Ya, all the poor and sad girls with broken hearts, poor people on Earth who regard you as their leader, poor people of all races in the universe who regard you as their only banner to resist the tyranny of the empire. Yu Lian, Yu Lian, you are deeply sinful!" Xiao Hui made a sigh like an aria in Yu Lian's ear.

Of course, this sigh was only audible to him. The middle-aged man smiled knowingly, "Of the 1000 future visions I have activated, young general, you have had such influence 247 times. I am begging you in advance that it will not be in vain anyway."

Yu Lian discovered more blind spots: "In other words, she is the future emperor for the 247 times?"

The other party smiled and said nothing.

"Has Emperor Ilessel asked you again? About his death, about the bloody disaster I mentioned?"

He sighed, "We have never been so-called prophets. General, please change your name. My position is called 'High Priest', and what I do is actually a variant of religious work. As early as the era of the mother planet, traditional religions had already disappeared, but religions are always needed. The more we explore the universe, explore time, and explore spiritual energy, the deeper we explore, the more we can feel our own insignificance. No matter what generation of civilization has developed, we always need to seek a spiritual anchor. This is a manifestation of a sense of security."

This is also a philosophical concept, and it does make sense. Even materialists like him and Teacher Yang would occasionally say something like "God bless you"?

Even a being like Xiao Hui smiled and remained silent in a mysterious manner towards the "Spirit of the Universe".

Yu Lian looked like he was listening carefully, and then he said, "So, have you seen it? His death." The middle-aged man called "His Majesty Nordos" spread his hands and said, "Of course this possibility exists, but I only peeked once and suffered a severe mental trauma. I then lay in bed for two months before I recovered. After all, it was you who aroused my curiosity, General, shouldn't you bear some responsibility?"

He was really frank, so frank that Yu Lian couldn't help but be stunned for several seconds, and then he burst out laughing.

Needless to say, this person is naturally the high priest of the Hoshimi Pavilion, the leader of the official charlatans of the empire, the first demigod recorded in the official history to reach the eighth ring through the "Soul Embracing" path, High Priest Nordos.

——Of course, Yu Lian, who came back from another timeline, knew that in real history, there were several powerful people who reached the semi-god realm of "embracing the spirit" and were called "Spiritual Blessing Priests". However, it is not known whether it is due to the influence of fate, they are relatively low-key and unknown to the world.

Among the highest decision-making bodies in the empire, High Priest Nordos is indeed the most low-key one.

It is indeed difficult for most people to imagine that this middle-aged man who looks ordinary and seems to have passed the peak of his career and is just thinking about living a life of idleness and waiting for death in retirement is actually a demigod who has been active for nearly a century.

In addition, if nothing unexpected happens, he can be active for at least another half a century.

This guy was already the high priest of the Hoshimi Pavilion before the Seventh Galactic War; and in another timeline, before Yu Lian's final adventure began, he was still the head of this important department, as if he was ready to survive the Queen's era and become a veteran of three dynasties.

Many people believe that the mysterious high priest may not be a human being, but a disguised immortal race, but there is no evidence.

Of course, Yu Lian didn't know Mr. Nordos's true identity and age, but if he was indeed a human, his real age must be more than fifty years older than his appearance.

He stared at this ordinary middle-aged man whose movements were full of flaws: "So, when you entered this digital universe this time, did you see the possibility of being attacked by me?"

He still looked very frank: "The possibility is not high. At least compared to you and the next owner of the Void Crown, the possibility of working together to rule the Galactic Empire is much smaller."

Is this old man trying to unite me? Yu Lian listened to Xiao Hui's sneer in his ear and couldn't help but want to praise the dedicated high priest.

Then, the voice of the chief priest of the Hoshimi Pavilion gradually deepened: "The essence and spirit are in opposition and unity through practice. This is the destiny of the 'Spirit Possessor'. This should have been done by me. You know the value of this ancient ship of the Enlightener better than I do. It is worth the risk and worth every price."

"What if you are also one of the people who paid the price?" Yu Lian looked at the other party.

"In all the results I have seen, I have always been the cost." His eyes were meaningful: "Young General, we are all."

Inside the bridge of the Silence, all the screens connected to the main control terminal instantly burst into a dazzling silver-white light, as if the brightness had suddenly increased a hundredfold.

The sudden explosion of bright light deprived at least half of the soldiers of their vision at that moment, but some of them alertly avoided the direct and dazzling attack and continued to fight at their posts.

Lieutenant Hines, who was wearing goggles, had red eyes, but he still reported in a trembling voice: "Alert! A high-intensity information flow has invaded the core database! The source has been confirmed to be Fortress Terminal No. 1!"

Captain Nemo's face turned pale and he shouted sternly, "Cut off the physical connection to the fortress! Quick!"

"However, a source of contamination is automatically generating destructive programs in the database! The firewall sequence is resisting! The logical barrier is out of order! Our operating system can no longer completely isolate it."

"Quick, Commander..."

"Unable to connect. We have also lost contact with the observatory. It's as if, as if the observatory doesn't exist!"

Such an anti-common sense thing happened on their own warship, but Captain Nemo was thoughtful and asked: "Where is Fortress No. 1? Madam... Where are Colonel Fina Li and Lieutenant Colonel Deng Zhengqing?"

At this time, the strong light at the scene had dissipated and the lighting returned to normal. Someone directly turned on the screen in the No. 1 Fortress Command Center.

The first thing the captain saw was the noble Miss Gongsun raising a large sword that was flashing with cold light and slashing at the Miss Electress who was kneeling in front of her.

The girl's head flew up into the sky on the screen.