Him and their stars.

Chapter 2170 I Want Reconciliation
A hint of embarrassment and annoyance flashed in the depths of the emperor's eyes, but he ultimately nodded frankly: "I was indeed anxious. I was even afraid. Up to now, I don't even know how I was brought back... I was so close. I had the upper hand."

Feifei felt that if the previous emperor of the spirits was truly a god who regarded all things as straw dogs and could even put himself on the altar, he was just playing a role at this moment.

"What on earth did you do?"

Emperor Elisher, of course, received no answer. No one present was obligated to answer him.

He continued to survey his surroundings, his golden dragon eyes filled with a suppressed, chaotic will, and a primal ferocity gathering within them.

He now seems more like a crazed, wild Leviathan, but the Emperor's reason is suppressing it all.

“I just sensed a bio-field energy that was vibrating through the space. I tried to forcefully expel this energy, but I couldn’t. It’s as if some will has anchored itself to the space I’m in. But when I tried to counter it, my mind felt like it was caught in a dense net. This is not psionic energy. At least not any known psionic rule.”

Genuine confusion resurfaced in the dragon's eyes, which had been suppressing its rage, making it seem more like an ordinary person, and perhaps even a trace of reason returned.

He repeated the question in a low voice: "This is not scientific! How... how did you do it? The barrier between the virtual realm and reality is not so easy to break through. That place is clearly my domain, my little world."

Fifi and Brunhilde remained silent, but Yani finally spoke up: "We're not manipulating space, but the greater laws of life."

"Huh?" The emperor probably felt that only someone as great and sublime as himself was qualified to be a riddle teller. But precisely because of this, he seemed quite uncomfortable with riddles.

"Your Majesty, in the void of the quantum state, the perspective and power of gods are merely imagination. As long as you remain alive, your concepts in that chaos are like the only patch of green in a deathly desert." Princess Rainbow Rose gracefully spread her hands, countless tiny psychic energy fluctuations faintly dancing at her fingertips, like the rhythmic data streams within a supercomputer:

“Your Majesty, we are not pursuing your spirituality and spirit; we are merely pursuing life itself. Life should not be lost in the realm of illusion.”

Fifi and Brunhilde looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What are you doing?" Fei Fei asked telepathically.

“She seemed to explain something, but it also seemed like she explained nothing at all,” Brunhilde replied in a telepathic message.

“I know the method the old woman mentioned.” Since it was just reading aloud and the person involved (the machine) was nowhere to be found, Fei Fei could use any form of address without any taboos: “Shirley went to find the Emperor’s true form and left her biological pheromones on the Emperor and his cells. So, all the bodies of his same gene type have left pheromones, which are like being colored, and thus can be located. As for the spatial channels formed by the swarm’s neurons, they are indeed not psychic energy, but biological information manipulation.”

“That’s the part I don’t understand. How can biological information guide us through subspace?” Brunhilde said.

"I don't know either. Anyway, the formula was given by the old gray woman, the calculations were done by the white fox, and the final operation was done by Shirley herself," Fei Fei said.

"I know that. I'm just curious, since Ms. Gray claims to be a civilization-guiding AI, isn't that taking sides? And... well, what exactly is her relationship with Lian Qing'er?"

"Providing formulas is merely guiding civilization. As long as you didn't calculate them yourself, it's not considered biased. Orange cat, oh orange cat, why are you even jealous of robots? Also, that last 'er' suffix was too deliberate; I don't like it."

“You were the one who was jealous from the start!” Brunhilde said irritably. “But this must have been White Fox’s scheme. I know that person’s personality; he can’t tolerate a distorted answer.”

Indeed, no one in power, sitting high above the clouds, could possibly accept such an answer. Such a cryptic riddle is far more likely to enrage them than outright concealment.

They would feel that this was a challenge to their intelligence and authority.

After a moment's thought, Feifei immediately understood what Yani meant: "This is to provoke the enemy."

“I’ve never seen His Majesty get angry since I was a child, but it wouldn’t hurt to try. After all…”

"After all, this isn't an emperor, but just a heretic posing as one, right?"

"Look, Fina, you're even answering questions first now, aren't you?"

At this point, the two realized with a start that they were already communicating naturally using telepathy, a unique behavior between psychics who should have a close relationship.

After exchanging another cold laugh, the two of them moved half a step to the side.

This was certainly not an intentional attempt to keep their distance; rather, both of them simultaneously sensed the surge of psionic energy, as if a calm lake had suddenly transformed into a giant wave.

The crimson crystal covering the emperor shone brightly, and he transformed into a crimson meteor that tore through space, rushing directly toward Amida, who was still giving her academic explanation.

This time, before his people could even activate their abilities, the space itself began to groan in despair, as if it were overwhelmed.

However, Yani didn't even make any defensive stance, as if she had been stunned into standing still.

Her body was blasted into pieces, but there was no blood mist, only a large number of disintegrated steel fragments, which smashed into the crystal armor like shrapnel.

The continuous explosions echoed again, completely drowning out all of the emperor's movements.

At the same moment, her voice reached her companions precisely: "Left 17, superposition phase shift, core right scapula."

Brunhilde's figure had already switched to the same action trajectory as the emperor.

As if formed from fragments of the sun, divine light struck the crystal from the side and rear. The entanglement of psionic energy transformed into a vortex visible to the naked eye, like a black hole created out of thin air.

However, after a strange tremor, the strike that was powerful enough to shatter stars took a bizarre deflection and internal conflict. The indestructible energy seemed to be guided into a floodgate.

The invisible psychic energy swept through like a cold wind, instantly freezing the garden's waterfall and pond. The delicate stone bricks on the steps and plaza were also reduced to dust by this unseen force, revealing the armor beneath.

However, even the armored barriers inside the fortress were visibly dented and cracked by the aftershocks of the energy.

The guided energy continued its advance until it collided with the outer armor of the fortress outside the dome, destroying the inner wall of the armor from the inside, the outer composite defensive layer, the mystical plating, and the fluid metal outer layer, before disappearing into the vast sky.

Everyone clearly saw the mottled starlight outside the gap, followed by the airflow automatically flowing into the vacuum, causing a strong pulling force.

Ordinary people would have been pulled into the airflow and vanished without a trace, but the girls seemed to have stepped on a heavy weight, remaining motionless, as firm as rocks, as stable as Mount Tai. Fortunately, although the gap was deep, it wasn't very large, and the fluid metal quickly closed automatically under the influence of magnetism, sealing off the outflow of air.

The crystallized Emperor regained his physical form, seemingly rediscovering his true power. Now, he could certainly use brute force to pierce through the outer wall of Skyreach Fortress.

However, amidst the smoke and dust of the explosion, the emperor's figure appeared distinctly frozen.

“Right foot, psionic path, shortest.” Yani’s voice rang out again, without the slightest fluctuation, like a tactical terminal devoid of emotion.

In reality, before she even finished speaking, Feifei had already appeared behind the emperor. She didn't seem to have rushed over, nor did she seem to have leaped over; it was as if she had been waiting there all along.

An invisible sword traced a mysterious trajectory, pointing towards the emperor's right foot, which was encased in crystal.

He seemed to want to avoid it, and he seemed to want to defend himself, but he did nothing at all.

The invisible blade finally sliced ​​through the crystalline body. Emperor Elither seemed to tremble, as if he had experienced excruciating pain. His body staggered and floated away from the two men's encirclement, drifting into the distance.

If he hadn't staggered and created a bloody trail as he danced, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape.

However, before the emperor, transformed into a crystal giant, could drift far away, another alchemical golem, its body covered in psionic runes, appeared beside him. It seemed to have completely anticipated the emperor's dodge trajectory, like a seasoned scavenger, precisely positioning itself against its opponent.

It emitted a soft silver light, precisely meeting the sky full of blood mist.

This time, there was no explosion, only a piercing noise as if thousands of panes of glass were being shattered simultaneously by high-frequency vibrations.

The girls all stepped back. Of course, they weren't shaken by the loud noise; they simply wanted to create some distance and prepare for the next round.

Yani telepathically told her best friend (enemy) and close comrades (enemies) that the emperor would likely activate the silence field immediately.

“Once activated, our movements will be restricted, and teleportation will be virtually impossible. Feifei, immediately activate the seventh resonance of the spiritual vein circulation. As for Pudding, it doesn't matter. In any case, we must maintain a distance of more than twenty meters!”

Perhaps her judgment was wrong this time.

When the emperor finally broke free from the pervasive silver light, he did not immediately launch an attack. The crystal armor covering his body was already covered with cracks.

Some of the damage even passed through the crimson crystal and landed directly on his body.

The emperor stood still, his chest rising and falling a few times beneath his semi-transparent crystal armor, seemingly trying to relieve his frustration and anger.

The mighty Emperor of the Galactic Empire, the strongest psionicist who has ruled the universe for two hundred years, was completely suppressed just now.

His every attack, its operating mechanism, energy nodes, changes in countermeasures, and even the mechanisms for evasion and defense, seemed to be completely seen through by his opponent.

However, he suddenly revealed a self-deprecating smile: "How embarrassing! How could I forget? Daughter of the Berencaster family, you clearly have the title of 'Encyclopedia of Spiritual Forbidden Books', not to mention that you have fused with the power of the Void Realm's rare artifacts... Wait, you are already a Saint, so you should have already digested the spiritual qualities of the Time-Eyed Fish."

He gazed at Princess Rainbow Rose, still unable to hide his admiration: "You must have incorporated something else."

“Your Majesty, please don’t portray me as some indescribable monster, do you?” Yani said. “I wholeheartedly agree with the fish’s statement that we are proud to be human and have no intention of giving up on that.”

She provoked both of her "best friends" with a single sentence, but Fei Fei and Bu Lin were both magnanimous and didn't stoop to her level.

“However, when I broke through to the Saint realm, I also discovered the characteristics of Time Abyss Reflecting Scales.” Ya Ni pointed to her eyes. As a result, in addition to the still-rotating clock in her eyes, a seven-colored rainbow light clearly flowed out.

“I think this item is destined for my Berencaster family,” Yani said.

“Yes, and the effect is even more soothing,” Fei Fei said with a smile.

Princess Rainbow Rose pretended not to hear, but quickly withdrew her rainbow light: "I'm very glad."

"...That kind of illusory realm magical beast should be even harder to capture than the Time-Eye Fish. It is almost impossible for it to be captured."

"Yes, a magical creature that can peek into time is almost invincible. However, fortunately, after fully absorbing the spirituality of the Time-Eyed Fish, I can do the same thing. Perhaps the effect is not as good as my current prey, but as long as we follow the same path, it is ultimately just a contest of computing power."

Indeed, once it reaches the point where I predict your prediction, you predict my prediction, and I predict your prediction and I predict my prediction, in this endless cycle, it really comes down to computing power.

Therefore, the incredibly intelligent and cunning Miss Bei can proudly declare that she is invincible in this regard.

"Most of the world's predicaments are not difficult to calculate and plan, nor are they difficult to execute, but simply to break out of the predicament."

Although he was being lectured by a junior more than two hundred years his junior, the emperor showed no displeasure. He simply remarked, "Very good. You never use brute force to distort fate, yet you are willing to enter the game yourself and contend with cause and effect. Little girl of the Berencaster family, you are no longer a 'listener' who reads the universe, but a 'guide of consciousness' who dares to weave her will into the warp and weft of time. You have only recently entered the realm of saints, yet I can see the intention of a 'beacon of truth' in you."

Amida laughed and said, "Perhaps I am using my time-manipulation abilities to peer into and seize the power of my future? Or perhaps, my future self, who has become a beacon of truth, is projecting that power onto my past self?"

The emperor chuckled: "At your age, I was far from possessing such wisdom, let alone such magnanimity and courage. More importantly, it's astonishing that so many geniuses like this still exist in this era."

He then turned his head and said, "Breen, ten years ago, I truly believed that the only person who could be your rival and the empire's rival in this era was her."

“I used to think so too,” Brunhilde said, shrugging. “But it turns out we were all wrong. Ever since then, I’ve stopped believing in this lofty ‘farsightedness.’”

“Even at this point, you are still as arrogant as a false god on the verge of collapse,” Fei Fei sighed.

"I can indeed sense the danger of collapse. I still possess overwhelming power, but I clearly feel a stagnation on both the intellectual and legal levels. This is truly unpleasant!"

The emperor surveyed his surroundings, his gaze sweeping over the flowerbeds, a hint of undeniable doubt and self-mockery in his eyes: "She should have been here, but I couldn't sense her at all. Indeed, this is beyond the realm of psychics, and beyond my comprehension. So that's how it is... It was she who brought me from my own warp into the mortal world? Hahahaha, is this how Radis's revenge is achieved?"

He lowered his head and wiped the shattered crystal from his forehead: "So, can we reconcile?"