Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1423 Sentinel
Wizard?

Lin Fan's mind flashed back and forth between the tour guide with the small flag and the image of Ruberu.

But she knew that the guide Bonnie was referring to was not the kind of person she knew, a leader in the literal sense.

Oh no! I've encountered a new blind spot in my knowledge!

Bonnie was an alien they had just met, and in the initial social phase where everything was still unfamiliar, even the usually carefree Antonio wasn't so clueless as he was when he was with Rubel, asking questions whenever he didn't understand something.

Their current high-latitude civilization facade can't be allowed to fall off! They can't afford to be unaware of it, nor can they reveal any flaws.

Let's just survive for now!
Cen Fangyuan leaned back slightly in his chair. Taking the opportunity to adjust his position, he glanced at Antonio, the man who had worried him the most, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. A smirk appeared on his lips, and he was about to start a conversation.

To everyone's surprise, Jin Sichen was even quicker: "The guide you're talking about, is it the kind we're familiar with, the kind of spiritual guide in the 'sentinel-to-sentinel' relationship that's specifically there to help sentinels who are mentally unstable and have fallen into a rage?"

Ok?
What do we know? We know absolutely nothing!

Lin Fan and the other two all looked at Jin Sichen.

“Sentinel? Sentry?” Bonnie pondered for a moment. “That’s a new term; it’s the first time I’ve heard it.”

"Is it a term unique to our planet?" Jin Sichen said with a grin, "What would people like this usually be called in interstellar space?"

Bonnie used an unfamiliar word, then laughed and said, "But after hearing you say it, I think the word 'sentinel' is more appropriate. I'll just use your way of saying it. That lady is indeed a dedicated spiritual guide."

Upon hearing this, Jin Sichen felt confident and smiled even more alluringly.

While continuing to discuss the topic of the whistle with Bonnie, he quickly tapped a few times on his wrist terminal.

With sunglasses and the tabletop providing cover, Jin Sichen kept his hands on his knees, making only small movements. Bonnie, facing Jin Sichen directly, chatted happily with him, completely unaware that he was multitasking.

Immediately, the bewildered trio all felt the vibration in their terminals.

Lin Fan looked at Jin Sichen, who had already completely connected with Bonnie and was chatting like old friends, and opened a new message under the table.

As expected, it was sent by Jin Sichen, a simple introduction to the Sentinel.

[Sentinel: Possesses exceptionally developed senses and formidable combat abilities, excelling in high-risk combat roles. However, sensory overload often leads to irritability, mental instability, and even sensory deprivation. Without timely psychological guidance and reassurance, they may eventually suffer a mental breakdown, becoming mindless monsters and targets for extermination.]

[Guide: Physically average, but possesses strong mental fortitude. Skilled in emotional resonance and psychological guidance, they can soothe out-of-control sentinels. A small number can channel their mental energy into weapons. However, due to their heightened senses, their mental energy is more susceptible to emotional impact from powerful shocks. They also have weak survivability, are few in number, and struggle to survive alone in dangerous environments.]

Below was a long, detailed description. Lin Fan didn't have time to read it carefully; he skimmed through it quickly.

Once I understood the situation, I was no longer as confused as before when listening to their conversation.

Over here, Jin Sichen has already discussed with Bonnie the current partner binding environment of one guide and multiple sentries.

Whether it was polyandry or polygyny, Jin Sichen showed no surprise whatsoever, as if it were commonplace on Lanxing. Her acting skills were simply superb.

Despite Jin Sichen's eloquent speech, Antonio couldn't help but remark, "You seem to know a lot about this."

“It’s mainly because I read a lot of books.” Jin Sichen turned to Antonio, smiled and nodded. “If you were as well-read as me, you could be chatting with Bonnie now.”

Antonio thought of the attachments following the message: "Useless Guide? I crushed the entire tower with my spiritual body," "After awakening as a guide, all the interstellar sentinels wanted to bind to me," "After binding with the most powerful sentinel, I won the interstellar war effortlessly," "My spiritual body is a panda, scaring all the sentinels in the tower to tears"...

Just by looking at his name, you can tell Jin Sichen's sources of information are questionable. I want to complain... but I'm worried about Bonnie, who's currently having a lively conversation with him...

Forget it! Although he belittled me for not liking to read, it at least gave us an excuse for not being able to keep up the conversation. Let's let him off the hook for now!
“…High-level guides are still very valuable in the sentry environment, which leads to many guides becoming overly arrogant.” Bonnie turned to Antonio.

"So just now, even though that lady knew it was a misunderstanding, she felt embarrassed in front of so many people, and while she was angry, she habitually used her emotions to pressure the other party, so as to cause misunderstandings among those who did not know the truth, as if the Lyrians had really done something."

"Tsk," Antonio shrugged. "She's wrong, but she still thinks she's right... Are all guides like this?"

“That’s not entirely true; it depends on the individual,” Bonnie shook her head. “But the environment of the Sentinel determines the advantageous position of the Guides. In the Sentinel environment, Guides’ minor personality flaws or small problems are usually easily overlooked.”

"In the world of Sentinels, there are even different laws specifically for Guides and Sentinels. Generally, it's a serious crime for a Sentinel to harm another Sentinel, but if a Guide harms a Sentinel, the punishment is lighter, sometimes just a minor house arrest. So you can imagine..."

"They're just a spoiled bunch." Lin Fan cupped his hand over his drink, tapping the rim of the glass with his index finger. "Sentries can unconditionally tolerate guides, so you can't expect normal people like us to be the same as them outside of sentry environments, right?"

“Exactly!” Antonio chimed in. “We don’t need their intervention. Why should we give in to them?”

“That’s why guides always travel with a ring of sentries,” Bonnie said, first looking at Antonio and then at Lin Fan. “It’s to protect them and solve all sorts of problems for them. This time, they just happened to run into the Lyrians and kicked a hornet’s nest. If it had been anyone else, they would have had a lot more trouble.”

Although the guides excelled in mental power, they could never outgrow the Lyrians, whose entire bodies were composed of mental particles.

Lin Fan and his companions had been told upon their arrival that the Lyrians were not to be trifled with, something the guides, who had grown up in a high-level civilization, couldn't possibly be unaware of.

It just goes to show they're used to being willful. Since someone always solves their problems, and they've never actually been beaten up, they have no fear whatsoever.

Fortunately, the Lyrians weren't particularly aggressive; they only erased her memory of the exact moment the incident occurred. If they were more malicious, they might have done something else to her head…

No wonder those men hurriedly led their people away; they were probably worried that the Lyrians would damage their guides' mental abilities.

"Are ordinary people helpless in this situation?" Lin Fan wondered. "This is a public place; there should be equipment to reconstruct the scene, right?"

"Yes, there are, but there are also cases where the angle obscures the view, making it impossible to determine the exact cause clearly." Bonnie nodded. "Besides, what kind of good-natured people are most likely to cause this kind of trouble?"

"Like in the situation just now, even if the facts are clear and it wasn't the other party's fault, if the Lyrians hadn't forcibly erased her memory, would she have swallowed this anger? On the contrary, she would have been even angrier, right?"

"We can't take action in the Nexus, but we can outside of it. Then we'll see who's more capable. So, compared to the Lyrians, most people actually prefer to avoid conflict or contact with the Sentinels."

"The sentries who can travel to interstellar space are mostly rich and powerful, with extraordinary status. Those with good personalities are fine, but those with bad personalities are more difficult to deal with than ordinary people, because they are usually surrounded by a group of 'thugs'."

“I’ve learned something,” Jin Sichen said seriously. “I thought the guides here were mostly gentle and soothing, just like we knew.”

"The kind of guides you're talking about are mostly entry-level, or those with limited abilities. They're not top-tier, have many concerns, and even their whims have limits—that's the majority of guides," Bonnie replied. "But the problem is we don't encounter those kinds. Unless we go to the Sentinel World..."

"Personally, I have no intention of doing that. We might not even be able to handle one here, let alone go to their planet. Who knows what kind of monsters we might run into and end up there never to come out?"

"Eek!" Bonnie hugged herself tightly and shook her head violently. "We Annie demons can't stand this kind of suffering. No way!"

Everyone watched as the ears on her head swayed from side to side, and coupled with her aggrieved, scared, and defiant expression, she was absolutely adorable.

Seeing that everyone was laughing, Bonnie gradually relaxed as well.

"Compared to them, we Annemo people are more straightforward, warm-hearted, and practically approachable. Let me tell you, we Annemo people..."