"The main reason I came to you this time is that Trajann previously told me you sealed a star god fragment on Mars, which seems to be the Void Dragon."
"Outside the galaxy, we've encountered big trouble, so I need the Void Dragon star god fragment as the energy supply for our new weapon."
After exchanging some meaningless words with the Emperor, Noah stopped wasting time and stated his plans.
The Emperor was stunned. star god fragment were not easy to deal with. Even he hadn't managed to kill the Void Dragon back then; instead, he merely sealed it deep within Mars and even built a labyrinth specifically to trap it.
"Can you effectively utilize this thing?" Although the Emperor had witnessed too many of Noah's miracles, for safety's sake, he still asked.
The Void Dragon was sealed by him in the 11th century, and now... having been sealed for so long, the Void Dragon's rage and resentment would be immense. The Emperor had to ensure Noah could handle this fellow effectively.
Otherwise, if this thing broke free and unleashed its furious wrath, Mars would surely suffer a catastrophe. This was something the Emperor did not want to see; he did not want to see unnecessary casualties.
This might also be a sign that the Emperor's humanity was beginning to gain the upper hand.
"Of course. When do I ever do things I'm not confident about? I naturally have enough confidence to utilize these star god fragment, which is why I'm asking you for this item."
Noah answered the Emperor's doubts very straightforwardly. After all, it was just a mere Void Shard; for him, utilizing it was not a difficult task.
It was something that could be handled with some research, and he had even prepared a secret item for the star god fragment.
"Then I will personally accompany you to avoid any accidents. If it doesn't obey control, I can also suppress it on the spot."
Hearing that Noah could utilize the power of this star god fragment, the Emperor's doubts were dispelled, but he proposed to personally accompany him.
Noah was too important; he could not afford any mistakes. Even though Noah himself was immensely powerful, to the Emperor, no matter how strong Noah was, he still felt it wasn't safe enough.
What kind of thing was a star god fragment?
After recovering some of its vitality, this thing was even capable of destroying planets.
"You'll personally accompany me?"
"There's no need for that. You'd best continue to recover on the golden throne, as your current recovery is at a critical stage, and standing up would definitely interrupt it."
Noah didn't think he would fear a small star god fragment; he had enough confidence to seal it.
And use it as the energy supply for the heaven-burning divine weapon.
Although it was only used to provide a small amount of power to the star-burst device, it was enough to show that the power of the star god fragment was naturally extremely strong.
But even so, what did it matter? He wasn't worried about how powerful this so-called star god fragment was; his Warhammer was no joke.
The Sol Sector still had a Patrol Fleet stationed there. At the same time, for safety's sake, not just one Patrol Fleet, but two Patrol Fleets newly produced in the Misty Starfield were transferred by him to the Sol Sector.
How could the forces and power of three Patrol Fleets fear a Void Dragon?
If even that failed, then it wouldn't be too late for the Emperor to act.
During the Emperor's critical recovery period, Noah did not want the Emperor to take risks. This would bring no benefit to humanity.
"No!"
"Even if you say that, it's absolutely not allowed! I disagree!"
"For your safety, I must accompany you. Otherwise, if you suffer even the slightest mishap, it would be unacceptable for the entire human race."
The Emperor, of course, knew that a Scientist like Noah would naturally not put himself in danger; he definitely had the confidence to deal with the Void Dragon shard. However, this didn't mean the Emperor himself could rest assured.
Previously, Noah took risks because he could only sit on the golden throne, and other matters were difficult to handle, so he could only let Noah do it. But now it was different.
Now he could temporarily stand up from the golden throne. Although this would interrupt his recovery process, his recovery time would become longer and more complex.
But so what?
As long as Noah remained problem-free, then for him, his own recovery was absolutely certain; there would be no problems.
But once Noah had a problem, then the rise of human civilization would become a flower in a mirror, a moon in the water.
Everything would cease to exist, and by then, even if he, the Emperor, could stand up from the golden throne unhindered with the help of the Psyker Legion, what would it matter?
Having experienced the power of a top-tier sugar daddy, he was unwilling to return to his previous suffocating life.
This top-tier sugar daddy must not have any problems. To prevent Noah from refusing him again, the Emperor stood up without a word.
The Emperor directly showed his attitude with his actions, and facing the Emperor who had already stood up, Noah didn't know what to say.
Now, even if he made this guy sit back down, it would be useless. The recovery process had already been interrupted, and the Psyker Legion had already disconnected their psychic link with the Emperor.
The Emperor's divinity as the Dark King began to surge back again.
At this point, even if the Emperor went back, it wouldn't have the same effect as before. It was better to let him follow and do what needed to be done first.
"You really are..."
"Alright, now that things have come to this, there's no point in saying anything. I originally just wanted to ask you for the location of the Void Dragon and handle it myself, but I didn't expect you to stand up. Well, let's go together then."
What else could be said at this point? Should he blame the Emperor? If blaming worked, this guy wouldn't have stood up. Now, it was naturally best to seize the time.
Unlike Noah's expression of helplessness, the Emperor was now overjoyed.
Ten thousand years, a full ten thousand years.
He wasn't like Guilliman, who only needed to sit in a stasis field, feeling nothing, to pass ten thousand years.
He had truly sat on the golden throne, enduring ten thousand years of torment.
Even at that time, he couldn't see if the torment would ever end.
For the Emperor, he was like someone sentenced to life imprisonment, with someone torturing him every moment.
He would never see the day of his release, because if he was released, humanity would be finished.
The Emperor could clearly be freed and no longer suffer.
But he had to sit there, only to ensure that the entire human race would not repeat the fate of the Aeldari.
This kind of psychological and physical torment, if not for a tough man like the Emperor, he might not have been able to endure it.
It wasn't until Noah came to the Warhammer Emperor that he had a chance to breathe, and it was precisely because of this rare chance to breathe that the Emperor, standing up, was overjoyed.
He walked left and right, jumped around, constantly stretching his body, enjoying the long-lost freedom.
Besides protecting Noah, he also genuinely wanted to stand up and stretch now.
Happy!!!!
Energetic!!
Noah shook his head helplessly, watching the Emperor stretch his limbs like a child before the golden throne.
He could understand the Human Lord's suppression for ten millennia, but now was not the time to celebrate.
"Alright," Noah interrupted the Emperor's excitement, "we need to hurry. The Void Dragon star god fragment, the sooner we get them, the better."
Interrupted by Noah, the Emperor also realized that Noah was in urgent need of the Void Dragon, so he didn't hesitate and directly created a small passage with his powerful Psychic Power.
This series of actions made Noah feel that perhaps letting the Emperor stand up and throw a tantrum wasn't so bad after all, as it saved the trouble of directly going to Mars to search.
This was originally Trajann's plan: to first go to Mars to boost the morale of the Adeptus Mechanicus people, but that point was now gone.
But it doesn't matter, isn't it just standing up the Adeptus Mechanicus?
Facing Omnissiah's standing up, they shouldn't mind.
"Let's go, the other side of the path is where the Void Dragon is sealed."
Being able to stand up from the golden throne, even if only for a brief activity, was enough to excite the Emperor.
Therefore, after saying this, the Emperor took the first step and directly stepped into the passage.
As a Scientist, Noah said he could very well understand what kind of behavior the Emperor was exhibiting now.
He didn't say much, but instead followed behind the Emperor step by step, walking into this passage with him.
And when the two of them reached the end of the passage together, they arrived directly in the labyrinth that trapped the Void.
As soon as Noah came out, he released his Psychic Power and began to sense the labyrinth.
In the very center of the labyrinth, he could feel a powerful force being suppressed there, a force so astonishingly strong that it should be enough to make a star-burster.
The Emperor stood beside Noah, watching him sense. When Noah opened his eyes, the Emperor asked.
"How is it? Is that thing qualified?"
The Emperor didn't know what Noah wanted to do, but it must be something that lacked energy, so asking if it was qualified was relatively important.
"Qualified!"
"Let's go get that thing. It can be used to create weapons. With this, I can deter those Starfish in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy."
"Good," the Emperor said, without further inquiry or hesitation. Instead, he directly extended his hand, and powerful Psychic Power emerged from it, then surged towards the very center of the labyrinth.
The guards originally stationed there had intended to stop them, but upon sensing the familiar Psychic Power, they abandoned their actions and simply stood respectfully in place.
As the labyrinth opened, an earth-shattering roar erupted.
"Awoo! ! ! !"
It had been nearly 40,000 years, a full 40,000 years, and he was finally free again.
Ever since he was imprisoned in this labyrinth by the Emperor nearly 40,000 years ago, the Void Dragon had never again enjoyed freedom. This labyrinth was dark.
For 40,000 years, he could only stay in the labyrinth, unable to do anything, because the Emperor had also bound his limbs. He could only stay there, letting his consciousness wander.
Under such circumstances, if the Void Dragon were not a star god fragment, he would have gone mad long ago.
The Void Dragon, having just emerged from the labyrinth, roared once, then quickly sensed the Emperor's aura, and it was this very opportunity that made him even angrier.
The moment the Void Dragon broke free from its restraints, its massive body burst forth from the depths of the labyrinth, its black scales glinting with a metallic cold light under the faint Psychic Power.
Its wings spread, obscuring most of the space, and its crimson vertical pupils stared fixedly at the Emperor, a deep roar in its throat like ancient thunder.
"Forty thousand years... forty thousand years!" The Void Dragon's voice was like a mix of countless screaming souls, carrying long-suppressed fury, "You imprisoned me here, and today you release me again. Do you expect me to be grateful?"
"Human, I'm going to kill you!"
The Emperor stood his ground, not retreating. He merely looked at the Void Dragon with calm eyes, while Noah, standing beside him, showed considerable interest in the Void Dragon.
"Not bad, you still have your own consciousness."
Noah's voice wasn't loud, but it was very abrupt. As the Void Dragon was furiously roaring at the Emperor, Noah's voice caught him off guard.
Only then did he see Noah, who had come in with the Emperor.
"Little one, what did you just say?"
The Void Dragon first sensed the power within Noah, ensuring he could defeat him, then angrily spoke.
"Are you also going to challenge me presumptuously, like those humans tens of thousands of years ago?"
Speaking of the knights who challenged the Void Dragon tens of thousands of years ago, the Void Dragon himself found it amusing; those mortals challenged him like a bunch of idiots.
If it weren't for this ordinary-looking middle-aged man in front of him, he would never have been sealed on Mars.
Thinking of this, the Void Dragon's anger towards the Emperor grew even stronger, and he once again roared furiously at the Emperor.
"Since you dared to release me, I will definitely make you regret it."
"Aren't you very fond of those humans? I will crush them inch by inch in front of you, then eat them into my belly."
The Void Dragon was not unaware of the vast power difference between himself and the Emperor.
But so what?
He still had to talk big when he could, after all, he had been imprisoned for nearly 40,000 years.
However, little did he know that it was precisely because of his big talk that Noah, who had originally had a little research interest in him, instantly turned grim.
Kill humans?
To say in front of him, Noah, that he was going to kill humans, this Void Dragon truly had immense guts.
The last one who wanted to kill humans in front of him was the Eldar... Those Eldar are now like stray dogs, running and fleeing everywhere.
Noah didn't even look at the Void Dragon again, turning instead to the Emperor.
"Neoth, I don't think there's any need to let him continue to whine and bark here. Suppress him, erase his consciousness, and let him just be an energy source."
"If you can't deal with his consciousness, then suppress him, and I'll personally deal with his consciousness. An energy source should just provide energy!"
Noah's words were devoid of any emotion, yet the Void Dragon couldn't help but shiver.
He didn't know why, even though it was Noah, whose power was inferior to his, who was speaking, his subconscious was afraid.
But even so, he still bravely shouted at Noah.
"Kid, who do you think you are? You want to erase my consciousness? Not to mention you, even that human next to you can't do it!"
"I am a C'tan. My consciousness is not something you inferior creatures can erase just by saying so. In my eyes, you are not even as good as slaves."
The Void Dragon shouted this loudly at Noah, on one hand seemingly mocking Noah, but on the other hand, it seemed a bit lacking in confidence.
The Void Dragon's actions could not be called anything but brave, or rather, quite reckless.
However, it was a C'tan after all, and even the Necrons couldn't do anything to it. So, after an initial bad premonition, the Void Dragon slowly regained its usual composure.
What's the big deal?
Isn't it just provoking humans in front of humans?
What's wrong with that?
Putting aside the facts, wasn't the human on the other side completely wrong?
If he hadn't suddenly come to suppress it and stuff it into a maze, would it have done this?
Alright, it probably would have done it anyway, but what's wrong with that?
Couldn't its noble Void Dragon eat a few humans to satisfy its cravings?
Couldn't it make these lesser beings serve it?
If that human on the other side had the guts, he should bite it! What could he do to it? It was a noble C'tan. Even if it couldn't resist that damned Emperor, who could do anything to it?
The Void Dragon's arrogance greatly displeased the Emperor.
The Emperor drew his emperor's sword and thrust it fiercely towards the Void Dragon's neck.
Just as when he subdued the Void Dragon before, this attack made the Void Dragon howl.
The Emperor at this time was more than just a little stronger than the Emperor of the past. Therefore, under the Emperor's attack, the Void Dragon could only howl incessantly, unable to make any move to resist.
Watching the Void Dragon howl in pain under the emperor's sword, Noah felt no pity. Instead, he looked at the thing before him with some lingering frustration, and began to pull out a large amount of equipment.
Noah truly didn't understand unique creatures like the C'tan.
Noah didn't even know how to erase the consciousness of such a creature.
Furthermore, this was his first time using such an energy body as a power source. Therefore, he actually didn't know how to utilize these C'tan.
Besides finding this Void Dragon on this trip, he also needed to research how to operate its energy.
So, while the Emperor began to torment the Void Dragon, Noah started his research, his heaven-defying brain performing detailed calculations.
"I don't think this is enough, Neoth. Can you cut off a piece of its body tissue for me? I need to study it in detail."
After visual observation and scan observation, Noah felt it was completely insufficient. He needed to obtain a body sample for more detailed examination.
"No problem." The Emperor, who was venting the resentment accumulated over so many years of being stuck on the golden throne towards the Void Dragon, didn't hesitate at all. He swung the emperor's sword, directly slicing off a piece of the Void Dragon's neck flesh.
"Awoo..."
The next second, the Void Dragon's wails echoed throughout the maze.
The emperor's sword's attack was not simple; it was truly capable of erasing a portion.
Because of this, even a C'tan found the Emperor's attack somewhat unbearable.
After Noah saw the severed piece of flesh, Psychic Power quietly surged out, then encircled that portion of the C'tan's body tissue.
Using Psychic Power as a medium, he carefully placed that small piece of flesh into his equipment. Subsequently, more advanced equipment was extracted by Noah from his small spatial backpack, and he began to research the C'tan's energy.
Just a few minutes later, Noah kept exclaiming.
"Good!"
"Very good!"
"This stuff is so pure, very good, very good."
"Ninety-nine percent... a rare find!"
"The energy level of this thing is already comparable to a dark matter core, and it also contains such abundant energy. Most importantly, I can feel that it seems to be able to recharge itself?
This is simply excellent."
"No wonder those Necrons use star god fragment as their ultimate weapons. So this thing is so powerful."
"If I had known it was so useful, I should have pulled it out earlier to use as an energy source."
"Hehehe, hehehe."
Having discovered such a useful energy source, and a green, pure, and pollution-free one at that, Noah couldn't help but let out a few smiles befitting a chosen one.
And such a smile made the Void Dragon, who was being brutally beaten by the Emperor, instinctively shrink its head.
For some reason, the Void Dragon always felt that something bad was about to happen.
"Very good, very good! It's been so long since I've seen such a green and pollution-free energy source. This makes me even happier than when I hand-crafted a secondary singularity!"
"Making one of those things takes so many resources, and every month I have to invest some energy and materials to maintain the secondary singularity's energy supply.
But a C'tan Shard is different. I just need to control it, erase its consciousness, and extract its energy. Necron technology can be used as a reference."
As he spoke, Noah took out the equipment the Necrons used to extract C'tan energy. Seeing that equipment, the entire Void Dragon was dumbfounded.
These Necrons, who had backstabbed their C'tan, actually handed such technology over to humans? How was this possible? The Necrons weren't like this at all!!!
"You, you, you! How do you have this thing!" The Void Dragon's expression changed drastically after Noah pulled out the Necron equipment.
It had even forgotten that the Emperor's emperor's sword was still impaled in its body, torturing it. Its eyes were filled with fear of that Necron device.
Once it was put into that thing, it would truly have no freedom at all. And they could extract energy whenever they wanted. It was simply too difficult for them to resist.
"You mean this?" Noah held up the Blackstone cube in his hand and waved it in front of the Void Dragon.
"My relationship with those Necrons is quite good. Of course, they will provide me with what I need."
"But don't worry, the thing I'll use to extract your energy definitely won't be this."
"With this thing, you still have a chance to escape, and that's not good. I don't want you to escape. You can just be a docile energy source."
Noah's face was full of smiles, but this smile was so terrifying in the Void Dragon's eyes.
"You, you, you... what do you mean?" For some inexplicable reason, the Void Dragon felt that Noah was thinking of something very terrifying, and its fear was already evident.
"What do I mean?"
"Isn't my meaning clear enough to you? I just want you to serve as an energy core for my upcoming weapon functions."
"Originally, I intended to erase your consciousness and have you simply act as an energy provider. However, I've changed my mind. I think I should let you retain your consciousness."
"You actually want to counterattack humans, you actually want to harm noble humans. Such an act has crossed my bottom line. I must make you pay a small price and give you some insignificant punishment to educate you."
As he spoke, Noah put away the Blackstone cube in his hand. Watching Noah put away the Blackstone cube, the Void Dragon felt no relief at all.
Instead, its heart became even more terrified. Sure enough, just as it feared, in the next moment, Noah pulled out a Blackstone cube controller and extractor, crafted from dragon scales, from his small spatial backpack.
"When Neoth was beating you just now, I spent quite a bit of time, a full half hour, to fully grasp the Necron technology, and then another 10 minutes to create this new Dragon Scale Cube."
"Next, it's time to put you in here. I promise you that your torment will be constant, every moment, and I will absolutely not let you be as happy as you were in the Blackstone cube."
Noah's face was full of smiles, but the words he spoke filled the Void Dragon with terror.
Although the Void Dragon didn't believe Noah could achieve this, seeing Noah's smiling expression made him genuinely feel fear.
Regardless of whether Noah could do it or not, his current expression made the Void Dragon feel extremely horrified.
"Are you even human? How... how can you bully me like this!"
The Void Dragon couldn't hold back, enduring the Emperor's attacks while loudly cursing in Noah's direction.
But the only response he received was Noah's words:
"So what?"
"You're not convinced?"
"It's useless even if you're not convinced. You were born to be an energy source, so just come in obediently."
Saying this, Noah gave the Emperor a look, and the Emperor, understanding, used his powerful Psychic Power to forcibly stuff the Void Dragon into Noah's rubik's cube.
The Void Dragon's power was indeed formidable, but at this time, Noah was using Dragon Scales to make the rubik's cube.
It must be emphasized here that this was not artificial Dragon Scales, but Dragon Scales.
It was the stuff from the Star God behemoth, the Aether Dragon, that could withstand a cosmic explosion.
This was a portion of the collection Noah had acquired when the Federal Fleet had besieged the Aether Dragon previously, and now it was being put to use.
The pressure of a Star God behemoth could suppress the star god fragment inside it.
That was a difference in life-tier, and the Aether Dragon's Dragon Scales were not something a star god fragment could break through. Let alone a star god fragment, even if you put an entire Star God inside, it couldn't break it.
After Noah successfully placed the star god fragment into this rubik's cube, the Emperor, still somewhat curious, peeked at the dragon scale rubik's cube made of Dragon Scales.
"If that thing is locked in here, it can't get out, can it?"
"Of course, let alone just a fragment, even if an entire Star God is put in, it can't escape. Even if there's a cosmic explosion outside, it shouldn't think of getting out of here."
Hiss... The Emperor gasped, but then a bold idea appeared in his mind.
"If even a cosmic explosion can't blast it open, then can't those Chaos Gods also be locked in? Wouldn't the galaxy then be normal?"
The Emperor was amazed by this idea that popped into his head. How could they not have thought of being so clever, coming up with such a good method?
However, although The Emperor felt very clever himself, Noah directly rejected his idea.
"Don't even think about it. Theoretically, this thing can indeed hold those four guys, but the problem is, how do you get those four guys in?"
"The Void Dragon has a huge power disparity with you, so you can easily put it in, but the other four guys don't have such a big disparity with you."
How to put the Chaos Gods into this kind of dragon scale rubik's cube was the most troublesome and difficult thing to solve.
Therefore, The Emperor just clicked his tongue and didn't continue thinking about putting the Chaos Gods in.
Forget it, he was just saying that. After all, getting the Chaos Gods into such a small rubik's cube was not that easy to do.
But even though he said that, the Emperor, who clicked his tongue, seemed to have given up on the idea on the surface, but deep down, he still hadn't.
At least he felt he saw hope. Compared to before, when he couldn't kill or even seal those four guys no matter what, The Emperor finally saw a glimmer of hope now.
Even if this hope was very slim, it still meant there was hope. As long as he could become strong enough to lock one of the Chaos Gods in, then he could follow suit and lock all four of them in!
In this way, the Warp would be peaceful, and human civilization could continue to develop brilliantly. With Noah's existence, he believed everything would not be a problem.
Noah glanced at the Emperor, and from the Emperor's current dazed, fantasizing expression, Noah could tell that this guy had no intention of giving up on this idea.
However, there was nothing wrong with that. After all, suffering such devastation for ten thousand years and being unable to do anything about the other party, such fantasies were understandable.
"Alright, the goal of coming here has been accomplished. We should go back now."
"I need to go back and test if this thing can first support the smallest star-burster."
Having obtained what he wanted, Noah naturally wasn't going to stay in this maze anymore.
For him, quickly getting the star-burster ready and then deterring the Starfish Empire was the most important thing to do at this stage.
The Starfish's military strength was considerable. It would take him nearly a year to build a moon of war, and currently, their Moons of War were more numerous and of higher quality than his.
It was better not to go to war in the short term.
The star-burster was his best helper to deter the opponent. Firing with the star-burster as an attack method, even a moon of war would not be able to withstand it.
Seeing Noah so eager to go back and build his weapon, the Emperor also did not stay here, but instead waved his hand, opening the Warp passage again.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go back. Coming out for a bit and having some fun was satisfying."
Although the feeling of freedom was so beautiful, the Emperor still controlled his desires.
Now was not the time to enjoy. It was better to quickly return to the golden throne and let the Psyker Legion continue to help him deal with the divinity issue, getting rid of those sources of pollution.
Once all those things were dealt with, he could freely leave the golden throne without directly ascending to godhood.
At the same time, he wouldn't have to go back after doing something, like now. True freedom was not far from him.
Thinking this in his heart and comforting himself, the Emperor stepped through the passage first, and Noah, after taking one last look at the maze, also chose to leave.
However, before leaving, he still imitated the Emperor's Psychic Power and granted freedom to the guardian.
The Emperor had forgotten about the things inside, but Noah had already discovered them.
The person responsible for guarding this maze had also guarded it for hundreds of years. Since the Void Dragon had been taken by him, there was no longer any need to continue guarding this maze.
The guardian's mission was complete, and now he could go and enjoy his life.
After the Emperor and Noah left, the guardian responsible for the maze belatedly checked the Psychic Power information he had received in his mind.
The next second, he fell to his knees with a thud, shouting,
"God-ring bless, thank you God-ring."
He knelt devoutly on the ground, reciting his Emperor's True Words. After silently reciting the Emperor's True Words exactly 99 times, he slowly rose and left the maze.
Of course, except for the Magos of the Adeptus Mechanicus who had already gathered on the surface of Mars, waiting for the Omnissiah to arrive but didn't, and were still shivering in the storm.
After the Void Dragon was in his hands, Noah naturally wouldn't stay in the palace. After watching the Emperor return to his golden throne, Noah went back to his experimental area within the palace.
He also had a dedicated laboratory in the palace, where he created a large number of Custodians and developed the mass production process for them.
This laboratory in the palace was only slightly inferior to the United Star's laboratory, a difference that was almost negligible.
It took time to return to the United Star from the palace, so it was better to conduct manufacturing here. After all, the Emperor was still here, and even if problems arose, the Emperor could intervene.
The United Star, however, was different. It was Noah's core at this moment, and facing the threat of the Starfish race, he couldn't allow any problems to occur there.
To create a new United Star would take several years, and the Starfish race's threat was imminent; he didn't have that much time to waste.
Noah, familiar with the route, returned to his laboratory. Even without Noah's presence, the laboratory was still guarded by Custodians.
Noah's laboratory was the most strictly secured place apart from the Throne Room in the palace.
Or rather, from a certain perspective, the security of these two places was equally strict.
The Throne Room required an audience with the Emperor to be granted entry by the Custodians, and Noah's laboratory also required Noah's orders and instructions for anyone to enter.
When Noah arrived at the door of his laboratory, his psychic power scanned the area and immediately detected over a thousand Custodians.
A total of 4,000 Custodians were responsible for the security of his laboratory; it could be said that not even a mosquito could get in.
Even if a mosquito dared to fly into the Custodians' security perimeter, it would be cut down by a Custodian in a single second, sliced into hundreds of thousands of pieces.
Noah smoothly entered his laboratory, then placed the dragon scale rubik's cube under his observation equipment. Through the observation equipment, he could clearly see the Void Dragon lying weakly inside the dragon scale rubik's cube.
Noah had not deceived the Void Dragon, this star god fragment. From the moment he entered the dragon scale rubik's cube, the long torment began.
Endless energy extractors were furiously drawing the Void Dragon's energy.
This was even more frenzied than the Necrons' energy extractors, as the Necrons' extractors only drew energy when necessary.
But Noah's energy extractors were completely different; their main purpose was to continuously extract energy, ceaselessly!
In addition, it would connect him to the universe's energy channels, allowing the Void Dragon to recover, constantly drawing and storing the Void Dragon's energy.
The Void Dragon, after entering the dragon scale rubik's cube, was fine for the first hour, but in the subsequent hour, he was in a state where his entire 'dragon' was hollowed out.
His incredibly hard scales, which could not be pierced by anything except the Emperor's blade, were scattered all over the floor.
Lacking his own energy supply, the Void Dragon had completely shed his original parrot-like posture, becoming a large lizard lying on the ground, too weak even to curse.
When Noah's gaze fell upon the Void Dragon, the Void Dragon keenly sensed someone watching him.
Feeling the unprecedented emptiness within his body, he weakly used his last bit of strength to speak.
"I was just running my mouth in the maze. Can we please extract a little less? At least let me catch my breath."
The Void Dragon was already very weak; his voice was almost gone, but Noah, being who he was, could still hear the words the Void Dragon expressed.
"Saying the wrong thing always comes with a price. For the words you uttered, you must first endure 500 years of torture. After 500 years, I will consider whether to make you more comfortable."
After saying this, Noah refocused his vision, no longer observing the Void Dragon within the dragon scale rubik's cube, and instead began to guide the Void Dragon's energy out.
Before making weapons, he needed to conduct some small experiments with this energy to ensure everything was in order before officially starting.
Noah immersed himself in his laboratory, beginning a long period of experimentation, while the Starfish Empire initiated their first round of probing.
Nord and the others had not yet decided whether to follow Yvraine's advice and assassinate Noah.
However, this didn't stop them from first sending some Aeldari with them to explore the human fleet in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy.
The Starfish race's size was too conspicuous, so they naturally chose to send Aeldari, and to ensure the effectiveness of this situation, they directly requested Yvraine to act personally.
"You must prove your worth to us. Our size is too obvious, and we probably won't gain any advantage with the humans, so only you can handle the reconnaissance."
"I will only send a squad of Starfish Guard to protect your safety; the rest is up to you. Don't think about bringing back false intelligence to deceive me."
"Your first mission is to find out the exact size of the opposing survey fleet and what other fleets will arrive later."
"Are they just here to explore and conduct scientific research, or do they plan to establish a base here?"
"As for how to establish a base, you only need to see if they are building a stargate. If they are not building a stargate, it proves they don't intend to expand into this area."
Yvraine recalled the series of conversations Nord had with her in her mind.
Looking at her few kin and the large number of Starfish Guard around her, Yvraine couldn't help but let out a soft laugh, complaining to her Harlequin companions on her psychic channel.
"Such a powerful empire, yet so afraid of humans. This nation is truly regressing."
Visarch, who had always been by Yvraine's side protecting her, softly interrupted Yvraine's mockery.
"Don't mock these Starfish race, Yvraine. Even at our peak, we weren't their match. I always feel they might be worried about an even more powerful civilization."
"You and I can both see that a force like the Imperium of Man couldn't possibly produce a Scientist like Noah. He probably comes from another human civilization."
Although this Visarch was merely a Dark Aeldari, the Dark Aeldari at this time were much more clear-headed than ordinary Ark Aeldari.
He had keenly observed something from the Starfish race's reaction and from Noah, a Scientist who seemed completely different from the Tech-Priests of the Imperium of Man.
"Although I don't understand why a civilization like humanity would have a more powerful civilization than the Imperium of Man.
But there must be a reason why the Starfish race are so afraid. We should still be cautious first."
"No civilization that has developed to this point in such a dark universe is simple."
"Moreover, at least don't mock their empire in front of the Starfish Guard."
Saying this, Visarch glanced warily at the 40 Starfish Guard accompanying them.
Don't let these Starfish race look so clumsy; they are absolutely excellent in genetic engineering, and their combat power is quite strong.
When unequipped, their Harlequin wouldn't be a match for these Starfish race.
And if both sides were equipped with their best gear, then these Starfish Guard would be enough to fight their Harlequin to a draw.
Sometimes, they might even defeat the Harlequin by relying on their advantage of having 5 tentacles.
"I understand. Let's finish the current task first."
Yvraine, hearing her companion say so, could only agree.
The Starfish and the Eldar soon arrived at the star system on the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy, which was occupied by Noah.
As their small frigate approached this star system, the Starfish race immediately saw the familiar heaven-supporting fortress.
They also had heaven-supporting fortresses of this construction within their empire.
From this, it was clear that their leader was right; this was a civilization that could contend with them.
Ultimately, not wanting the young Starfish race to lose their will to resist, the Immortals of the Starfish race did not tell them how tragic the war with humanity had once been.
The message they conveyed to the young Starfish race was simply that humans possessed the same technology as them.
The massive heaven-supporting fortress was moored in the very center of this star system, capable of striking anywhere within the entire star system.
Morse, the Starfish responsible for acting with the Eldar, stopped his warship and did not continue to advance.
"You Eldar who are conversing psychically, stop badmouthing us."
"You've been talking for so long, constantly slandering our leader. This is already a path to death. If it weren't for your value, you would have died long ago."
Morse turned his head and glanced at Yvraine, who was badmouthing them.
He truly hadn't expected these Eldar to be so audacious, thinking that by conversing psychically, they couldn't be monitored?
What a joke. How could these Starfish Guard, who came to accompany these Eldar, not be proficient in psychic abilities? If they had just sent someone who wasn't skilled in psychic abilities, wouldn't they have been easily fooled?
The moment his voice rang out, Yvraine abruptly turned her head, pretending she hadn't said anything.
Even though she was caught directly, and the other party had heard everything, so what?
Why didn't he speak when she was talking? Now that she had finished speaking and shut up, what did it matter if she was discovered?
Seeing Yvraine's demeanor, Morse lost interest in discussing the matter further and changed the subject.
"I must warn you, the technology of the humans opposite us should be no less than ours. If our warship attacks, it might encounter human retaliation. Do you have any way to bypass the enemy's defenses?"
Although he was speaking to Yvraine, Morse wasn't looking at her. Instead, his gaze was fixed on the heaven-supporting fortress in the very center of the star system.
Around the heaven-supporting fortress were 26 defensive platforms and 8 ion cannons.
With such defensive capabilities, if their fleet were to engage head-on, they would likely lose many warships here.
More importantly, they were here to gather intelligence, not to fight.
If they truly wanted to wage war, wouldn't it be better to just have the moon of war and planet-sized warship fleet parked on the edge of this star system press in? But the other side also had a moon of war.
Morse looked at the heaven-supporting fortress, then turned his head to look at the moon of war positioned nearby.
The 24-sector moon of war was larger than the Starfish race's moon of war, which was only 16 sectors.
While warships aren't necessarily stronger just because they're bigger, in situations where technology levels are similar, bigger is certainly more powerful.
A larger warship means it can carry more weapon systems and defensive systems, making it more secure.
In a direct exchange of fire, their own moon of war might be the first to give out.
As the commander of the Starfish Guard chosen for this mission, he was considered a high-ranking official of the empire, and he understood what these planet-sized warships meant to the entire empire.
"I have no way to evade their detection. I've never even seen their detection systems. This is something you need to solve."
...Yvraine, of course, didn't know how to evade the heaven-supporting fortress's detection. She simply said this, kicking the problem back to the Starfish race.
Morse's brow furrowed into a knot, cursing inwardly that these Eldar were indeed unreliable.
"You've been freeloading on our frigate all this way, and now at the crucial moment, you're making excuses? If we had known this, we would have come alone."
To be honest, he truly didn't understand why his leader wanted these Eldar to come along; they were clearly a bunch of good-for-nothings.
In his current view, the technological capabilities of these Eldar were extremely poor and not worth their attention at all; they were just a group of defeated remnants.
He had originally thought these guys could perform some unique function, but he didn't expect them to still be as useless as ever.
Morse's face flushed slightly from Yvraine's shameless words. His Starfish color was originally yellow, but now it had turned red.
And it was developing towards a deep crimson.
Visachi, who was accompanying Yvraine to protect her, understood the situation and realized they couldn't continue to tease these Starfish race. They had to solve the current problem first.
"We came here, of course, because we have a way to help you, otherwise your leader wouldn't have been willing to form an alliance with us."
Visachi stepped forward to speak, and upon hearing this, Morse's Starfish race's expression improved slightly.
The Starfish race often appeared cute and harmless, like something that wouldn't hurt a fly, but little did they know that their gene sequence was extremely volatile and easily swayed by emotions.
The reason they attacked human colonies before was also because they had been overcome by emotion, provoked by others, and used as pawns.
Even after coming to this Milky Way, they still hadn't improved at all.
Yvraine's earlier words were less about deliberately angering the other party and more about testing their temperament. Now the test was complete.
"We Eldar have our own transportation network that can evade the detection of that heaven-supporting fortress opposite us."
"Next, I will open a passage for you. Just pilot your warship in."
The Eldar possessed the Webway system inherited from the Old Ones. This Webway system was centered on the Milky Way, with only a few branches extending to the satellite systems around the Milky Way.
The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy, being the outermost large satellite system of the Milky Way Galaxy, also received the favor of the Old Ones.
However, since the disappearance of the Old Ones, these Webway branches had fallen into disrepair. The current Spirit Lord could not be sure whether these outer passages were still usable.
But for now, they could only treat a dead horse as if it were alive.
Morse's red Starfish shell slowly lost its irritation, returning to a bright yellow: "Why didn't you just say you had a way earlier? Dawdling and wasting time."
Visachi didn't say anything more; instead, he provided a set of coordinates.
"Go there. There's a Webway branch of ours there that can allow us to enter the very center of the star system. There's an asteroid next to the human heaven-supporting fortress, and we can enter the heaven-supporting fortress from that asteroid."
Visachi presented his plan, and Morse didn't doubt it, choosing to trust instead.
It wasn't that they trusted the Eldar, but that they trusted their own leader. If these Eldar made even the slightest misstep, the Eldar planet within their territory would be immediately destroyed by the behemoth.
They believed these Eldar would know what was to be done and what was not to be done.
Since the Eldar truly had no choice now, they didn't play any tricks. When this small warship reappeared through the Eldar's Webway, they had indeed arrived at the edge of the heaven-supporting fortress.
Although they had just emerged, they were immediately discovered by the heaven-supporting fortress.
The heaven-supporting fortress was something Noah researched, designed, and personally built there, so its technological content was very high.
A mere Starfish reconnaissance vessel simply couldn't escape the heaven-supporting fortress's detection. It would have been fine if they were further away, but now that they were directly in the heaven-supporting fortress's core, there was no need to say more.
The next second, an alarm sounded within the fortress, and the Imperial Guard stationed there quickly mobilized and began weapon lock-on.
Morse, facing this situation, showed no panic. He calmly operated the equipment within his warship and began scanning the surroundings.
The Starfish race's technology basically determined that they didn't need to infiltrate.
They only needed to enter the heaven-supporting fortress area, and then, using the heaven-supporting fortress as the center, scan the entire planetary system.
Soon, the Starfish race's operation was complete. After all, they only needed to check for any signs of stargate construction and didn't need to do anything else. Therefore, after scanning, the Starfish race prepared to leave.
The next second after they left, a high-energy particle stream swept across the asteroid they had been on, pulverizing it.
This series of events took only a mere three seconds, but so much happened within those three seconds.
Ultimately, the Starfish race's operation was a bit too audacious. They directly entered the close-range perimeter of the heaven-supporting fortress, which meant the weapon system needed time to switch from locking onto the outer perimeter to locking onto their immediate vicinity.
Although this time was actually very short, it still provided a small time difference, which gave the Starfish race enough opportunity.
When the Starfish fleet returned to the Webway, Yvraine angrily roared at the Starfish race.
"If we had been even a moment later, all of us would have been finished! If your warship can directly scan this star system, why did we have to come to their center?!"
Originally, they thought it was some kind of infiltration, so most of the Reaper Army's high-ranking officials had come.
They didn't expect there to be no infiltration at all. If an error had occurred, the Eldar's Reaper Army high-ranking officials would have been almost completely wiped out.
If all of them died, the Reaper Army would essentially be crippled.
Yvraine's anger was justified; she had every right to be angry.
But the problem was, while she was angry, the Starfish race didn't care at all.
"So what?"
"Are you only allowed to insult our leader with psychic language? Are you unwilling to take even a tiny risk?"
"There's no such thing as safety in executing a mission. Since we succeeded and escaped smoothly, then this mission was perfect. What's there to say?"
"Risk my ass! What kind of risk? We are here to cooperate with you, not to die with you! Next time something like this happens, you go yourselves!"
If this mission failed, it would be an almost intolerable loss for the Eldar Lord, so Yvraine's roar was not stopped by her companions beside her.
In fact, her companions were also somewhat scared. The scene just now was truly beyond their expectations.
They witnessed that interstellar civilization clashes were not decided by individuals, but by powerful weapons.
Everything the Eldar, as individual soldiers, prided themselves on, would be instantly melted in front of that high-energy particle stream, without any possibility of resistance.
Facing the Eldar's insults and roars, the Starfish race merely shrugged their two tentacles, having no intention of continuing to bother with the Eldar.
Who would care about an ant's roar?
Even if the ant cursed very dirtily, in the eyes of the Starfish race, the Eldar were just like that, and there was no need to talk to them.
It proves that when you insult someone, they will insult you back, and you can at least feel a little something.
But when you insult that person, and they ignore you completely... that feeling is clearly not perfect.
This was exactly how the Eldar felt; that feeling was clearly not perfect. When they found that their insults didn't elicit any reaction from the other party,
the other party completely ignored them, using cold indifference to deal with them, and the Eldar broke down a little.
Weak races in this universe, even when insulting others, will not garner any interest from them; there will only be disdain.
This is a very dark aspect of the universe. Before the emergence of a place for reason like the Star Sea Council, civilizations like the Eldar, who had even lost all their territory, had no right to speak.
The Starfish race's thinking was very ancient, like a Star Sea Empire. Before the Eldar could demonstrate their military power and territory, the Starfish race looked down on them.
After cursing for a while, the Eldar finally had no choice but to guide the Starfish race through the Webway, allowing them to return to their homeworld.
When the scout ship returned to the Starfish homeworld, Nord was already waiting for them at the starport.
"Morse, how are things? Do the humans plan to build a stargate here?"
"No, Marshal. We didn't find any preparations for humans to build a stargate, but they did build a heaven-supporting fortress there."
Morse reported the intelligence he had gathered to his Marshal, and Nord, hearing this, seemed to let out a sigh of relief.
"That's good. Humans haven't built a stargate, which means they don't plan to expand here in the short term. As for the heaven-supporting fortress..."
What did a heaven-supporting fortress mean? Nord knew clearly. It meant that humanity had declared sovereignty; that star system now belonged to humanity.
"Ignore humanity's declaration of sovereignty. Since those humans want that fringe star system, just give it to them."
Although they already had some thoughts of striking back at humanity, the Starfish race's high-ranking officials' fear of humanity was still ingrained in their bones.
After learning that humanity had no plans to build a stargate and expand in this direction, Nord immediately made a decision.
It was just a star system where they hadn't even built an outpost. Since humanity wanted it, just give it to them, as long as the pace of war could be delayed a little...
"Marshal..." Morse was clearly dissatisfied with this handling and wanted to say something, but Nord directly raised his tentacle.
"Don't say anything. I know what you want to say, but humans are not what you imagine. We are not ready. If they want it, give it to them for now to avoid more conflicts."
If even an Immortals Marshal said so, what could an ordinary Starfish race member say?
"I understand..."
It wasn't until he had finished speaking with all his people that Nord turned to look at Yvraine and her group.
"You've worked hard this time too. Go rest. We'll call you if we need you next time."
Nord dismissed the Eldar as if he were dismissing a servant.
However, his actions were also reasonable. These Eldar no longer even had a star system; calling them a Star Sea Empire was a bit much.
At best, they were just some nomadic fleet groups, and furthermore, the Reaper Army didn't even have nomadic fleets...
So, what difference did it make to dismiss them like hired mercenaries or slaves?
Could they even resist?
To gain respect, one must show their capital. Without capital, where does respect come from?
The Reaper Army suffered endless humiliation here on Starfish, but what could they do now?
For the Aeldari, they were almost on their last legs, though this didn't mean they had no reserves left. One faction of the Aeldari still possessed considerable resources.
The Dark Aeldari of Commorragh—
The Dark Aeldari in the Commorragh region, including Commorragh itself, were originally located within the Webway, a vast expanse.
Before the Great Fall, a large number of Aeldari members had gathered here, and because they hid within the Webway, the Dark Aeldari here, along with other Aeldari who sought refuge, were not hunted by Slaanesh.
More importantly, in the subsequent long period, a large number of Aeldari also fled to this city.
Coupled with Noah's recent pursuit of the Aeldari, a large number of Aeldari also escaped to that city.
At this time, Commorragh possessed the Aeldari's most complete scientific system, their most powerful Ark fleets, and their most valiant warriors.
Of course, they also held the Aeldari's most perverse ideologies and a system that treated other Aeldari as utterly worthless.
More importantly, because Commorragh was not severely damaged during the Great Fall, and a large number of fleets hid and gathered in the Webway, it possessed fleets from the Aeldari's peak era.
If it were before, Yvraine would never have considered cooperating with these Dark Aeldari.
Although her own forces also included Dark Aeldari, there were vast differences between Dark Aeldari and Dark Aeldari; those in Commorragh were utterly depraved, especially their leaders.
But after the treatment she received on Starfish, Yvraine's desire for power had grown increasingly intense.
She could deeply sense how unfriendly this galaxy, this universe, was to races that had lost their own empires.
The Aeldari used to be able to lord it over the Imperium of Man because the Imperium of Man was besieged on all sides and lacked the energy to deal with them.
Moreover, they were located within the Milky Way Galaxy and had the Webway system left by the Old Ones, allowing them to employ a 'flee if you can't win' strategy, which gave them the capital to contend directly with the Imperium of Man.
But now it was different; they had fled outside the Milky Way Galaxy. Outside the Milky Way Galaxy, where would they find a Webway system?
Although the Old Ones' Webway system extended a little to the outer fringes of the Milky Way Galaxy, it was ultimately not as developed as within the Milky Way Galaxy.
More importantly, Starfish was not the Imperium of Man. These Starfish were practically the Overlords of the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy, with no one to torment them, and no Chaos Gods existed there.
This Starfish was a pure technological civilization, free from the troubles of the Chaos Gods of the Warp, making their attitude towards the Aeldari incomparable to that of the Imperium of Man.
They were more arrogant and overbearing towards weaker civilizations. Yvraine, as an Aeldari, a proud Aeldari, could no longer tolerate such things.
"Visachi, we cannot continue like this. We need our own army, we need a fleet, otherwise, these Starfish will never have regarded us as partners."
"In the eyes of these damned xenos, we are their slaves. They have given us no dignity, and I cannot accept such a thing."
"You mean you want to seek cooperation with those kin in Commorragh?"
After all this time as partners, even if Yvraine didn't say it directly, Visachi knew what Yvraine was thinking.
"I still remember the Webway coordinates, but those fellows in Commorragh aren't people you can just knock on the door to see."
"You need to think carefully. Cooperating with them won't be easy. They are not like me."
Visachi, being of Dark Aeldari origin, naturally knew what kind of beings those Dark Aeldari Overlords in Commorragh were.
Those guys were, at best, a bunch of psychopaths.
Honestly, he really didn't want to have more contact with that group of psychopaths, but Yvraine's gaze was firm.
"No matter how perverse they are, they are still our kin. In this cruel universe, no matter what, our kin are more trustworthy than outsiders."
"We cannot continue like this. We must display our military might, at least to make these damned Starfish wary, otherwise, we will have no fairness or dignity before these Starfish."
"Visachi, can you still accept such a life? They treat us like slaves."
Visachi's face also showed anger, but he was still rational at the moment, even if he was indeed a bit frustrated.
Although he was also extremely angry, it was precisely because he understood his kin in Commorragh that his rationality remained dominant.
Of course, Yvraine was naturally not ignorant of her kin in Commorragh either.
Yvraine herself had once died in the arenas of Commorragh; she also understood those people, but compared to those Dark Aeldari Overlords, she was still somewhat lacking.
"They won't cooperate with us so easily, Yvraine. If you plan to work with them, you must be prepared for rejection."
"We even need to be prepared for the possibility of not being able to leave."
"Moreover, we currently have no qualifications or capital to make them agree to our cooperation."
The universe is cruel and realistic. Even if they were all Aeldari, even if they were all of the same race, what did it matter? Those fellows in Commorragh didn't care about such things; they didn't even care about defeating Slaanesh.
"What if I join?" the Incarnate's voice rang out.
The Incarnate is the material universe's manifestation of the Death God Ynnead, considered a more direct personification of the Death God's power.
When Yvraine drew the Sword of the Crone on her homeworld of Biel-Tan Craftworld, the Craftworld shattered, and the immense soul energy from its Infinity Circuit gave birth to the Incarnate.
Its birth was the first step of the "Seventh Path," symbolizing that a plan to awaken the Death God without sacrificing the entire race was feasible.
He himself could be said to represent the Death God.
When the Reaper Army arrived in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy, Ynnead had not come, so when Ynnead's voice rang out, Yvraine sharply turned her head.
"Ynnead, how are you here? I thought I had arranged for you to remain in the Webway within the Milky Way Galaxy?"
The Incarnate of the Death God symbolizes the Death God, and this was the Reaper Army's last hope, so they naturally would not bring Ynnead along to take risks.
The Incarnate's figure floated partially in mid-air, surrounded by a faint glow of soul energy.
"I sensed your difficulties. The Aeldari have now reached their final hour, and I, too, should contribute my strength to this."
"Visachi, if I join in persuading those fellows in Commorragh, do you think the success rate could be a little higher?"
"If you personally went to talk to them, it might be feasible, and the success rate would be very high," Visachi bowed in Ynnead's direction.
The Incarnate held a core bargaining chip that the Dark Aeldari could not refuse.
The Dark Aeldari of Commorragh have always been tormented by the continuous absorption of their souls by Slaanesh, only able to fill the void in their souls by torturing others, which is their greatest shackles for survival.
And the Incarnate, representing the death god Ynnead, can connect members who join the Reaper Army through special abilities, protecting their souls from being devoured by Slaanesh and allowing the Dark Aeldari to slowly recover their psychic powers, reuse their psychocrystal weapons, and escape the twisted way of prolonging their lives through pain.
For the Dark Aeldari in Commorragh, who live in constant fear of their souls dissipating, this was an almost fatal temptation, far more effective than vague concepts like kinship.
Therefore, when Ynnead appeared here, Visachi stated his deduction.
"That's good enough. Pack up; we're going for a trip."
"We Eldar cannot be treated like pigs and dogs; we must have our dignity."
"I can handle the matter on Commorragh."
Ynnead rarely expressed his opinions under normal circumstances, but now that he had said so, the Reaper Army naturally chose to obey his orders.
After staying on Starfish for a few days, Yvraine and Visachi of the Reaper Army left with Ynnead.
Starfish, however, knew nothing of their departure, even though Starfish had excellent technology and even good surveillance methods.
But the Webway system left behind by the Old Ones was never to be underestimated.
This system made it extremely difficult for Noah to catch them; after all, a single Webway path was nothing, but a Webway that crisscrossed the Milky Way Galaxy was different.
Many detection devices would directly fail within the Webway.
At most, they could only detect the environment and conditions of the entire Webway, but they could not detect other places outside of this Webway.
Even Noah temporarily had no way to deal with the Eldar, let alone these ordinary Starfish?
Why did the planet they chose for the Reaper Army happen to have a Webway entrance?
One could only say they shot themselves in the foot.
However, if there really needed to be someone to blame, it shouldn't be the Reaper Army or Starfish themselves.
Blame the Old Ones.
Blame the Old Ones for why they built Webways everywhere, making them crisscross, and now, the Eldar can open the Webway system almost anywhere.
Of course, these Eldar have lived for a long time, have good memories, and are a psychic race.
Otherwise, for ordinary races, trying to remember the locations of so many Webways would truly make them cry from exhaustion.
Starfish was completely unaware of the departure of the Reaper Army's high-ranking members, thanks to the legacy of the Old Ones.
In Starfish's view, these Eldar had remained silent and stayed on their planet ever since returning from their first mission.
The Immortals of Starfish had no objections to the Reaper Army's behavior; their willingness to stay here and be monitored was a sign of their good sense.
The Reaper Army had left to negotiate with their kin, but what was Noah doing at this time?
Noah was currently mobilizing the resources of the galactic humans and the Necrons to build star-bursters.
After a full 40 days of construction, the star-burster had taken shape.
With just one more day of construction, this heaven-burning divine weapon star-burster would be completed.
Of course, due to energy supply issues, the power of the star-burster would naturally not be as formidable as a heaven-burning divine weapon, but it was more than enough to deter Starfish.
On the day before its completion, Noah was holding the dragon scale rubik's cube box containing the star god fragment in his hand, lost in thought.
From the current situation, the star god fragment was indeed a very good energy supply system and device, but he only had one Void Dragon, which was somewhat insufficient.
So far, Noah was quite frustrated; why did he only have one Void Dragon?
It was truly agonizing.
"Trazyn, do you have any star god fragments? How about we make a trade? You give me your star god fragments, and what do you want? Just tell me, and I'll get it for you."
With only one star god fragment in his hand, Noah naturally felt it was far from enough.
star god fragments are different from other cores; other cores require a bit of maintenance fees, such as using energy coins or other resources to maintain them, but star god fragments require absolutely none!
Within his dragon scale rubik's cube, that Void Dragon was now almost drained, and the entire dragon was very weak.
What kind of climate could something that was drained so quickly achieve? It didn't require any further resources to maintain it, and it could continuously produce a large amount of energy. How was this different from a perpetual motion machine?
"No, no, absolutely not. Even if you are Noah, it's not possible. star god fragments are my precious treasures; I cannot trade them for you!"
The great collector Trazyn heard Noah's words and quickly waved his hand, refusing his proposal.
"Don't be like that; everything has a price. How about I give you a total of 10,000 noble-exclusive exquisite souls? I'll trade souls with you."
Noah offered his price to Trazyn in front of him, but Trazyn shook his head vigorously in response.
"No, no, absolutely not; 10,000 souls cannot trade for it!
star god fragments are really important. Many of our devices are powered by this thing. If I give it to you, I will consume more energy and more materials later."
The Necrons, of course, were not without other energy technologies, but other energy technologies were quite expensive, such as the secondary singularity technology that Noah had previously hand-crafted.
The Necrons, of course, could produce secondary singularities; it was achievable for them.
However, due to their technological deficiencies and having been dormant for so long, the resources and time required for the Necrons to create a secondary singularity were also unimaginable for Noah.
At the same time, a secondary singularity cannot maintain a single state indefinitely; it also requires the input of materials to sustain it.
Compared to a secondary singularity, star god fragments like the Void Dragon appear to be more cost-effective and environmentally friendly.
One has no cost, and one has a cost. Even if the price of souls Noah offered was high enough to exchange for more resources, it would still be uneconomical in the long run.
"Forget it, forget it, how stingy."
"If you don't want to trade, then don't. I wonder if your Silent King has returned. If he has, could I meet him? I want to ask where else there are star gods."
"This thing is really good. If there are still star gods, I must catch a few to use."
Trazyn was unwilling to trade with Noah, so he had to turn his attention to the existing star gods.
This matter could only be asked of the Silent King Szarekh.
Other Necrons certainly would not know.
The areas around the Milky Way Galaxy had basically been swept by the Necrons.
As for why Starfish existed, it was also because they were lucky.
They didn't appear in the Milky Way Galaxy; otherwise, they would have been wiped out by the Necrons long ago.
The Necrons, who prioritize physical might, are not to be trifled with.