Upon hearing Captain Tie Zhu's explanation, Hao Yun and his companions understood why the soldiers in their team were so excited upon learning their identities. This also made them feel that the historical mission they were shouldering while searching for Yan Chaoyue had become even heavier.
With this in mind, Dao Lao suddenly had a thought, so he asked, "Tie Zhu, you said there are still some priests living on the Eternal Star Body, right? So, have you heard of the name Yan Chaoyue?"
Captain Tie Zhu scratched his head and pondered, "Yan Chaoyue? Apart from Her Majesty the Queen, there are a total of seven priests living on the Eternal Star Body. However, none of them goes by the name Yan Chaoyue."
When mentioning the other two priests, Captain Tie Zhu's tone became somewhat sorrowful, "Sigh! After the Great Explosion on Eternal Mo Star, the surviving priests among us devoted themselves to the battle against the Mastanians. However, at that time, in order to better lure the Mastanians into our trap, the Divine Spirit Realm deliberately pretended to transfer all the divine troops stationed on Eternal Mo Star to the front line. So, many of the priests who remained on Eternal Mo Star at that time were administrative personnel with relatively average combat abilities. This resulted in them being even more incapable of resisting the Mastanians' attacks after being disrupted by the chaotic energy flux of the black hole."
"Therefore, although these priests were brave and could lead us into battle, limited by their own abilities, many of these priests died or were wounded in the subsequent battles against the Mastanians. It was only at the critical moment that the last seven priests were fortunate enough to receive the sudden arrival of Her Majesty the Queen and escape disaster. Afterwards, the fortunate survivors returned to the Mo Star Palace and were healed with the help of Her Majesty the Queen. However, due to the severe injuries of the seven priests and Her Majesty the Queen's heavy burden, which greatly limited her energy, they were unable to recover from their injuries and return to the battlefield while constantly enduring the chaotic energy flux of the black hole."
"So, Tie Zhu, among those seven priests, are there any female priests?" After learning about the seven surviving priests, Dream Jia asked again.
"There shouldn't be. At least from the appearance and the state displayed by those seven surviving priests, none of them seem to be female priests," Captain Tie Zhu answered cautiously after some thought.
"Why did Dream Lady ask that? Could it be that Lady Yan Chaoyue is a female priest?"
"Yes." Hao Yun replied, while understanding why Captain Tie Zhu couldn't determine Yan Chaoyue's gender based on the name alone. After all, it was quite normal not to be able to understand others' information literally due to the different cultural backgrounds of each civilization.
"So, on the Eternal Star Body, only your Queen is a female priest, right?" Dao Lao continued to ask.
"Yes. Only our Queen is a standard female priest," Captain Tie Zhu replied cautiously again.
"Then, Tie Zhu, do you happen to know the full name of your Queen Antanilis?" Dao Lao asked again.
"Full name? The Queen is called Antanilis Wind!" Captain Tie Zhu answered inexplicably.
"No, no. What I mean is, before this Antanilis became Queen and used the same surname as the King, what was her full name?" Dao Lao asked again.
"Well, we only know that the Queen is called Antanilis, and that should be the Queen's full name, right?" Captain Tie Zhu answered uncertainly.
"Dao Lao, do you think this Queen might be Yan Chaoyue?" Dream Jia privately chatted on the system channel.
"If the Countess didn't lie, then from the current situation, this Queen does indeed have the possibility of being Yan Chaoyue," Dao Lao replied.
"But if the Queen of Eternal Mo Star is Yan Chaoyue, then why would she change her name?" Hao Yun asked in confusion.
"Maybe she did it for some reason, to hide her identity? Could it be because Yan Chaoyue has some fear of something here, so she did this?" Dream Jia speculated.
Dao Lao shook his head and said, "I don't know. Because the system is currently being interfered with by the flow of black hole energy, it is impossible to determine whether there is a person named Antanilis in the Divine Spirit Realm, nor can we confirm whether this Antanilis has been listed as missing or dead."
"But even if Antanilis is a priest, she couldn't possibly possess the power to create a defense shield of this level like the Sky Curtain Shield, right? As far as I know, only the supreme-level commanding priests in the Divine Spirit Realm can create such a large-scale defense formation single-handedly. As for other levels of priests, they need the collective efforts of multiple people or the use of specialized divine artifacts from the Divine Spirit Realm to create planetary-level defense formations. However, given the current situation of Eternal Mo Star, it definitely does not have the ability to create the Sky Curtain Shield through the latter two methods, right? Moreover, if this Antanilis is indeed a supreme-level priest, then the situation of Eternal Mo Star would not have fallen into such a quagmire, right?" Dream Jia questioned.
"Well, you're absolutely right. I also think there's something suspicious about this Queen Antanilis. Let's keep an eye on this matter. I believe that when we find a way to return to the Mo Star Body and meet this Queen in person, all the questions will be answered," Dao Lao said.
Seeing the three priests in front of him silent, Captain Tie Zhu thought they were still immersed in their wild thoughts about the King and Queen. Therefore, he hurriedly raised his voice to change the subject, "In fact, before we carried out this rescue mission, Her Majesty the Queen specifically strengthened our communication devices for us. Unfortunately, perhaps because we used the teleportation array to cross to the Eternal Star Body, the chaotic energy interference between the two stars disrupted the signal transmission, ultimately causing us to lose contact with the Mo Star Palace."
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"What kind of communication device is it?" Hao Yun asked curiously.
Captain Tie Zhu pointed to his ear and replied, "It's a remote wireless communication device provided by the Divine Spirit Realm during the previous divine war."
Dao Lao and Dream Jia could easily tell that the remote wireless communication device Captain Tie Zhu mentioned was definitely the in-ear signal receiver manufactured by the Divine Spirit Realm in the early days. This device allowed lower realm beings to interact with each other through the super-brain neural system, enabling long-distance information exchange. This method of information exchange utilized the divine energy network laid by the Divine Spirit Realm in the lower realms, ensuring efficient real-time information exchange between individuals even at great distances.
In fact, this divine energy network capable of achieving real-time long-distance communication was just a part of the intricate and extensive divine energy network created by the Divine Spirit Realm to protect the lower realms. This invisible divine energy network extended to every corner within the jurisdiction of the Divine Spirit Realm, ensuring that even the most remote corners of the lower realms were constantly enveloped in the divine power of the Divine Spirit Realm.
Lower realm beings were unaware of the existence of this protective divine power, but some claimed to be able to sense the divine power from the heavens, and they were not necessarily lying. Some lower realm beings were indeed endowed with the ability to perceive divine power for various reasons. Some were assigned additional missions by the Divine Spirit Realm, while others were marked by the Divine Spirit Realm for meeting the conditions for promotion to saintly spirits, making it easier for them to receive promotion permits from the Saintly Spirit Promotion Department after death. Additionally, there were also some who merely fancied themselves able to perceive divine power, either to boost their own confidence or to deceive others. Some people stumbled upon good fortune and coincidentally acquired the ability to perceive divine power when the divine energy network protecting the lower realms malfunctioned unexpectedly.
Three days had passed, but the destructive rain outside showed no signs of stopping. It was evident that Captain Tie Zhu and his team had made a miscalculation. However, Hao Yun and his companions didn't mind because they knew very well that once such a powerful formation lost control, it would become extremely unstable, and its movements would be particularly difficult to predict. Therefore, when the destruction rain showed no signs of abating after three days, the three of them considered it within their expectations. As for why they didn't refute Captain Tie Zhu's prediction from the beginning, it was simply because they didn't want to undermine his confidence.
The destruction rain continued for two more days before gradually weakening, just as Captain Tie Zhu had described. However, at this point, the people no longer cared about the destruction rain outside. This was because, during the two days they spent waiting for the destruction rain to stop, Hao Yun and his group unexpectedly discovered, not far from them, that the base of a small mountain had collapsed under the scorching heat of the destruction rain, revealing the wreckage of a small warship.
Although the surface of this warship had been severely damaged during the crash, Dream Jia, relying on her extensive knowledge, immediately recognized it as a first-generation Hel-class destroyer, a lightweight high-speed destroyer manufactured by the Divine Spirit Realm and in service during the early divine wars. It seemed that this warship had deeply embedded itself under the foot of this small mountain during the crash and had gradually merged with it over the years. If it weren't for this destruction rain, and if Hao Yun and his group hadn't stayed here for two more days, they might have missed this resurrected warship.
Although Dream Jia referred to it as a warship, from their description of the situation using the word "crash," Hao Yun had reason to believe that this first-generation Hel-class destroyer was not the traditional warship he knew, which only sailed on the surface of the water, but rather a high-tech spacecraft capable of flying in the air. Therefore, as soon as the destruction rain weakened to a certain extent, the group hurriedly avoided the still-burning ground fires and rushed towards the small mountain where the warship had crashed. At the same time, they activated the system's scanning function to check the condition of the warship.
"I never thought we would find such an ancient warship here," Hao Yun exclaimed. At the same time, he kept muttering expressions like "It's amazing," "This thing is really something," "This is really impressive," and so on. Moreover, if it weren't for considering that his behavior was too eccentric, Hao Yun even wanted to stick out his tongue and taste the warship to see what it tasted like!
Dream Jia shook her head in annoyance and amusement, reminding him, "Hey! This warship has been baptized by the destruction rain and is very hot now! Aren't you afraid of burning your tongue?"
"It's fortunate that the armor layer of this warship was specially made to ensure its integrity after the crash. However, it's a pity that this warship can no longer be used," Dao Lao said somewhat regretfully, pointing to the scanned outline of the entire warship displayed on the system projection.
The others could clearly see a wound on the left side of the hull, stretching from the bow to the stern. According to the system analysis, this wound should have been caused by a highly destructive energy beam weapon. Due to the extremely high temperature of this energy beam weapon, after the armor on the side of the warship was cut open, all the internal structures protected by the armor were melted by the high temperature, resulting in the complete loss of flight capabilities of this warship, and it eventually crashed here.
"The access hatch for the crew of this old Hel-class warship is located on the right rear side of the warship, so we'll have to dig down along the hull to try to get in," Dao Lao continued, and Captain Tie Zhu's team immediately began digging in the direction indicated by Dao Lao upon receiving the order, showing little surprise at the sight of the warship. But considering that the people of Eternal Mo Star were part of the coalition forces of the Divine Spirit Realm, even if these Eternal Mo Star people had not personally participated in the divine wars, they must have been familiar with such ancient warships.
"According to the system scan, the damage to this warship is quite severe, and its surface armor has been severely deformed. This situation is likely due to heavy damage, but it could also be caused by the impact of the crash. However, regardless of the reasons, the damage caused by these deformations has penetrated the armor layer and has affected some of its internal structures, such as the control unit of the access hatch, which should be in a malfunctioning state," Dao Lao explained, based on the data analysis from the system scan.
"So, you mean to say that none of the soldiers inside the warship managed to escape during the crash?" Hao Yun asked.
"Yes. Unlike other large warships, this light high-speed destroyer only has one entrance and exit. However, since this type of warship is not used to transport soldiers, besides the crew responsible for operating the warship, there should be no other soldiers inside," Dao Lao said gravely. And what he implied was that there wouldn't be too many soldiers from the coalition buried within this warship.