Chapter 162: Chapter 162: Surreal Conversation (Part 2)
“Lin Xue, did you get the frequency wrong?”
After a full half-minute wait, we still heard no response, and I couldn’t help but start to doubt whether Lin Xue had made so kind of mistake.
“…You dare to underestimate Miss’s strength!” Lin Xue imdiately reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, “Miss is not so Dead Wood who can only see significant figures with intelligence asured to ten decimal points, hmm, let tell you, even if there truly was a mistake, then it’s this huge machine that’s at fault! There’s absolutely nothing wrong with Miss’s judgnt! Ah, that’s right, it definitely must be this machine that’s broken, Miss will reluctantly help you fix it. Hey you, bring the pliers, Miss is going to… cough cough, repair this machine…”
What an irritating statent to make! Do you really need to give such an exacting description of my intelligence to feel superior in your own IQ? Do you really dare use pliers to fix this precision-filled piece of future equipnt? No, no, no! That’s not the point, the point is, how did you co to the conclusion that my intelligence can only perceive significant digits precise to ten decimal places?
In fact, we all didn’t know that the reason for the lack of response for such a long ti wasn’t because Lin Xue’s space coordinates were off, but because Jaina simply hadn’t reacted…
World Managent Center… this intimidating title was indeed a bit too daunting…
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It was like one day, out of the blue, an Alien descends from the sky, stands before you claiming to be a mber of so Galaxy Protection Organization, and demands you pay this year’s protection fee, it’s just filled with odd style and nonsensical aning…
So, it took Jaina a full thirty seconds to allow her thunderstruck nerves to return to normal and start analyzing which powerful being was using this thod to pass the ti in their super boring life…
“The last communication”… Just at that mont, Jaina suddenly felt this ssage erge in her mind…
That’s right, erge!
Unlike the “voice” that seed like an Illusion echoing in her mind just now, this piece of information appeared directly in her thoughts! It was as if it was an idea bubbling up inside her own brain, or rather, a mory that suddenly erged in her mind, such a thod was terrifyingly powerful!
Jaina acknowledged she didn’t have such an Ability — even the Witch Demon King would probably not be able to project his will directly into a Great Mage’s thoughts like this.
Although it seed like a lot of ti had passed, these thoughts had only flashed through Jaina’s mind in an instant, and the ssage continued to erge: “The last communication, this is the World Managent Center, please all planets that receive this ssage respond, we shall now begin connecting sequentially—
Argus, Argus… no return signal detected, confirming the cancellation of Argus…
Drano, Drano… no return signal detected, confirming the cancellation of Drano…
Fan Nuo Ke Star… Fan Nuo Ke Star has responded, confirming the existence of Fan Nuo Ke Star… Dan Tuyin Star, Dan Tuyin Star… no return signal detected, confirming the cancellation of Dan Tuyin Star…
Azeroth Planet, Azeroth Planet… no return signal detected, confirming the cancellation of Azeroth…”
“Wait! This is Azeroth…”
Sandora switched the communication port to , then flashed a silly, self-congratulating grin.
“Who would have thought, you’re actually a psychologist…” I stared at Sandora, dumbfounded, deeply feeling that my own bluffing abilities were as weak as a Paracium facing the Ang Star Cluster…
Cough cough, isn’t this description a bit odd?
Whatever the case, Sandora’s whimsical act of deception successfully bamboozled Jaina, although Jaina certainly hadn’t fully understood the words. What mattered was to keep her sowhat knowledgeable, yet confused!
Argus and Drano, these two terms might be sowhat unfamiliar to the average person, but as a learned Great Mage, Jaina naturally knew what these two worlds ant—these were two planets destroyed by the Burning Legion!
That’s not quite right, because the Argus planet was the holand of the Areda People, instead of saying it was destroyed by the Demons, it’s more accurate to say it had beco a rear camp for the Burning Legion, while Drano was the planet that was truly destroyed by the Burning Legion. With those two nas as precedent, it’s natural for Jaina to associate this peculiar ssage with them, and then, the appearance of the term Azeroth was just perfect—If I were in her place, I probably wouldn’t be able to resist responding to that mysterious ssage either?
“Response from Azeroth received, establishing a bidirectional connection…”
I collected my emotions, trying hard to imagine myself as a Superhuman wearing underwear outside my trousers, standing atop the Eiffel Tower, telling the story of “I have a dream”… cough cough, in any case, just trying to appear a little more serious: “Hello, this is the World Managent Center.”
“…uh, this is… Azeroth…” A very pleasant female voice echoed in the hall, with a hint of hesitation and caution.
I swiftly turned off the microphone power, then spun around in place three and a half tis and leaped into a double backflip, shouting triumphantly: “Yay—”
Okay, outburst over, I turned on the microphone, continuing to play the role of Savior.
A gust of cold wind swept through the research hall, causing everyone, including the busily working Xyrin Technicians, to shiver uncontrollably. Sandora, who was nearest to , even had a petrified expression on her face.
“Even for the most veteran wower,” Qianqian struggled to suppress a twitch at the corner of her mouth, “this is a bit too exaggerated…”
Still in the control cabin, Lin Xue chuckled and said with a hint of weariness, “Alas, how could you understand the wow sentint in our hearts… Of course, I also think that dead wood with its lack of ambition, slow reaction, and zero intelligence is not quite normal…”
Humph, you all just talk amongst yourselves, this great person here has serious matters to attend to!
I cleared my throat and began to execute the planned bamboozling sche… um, “communication,” with Jaina.
“Hello, representative of Azeroth, since you are able to receive this ssage, that ans you possess the qualifications necessary to converse with us. We are the managers of all worlds, and the main purpose of this contact is to collect the current situation of various planets—um, what you would call ‘worlds’ (Here, I need to explain that the natives of Azeroth understand the ‘world’ to be simply the planet they live on, not the spatiotemporal system that includes the entire universe in the Xyrin knowledge system). According to our observations, the seventeenth batch of worlds has undergone an unknown massive change in the recent past. Many worlds, including Argus and Drano, have lost contact with the Creator. The Observers have been dispatched, and before they arrive, I hope to understand the current situation of Azeroth through you.”
“You are… Titans?!”
“Titans? No, our na is not Titan. Perhaps the passage of ti and the changes in the world have led to an error in your knowledge inheritance, but that’s not the key issue. What you need to know is that we are now responsible for the guardianship of worlds.”
That’s it, the truth within lies, the lies within… cough cough, let’s not discuss the details. In short, it’s about using things known in the knowledge groups of Azeroth, along with communication thods they couldn’t comprehend, to achieve the purpose of bamboozling. Of course, I don’t believe such bamboozling will completely convince a sharp and intelligent person like Jaina. That doesn’t matter—I only need her to be half-convinced.
That would be enough.
Jaina fell silent, and I gave her no sound, to give her ti to think.
Suspicious, very suspicious, that was Jaina’s strongest feeling right now. Although the other party clearly possessed great power, and could imprint information directly into the mory in an unheard-of way, just these two points to claim to be a god… There were only two possibilities: first, the other party really was a god, and hence didn’t need, nor deigned, to prove their identity with patience to a mortal like her. Second, the person was just a galomaniac with powerful abilities but a not-so-normal psyche, or a madman who researched obscure magic to the point of brain damage. Clearly, the second possibility seed more plausible—this world was not short of mages whose brains had been burned by diving too deep into magic.
Thinking this, Jaina couldn’t help but feel a bit playful—yes, playful. She had had enough of being entangled in all sorts of ssy territorial affairs and the various pressures from within the human kingdoms. Now that a rare opportunity had co along, and soone had appeared that she didn’t have to face wearing a fake mask—regardless of whether the other person was a god or a madman, Jaina felt she could finally speak without wearing a mask.
So, she responded, “Greetings, esteed…”
“Angel Envoy, this is our standard title.”
Quite formal, could it actually be true? Jaina thought, but her reply wasn’t slow, “Angel Envoy, if you want to know the current state of Azeroth, all I can say is, it’s very bad…”
“Prepare to record—please elaborate.”
Regardless of what Jaina thought, at least she sincerely reported to us the ordeals of the Azeroth world—even if she did it with the mindset of going along with a prank.
Through Jaina’s account, we finally realized what the difference was between the projection of information and the actual situation.
Even though the broader worldview didn’t differ much, the events that had really taken place in the world of Azeroth were vastly different from the World of Warcraft plot known on Earth—as an example, the start of the Undead Catastrophe, the invasion of the Burning Legion, the defection of Blood Elves, these key events happened at tis completely unlike our known “plot”!
Luckily, we followed Lin Xue’s suggestion and made contact with Jaina. Otherwise, if we had rashly entered Azeroth, and then planned our actions based on the descriptions in the World of Warcraft plot, we would have taken many wrong turns!
anwhile, on Azeroth, right after Jaina had finished describing the invasion of the Burning Legion, that mysterious voice imdiately interrupted her account, “According to your description, the Burning Legion has already invaded your world, and you are currently in a completely passive position?”
“Yes,” Jaina no longer considered whether the other party was making a prank but now seriously engaged in conversation with us, “The demonic army has set foot on the land of Kalimdor and has engaged in fierce battle with us… We are completely at a disadvantage, not only because of their strength but also because…”
“Internal differences, or to say—civil war.”
“Exactly, even under such circumstances, there remains a vast difference between the various races. Although we have ford an alliance with the Beastn and the Dark Night Elves, many humans still reject such union. Our situation… is bad.”
“Understood. Azeroth World as a priority rescue target, the rescue team will arrive near Serramo within forty-eight hours, please prepare to receive.”
Then, the communication was cut off, leaving a stunned Jaina behind.
…Could it be, this is not a prank?
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