Why didn't this guy say that he was immoral for causing someone's child to fall into a latrine pit?
Lu Yin couldn't be bothered with this nonsense. The Divine Seal Catalog appeared behind him, releasing a golden radiance. Streaks of Triple Firmament Sword Intent converged into a river that danced around the stone monster.
The stone monster felt a chill run down its spine.
"You have two choices. Help me sell the coordinates or die of old age in Xiang City. Choose one." Lu Yin's tone was cold.
The stone monster wanted to say something, but the Sword Dao River rushed towards it. It hurriedly said, "I'll sell it, I'll sell it."
Lu Yin was satisfied and retracted the Sword Dao River. "Wouldn't it have been better if you had agreed earlier?
What a waste of time. Let's go. Oh, and bring some of your own race. You'll look more professional. "
The stone monster had no choice but to choose a few of its own race. This was troublesome. If that technological fishing civilization attacked, it might not be able to escape. This human was cunning, but he was also exceptionally powerful. It hoped that he could save it.
Lu Yin looked at the stone monster in a new light. "You're really professional."
These people were either one-eyed, lame, or fierce. They even carried axes. No matter how he looked at it, they were more professional than the one-eyed monster.
The stone monster smiled bitterly. "I've seen evil thieves before. They're despicable and shameless, and they like to make themselves look fierce. Otherwise, they wouldn't have the confidence to contact buyers."
Lu Yin looked at it suspiciously. "Why do I feel like you're an evil thief?"
"Human powerhouse, you can't slander me like that. How can I be an evil thief?"
The stone monster cried out, and the others around it shrank back and bowed as sincerely as possible.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. He had seen this stone monster's past, but all he had seen was its cultivation and when it had been captured by Che.
Evil thieves.
Of course, now was not the time to care about this.
"Think of a way to make them believe you."
With that, Lu Yin teleported the stone monster and the others to a distance that was close to the technological fishing civilization's ten years of Eternal Life before leaving.
They couldn't get too close, as there was no way to explain their sudden appearance. They also couldn't get too far away, as they would have to wait a long time before they could contact them.
This distance should be about right.
The stone monster and its companions looked around. They knew that the technological fishing civilization was right in front of them, but they had no choice but to brace themselves and approach.
At the same time, in the distance, a warning sound came from the huge oval light. "Beep — Alien lifeform detected — Beep — Alien lifeform detected — Beep —"
"This is so annoying. Turn off that beep for me."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"What happened?"
"Foreign lifeform detected. Coordinates have appeared."
"Hmm?
Wasn't this location detected before? "
"The foreign lifeform's strength has been detected as an Eternal lifeform. It should have a way to shield itself from detection, or a way to accelerate instantly and directly enter the detection range."
"Instant acceleration?
Just like the creature that used us?
So we've found them? "
"Activate absolute analysis."
"Activating Absolute Analysis. Analysis-Analysis-Analysis-Does not belong to human civilization. Strength, Eternal Life. Warning, the other party is an Eternal Life. Do you wish to activate Wandering?
Warning, Eternal life is approaching. Do you wish to activate Wandering? "
"Of course not. I knew that you guys would fight whenever you encountered an Eternal being. You didn't even communicate with them.
No wonder the Empire suffered so many losses. "
"Your Highness, according to the empire's analysis and reporting regulations, we are not allowed to communicate with foreign creatures. Otherwise, we will kill them.
Die or be enslaved. "
"Hmph, many things can be solved with just a few words, but you chose the most troublesome one. Fine, do as you wish. Let's see what you want."
"Activate Wandering immediately and prepare to release it at any time. At the same time, prepare to release the unconventional weapon, Crystalfall."
"Crystalfall activating, Crystalfall activating."
"Your Highness, we're not in a hurry. We're still too far away. Let's wait until it gets closer before attacking. That way, it won't have any room to escape."
"Fine, I'll watch your performance." A lazy voice sounded out.
Time continued to pass as Lu Yin quietly looked into the distance. Nine years had passed, and the stone golem was already very close to the technological fishing civilization. They would soon be able to communicate.
Another few months passed, and the stone golem was still heading towards the fixed coordinates as usual. Suddenly, something that resembled a needle appeared in front of it, but much larger than a needle. It stabbed towards it.
It attacked with a blast of power that squeezed the void, but one of the needles pierced through it and brushed past its body.
The stone golem was shocked. What a sharp attack! It had originally planned to lead its own kind away, but it had never expected that a single probing attack would cause it to retreat.
The technological fishing civilization was truly unfathomable.
Lu Yin stared at the needles. He had experienced such attacks more than once, but none had been as powerful as this one.
And this was just a probing attack.
Of course, these needles alone were not enough to threaten the stone golem. It could only be said that the power of the needles had allowed the stone golem to see the upper limit of this technological civilization's attack.
The stone golem's decisive retreat was something that the technological civilization had not expected.
"The target has changed direction. Should we launch Wandering?"
"Your Highness, should we launch Wandering?"
"Are you sure this is eternal?
Retreating without even fighting? That's too cowardly. "
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"It's not strange for any creature to be within the Square Inch Distance. Some creatures have a higher probability of attaining eternal life than others due to their specialties. However, these creatures are often not as strong and courageous as those species that have a hard time attaining eternal life."
"Nonsense, I don't know?
It's all recorded in the Empire's books. Tell me something useful. "
"Yes, Your Highness. In such situations, our choice is to confirm the target's strength, track it, find the target's location, conquer it, and gather resources. Since the target's strength is unknown, I suggest we launch Wandering."
"What else can you do besides Wandering?"
"Your Highness, Wandering is the safest choice."
"There's no hurry. It can't run out of Wandering's range anyway. Let's try launching the crystal drops again and see if we can test its strength."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Soon after, the crystal drops were launched. Needles pierced through the starry sky and hit the stone golem like raindrops.
The stone golem kept dodging and had no intention of fighting at all.
The crystal drops were launched again and again, tearing countless traces in the dark and deep starry sky.
"Your Highness, the other party only cares about escaping and has no intention of fighting back. No matter how many crystal drops are launched, we can't test its strength. Therefore, I suggest we launch Wandering."
"The price of using Wandering is too high. I find it strange. It's an eternal life. How can it be beaten without fighting back?"
At this time, the stone golem's appearance appeared on the screen.
"Activate absolute analysis."
"Absolute analysis activating. Unable to perform absolute analysis. The other party is an eternal life."
"Activate absolute analysis of the king ship."
"Absolute analysis of the king ship is activating. Analyzing. Analyzing. Analysis complete."
The screen showed the distribution of various materials, as well as the analysis of the stone golem's speed and dodging reaction.
"Your Highness, this kind of analysis doesn't mean much. The power of an eternal life is not something that can be detected through data."
"I know. Don't you think that these creatures look familiar?"
"A little. We've never seen these creatures before, but what's this familiarity?" Suddenly, they spoke at the same time. "Evil thieves." "Evil thieves."
"That's right, it's the evil thieves. I was wondering why they were so familiar. The Empire has dealt with evil thieves too many times. Those evil thieves all look fierce, but they are also cautious. Look at their movements. Even if they use eternal life as a cover, their habitual hiding method is no different from the evil thieves."
"Most people wouldn't be able to discover them, but we're too familiar with evil thieves. Your Highness, what do we do now?"
"Hmph, communicate. Since they're evil thieves, there's no need to attack."
"Yes."
In the distant starry sky, the stone golem looked back. Were they not attacking?
Or were they preparing for a stronger attack?
It wanted to talk, but now wasn't the time. Lu Yin had said that he had made a deal with evil thieves, which proved that they could communicate. However, if they wanted to communicate, the other party would have to take the initiative. Otherwise, it would be useless.
The human had asked it to think of a way to trade for the coordinates, so it could only take the old route.
Lu Yin's guess was right. They had indeed been evil thieves, but they had stopped after the stone golem had broken through to eternal life. It cherished its life, and evil thieves were all desperadoes. Nine out of ten would die at the hands of their trade partners, and only one would survive.
It didn't want to take the risk, even if it was an eternal life.
Besides, evil thieves couldn't satisfy the needs of an eternal life.
If it begged, it would return to its civilization and focus on passing down its legacy and improving its strength. This was the true path.
The strength of a civilization was the true path. Unless the individual's path was compatible with two universal laws, there was no sense of security.
The moment it dodged the attack, it felt as if it had returned to its time as an evil thief. It had never thought that it would experience those wandering days again.
"Your Highness, are you willing to communicate?" a voice asked. It naturally understood, even though they belonged to different civilizations.
The stone golem stopped and looked back at the huge oval-shaped light. "Why are you attacking me for no reason?"
"What's so strange about that?
Your Highness has traversed the universe. Don't tell me you don't know the basics. "
The stone golem said in a low voice, "I won't argue with you. Killing you will increase my karmic restraints. Leave."
"May I ask if Your Highness is an evil thief?"
The stone golem was surprised. "How did you know?"
Within the oval-shaped light, the Highness stared at the screen and slowly said, "We are willing to trade with evil thieves. Your Highness, do you have the coordinates of a civilization?"
The stone golem sized up the oval-shaped light. "A technological civilization?
In the universe, it's rare to find a fishing civilization that uses technology. No wonder you want the coordinates of a civilization. You need resources. "
"Your Highness, you must have avoided us because you saw that we belong to a technological civilization. Since you can see our purpose, Your Highness should also know that evil thieves are the most popular group for technological civilizations."
Of course, the stone golem knew that technological civilizations were the most eager to buy civilization coordinates in the universe. Resources limited the upper limit of technological civilizations, but resources could also push the upper limit of technological civilizations.
Just like cultivation.
It was the same for cultivators.
The more resources there were, the stronger the technological civilization.