Chapter 1309 The Leaked Coordinate

Black Star Army territory, a military restricted zone.

In the brilliant starlit space, two colossal mechanical deities clashed again and again, like interstellar behemoths engaged in close combat. With each impact, arcs of electricity flickered, sparks flew, and shockwaves continuously bloomed, resembling endless ripples.

Bang!

One of the mechanical deities, clad in black and gold, used its heavy psionic energy shield to ram into the abdomen of its opponent. Fragments of light scattered everywhere. Taking advantage of the impact, it created a small distance, and countless gunports on its shoulders fired a dazzling beam of golden light, pushing its opponent away.

The mechanical deity that was blasted away tumbled through space before quickly stabilizing itself. Its flickering shield withstood the attack, leaving it unharmed.

"Your recovery is not bad."

The black and gold mechanical deity did not pursue. Its body surface opened and closed like scales, retracting its weapons. Then, it spoke through the channel. It was Han Xiao himself.

The other mechanical deity was Hyperion. Upon hearing this, it stopped, stretched its shoulder joints, and said in a muffled voice:

"This configuration still needs to be re-tuned. The power is not enough."

After awakening and confirming the existence of the World Tree, Hyperion had been repairing its body with Han Xiao's help, restoring its combat power, adding various weapon modules, and forming different suit configurations. It constantly adjusted the operating status and occasionally sparred with Han Xiao to test the practical combat capabilities of various configurations.

"I think this set of melee equipment is quite suitable for you. Just add a few more reactor modules. Although you can't beat me, you should be evenly matched against the Mechanical God."

Han Xiao smiled.

For him, sparring with Hyperion was a good leisure activity. It relaxed his mind while manufacturing machinery. After all, most Super-As could not withstand his size, and Hyperion was about the same size as him and could take a beating. He could let loose and brawl, making it a good practice partner.

Although Hyperion had once been defeated by a World Tree powerhouse, it had faced multiple opponents at once. Its strength should not be underestimated. After restoring its combat power, it definitely entered the first echelon of the explored universe's Super-As, perhaps even among the best. It was a powerful asset.

Hearing this, Hyperion deactivated its armed form, removed a metal tube from the arm armor slot, and casually tossed it to Han Xiao, saying, "Another mutated module."

Han Xiao caught the metal tube, examined it, sensed some unique structures within, nodded, and put it away.

Although he was now also an activated mechanical deity, it was a result achieved through clever means and did not fully replicate Hyperion's unique qualities.

Hyperion's body was very peculiar, a harmonious combination of flesh and blood life with mechanical life. Long-term configuration of mechanical modules had a chance to naturally mutate like biological tissue, becoming special equipment similar to Apostle Weapons, enhancing their effects.

A body like Hyperion's was a treasure trove in the eyes of ordinary people. Any piece taken from it contained astonishing technological content. However, Han Xiao only needed the mutated modules. Hyperion would occasionally pluck off the mutated body tissue and send it to him for research. This was one of the rewards for tuning its body.

After doing all this, Hyperion asked, "What is the current state of contact between you and the World Tree?"

"It's alright. We've gained a lot of secrets and are temporarily holding back, accumulating strength..."

Han Xiao briefly explained the situation of him stealing World Tree secrets and the current strategic policy. This was information that he had agreed to share when inviting Hyperion to fight against the World Tree.

Hearing that the three major civilizations had instead gained an intelligence advantage with Han Xiao's help, Hyperion hesitated for two seconds before saying:

"The three major civilizations are truly fortunate to have someone like you..."

If Hyperion were asked how it felt now, it was a mix of envy and bitterness.

The Kama Republic Alliance he belonged to did not react until the World Tree Civilization knocked on their door. They were caught off guard and defeated with ease. He could not help but envy that the explored universe had Black Star. If the Kama Republic Alliance also had Black Star's help, they would not have lost without any resistance...

Hyperion felt complicated and said dejectedly:

"Unfortunately, we didn't have such luck. We couldn't produce someone like you."

"Cough, it's not that bad..."

Han Xiao was helpless.

They were having a good chat. Why did it suddenly start with the flattery? Did he ask it to flatter him?

Just as he was about to offer some comfort, his communicator suddenly beeped.

He took it out and saw that it was a message from Oathkeeper:

[New discovery in the monitoring of the Child of Destiny, come quickly!]

Han Xiao's eyes narrowed, and his mind raced. He immediately lost interest in chatting.

He casually bid farewell to Hyperion and then teleported to the Sanctuary using the Emperor's Suit.

With a flash of vision, he arrived at the Child of Destiny's laboratory. Oathkeeper was already waiting for him in the room.

"What's wrong? What's the situation?"

Han Xiao glanced at the Child of Destiny, walked to Oathkeeper, and asked straight to the point.

"The situation has changed. Take a look."

Oathkeeper looked serious and was not in the mood to joke. He moved aside.

Han Xiao turned and mentally connected with the Child of Destiny. A series of messages flowed into his mind, and his expression suddenly changed.

"The World Tree exploration team has obtained our coordinates?!"

This intelligence was somewhat unexpected, and Han Xiao's mood immediately became heavy.

The Child of Destiny's monitoring came from the information exchange when the sub-body activated its predictive ability. The intelligence monitored this time was that a World Tree exploration team had found the coordinates of a new unknown civilization. The World Tree used all the information this exploration team had as a predictive medium, organizing a large number of predictors to activate their abilities. Thus, the Child of Destiny learned about the exploration team's situation.

Therefore, Han Xiao saw in the intelligence that the World Tree exploration team had discovered a group of Kundas and the information they obtained from them. The coordinates pointed to the Kundas Civilization's former site, which was in the Central Star Field.

The monitoring intelligence showed the origin of this group of Kundas. They were actually survivors of the punitive expedition. Although the survivors knew almost nothing about interstellar society, causing the World Tree to be unsure if this unknown civilization was the same group as the outsiders who were spying on them, the exposure of coordinates was extremely deadly. The World Tree would definitely investigate it thoroughly, and then it would naturally be able to figure out the details of the three major civilizations.

"Such a thing actually happened..."

Han Xiao frowned.

In his previous life, the World Tree's invasion was overwhelming and well-prepared. The exploration team had obviously discovered the three major civilizations early on, but had been secretly stealing intelligence until they were fully prepared before launching a full-scale war.

No one knew when the World Tree first discovered the three major civilizations, but in Han Xiao's opinion, it was unlikely to be so early. It was probably the butterfly effect. Because of his influence, the number and trajectory of the Kundas survivors had changed, and they were unfortunately encountered by the World Tree exploration team.

Without coordinates, it would be difficult to find an object even in a room. If one knew the direction, the efficiency would be increased countless times, not to mention the vast interstellar universe. The World Tree exploration team was the same. In the previous life, the exploration team probably searched aimlessly, like looking for a needle in a haystack, and happened to arrive in the explored universe. But now that they had navigation coordinates, they would head directly in that direction. The time it took to arrive in the explored universe would definitely be greatly advanced, exposing the three major civilizations ahead of schedule.

"What do you plan to do?"

Oathkeeper, who was beside him, saw Han Xiao's expression constantly changing and asked in a deep voice.

Han Xiao came back to his senses and frowned in contemplation.

"In this case, we can only take action and interfere. We can't just sit back and watch the World Tree easily find its way to our doorstep."

The Child of Destiny's monitoring showed the current location of the exploration team. What they could do now was to intercept the exploration team halfway, trying their best to prevent the World Tree from figuring out the details of the three major civilizations, buying some time for the three major civilizations to publicly mobilize, formally transition into a state of war, and be ready to face the foreign enemy.

But no matter what they did, the World Tree had already obtained the coordinates, and finding the Central Star Field was a foregone conclusion. Even if they eliminated this exploration team, there would be a steady stream of subsequent forces.

"I thought there was still a lot of time left, but plans ultimately can't keep up with changes..."

Thinking of this, Han Xiao shook his head helplessly.

He had finally persuaded the three major civilizations to follow his advice and reduce contact with the World Tree Civilization, leaving more time for the secondary dimension expeditionary force. But unexpected factors made things not go as planned... The Kundas Civilization had been destroyed by the Empire, and now the survivors had brought an even greater disaster to the three major civilizations. It was like a cycle of karma, one drink and one peck were predetermined. No one could blame anyone.

Sighing, Han Xiao collected his emotions and calmed his mind.

In any case, the matter had already happened, and they could only think of ways to deal with it and accept reality.

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"The World Tree has already discovered our coordinates?"

In the conference room of the three major civilizations, the three leaders received Han Xiao's information and were all greatly shocked.

"The specifics are like this..."

Han Xiao explained the whole story. After leaving the Sanctuary, he immediately notified the leaders of the three major civilizations and shared this sudden intelligence.

After hearing the explanation, the three of them had serious expressions.

Regarding the Kundas survivors leaking the secret, none of the three had any extra thoughts. At most, they would curse their bad luck. They were more grateful that Han Xiao had a monitoring channel to discover the World Tree's movements this time.

After all, they did not have the World Tree's perverted level of information state early warning network. If they were infiltrated, it would be completely silent. Their secrets would be exposed.

After thinking for a while, Mabrus spoke in a deep voice, his tone serious:

"Black Star, I'll leave the exploration team to you to deal with... Everyone, from now on, we have to enter a state of war."