The thing that appeared in front of Soshyan was almost completely wrapped in a thick robe, tightly covered from head to toe. They walked with a hunched back and an undulating gait, but they were also close to two meters tall.
Soshyan could only see the opponent's two exposed hands. The arms were very thin, with three fingers at the end. The fingers were also very long and slender, like claws. The occasionally exposed feet looked unusually thick and short, and flesh could still be vaguely seen. Pads, somewhat similar to canines.
"Welcome, three distinguished guests."
For a moment, standard smooth Gothic with some aristocratic accents sounded from under the robe. If he hadn't known that there was an alien in front of him, Soshyan would have thought it was a hive nobleman talking to him.
When the other party walked into the light above the head, what came into view was a face that looked very aggressive. The turned-up nose was vaguely reminiscent of some kind of vicious dog. There were four small round dogs on the wrinkled face. Eyes, but no hair, like a skinned dog.
Kayon nodded and didn't say much nonsense. He put two fingers of his right hand together, pinched a piece of paper out of thin air, and then handed it to the other party.
"I want this thing."
The Stryxis took the piece of paper and read it for a while, then the wrinkles on his face shook violently, and his four eyes were almost squeezed together.
"Dear guest, this...is not easy to handle."
"I just want to know, yes or no."
After looking at the piece of paper in silence for a long time, the Stryxis shook his head.
"It's not that I underestimate the three of you, but I'm afraid you can't offer anything that can be exchanged for them."
"So, yes?"
Khayon laughed, and then said something that neither Talos nor Soshyan could understand, but the Stryxis' eyes widened when he heard it.
Then, the other party responded eagerly.
Both sides chatted to each other, and finally the Stryxis nodded and switched back to Gothic.
"Then the deal is done."
After that, he turned around and spoke to the four biochemical slave workers. Then the door guarded by the slave workers opened and the businessman walked in, but the door was not closed.
"Kayon, what did you trade with him for?"
"A secret."
"secret?"
"Yes, there is a clue about their former home, which I accidentally found many years ago when I was exploring ancient ruins."
Soon, the alien merchant returned, bringing with him two grunting tank-born people who carefully pushed a heavy nutrient tank forward. The ocher-colored liquid inside the glass jar emits a soft gurgling sound, while the magnifying filters placed on both sides of the glass jar continue to emit a steady hum.
The floating object suspended in the liquid is even more confusing. At first it looks like a piece of crystal, but upon closer inspection, it appears to be an intricate neural network intertwined with crackling energy.
"What is this?"
Soshyan asked curiously. He and Talos both approached the sealed jar, but two jar survivors immediately stopped them.
"Guest, this is fragile,"
The alien merchant reminded the two of them in a low voice, which earned Talos a scolding.
"Are we going to touch each other? Why are you so nervous? You can't even look at someone doing this business like you!?"
"Well....."
An angry Space Marine obviously frightened the naturally nervous Stryxis. He quickly stood aside and asked the jar-born to step aside, and the two were able to get close.
"Looks like a bundle of nerves."
"More like crystal, too."
In terms of physical form, it is indeed a cluster of floating crystals, composed of the largest crystal and countless small crystals. These small crystals move along an eccentric orbit around the largest crystal, constantly releasing the hidden energy into it. Arcing tendrils of energy, this continuous arc of energy produced a characteristic flash that illuminated the armor of the three Space Marines in an unnatural way.
It is precisely because of this structure that it looks very much like the neural network of a biological brain.
"Very interesting, but what do you want it to do, Kayon?"
Talos stared down at the crystals and arcs of energy that resembled neural tissue, tracing his fingers along the curves of the glass.
Kayon replied with a smile.
"It emits an undetectable psychic miasma...a mind fog tuned to be highly effective on the sensitive brains of the Eldar."
Soshyan observed very carefully. He found that all the crystals seemed to be composed of a translucent milky white substance. Most of them had crack-like patterns and lobes covering their surfaces, and he did not know whether they were As an illusion, the pattern appears to him to be constantly changing - this may be caused by its unusual glowing effect or its rotation.
Then, he said something.
"This thing...is alive."
Kayon nodded.
"Soshyan, your observations are very keen."
"What on earth is this?"
"This is the creation of an alien race called Yuvath. You can call it the Thought Crystal, a living crystal that combines subspace technology.
"It's Yuvas."
This alien race, Soshyan, is known. This race is an alien species that worships chaos. It is entrenched in the Calyx Expansion, which is now the Calixis Sector.
According to the records of the Chapter Archives, this is a very difficult hostile alien force. They caused a lot of trouble for the Empire during the Angwen Expedition in M39, and even became the last force to resist Imperial rule at the end of the expedition. Organized power.
But in the end, the race's home world was destroyed by the Order of Extermination, marking their complete destruction and defeat, as well as the end of the Angwen Crusade and the birth of the Calixis Sector.
After the Angvin Crusade, there were no more sightings of Yuvath in the Empire, and the alien was marked as extinct by the Ordo Xenos, although their dirty traces still exist in the Calixis Sector. The heretical technology of these creatures and the horrors they create remain a scourge and constant danger.
After confirming that the thing was what he wanted, Kayon conjured a stone slab out of thin air and threw it to the alien merchant.
The other party glanced at it after catching it and nodded with satisfaction.
With a wave of his hand, Kayon sent the jar and the crystal inside directly to his small personal space.
Seeing this scene, the alien businessman whispered, then bent down and said:
"Then the deal is concluded. I hope the three of you will not mention the existence of our store to others."
Kayon also nodded.
"Of course, then we'll leave."
At this time, the alien businessman suddenly let out a low and malicious laugh.
"I would like to ask, are the three of you planning to do something big in Comoros this time?"
The three of them stared at him for a while, and then Kayon said slowly:
"Any advice?"
"I don't dare, it's just... I like to see Pointy Ears die. The more people die, the better. If you three need some more deadly weapons, I can provide them here at a low price."
