Esper X Family – Chapter 647 – We’re Allies Now, Right?

This was the first time Ye Ge had observed White Comet up close.

What the naked eye saw and what mental power perceived were always two different experiences.

To put it simply, it was like meeting someone offline after only knowing them online. There was just more presence.

She lived up to her name of White Comet, with snow-white hair and ice-blue eyes, exuding the quintessential bearing of a superior. No wonder she was the primary commander of this expedition fleet.

Her striking features did nothing to diminish her heroic air.

Ye Ge could easily picture her issuing orders and leading the fleet into battle, a scene of absolute valor, with a commanding presence that no actor on any screen could ever replicate.

“Have you come to kill me?”

White Comet remained composed in the face of danger, her voice steady and clear, her words echoing through the quiet rest cabin in the Bluestar language.

She didn’t rise, remaining lying down.

Against an unknown and overwhelmingly powerful being, rash action would be the worst possible decision.

White Comet didn’t even mobilize her mental power, as if voluntarily laying down her weapons of resistance.

At the same time, she understood that if Ye Ge truly intended to kill her, she would likely have ceased to exist before she even realized it.

The fact that the other party could infiltrate the fleet’s core area so easily and even appear directly in her private rest cabin made the gap in their abilities unmistakably clear.

Ye Ge didn’t answer immediately.

She hovered in midair, her black hair spreading out like the night sky, her golden eyes deep as stars, her gaze fixed on White Comet with a hint of appraisal.

After a moment, she spoke slowly, her voice calm yet carrying an undeniable penetrating quality:

“If I wanted to kill you, it wouldn’t be troublesome.”

At that moment, White Comet realized just how gravely she had underestimated Ye Ge’s power.

Even if this expeditionary fleet went all out, compared to the interstellar overlord who had fallen at Ye Ge’s hands, the consequences would likely be no better.

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The Evolutionary Divine Machine was right.

The being nurtured in this starfield truly could bring calamitous destruction to the Watcher Civilization.

This was absolute violence that transcended civilizations.

Not something conventional means could avert.

They had made one mistake. The being before them had likely long possessed the power to annihilate everything, just without harboring the intent to do so.

The expeditionary fleet had assumed that the source of destruction was still in its “infancy” and hadn’t grown to an invincible level.

They were wrong. Utterly wrong.

Ye Ge could have casually erased the fleet the moment she discovered it, but she hadn’t.

White Comet also realized that Ye Ge was not as brutal as she had imagined.

“Then, what is your purpose?”

The corner of Ye Ge’s mouth curled into an almost imperceptible arc.

“I came to see what kind of person the commander of a so-called higher civilization really is.”

Her gaze swept over White Comet’s silver-white hair, her composed face, and her neatly pressed high-ranking military uniform.

“After all, I’m very interested in what you’ve done on Bluestar. And I’m very interested in what you decide to do next.”

White Comet’s heart stirred, and she felt a chill creep up her scalp.

It seemed that every move within the fleet was under her control.

If she could dismantle the expeditionary fleet with ease but had only chosen to appear now, it meant that she had her own plans.

This gave White Comet a glimmer of hope.

Silver Frost and the others might still be alive.

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If before it was only speculation, now it could be confirmed.

“Is Silver Frost still alive?”

White Comet asked abruptly. This was one of the questions she cared about most.

Ye Ge gave her a look that said, “Figure it out yourself.”

It seemed that she wasn’t going to answer directly, exuding a willful, unconstrained air.

Perhaps this was what human civilization called the “divine” aspect.

“You like her. She won’t die.”

White Comet’s bold assertion actually surprised Ye Ge a little.

The fact that she could make such a statement meant that she had thoroughly studied the relationship between Ye Yao, Ye Tong, and Ye Ge.

And as it turned out, that was exactly the case.

Although White Comet didn’t know all the truths, judging by how Ye Tong had shown a strong inclination toward Silver Frost at their very first meeting, Ye Ge probably didn’t dislike Silver Frost much either.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have allowed Silver Frost to stay by Ye Yao’s side for so long.

Not recognizing family? She didn’t see that at all. At most, Ye Ge simply didn’t show herself often or interact with others.

She seemed more like a figurehead of deterrence and mystery.

“Heh.”

Ye Ge didn’t refute White Comet’s words.

She did indeed like Silver Frost, and she didn’t mind White Comet guessing her thoughts.

In ancient times, if anyone dared to presume a “monarch’s” mind like this, they would probably have been dragged out and beheaded.

“What do you want me to do?”

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Once White Comet realized Ye Ge’s true level of power, she had already abandoned the idea of eliminating the threat to the Watcher Civilization.

It was better to die later than sooner.

Originally, they could have died later, but this single expedition had put the Watcher Civilization squarely on the source of calamity’s attention.

As expected, changing the future was too profound a matter. One would always be toyed with by the web of cause and effect.

White Comet was no stubborn fool. Of course she wouldn’t charge in meaninglessly.

Even a suicide squad needed a sliver of hope to hold on to.

Without any hope, what was the point?

Ye Ge seemed to ponder for a moment.

“I can let you all go, but Gray Marsh must die. You don’t need to do anything, just hand command over to him.”

White Comet understood instantly.

This is a trap for Gray Marsh!

But if Ye Ge wanted Gray Marsh dead, did she really need to go through all this trouble?

There had to be some deeper meaning behind it.

White Comet didn’t refuse.

She had long been displeased with Gray Marsh.

His radical ideology would sooner or later push the Watcher Civilization into an abyss.

If there was a proper way to deal with Gray Marsh, it would also be purging poisonous blood from the Watcher Civilization. Overall, the benefits outweighed the costs.

This wasn’t a shameless betrayal; it was using external forces for an internal cleansing.

Well, whatever. It was a betrayal!

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But White Comet didn’t mind bearing the label of “collaborating with the enemy” for the survival of the Watcher Civilization.

Besides, Gray Marsh had brought it upon himself.

“I agree.”

White Comet’s response was crisp and decisive.

Ye Ge slowly descended, finally landing softly on her feet beside White Comet’s bed.

The two were now one lying, one standing, barely a meter apart, yet the atmosphere was no longer as tense as at the start.

“You’re an interesting person, White Comet.”

White Comet finally sat up, her silver-white hair cascading over her shoulders like a waterfall.

She met Ye Ge’s gaze, her ice-blue eyes shimmering with complex emotions.

“Is this just a ‘game’ to you?”

White Comet already sensed that Ye Ge seemed to treat the entire situation as a chessboard she could manipulate.

Ye Ge didn’t answer in riddles. Her reply was a crisp and firm:

“Yes.”

She slowly extended her hand and placed it on White Comet’s delicate face, admiring the figure before her as if she held everything in her grasp.

Compared to weakling Xia Lian, White Comet was like a dragon soaring through the sky, far more reliable.

“The alliance is established. We’re friends now, right?”

White Comet didn’t mind Ye Ge’s little gesture. She simply closed her eyes as if resigning herself to fate, letting out a soft sigh inwardly.

“I’m honored.”

【New family member detected. Successfully added into the family section.】