Sidius assigned troops to guard the vicinity of the spaceship, and some took care of the troops who had recovered from soul leeches.
Sidius, Stella, John, and Ave decided to go to the cave to ask Thea. Sidius had a presumption that the one controlling the plants was Thea. Not long after, they entered the cave and met Thea.
They saw that the green light in the room was still the same, but Thea seemed to be in a sleeping state. Sidius tried to wake Thea up to communicate but got no response.
…
In the middle of the forest, Astrum walked in front and Lilo followed behind with her big body. Right now Lilo turned her body into 10 meters to tow large cargo. In the cargo, there is a star source that is still wrapped by a transparent sphere. Astrum wanted to use up the entire Star Source so he ordered Lilo to bring all of it.
After they stopped for a while, Lilo returned to his original size. Astrum started asking Lilo to collect the grown animals. In a few moments, several beasts had already gathered in front of Astrum, by which time there were at least 500 beasts present. The Star beasts were also present surrounding them. It was as if there was an important ceremony.
Currently, the number of Star Sources in his possession was over 1000, this was all due to Sidius' nearly 500 years of harvest. Sidius went on a hunt twice a year, and each hunt earned at least one or two Star Sources.
The number of Star Beasts that existed previously was only 50, this was all thanks to the specimens and from Ave. Now, thanks to the growth fruits these animals have grown into adults.
"If I use all these beasts, they can't breed anymore. Better let a few of them breed first" Astrum said after thinking for a while. In the end, he chose only 250 adult animals present, and the rest were released back into the forest.
Picks up a sphere and takes out star sources, holding the sphere carelessly. The sphere slip out from his hand and fell to the ground. The sphere is were very vulnerable when without a star source, instantly shattering into pieces when it falls to the ground. The star source was still hovering in Astrum's right hand.
Approach one of the alien beasts that looks like a rhino and then release the star source. The star source fused into the beast's head, imprinting a star mark on its forehead. Slowly the beast's body was wrapped in light, after a while the light disappeared showing the change in the shape of the beast.
The beast still maintained its rhino form but its body was different from before, currently, its body was covered with thorns and there were several streaks of light on its body. The beast has become a Star beast. After the beast became a Star Beast, it bent its front legs like it was kneeling in front of Astrum. It seemed like a token of gratitude from the Star Beasts.
"Great!"
There was a voice from around, Astrum turned to look for the source of the sound but did not find anyone's figure. He only saw the trees around him.
"Again.. Again" The voice came again.
Astrum realized that the voice was very familiar, then he looked around.
"Thea, I knew it was you. Come out don't hide"
Thea showed herself, half of her body sticking out from the trunk of a large tree on Astrum's right. Astrum was surprised to see Thea in such a form.
"How can you be like this?" Astrum was very curious about Thea's new form.
"Ah.. this is just my basic ability, when I join with this planet I can use every plant on this planet as part of my body"
"Let's do it again." Thea was very excited to see Astrum being able to guide Star Source into a Star Beast.
Astrum continue to take the available spheres, he pulled the star sources out and released the spheres. Before the sphere hits the ground, some vines catch the sphere.
"Don't waste the Star Shell," Thea said as she gently placed the sphere on the ground.
"Star Shell?"
"Star Shell is a shell formed to protect the Star Source, it is a cosmic product that forms naturally when the Star Source is out from its forms."
"Is it really that important?"
"Star Shell can be useful for hosting naked star sources"
"Ha?"
Seeing Astrum didn't understand what he meant, Thea tried to explain slowly.
"Star source is the soul of stars, Not like others formed living being, Cosmic being never die. It's only transformed into another form"
"Starians and other cosmic beings aren't that different actually, the difference is the mind. Starians are formed from star sources that already have a mind, while Star beasts are formed from star sources that don't have evolved minds."
"When a Starian or a Star beast loses its body, it leaves only the Star sources. And another Starian task is to bring these star sources to the inner circle in order to get a new body."
"Not all the star sources have a shell, because it takes time for the shell to form perfectly. So keep this Star shell safe, who knows you might need it in the future."
Astrum's insight expanded widely after listening to Thea's explanation, but he noticed something odd.
"Why did the newly formed Star Beast return to the base level?"
"Oh, that's natural. Their levels and knowledge are stored in their previous bodies, so when they form again they will start from zero."
"Ohh" Astrum finally understood why the Star beasts he had always started at level zero.
"Starians generally store their knowledge in the form of glyphs, these glyphs are stored in the library in the Inner circle. The goal is to help them regain their old knowledge if they lost their forms. And in the Inner Circle, there is also a center that stores star sources."
Finally, Astrum realized Staran's division of tasks in the Inner Circle.
Cyan Starian is in charge of keeping records of the knowledge of the Starians, Purple Starian is in charge of guarding Star Source and Gold Starian is in charge of keeping the galaxy safe.
"But this ability of yours is unique, even the Purple Starian who is in charge of guarding the Star Soul cannot guide the Star Source to its form again."
"Ha? Then how about the Star Source that has been collected?"
"There is an ancient technology left behind by the ancient race, this technology can help the Star Source regain its shape. But using this ancient technology requires enormous resources, so it is rare to use it for Star Beasts, usually only for Starian."
"Then, what happens to other Star sources?"
"Every one million years, The galaxy core will open and guide the Star Sources into new form"
"Come on, again…" Thea finished explaining the knowledge of the Star Source then asked Astrum to continue.
"Thea, how do you know so much about this? Aren't you only formed a few years?"
"Eh.. this is basic knowledge for the Starian race. Alright, let's do it again."
Astrum continues to guide star sources to other animals, Thea is very excited and enjoys this process like something very special.
"Ah… why do they have to come at an exciting time as this" Thea muttered to herself, she noticed Sidius' presence in his cave.
"Astrum, I have to go back first. Don't rush to guide all the Star sources, leave a little for me to see later." Thea's body started to return to the tree and disappeared.
Astrum looked at the empty tree trunk realizing that Thea was no longer there, then continued to guide the other star sources and carefully stored the Star Shell.
….
Back in the cave, Sidus had called Thea several times and there was no response from her.
"Hi, sorry I was just adjusting to this recovery." Thea whose body was still in the light opened her eyes and smiled kindly.
"Thea, were you the one who helped John and Ave earlier?" Sidius started with a quick question.
"Helping like what?" Thea looked confused.
"The vines that keep Solux from moving," John explained.
"Oh that… Yes, that's me" Thea replied casually.
"Where did you have the ability to control the plants on this planet from?" Sidius asked suspiciously.
"Ever since I fused with this planet, I felt I could control the vegetation on this planet."
"Is this ability your talent?"
"Maybe, I don't really understand this either. As I recall Commander Thiberry taught this as well."
"Hmmm…" Sidius pondered for a moment, it seemed that something was off.
"We want to thank you for your help, thanks to you we were able to defeat Solux easily" John and Ave paid their respects to Thea.
"Ah… no need, if I'm not integrated with this planet I can't do that either. This is all thanks to General Sidius" Thea replied in a spoiled voice giving her appreciation to Sidius.
Sidius was still pondering something, then he gasped and asked again.
"You know what happened to mother Glea?"
"Mother Glea, our ruler? It was said that she was already in the Sanctuary. Commander Thiberry is in charge of gathering the residents of Glea after Mother Glea is secured in the Sanctuary."
"Oh…" Getting that answer, Sidus no longer wore a suspicious face.
"Thea, we want to know about Nexor's condition. What is the level of strength of Zax and his troops and everything that you know?" Sidius asked Thea, the goal is to identify the enemy's strength so that they can devise the right strategy to attack.
"Zax has 10 aides and has around 500 troops, the level of aide ranges from 25 to 28. I personally can't read their levels, but I got the information from the clan protector Insignias."
"What's Zax's power level?"
"That I don't know, it seems to be well above level 28 because even the protective insignias level can't read the level"
From this information, Sidius could conclude that Nexor's highest protective Insignias was at level 28.
"General Sidius, what is your current level?" Thea asked very curiously.
"Currently my level is at 35 and Stella's level is at 38" Sidius replied calmly.
"Hah? Shouldn't your level be above commander Thiberry?"
"There have been some incidents that have brought our level down, you don't need to worry" Sidius replied calmly.
Thea thought about the power ratio between Sidius and Zax's group.
"With this number and strength, it seems like enough to save Nexor"
"We have to hurry to Nexor planet, I don't know how much longer commander Thiberry can last"
"We are preparing some things in advance"
"Then how do I get my body out of here?"
"You have to wait until you fully recover"
"I can't wait too long, I have to go back to Nexor"
"With your level, what help can you provide".
Thea kept urging Sidius and Stella to hurry to Nexor, she wanted to level up immediately. But she realized that she couldn't use materials to level up. Because the current material is only useful for her recovery.
Thinking for a moment, Thea has a proposal in mind to let Astrum learn the Glyph from him. She wanted to level up immediately and the only way was to get glyph purification from Astrum.
"General Sidius, I want Astrum to study some of my glyphs, is that possible? After all, it will be of benefit for him."
Sidius agreed to Thea's request without refusal, realizing that Astrum would benefit from studying the glyphs from Thea.