Super Mothership
The Earth Defense Force and the United Nations were naturally overjoyed to be hit by the “sanction authority” that fell from the sky.
The practical benefits of this sanction authority were obvious.
As long as the four factions weren’t stupid enough to fight the Ghost Captain to the end, they would obediently cooperate with the “joint investigation” and strive for lenient treatment.
Even though the Ghost Captain had no intention of wiping them out entirely, to give the Ghost Captain an explanation, these factions would inevitably suffer major losses.
As for how severe the final sanctions would be, that would depend on how much they were willing to sacrifice to avoid disaster.
Looking at Lord Wei’s rise to power, the fastest way to get rich overnight in this world was undoubtedly... “confiscation by royal decree”!
Sanction authority not only brought tangible, massive benefits to the Earth Defense Force and the United Nations, but more importantly, it held deeper political significance.
Think about it—once this kind of sanction “investigation system” became routine, it would be equivalent to the Ghost Captain handing over the authority to judge Earth's internal disputes to them.
From then on, it was foreseeable that all countries would place greater importance on these two organizations, and everyone would try their best to increase their influence within them.
One was a “security team,” the other a “neighborhood committee”—the Earth Defense Force and the United Nations, nominally Earth’s military and political administrators, suddenly seemed to actually live up to their names.
In fact, from orchestrating the founding of the Earth Defense Force to gradually strengthening its status and powers, Nie Yun was subtly pushing for global centralization—bringing the scattered nations together under a single voice!
...
Deep sea, the Ito.
Nie Yun had resumed his original appearance and was now seated in the captain’s chair.
At this moment, the so-called “King of the World,” Ito, was no longer the madman from earlier. He lay on the ground with his eyes rolled back, drooling, and occasionally letting out a foolish giggle—clearly broken.
“You... you devil! Who the hell are you? What did you do to the master?” Akita’s face turned pale, his lips trembling as he looked at Nie Yun.
Seeing a beautiful young girl suddenly turn into the boy in front of him, Akita’s worldview had clearly shattered.
“Didn’t you all call me the ‘Ghost Princess’? Since I’m a ghost princess, transforming is perfectly normal, right?” Nie Yun shrugged.
“As for what I did to him... heh! You’ll find out soon enough…”
Seeing Nie Yun’s sinister smile, Akita shivered.
“No matter who you are—die!” Akita clearly didn’t want to just sit and wait to die. He roared and flung a windmill-shaped shuriken.
The shuriken curved oddly in midair, spinning rapidly as it flew toward Nie Yun’s temple.
But in the next moment, to Akita’s disbelief, the shuriken slowed down more and more, and finally stopped just three centimeters from Nie Yun’s temple.
Ding! With a flick of his index finger, Nie Yun sent the suspended shuriken flying.
“W-What is that?!” Akita backed up in horror.
“Heh! That’s mental power—a very advanced skill. It’s hard to explain it with your level of intelligence, so… I’ll just let you experience it for yourself…”
Nie Yun pointed his index finger at Akita. Akita instantly felt something was wrong and tried to run, but suddenly his head felt dizzy...
...
Half an hour later.
Looking at the Ito family master and servant pair now unified with the same silly smile, Nie Yun stroked his chin with a look of regret.
“The experimental plan I had in mind isn’t even halfway done… Are ordinary humans really this fragile after all?”
After this incident, Nie Yun had come to fully appreciate the wonders of mental power.
This kind of power didn’t appear very strong in terms of offensive capability, but as a support ability, it had an incredibly wide range of applications.
For example, earlier Nie Yun had used telekinesis to form a thin shield over his entire body, which actually blocked all types of detection instruments. This made his disguise as a clone nearly perfect.
Unless the opponent also possessed mental powers, there was simply no way to detect this invisible and formless ability—it was extremely stealthy.
Nie Yun also realized that this power had tremendous potential when applied to warfare.
Its greatest strength was—ignoring defenses!
In the face of all-penetrating mental force, even if you were Iron Man, a single psychic blast could be enough to turn the Tony inside the shell into an idiot.
Moreover, mental telekinesis could bypass force field shields entirely, creating a mental energy field inside the shield and attacking the protected target directly from within.
In other words, powered armor was basically no better than paper when faced with psychic powers.
Even creatures with formidable defenses like mechanical bugs could be completely bypassed by the psychic shock of an immortal being—the attack would directly affect the operator inside.
If that had not been just one of Nie Yun’s clones, the outcome of the battle would have been extremely uncertain!
This was the difference between physical and magical attacks, between normal hits and true damage—the distinction was obvious.
However, this power placed extremely high demands on the user, making it nearly impossible to popularize. It also couldn’t be used continuously, had a relatively long cooldown time, and the attack power would drop sharply with increased distance.
Still, despite these drawbacks, in Nie Yun’s eyes, mental power remained a high-end ability that absolutely needed to be developed and strengthened.
Not only did he see great potential in it, but he also wanted to be prepared. If he ever faced another spirit-type enemy like the Immortal, he wouldn’t be taken out by a single psychic blast.
Nie Yun finished organizing his experimental notes and cast one last glance at the now-mentally-disabled master and servant duo. Then, without hesitation, he grabbed and tore apart the specially made prison suit he wore.
The reinforced steel cables snapped under his tremendous strength, and the preset alarm in the prison suit was triggered at the same time.
Boom!
BOOM!!
After a loud explosion came an even more violent secondary detonation. The Ito, that once “fine ship,” completed its historical mission and was transformed into a giant bubble in the deep sea…
...
Atlantis Port—a small shuttle craft belonging to the Atlantis Corporation, marked with a silver whirlpool emblem, slowly pulled away from the dock.
Inside the battleship, Chu Xiaoxiao gazed out the window at the blue planet growing more and more distant, her expression a mix of anticipation and nervousness.
“We’re really going to the moon?”
“Don’t worry. The new lunar city has already taken shape, and the ecosystem is now fully self-sustaining. Immigration is accelerating too. It won’t be long before it becomes the center of the new world!
Atlantis’ headquarters will also be relocated to the moon. With you, the CEO, holding down the fort, I can rest easy while I deal with the Gemini Stars,” Nie Yun said with a reassuring smile.
Following the recent attack, the world’s attention had been drawn to the Chu family villa.
Although the full intel hadn’t leaked widely yet, more and more forces were beginning to take interest in Chu Xiaoxiao. As long as she stayed at the villa, incidents like this one were bound to happen again.
Sending her to the moon—where she would be under his absolute protection—was something Nie Yun had already planned in advance. The current incident had simply accelerated that plan.
Moreover, Chu Feng would soon be moved to a specially prepared residence on Atlantis Island. With the Earth–Moon transport system now highly developed, it would be easy for mother and daughter to meet frequently.
“Mm!” Chu Xiaoxiao gave a gentle nod.
She naturally knew Nie Yun was doing all this for her, and her heart couldn’t help but feel sweet and warm.
But when she thought about the moon, she also remembered the stunning girl who was said to “live” there—someone known only by the name “Codename.”
A certain chat log about Codename’s background resurfaced in her mind…
At that thought, her expression darkened.
“Nie Yun, I have a question for you—and you have to answer honestly!” Chu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, her face solemn and serious.
“Hm? What’s the question?” Nie Yun asked, confused.
“You… do you have a daughter?”
Nie Yun: “…”
Wait… what?
My mind’s a little scrambled. How many daughters do I have again?
Mechanical Bug: “…” (╮(╯▽╰)╭)
TL Note- Daughters?
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