Super Mothership
"Hey, you jerk. You said you'd come with me to see the tulips, and then you just disappeared halfway." The girl with long jet-black hair complained.
"Ran into an acquaintance all of a sudden, hehe!"
"You even have acquaintances here? So this time, are they building aircraft carriers or selling nuclear fuel?"
"...This time it's a proper person, really."
"Whatever, I can’t be bothered with you. By the way, where did that mask come from? It looks kinda scary..."
Karl stared blankly at the figures of the man and woman as they gradually disappeared into the sea of flowers under the setting sun.
Thinking about the agent now foaming at the mouth and collapsed on the table, Karl felt that everything was somewhat unreal.
He had merely been sitting there quietly, yet for some reason, that seemingly strong-willed agent’s gaze toward the mask grew increasingly... fearful?
Then in the very next moment, as if his psychological defenses had completely collapsed, before Karl even had a chance to question him, the man broke down in tears and spilled everything he knew.
And the truth of the matter left Karl utterly shocked!
It turned out that the agent did indeed belong to the U.S. intelligence agency—his identity and background were flawless.
However, more than a month ago, he had been successfully turned by another agent claiming to be from the KGB, becoming a double agent in hiding. He was then given his first assignment—to make contact with Karl.
Naive as he was, Karl was just a scientist after all. He never imagined that the other party was merely bluffing under the guise of being from the intelligence department.
In fact, even if Karl had questioned him, the man could have continued deceiving him with excuses like classified missions and single-line communication. After all, Karl couldn’t exactly call the Pentagon’s public hotline to verify the situation.
Poor Karl had thus boarded the pirate ship in a daze, even believing this was some kind of “special mission” entrusted to him by his country.
This was truly a perfect “no-clue crime”...
Karl couldn’t help but marvel at the caution and meticulousness of the mastermind behind it.
This scheme wasn’t particularly ingenious—especially not in front of the unfathomable Ghost Captain—but its brilliance lay in the almost perfect cleanup it left behind.
The mastermind had seemingly anticipated that this would eventually be exposed, and so had shrouded the truth in layers of fog.
First was the agent’s identity, which naturally led people to suspect the U.S. intelligence agency—the first scapegoat dragged into the mess.
Then came the KGB agent who turned him. According to code-name investigations, that agent had died in an “accident” ten days ago—dead men tell no tales. This formed the second firewall.
Nie Yun might be capable of extracting confessions from the living, but he couldn’t make the dead speak. The trail of clues ended there completely.
Karl wasn’t a detective, but even with a bit of thought, he could grasp the cleverness of the mastermind.
Based on the current clues, the one behind all this was most likely the Russians. But was the agent claiming to be KGB really working for them?
Could there be a third party trying to frame either the U.S. or Russia through such methods?
If the first agent’s identity were uncovered, the U.S. would suffer.
Fine, even if you had extraordinary abilities and uncovered the second agent’s identity, then Russia would suffer...
This was a classic case of killing with a borrowed knife!
And right now, the Ghost Captain was undoubtedly the sharpest knife in the world—without equal!
If it succeeded, they could obtain Ghost-faction black technology.
If it failed, they could still drag an opponent down with them. After all, those two countries had made countless enemies—the list of suspects included hostile nations, extremist groups, terrorist organizations, jihadist factions... Karl felt anyone could be behind it.
Wait! Thinking about it carefully, could there be another layer within this scheme?
For example... what if they had already anticipated that the Ghost Captain would uncover all this?
If that were the case, deliberately involving themselves might instead help clear their own suspicions...
So, was this a case of being framed, or a self-directed performance?
The truth was like a Möbius strip—caught in an endless loop. Without a doubt, this was a perfect crime!
Karl shook his head. This kind of headache-inducing problem was far from his area of expertise.
Instead, he was far more interested in the mysterious power he had just witnessed—something called “psionic energy.”
“Buzz... buzz...”
Karl looked up. Amid the faint hum of engines, a small aircraft had appeared in the sky above at some unknown time, slowly descending.
On the craft, a silver vortex emblem shimmered brilliantly in the glow of the setting sun...
...
As for what the truth really was, Nie Yun truly didn’t know—and he had little interest in spending more effort to find out.
Ambitious people—whether in the past, present, or future—will never be absent, not even for a second, no matter how advanced technology becomes, even ten thousand years from now.
They’re like weeds; you cut one batch down, and in the blink of an eye, new ones sprout again.
Rather than playing whack-a-mole and striking them down one by one, it’s better to eliminate the very soil that allows ambition to grow…
Not long after the Karl incident, the turmoil quickly spread in a subtle manner.
The conclusion given by Nie Yun was: “A terrorist organization meticulously planned an incident—apocalypse-level technology nearly leaked!”
Needless to say, the two countries involved were scared out of their wits and desperately tried to clear their names. Meanwhile, other major powers also sensed the danger, speculating who would dare to act so recklessly after the troubles involving the four major factions under Prince Zhaode.
However, this incident served as a wake-up call for everyone—while technology advances, Earth has undoubtedly become more fragile than at any point in history…
If such dangerous technology were to truly leak, wouldn’t people have to live in constant fear every day?
Rational nations might still be manageable, but what if it fell into the hands of an extremist organization? A suicide-style terrorist attack like 9/11 would make such deaths unbearably unjust.
The sudden emergence of black technology not only brought rapid development and prosperity, but also posed far more severe challenges to global security through high-tech crime.
As a result, a topic soon flooded major media platforms: “How to safeguard a pure and peaceful blue world,” sparking widespread public debate.
Soon after, the United Nations held a referendum, and with over 90% approval, passed the “Black Technology Non-Proliferation Treaty”!
The treaty stipulates that, effective immediately, all inhabited areas on Earth—including Third Crescent City—are prohibited from conducting any weapons manufacturing or scientific research at or above the level of “nuclear hazard,” to prevent large-scale casualties caused by loss of control.
Any violators will be charged with “crimes against humanity” and subjected to joint sanctions by the Ghost system and all nations of the world!
If large-scale destructive experiments are required, they may only be conducted via virtual remote technology on designated extraterrestrial planets. The entire process must be recorded and submitted to relevant UN departments for supervision.
Additionally, with technical support from the Cloud Research Institute, “High-Energy Reaction Monitoring Stations” will be established worldwide and in major human-inhabited regions.
If any unreported dangerous high-energy reaction is detected within the monitoring range, rapid-response units of the Earth Defense Force will carry out precise elimination!
Our slogan is… “Make Earth Safer!”
…
While ordinary people celebrated their personal safety, few noticed two subtle yet extremely important signals hidden within these changes.
The first signal: the United Nations’ status has become increasingly prominent, now capable of independently initiating global treaties.
With the backing of the Ghost system, no one doubts the enforceability of this treaty!
Such a binding treaty is essentially equivalent in power to a constitution—except this constitution applies on a global scale!
The second, even more significant signal: the Earth Defense Force, originally tasked with defending against extraterrestrials, has begun to transform. For the first time, it has been granted internal “law enforcement authority,” elevating its status to an unprecedented level!
A unified Earth civilization—with a single voice and centralized control over force—has quietly taken shape!
Combined with the Infinite Currency system, which has already dominated Earth’s financial sphere, the integration of politics, economy, and military has essentially been achieved by Nie Yun.
This not only allows him to mobilize Earth’s vast resources more effectively for activities beyond the planet—ahem, expanding humanity’s influence—but also enables him to confidently accelerate the overall development of humankind.
After evaluating the safety parameters, Nie Yun could finally proceed with a long-prepared public welfare project… the Human Completion Plan!
Mechanical Bug: “…” (⊙o⊙)
TL Note- What plan?
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