Super Mothership
Iris Civilization!
The race that created the mechanical bugs and changed Nie Yun’s fate… was actually the manufacturer of the vector engine…
The sheer amount of information contained in this revelation left even Nie Yun somewhat dazed.
“Arthas? Arthas? What’s wrong with you?”
“Huh? Oh! It’s nothing. I just didn’t expect that our secret weapon actually came from an extraterrestrial creation. About this line of text… do we know anything about it?” Nie Yun probed.
“No. There’s too little data—we simply can’t analyze it. But judging from the technological level of this engine, its creators must be a highly advanced civilization far beyond our imagination,” Isabel said.
No kidding! Of course I know Iris is an advanced civilization.
I also know that the Iris Civilization not only created the vector engine, but also the mechanical bugs… Wait! Hold on!
Ship repair fluid… engine…
Nie Yun vaguely felt like he had grasped something crucial, but when he thought carefully, it seemed like nothing more than a wild guess.
“Other than the vector engine, did we find anything else? Like… other ship wreckage?”
Finding two creations from the same civilization within a relatively nearby star region inevitably sparked some speculation in Nie Yun’s mind.
His sudden question caught the other two off guard.
“That’s right! The vector engine is clearly just one component of a spaceship. Logically, there should be other parts as well!” Reno quickly realized and became excited.
“Well… even if there are, it’s not something someone at my level would have access to,” Isabel shrugged.
“Fair enough.” Nie Yun sighed helplessly.
Looks like… my rank still isn’t high enough, and I don’t have access to enough classified information…
“The vector engine is, after all, just a strategic deterrent. If we want to defeat the Jinlok Consortium, we still need true strength of our own!” Nie Yun said, looking at Isabel and Reno.
“Gentlemen, we are among the few high-ranking commanders who survived this war. We understand the enemy’s strength and brutality. So I believe…
It’s time we made our voices heard within the military and played a more significant role in this war!”
Hearing Nie Yun’s words, both Isabel and Reno’s eyes flickered.
“You mean… we officially form an alliance?” Compared to Isabel, Reno appeared much more excited.
Behind Isabel and Arthas stood the Assad family and the Cruze family respectively.
A military faction with such immense potential—if one could join at its inception and become a founding member…
Reno’s political instincts were far from dull. He quickly realized he was facing one of the most important choices of his life.
As for leadership of the group, Reno didn’t even dare to think about it.
In terms of prestige, he was far inferior to the well-established Isabel. In terms of ability and reputation, he couldn’t compare to the rising star, General Arthas.
To compete for leadership in such a lineup? That would be sheer lack of self-awareness.
Isabel took a long look at Nie Yun. After pondering for a long time, she finally nodded slowly.
“With a powerful enemy at our side… fate should indeed be held in our own hands!”
“Then… may fortune favor us in battle!” Nie Yun said with a smile, raising his glass.
“That’s right! Victory in battle! Hahaha!”
“Clink!” The three glasses collided in midair, producing a crisp chime—like a symphony of fate…
…
After seeing the two off, Nie Yun quickly fell into deep thought again.
Ever since the mechanical bugs, he had once again formed a strange connection with the Iris Civilization. It was hard not to call it a peculiar kind of fate.
But such coincidences also made Nie Yun curious about the “Iris Civilization,” which had always been nothing more than a symbolic existence to him…
In front of him appeared virtual projections of the mechanical bugs and the vector engine, slowly rotating.
“What exactly is the relationship between these two? And how many traces has the Iris Civilization left behind in this star region?”
Was the vector engine powerful? Extremely!
But unfortunately, the Gemini civilization’s technological level was too low. The ships they built were too fragile to make effective use of it—they could only use it as a “steering wheel” for a battle star…
Even so, it had already made the battle star “Reaper” capable of killing with impunity—unstoppable, invincible.
If there were truly a ship capable of fully utilizing the vector engine…
Nie Yun couldn’t help but imagine—what if the Sea Wolf was equipped with a vector engine…
Mechanical bugs + vector engine… forget the Gemini system—even against the Imperial Royal Fleet of the Wolf Empire, Nie Yun was confident he could charge in and out of battle like a whirlwind!
Just a single engine and some ship repair fluid were enough to create such a powerful spacecraft. It was hard to imagine—if the mechanical bugs and the vector engine really came from the same Iris Civilization ship… just how powerful would that ship have been?
And if it was that powerful, why did it crash in this star region?
Some kind of cosmic catastrophe?
But given its capabilities, even the most terrifying black holes in the universe probably couldn’t do anything to it, right?
A ship malfunction?
Unlikely—unless billions of mechanical bugs all went offline at once…
Could it have been a war between advanced civilizations?
Nie Yun felt that he might have stumbled upon an extraordinary secret…
“Mechanical bugs, vector engine—both are connected to the Iris Civilization. Could it be that this Iris Civilization is some kind of wholesaler of cosmic artifacts?
As far as I know, the number of cosmic artifacts… including the Immortal One, might be three?
Come to think of it, that guy—the Immortal One—is also quite suspicious.
It’s clearly just a wandering seed in the universe, yet not only did it survive, it even became a dominant force on Planet Kara! Could it… also be related to this Iris Civilization?” Nie Yun’s brow twitched.
He immediately activated a clone aboard the Sea Wolf and found the Immortal One, who was sleeping.
“Hey, old one, do you recognize this line of text?”
“…No.”
“Then what about the Iris Civilization? Ever heard of it?”
“Iris… never heard of it.”
“I see…”
Nie Yun carefully examined the Immortal One again, making sure there wasn’t a “Made in Iris” label engraved anywhere on its body—even on the soles of its feet—before finally giving up on finding clues from it.
Then again, even if the Immortal One really was a seed from that ship, the Iris Civilization wouldn’t exactly “brand” or “educate” a seed from birth, right?
Without solid evidence, Nie Yun could only temporarily place the Immortal One on his list of “suspects.”
The Iris Civilization… had become an elusive and puzzling mystery lingering in Nie Yun’s mind!
Despite all the speculation and curiosity, the vast universe made it incredibly difficult to uncover a truth scattered across the endless stars.
The Iris Civilization was simply too distant and intangible.
For now, Nie Yun could only focus on what was right in front of him—like… that vector engine.
To say he wasn’t tempted by it would be a lie. Especially since it shared the same origin as the mechanical bugs—the two were practically “relatives” with countless connections between them.
As the “guardian” of the mechanical bugs, Nie Yun felt he had both the responsibility and the duty to reunite this “family” as soon as possible!
Mechanical bugs: “…”
TL Note- Reunitimg the family....
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