Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 2106 The Debate Over the Song!
"Singing? How could such a ridiculous thing possibly resound in the Path of Stars? Prome!"

Paet O, a member of the Silver Clan who had been entangled with Deannaira's side ever since she found the last Nodos from the human princess Deannaira, immediately rejected the explanation given by the Silver Clan sage Prome.

“Singing doesn’t produce anything. According to records, it’s just a product of human self-entertainment, and more often than not, it’s a means of self-pity and self-anesthesia.”

Among the Silver Clan members, there are also many who agree with Paet O's words.

"But now, this song, which seems worthless and useless to us, is coming from the depths of the Star Path. If the song is truly worthless, why is it able to echo within the Star Path?"

The other faction of Silver Clan members held the opposite opinion.

Located on a star specifically designed to monitor Nodos, Rom Lowe slightly raised his eyelids, gazing in the direction of Mars.

“I agree with Paet O’s idea. It’s just a petty trick by the Black Iron Clan. It’s nothing to fear. Continue the attack! The Black Iron Clan is the root of chaos in the universe! Just now, they destroyed a planet in their home system with their own hands. If we let it go, many more planets will be destroyed by their hands in the future.”

The words spoken by Rom Rowe, who controls Nodos, have enormous influence.

After her speech, many Silver Clan members who had previously supported Prome began to waver.

However, Prome lowered her gaze slightly and whispered a truth that had been buried for a long time.

"To this day, we have been following in the footsteps of the Golden Race, willing to pay any price for it. However, we seem to have overlooked a certain fact. Among the many races in the universe, if we were to say which civilization or race has similar habits to the Golden Race, then perhaps only the Iron Race would meet that requirement."

"···"

Prome's casual remark immediately stirred up countless ripples, once again shaking the hearts of many Silver Clan members.

"Nonsense! How could the great Golden Race be compared to the despicable Iron Race, who would destroy the planets of their home star system for the sake of victory! Prome O!! Even you cannot spout such nonsense!"

Paet O roared and immediately refuted Prome's words.

“Paet O’Hara, what are you afraid of? We’re just discussing a fact.”

Prome shifted her gaze slightly, as if she were looking at a figure who had temporarily lost consciousness.

"Even as we argue about the song, the Path of the Stars is gradually healing under its influence. Having fallen on the brink of collapse due to the loss of Jupiter, the Path of the Stars has miraculously healed itself. Ladies and gentlemen, how long has it been since we last witnessed such a miracle?"

"The Star Path has healed?!"

Suddenly, many members of the Silver Clan, whether they were in the solar system or watching the solar system, turned their gaze toward the Path of Stars.

Sure enough, amidst the melodious singing, the Star Path, which should have collapsed, gradually stabilized and quickly returned to its original state.

"How is that possible? Even our clan has never accomplished this..."

Paet O suddenly froze, and involuntarily clenched his fist.

He finally understood what Prome meant.

"Let's continue to observe! If the singing is indeed as Prome suspected, then it would be very good news!"

"Keep observing!"

"Keep observing!"

In the blink of an eye, one after another, the Silver Race spaceships voluntarily jumped away from the battlefield, no longer participating in this human war.

But their departure does not mean that Nodos will withdraw.

Because Rom Lowe, who controlled Nodos, never expressed his opinion, but instead withdrew from the Silver Clan's mental network and watched over everything in the solar system alone.

“Rome Rowe. This universe may have changed.” Prome did not try to stop Rom Rowe, but instead continued to look at her student, Lekdi, the parasite of Nodos Elmandis.

“Lekdi! Perhaps it is because the universe has begun to undergo unknowable changes that the power of Nodos has gone out of control in the flow of spacetime.”

The Silver Clan's withdrawal excited a pair of foolish royal brothers who were preparing to break through to Mars in one fell swoop.

"Gentlemen! Now is the perfect opportunity for us to reclaim Mars! Under the influence of our invincible Nodos, the Silver Race has already grown apprehensive about our military might! Therefore, I hereby order a full-scale assault to reclaim our battle star—Mars!"

While the foolish royal brothers were brimming with confidence, genuinely believing that it was Nodos's fierce fighting that had scared off the Silver Clan, the true mastermind of this human alliance fleet—Vice Admiral Nielbo—was frowning as he looked at the intelligence sent from the monitoring department.

"You mean the Path of the Stars is healing?!"

"Yes! Furthermore, our monitoring satellite also extracted an audio clip from the Star Path. According to the analysis, it is a song."

"Song?!"

Nierbao's eyes widened slightly.

"What singing is that?!"

She immediately played the audio file.

A moment later, her brow furrowed even more deeply.

After playing it back and forth several times, she bit her lip slightly.

"Although there are some differences in grammar and pronunciation, this is human language. Human singing is coming from the Star Path?! How is that possible?"

Nierbao suddenly stood up.

"Could it be that there are still humans who survived from that time on Earth?!"

Deep within the Star Path, surrounded by a massive cosmic fleet, the Angel Wheel, having completed its adaptation for warp drive, is heading straight for the cosmic region between Mars and Jupiter along the Star Path.

"My lord, I can sense something strange about Jupiter. It seems that many lives are being lost, and several powerful beings that terrify me are fighting each other."

Maria stood at the core of the Angel Wheel, within the amplification core constructed with numerous new humans as spiritual anchors, and issued a reminder to He Ming.

"Okay. I understand. Be careful to identify hostile targets! Leave the combat to us."

"Understood, sir."

On the deck of the MACROSS Kongo, a completely renovated Steelbuster, whose entire body was covered with magical patterns and whose strength had increased several times over, stood beside Cheng Ying·Lie Kong.

Beneath that enormous body, Cheng Ying·Lie Kong appeared exceptionally small.

"Noriko Takaya, Kazumi Ota. Is everything alright now?"

"Yes! No problem at all!"

Noriko Takaya responded loudly.

"Please leave it to us!"

"Then, let the battle begin!"

(End of this chapter)