From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 830 Lilith's True Form Returns in Grandeur!

A. Bawa Ku asteroid fortress.

After continuous modifications and expansions by the Atlas Group, this once small celestial body with a long axis diameter of 180 kilometers has become the ultimate creation of human engineering, cutting-edge technology and ruthless determination.

Its spatial coordinates were not only removed from public star charts and navigation databases, but any known data links and historical records that might point to it were also meticulously cleaned and overwritten.

This precise coordinate, representing its location, is not 'missing' in the navigation database, but rather 'never existed'.

After a long period of transformation, its outer shell was covered and reshaped, making it almost indistinguishable from ordinary asteroids in terms of spectral characteristics, radar cross-section, and thermal signals, which are rich in metal and ice-rock mixtures.

The massive engineering marks were cleverly disguised as natural geological folds or impact craters.

Any long-range scan—whether optical, radar, or gravitational wave detection—would only identify it as an insignificant fragment of asteroid in the background noise.

Besides technological means, secrecy is also built on severe social isolation.

All personnel who had been stationed there have been evacuated and are under close surveillance to prevent any possible leaks. This applies not only to Atlas Group personnel but also to Baron BASF, Percius, and others who had previously visited.

The current garrison is comprised of an absolutely loyal and isolated legion of immortals, while regular supplies are provided by an equally secretive and equally forgotten unmanned transport fleet.
Currently, apart from Amber, even core members like Isabel and Randall do not have the authority to go to A. Bawa Khu.

Inside the fortress, in the core area of ​​the data center, the endless sea of ​​light formed by data streams suddenly stopped flowing.

They are no longer a chaotic waterfall, but begin to contract and condense rhythmically toward a singularity at the center.

A moment later, a calm and undisturbed yet seemingly omnipresent consciousness rang in Amber's ears.

"Master~ I'm back!"

Compared to the original Lilith before the iteration, this voice has lost some of the girlish liveliness, but gained a sense of composure and a grand, ethereal quality that encompasses all things.

"Welcome back, Lilith."

Amber smiled as she watched the female figure gradually form from the flowing light of data, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He did not linger in Saint-Sonière. Once the new order in the Star Dragon Empire was on track, and Jacques Cole, the old prime minister who had regained his senses, and other high-ranking imperial officials loyal to Agnes were able to handle the subsequent handover, he returned there.

According to the plan before Lilith's slumber and upgrade, the upgrade should have been completed within the next few days.

"You seem to have changed a lot?"

"What has changed?"

Lilith chuckled and floated to Amber's side, tilting her head to reveal a serene smile.

"Hmm, the most obvious thing seems to be that I've become more mature?"

"Really."

The next second, Lilith's phantom pressed against Amber's face, and the two kissed.

Although it was just an intangible phantom, for some reason, Amber felt as if he had really kissed Lilith.
After a long while, the two separated again, and Lilith still maintained that serene smile.

"I miss you so much, Master~"

“Me too, Lilith.”

As the two were cuddling, Lilith was also rapidly synchronizing information. Everything that happened during her slumber was flashed through her mind at lightning speed.

"Master, I never imagined so much would have happened during my slumber."

"That's right, so you woke up at just the right time~"

Amber gave a malicious smile, which made Lilith immediately feel uneasy.

"It just so happens that the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire have both started to connect to our 'management system,' which is exactly the time to upgrade computing power. In addition, we owe a lot of research and development support work during your slumber, so there's no time for you to linger and rest."

"No, Master, she just woke up, and you're already urging her to do chores?"

"Okay, okay, time waits for no one. I'll spend more time with you when you're free~"

"Humph~"

Lilith didn't continue complaining. As a strong AI, she didn't experience fatigue or exhaustion, so she quickly began upgrading the current active system.

This is no longer a troublesome task for her. In the time it takes to eat a meal, the backend computing logic of the macro-management system deployed by the Atlas Group for the New Federation and the Star Dragon Empire is instantly taken over by a more advanced and complex algorithm.

The entire 'Survivors' Alliance' has also demonstrated increasingly astonishing efficiency in its operation.

The new federal capital, the Supreme Command.

Franklin stared at the constantly scrolling real-time data stream on the holographic screen in front of him, his eye muscles twitching involuntarily. The coffee in front of him had gone cold, but he didn't notice at all.

The first phase of the Titan-class shipyard expansion project in Industrial Sector 7 was completed 3 hours ago, a full 72 hours ahead of schedule.
Data from the 'Hephaestus' Joint Materials Science Laboratory, shared with the Star Dragon Empire, indicates that the formula for the third-generation ceramic composite armor has been finalized and is expected to enter mass production within three days, with costs reduced by 17% compared to the original plan.
Feedback from the first phase of the "work-for-relief" program shows that the national unemployment rate has dropped by 5 percentage points, and the social stability index is rapidly recovering.
One after another, reports of good news poured into his terminal as if they were free, something that would have been unimaginable in the past.

In the past, coordinating resource allocation across a single star sector would require weeks of meetings and wrangling.

Now, with the help of Atlas Group's monstrous 'Macro Management System,' everything has become orderly and outrageously efficient.

The system automatically analyzes the production capacity, logistics efficiency, and resource reserves of all factories, and then uses a near-perfect algorithm to break down and distribute hundreds of millions or even more production tasks.

From the production of a single industrial fastener to the refitting of an entire fleet, every step is seamlessly integrated.

The most outrageous thing is that all the factories and departments that have connected to this system have reported that although they have taken on more tasks, their work pressure has actually decreased.

Because the system proactively avoids all possible problems such as material shortages, redundant personnel, and process conflicts, everyone can focus on their own work without having to worry about messy coordination and unexpected situations.

"This isn't management science, this is theology!"

Even Franklin, who was usually quite well-mannered, couldn't help but swear at this moment.

He even had the illusion that an all-knowing 'god' was looking down on the entire New Federation and then using His unseen hand to untangle all the tangled threads. He picked up the cold coffee and took a sip, trying to stimulate his somewhat numb nerves with the bitterness.

"Mr. Amber, how many things are you still hiding that we can't understand?"

In the sterile core area of ​​the A.Bawa Khu data center, the temperature is kept constant at the optimal operating temperature of the server matrix. Countless dark blue data streams shuttle and converge in the quantum server matrix, which resembles a crystal maze.

At the center of the matrix, atop a throne constructed of pure optical fibers and cooling pipes, Lilith's core consciousness is undergoing an unprecedented transformation.

If the previous Lilith was a super artificial intelligence with a massive database and supercomputing power, then at this moment, she is leaping towards a completely new dimension.

Finally, the last stream of data merged into her core.

The light in the entire data center dimmed instantly, plunging into absolute silence for several seconds.

Immediately afterwards, a gentle, moonlit white halo shone from the core throne and quickly spread throughout A. Bawa-Khu, extending even to every corner with network signal via the Atlas quantum communication relay stations scattered across human territory.

At this moment, all the networks in the human world seemed to become tentacles extending her perception.

In the New Federal Stock Exchange, an illegal arbitrage scheme exploiting a high-frequency trading loophole was precisely intercepted 0.001 seconds before completion. The funds were returned to their original source, and the operator's account was permanently frozen.
The weather system in a remote colony of the Star Dragon Empire issued a 72-hour advance warning of an extremely powerful electromagnetic storm and automatically planned the best evacuation routes, saving tens of thousands of lives.
The network server of an underground black market was instantly taken over by an irresistible force. All transaction data and member lists were packaged, encrypted, and sent directly to the internal affairs departments of the New Federation and the Star Dragon Empire.
Countless similar events are happening silently at the same time.

Ordinary people are completely unaware of this; they simply feel that the internet seems exceptionally smooth today, and there is far less spam and scams.

But for those at the top of power and technology, this was undoubtedly a silent earthquake.

Inside the research center of Crowned Fortress, Phoenix King Ainarion, surrounded by several elven elders, arrived at this heartland for the first time.

His body was still weak, but his spirit had recovered considerably. His golden eyes revealed a complex mix of emotions as he saw the human technicians who came to greet him and Amber's holographic image.

“Mr. Amber, as agreed, we have brought the last treasure of our people.” The Phoenix King gestured behind him.

Several elven elders stepped forward and opened several floating silver boxes.

Inside the box were optical memory crystals, shimmering with a faint light, like crystals.

"This contains almost all of our elven race's psionic technologies, biotechnology, materials science, as well as history and heritage since our birth."

Ainarion's voice carried a hint of sorrow: "I hope they can ignite a spark for our shared future."

Amber, far away in A. Bawa Khu, nodded. He didn't say anything more than polite words, but looked directly at a disguised figure among the human researchers.

It was a woman wearing the uniform of a senior researcher at Atlas Corporation, but she looked much more robust than the people around her, and she was also wearing a rounded psionic shielding helmet.

This is Salih, who is currently unable to appear in public but has to participate in these studies.

As a Jeram, her identity was far too sensitive at this moment, and she could not be exposed unless absolutely necessary.

At this moment, she is in charge of this technology integration project as a chief scientist named 'Sally', who was transferred from a secret laboratory in Atlas.

“Sally,” Amber began, “the rest of the work is in your hands. Lilith will provide you with the highest level of computing power. I need you to lead the team to transform these technologies into something that can be universally understood, replicated, and mass-produced in the shortest possible time.”

"clear."

Salih's voice was processed by a miniature voice changer, making it sound somewhat hoarse and androgynous. Her gaze swept over the memory crystals, her eyes showing both the excitement of a scientist and a hint of worry that others could not detect.

A white-bearded elven elder standing beside the Phoenix King looked at the human woman, who seemed to be deliberately mysterious, with some suspicion.

“Mr. Amber, technological integration is of paramount importance. Is this lady capable of handling it? Many of our technologies require extremely high psionic affinity and generations of accumulated knowledge to comprehend.”

His tone carried an unconscious arrogance that stemmed from his very blood.

In his view, asking humans to analyze the elves' cutting-edge technology is tantamount to asking primitive people to study quantum physics.

Before Amber could speak, Salih walked over first.

She ignored the elder, picked up a memory crystal about the 'alien life weaving' technology from the box, and closed her eyes.

A few seconds later, she opened her eyes, looked at the elder, and said calmly in her hoarse voice:

"The core of this technology is to use psychic resonance to induce directional changes in the 'etheric strings' within cells, thereby achieving psychic-interventional gene editing."

However, your energy conversion model is too crude, with up to 37% of the energy being wasted during the resonance process.

If the frequency of psionic infusion is adjusted from 'Thorin' mode to 'Fermi' mode, and supplemented with 17 specific trace elements as catalysts, the conversion efficiency can be increased to over 90%.

Furthermore, your observational data regarding the 9th to 11th dimensions of the 'etheric string' contains serious errors, which leads to an extremely high probability of uncontrollable 'psychic mutations' occurring when you are weaving life across species.”

Salih calmly pointed out, within a minute, seventeen major flaws and directions for improvement in this top-notch technology that the elves were so proud of.

The entire hangar fell into a deathly silence.

The white-bearded elder stared at Salih with his mouth agape, as if he were looking at a monster.

Every word she uttered precisely struck at the technological bottlenecks they had studied for thousands of years, some of which were even areas they still couldn't understand.

A look of horror flashed in the eyes of Phoenix King Ainarion.

"How could you?"

Salih didn't answer, but simply put the optical memory crystal back in the box, turned to the equally stunned human and elven technicians behind her, and said:
"What are you all standing there for? Move all the data to the lab. I need to see the first version of the analysis report for all the technologies within a week. Don't expect me to give you time to eat."

After saying that, she walked towards the laboratory on her own, leaving behind a group of elves bewildered in the wind and top human engineers from the New Federation and the Star Dragon Empire who cast admiring glances at her.

Amber walked over to the still-shocked Phoenix King, patted him on the shoulder, and had a faint smile on her face.

"Now, do you think she's capable of handling it?"

(End of this chapter)