Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Sidney gazed at the empty cabin where Keynes had vanished.

To be honest, he couldn't quite understand Vesta's eagerness.

The Cult of Mechanics has indeed shown impressive performance recently, but it is still far behind future technologies.

Even if they are given another hundred years to grow, they will not threaten the status of future technology.

It would be even more unreasonable to say that the Mechanicus Church stole future technology's orders.

The recent spaceship explosion scandal caused significant losses to Tech Island, while Future Technology took the opportunity to reap considerable benefits.

Ultimately, the increased and decreased orders combined resulted in Future Technology making a substantial profit.

Vesta has no reason to secretly cooperate with Eternal Star Road over such a minor conflict.

"What exactly is that guy hiding from me?"

Sidney was completely baffled.

Perhaps only when he reaches the same level as Vista will he be able to understand his thoughts.

……

The remains of the pioneers.

After the meeting chaired by Anran, everyone became "close partners" with a common goal.

When all members of an organization choose to betray, then the concept of betrayal ceases to exist.

Moreover, on the bright side, following Anran, who is nothingness, is actually helping the pioneers fulfill their last wishes.

In Marcus's words—

"Thinking about it this way, even the air seems fresher."

While Marcus and his companions were idly sparring with each other, An Ran plunged headfirst into the unfinished military factory.

This was the secondary capital of the pioneering civilization.

The importance of building a military factory in such a strategic location is self-evident.

Time has worn away many of the components, but there are still many things worth Anran spending time analyzing.

An intact pioneer military factory, and the repaired [Dimensional Binding], I want them all safely.

According to her calculations, she should be able to gather enough knowledge in about a month, at which point she can begin the repair work on the [Dimensional Binding].

During this time, she might also obtain the dimensional base blueprints.

Two happy things together can bring even more happiness.

Considering that he would be staying in the military factory for most of the time and not going out, he saw Ella and the others off peacefully and happily.

Of course, "sending them away" means sending them to their own clones.

……

Meanwhile, on the fleet heading to Hawkeye, Heda paced back and forth in the passageway with a gloomy expression.

She's been wandering around here for almost a minute now.

The guard robots in the corridor kept shaking their heads as she walked, making one wonder if they might shake their heads off.

Freya, the Star Killer who had always been by Heda's side and was highly regarded by her, couldn't help but step forward: "Ancestor Heda..."

Heda's expression changed instantly, and she stared intently at Freya.

Freya trembled slightly at that sharp gaze.

Could it be that she just did something that made Ancestor Heda angry with her?

Heda said, enunciating each word clearly, "Don't call me Ancestor Heda!"

I'm still very young, only 700 years older than you, and I look as young as An Ran. Where am I old?

Freya hesitated for a moment.

But that's what she always called me, right?

Why did I suddenly stop feeling well today?

She and Heda were born into the same clan.

The difference is that Heda was the first star system ruler born from this race.

She led the development and growth of civilization.

Therefore, even though Heda did not have any offspring, her descendants would still respectfully call her Ancestor Heda.

Our respect comes from the bottom of our hearts.

Freya thought to herself.

Heda gave a light snort: "Anyway, you're not allowed to call me that, and that's final. From now on, you'll call me... well, call me Sister Heda!"

what?

Freya was stunned.

Call me "sister"?

How could she dare?

If she really calls herself that, she'll be suppressed by those seniors when she gets back.

"Old Heda..." Seeing that Heda's eyes had become even sharper, Freya quickly changed her words, "But I am still your junior. If I call you sister, wouldn't that mess up the seniority?"

Heda didn't seem to care: "My approval is enough. Who dares to disagree?"

Yes, yes, you're absolutely right.

The weak, pitiful, and helpless Freya could only nod silently.

Then she asked the question she had wanted to ask for a long time: "Sister Heda, you've been pacing around in circles. Is something bothering you?"

Oh.

That's not true.

However, Heda was too embarrassed to say this to Freya, otherwise her imposing image would collapse.

The reason she hesitated here was that she hadn't seen An Ran for three days since the fleet set off.

Of course, this wasn't because An Ran escaped.

Heda knew where Anran was.

She's currently holed up in her room, living like a homebody.

Is this a silent protest against the War Tribunal's decision?

It's useless.

Instead of engaging in this futile resistance, it's better to temporarily set aside your psychological burden and cooperate with her.

Moreover, Heda also disapproved of An Ran's lazy behavior.

What does this mean?

As the fleet's adjutant, it's only natural for him to handle fleet affairs!

"I've made up my mind!"

Heda bravely took the first step.

It wasn't An Ran who defeated her, but An Ran and her friends.

If An Ran is the only one here, what does she have to be afraid of?

His current hesitant and indecisive demeanor is simply disgracing the reputation he has worked so hard to build.

Seeing that Heda had come to her senses, Freya smiled with relief.

"咚咚-"

Heda knocked on Anran's door.

The door opened automatically.

An Ran was lying on her side on the bed, yawning and watching a TV series.

Heda's eyes widened: "What time is it now? How can you still be watching TV dramas here?"

Can't you be a little more mature like me?

An Ran turned over and faced Heda: "So it's Ancestor Heda."

Heda froze on the spot.

She glared angrily at An Ran.

That damn woman, I need to find a way to fuck her and deflate her arrogance!

"Okay, okay, I'll get up and get to work right away."

An Ran turned off the TV and immediately got out of bed.

Shut Heda's mouth so she has nothing to recite.

Work, work.

It's just about making a good construction plan for the Star Gate and gathering information along the way.

What difference does it make if it's a couple of days earlier or later?

But since Heda had already started urging her, An Ran decided not to slack off.

The Stargate construction technology was provided by the Exiled Empire, and its performance is much better than Anran's psionic portal. She had already finished analyzing it in the past few days.

Now we just need to locate ourselves in space as soon as we arrive at our destination.

As for gathering intelligence on the Hawkeye Sector, that's even simpler: hack into their network and then search for information.

However, the intelligence obtained in this way is one-sided. Anran sent out a spaceship carrying a space cruise beacon in advance.

Once the main fleet arrives at its destination, a rough star map should also be in hand.

Seeing An Ran busy, Heda temporarily suppressed his dissatisfaction.