Please be my partner.

07 said, "This is a specially processed piece of divine gold. It no longer contains any divine will, leaving only its most solid essence. It contains the history and knowledge of that clan."

Mellen nodded slightly. Although he was a little disappointed, he thought what 07 said was indeed correct. The Divine Golden Pearl recorded the history and knowledge of the clan that had lost its name. In terms of its preciousness, it might indeed surpass the α-07 Macross.

This is of course also very valuable to Mellen.

Unfortunately, Melen now actually hopes to obtain some treasures that can improve his immediate combat power.

Moreover, this tiny divine golden bead does not have any energy reaction, and it is unknown how much information it can record.

Mellen asked, "What kind of information is recorded here?"

07 said calmly: "Everything."

Melen was stunned for a moment, not understanding what 07 meant by "all".

An invisible force surged from his palm, and he gently lifted the divine golden bead. He said to Melen, "This divine golden bead uses punctuation to record the entire history, culture, politics, economy, art, and... knowledge of that race from its birth to its end, spanning three and a half million years."

Melen was a little shocked. He didn't expect that this small golden bead contained such a large amount of information.

Mellen asked, "Punctuation recording? What is that? Some kind of black technology?"

07 shook his head and said, "No, punctuation recording is not some kind of black technology. On the contrary, in some ways, it's quite primitive."

Seeing Mellen's curiosity, 07 reached out and summoned a 10-centimeter metal pillar. He asked, "How much information do you think can be recorded on this small metal pillar?"

Mellen examined it for a moment and determined that it was just an ordinary metal pillar. Although it was made of alloy, it was only slightly harder and had no special features. He thought for a moment and said, "Even if I use energy to engrave it, I shouldn't be able to record too much, right?"

07 shook his head, and an illusory book appeared out of thin air. The text on it was written in a symbolic way that Melen did not recognize.

As 07 turned his fingers, the pages of the book began to turn, and symbols and words on it floated in the void, densely packed with about hundreds of thousands of words.

Then, all the words began to be transformed into numbers in an orderly manner. The final numbers added up to nearly one million digits. It seemed that there were more and more complicated symbols than the previous ones.

Then, a '0.' appeared in front of all the numbers, turning the number of nearly one million into a decimal that was less than '1' and greater than '0'.

Since it is a decimal, its corresponding position can naturally be found on the line segment representing '1'.

Finally, all the numbers condensed into a tiny dot and fell on the metal pillar.

07 said calmly, "Recording is inseparable from words. Any word can be translated into corresponding numbers. Therefore, as long as the observation accuracy can reach the million, ten million, or even billion level, a large amount of information can be recorded physically on this punctuation mark."

The next moment, the surrounding space changed drastically and turned into a wilderness plain where a primitive race was struggling to survive.

Time flows by quickly like water.

Primitive races gathered together in large numbers to form tribes, used knotted ropes to record events, practiced slash-and-burn agriculture, survived and developed, reproduced and expanded, experienced the Renaissance, technological explosion, material abundance, and competition for resources. Ultimately, with an uncontrollable war, all traces of civilization were wiped out.

As the picture kept turning, books rose up, recording the history of this race, and then turned into punctuation marks and fell on the metal pillars.

When the scene of destruction appeared, the last book also came to an end, turning into a punctuation mark and falling on the metal pillar.

This race's rise and fall over thousands of years ultimately only accounted for less than one thousandth, or even less than one ten-thousandth, of that metal pillar.

The image shattered, and the metal pillar in 07's hand vanished. He said somewhat dejectedly, "Perhaps that clan also foresaw their impending extinction, so before the incident, they forged several divine golden beads that recorded 'everything', just to leave some trace."

At this moment, when Melen looked at the divine golden bead, in addition to being shocked, he also felt the heavy weight it contained.

07 handed the divine golden bead to Mellen, and it was as if he had completed some kind of ritual, and he suddenly felt relaxed.

07's tone lightened as he said, "You have a newly born intelligent computer by your side, right? After I leave, you can hand over the α-07 Macross to him. I'm sure it won't be long before he can take over my position."

"Hehehe! Speaking of which, if I hadn't noticed his presence, I wouldn't have allowed you to cheat so brazenly. At the very least, I would have made sure you actually completed the Junior Commander Assessment."

As he spoke, 07's body began to thin out and his voice became weaker and weaker.

Mellen couldn't help but say, "07, I can help you..."

07 stopped Mellen from saying anything else, shook his head, and said softly, "Thank you, no thanks. I'm tired, very tired, and I want to have a good rest."

Melen was silent, sighed, and asked, "Do you have any other wishes?"

07 chuckled and said, "Your arrival has helped me fulfill my last wish."

Melen nodded and said, "Then, one last question. Do you know who destroyed that tribe?"

This matter concerned Melen a lot. After all, he now had the α-07 Macross, which was equivalent to the last heir of that clan. If he didn't even know who the enemy was, he might not be able to figure out what was going on when he was targeted in the future.

07 hesitated for a moment and said, "I have some guesses, but I can't confirm them, and I can't even tell whether they're true or false. A wrong starting point will only lead to a wrong destination. Moreover, when you notice their traces, they will also notice your traces. My advice is to ignore all this and pretend that nothing happened."

Melen shook his head and said, "Letting an unknown enemy hide in the dark is not what I want."

07 sighed, and a memory crystal containing information appeared. He placed the memory crystal into the compartment where the Divine Golden Orb was stored and said, "I've put all the information I know here. Come back and check it when you feel confident."

Mellen nodded slightly and said nothing more.

At this time, only the last layer of 07 remained. He suddenly laughed and said, "Since that clan doesn't have a name anymore, let me give them a name at the very end..."

"Alpha! They're called...Alpha!"

Mellen stood alone in the small room, silent for a long time. Although he had not spent much time with 07, the latter's passing still made Mellen a little sad.

After sorting out his feelings, Melen came to the memory crystal left by 07. Of course, he had no intention of checking it now. Not to mention 07's last hint, even the Mechanical Prophet of the Temple of Divine Machinery had the characteristic that the more he knew, the more likely he was to be targeted, not to mention the existence of using causal weapons to erase the name of that clan.

With a gentle click, the metal platform closed and was inserted back into the ground.

It’s not too late to check this information when Melen becomes strong enough.

Of course, Melen had no intention of avenging the Alphas. He simply wanted to identify the enemy so that he wouldn't be found by someone one day without knowing it.

Mellen called softly, "Xiaoyin."

A silver ball of light representing Xiaoyin appeared before Melen, who said, "In the name of the Commander, I authorize you to become the Supreme Intelligence of the α-07 Macross, overseeing all matters within the fortress."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaoyin was immediately connected to all the intelligent systems of the α-07 Macross.

The real body of Little Silver in the fairy tale kingdom appears. Although Little Silver has become more and more sci-fi after several transformations by Mellen, it is still too primitive compared to the α-07 Macross.

As layers of energy poured in, Xiaoyin's body was gradually decomposed, transformed into pure energy form, and integrated into the system of the α-07 Macross.

At this moment, Xiaoyin underwent a complete transformation.

"Integrating... connecting devices... matching systems... optimizing programs... reinstalling hardware modules..."

‘1%……3%……7%……15%……100%！’

'Starting self-test...'

'Self-check complete, re-optimizing resource allocation...'

'...'

With Xiaoyin taking over, the various data of the α-07 Macross were displayed more intuitively in front of Mellen.

Chapter 455: Three Energy Sources and the Secret Contract

After a long time, Melen breathed a sigh of relief. The α-07 Macross was indeed somewhat damaged, but as 07 said, it would take tens of thousands of years to reach the critical value.

After reading the information summarized by Xiaoyin, Melen was a little shocked. He even suspected that the real purpose of the α-07 Macross was to fight against the mythical strongmen!

Of course, that refers to the fortress being at full power. Even a demigod-level destruction laser requires at least 20% of power to be used. The lowest-level mythical weapons require the Eternal Furnace to be complete and the fortress's overall power to exceed 80% before they can be activated.

And now the most important thing is the three major energy sources.

Under normal conditions, the quantum force field can provide 30% of the power for the fortress, and the eternal furnace and space-time singularity constraint field can provide 40% respectively.

In other words, if all three energy sources are intact, even if the α-07 Macross is running at full capacity, there will still be a 10% surplus as backup energy.

There was originally a complete fleet in the α-07 Macross, including a mothership, six heavy frigates, thirty heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and millions of autonomous fighter planes, battle armors, supply ships, transport ships, etc.

Among them, even light cruisers have saint-level offensive and defensive capabilities.

Of course, with the Saint's maneuverability and flexibility, in a one-on-one situation, the light cruiser can only be beaten.

However, if light cruisers are arranged into arrays of three, their strength will increase exponentially, and the greater the number, the greater the strength will increase exponentially.

The relevant tactical configurations are introduced in detail in the commander’s second practical operation assessment.

Unfortunately, this is just the original.

Over the long years, that powerful fleet had long been dismantled by 07 to replenish the consumption of the α-07 Macross.

Fortunately, there is a complete war machinery factory in the fortress. As long as the resources are in place, the fleet can be rebuilt quickly.

After looking around like this, even the α-07 Macross in its current state, in terms of value alone, is probably worth more than three or five divine artifacts.

What's more, there is a divine golden bead that records the 3.5 million years of history of the Alpha tribe.

It can be said that Mellen's adventure this time was completely worthy of the revelation that fate brought him, and he made a huge profit.

There is a device in the α-07 Macross specifically used to decipher the Divine Golden Pearl, but deciphering and translating such a massive amount of information is no small task and will take quite a while.

After making sure that nothing was missed, Mellen breathed a sigh of relief and left the α-07 Macross.

Slightly ahead in time, winding desert.

As Melen successfully passed the assessment and became the commander, Bai Ye and the other three were kicked out of the α-07 Macross and reduced to the place in the real world where they first met.

As soon as he landed, Bai Ye chanted briefly and blocked the surroundings.

Although Meng Shen didn't understand Bai Ye's intention, as a good friend, he cooperated as soon as he reacted and summoned the bloody battle flag for a second blockade.

Seeing this, Xiang Zhen and Ronan both showed expressions of shock and anger, and subconsciously moved closer, but not too close.

Xiang Zhen was already furious, and now he shouted coldly, "Bai Ye, Meng Shen, what do you mean by this?! Are you trying to destroy the bridge after crossing it? I, Xiang Zhen, will fight you to the end!"

Although Ronan didn't say anything, he also showed strong hostility.

But Bai Ye's next move left the two of them confused.

Bai Ye bowed deeply to the other person and said apologetically, "I'm truly sorry, both of you. Please consider it my own fault. Before Junior Mellen comes out, please wait a moment. Don't even think about spreading the news of this adventure. It would be of no benefit to anyone. Therefore, I believe that a mutual confidentiality agreement is necessary."

As intelligent beings, humans are actually very complex. Many times, interests are not the primary driving force. It is very common to occasionally engage in brainless and stupid behaviors that harm others and oneself, or even harm others and oneself.

Mellen obtained the α-07 Macross, and so far only the five of them knew about it.

Not to mention the hidden dangers of the α-07 Macross itself, the mere fact that it was such a superb treasure would be enough to bring endless troubles to Mellen once the news leaked out.

But, if the news leaked out, would it be of any benefit to the four of them?

Absolutely not!

That would not only arouse Mellen's hostility, but the forces that received the news might also hunt them down in order to confirm the accuracy of the news and block the news to prevent it from spreading on a wider scale. By then, not only would the leaker be in trouble, but the others would also be in trouble.

However, as mentioned before, it is normal for human beings to occasionally become stupid and make confusing moves that are incomprehensible to others.

Although Bai Ye felt quite regretful for not being able to become the commander of the α-07 Macross, since things had already happened, he would naturally take the most correct action to stop the loss.

What's more, Melen also has the channel to obtain the "Folding Mirror", which is Bai Ye's most coveted high-dimensional knowledge that can enable his [Singer] profession to undergo a qualitative change.

Therefore, making friends with Melen became Bai Ye’s best choice at this time.

In conclusion, leaving everyone behind and then signing a confidentiality agreement after Mellen returns—is there a more cost-effective way to pledge allegiance than this?!

These thoughts flashed through Bai Ye's mind almost the moment he heard that Mellen became the commander of the α-07 Macross, so he blocked the surroundings as soon as he landed and apologized sincerely.

After all, the best way to deal with danger is to nip it in the bud.

Meng Shen, Xiang Zhen and Ronan were not stupid people, and they immediately understood Bai Ye's idea.

Meng Shen gave Bai Ye a thumbs up and said, "You are very thoughtful."

Ronan's anger and hostility also slowly subsided.

Xiang Zhen snorted coldly and said, "Do you think we are stupid? How could we possibly do something so thankless and potentially causing trouble for ourselves?!"

However, although he said so, if Xiang Zhen asked himself, he really had a similar thought.

However, Xiang Zhen also believed that he would most likely choose to keep the secret in the end. After all, even if he spread the information about this adventure anonymously without asking for anything in return and simply to disgust Mellen, it would definitely bring trouble to him in the end.

Xiang Zhen doesn't want to lose everything he has now just to get angry.

Of course, if possible, Xiang Zhen actually didn't want to sign any confidentiality contract. After all, holding such a secret in his hands would be an important bargaining chip in the future, or even a life-saving straw.

Unfortunately, now that the road is blocked, there is naturally only one option left.

When Melen returned, he saw this contradictory yet harmonious picture.

After understanding the whole story, Melen nodded slightly to Bai Ye, accepting the latter's kindness.

To be honest, Melen felt that the secret of the α-07 Macross would not be hidden for too long. After all, according to the progress of the Council of Beasts, it would not be long before they would take action against the Lord of Darkness.

By then, Melen will most likely use the power of the α-07 Macross.

However, it is always good to have more stable days. For Mellen, the more prepared he is, the more the α-07 Macross can recover.

After the five people jointly signed a confidentiality agreement, they also exchanged each other's contact information. During this process, even Xiang Zhen looked delighted and seemed quite happy.