"We need a base of operations."
Early in the morning, Pandora ran into my room and spoke to me with a rare happy expression.
"The spaceship will synchronize in a while. I'll be waiting for Big Brother on the upper platform. Big Brother will definitely like this surprise."
I looked at Pandora blankly and pinched her soft cheeks. I asked with a puzzled expression, "Why are you so happy today?"
Pandora took out something from her small pocket and said in an indifferent tone, "Spoils of war."
As soon as I saw the familiar object, I was immediately shocked.
"You stole the lollipop that Little Bubble hid again?!"
This was really an impactful morning. When I saw the lollipop in Pandora's hand, I felt like I was struck by lightning. A dazzling golden light rose from the east. The usually serious and old-fashioned Pandora had actually developed such a childish habit during her confrontation with Little Bubble. This was really …
Should I cry or should I laugh now?
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry as I coaxed the gleeful Pandora away. Then, I started searching for Little Bubble in the sky fortress. Yep, it should be an ordinary ground fortress now. We had successfully landed in the west mountain range of the Land of the Specter. If I didn't guess wrongly, she should still be looking for her hidden candy. If I didn't find her and coax her within 30 minutes, I would probably be busy for the rest of the day …
Little Bubble was usually very obedient, but there were exceptions to everything. If she really cried and threw a tantrum, the impact would be no less than that of an ordinary loli who had thrown away her candy. I had to take care of a daughter who was still a long way from growing up. I had a gigantic pear.
That's why I said that taking care of a child was really difficult …
Finally, I found Little Bubble in a very strange place. Inside the space engine at the bottom of the fortress, she was sleeping on the maintenance passage of the sixth energy corridor of the main engine. She was drooling as she sucked on her fingers. Thanks to the future Chief Architect of the Empire, the entire space warp system of the fortress had been shut down due to a security lock …
I had always believed that Little Bubble possessed a miraculous ability that we couldn't understand. That was, she could appear at any place that you couldn't imagine. For example, she could sneak into the command room of a meeting without making a sound. She could appear in a rumbling workshop of a military factory. She could wander in a daze into an armory with eleven security locks. You would never be able to imagine how this little idiot who couldn't even separate her left and right hands was able to enter these restricted military areas where even a fly had to show its pass. The Shiring Apostles who were usually in charge of taking care of Little Bubble would always report to me that in the blink of an eye, the little princess would be playing somewhere. Then, not long after, a lost lass would be reported to have been found in some unimaginable corner of the fortress.
This was truly a supernatural occurrence.
However, from the looks of it, compared to hugging the teddy bear and playing house in the missile storage room, Little Bubble sleeping in the maintenance passage of the gigantic engine really wasn't much …
It seemed that Little Bubble didn't know that her treasured candy had already been stolen by Pandora as her spoils of war. That was why she was able to sleep so soundly. I carefully carried her in my arms and left the gigantic engine which was said to have a diameter of four hundred meters. Then, I quickly walked towards the upper passageway of the fortress. In the morning, Pandora told me that she wanted to build a base. I reckoned that there would definitely be a good show to watch. The technology of the Xiling Empire always brought me many surprises.
As for Little Bubble, this fellow's memory was really terrible at times. As long as I accompanied her for a while after she woke up, she would definitely forget what she had lost. This unique trait of hers really saved me a lot of trouble.
When I carried Little Bubble, who was still snoring and drooling continuously on my body, to the upper platform of the fortress, I saw that there were already many people gathered here. There were envoys from various races who had solemn and nervous expressions, as well as a few high-ranking officials of the Schilling Empire who looked like aunties who were buying groceries at the market, all of them were already waiting there. It seemed as though I was the only one missing.
"I'm sorry to have kept everyone waiting."
I walked forward with an apologetic smile. I didn't expect that I would have to personally witness the construction of the outpost base. Why didn't anyone inform me?
It was obvious that Lin Xue was getting impatient. She rolled her eyes at me and said angrily, "Don't flatter yourself. No one is waiting for you. We are waiting for the spaceship to complete its synchronization."
… Looks like I won't be able to count on this lass to save face for me when she learns how to speak.
At this moment, due to the change in the surroundings, Little Bubble had also woken up. When she opened her eyes and saw so many people around her, she immediately waved her little arms and legs happily. Even though I didn't know what she was thinking about, I still put her down.
The moment she landed, Little Bubble immediately ran towards Alaya and Anveena, the two long-lasting glowing bodies, and strongly called out for hugs. The latter immediately retracted her wings and dimmed her glow, revealing an expression as though she was facing a great enemy. This was practically their standard reaction when they saw Little Bubble.
"Where's Pandora?" I looked around, only to discover that Pandora, who should have been waiting here for a long time, was nowhere to be seen. Even her aide-de-camp, Seves, and Bubble weren't among the crowd.
The elder sister had her usual gentle smile as she nodded slightly. "Pandora and the rest are at the control center of the fortress. They are currently conducting synchronized dispatching commands."
Once again, I realized that I was in a state of being ignorant. These professional technical terms were really hard to understand, even though it was something that the original Shiring Apostles were born with.
"What is synchronized?" I asked with a rather sincere and shameless expression. At the same time, I gazed into the distance. It was then that I realized that when our spaceship landed, it wasn't arranged according to the standard spaceship parking formation. Instead, it was carried out with a deeper meaning. In front of me, various mothership-class spaceships were arranged in an orderly manner across the entire valley and the small hills nearby. With the fortress as the center, they formed a loosely structured formation. Even a military noob like me could tell that this wasn't an arrangement that was suitable for spaceships to be parked.
"This is a little complicated to explain." Sandora leaned over. "I'm guessing that you definitely don't have the patience to study them. Just watch. The Empire isn't known as the most powerful warring civilization for nothing."
Just as I was still thinking hard about the word 'synchronized' and guessing the deeper meaning behind the spaceships that were arranged independently in front of me, a gentle female voice suddenly resounded across the entire platform. "Cluster dispatching complete. Synchronized at 100%. Base unfurling."
"It has begun," Sandora whispered into my ear with obvious pride in her tone.
Then, I heard a low rumble coming from the depths of the ground beneath my feet. Then, as though responding to a summons, all the spaceships in the entire valley let out the same oppressive rumble.
Beside us, the envoys from the various races couldn't help but become a little restless, as they didn't know what kind of miracle they were about to witness. Excitement and a tinge of indescribable reverence made even these influential figures, who were experienced and knowledgeable, unable to suppress their emotions.
The low rumble lasted for about ten seconds. Then, I felt the ground beneath my feet start to shake violently.
Since I was in the middle of it, I didn't know what kind of changes were happening to the fortress beneath my feet. However, I could roughly guess what was happening based on the scene before me.
The outer shells of the gigantic spaceships were gradually opening up. The ferocious main cannons and enormous engines retracted into the folded space beneath them. All kinds of equipment that shouldn't have appeared on the spaceships were exposed from their original hidden corners in this large-scale transformation. The original combat modules on the spaceships were constantly undergoing complex shifts and splicing, finally forming a brand new functional structure. Tall towers and workshops gradually rose from the interior of the spaceships in a dazzling manner. A torrent of shockingly efficient nanobots spread out from the bottom of every spaceship, rapidly changing the shape of the ground that they flowed through. In just a few short minutes, a solid metal surface and a wide runway were formed. The 'Builders' that had been produced by the Bubble and were ready to go began to excitedly install lighting equipment and security cameras in every corner of their new home. Ten minutes later, the rumble of the spaceships' transformation gradually stopped. Another strange rumble gradually sounded — it was the sound of various military factories and functional buildings operating at full power.
I could no longer see any gigantic spaceships parked among the rocks and hills. There was only a magnificent base covered in silver that occupied the huge valley with an imposing manner.
"The enemy wouldn't give us the time to build a base." Sandora's happy voice snapped me out of my daze. "So, I had already completed the construction of the base long before we set off. The necessary military buildings were integrated into the interior of every accompanying spaceship. Most of the extended functional buildings were completed and modified by the Bubble during the journey. The core of the fortress beneath our feet is actually a miniature Schilling Mother Nest. It had already been operating normally even before our army landed. How is it? Are you shocked?"
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