Chapter 38

Could it be that this is also a civilization currently facing a Swarm disaster?

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And doesn't this mean the two of us are traveling alone together?

Awesome!

She clenches her fists happily.

"A new spaceship?"

At this moment.

Firefly is looking around the ship curiously; it’s different from the previous one.

Then she obediently sits in the co-pilot's seat.

Beside her, Su Han is also hitting the start button.

"Yeah, this one is called the [Universe Dragon-Coiling]. I modeled it after a story where, after human civilization entered the era of great cosmic exploration, a transport ship embarked on their adventure, heading to other planets and such."

"Although that transport ship was a decommissioned warship."

"And the weapons share the same names, like the various missile systems equipped: Brachiosaurus missiles, Pedanium cannons, and by the way, it’s also loaded with warp drives and various defense systems. Alright, ready to depart!"

In an instant.

The spaceship turns into a stream of light and disappears into this starry sky.

After crossing a very long distance, Su Han and Firefly, piloting the Universe Dragon-Coiling, finally see the destination planet. The first thing that catches Firefly's eyes is the broken moon.

And the Earth.

"Huh, where is this?"

Su Han deliberately slows down, yet they still quickly pierce through Earth's atmosphere and head toward the planet's interior.

On the other side of space.

The 13th Satellite Orbit Base, [The Bunker], notices this anomaly at this moment.

The intelligence officer inside speaks up hurriedly.

"Commander, an unidentified flying object is heading toward Earth. It doesn't belong to any of our unit models, and we haven't received any useful information; we only detected a trace of the other party, and it is not the human army from the moon."

"It's an external force!"

The personnel here are all shocked.

Even the Commander, [White], finds it hard to believe.

"Besides the aliens from back then, there are actually other spaceships?"

At this time, communication comes in from the human army side. After she finishes talking with them, she immediately begins to issue orders.

"Hurry and find out the specific area where they landed!"

"Order the YoRHa troops to prepare for departure."

"We must send out combat units to find that spaceship. We must find out exactly what the situation is; we absolutely cannot be careless!"

"May humanity's glory last forever!"

Meanwhile, Firefly and Su Han have already landed safely.

And the spaceship has been stored away by Su Han into an unknown space.

Firefly looks at the sky.

A wave of emotion washes over her.

"Occasionally, similar worlds exist in the universe, whether it's that Blue Star of Herta's, or Earth, or Blue Planet; this one is much the same. However, the damage to the moon will inevitably affect this world."

She takes out an instrument to collect data.

"Let me see, the axis of this place has changed. Has the planet beneath our feet been tidally locked, resulting in fixed day and night?"

"Without a day-night cycle, wouldn't many areas be just like daytime even at night?"

However, for the Firefly of the past, this didn't matter.

As a cyborg in the past, she lacked the function to dream.

But now, she is better.

So Firefly blinks playfully.

"How can anyone sleep like this? It's too disruptive."

Suddenly, she raises her energy gun, aiming at the bushes in the distance, and says coldly.

"You've been watching for so long, can you come out now?"

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Once she enters combat mode, Firefly immediately displays that cold, ruthless veteran trait.

"3... 2..."

"Wait! Don't shoot yet!"

A girl in a hood rushes out from inside and hurriedly raises her hands.

"I have no malicious intent."

"It's just very strange. I thought reinforcements had been sent by the Human Council, but it turns out you guys are..."

Just the sight of that spaceship shrinking and disappearing.

Stunned her.

Firefly also looks at the scan data on the instrument in her other hand, and she is surprised too.

"You are not human!"

"According to the scan, the interior is actually a structure of human-like and mechanical prosthetics."

The two of them join this girl.

The girl's voice rings out.

"On July 1st, 5012 AD, aliens suddenly invaded Earth and launched attacks on various regions. Humanity resisted to the death, but unfortunately, these alien creatures could also manufacture a large number of [Machine Lifeforms]."

"With terrifying numbers, they destroyed humanity's prosperous civilization."

"There was no other way; the surviving humans could only flee to the moon. For this reason, they established a base there and founded the [Human Council]."

"In 5013, humanity began large-scale production of androids, increased combat models, launched a campaign to retake Earth from space, and established military combat bases in satellite orbit."

"By the year 5204, there were already 12 such bases."

"Humanity has been on the moon the whole time, and it is the manufactured androids that are constantly fighting, constantly descending to Earth, and engaging in combat with those machine lifeforms."

"Of course, I am different from them; those of us on Earth are the [Resistance]."

We are standard-model androids.

It can be traced back to a long time ago.

Overall, there are three types.

Moon (Human Army).

Space Orbit Base (New Combat Models).

Earth (Resistance).

"And my name is Lily; I am the leader of the android resistance in this area."

When she says this, she mocks herself a little.

"Sure enough, those guys don't care about us; not only do we lack equipment, but we don't even have support."

"Those of us on the ground can only be forced to lose our families and partners, engaging in this endless battle against those machine lifeforms."

This makes Firefly go a bit silent.

In her mind, she can't help but recall the past.

The Glamoth Empire.

A vast nation that once ruled over tens of thousands of light-years of territory, built civilizations on many planets, colonized planets with good environments, and sent mining ships flying to numerous stars.

Its powerful fleet even continuously incorporated other worlds into its territory.

Those barbaric civilizations were able to witness the might of the Empire and were thus unified.

That was the prosperous period of the Firmament Empire, Glamoth.

Until the arrival of the Swarm.

It tore the Empire apart, and destruction came everywhere.

And in that despair.

Glamoth manufactured the key weapon for this.