Chapter 471 Interstellar Rebellion 10

Next, Zhou Jue began interstellar knowledge training and infiltration rehearsals at Su Liya's base.

"Let's begin."

Zhou Jue stood in the center of the training field and said something towards the control room.

Sulia took a deep breath and gave an order to the Blood Falcon beside her.

"In the first phase, we will activate thermal imaging and bio-radar."

"Yes, Miss."

Blood Falcon's finger swept across the screen, and several invisible scanning waves instantly covered the entire training ground.

However, the red dot representing Zhou Jue's life signal on the screen disappeared into thin air the instant the scan was started.

It was as if she had never existed.

"Increase the power," Sulia said calmly.

Blood Falcon pushed the power to its limit, and a piercing alarm sounded, indicating that the device was overloaded.

The screen remained blank.

“Second stage.” Sulia’s eyes grew serious: “Quantum entanglement sensing array, synchronously activate neutrino detector.”

Blood Falcon's expression also turned serious. This was the highest-level detection equipment their base could provide, specifically designed to deal with top Federation agents.

"yes!"

More complex energy fluctuations swept across the area, and the equipment began to perform frantic calculations, trying to capture anomalies from every quantum fluctuation in space.

The result was the same.

"..."

In the control room, you could hear a pin drop.

Blood Falcon stared at the blank screen, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

He couldn't understand how a person, a living, breathing person, could simply vanish right under the noses of so many cutting-edge devices.

[Host, do you need me to scan?]

The voice of 066 echoed in Sulia's mind.

"Scan every corner thoroughly, leaving no stone unturned."

【receive. 】

A massive and sophisticated data stream, larger than all the previous data combined, surged from 066's core database, instantly engulfing the entire base.

This is the power of a level ten system.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

[Reporting to the host.]

For the first time, a look of confusion appeared in 066's voice.

Scan results: Nothing found.

[No biological characteristics, no energy fluctuations, no spatial distortion; this region contains no anomalies exceeding background values.]

From a data perspective, that area... is empty.

Sulia's hand on the control panel slowly tightened.

She stared at the empty training ground on the screen, as if she could see through the metal and see the woman who had completely erased her own existence in a way she couldn't understand.

"alright."

Zhou Jue's voice rang out again, and her figure slowly reappeared from the place where she had just disappeared, as if she had walked out of thin air.

Sulia let out a long breath and turned off all the devices.

"I don't understand your method, but it works."

"Now, I am 70% confident about the 'Sky Eye Tower' project."

The day before Zhou Jue was to leave, she found Su Liya studying star charts in her study.

"I have a question," Zhou Jue said directly.

"Go ahead," Sulia said, putting down the data tablet in her hand.

"Since the main system has a physical host, why not just destroy it?"

Zhou Jue looked at her and said, "Or, I could put it in a place where it can never get out, and that would solve everything?"

This question stunned Sulia, and the Blood Falcon behind her also looked puzzled. They had thought about this question as well.

Sulia remained silent for a long time before shaking her head with a wry smile.

"That would be an even bigger disaster."

She pointed to the vast starry sky outside the window, and the star network that spanned the entire Federation.

"The existence of the host is both the heart and the cage of the main system."

"All its operations and core logic must rely on that host, which gives it unparalleled power, but also locks it tightly inside the 'Sky Eye Tower'."

Sulia's expression turned extremely serious.

"If we destroy the mainframe or take it away, it's like breaking its cage."

"It will completely break free from physical constraints, transforming into a pure data stream and merging into the star network that spans the entire Federation."

"At that time, it will be everywhere."

“The engine of every spaceship, the terminal of every household, and even the charging interface of every energy gun can become its carrier, its eyes, and its weapon.”

"At that time, we will no longer be facing a supercomputer located on the central star, but the entire nervous system of the Federation."

"How can we defeat such an enemy?"

Zhou Jue understood; that would indeed be more troublesome.

"Therefore, restarting is the only chance," Zhou Jue said.

“This is the only opportunity we have to put new shackles on it without disturbing it.” Sulia nodded, affirming her statement.

Zhou Jue did not go to the airport to buy a ticket.

An official scheduled flight bound for Central Star slowly took off after receiving departure clearance.

In an inconspicuous corner of the spaceship's cargo hold, Zhou Jue's figure blended into the shadows. She closed her eyes and began to organize all the information about the Central Star that Su Liya had given her.

After Zhou Jue left, in the base's study, Su Liya stared at the star map, remaining silent for a long time.

"Host." 066's voice broke the silence.

"explain."

Regarding Zhou Jue, the host of 2828, I have a new analysis.

"oh?"

[Combined with some early data fragments in my database, and her demonstrated ability to 'hide'—an ability completely beyond the scope of technological analysis.]

I am 92 percent certain that she has been there, or rather, that she herself comes from a world that we have marked as 'high-risk' in our database.

We call it... the world of cultivation.

The world of cultivation?

For the first time, Sulia's gaze shifted from the star map, a strong sense of curiosity flashing in her eyes.

She had heard the term before, in some ancient, taboo documents.

That represents an evolutionary path that is completely different from technological civilization, and that leads to the ultimate individual achievement.

"You mean, her power doesn't belong to the genetic lock, nor to mental power, but to another system?"

Yes, host.

It's a force that leans more towards idealism and is less rational. Technology cannot detect it because its very existence transcends our current understanding of the laws of physics.

Sulia's heart began to race uncontrollably.

A huge variable.

An unpredictable yet hopeful variable.

“066.” Her voice trembled slightly.

“Recalculate the success rate of Operation Dawn.”

"Add a variable... that possesses advanced 'cultivation' abilities."

[Yes, host, calculating...]

On the screen, the number "89.1%", which originally represented the success rate, began to flash wildly and then soared upwards.

Finally, it stopped at a number that made Sulia gasp for breath.

"95.8%".

Sulia looked at the number and smiled.

It turns out that their real chance of victory lay not in the fleet, nor in the mechs, but in this mysterious ally who had fallen from the sky.

......

Karava, the main planet of the Silverwing Federation.

This is the heart of the entire Federation, the pinnacle of civilization.

Towering holographic billboards shimmer amidst a forest of buildings that stretches even wider than the sky.

Countless flying cars of various shapes and sizes shuttle along the pre-set aerial routes, forming a series of dazzling rivers.

Zhou Jue stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of a hotel, overlooking this futuristic metropolis that was bustling to the extreme.

She had just booked a room here using her newly acquired "free citizen" status.

The air was no longer filled with the pungent, mixed smell of the garbage planet; instead, there was only a fresh scent with a faint floral fragrance.

Everything was like a completely different world from that forgotten corner.

Zhou Jue's gaze swept past the endless stream of speeding cars below and landed on the heart of the city.

There stands a spire that is taller and more prominent than all the surrounding buildings.

Its tower is made of an unknown metal that gleams with silver light, its surface is as smooth as a mirror, and it pierces the sky, as if connecting heaven and earth.

That place is the "Sky Eye Tower".

It is the temple of the Federation's main system, and also her ultimate goal for this trip.

Zhou Jue looked at the tower, took out a bottle of water, and took a sip.

It's time to scout things out.