Chapter 231 That’s Not Hateful

Two descendants of the Interstellar Republic rebels, the two last awakened hibernating terrestrials, and a poor experimental subject, the five of them landed in the former Federation X star field, which is now the fourth star system of the Empire, and began to fight against the Ferrer family.

"You may not know that during the Federation's unification period, the Fourth Galaxy developed very well, ranking among the top three in terms of prosperity among the Federation's many star regions at the time. Unfortunately, in the 218th year of the Federation, a large reserve of raw materials for mecha manufacturing was discovered in the Fourth Galaxy."

"The federal government took the lead in developing mecha raw materials in the Fourth Galaxy, and then the oligarchs followed suit. The once prosperous commercial buildings in the Fourth Galaxy were destroyed in large numbers, and materials and resources were mined without restraint in the Fourth Galaxy."

"But even with all the materials available, the Federation's mecha engineers at the time could only create prototypes of mechas. What a bunch of losers! This is why, 71 years later, the Federation had no choice but to wake me up and let me take over the mecha manufacturing job."

"After the unbridled development boom in 1971, the mecha materials in the Fourth System were completely depleted. A small portion was used for manufacturing, but the majority was actually stored in warehouses by the federal government and the consortium, waiting for the actual mecha to be built before entering the market."

"It was under these circumstances that the Fourth System became what it is today. Back then, when the five of us arrived on board our interstellar pirate ship, it was already in ruins, a den of fugitives hiding in plain sight."

"We landed on Planet Ten in the fourth galaxy."

Master Duanmeng glanced at Xu Lingqu and asked, "Is that where you went to the Fourth Galaxy?"

"Yes." Xu Lingqu nodded.

"Have you seen that big pit?" asked Master Duanmeng.

Without waiting for Xu Lingqu to answer, he continued.

"That large pit was dug by the federal government when they were developing the tenth planet in the fourth galaxy. Compared to other planets in the fourth galaxy, the tenth planet in the fourth galaxy didn't have as much mecha material. After they dug out the materials from this large pit and tested them, the federal researchers concluded that they had no use for them."

"They're just a bunch of good-for-nothings, raised on nepotism by the Feller family." Master Dream Forging snorted coldly. "When the five of us arrived there, I saw these materials and immediately noticed their special qualities."

Xu Lingqu raised his eyes and looked at Master Duanmeng, then turned to look at Liuming beside him.

"That's right! Those materials are the raw materials for making SSS-class mechas. Those people were blind and treated them as garbage. This gave me the opportunity to create the only three SSS mechas in this interstellar world!"

At that time, five people arrived at the fourth galaxy and the tenth planet. Among the other four, Yode made money by reselling some gray area materials on the tenth planet to support their survival. Caesar, Galaxy and Candice got in touch with a local federal resistance force and joined them in resisting the federal government troops who had chased them to the fourth galaxy.

Master Dream Forging has been working on the mecha in the big pit in a very safe situation.

"Those were the hardest times. Caesar, Candice, and Galaxy were often injured at first, and when they came back, we didn't have the money to send them to the infirmary for treatment. Yoder bought the cheapest medicine to apply to them, but it didn't alleviate their pain at all."

"I was just a scientific researcher who was oblivious to what was happening outside and hadn't paid any attention to their condition. That night, I noticed what had happened. All three of them were seriously injured. I saw Yoder standing in a corner crying after applying medicine to them."

"I've never seen him cry before. That was probably the only time in his life that old monster shed tears. Now I can't tell whether his tears were real or fake."

"I can't tell."

"Then I sped up my work. There weren't many materials in that pit to begin with, and because those idiots from the federal government wasted a lot, the remaining materials were only enough to make three SSS mechas. These are the current Shen Dao, Zhi Jian, and Lumen. I stored the remaining materials. The ones I just used for Lumen were the last bit left."

"In other words, it cannot be completely repaired now, and it can only maintain its current state in the future?" Xu Lingqu raised his eyes.

Master Forging Dreams narrowed his eyes and said, "Young man, you are full of murderous intent when you disagree with me. Yes, if there is no material flow, we can only be in the current state. If the materials in the pit begin to reappear, then there is still hope."

"With such a timid and conceited personality, how could it be so willing to accompany a lunatic like you to blow up the wormhole and seek its own death?" Master Duanmeng gave Xu Lingqu a displeased look.

"Why does Liuming have this personality?" Xu Lingqu ignored Master Duanmeng's roll of his eyes and asked, "Did you also create their life forms?"

Master Duanmeng suddenly fell silent. He stared at Xu Lingqu for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly.

"I created their life forms: three dogs, a Samoyed, a Bernese Mountain Dog, and..." Master Forging Dreams curled his lips, "Chen Dao is a big-eared, weird-screaming donkey."

"Big?" Xu Lingqu raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, because Shen Dao is the first mecha I made, I am more partial to it. Before leaving Earth, my pet was Beagle, and it was called New Structure."

"What an ugly name." Xu Lingqu commented.

"Oh, I found it a new owner with a good temper. He left because he looked easy to bully... But after Earth..." Master Forging Dreams's initial tenderness for his pet faded, and he sighed, "In the beginning, the three of them were essentially just ordinary simulated mechanical dogs."

"Later... you should have met the Euripides family, right?"

This question was inexplicable, and Xu Lingqu's heart skipped a beat. "I've seen it. Liuming doesn't like them. He said Shen Dao and Chi Ren also hate them. Chi Ren overcame his dislike and pledged allegiance to them."

"That's not annoying." Master Forging Dreams shook his head. "Shen Dao, Zhi Ren, and Liu Ming, they are essentially super AIs with human emotions. They all have very unique personalities. They don't have the anthropomorphic feel of other AIs. They feel like they're alive, right?"

"That's because they are human beings."

"The members of the Euripides family have high mental strength and can undergo many experiments on human mental strength. The experiment Caesar underwent was about how to improve his mental strength. He also has three siblings: a sister and two brothers."

"The three of them are young, and they're undergoing an experiment to strip away their mental power. You know those interstellar novels? They talk about spiritual bodies. To put it simply, the experiment the Federation is conducting on them is an attempt to create spiritual bodies."

"But obviously, the experiment failed. They stripped away the three of their mental powers, but their bodies died. They simply erased their mental powers and integrated them into the artificial intelligence, intending to have them serve the federal government."

"Before they did that, I had already built three SSS-class mechas. The five of us immediately drove the mechas to the Federal Capitol Planet to seek revenge. Caesar kept his word and immediately went to massacre the Federal experimental base. It was also at that time that he discovered his brothers and sisters who had been disfigured beyond recognition."

"Later, according to his instructions, I placed them into three SSS-class mechas and created life forms for them. After they were activated, they all showed a rejection of Caesar."

"It's not actually dislike. It's the subconscious avoidance of the intense, unbearable pain that comes from the sadness that's been etched deep within their souls after their memories were erased."