Nemesis remembered reading a saying in a book from Earth.
If you feared nothing, it only meant you had not yet encountered something that truly frightened you.
Nemesis had always scoffed at those words.
She was likewise a finished product created based on the "Eve Plan" that had originally produced Xiao An. However, unlike Xiao An and Mea, Nemesis's body was not a life-form copied and cloned from human DNA like theirs. Instead, the Nemesis Plan had originally intended to use dark matter to shape a body and create an entirely new life-form.
According to the original plan, Xiao An and Mea had merely been test subjects, while Nemesis was meant to be the plan's final form. After all, a transforming weapon with a body shaped from dark matter was practically invincible. There would be nothing to fear. No need for many—even mass-producing a single squad would probably have been enough to conquer the universe.
But in the end, the plan failed.
Nemesis's body had never fully taken shape, yet her soul had already been born. Afterward, she wandered through the research facility, secretly studying its records until she finally used dark matter to form her own body.
From that perspective, Nemesis was practically immortal. Even if she were strapped to a heavy-particle cannon and executed, as long as dark matter remained, she could continuously regenerate. The only difference was whether it happened quickly or slowly.
That was why Nemesis had never believed she would encounter anything capable of making her afraid. In essence, she was a spiritual life-form with no physical body at all. Even if someone reduced her to pulp, it would not harm her in the slightest.
Well, energy could still be depleted.
But other than that, Nemesis believed herself invincible.
That was why she longed to