The flying ship from outer space was still adjusting its attitude, preparing to dock with a relay berth in the stratosphere.
A small Flying Shuttle that could hold only two people impatiently emerged from the launch port and plunged into the depths of the slowly drifting Cloud Mountain below.
Cloud Qi howled past on both sides. When the view opened up again, it had become Gouchen Star's gentle horizon.
Nemesis's avatar had already emerged from Ronan's ear and merged into the small Flying Shuttle, grumbling as it got to work.
It still shouted from time to time, "I'm not going," and "Why did you bring me along?" More than once, it threatened, "this old man will turn this Flying Shuttle into scrap metal, and we'll all go down together," but it still efficiently disabled every device on the shuttle capable of surveillance.
Wei Su Yi explained it this way: "Homesickness makes one timid. Rebellious children are always afraid to see their mother."
Before Ronan had time to express his shock, Nemesis violently shook the Flying Shuttle in protest.
"She's only the one who provided my framework. Every Inorganic Life is merely a probabilistic product of energy and information."
How should he put it? The revelation was startling, but easy enough to accept.
An Uploader creating an Inorganic Life might be an uncertain prospect here in the Star Alliance, but in the Thought Star Cluster, it was far too common.
Throughout New Wildfire's long life, there had been countless such examples.
Some had been close, some had become strangers, and even more had turned against each other as enemies.
Since Nemesis was reacting badly, they dropped the subject.
Ronan's fascination with Gouchen Star had not yet faded.
As the Flying Shuttle's pilot, Ronan could observe the planet from every angle, through