Whereabouts of the Moda People

After the Starship at the base vanished into the clouds, neither Asik nor Sida left.

The other Moda People stood on the ground as well. The temperature on this planet was too high, so they wore heatproof suits and quietly awaited the Star Lord's orders.

"Have the others withdraw to the planet. The experiments must be accelerated, and weapons research must find a new breakthrough." Asik had once again become the Star Lord who commanded the bigger picture.

"Yes," the Moda People answered in unison.

After thinking for a moment, Asik gave Sida another order. "Also, Sida, everyone, find a way to monitor the area within ten light-years of Moda Star."

Previously, Moda's security perimeter had been set at five light-years. Yet the Tentacled Creatures had appeared only 4.5 light-years away before they were discovered.

They had failed to detect them immediately within the security perimeter, leaving them somewhat passive in their response.

Although they had dispatched people to deal with it right away, buying Moda time to request support from the base.

Still, with the other side's technology, another breach was entirely possible.

He did not know where Jingsu would head in the future, but there was one thing he was absolutely certain of: the Alliance was bound to face an extremely difficult battle.

As for who their opponent was, it was most likely the information Gaia had sent back earlier.

Gaia had reconstructed scenes of the Moda People conducting experiments from a woman's consciousness.

What Asik could be certain of was that this laboratory was definitely not on Moda Star.

Since taking over as Star Lord, he had learned that some Moda People had failed to return to the planet on schedule after their terms of service in the Alliance ended.

Those people had eventually vanished without a