The Fortress of the Heart

Even on Cybertron, there are probably no more than a handful of spaceships of the 'Great Scimitar' class.

The reason is simple: a Tier 3 starship requires the support of an industrial system of a Tier 3 civilization. Although Cybertronian technology is powerful, it has not reached the level of a civilization.

The design of Noah's Ark, which appears later in the story, was based on Cybertronian warships.

Now, the senior engineer owns one starship of this caliber.

When the senior engineer piloted this behemoth over Dugo Technologies base, for the first time, Director Du ignored the little wolfhound and stared at the super spaceship with shining eyes.

"Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! What a fantastic industrial design, what a gorgeous hull..."

The senior engineer hadn't forgotten that when he transformed Director Du into an "industrial AI," its prototype was an ancient imperial spaceship.

Like attracts like, which is probably why Director Du was so excited.

In fact, this starship is indeed very beautiful, with various designs full of industrial aesthetics. The outermost part of the ring-shaped hull has engine nozzles as big as city gates, numbering in the hundreds. Further inside are three rings of engine propulsion rings, the bronze-colored rings resembling the arms of giants. As for the center of the deck, there is the most core subspace engine.

Starships are a level above ordinary spaceships.

Ordinary spaceships can at most break through the third cosmic velocity, escape from a planet, and wander in a second-level celestial system, that is, a planetary system (similar to the solar system).

Starships equipped with subspace engines can reach sublight speeds and are capable of traversing star sectors (similar to the Orion Arm of the Milky Way).

The former can only participate in planetary defense wars.

The latter can participate in interstellar wars.

The senior engineer followed behind Director Du, watching her excitedly wander around, checking out the bridge tower, propulsion platform, shipboard reactor, storage room...

Just like any other woman who enjoys shopping, Du Zhaodi also enjoys shopping, but she prefers shopping at ships.

The only slightly jarring element is the thin layer of paint applied to the hull of the "Great Scimitar," which adds a touch of plastic to the industrial aesthetic.

"Have you figured out a strategy for Cybertron?" Director Du suddenly asked.

The senior engineer nodded. "Once the global corporate war begins, all participating companies will be protected. Even the mother city will not be able to cause us trouble during the war, and it will have even less of a chance after the corporate war ends."

The current situation is that those young Cybertronians are like rich kids who secretly drive their family's luxury cars out, only to have them stolen by an experienced driver before they even realize it. And once the experienced driver gets in, he has no intention of getting out.

Du Zhaodi was also incredibly audacious, daring to even provoke the tigers of her mother city. More importantly, the moment she stepped onto the "Great Curved Blade," she felt a tremor in her soul, a feeling that captivated her and made her unable to extricate herself.

"I want to become one with this ship!"

Looking at the enormous space engine before him, Director Du said this.

"No problem," the senior engineer said with a smile.

The reason we acquired this starship at a considerable cost was largely for Director Du's sake.

The core of Du Zhaodi's industrial AI is the core of the ancient empire's spaceship.

Once the "Great Curved Blade" is absorbed, Director Du's industrial intelligence will inevitably be further enhanced, and it will most likely break through the level 60 limit.

By then, a senior engineer will truly be able to both attack and defend.

Meanwhile, on a distant planet called Cybertron, a massive debate is raging.

The core of the debate, of course, is the missing "Great Curved Blade".

Just a few days ago, a few Decepticon brats sneaked out of the spaceport in their starship and never returned.

Even more disturbingly, just one day prior, the entire starship's positioning signal had also disappeared.

The last place they disappeared was on the sea surface of Zone 2.

"It must be the carbon-based debris from this planet that's causing this trouble. We must find the real culprit, and once found, eliminate all those involved!" an elder from the powerful faction roared angrily, his metallic beard crackling with electricity.

"According to our investigation, a human surveillance satellite has blocked the signal from 'Big Scimitar,' and we are investigating which satellite it is."

"With the technology of the humans on this planet, they are far from being able to capture the spaceship. Perhaps it is the work of the other two factions," an elder of a split faction said quietly.

"I suspect it's a fortress. That old bastard has always been dangerous, so the chances of him doing this are very high."

"So it was a hacker intrusion?"

"Whoever it is, they will pay the price!"

"We should remain calm and not escalate the conflict until the truth is confirmed," Tianwei tried to calm the others down during the meeting, but to no avail. According to the consensus of most robots, once the 'thief' was confirmed, a big fight would inevitably break out.

After the meeting ended, Tianwei rubbed his temples and prepared to return to his own territory, but unexpectedly, he was stopped by an old acquaintance.

"Venus, is something wrong?" Tianwei asked in surprise.

"I'm afraid something really has happened," Venus said through gritted teeth.

Previously, she planned to use her beauty to make the senior engineer suffer a severe defeat, preferably by eliminating him.

But the situation is clearly beyond her expectations. Her calculation system tells her that there is an 86% chance that the disappearance of the "Great Curved Blade" is related to the senior engineer.

Of the three mother cities, Cybertron is a mechanical satellite, the Deep Web is a network domain that lies between the virtual and the real, while the Fortress is an ordinary-looking city.

Qin Chunzi, the representative of Dugo Technologies, was walking cautiously through the city.

As the newly appointed manager of Cyberspace, this is where I registered for the 17th Corporate Showdown.

The crowd grew increasingly surging, shoulder to shoulder, and people occasionally bumped into Qin Chunzi. A look of pain flashed across Qin Chunzi's face, but she dared not stop for a moment.

She knew the rules here before she even arrived.

We cannot turn back, we cannot stop, we cannot hesitate.

If any of the above situations occur here, even a god couldn't save you.

Not far ahead of her was a company manager who had also come to register. After being bumped into several times, he finally lost his temper, grabbed the woman's shoulder, and said fiercely:

"If your eyes are useless, why not get one of our company's newly invented laser electronic eyes!"

However, the passerby only glanced at him indifferently, and after a moment, the corner of his mouth slowly split open, emitting a silent, strange laugh. The manager was stunned at first, and then, for some reason, the same smile appeared on his face.

By the time he realized what was happening, the crowd was already pushing him forward from behind, causing him to involuntarily move forward and seemingly bump into someone.

And the person who was hit was Qin Chunzi.

She witnessed her opponent being brainwashed and becoming part of the crowd; the high-level Electronic Barrier seemed utterly useless in this bizarre environment.

This reminded her of the mother city's nickname—the Wall of the Heart.