So it turned out everyone was a traitor.
Oh, come on—it turned out you were a traitor!
When he heard the end of it, High Engineer happily accepted the "damaged star gate."
High Engineer had no doubts that the other party was faking it. The reason was simple: this kind of forgery could easily be exposed. For example, as long as High Engineer contacted the "Purple Colossus," he could confirm whether the other party was genuine with just a single sentence.
"Patrick Star" probably didn't even know whether he had a way to contact the Mechanical Overlord, much less what role he had played when the "Supreme One" attacked the Cyber Testing Grounds.
"A star gate, huh? Who would've thought I could get my hands on this thing so early in the game? Though it's a severely damaged version—"
In the vacuum of space, High Engineer opened the system panel and examined the "star gate's" attributes.
Name: Star Gate Tier: Seventh Order Civilization Manufacturer: Ancient Guardians Damage: 99.9% Function One: Matter Transmission (Restricted) Function Three: Damaged Function Four: Damaged Function Five: Damaged Function Six: Damaged Function Seven: Damaged ...
Note: A supertechnology product of a higher civilization. Unfortunately, nine out of ten of its functions have been destroyed. If not for the star gate's special material, it would be completely unusable.
"Ancient Guardians? So it was them—"
High Engineer stared at the civilization entry in surprise.
He had heard of this ancient civilization.
Like the Ancient Machine Civilization behind the Purple Colossus, the "Ancient Guardians" were also one of the ancient civilizations, and likewise a Level Seven civilization.
The only difference was that they weren't a "machine civilization," but an "energy civilization."
It was said that the true form of the Ancient Guardians' civilization leader was one of