Kafka and Silver Wolf's Plan

I'll let it slide this time, hmph~

Watching Chen Mu walk toward the center of the lab, she hurriedly jogged after him.

"All right, everyone, let's begin the experiment!"

Chen Mu looked at everyone present and gave the order.

"Yes!"

All the researchers immediately answered loudly.

For a moment,

everyone began bustling about.

"Aiming point ready."

"Energy transmission complete."

"Spatial Status stable."

"..."

Everyone got busy, reporting each set of data.

Other than Chen Mu himself, every face was filled with excitement and tension.

Even Asta was no exception.

This was a great undertaking! A great undertaking born from the power of an Aeon!

"BOSS! All preparations are complete!"

Once everything had been checked, the person in charge shouted.

"Good. In that case, begin the transfer."

With a smile on his face, Chen Mu took Asta's hand.

The distance for the first transfer was not particularly long.

It was merely from the Space Station's Main Control Section to the Support Section.

As Chen Mu's words fell,

under everyone's nervous and expectant gazes,

a beam of light appeared.

Chen Mu and Asta vanished from where they stood.

When they appeared again, they were already at the designated location in the Support Section.

Just as Chen Mu had expected,

the experimental process went exceptionally smoothly, and the result was an overwhelming success.

However,

when everyone in the lab saw Chen Mu and Asta appear at the designated location on the screen,

they felt unprecedented excitement at that moment. Their bodies trembled, and tears filled their eyes.

Very soon,

the entire lab erupted in cheers.

"It, it worked!!!"

"Our research succeeded!!!"

"We actually managed to research the power of the Trailblaze Aeon Qlipoth as humans?!! Humanity has grasped the power of an Aeon?!!"

"That's incredible! It's truly incredible! As expected of Lord Chen Mu!"

"Lord Chen Mu is practically the god of Scientific Research!!!"

"..."

At once,

cheers seemed to echo throughout the entire Space Station.

The feverish cries were deafening.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

"Chen Mu! We did it! We did it!!!"

Asta's face was also full of excitement. She threw her arms around Chen Mu beside her, jumping up and down excitedly as she kept saying something, her face brimming with joy and exhilaration.

Chen Mu wore a broad smile.

Although everything had gone exactly as he expected,

Asta's excitement seemed to have infected him, and he felt somewhat excited as well.

Today, for the Space Station,

was destined to be anything but peaceful.

Even Herta, upon hearing the commotion throughout the Space Station, stopped what she was doing and looked in Chen Mu's direction with a smile.

"He actually succeeded. As expected of him..."

Herta murmured to herself.

As the Space Station's true owner, she naturally knew what Chen Mu had been researching lately.

Humanity mastering the power of an Aeon.

It sounded simple, but actually accomplishing it was unimaginably difficult.

Herta naturally understood its significance.

"If that guy's research weren't so wildly varied, I'd sometimes suspect he was an Aeon reincarnated."

Herta shook her head and laughed helplessly.

After all, Chen Mu was only sixteen. One research project after another, one achievement after another— even Herta, who had always been hailed as a genius, found it hard to believe.

And beyond that,

there were indeed many mysteries surrounding Chen Mu that Herta could not figure out no matter how much she thought about them.

For example, he did not possess any Aeon's power at all, as well as the Aeon of Erudition's reaction upon first seeing Chen Mu...

As everyone knew,

Herta would pursue anything that interested her relentlessly, while remaining utterly indifferent toward anything that did not.

As for Chen Mu,

all the wonders surrounding him had fascinated Herta and held her interest from beginning to end.

Kafka and Silver Wolf's Plan

Meanwhile,

in some corner of the universe,

"Yes, success!"

A young girl's delighted voice rang out, and the joy in it was unmistakable.

The girl's name was Silver Wolf.

She was a cute girl with silver-gray hair and delicate features.

She was also a member of the Stellaron Hunters, a notorious organization throughout the universe.

"What succeeded, Silver Wolf?"

At that moment,

a tall woman with exquisite features, a hint of seductive charm on her face, and a distinctly feminine allure stepped slowly into the room.

She was Silver Wolf's companion, Kafka, likewise a member of the Stellaron Hunters.

"A game, obviously. What else could it be?"

Silver Wolf glanced at Kafka and answered as though it were only natural. After answering, she asked, "You're back? Does that mean the mission is complete?"

"Mm."

Kafka did not mind. She nodded and said, "But there's another mission afterward. Elio wants you and me to complete it together."

"Oh? What mission?" Silver Wolf was somewhat curious.

"To awaken her. According to the future Elio saw, now is the time she should awaken." Kafka spoke with a soft laugh.

The "her" being mentioned here

naturally referred to Stelle, the Trailblazer from the game.

Silver Wolf nodded. She did not particularly care either way. Rising to her feet, she merely asked, "Sure, no problem. Did Elio say where we're supposed to awaken her?"

"Yes. At the Space Station—Herta's Space Station," Kafka said.

"Huh?"

Silver Wolf froze upon hearing that. "That Herta?"

"Yes, that Herta." Kafka nodded.

"Are you kidding me?"

Silver Wolf pressed her temple in frustration. "That Space Station doesn't just have Herta. Chen Mu, that freak, is there too. How are we supposed to infiltrate it?"

Within the universe,

although Chen Mu was not particularly famous, as Stellaron Hunters stirring up trouble across the universe, they still knew of his existence.

"My, my. It's rare to see you admire someone so much, Silver Wolf." Kafka teased her with a mischievous smile.

"That's because you people don't understand that guy. He's a complete freak!"

Silver Wolf did not care and complained, "If I'm a genius in the field of hacking, then that guy is an all-rounder! He understands everything and is talented at everything! Even when we play games together, I often lose to him. I seriously don't understand why a freak like that exists in this world."

"If it were only Herta, it would be one thing. But with that guy there too, all I can say is that the odds of our operation failing are pretty high."

Kafka smiled. "What, are you scared?"

"Huh? Scared? How could that be!"

Silver Wolf immediately denied it. "I've never been afraid of a challenge. At worst, I lose. Playing with him is more fun anyway, and I know that guy. Even if we lose, he'd probably only lock us up at most."

"I'm merely reminding you that there's a high chance of failure this time. We should be prepared for it. Or is this part of Elio's prophecy too?"

Although she had never truly met Chen Mu,

Silver Wolf and Chen Mu had known each other online for a long time, so she naturally understood him.

The circle of geniuses was small to begin with.

Especially for legendary geniuses universally acknowledged across the universe, like Silver Wolf and Chen Mu.

Not knowing each other would have been impossible.

Herta was already troublesome enough, and now there was Chen Mu as well.

In Silver Wolf's view, this was no different from walking straight into a trap.

Geniuses understood geniuses, after all.

Kafka let out a soft laugh. Even though she was not in that field, she actually understood these things too.

There were countless powerful people in the world.

But those capable of influencing the entire universe were mostly people like Herta, Chen Mu, and Silver Wolf.