"We should never have gone looking for this space in the first place."
Zairha thought bitterly.
The Zagramalish was undoubtedly an Ace-class Death Starship, but it was also an exploration vessel. It possessed exceptional capabilities when it came to searching for ruins and subspace.
Death Starship-class exploration vessels were exceedingly rare.
The Mechanical God Cult had poured enormous effort into cultivating the Zagramalish.
Its primary mission was to explore high-level or high-risk Ancient Civilization Ruins located within the territories of other civilizations.
A few days ago, after arriving in the Whale Cliff Star Domain, the Zagramalish had conducted a targeted search and quickly discovered the space left behind when a legendary Void Whale fell.
As a result, Geshut had gone mad over what they found inside that space, abandoning every other task to focus on it.
In Zairha's view, Geshut's behavior was a textbook case of getting his priorities backward.
Exploring the possible ruins of a legendary Void Whale in the Whale Cliff Star Domain was only one of the Zagramalish's missions on this trip.
There were also other equally important tasks: searching for the Armored Cuirassier's whereabouts, obtaining intelligence on the Purple River Guardian and attempting to sink it, and rebuilding the Mechanical God Cult's organizations in the Wuche River System and the Changpan River System.
All of it required the Zagramalish's crew to race against time and get everything done before the Kindling Human Civilization Alliance's purge fleet arrived.
Zairha had ample confidence in the Zagramalish's stealth capabilities.
But the Kindling Human Civilization Alliance was the organization guiding the behemoth that was Kindling Human Civilization forward.
Zairha wasn't so arrogant as to ignore it!
Years of quietly excavating ruins alone in the territories of other civilizations had long taught Zairha to be cautious—an attitude completely at odds with