The only exception was Zairha, whose modification level was no less than Geshut's and who possessed a Cosmic Wonder.
"Those people in the Technical Department who start by modifying their brains really are all lunatics!
Because of some experiment he keeps talking about, Geshut used up nearly half of the Mechanical God Cult's entire Soul Crystal stockpile in one go, and he still thinks the review committee are idiots for not giving him enough support...
And with this level of thought-wave projection and synchronization, Geshut's brain modification level must have already reached the fifth-level peak. He's only one step away from thought uploading—the quasi-Mechanical Ascension.
He's an outright lunatic!
I really shouldn't have accepted this field assignment!"
As Zairha ranted furiously to himself, he struggled to resist Geshut's thought-wave synchronization.
Nothing happening aboard the Zagramalish went unnoticed by the other two Death Starships belonging to the Mechanical God Cult, the Spirit Realm Shepherd and the Starlight Chanter.
Following Geshut's orders, those two Mechanical God Cult Death Starships were assisting the Zagramalish in analyzing the pale-gray orb.
Specifically, they were using rays of a particular frequency to neutralize the pale-gray orb's Defense System.
After several days of effort, nearly a third of the pale-gray orb's outermost autonomous Defense System had been neutralized.
"Forget it. If we have to, we can waste a few more days. That's better than letting Geshut go berserk.
With the Zagramalish's Battleship Skill, 'Seamless Escape,' even if the Kindling Human Civilization Alliance's cleanup fleet arrives, escaping shouldn't be difficult.
As for the rest of the mission... Geshut is the one in charge here, after all. Why should I worry about everything?"
After struggling to resist for quite some time, Zairha finally waited until Geshut could no longer sustain his effort and gradually drew in his spreading thought