Seeing that everyone was still busy, Yu Lian estimated how much time he had and said goodbye to Qing Feng, Ming Yue, and Little Gray, preparing to return to the material world.
"No need to say goodbye. I'll leave a terminal outside, too," Little Gray said with a smile. "That big ship you brought back is pretty fun, actually."
"The spatial courtyard is the Spirit Research Society's spoils of war, while the Titan ship belongs to the Commonwealth Defense Force. I'm a man who believes in fairness and impartiality. I hope to keep things even."
"You might as well just say you want to spread your favors around. Wouldn't that better suit your current mental makeup?" Little Gray said.
Yu Lian pretended not to hear and said in the tone of a rebel, "Anyway, you can play with it, but don't take it apart. And definitely don't take it apart after you've played with it. Don't just go turning it into something in your image."
As for the Franmorean, after receiving Yu Lian's magnanimity, he sprang into action with an energy that even Little Xuanwu found astonishing. He piloted the half-destroyed robot and used his one remaining hand to smear spiritual energy across a glowing stone slab, then sketched out the outline of a huge formation. Judging just by its outer ring, it was an exceptionally intricate array, and it had a strong Imperial style.
Looking at him now, full of vigor, who would have thought he was half crippled?
Little Gray had walked up behind Herito Riverwen. She watched the array gradually take shape and began nodding in approval.
As the array took shape, flowing spiritual light spilled into the air above the stone slab and quickly condensed into a luminous cloud that resembled a nebula. Within it, flickers