Who had truly started the war between the two races? And what complicated relationship had existed between Gaia and Goth Sixteen?
Had Gaia's final words really been nothing more than a curse born of hatred?
Were there other hidden truths behind it all?
A string of questions rose in Nie Yun's mind as he looked at the Duke of Dawn.
"You're telling me all these secrets for more than just my identity as a Source of the Spark, aren't you?"
Even if Nie Yun was a Source of the Spark, they were still strangers who had only just met. Yet the Duke of Dawn seemed willing to tell him everything, revealing so many secrets without reservation. That was a little too much confidence to place in a new acquaintance.
The Duke of Dawn fell silent for a moment, then looked at Nie Yun. "I'm only telling you this as an attempt with very little chance of success."
An attempt? Nie Yun froze.
An attempt at what?
"Even if the Wulf Empire's Mystic Treasure could open a temporary hyperspace wormhole, it first had to obtain the target's exact coordinates and perform a certain amount of precise positioning at close range.
"And the location of Gaia's main body was always a closely guarded secret. The surrounding region was also heavily defended. There was no way an imperial fleet could have gotten close..."
Nie Yun paused, then caught on.
"You mean someone within the Machine Race... helped them from the inside?!"
"We can think of no other possibility."
A cold gleam flickered in the Duke of Dawn's eyes. "Afterward, we analyzed the incident repeatedly and discovered that their surprise attack coincided exactly with our fleet's rotation, when the star system's defenses were weakest. Their chosen entry coordinates also happened to be the weakest