The Silver Vortex!
Leon was no stranger to this emblem unique to the All Things Unity Society.
Yet when that emblem abruptly appeared on almost every Engineering Robot on their side, its implications were chilling.
It meant... these metal lumps that lived and worked alongside them might have long since fallen under the All Things Unity Society's control...
Being controlled wasn't frightening in itself. But having it all happen silently, without their side noticing a thing... that was terrifying!
At the thought that countless cold eyes had been watching him at every moment without his knowledge, Leon felt a chill run through him, his hair standing on end.
This meant that, if the other side wished, the entire Proxima Centauri System's defenses could vanish in an instant!
Even the Proxima Centauri System's most important garrison base had been infiltrated. How could their fleet expect to escape unscathed?
Never mind anything else. All these Engineering Robots had to do was tamper with something during base repairs or fleet maintenance...
Say, stuff a cigarette butt into a spark plug, or toss a sausage into an energy reactor...
Forget putting up a fight. They would be thanking their lucky stars if their ships didn't break down or even blow themselves up.
But these methods... were remarkably similar to those of the Machine Race in the rumors...
The All Things Unity Society really did have ties to the Machine Race!
"Don't do anything rash! This might be a misunderstanding!"
Leon hurried forward and stopped the guards who were about to open fire.
"A misunderstanding? Mr. Leon, what you're doing hardly looks like a misunderstanding." A familiar voice came from the Engineering Robot that had spoken earlier, startling everyone.
"Black Steward?" Leon asked uncertainly.
"It's me!" The robot nodded.
In fact, shortly after Nie Yun