The Super Mothership - Chapter Summaries - Page 45

Ch. 881Black Box

Breaking open the mysterious shell, Nie Yun receives a burst of encrypted information. He identifies it as a black box containing a navigation log.
Three days later, he uses the Moon’s vast energy network and a hidden, mithril-built tower to charge the Spear of Longinus, a superweapon in Earth Civilization’s Solar System Defense System.
Nie Yun uses the Hyperdimensional Observatory to locate all seventy-two of Eternal Night’s avatars. He opens a huge wormhole above the Moon and fires the weapon through it.
The single beam is redirected through 144 wormholes, striking all seventy-two of Eternal Night’s flagships nearly simultaneously. It pierces their defenses and destroys the avatar cores.

Nie Yun demonstrates both his confidence and the depth of his strategic capabilities: the black-box information enables him to find every avatar, and he reveals a weapon powerful enough to attack them across space.
Codename worries that Nie Yun may have been possessed when the information enters his mind, then confirms the weapon’s charge is complete.
Chu Xiaoxiao, Elder Yu, and the other leaders are initially baffled by the activation and alarmed by the wormhole and beam. Elder Yu asks what Nie Yun is attacking; Nie Yun calls it perhaps Earth Civilization’s last enemy.
Eternal Night, despite commanding a million-ship fleet and considering how to subdue Nie Yun, is caught off guard. As his avatars are struck, he realizes too late that he underestimated not only Nie Yun but also the Iris Civilization.

Hidden knowledge and preparation: The black box’s navigation log turns into the key to locating Eternal Night’s avatars.
The power of advanced technology: Energy infrastructure, wormholes, and spatial redirection transform a single shot into a simultaneous attack on distant targets.
Hubris and miscalculation: Eternal Night’s confidence and superior force cannot protect him from an opponent whose capabilities he has failed to grasp.
Inheritance and civilizational power: The attack’s success points to the continuing influence of the Iris Civilization’s technology.

Nie Yun’s remote strike kills Eternal Night, instantly disabling most of the Machine Race’s million-ship fleet. The Wulf Empire’s observers discover the destruction and report it, shocking the Empire.
The Wulf Empire rushes to seek a permanent friendship pact with the Solar System; the Twin Stars also ask how they might qualify for membership. The attack establishes a clear deterrent: any civilization threatening the Solar System risks annihilation.
Three hundred years later, Earth Civilization has enjoyed peaceful growth and become a major power in its region.
In a seaside villa, the elderly Alice tells children stories about the Ghost Captain. They debate the Captain’s gender and lament that no image reveals their face. Alice explains that the Captain deliberately remained unknown and then shares competing theories about their disappearance.

The Ninth Prince, previously content to let rival powers clash, responds to the fleet’s destruction by urgently pursuing friendship with the Solar System.
Alice is now a grandmother and keeper of the past. She reminisces warmly about the Ghost Captain, admitting she once hoped to win his favor, while acknowledging that even she does not know what became of him.
The children treat the Captain as a legendary hero and playfully argue over whether the figure was a man or a woman. Their curiosity prompts Alice to reflect on the Captain’s legacy.

Power as deterrence: Nie Yun’s victory reshapes regional politics without a direct confrontation.
Legacy and myth: The Captain’s anonymity turns a real figure into a legend interpreted differently across generations.
Leadership without worship: The Captain believed the world needed gods to make life interesting, but not to guide or be worshipped; being remembered as “interesting” was enough.
An open, romantic ending: The Captain’s unexplained disappearance leaves room for hope that he still watches over humanity—or has gone on to greater adventures.