"Hm?"
Merlin spun around sharply. At that moment, he indeed saw the Blackstar Armor on the ground trembling faintly, as though it possessed life.
"What's going on?"
Santo and the others immediately returned, watching Merlin warily.
Merlin was somewhat puzzled as well. At that moment, the long-unheard voice of Matrix rang out in his mind: "Unencrypted data detected. Read?"
"Data?"
Data that Matrix could "read" had to be something created by a civilization like the Atlan Civilization. The Remnant Clan had been similar to the Atlan Civilization—could they have left something behind?
Though he was uncertain, Merlin answered firmly in his heart, "Confirm reading!"
Very quickly, the Blackstar Armor became still again. Merlin quietly closed his eyes and waited for Matrix to finish reading.
"Beep. Unencrypted data reading complete."
Hearing Matrix's voice, Merlin hurriedly extended his Mental Power into the ring and entered the Empire-Class Warship. At this point, Matrix had in fact remained entirely within the Empire-Class Warship; it was merely still under Merlin's control.
"Retrieve the new data!"
Merlin promptly issued the command to Matrix. At once, an enormous amount of data appeared on the Empire-Class Warship's display screen. It was a recording.
The recording documented a little boy's life, beginning with the day a compact Intelligent Brain was implanted into him at birth. This Intelligent Brain was called the Life Brain, meaning that it could help life evolve.
The Life Brain was, in truth, the real reason the Remnant Clan had been so powerful. It was akin to every Remnant Clan member's proof of identity.
Every Life Brain had been thoroughly fused into the body of each newborn Remnant Clan infant. From the moment their consciousness awakened, the knowledge within the Life Brain would gradually be fed into the infant's mind.
Thus, every member of the Remnant