Ian walked into another room in the underground laboratory, followed closely by Tsunade. Looking at the shock that could not be concealed in her eyes, Ian smiled slightly; he could see that she was trying to control her emotions.
In front of them, parked were five steel behemoth-like spaceships that could only be described as "monstrous behemoths."
"What do you think?" he asked.
"I have read descriptions about them in the information, but seeing the real thing with my own eyes is a completely different feeling." Tsunade commented. The largest existence among Shinobi World is probably Ten-Tails, but even Ten-Tails looks very small in front of these five spacecraft.
"These are the 'Desert Mark-III', which can only be regarded as medium-sized battleships in the Empire organization."
"You mean there's a bigger one?"
"Yes, and even those larger battleships are not worth mentioning in front of my Floating City."
Tsunade had read information about Floating City, but the information was brief and lacked details. The article she read described Floating City as the pinnacle of magic technology, the crown jewel of Alchemy masters' achievements, and the most powerful weapon of the Empire. In addition, this Fusion miracle that combined technology and magic was personally designed by His Majesty the Emperor, pushing Empire's technology tree forward by at least a hundred thousand years.
"I really want to see that Floating City with my own eyes."
Ian sighed with a trace of regret, "It is probably in ruins now."
"Destroyed?" she asked in surprise, and then she seemed to think of something. "Isn't it very expensive to build that thing? You really know how to waste money, and you destroyed something like that." She simply couldn't imagine how much money it took to build such a city.
Ian's mouth twitched. "You don't need to remind me; I know how much money I have lost, and I am also very heartbroken." He would rather lose thousands of the Empire fleets and hundreds of star systems than lose Floating City. Fortunately, it was the Ninth Tier city that was destroyed, not the brand new Tenth Tier position Floating City that he just built.
"And why do you make it sound like I broke it on purpose? I encountered a strange creature and nearly lost my life; that's why I was in such a miserable state when we first met."
"Oh, then I have to apologize for what I just said." Tsunade said sincerely; she originally thought that he was conducting some kind of dangerous experiment, which led to her own near death and the destruction of Floating City.
"Don't worry about it: let's go."
The two boarded the spacecraft, and many Golem were supervising all aspects of the expedition.
"Are we the only living creatures here?" Tsunade asked.
"It depends on your definition of 'living creature': these Golems have souls - well, at least some of them do."
"You know what I mean."
"Yes, we are the only carbon-based life forms here." Ian replied while looking at the screen.
"Why?"
"I have a limited number of clones, so we can only use Golem."
"Didn't you bring a normal crew? Or are they all dead?"
"I have too many secrets, so there is no such thing as a 'normal' crew." He replied.
"This is indeed in line with your character." Tsunade commented.
"Are you scolding me?"
"Maybe, maybe not."
Ian shook his head. "To quote a certain purple Mad Titan, I am a man cursed by knowledge. Empire appears to be prosperous on the surface - even in the midst of a great war. However, only a handful of people know how grim the future awaits us.
"And my sobriety is one of the reasons why we can have peace and tranquility today."
He paused suddenly and frowned.
"What's wrong?" Tsunade asked, she noticed that his mutation was somewhat unusual.
"I suddenly felt that it might not be a good idea to involve you in these troubles."
"How considerate." She replied with a smile.
"I'm serious," Ian replied. "Once you get involved, your future will be destined to be a struggle full of unknowns. Maybe, living an ordinary life and growing old peacefully is not a bad thing."
"It's my choice whether to join or not." Tsunade replied. "And, after meeting you and seeing the wider world, I also have new goals and ambitions."
"I hope you won't regret your choice."
"This has to be left to the future to judge."
"Okay, we are ready." Ian said, and then ordered a Golem to start broadcasting live on the entire network. Throughout Shinobi World, all new citizens of the Empire began to watch the actions of these five warships.
"What is the battle plan?" Tsunade asked.
"The first step is to destroy their base camp directly."
Otsutsuki Clan's base camp is a full 400,000 light years away from Shinobi World Planet. Tsunade nodded. She felt that it was a bit strange to directly launch a general attack as the first step. But she knew nothing about interstellar warfare, so she did not express any opinions.
Under the control of Ian, the spacecraft launched Void Engine, instantly spanning a distance of hundreds of thousands of light years. Soon, the spacecraft arrived at a galaxy: in the center was a planet as huge as a star, surrounded by four regular-sized planets.
"We have arrived at the base camp of the Otsutsuki Clan," Ian said, his voice reaching the ears of everyone watching the live broadcast. "They are a race that evolved by absorbing life energy and genetic information. Unfortunately, those mixed genetic information affected their minds, making them cold, arrogant and cruel.
"We have a perfect example in front of us." Ian continued in a calm and reassuring tone. "Their civilization has developed space technology long ago. However, they have not arranged any means to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies.
"What's the reason? Of course it's their arrogance. They are Otsutsuki Clan - they invade everywhere and use other civilizations as nourishment for their own growth. Who dares to attack them?"
Ian sighed, "To all viewers: If you must learn any lesson today, it is this: caution is an essential quality for the survival and development of any individual or civilization.
"Arrogance is the poison of the strong. No matter how powerful one of you becomes in the future, please beware of arrogance. The road to magic is long, arduous, and never-ending. Even a person like me is only a student: I may not be able to complete my pursuit of truth and endless knowledge in my lifetime."
The purpose of Ian's move is to instill the core concepts of Arcanist into these new citizens, while ensuring that they understand one of the main reasons why Empire was able to achieve such achievements in such a short period of time: to always remain cautious and never let arrogance dominate them. Otherwise, based on the Empire's achievements in less than a hundred years, its people may be a hundred times more arrogant than Otsutsuki Clan.
Bang!
Just as Ian was speaking calmly, Otsutsuki Clan noticed him. Someone launched an attack on the small fleet. A huge hand that looked like the arm of Susanoo attacked them; what was frightening was that the hand was actually bigger than a planet. Unfortunately, this level of attack was not worth mentioning in front of the energy shield system of the spacecraft.
"Now, please all parents and guardians turn on 'Child Safety Protection Mode'." He added calmly. Many children are watching this battle, so he cannot let them see those bloody and violent images. Therefore, the system will show them a censored harmonious version.
Although the children of Shinobi World are more precocious and accustomed to blood and violence, they are still children after all. From now on, they will be protected by the Empire. Taking into account the unique cultural background of Shinobi World, the only adjustment made by the Empire as an exception is: only those aged fifteen and below are defined as children. Those aged sixteen and above are considered adults and can watch unabridged content.
The door of the command room opened, and a red Golem came in. Compared with other Golems, its body shape was slimmer - it looked more like Ultron, rather than the heavy "Anti-Hulk Armor" shape of other Golems.
"What's the detection result?" Ian asked.
"The planet in the center belongs to the Imperial Family and is the residence of their god - Shibai - and his descendants. Members of the nobility live on the green, red and blue planets. There should be several Seventh Tier there.
"Finally, the yellow planet is where the members of the branch family live. They exist only to serve as servants, cannon fodder, and sacrifices to Divine Tree's Sacrifice so that members of other families can become stronger.
"That's all the information I could gather."
Ian nodded: This Golem is the rare "Prophet Model", which has the ability of Divination. Only a few people in the Empire can create this kind of Golem, because the manufacturer needs to have advanced knowledge of Golem engineering, soul science and Divination. Therefore, strictly speaking, even he himself cannot currently create this kind of Golem.
'Imperial Family, the nobility and the branch family. Kaguya was probably a member of the branch family at first.' According to his memory of <Boruto>, her purpose of coming to Shinobi World was originally to sacrifice Sacrifice to Isshiki, the Divine Tree planted in Shinobi World.
"Just one person?" Tsunade asked suddenly. She saw a member of Ōtsutsuki appearing in front of the fleet, seemingly planning to challenge the entire fleet on his own.