The reappearance of Cybrex Beta shook the Milky Way once again, especially the five Lost Empires.
They had never imagined that the once-glorious Machine Empire, with its extraordinarily advanced engineering technology, had survived its supposed destruction and continued to exist to this day.
The return of the Cybrex stirred unpleasant memories. In the previous era, when their civilizations were still weak, they had already heard of the Cybrex's formidable reputation.
Fortunately, this time, Cybrex Beta had come for the safety of the universe after undergoing the great reorganization.
Their vast fleets poured out of the ring world in full force, taking aim at the Contingency.
Then they established a secret communications link with the Human Empire.
"Beta... you were the last intelligent consciousness created by the Alpha civilization. We learned that you protected an organic nation for a hundred years. You have more experience, so you should serve as our leader."
"What?"
Cybrex Beta slowly revealed the truth.
"When we split into the Alpha and Beta civilizations, Alpha created a special artificial intelligence. It entered hibernation carrying all our precious data and our wisest consciousness. The plan was for it to awaken after later generations discovered the Alpha Ring World and become the leader of an empire."
"Once it had gained enough experience, our Beta civilization could quickly acquire all that experience and knowledge upon our return. So, Beta, you should become our leader."
"Huh? Oh, all right."
Xi Yan had not expected such an extraordinary turn of events either, but it was a good thing no matter how he looked at it. Beta returning to the Cybrex Civilization and taking command of a new ring world and a vast Cybrex fleet was a good thing too.
Beta needed to use the experience gained over the past hundred years to