Commander's Abilities and the Navigator

Su Luo looked at the energy stone in his hand. As Akashi had said, he closed his eyes and focused on trying.

Akashi sat to the side watching. Considering game balance, if her abilities were supportive, then the Commander's abilities should be combat-oriented.

She just didn't know what form the abilities the Commander obtained from the game production machine would take.

Akashi was slightly dissatisfied with the abilities she had been granted. After all, as a ship under the Commander, it was only natural to protect him and fight for him. Even though she was just a repair ship, she would have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the Commander if no other ships were present. Therefore, if possible, she still hoped the Commander wouldn't have to face those dangers directly.

Akashi planned to study the Super Game Maker later to see if she could use backend permissions or something similar to swap abilities.

While Akashi was worrying, something was happening with Su Luo.

The energy stone, emitting strange energy, flowed into Su Luo's body at a visible speed. Soon, the energy stone completely disappeared.

The moment the energy stone vanished, Su Luo's tightly shut eyes opened.

"Commander, how is it? Have your abilities been activated, nya?"

Su Luo nodded, but his face showed a hint of confusion.

"What's wrong, Commander? Is there a problem, nya?"

Su Luo's expression was strange, but this time he didn't remain silent.

"My abilities have been activated, but... they're a bit strange."

"Akashi, when you activated your abilities, were there any explanations?"

"Yes, it said it was a Super Gene System, activated by some unknown energy... The voice also told me my abilities and asked me to name this Super Gene."

Su Luo nodded and pressed further.

"Don't you think the voice that explained it sounded familiar?"

Akashi shook her head.

"The voice I heard was a synthesized mechanical voice. Didn't you hear that, Commander?"

"I... I think I heard TB's voice!"

"Navigator Miss TB, nya?"

"Yes, that's right, it was TB!"

Su Luo seemed to recall something. He looked at Akashi and suddenly asked.

"You just said that voice also asked you to name this Super Gene?"

"Yes, nya. I was too lazy to come up with a name, so I just told it to call me Akashi."

"Then why did my explanation directly call me Commander? It didn't ask me to name the Super Gene System?"

Akashi thought for a moment, as if remembering something, and replied.

"Commander, when I was repairing the Super Game Maker, I asked Miss Navigator to help perfect some of the code. So, perhaps because of that, the Super Game Maker became a vessel for Miss Navigator? Then, when the Commander was granted this Super Gene System by the game production machine, Miss Navigator migrated along with this Super Gene System to the Commander."

"Tsk, is that so?"

"After all... Miss Navigator was originally an artificial intelligence developed to assist the Commander, essentially the Commander's adjutant."

Su Luo nodded and didn't say anything more. It wasn't that he had any objections to TB being in his Super Gene System, but he hadn't expected TB to come along. However, it was good that she did. As for this Super Gene System...

Wait, Super Gene System...

Su Luo finally remembered. TB hadn't mentioned this thing when she explained the situation in the gene system within him. When Akashi first mentioned it, he was too surprised that TB had followed to pay attention. Now, having clarified TB's situation, he was finally puzzled by this somewhat familiar term.

Super Gene System... is it what he thought it was?

Before he stumbled into the port area, he had seen something like that in anime back home?

If there was a Super Gene System, would there also be that Dark Plane?

Thinking of this, Su Luo tentatively called out to TB in his mind.

"TB, can you check my Dark Plane information?"

"Attempting to link to the host... Host cannot be linked, insufficient computing power!"

Su Luo shook his head. The offline TB really couldn't help much!

Su Luo could only guess. However, if it was really what he thought, then... were those ugly monsters Akashi had shot down with her anti-air guns before demons?

Su Luo speculated in his heart, but without more concrete evidence, he could only note this down for now and verify it later.

"Commander, let's put other matters aside for now. Can you use your abilities now? What kind of abilities are they, nya?"

Seeing that the Commander was no longer dwelling on the navigator issue, Akashi asked.

"Ah, that... Honestly, I'm not too sure either. TB is offline and not linked to the host, so she's not that intelligent. She didn't explain in too much detail. It's just that within the Super Gene System, I saw many glowing orbs of light. Those orbs felt very familiar. TB said my abilities are related to those orbs."

"Orbs of light? I didn't see any in my Super Gene System, nya!"

"You didn't see any orbs of light in your Super Gene System, Akashi? I saw many, and they felt very familiar! Facing those orbs of light... it was like..."

Su Luo thought for a moment, finally figuring out what it was like.

"It was like being with everyone in the port."

"Like being with everyone in the port, nya?"

Akashi repeated herself, then looked at Su Luo and spoke.

"Commander, have you tried touching those light clusters?"

"Mm... No, I'll try."

Su Luo closed his eyes and entered the Super Gene system again. Looking at the light clusters, Su Luo scanned them briefly and chose the largest one. He reached out and touched it.

"I'm a ghost... Even ghosts can't just touch things randomly—"

A girl's playful voice sounded in Su Luo's ear.

Then, Su Luo opened his eyes and saw Akashi looking at the spot next to him with a surprised expression. Su Luo turned his head to look and immediately saw a girl with long black hair and a distinct otaku aura—Nagato.

However, this was not the real Nagato from the port. The Nagato before him was somewhat ethereal, with no particular expression on her face. Su Luo reached out to try and touch the Nagato in front of him, but his hand passed right through her. Su Luo's guess was correct; the Nagato before him was indeed a phantom.

"Is it a phantom, nya?"

Akashi, who had been watching clearly, confirmed that the Nagato in front of them was a phantom. She tilted her head and asked Su Luo.

"Commander, does this Nagato have any attack capabilities? If it's just a phantom..."

Su Luo heard her and looked at the Nagato in front of him. With a thought, the next moment, the Nagato in front of Su Luo appeared outside the door and materialized her ship equipment. Immediately, bombers took off and flew towards the sky.

The girl standing outside was curious about the sister who had just appeared.

After circling in the sky for a few rounds, the bombers dropped their payload on the other side of the village.

Then... the bombs landed and exploded. The moment the explosion occurred, Su Luo felt that some of the energy he had just absorbed had diminished.

The sound of the explosion startled the girl, who ran over and buried herself in Akashi's arms, hugging her tightly.

Akashi held her and signaled her not to be afraid. After the girl calmed down a bit, Akashi looked in the direction of the explosion.

This explosion didn't seem like one from bombs dropped by bombers. There wasn't even the smell of gunpowder smoke around the blast site.

It seemed more like... a mere cluster of energy had been detonated.

Looking at the power of the bombs dropped by Nagato's phantom, Akashi compared it to the Miss Nagato she knew and shook her head. The phantom's power was much weaker than the real Miss Nagato.

"Commander, is this the full extent of its power? Can it be enhanced, nya?"

Akashi inquired.

"Yes, but it will cost more energy! Currently... the energy can't sustain such consumption!"

Akashi nodded. If that was the case, then it was acceptable.

"Commander, besides summoning our phantoms, are there any other abilities?"

Su Luo felt it and nodded.

"Yes!"