Jarilo-VI, Everwinter Ridge.
Amid the snow-covered mountains stood an enormous platform.
The Stellaron Restraint Device rested here.
Once, when this planet maintained close ties with the Interastral Peace Corporation, the corporation had helped the natives seal the Stellaron that had descended upon this world.
Then, seven hundred years ago, Alisa Landau had activated the Stellaron again to confront the Antimatter Legion's invasion.
The already unstable restraint device had failed as a result.
Even now, there was no once-and-for-all method of sealing a Stellaron anywhere in the Sea of Stars.
Even Herta of the Genius Society could only temporarily restrain a Stellaron at the Space Station.
And all the Astral Express Crew did was exploit a Stellaron's weaknesses to suppress it, addressing the immediate crisis.
The greatest obstacle to sealing a Stellaron was often not the Stellaron itself, but the desires in people's hearts.
As long as people still placed their hopes in a Stellaron, they would undo even the strongest seals themselves.
A Stellaron would answer people's innermost wishes, grant them power, and beguile their hearts, bringing about the extinction of an entire civilization.
Cocolia had already received the power bestowed by the Stellaron.
The feeling of possessing that power was exquisite.
She walked across the stone platform as armor of condensed ice and snow slowly enveloped her flesh, tracing a bold, sharp silhouette. Her entire being became cold and ruthless!
This power was beyond any mortal's reach!
What Cocolia regretted was that she could not lead her daughter to obtain that same power.
Cocolia loved her daughter dearly. She had laid out the best possible path for Bronya!
Bronya would become the mother of the New World, a god walking among mortals!
Cocolia firmly believed that the Stellaron could bring about humanity's evolution!
For such a lofty evolution, a