Mu Fan was still recalling his earlier memories, so he only asked casually, "What surprise?"
"The task of resisting the Bug invasion will be left to them," Black replied darkly.
Hearing that, Mu Fan finally reacted.
"Wait, what exactly are you planning to do?"
"Mu Fan, didn't you say that the Federation's strength wasn't as weak as it appeared?" Black's voice brimmed with malice.
"That's right."
Mu Fan answered with certainty, especially after seeing Shura's memory replay.
"Then there's no problem. I'll evacuate the Shadow Base right away." Black's tone always made Mu Fan feel something was off. He had agreed far too readily.
"Mm. First, get out of the Federation's sight, then gather information on unclaimed planets through the Mercenary Guild. Didn't we already analyze the star map from before? We'll follow the Three-Color Relic's map and check the mineral reserves of that Unknown Planet." Mu Fan tried to reassure Black according to his own plan. He knew Black's investment in this base far exceeded anyone's imagination.
"Mm, let's go back first." Black answered noncommittally.
Mu Fan did not know what else to say. After agreeing, Shura turned into a streak of light and flew back to the Shadow Base.
That steel forest shone brilliantly beneath the starlight.
Beneath the steel forest was the Central Light Brain that the Federation Military had once buried on the planet, now calculating at high speed.
On the light screen in the underground space, countless streams of data blurred into afterimages.
An enormous three-dimensional star map was projected into the underground space.
Two red arrows were slowly moving across the map toward a location marked Entrance/Exit.
At that moment, every space engineering vehicle in the Shadow Base flooded toward the outer perimeter of the base and began specialized welding operations.
Under Black's control,