Rebirth of the Super Battleship-Chapter 719: Soul Technology

As an upper-level figure, a controller, the one thing Xiao Yu could least tolerate was such a matter. If there was anything suspicious regarding loyalty, no matter how capable that person was, every proposal he made and every plan he put forward would be met by Xiao Yu with the strongest vigilance.

But events were developing toward the worst outcome. Xu Junpo was the most outstanding scientist within the Divine Ark Civilization, and Luka Two was the most outstanding sociologist within the Divine Ark Civilization. These two were the people Xiao Yu trusted the most, yet now Xiao Yu had discovered signs in both of them of using technology that concealed themselves from him.

Xiao Yu felt ice cold inside, yet his mind was exceedingly calm. Xiao Yu was thinking about how to handle this matter, what attitude he should take toward Luka Two in the future, and at the same time he was rapidly cracking this concealment technology.

When Xiao Yu, by relying on the scientific data provided by Xu Junpo, completely cracked this concealment technology, removed Luka Two’s information deception against him, and learned Luka Two’s true situation, Xiao Yu knew that no matter how exquisite his method of handling it was, it would be meaningless. Because the person involved was already dead.

That was right, Luka Two was already dead. At this moment he still looked like an elderly man in his twilight years, reclining on a lounge chair in the back garden of his own courtyard. On the small table beside him sat his favorite drink. Artificial wind, no different from natural wind, gently stirred the flowers planted in the ground, and a pleasant fragrance spread through the air. It was exactly sunset. The artificial sun was gradually hiding its body behind the overlapping mountains, and was just right to change its color into a reddish hue. The light, carrying a faint touch of gold, shone on Luka Two’s face, exposing that inescapable air of age upon his features.

He was truly too old, so old that even with the most advanced life science now, his life could not be extended much longer. When Xiao Yu saw this scene and confirmed that Luka Two, like Xu Junpo, had already died completely and could not be revived, Xiao Yu felt utterly chilled inside.

Now Xiao Yu had confirmed that in all the time in the past, the only two people who had used this technology capable of concealing themselves from him were just these two, one was the scientist he valued most, and one was the sociologist he valued most. Almost in an instant, Xiao Yu had an intuition and affirmed the correctness of that intuition. Xiao Yu knew that during this period, Xu Junpo and Luka Two had certainly done some things, things he did not know about. Xiao Yu could not evaluate whether those things were good or bad for him, and what was more, Xiao Yu could not even evaluate what influence those things would have on his confrontation with the Sweepers.

This was something Xiao Yu could not accept, yet Xiao Yu had not the slightest means to change it.

“What on earth did you do? What on earth did you do?” Xiao Yu murmured to himself, straining to think. Xiao Yu could not think of any reason why Luka Two and Xu Junpo would conceal themselves from him. It seemed that if it were for the benefit of the Divine Ark Civilization, whatever these two did should have been frankly disclosed to him. The reason was very simple. Xiao Yu would absolutely not obstruct anything beneficial to the Divine Ark Civilization. Since the two had chosen to conceal themselves from him now, that proved that these things were, to some extent, unfavorable to him. At the very least, these things might be unfavorable to him.

“There is a third possibility.” Xiao Yu pondered silently, “and that is that these two developed certain private intentions. They hoped to make use of me to achieve this goal. But what exactly could it be?”

Xiao Yu knew that the progress of the Divine Ark Civilization already had a part that was no longer under his control. These parts might in the future have a tremendous impact on him, and the source of these impacts was the certain changes made to the Divine Ark Civilization during this period while concealing themselves from him by these two.

So Xiao Yu very swiftly began a thorough investigation of the entire Divine Ark Civilization. Xiao Yu considered all the changes the Divine Ark Civilization had made during this period, and focused particularly on the parts related to Luka Two and Xu Junpo, attempting to find the implications behind these matters.

Xiao Yu rapidly found these matters. They were not many, nothing more than those few things. First, Xu Junpo, in violation of common practice, requested that he transport more than one thousand stars to the vicinity of his base. Second, when researching spatial bomb technology, Xu Junpo, against common practice, stopped halfway. Third, Xu Junpo launched research on black lightning and likewise stopped halfway. Fourth, during this period, Xu Junpo conducted some research on the Micron corpse. As for whether Xu Junpo, by relying on certain hidden means, had exerted influence on the Micron corpse, Xiao Yu did not know. Because to this day Xiao Yu could not analyze the Micron corpse.

All these matters were handled by Xu Junpo, but Xiao Yu believed that behind these matters there certainly were traces of Luka Two. By analyzing according to the two’s different specialties, Xiao Yu could roughly determine that Luka Two had formulated a plan. The specific content of the plan was unknown. Within this plan, it required that Xu Junpo, by virtue of his outstanding scientific research capability, accomplish the above matters. Thus, under Luka Two’s leadership and with Xu Junpo’s cooperation, the two together created this kind of situation.

After the tasks were completed, the two chose to die.

This was an open conspiracy, because the two placed all they had done openly before Xiao Yu to see. But Xiao Yu could not analyze the hidden scheme, or say the intention, behind these actions.

“Hello, Xiao Yu. I am Luka Two. This is a timed message. When you see this message, I have already died. So this information can be considered my last words. You might as well think about it seriously. Perhaps it will bring you some benefit.”

Xiao Yu keenly noticed that in this message Luka Two did not address him as Master, but instead changed to an address that signified equal status, Xiao Yu.

“That is correct. I did indeed join with Xu Junpo, and we did some things while concealing them from you.” In this message Luka Two spoke in a calm tone. “As for the specifics, I believe you now also know. Very confused, are you not? Unable to understand the purpose of our doing this, are you not? There is no need to think about it. When the time comes, you will understand. Of course, you must understand one thing, that is, neither I nor Xu Junpo bear malice toward the Divine Ark Civilization. It is only because of certain reasons that we do not wish to let you know our intentions for the time being.”

“The great war between the Divine Ark Civilization and the Sweepers Civilization will eventually erupt. Only one of the two civilizations can remain. Frankly, I am not optimistic about the fate of our Divine Ark Civilization. So I and Xu Junpo together made these arrangements. If, and I emphasize if, our Divine Ark Civilization is defeated in the war with the Sweepers Civilization, then by relying on these arrangements we have left behind, you may obtain a chance to continue the Divine Ark Civilization. That is right, these arrangements are for just in case. But as for how to operate them specifically, I will not tell you.”

“Just treat it as a test I left for you. I do not hope there will come a time when our Divine Ark Civilization needs to use these arrangements. But if unfortunately it truly reaches this point, and if you are unable to pass my test, then let the Divine Ark Civilization perish here. Farewell, Xiao Yu. I wish our Divine Ark Civilization good fortune.”

As this message was fully absorbed by Xiao Yu, the entire Divine Ark Civilization was once again completely grasped by Xiao Yu. The Divine Ark Civilization once more revealed every detail before Xiao Yu, with no secrets and nothing hidden.

Yet the heavy dark cloud in Xiao Yu’s heart grew even thicker. From these words, Xiao Yu could analyze many things. First, through some channel unknown to him, the two had obtained certain intelligence about the Sweepers Civilization’s war strength, and on that basis judged that his fate was not optimistic.

“Xu Junpo came from the Sweepers Civilization, so it can be basically confirmed that Xu Junpo re-established contact with the Sweepers Civilization. But the Sweepers Civilization’s conventional technology is inferior to mine. How exactly did they establish contact? Exchanges within a civilization can be blocked at the data level, for example, the exchanges between Xu Junpo and Luka Two. But exchanges between civilizations cannot be realized in this manner. Hm… I understand.”

At this time, Xiao Yu recalled some matters and remembered a sentence the Taihao Civilization had told him a long time ago.

“The Guardian Civilization’s conventional technology is stronger than that of the Sweepers Civilization. The Sweepers Civilization’s soul technology is stronger than that of the Guardian Civilization. It is precisely because of advanced soul technology that the Sweepers Civilization could manufacture items like the imitation soul stone.”

In the past, Xiao Yu had not attached importance to this sentence. But now, as soul technology began to gradually display its power, Xiao Yu had no choice but to treat it prudently.

“If so, then the communication between the Sweepers Civilization and Xu Junpo should be based on soul technology. Only… what exactly is the soul, and what is soul technology? If such technology truly exists, it certainly would not belong to the scope of a Level 6 civilization. Could it be that this so-called soul technology comes from the Neutron War Star? And that, in the past, the battle between the Neutron War Star and the Micron corpse was not so simple, and that the Sweepers Civilization used this so-called soul technology to annihilate the Micron civilization?”

“Or perhaps, because of the existence of this soul technology, Xu Junpo and Luka Two feared that the Sweepers Civilization would exterminate me as they exterminated the Micron civilization, so they were not optimistic about my situation and thus made such arrangements as a precaution?”

“Then what relationship does this arrangement have with soul technology?”