‘Is she a test subject whose brain was directly tampered with by humans? If so, they might have kept her alive as a living sample, even though she has no combat abilities . . . . Under the name of human resource . . . .’
Addmoon then added.
“We tried everything at the laboratory. I’ve used cybernetics, stem cells, and even tried entering a virtual world. But no matter what, even with artificial technology replacing my vision, I could only see things far away properly.”
“The problem must be in the brain.”
If it wasn’t something that could be solved with the eyes, then the problem must be in the brain.
“Can I be of any help? I can’t fight, and I don’t have any special abilities like the others . . .”
At Yiel’s question, Kreion thought of Nazar.
“You mean you’ve lived your entire life only seeing things that are very far away? Like wearing a telescope that you can’t ever take off.”
“. . . Yes.”
“Then that must mean you’re very good at detecting small visual changes that are very far away. And even if I show you things that are even farther than what you can see with your bare eyes right now, you’ll adapt easily.”
Yiel couldn’t easily respond to his words about adapting easily. Seeing this, Addmoon, who had been watching, spoke up again.
“Yiel has one unique hobby; she’s been stargazing for a really long time. If it’s something like observing faraway objects, she’ll be better at it than anyone else. They say her brain is tilted that way, so it’s a problem, but I think it’s also an advantage if it’s an advantage.”
If it’s an advantage, then it’s an advantage.
Kreion agreed with that argument as well.
“There was a child named Nazar. He also spent his time stargazing like Yiel, and he was very good at observing faraway things.”
And even Nazar, who had such good eyesight, had once failed to identify the phenomenon of gravity distortion left behind by the Aooa fleet.
Therefore, simply having good eyesight to see things far away wasn’t that important. Any Chimeraz could do that. All they had to do was make their eyeballs bigger.
What mattered most to an observer like Nazar was the ability to detect even the smallest visual changes. That’s what made seeing things far away meaningful.
And the ability to detect such visual changes had a lot to do with the brain that received it, rather than the eyeballs.
“Yiel. If your brain is specialized in that direction, like Nazar’s, then you could be of great help to our species. That is your unique ability.”
“But even so, I would need a telescope to properly observe space. Without a special telescope tailored to me . . . . And even if I had such a telescope, wouldn’t I only be able to see a narrow range in one direction?”
“Now that you’re a Chimeraz, you can use waves. With those waves, you can also share information from the sensory organs of multiple Chimeraz.”
“What happens to me if I share the sensory organ of the Chimeraz’s eyes?”
“You’ll be able to use the thousands of eyes that the Cresecters have, as if they were your own.”
You’ll know what it’s like once you try it yourself.
‘If Yiel replaces Nazar’s role, there will be no gaps in our species’ scouting abilities.’
However, that didn’t mean that the hole in his hearts caused by Nazar’s absence would disappear.
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The blueprint obtained from the Babylonia Planet Weapon was the epitome of technological prowess. Thanks to learning about the principle of the improved gravitational wave cable, the range of the Mind Repeater’s relay had been dramatically increased.
And Babylonia was a Planet Weapon that fired antimatter particle pulses enclosed in a special gravitational field, like the dimensional gravity acceleration of a dimensional passageway, with enormous output.
Gnox was still researching antimatter-related technology, and in the meantime, Kreion applied the gravity-related technology interpreted from the blueprint to Lemegeton and Euryale.
By improving the gravity manipulation mechanism in the Lemegeton’s body, the Lemegeton’s mobility improved. In addition, in the case of Lemegeton battleships equipped with Organic Accelerator Cannons, the power of the particle weapons fired from the Organic Accelerator Cannon was further increased by adding the force of gravity to the particle acceleration mechanism.
The miniaturized Organic Accelerator Cannons equipped on Euryale were improved to be able to fire faster and more accurately so as not to fall behind the main ships of the humans, and the output of Euryale itself was also dramatically improved.
Lastly, as the efficiency of the miniaturized Organic Accelerator Cannon improved, they were now in the process of creating Chimeraz spacecraft that were covered with cannons like a fire support ship.
‘The top priority is for our species’ spacecraft to catch up to the firepower of enemy ships.’
The ruler of the 10th gas planet had deployed a large number of wild Chimeraz spacecraft into the raging atmosphere of that planet. At that time, the majority of the deployed wild Chimeraz died, unable to withstand the intense radiation, space lightning, and gravity.
However, there were wild Chimeraz that barely survived by riding the continent-sized storm in such an environment. They had degenerated their wings and evolved their propulsion systems in order to overcome the gravity of the gas planet, and they floated through the storm.
‘It’ll be difficult to operate in the atmosphere of an ordinary planet with no storms and relatively weak gravity. In that case, it’ll be better to modify them so that they can only be operated in space.’
Additionally, the energy that the wild Chimeraz could obtain in the storm was limited to the intense radiation and the reaction between cells. That’s why they naturally had to eat meat, and they evolved snouts to catch and eat each other while floating in the storm. They grew disproportionately large, like deep-sea creatures.
After that, individuals with small snouts were eliminated by those with large snouts. The individuals that survived grew in size so that they wouldn’t be eaten by individuals with larger snouts than them. And just in case they were bitten by other individuals, they evolved multiple tentacles so that they could resist.
‘Since their cells are resistant to radiation, we can fit more Organic Accelerator Cannons into a smaller space.’
With Gats and the honor guard watching from behind, Kreion was personally building and testing the frame of the new spacecraft outside the colony.
‘Since it doesn’t need digestive organs, we can remove them . . . . In order to withstand at least a few shots from human cannons, the tentacles covering its body need to be thicker.’
It was then that Gnox’s waves came.
─Kreion-nim. Are you busy right now?
‘I’m always busy. What is it?’
─I was able to hack into the usage records of the Babylonia Planet Weapon. I’m looking through the records right now, but I think you should see this for yourself.
‘Was there anything unusual in the usage records?’
─There are traces of artificial intelligence being involved in the operation of the Planet Weapon.
Kreion immediately stopped what he was doing.
‘Artificial intelligence . . . ?’
Now, even hearing it made him feel uneasy.
─I think something will come up if I dig into this a little deeper.
Was this another new puzzle?
‘I’ll head over there right now.’
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