Chapter 2559

2559 - Genius

Among the outer ring planets of the Nihari Galaxy...

Inside a simple transport vehicle, Kristan sat at a wide round table, looking down at its surface with his chin resting on his hand.

The table's surface before him was somewhat strange—it wasn't spread with a detailed map or attractive glowing points, but was covered in scars.

The table was filled with perfect overlapping circles to the point that there wasn't a single spot left uncarved, and on every circular path there were small circular marks, alongside a number of numbers and letters written in poor handwriting.

After moving his eyes to examine the rings on the outer side for a few more minutes, Kristan raised his head and began scratching his thick beard, then pointed toward a specific ring, "Here, expanding the diameter of this orbit by three moves will open the way for the rest."

Step

A handsome young man with sandy-colored hair and calm, charming eyes approached Kristan's side.

That young man stared at the indicated path for a few seconds, and that particular circular path was overlapped by more than twenty other paths.

Then he cast a glance toward Kristan, "Won't you verify more? Any simple mistake here will turn the celebration into a funeral."

Baf!

Kristan slapped the young man on the head hard. "Bad Aser! Shame on you for doubting your elder. You and I are from the same generation—you should call me big brother and carry out orders without question."

"...." Aser slowly turned toward Kristan. "Did word of my real age before rebirth reach you?"

"What's past doesn't matter. What matters is that you're a little brother now who needs to be taught." Kristan slapped the back of his head again. "Come on, get to work!"

"Tsk..." Aser blew out an annoyed breath, then whoosh! He teleported outside the vehicle.

His surroundings changed completely—from a small metal transport vehicle to a crowded space.

Yes, crowded.

This was the intersection of more than twenty planetary routes, each containing a large number of planets. It could be said that over 3,000 planets passed through this point annually!

Those routes were calibrated with extreme precision so that the planets would never collide, and at the same time they were designed to form an outer shell and gateway that prevented any enemy or unwanted visitor who didn't know the planetary map and movement schedules from entering. It could be called a natural fortress.

Moreover, those orbits and planets were designed to form the foundation of a massive array surrounding the outer ring of the galaxy—a foundation that could be used as a floor for defense, reconnaissance, concealment, etc. As long as the foundation existed, the number of immense arrays that could be installed upon it was limitless.

And all of this was designed by that genius inside the vehicle.

"Hah~" Aser raised his hands and produced a large nail and a hammer. They were the Planetary Displacement Gear.

An immense soul power began to seep toward a hidden pendant beneath his clothes, then emerged from it in a different form and extended toward his arms, reaching the hammer and nail.

Then whoosh! Aser tossed the nail upward, and then bang! He struck its head with force, and it shot rapidly through space.

Until bang! The nail seemed to strike something hidden and stopped... it had embedded itself at the convergence point.

Then Aser slowly extended his other hand, supported by Dark Purple Momentum, and muttered: "Break."

Kwoooak!

All the hidden paths became visible, and then one of them began to move—the path that Kristan had designated.

Aser was already beginning to sweat... using the Third Level of the Master Spacetime Law, supported by momentum he had taken from his adoptive father, was no easy feat, especially since his body was still unable to bear all of this. Were it not for his power as a Soul Master, he would not have been able to complete the task... but he was capable.

It was precisely for this reason that the stewardship of the Seventh Level Displacement Gear passed directly from Holak to him, and he was tasked with remaining around Nihari to assist in regulating the galaxy.

What was happening now was not the first collaboration between him and Kristan.

All of Kristan's previous plans and schematics had relied on the old Nihari in terms of size and the strength of its gravitational field, but after its expansion and the broadening of its gravitational range, some things had to be changed.

Kristan decided to widen the distances between orbits to allow for the creation of more array floors, and in order to bring more important planets near Nihari... planets like Uraginus, Necropolis, Azakra, and many others belonging to the Cradle and the Grave!

But today's operation was the most dangerous of them all... for detaching the outer fortress and the strongest array floor it contained was an extremely delicate matter, something that could affect thousands of planets.

"Hmm?" Amid his intense focus, Aser furrowed his brows slightly, then raised them in shock.

Moving that one pathway to the agreed-upon distance triggered a series of changes.

The rest of the pathways began to shift slightly until they spaced apart, and the entanglement between them all was peacefully unraveled.

After he finished delivering the pathway to the required point and pulled the Displacement Gear, he simply stood there watching...

The new pathway continued its movement on its own, and at another point it met with four other pathways, forming a new node.

Likewise, the remaining fifteen pathways continued to expand and spread until they converged, every five of them meeting at a new point.

"What is...?" Aser muttered.

Instead of a single focal point and a tremendously powerful array floor acting as a fortress, Kristan, by moving just one pathway, was able to create four new arrays that were less powerful and more spread out, and with this he could now create more new pathways to accommodate new planets from the Middle Belt!

Aser turned toward the vehicle in silence and suspicion...

A genius.

He may not be powerful, but he is an absolute genius.

"...Good thing he's with us."

Aser muttered, and returned toward the vehicle, waiting for more instructions.