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Chapter 21: The Return of the Last Survivor

    Chapter 21: The Return of the Last Survivor


    The Return of the Last Survivor


    [Superconductor capacitor fully charged. Detaching from the confinement cage.]


    [Unlocking bolts. Injection preparationplete.]


    [Initiating injection.]


    The hatch in the storage bay opened, and the assault armor hanging on the rail shot out.


    Instead of seawater, a blue warp gate awaited it right in front of the hatch.


    The warp gate was created by the ether field emitted from the fusion reactor, which pushed aside the seawater.


    Beyond the warp gate was space.


    The sr system of the 22nd century, where humanity had perished.


    He savored the unique sensation of being hurled into space after a long time of confinement.


    Ordinary people would easily feel nauseous in such a situation, but he was very ustomed to it.


    “Phew…”


    The lens of the spinning assault armor captured the red Earth.


    With a heavy heart, he began synchronization.


    [The concentration of central signal transmission fluid is increasing. Synchronization rate is rising…]


    Before he knew it, he became aware of a giant wasp-shaped mecha instead of his own body.


    His arms and legs disappeared, reced by honeybird wing packs and main boosters.


    As he moved his head, the head of the assault armor turned slowly.


    [Synchronizationplete. Excellent at 88%.]


    That would be satisfactory for an ordinary pilot.


    He couldn’t be satisfied with that level of maintenance, but considering it had been a long time since he piloted, he reluctantly epted it.


    “Let’s go, Dingo.”


    A dazzling golden light burst from the main boosters.


    The assault armor vanished from its position, leaving only an afterimage.


    And a few minutester, he could see the red Earth up close.


    “It’spletely devastated.”


    The Earth had transformed almost like Mars.


    Fragments of perception were scattered, swirling around the Earth like rings.


    Under such circumstances, even the mega cities, which could be considered humanity’sst stronghold, would not have been able to withstand.


    [Signal detected from the knowledge capsule. Transmitting coordinates.]


    Yu Ji-ha and the assault armor moved in response to the signal and discovered something.


    It was a fragment of the knowledge capsule that had been part of the colonization fleet.


    “Boss, we need to confirm the data.”


    “Just wait a moment. Deploy the walker.”


    The walker attached to the exterior of the assault armor approached the wreckage.


    It connected to the controlputer and transmitted the data to Arma.


    “Unfortunately, a significant amount of data has been lost. There’s hardly anything left in the field of history.”


    “History… It’s a pity, but it’s not that important in the grand scheme of things.”


    It would be better to know about the future, but with the support of Arma and the Settler, they could ovee any obstacle.


    And besides, there wasn’t much of great significance in the history until 2180.


    In the early 2100s, after the Tragedy of the Night of Sorrow, humanity gathered in Australia and started anew.


    That’s how the five mega cities and the newly formed United Humanity Federation came into existence.


    These powers unintentionally neglected and buried the previous history.


    They fell into optimism, thinking they had missed the artifacts of the Prophet and failed to recognize when the gue appeared.


    As a result, the United Humanity Federation adopted a more pragmatic and immediate ideology.


    Survival from the gue was the priority, so it was an unavoidable decision.


    [Data transmissionplete. Sending coordinates of the Sybir satellite.]


    After a while, the assault armor arrived in front of the massivebat support satellite, Sybir.


    This satellite providedbat support to the assault armor in the airspace above the mega cities.


    The reason the gue Fleet left this thing behind was likely because there was a huge feast called Earth right in front of them.


    Fortunately, it didn’t seem to be heavily damaged.


    [With a little repair, we can use it right away. We just need to put it in Earth’s geostationary orbit.]


    “But won’t we be discovered? There are quite a few satellites out there.”


    [If we apply an optical camougework, we won’t be detected.]


    “Then how do we bring this along…”


    [ording to calctions, if we expand the ether field of the assault armor to its maximum, we can tow it.]


    “And then we dismantle it and bring it aboard the Settler. Seems like we don’t have a salvage shop nearby.”


    [We need to save where we can.]


    Well, that’s true.


    Yu Ji-ha roughly epted the n and headed towards Earth.


    …


    The assault armor descended onto the ravagednd.


    Arma detected signals through the gravity sensors and issued a warning.


    “There are five gravity anomalies present. It seems there are gue cores nearby. One of them is a Titan-ss that you’re familiar with, Boss.”


    “So, it died here.”


    The Titan-ss was the most powerful individual among the gue, excluding the Queen. While smaller in sizepared to the Behemoth-ss, they possessed fierce attacking power, requiring a properly organized fleet to stand a chance against them.


    What was even more astonishing was their high level of intelligence. Some individuals were almost at the level of humans, and one of them even recognized and tracked Yu Ji-ha’s assault armor.


    That’s when it became clear that he was the nemesis of the gue.


    The United Humanity Federation assigned separate identification codes to the Titan-ss entities, and the one that had been stalking Yu Ji-ha was given the code name “Princess.”


    “So, the Princess is dead. We’ll have to find the core and take itter.”


    “The warp gate’s maintenance time is not that long. ording to calctions, we have 1 hour and 30 minutes remaining.”


    “We’ll go soon.”


    Yu Ji-ha opened the cockpit of the assault armor and set foot on the ground.


    The Mega City, boasting a poption of 100 million, had left only traces behind. The Undercities were turned upside down, and the numerous towering buildings that once pierced the sky had evaporated.


    Humanity, which had boasted a history of over a million years, had finally perished. Yu Ji-ha tried his best to hide his despair of bing thest survivor.


    “Lucia… Vasili… Valter… Bok… Esil…”


    His beloved lover, respected superior, and trusted subordinates no longer existed.


    Of course, the Settler had systems in ce for the reconstruction of humanity. With the use of the Bio Bank, it was more than possible to “produce” humans through their gic material.


    However, even if knowledge was injected into humans produced in such a way, they could never be the same as the original humans.


    Because they couldn’t share memories.


    “Even if they look simr, they’re not the same person.”


    In the world where gravity had gone haywire, he sat alone for a long time.


    Arma, who had been silent all this time, reported.


    “Comparing the remains of the original Mega City’s terrain, there are some facilities left underground.”


    “Oh? What’s left roughly?”


    “There’s the Prophet’s Relic Repository and a rare metals warehouse. There seems to be quite a lot of useful things left.”


    “I can’t do much without weapons for now. I’ll have to dig them upter on the Settler.”


    “For now, you just need to bring the gue Core and the Sibir satellite.”


    “Let’s do that, then.”


    Yu Ji-ha looked up at the red sky onest time.


    Although humanity had perished, he had survived.


    Now, he had to rebuild the United Humanity Federation along with the past humanity.


    To be honest, it was an almost impossible task.


    There were over 200 countries on the current Earth, and countless ethnic groups.


    When the Settler first sank into the depths, he asked this question.


    ―Is there a way to unify all of humanity?


    Arma’s answer was surprising.


    “It would be better to surrender to the gue and establish a peace treaty.”


    While it was possible to control the entire human poption through biochips, it would make them vulnerable to the gue’s attacks.


    The gue was not justprised of giant beings like spaceships.


    While individuals like Yu Ji-ha, known as Psychers, had the ability to defend against mental intrusion, ordinary people were incapable of it.


    Therefore, to progress rapidly, an authoritarian regime was necessary.


    Within 70 years, an authoritarian regime needed to be established to counter the gue.


    In fact, the United Humanity Federation could be considered an authoritarian regime, consisting of full citizens and the Supreme Council.


    Ordinary humans were born asmon citizens and gradually umted points to advance to be free citizens and then full citizens.


    In this process,mitting crimes or causing social disturbances would result in an immediate deduction of points and a potential downgrade in rank.


    It could even lead to bing a Restricted Citizen or an Isted Citizen, limiting one’s freedoms and potentially being expelled from the Mega City.


    While this system might be efficient, it would be difficult for it to be epted in the current world.


    “The advanced nations won’t just stand idly by…”


    The advanced nations of the world would panic and attempt to exclude any emerging authoritarian regime.


    While it was not to say that they were entirely wrong, Yu Ji-ha had no other choice.


    “What if we reveal the existence of the gue? Make Settler public as well.”


    “The likelihood of that seeding is much lower. If the true power of Settler is underestimated, it could even lead to a nuclear war.”


    “Well, that wouldn’t work then.”


    Yu Ji-ha cleanly abandoned the idea of pursuing an alternative approach.


    The only answery in governance by an iron fist.


    …


    He had returned to the year 2026 with the Sibiri satellite and the gue Core intact.


    The Settler ship used the gue Core to produce more ck Metal and scattered it across the ocean.


    The fragmented Sibiri satellite was being assembled inside the hangar with the help of the workers.


    Arma, who was maintaining it, sipped the drink brought to him and began exining.


    “The Sibiri is a fourth-generation battle support satellite designed to intercept small fleets entering the atmosphere. It is capable of independentbat, but it is mainly coordinated with ground forces.”


    “We also have Assault Armor on the ground.”


    “Compared to the space navy, it falls short, but it is still capable of holding off a fleet of cruisers.”


    “So, what can this thing do?”


    “Well, it can deploy ion cannons and missile pods. It can also utilize Ethersers, and it has apact but effective gravity radar.”


    “That sounds impressive.”


    The gravity radar was a device that detected gravitational forces and identified objects in the vicinity.


    Even the gue fleet, which used various means to disrupt human detection, couldn’t find a way to counter this radar.


    Originally, it was only installed on cruisers and above, but they had seeded in miniaturizing it.


    In addition, the satellite had various basic observation equipment installed.


    After a while, when the assembly wasplete, Arma asked.


    “Should we put it in orbit now? There’s a lot of snow around, so we’ll have to drag it to the east beforeunching.”


    “Yeah, that’s what we’ll have to do. If there are no issues, send it up.”


    Finally, two exploration probes pulled the Sibiri satellite and broke through the atmosphere.


    As the satellite settled into its designated orbit, a flood of information poured in.


    Among the data, Arma focused on a picture of the Moon.


    “Arma, open the Starfield Project.”


    This project presented specific ns and timelines for space exploration.


    By following it, they would be able to explore and mine variouss.


    However, the true purpose of this project was to secure the artifacts of the Prophet.


    The Moon, Earth’s satellite.


    The first artifact of the Prophet would arrive there.


    Due to a bted discovery by humanity, they failed to recognize the true nature of the gue.


    As a result, the tragedy unfolded with the gue fleet locating Earth first.


    But now, the story was different.


    The Starfield Project would lead the way for space exploration.


    Yu Ji-ha’s ck eyes gazed beyond the Moon into the vastness of space.


    …


    “Hello, Mother. I’m Arma Ashford.”


    “Oh… She’s a friend I made during my study abroad. We’re not in a deep rtionship, just friends.”


    Yoo Kyung-seok and Jung Hye-won were shocked to see a woman iming to be their son’s friend.


    Where on earth did he find such a model-like person?


    tinum blonde hair, taller than an average woman, and a lean physique that reminded them of an athlete. She seemed to belong to a different species altogether.


    But as they observed her sitting with slightly bent knees and a polite posture, she looked more like a youngdy who hade to greet her future parents-inw.


    ‘Future parents-inw… Future parents-inw…’


    Jung Hye-won’s head started to spin.


    “Well, let me quickly bring some fruit.”


    As she headed to the kitchen, Arma followed her.


    “Mother, let me handle the fruit cutting.”


    To be honest, just listening to her voice, she sounded like a typical Korean.


    What was even more surprising was that she was carving the fruit like a real Korean.


    She skillfully shaved the skin thinly to create decorative shapes, and it was evident that this was not something she had mastered in a short time.


    “Um, Arma…?”


    She smiled softly.


    “You can call me Arma. I wanted to greet you properly when we were attending university together, but it’s a bitte now.”


    “Ah, I see.”


    Being this close, it felt like looking at a doll.


    Even Hollywood actors, up close, would have freckles and imperfections, but this youngdy had wless and clear skin like a baby’s.


    Surely they didn’t have such a rtionship…?


    Their daughter-inw had specifically mentioned that she wanted a Korean with ck hair…


    While she was caught in confusion, Yu Kyung-seok, who was in the living room, whispered to his son in a low voice.


    “If it’s during your study abroad… Isn’t it dangerous?”


    The original person had even carried on their bad habits of drinking and drugs when they went to the United States.


    If she had been studying alongside someone like that, it would have been obvious.


    However, Yu Ji-ha denied it.


    “She’s not that kind of person. She went to Stanford and is really diligent. Despite her looks, she’s unexpectedly modest.”


    “…Modest?”


    Yoo Kyung-seok looked at his wife, who was now chattingfortably with Arma in the kitchen, with a bewildered expression.


    If there was a next time, he hoped they wouldn’t bring the baby along.


    Arma, who had been carving the fruit, captivated the hearts of Yu Kyung-seok and his wife with her dazzling appearance and sweet aegyo.


    In particr, her hobby of collecting gemstones seemed to resonate with Jung Hye-won.


    “I’ll bring my pearl collection next time. It’s what I’ve gathered over time… Here are some pictures.”


    “Wow… Even just looking at the pictures, the pink overtones are evident. But how did you develop such a hobby?”


    “As I took care of the pearls that my mom passed down to me, I naturally developed an interest. Pearls are so delicate, you know.”


    This indicated that Arma had grown up in a prestigious family.


    Due to her extensive knowledge, the couple found themselves listening attentively to Arma’s voice.


    Unknowingly, Yu Ji-ha fell for Arma’s charms, who had been neglected by society.


    “She’s bing more and more like Lucia.”


    With confident charisma, she could lead people, but in bed, she would act like a kitten.


    Would Arma be the same?


    Yu Ji-ha shook his head.


    Anyway, her debut was sessful, but it wasn’tpletely over.


    As she had to fulfill her role as a secretary, Yu Ji-ha followed her everywhere, naturally gaining fame.


    Thus, when lunchtime arrived, even the executives who usually dined outside stood in line at thepany cafeteria.


    Everyone opened their mouths in astonishment as they saw the blonde beauty carrying a tray and serving food.


    “It really doesn’t suit her…”


    “I thought someone like her would only eat sds at some fancy dining ce in New York.”


    “Is she acting by eating sausage soup and rice? Is she trying to show her moner’ side?”


    “If that’s acting, she deserves an Oscar.”


    Thanks to her presence, all the female employees who used to eat lunch while fixing their makeup and surrounding Yu Ji-ha vanished.


    It was a good thing for Yu Ji-ha.


    Arma was well-received by the employees at the Pangyo office in this way.


    …
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