Chapter 5930 Glorious Surprise

Chapter 5930 Glorious Surprise

The journey back to the New Constantinople System took a little over a week.

The most exciting event that took place during the return trip was the addition of another warship.

The Babylon Excavator awkwardly joined the Bluejay Fleet.

As much as the mechers of the Bluejay Fleet resisted the entry of an RF reconnaissance cruiser, it could not be denied that the vessel provided a lot of help to Ves' personal escort force.

There was no need to force the Babylon Excavator to line up with the other ships of the Bluejay Fleet.

As a heavy scouting vessel, the Babylon Excavator was best suited to scout the route ahead and verify that no one had prepared any ambushes designed to ensnare Ves.

Although the chances of this happening was small, it was not non-zero. The latest stunt committed by Ves most definitely painted a much larger target on his back. The Red Cabal was probably on the verge of doubling or tripling his bounty!

Ves had already heard from Jovy and Sigrund that the Red Two were already thinking about bolstering the Bluejay Fleet even further.

The mechers already had plenty of reasons to invest in the security of the most successful Senior Mech Designer in the Red Ocean.

Now, the fleeters also found a reason to join the party. They did not want anything to happen to the only person who successfully transformed the Dominion of Man into a god ship!

One of the reasons why the Red Fleet urgently pulled the newly transformed Carmine dreadnought back from the frontlines was because its naval engineers wanted to decipher the methods used to convert her into such a powerful vessel.

Ves personally wished them luck, but did not think that they would attain any significant breakthroughs.

So long as the fleeters had no way of replicating or imitating what Ves had done, he would continue to remain valued by the Red Fleet. His protective detail needed to be raised for as long as he possessed the capability to convert the remaining 7 dreadnoughts into comparable living warships.

"The Red Association is standing in the way of dispatching additional RF warships." The projection of Captain Zonrad Reze told Ves. "The mechers acknowledge the need for greater protection, but they refuse to let the Red Fleet dispatch more warships. Your old patrons argue that since you are a mech designer, your security is their responsibility."

"They're correct in a sense." Ves said. "That said, I am not opposed to receiving additional help from another source. I have no objection to receiving the protection of additional RF warships aside from your Babylon Excavator. The larger my escort force, the greater the deterrence. I won't have to look over my shoulder as much."

It was a pity that the decision was not in his hands. Ves found his situation to be frustrating. He lacked the strength to exert enough influence. There were a lot of tier 1 and tier 2 galactic citizens that made decisions on his behalf without bothering to take his own interests into account.

This was an old problem. He knew that the only way to remedy this situation was to progress his design philosophy and advance to the rank of Master Mech Designer as soon as possible.

Fortunately, he already had a clear idea on how to speed up his progression. His latest escapades enabled him to return to his design lab with a wealth of inspiration and design concepts.

In fact, Ves spent much of his time during the return trip on accessing the Red Association and the Red Fleet's internal databases!

His tier 3 galactic citizenship along with his improved relationships with both organizations granted him greater access to restricted knowledge than before.

The latest rounds of lightning baptisms had significantly advanced and sublimated many aspects of his life.

His comprehensive learning abilities had taken a significant step forward. Not only was Ves able to digest complicated scientific theories a lot faster than before, but he also discovered that he was able to understand more convoluted and divergent alien-derived knowledge.

Part of that was due to his new affinity for darkness. When Ves discovered that he was able to glean a lot of new insights related to stealth technology, he quickly decided to focus on this field.

He was making clear strides towards becoming a first-class mech designer!

It shouldn't take too long before he passed the minimum qualifications to design a low-tier first-class mech.

However, Ves planned to continue studying after that in order to ensure that he was able to design proper multipurpose mechs.

He needed to gain additional proficiencies in lots of different miniaturized tech. It was not that difficult to learn them all if Ves had already mastered their larger equivalents, but the sheer quantity of miniaturized parts and modules still required a lot of time to comprehend.

Soon enough, the compartment made a chiming noise.

Everyone braced themselves just before the Tarrasque engaged the teleportation process.

During the brief interval where his body was being transferred to the surface of the planet, Ves experienced the differences between regular teleportation and crossing the Rubicon.

The latter was far faster, smoother and stabler.

It was difficult to adjust to a more low-end form of teleportation. His improved phase lord cultivation made him a lot more sensitive to the flaws and the fragility of the teleportation method acting on his body.

The Tarrasque had to pump a lot more power into the teleportation system in order to transfer his folded true body to his destination. This made everything riskier and more precarious than before.

The mechers needed to upgrade the teleportation system of the Tarrasque. It was never designed to teleport more than a couple of mechs at most.

Ves quickly transmitted a very brief complaint to Jovy before he focused on his surroundings.

He arrived directly onto one of the open courtyards of Diandi Base.

"Lucky! You're finally back!"

The first person to respond was Andraste!

The red-headed girl eagerly ran forward and embraced the floating gem cat in a hug!

"Meeeooow!..."

Naturally, the indisposed gem cat was not in the mood for a touchy reunion, but Andraste did not care about his discomfort!

Ves had no time to pull the distressed cat away from his clingy daughter.

That was because his wife had decided to greet his arrival with an unexpected surprise!

"Gloriana?"

"Yes, my dear?"

"What is... that?"

His elegantly dressed wife smirked and patted the shiny and crystalline aquamarine archeshell of the alien that stood by her side.

Ves immediately noticed that the hand used to touch the archeshell was wrapped in a glove that appeared to be made out of archemetal!

"I managed to make several breakthroughs while you were gone. Did you know that Alexandria is able to do more than form design networks? I recently discovered that she is also able to dominate the minds and spirits of weaker minds! With the help of this new ability, I persuaded the Red Association to transfer one of their alien captives to me. You are now looking at Hekkel, my very first Glorious Servant, but certainly not the last!"

"..."

"Hekkel, greet my husband."

The translation module attached to the alien's neck translated the arche's native speech.

[This lowly slave greets the highest slave of my Glorious Queen.]

"..."

"Please do not mind his words, Ves. The arche are highly hierarchical by nature. It is difficult to instill the concept of a servant into his alien mind."