Night Sky Base.
The last one.
Night Sky Base was like Deep Core Base and Piercing Heaven Base.
It was deep underground and couldn't be found by anyone who didn't know where it was.
Night Sky Base was below the Southern Continent.
Almost no human lived on the Southern Continent since it was quite inhospitable.
While it wasn't covered in snow, it was still extrely cold, and creating cities there would be too much of a hassle.
Nick traveled to the Southern Continent and went deep into the Earth.
First, it was cold.
Then, it beca extrely hot.
And finally, it beca cold again.
'This ans the Zephyx generator is still running,' Nick thought.
"Assistant, can you find Star Sky Base?" Nick asked.
"No signal detected," Assistant answered.
'It's probably isolated like Piercing Heaven Base,' Nick thought.
Nick searched for Night Sky Base for a while.
It took a couple of minutes, but he eventually found it.
Yet, when Nick saw Night Sky Base, he furrowed his brows.
'Sothing isn't right,' he thought.
The first thing Nick noticed was that one of the walls was quite… crude.
It was like it was split and then put together again.
Nick already had a suspicion, but he hoped he was wrong.
He approached the door, and he saw an active terminal.
He presented his Seed and ordered the base to activate.
As always, he ordered all the lights to remain off.
The door opened, and Nick entered.
'This one is quite a lot smaller than the other bases,' Nick thought.
Deep Core Base was filled with machines that took up a lot of space.
Piercing Heaven Base was filled with Zephyx.
Rising Star Base was disguised as a big research facility.
anwhile, Night Sky Base was quite small.
It was probably only about a hundred ters across.
There also were not a lot of rooms.
As Nick walked to the generator, he noticed sothing.
He narrowed his eyes again when he saw a destroyed machine.
'A Pri Drone,' Nick thought. 'Sobody destroyed the Pri Drone that was stationed here.'
'Even more, the system does not have any records of an incident.'
'According to the system, the Pri Drone is still operational.'
Nick walked to the Zephyx generator and inspected it.
'Nothing wrong here,' he thought.
Nick's knowledge of engineering was unsurpassed, and he would have noticed if soone had sabotaged the generator.
After that, Nick checked the Pure Energy and Star Energy generators.
'Also nothing wrong here.'
'Whoever ssed with Night Sky Base did not want anyone to notice.'
'That ans it wasn't the aliens.'
'If the aliens had found this base, they would have imdiately destroyed the entire thing.'
'Soone didn't want Night Sky Base to be destroyed, but they also wanted to do sothing here.'
'My suspicion seems to be more valid the more I learn.'
"Assistant, search for top secret files," Nick said.
"One file has been found. Do you wish to incorporate it?" Assistant asked.
"Incorporate it."
The next mont, Nick saw the location of a big Containnt Unit.
Nick entered one of the rooms, and when he saw it, he took a deep breath.
He didn't need to make a hole in the floor.
After all, there was already a hole there.
Nick jumped through the hole and looked at the Containnt Unit in front of him.
On the side of the Containnt Unit, he saw a warped wall.
'The energy manipulation knowledge repository…' Nick thought.
Nick approached the console of the Containnt Unit and checked if it was operational.
It was fully operational.
No anomalies detected.
The next mont, Nick opened an entrance to the Containnt Unit.
The walls parted, and Nick entered.
'Just as expected,' Nick thought.
Inside the Containnt Unit, Nick saw a couple of machines.
A couple of small Star Energy generators.
A Pure Energy generator.
'Seems like the Specter went rogue,' Nick thought. 'It crafted a couple of generators and used their own Zephyx to create Pure Energy.'
'Then, they used their knowledge of Pure Energy and morphed the wall.'
'Since they didn't know a lot about engineering, their manipulation was crude.'
'Most likely, the base took note and sent the Pri Drone to deal with it.'
'The Specter destroyed the Pri Drone, but instead of leaving imdiately, the Specter repaired everything.'
'Then, they probably learned about the machines and used their generated Pure Energy to manipulate the records.'
Nick deactivated the Containnt Unit and told it to enter inspection mode.
The walls morphed, revealing several complicated wires.
On one spot, Nick saw a Pure Energy generator, a Star Energy generator, and a storage for Zephyx.
About 50% of the Zephyx was left in the storage.
'This is imitating the signal of the Containnt Unit,' Nick thought. 'The Pure Energy says that there are no faults in the walls.'
'It must have taken a long ti to find out how the Containnt Unit works.'
'Most likely, the Specter remained here for several years, trying to fix everything without making it seem like it had escaped.'
'It seems like the Specter is not against humanity.'
'If it were, the aliens would have already destroyed all knowledge repositories. After all, the Specter here had to know where the others were.'
'What was their goal? They don't want to go against humanity, but they were also not willing to just wait inside a Containnt Unit.'
'I'm not sure.'
'They can't unveil themselves to the aliens since they would just kill them. Having a Specter with so much knowledge was dangerous.'
'That ans the Specter needed to remain secretive of their true identity.'
'However, if that were the only thing, they would have just destroyed the other knowledge repositories.'
'That would make it impossible for anyone to find them.'
'Since they already knew how to manipulate the machines, they could have just gone to the reactor and deactivate it.'
'Without the reactor, the spatial fixture wouldn't work anymore, and the base would fall towards the Earth's core, destroying it.'
'That wouldn't even alert the Specters inside, and even if it did, what would they do? The Containnt Units are without power. Not even the Pure One could escape without reactivating the Containnt Unit.'
'It seems like this Specter intends to ingratiate themselves with both sides.'
'They are fine with working for the aliens, but if humanity ever manages to escape, they also don't want to ruin their relationship with them.'
'A neutral party.'
'Kind of like how Aegis perceives right now.'
Nick went to the console again and looked at the information of the Specter that was supposed to be inside.
When he saw the information, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
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