Chapter 1170: Back to the Future

Chapter 1170: Back to the Future

Later that day, Vespa held a meeting with the other elders of the ninja clans. Understandably, they were shocked by Vespa’s report, hearing both Chelsea’s new power and her plan to relocate tens of thousands of their people to another universe that was cut off from the outside. This was by no means an easy decision to make, even though it did align with their original objectives of helping to secure the Keeper’s realms.

In the end, they accepted Chelsea’s requests, but had to carefully select the people that they sent. After listening to what was required, they knew that they shouldn’t focus on sending only strong individuals, as those individuals would likely be dead by the time their mission were to truly begin. Instead, their combat units were focused more on those with the talent for training others.

At the same time, the non-combat personnel were selected from the younger generation, making sure that they had a suitable selection to kickstart the population of their new world. Clearly, Vespa herself was the oldest to be sent, as the presence of an elder was still required. While Vespa had reservations about being chosen for this mission, she decided that it would ultimately be the best way to put her remaining lifespan to use for her people.

The entire selection process took ten days, after which Chelsea had returned to the ninja planet. At this time, there was a large plaza filled with people, and Chelsea nodded her head in understanding. Closing her eyes, she focused on manifesting the effects of a teleporter, one of the security features that she put in place in her machine empire through the drones.

A flash of light filled the plaza, causing Vespa and the others to cover their eyes. When they opened them again, they found themselves standing within a technological metropolis. Aside from the humm of machinery, there were no other sounds in their surroundings, so Vespa took a step forward to calm everyone down.

“Everyone, we need to understand our surroundings. Groups three, five, and six, prepare to scout the city.” She began, before seeing a spherical drone flying in her direction. It came to a stop before her, speaking in an electronic tone.

“Greetings! I am Ava, the Artificial Voice Assistant in charge of this planet. The creator has tasked me with helping you and your people acclimate to the city.” The drone spoke up, and Vespa looked at it curiously.

Despite their advancements in fields such as energy research, the ninjas did not pursue the cutting edge of technology to the same degree as the Metong. Thus, she wasn’t entirely sure what this drone was capable of. “Can you show us a map of the city?” She asked probingly.

The drone spun with e brief whir, speaking up again. “Of course! You are currently in City One, which is awaiting a proper designation. City One is equipped to host up to five million inhabitants, and has been tailored to the specifications provided by the creator.”

As Ava said that, a holographic map appeared in front of it, displaying a large city. Several sections of the city had been dyed with different colors. “The green region is the training center, containing obstacle courses that will adjust their difficulty based on the skill of the challenger. The blue region is the education center, fully equipped to advance one’s scientific understanding. The yellow region contains the information network, allowing the host to monitor the progress of Species X-7A. Finally, the red region is for live combat training. As per specifications, there are no life-saving features installed in this training center.”

Vespa nodded her head in approval. These were the basic amenities that she had asked for from Chelsea, after it was decided that they would accept her proposal. “In that case, can you lead us to a residential area first, so that we can unpack our belongings?” She asked, and Ava whirled again.

“Of course! The residential area is nearby, so please follow me!” It spoke, guiding the group. Although Vespa still had her reservations about everything, there was no turning back now.



It was better to meditate in short bursts, and then use some time to acclimate with any new technology that she could make use of. Already, she was seeing several devices within the ninja world that interested her after five hundred years of research.

“This should be why the fifth rank is such a major barrier.” Chelsea thought to herself, eyes widening slightly. “Once any Keeper is capable of creating an Origin, they could simply create an Origin of Technology or Magic, and allow their civilization to advance at a breakneck pace. Then, they can take the compatible discoveries from that Origin’s inner world to apply them to the main universes.”

The only real downside was that not every advancement would operate the same way as they would in an inner world. This was especially true when it came to magic. The reason behind this was the change in the world’s laws between the main world and the inner world. Most technology could still be exported, but anything that relied on special systems would become useless when brought out.

Though, I suppose another downside would be the fact that an Origin can only have a single inner world. She thought to herself. Multiple times during her meditation, she had felt a tremor within her body, which she found to be traces of the ninjas attempting to exit their world and explore the void, or travel to another universe. All of these results inevitably ended in failure, however, as the void-like energy of her body simply consumed anything that left her inner world.

Now that she had reached this stage, she was ready to consider the possibility of helping to create more Origins in the future.



Within Tubrock’s forge, the sounds of advanced machinery could be heard slowly dying down, together with a soft humm of fluctuating energy. “Did we get it?” Dana asked hesitantly, watching from behind a reinforced barrier.

Next to her, Tubrock simply smirked. “Only one way to find out, lass!” He insisted, gesturing for her to take the lead.

Dana let out a small huff, but did indeed lead the way inside. As they entered, they found a pitch-black ring sitting on a pedestal, looking like it had been carved out of obsidian. When Dana approached, her face twisted slightly. “Yeah, we made it...” She said, causing Tubrock to look over at her curiously.

“Ye can tell that without even touchin’ the item?”

Dana nodded her head, taking a step back. “Yeah, the effects extend out to about here. If I get any closer, I can feel the energy making up this avatar weakening. I can still force my way in, but any powers I cast into the field should be weakened considerably.”

Tubrock grinned broadly at that. “Excellent! Now, we’ll just have to see what other side effects it has!” He said, already preparing to enter the next stage of testing.

During the process of creating this ring, they found that it had a strong effect on stabilizing the information from the void in the vicinity of the user. This meant that Fallen Gods would also be weakened, but had the side effect that void portals could not be established easily around the wearer. “We’ll need to see if it can be stored in the inventory, and whether or not it would still function from within it.” Dana spoke up. It would be the best case scenario for it to be cut off when in the inventory, that way Dale could just put it away when he needed to get around its side-effects. However, Dana wasn’t sure if that was possible.