Chapter 680: Ellers's Request

Ellers said, a bit sheepishly, “I’d like to invite you to participate in the development of the new generation of mecha.”

Seeing the serious expression on Ellers’s face, Moira Lynch knew he wasn’t joking.

“Um, first, thank you very much for the invitation and for your confidence in me. Second, I don’t understand any of that stuff.”

Moira’s expression was earnest. “You should already know this, but I had just graduated high school before the disaster on Caelus. I never went to college or even filled out my applications. Right now, I’m technically just a high school graduate.”

She spread her hands, looking for all the world like she was completely clueless.

‘Though, knowing her personality, she probably wouldn’t have learned much even if she had gone to college.’

Ellers hadn’t expected Moira to use that as a reason to refuse.

“What does that matter? I never went to school either, and I still became a respected doctor, didn’t I? Moira, you mustn’t sell yourself short! You’re way more capable than that bunch of idiots working under me.”

Originally, Ellers didn’t have this idea. It was Yarrow who discovered that the weapons Moira created had an extremely high compatibility with mecha—even capable of achieving an infinite energy supply. That’s why he’d given a few of them to Ellers to study.

He hadn’t thought much of it, but once he started researching, he couldn’t stop.

In Ellers’s own words, Moira was a genius.

As a true genius himself, Ellers could naturally tell that the weapons Moira made were all just copied from blueprints.

But these weapons were both similar to and different from the original designs.

Even the most minuscule changes had brought about revolutionary transformations to the weapons themselves.

“How about this? If you agree, I can apply for a batch of the latest equipment for Caelus, as well as a batch of the newest combat simulators, repair pods, and Healing Pods.”

He had already thought this through before he came.

Moira didn’t lack anything. For someone like her, you couldn’t move her with things she already possessed. So, Ellers changed his approach and focused on Caelus.

Any discerning person could see how much Moira cared for her home planet; otherwise, she wouldn’t be so proactive in building connections for Caelus.

She had even contributed most of the assets under her name to help Caelus develop quickly and catch up with other races, only collecting a symbolic fee each year.

“I can participate, but let’s be clear: if the results aren’t what you expect, I’m not responsible.”

In the end, Moira couldn’t resist Ellers’s temptation and agreed to his request. But she laid out the harsh terms upfront, since she truly was unfamiliar with this field.

Although she had recently dabbled in making a number of weapons, in Moira’s view, it was all just child’s play compared to mecha development.

“Deal! I’ll send a message to my people right now and have the supplies sent to Caelus,” Ellers said excitedly.

“You had this ready the whole time?” Moira asked, shocked.

“Yep.”

Watching Ellers operate his Intelligent Brain, Moira had the distinct feeling she’d been set up.

“Don’t mind him. That’s just Ellers’s personality. He never does anything he’s not sure about,” Yarrow explained.

In other words, before he even came, Ellers knew that Moira would definitely agree.

Meanwhile, on Caelus, the people of Cathaya working hard on reconstruction were so busy they wished they could split themselves into three.

Everyone was putting their own special skills to use. Farmers farmed, builders built, and those who really didn’t know how to do anything could still help with logistics by moving things.

Before, they had thought Cathaya’s population of over a billion was huge. Now, it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t nearly enough. After all, besides Caelus itself, they had also taken over so many of Moira’s assets.

Even those who had claimed to be slackers and just wanted to coast before the apocalypse were now all being put to work.

On Caelus right now, you could say that as long as you were breathing, you weren’t idle.

Just then, Victor Logan, who had just finished assigning tasks and was finally taking a short break before getting back to work in the afternoon, was sitting in his office chair, blissfully sipping some hot water.

Suddenly, the phone in his office rang.

Someone on the other end said something, and all that could be heard was Victor Logan suddenly exclaiming, “What?! A sponsorship! Okay, I’m on my way.”

After hanging up, he glanced at the still-steaming water in his mug and sighed. He couldn’t even get a moment’s rest.

He complained out loud, but he couldn’t keep the grin off his face.

While things on Caelus were bustling with activity, back on the other side, the moment Moira agreed, Ellers wished he could whisk her away to the research lab to participate in mecha development immediately.

Moira didn’t refuse. After saying goodbye to Shane Rhodes and the others and entrusting them with the planetary reconstruction, she left with Ellers and Yarrow.

“You three are very close?” Yarrow suddenly asked, watching Moira say her goodbyes to Shane Rhodes and the others.

Moira nodded without hesitation. “We have a life-and-death bond. Of course we are.”

After hearing Moira’s explanation, Yarrow nodded but didn’t say anything.

After a long moment, Yarrow spoke again. “Seth misses you and your Spiritual Body.”

“Who’s Seth?” Moira asked, but she quickly figured it out. “Seth is your Spiritual Body, right? So that’s its name. If it misses me and the little fox, it can come find us to play. But you’re a Marshal, so as your Spiritual Body, it must be busy with training most of the time.”

The two of them continued to make small talk. For the most part, Yarrow was the one initiating topics, and Moira would answer any question she was asked.

Watching from the side, Ellers had a strange expression on his face. After a long while, he finally asked, “What in the world are you two talking about?”

‘And Yarrow… this is the first time I’ve ever seen him ask so many questions. And Moira… it’s amazing that she can answer every single one.’

Of course she could answer them—Patience had been helping her cheat the whole time.

Moira naturally noticed that Yarrow was trying to make conversation, but she just assumed he was doing it to ease her tension.

After all, there were only the three of them on the ship, and Ellers was responsible for piloting it and couldn’t be distracted.

So, to prevent an awkward silence, Moira was very cooperative with Yarrow.

“The Marshal is helping me enrich my knowledge,” Moira said with a smile.

What Moira didn’t notice was that when she said the words “The Marshal,” a suspicious blush suddenly appeared on Yarrow’s pale face.

“I’m going to go check on some other things.” With that, Yarrow walked away hastily.

After he was completely gone, Ellers turned to glance at Moira and asked, “His Spiritual Body really likes you?”

“It’s probably because I saved it before.”