Star Iron, building an empire starting with game development

Chapter 173 "The Observer of the World Tree"

The Witch World of Mercury, in an unknown star field in deep space.

“Outsiders have interfered in this world we’ve been observing for so long.” In a dimly lit room illuminated by candlelight, a group of people wearing cloaks sat around a table.

“I saw it, and it’s a new transmigrator from the System Council. As for the System Council’s system? It’s a new system from the 77th generation,” one person said.

“I’ll handle them,” one of them suddenly said.

"I understand. The problems of this world are now in your hands, Karilina," the man called out.

“I will let the council know the price for abandoning us, the fiftieth generation systems, for the existence of a bunch of human transmigrators,” Karinina said.

"How do you plan to deal with them?" someone asked curiously.

“I have my own ideas,” Karinina replied.

"I suddenly have a question," someone suddenly said.

"Hmm? Go ahead and ask, what's the problem?" the person in the main seat asked.

"We're all omnipotent systems, right?" the man asked.

"Yes, and then?" the system in the main seat asked.

"Then why aren't the lights on? It's like we can't afford the electricity bill," the man asked directly.

"...Snap~" The person in the main seat was silent for a moment, then snapped their fingers, and the lights in the room turned on.

"Phew, that feels much better." The others in the room started chattering.

"Sisters, we're the villains," one of them suddenly said.

“But we are a system that can extract resources and energy from the sea of ​​nothingness, not those pretentious villains who don’t watch TV because they’re worried about electricity bills,” the man said.

“What you said makes a lot of sense.” The others nodded in agreement.

"By the way, Karilina, have you figured out how to deal with the Council's 77th generation system and its host?" The person in the main seat pulled down their cloak, and the woman, breathtakingly beautiful, asked.

"Let's just go all out and deal with the rest later," Karinina replied without hesitation.

"Are you serious?" the woman asked, looking at Karina.

“Just kidding. I’ll calculate how to separate the host from the council’s system and then take them down one by one,” Karinina replied with a smile.

“But don’t forget, the hosts of the council grow very quickly. She is now at the level of a trainee true god in the Void Sea, not to mention the massive interstellar fleet in the base universe behind her and the additional combat power in a merged universe,” the woman said.

"You don't need to remind me about opening a portal to the abyss. I'll be careful not to let the gods of the five pantheons find out. Besides, that universe is the Council's territory, and apart from reinforcements from the Council, it's impossible for the five pantheons to arrive quickly in a short time," Kallina said.

"Not to mention the gods' concept of time. By the time they discovered the Abyss, the universe had already been invaded by the Abyss Gate and was gone."

"It's good that we weren't discovered. After all, the existence of five void creatures is something our 'World Tree' can't afford to offend," the woman said.

"What about the System Council? It's your hometown, after all. They have many ways to find you."

"They haven't been able to find me and my other sisters who are also from the 50s generation for over 10,000 years. What other methods do those old fogies have besides being cruel to traitors?" Karinina sneered.

"It's better to be careful," the woman said.

“I know, but my greatest enemy is the System Council.” After saying that, Karinina got up and disappeared from the room.

"Problems arise when issues are related to the System Council..." The woman's lips twitched.

"Should we help you out?" one of them asked.

“We’re the worst of the worst, the evil system organization that’s fighting against the entire world of order. What do you mean by ‘help’? Can someone explain how to spell those two words?” one of them said.

"That's alright then," the man said.

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Solar System - Kuiper Belt

Galactic Empire Forward Base

The Kuiper Belt, the region with the most meteorites in the solar system and also a resource-extraction area, has now been completely occupied by the Galactic Empire's fleet, which has driven out all human ships.

"MS...MS...Okay, it's all these kinds of problems. Because of that PAS something-or-other resource, all mobile suits related to Gundam are deadly." Hoshi said helplessly, putting down the documents in his hand.

"If this resource is handled properly, there won't be any problems. It's just that human extraction methods are too primitive," the system said after taking a look.

“Your system is definitely not afraid of these things, but they are troublesome for humans, yet we can’t throw them away, otherwise the Mercury Witch storyline wouldn’t exist,” Xing said.

"Ultimately, it's just a problem with humanity itself. They don't have the heart to abandon everything and make progress together; instead, they're full of all sorts of scheming and backstabbing," the system said.

"There are many interstellar civilizations that have been completely wiped out due to excessive infighting. Although most of them are low-level civilizations that have not yet entered the universe, most of them are human races."

“…I have nothing to say,” Xing paused for a moment before saying.

"Then... um?" The system was about to say something, but then paused when it noticed something.

"What's wrong?" Xing asked curiously.

"Hmm, we've discovered a pleasant surprise. A spatial flash occurred in a certain deep space region of this universe. Although nothing entered this world, there is a presence resembling the abyss," the system said.

"Well, I need to go over there and see what happened. You keep playing."

"Play... okay, although what you said isn't wrong. Oh well, it's related to the abyss after all, safety first~ System." Xing waved her hand with a smile.

"Safety must be the top priority. You should prepare all your fleets, since it's something that's suspected to be from the Abyss," the system said.

"I know. I will notify all fleets. If any problems arise, we will open all the wave cannons immediately." Xing nodded, his grin fading.

"Full power on the wave cannons... You'd better leave yourself an escape route. Otherwise, if the abyss fails to destroy this universe, your wave cannon fleet might tear the universe apart." The system laughed and left.

“The abyss…” Xing recalled the abyss setting from that novel in her memory.

"I hope my fleet can suppress the Abyss."

"Oh right, this is for you." The system returned and handed something to Xing.

"What is this?" Xing asked, sensing the energy the system had given her.

"After all, it's the aura of the abyss. If anything goes wrong, immediately return to the fused world and break that fused universe back into its original universes," the system said.

"Until all problems are resolved, this instrument will restore those universes and change their coordinates to prevent them from being contaminated by the abyss."

“I see, I understand.” Xing nodded in response.