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nThe Nova Universe.

nThis was a Third-Grade universe in the First Gate’s rankings, meaning that it possessed at least 10 million captured territories, which put it not far from the overall first, which was currently still the Holy Universe. .

nThis was a tip-top universe in the prime of its power, above trillions but below only a hundred at best. Incidentally, this universe had border disputes with the Eternal Universe due to Portia’s rampant claiming, which later escalated to war.

nTheir forces had given the Superpowered Army a great headache in the past, using up more than 70% of their manpower. When these forces were recalled for Dante’s reshuffling, this universe even pushed back and reclaimed many lost territories in a short time.

nThis had initially caused the upper echelons of the Eternal universe much distress until they realized Dante was casual about it and was also cooking something much more important. Soon, the issues with Lara including his fight with her came to light and none of them had time to care about this.

nBut for the Nova Universe, this was a crowning achievement that they deeply celebrated. Ever since they had been engaged by Portia in her path of dominance, they had lost many elite forces and even leader characters to her, causing many to be filled with a mixture of fear and hatred.

nSo when she left their path and the ones left to defend her work were absent, they were filled with joy and many theories began to run rampant within the Nova Universe. Like the current Eternal universe, the First Gate was public knowledge due to the benefits it brought, and even a step further than the Eternal Universe, they publicized their progress to every denizen of the universe.

nThe reigning theory was that the Eternal Universe had realized the mistake they made in offending them and had chosen to tactfully withdraw in order to appease their superior universe. This seemed logical to them because there was no sensible reason for the Eternal Universe to withdraw its forces so suddenly and so thoroughly.

nAfter all, for the Nova Universe, which had benefited for many generations due to the exploits in the First Gate, the existence of such a system was everything to them. The First Gate was the pinnacle of existence to them and superseded all forms of things, being of supreme importance.

nWhat at all could be of a higher priority than such a perfect creation?

nThere was even a great celebration ongoing on a certain exotic planet in which all the dignitaries and powerhouses of the Nova Universe had been invited to. There, they engaged in social engagements of all kinds full of mirth, wine, and great food while they laughed about their successes.

nIf the denizens thought that the Eternal Universe had backed out, then these dignitaries were definitely sure. They even began to concoct plans to team up with other universes to take down the strongest fighter of the Eternal universe, Portia, so that they could exact revenge.

nSo many ideas and plans flew by that were being refined and cultivated with each round that it even seemed like it would be a 100% success when executed. 𝘳𝑎.𝒸ℴ

nHowever, what none of the various life forms within the Nova Universe knew was that on this day, at this very hour, their universe had an unwanted intruder that was exceedingly dangerous.

nA nine-foot-tall mecha that was camouflaged using elite technology appeared in a random area of space, holding the body of a Nova Universe warrior in hand. The warrior was crushed into meat paste that spread in the void of space while the mecha immediately performed a quantum scan of the nearby sector.

nUsually, such an action would be dangerous since quantum scans could be detected if the technology level was high enough, and you could be sure that the Nova Universe’s level of technology was slightly higher than the Eternal Universe.

nHowever, this quantum scan was completely undetectable by conventional technology, and it was far faster too. Within a matter of seconds, the being controlling the mecha had complete information on all planets, galaxies, and life forms within this sector of the universe.

nCross-referencing with their base knowledge of this universe with the information gained as well as the protocols of the force they were a part of, the entity controlling the mecha decided to stretch its hand forward and release a stream of silver-liquid that looked like mercury.

nTo what would be the shock and horror of any sane person, this liquid began to rapidly form and multiply, going from an orb to the size of a small castle within minutes. After taking shape to this extent, it began to grow even further and even faster, seemingly creating matter from nothing as its size expanded and expanded until it became planetary in size.

nSystems came alive within the planet-sized star station, with hundreds of androids being crafted from an assembly line that instantly went to work in different parts of the station, managing its various facilities and functions fervently.

nThe being within the mecha used this time to move to a few planets within the sector at warp speed, observing the inhabitants up close for more solid information. Some planets they just observed without doing anything, but others were infiltrated.

nMost of those that were infiltrated had some form of civilization that was at least, level 1. Once within this civilization, the being within the mecha would sneak up to the civilization’s leader and important decision-makers before using some strange magic on them that turned them into obedient puppets.

nAfter doing this, the being returned to the space in which the now fully functional star base floated majestically. It had to be said that something so huge and so powerful should easily have been detected by the various systems of the nearby planets in the sector.

nHowever, much like the mecha, it went completely undetected, even visually. A passing spaceship’s passengers would not be able to even see it if they looked through their windows towards the vastness of space.

nWithin this star station, hundreds of AI-controlled androids, cyber warriors, and battleships were being constructed every second from an assembly line. As the being within the mecha had already obtained information on the entire civilization of the Nova Universe when they subdued various leaders, these creations would form a small army and enter a war gate to different parts of this universe.

nThe goal? Obviously conquest.

nDante was already skilled at universe-wide conquest after having subdued his entire home universe’s known space as well as civilizations, while continually pushing the boundaries of unknown space. The protocols embedded into the systems and AI chip of the being within the mecha were clear on what steps to take at each time.

nIt was also because of this that the being within the mecha only watched the process for a short while before entering warp space, traveling rapidly towards another sector of the universe to repeat their actions.

nAccording to their directives, they only had a gross total of a week to establish one star base in each sector before they had to drop everything and focus on their number one priority, which was to find and lure Lara Sanguis into the light for Dante to capture.

nIn actuality, the directive to establish bases was only secondary, but the reason why this being within the mecha was so fervent on it was that they would obtain great benefits for how much of the universe they had conquered before Lara Sanguis was captured.

nIt was a small incentive program that Dante had launched for the God of Technology Army that would decide the positions and ranks of each member. For now, they were all ranked the same, but the results of each soldier’s conquest would decide their fate.

nIn a matter of days, the entire universe was riddled with star bases that began pumping out forces from the moment it was spawned. These forces appeared and targeted weaker planets that were not even level 1, quickly subduing the native species there if there were any.

nSubdued planets would then have central bases created within the strongest city or continent of that world in which ground troops would be manufactured, as well as spatial defense troops, in case of a reclamation force.

nIn typical Dante fashion, civilians of that world’s dominant species would then be offered to undergo the basic enhancements in exchange for order and control over their growth, making them all around better than they were before.

nThe lesser species or ‘animals’ of that world would be enhanced based on the function they served to the dominant species, not their inherent functions.

nSo using earth as an example, a cat was a pet to humans, so it would be enhanced in longevity, cuteness and be given the ability to communicate rather than have its hunting and killing skills enhanced as it was also technically a predator.

nAfter such conquest, the planet would then begin its rapid growth phase to be integrated into the wider universe as a whole.

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