Chapter 156: A Mother’s Masterpiece (Flashback)
Alex had expected NOVA’s processor to be something incredible—maybe a next-generation supercomputer or a phantom data core suspended in some invisible room. But a satellite? That caught him off guard.
That answer floored him.
His mind whirled, grappling with the enormity of the situation. Satellites were not mere toys floating in the vastness of space; they were colossal, metallic giants, adorned with a menagerie of antennae that reached out like the limbs of ancient creatures.
Their surfaces glistened with energy shields, shimmering under the light of distant stars, while solar sails unfurled like the wings of a bird, catching the relentless solar winds. Reinforced cores housed intricate machinery, designed not only for survival but to thrive amidst the harshest conditions of the cosmos.
A true satellite could stretch across the length of the entire house, a testament to human ingenuity and ambition, equipped with technology powerful enough to illuminate and energize sprawling cities below.
And now, one of these monumental constructs houses NOVA? The implications were staggering, and he struggled to comprehend the reality of it all.
His gaze grew distant as memories clawed their way back—memories of when the sky itself had betrayed humanity.
It was one of the earliest horrors in the new age of mana. People still referred to it in whispers: The Skyfall Event.
When mana surged into the world, it unleashed a cataclysmic force that reshaped existence in ways humanity had never imagined.