My Talent's Name Is Generator-Chapter 829: Advance

"How far is this asteroid belt?" I asked Knight.

He shook his head slightly. "I am not aware of the exact distance, but it is far from here. Why? Do you want to check it out?"

I nodded. "Yes. I was thinking of going to see how they are using this illusion field to hide the planet."

Before he could respond further, space shifted beside us.

Lyrate appeared. There was a soft, satisfied smile on her face.

"I have the answers," she said.

Silver glanced at her and then pointed lazily toward the unconscious traitors lying nearby. "We expected that. And we also brought more people for you to interrogate."

Lyrate’s eyes moved toward the unconscious figures lying nearby, and she gave a small nod of approval.

"So what did you find?" I asked.

"Everything," she replied lightly. "Even what food he liked to eat, but I will spare you those details. What do you want to know?"

"How to find their other bases," I said without hesitation.

"That part is simple," she answered. "You must have seen the teleportation circles spread throughout this city. Those are your routes. Each one connects directly to another base. That is how they maintain their network."

She gave a casual shrug, as if the answer were obvious.

"Oh, and in the main administrative building there are dedicated portals that link directly to the headquarters of the major races—Nagas, Ferans, Elementals, Demons. They do not use those frequently, though. It increases the risk of detection."

"That sounds simple," Knight said.

"The difficult part was reaching their headquarters in the first place," Lyrate replied. "They relied on System protection. Once they secured that, they grew careless here."

She folded her arms loosely. "As for the number of bases, we are looking at seventy-two in total."

"Seventy-two," I repeated. "Good. Then there is only one thing we need to do."

"First, we bring Aurora and the others here. Then Primus and his demon forces. We take over every one of those bases and establish our own presence in them."

I looked toward the horizon, where the violet shimmer of the altered sky still lingered faintly.

"This gives us immediate access to the rest of the galaxy. No more blind searching. No more chasing shadows. We use their own network."

Knight gave a firm nod. "Good idea."

Silver’s wings shifted slightly behind him as a grin spread across his face. "So instead of hunting them across the galaxy, we turn their map into ours."

"Exactly," I said. "And we use it against the Eternals and the rifts that are spreading everywhere."

I exhaled slowly and raised a hand. "Give me a moment."

Closing my eyes, I accessed the new ability that had I had received after leveling up my talent.

[Sovereign Link]: You gain a continuous, low-level awareness of your summons and can focus to experience their perception directly. A soul link exists between you and your summons, allowing you to transfer your awareness into them.

I chose to focus.

The connection tightened instantly.

My awareness lurched forward as if something had reached through my core and pulled me along a narrow passage. For a fraction of a second, I expected to simply see through Ragnar’s eyes, to overlay his vision onto mine.

Instead, the world around me shifted completely.

I stood in a forest.

Tall trees rose around me, their bark dark and smooth, leaves swaying despite the absence of wind. The ground beneath my feet felt real, layered with fallen leaves and soft earth, yet something about the place was slightly muted, as if it existed half a step removed from reality.

A ripple moved through the air and Ragnar appeared beside me, solidifying from a faint shimmer.

"What are you doing here... no, how are you here?" he asked quickly, his eyes narrowing as he examined me.

"And where is this?" I countered instead, turning in a slow circle. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"This is my soul space," he replied.

"Your soul space?" I repeated, genuinely surprised.

He nodded once. "Yes."

I looked down at myself and then around at the forest again. My form was faintly translucent, edges softer than usual, my presence lighter. I was not here physically. I was a projection, a fragment of my own soul manifested inside Ragnar’s inner world.

Understanding dawned gradually.

The Sovereign Link did not merely allow perception. It allowed entry.

If I could summon Ragnar outward through our bond, then it made sense that I could also step inward, into the space anchored by his Null Core and connected to my own soul.

"Well," I said after a moment, "if I can summon you into my world, then I can visit yours."

Ragnar stared at me for a second, then shook his head faintly. "You’re ridiculous."

"Anyway," I continued, dismissing the surroundings for now, "where are you all currently?"

"We are..." Ragnar paused, his expression shifting as he reached outward through whatever communication method they were using. "Not sure. Let me ask Aurora."

He went silent, gaze unfocused.

The forest around us remained still. No sound of birds, no movement of creatures. It truly was a constructed inner world, shaped by his own mind and essence.

After a few moments, Ragnar blinked and refocused on me.

"We are nowhere," he said. "We are drifting through the void."

"Drifting," I repeated, frowning slightly.

"Yes. Between sectors. No fixed place."

I considered that briefly. "Ask her which is the closest significant planet near your current position."

Ragnar nodded again and fell silent once more.

This time the pause lasted longer.

Finally, he spoke. "The closest major planet is Zaraboom. It is an elemental world."

Zaraboom.

I ran through my memory. An elemental planet meant high concentrations of pure elemental essence, likely unstable environmental zones, and possibly the Elemental race. It was not a random location.

I nodded once. "Good."

Ragnar tilted his head slightly. "Why?"

"I will be back," I said simply.

Before he could respond further, I withdrew my awareness.

The forest dissolved into a wash of light and sensation, and the pull reversed. My perception snapped back into my physical body standing in the capital of Abor. The violet sky, the cracked ground, the presence of Silver, Knight, and Lyrate returned in full clarity.

I opened my eyes.

Lyrate was watching me closely. "You disappeared for a second," she observed.

"Testing something new," I replied calmly. "Do we have any portal connected to Zaraboom?"

Lyrate frowned slightly when I mentioned Zaraboom, her eyes shifting as she went through what she had extracted.

"Yes," she said after a moment. "We do have a base near Zaraboom. Not on the planet itself, but positioned within the same sector."

She crossed her arms lightly as she continued. "Zaraboom is an elemental planet, high density, unstable in some regions. Close to it there is a feral world and a couple of smaller inhabited planets, mostly insectoid colonies and mixed minor races. That entire cluster forms a contained sector surrounded by multiple civilized systems. It is strategically useful."

"How many of hollow star bases are there?" I asked.

"Two," she replied. "Both positioned to monitor the sector and control portal access."

I nodded once. That was enough.

I turned to Knight. "Use one of the portals and head to the base near Zaraboom."

His expression sharpened immediately. "Understood."

"When you arrive," I continued, "destroy the base. Completely. Don’t leave anyone alive."

He inclined his head.

"After that, take a ship from there and go to Zaraboom itself. Bring Steve and other back here."

Knight gave a firm nod. "It will be done."

I shifted my gaze to Lyrate. "Is there a base near Primus’ planet?"

She did not need to think long this time. "Yes. One. It is positioned two jumps away, hidden behind a relay route."

"Good," I said. "You take that portal. Go there, then meet Primus directly."

Her eyes narrowed slightly in understanding. "You want him here."

"Yes. Bring Primus and his demon forces. You can explain the situation to him. If he wants to bring his forces I am okay with that and if he wants to come alone to first assess the situation I am ok with that as well."

Silver watched silently, wings folded behind him, but there was a grin on his face as he understood the scale of what was coming.

"We gather everyone here first," I continued. "Then we plan the full strike."

Knight’s gaze hardened. "All seventy-two."

"All seventy-two," I confirmed. "At once."

There was no room for hesitation now.

"They have already reported what happened here," I said calmly. "Even if the communication from this planet was cut midway, the two lunar bases were transmitting. Someone out there knows something went wrong."

Silver folded his arms. "So we move before they reinforce."

"Exactly," I replied. "No giving them time to regroup. No letting them relocate their breeding grounds or wipe evidence. We strike every base simultaneously and convert them into our own footholds."

Lyrate gave a slow nod. "That will shake the entire network."

"That is the point," I said.

I looked at each of them in turn.

"We do not have much time. Move now."

Both of them vanished together, Lyrate taking the unconscious people with her.

Silver remained beside me for a second longer, then gave a short laugh.

"Looks like we are finally done reacting," he said.

"Yes," I replied, watching the violet sky above Abor. "Now we start advancing."