I, a ship girl, am the savior of civilization.

Belfast chuckled lightly: "Everything requires learning. With the Dawn as our backing, it won't be difficult for us ship girls to achieve something independently."

Ship girls and people cannot be generalized. What seems like an insurmountable goal to ordinary girls, Belfast can achieve with ease.

Looking at Belfast, Laura couldn't help but think of another perfect and dashing Servant.

Hearing Belfast's explanation, Laura nodded, having experienced it firsthand. In the Pacific Rim, learning new knowledge was generally not difficult for ship girls.

Once ship girls master core technologies and are freed from constraints, their potential will far exceed that of weapons.

"So, this counts as a perfect start?"

Upon learning of Belfast's achievements over seven years, Laura was immediately relieved. If Belfast could achieve this, then this ship girl couldn't fall behind!

Full of energy, Laura seemed to be burning with flames, and the aura she exuded made Belfast take notice.

But three minutes later, Laura, exhausted from burning out, looked at Belfast with a listless expression and passed the question to her maid.

"So, what should we do next?"

Sensing the striking change in Laura, Belfast forcibly suppressed her laughter.

Although she had anticipated this outcome from the beginning, Belfast still felt a strange emotion when this scene actually unfolded before her eyes.

A deep sense of satisfaction from the bottom of one's heart, a feeling of being needed.

"It's my duty."

After an elegant and composed formality, Belfast shared her thoughts with Laura: "With my current identity, I might be able to access a lot of resources, but it would be difficult to gain access to the real world's secrets."

Laura nodded, just like Tony Stark. If Fury hadn't taken the initiative to appear, Tony probably would never have known about S.H.I.E.L.D., even though it was founded by his father.

Therefore, it would be better to make full use of the advantages of the Dawn and give yourself a more worthy identity.

For example, from a civilization of Elriel that does not wish to reveal its origin?

However, appearing openly in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sights will inevitably replicate the situation in Pacific Rim.

In other words, while the ship is under awe and attention, some greedy and ardent gazes will be fixed on the Dawn.

Therefore, before that, the Dawn needs to demonstrate sufficient strength.

Looking down at the 21 civilization commands on the panel, a voice suddenly echoed in Laura's mind.

"If you don't use it when you should, then it's meaningless!"

28. The Dawn of Self-Exposure

After being fitted with a second-tier hull, the Dawn's previous rounded fortress structure was completely transformed, and from the outside, it looked more and more like a starship from a science fiction movie.

While the Dawn, equipped with an anti-gravity assist system, isn't quite able to completely ignore aerodynamics, it has essentially begun to possess the aesthetic characteristics of a ship. With just a few minor flaws addressed, the storyline of the Dawn's accidental stranding on Earth will be flawless.

The ship girl technology ensured that the software was protected from intrusion, and what Laura needed to do was to make the Dawn a sufficient deterrent to S.H.I.E.L.D.

At the very least, conventional weapons like nuclear weapons posed no sufficient threat to the Dawn.

Suddenly, Laura remembered the strategic destruction branch she had long coveted back in the Pacific Rim. Many of its strategic-level technologies should be of great help.

After careful selection, Laura consumed three civilization command points to activate "Interplanetary Hyperspace Teleportation".

As an instantaneous teleportation technology, the Dawn could use it to jump to any point on the planet below. Similarly, this teleportation could be precise down to the individual. However, the teleported unit needed to be of sufficient strength; ordinary flesh and blood would simply be torn apart and killed during the teleportation process.

Yes, it's the time-space aspect of Red Alert. However, what would be fatal to an ordinary person is nothing to the ship girls; both Belfast and Laura can easily withstand it.

After all, what kind of ship girl can't withstand missiles with her bare hands and tear apart mechs?

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In addition, Laura also upgraded the carrier's aircraft formation and air defense interception system, adding small shields and beam generators to the 20 F-22s that had been gathering dust in her hangar, and replacing the Phalanx CIWS with anti-missile lasers.

"Then, it's time for Aieriel to make his return."

With everything ready, Laura used a time-space teleportation technique to send Belfast back to land, then immediately deactivated her invisibility, brazenly exposing herself to the satellite's view.

Without multi-spectral interference, the NORAD alarm sounded throughout the entire command center immediately. Within five minutes, a phone call was made to Mountainholm Air Force Base, the closest point to the Dawn.

In less than ten minutes, the entire air force base was on high alert, and an F-15 reconnaissance squadron belonging to the 366th Fighter Wing took off urgently and moved toward the coordinates where the Dawn was stationed.

"Five unidentified flying objects have been detected approaching our ship from 10 kilometers away. Should we intercept them?"

A specially downloaded voice prompt pack, designed to create atmosphere, warned Laura. Laura was quite satisfied with the performance of the brand-new Dawn in detecting enemies.

Ten kilometers is already beyond the average beyond visual range of eight kilometers, which is also the warning line set by Laura. Once this distance is crossed, the Dawn will automatically lock on and request an interception from Laura.

Faced with the formidable technological barrier, the Air Force's RWR system was unaware that it had already been locked onto.

"Only five planes arrived? Does that mean the Dawn is only being treated like 2.5 Iron Mans?"

Laura was somewhat disappointed by the North American Aerospace Defense Command's attention to the Dawn. To be honest, in Laura's mind, her appearance should have warranted several air squadrons to come and investigate.

If Laura knew that the reconnaissance aircraft were just F-15s, her frustration might only increase.

I have a feeling that the air defense command doesn't take my upgraded ship, which is nearly a kilometer long, seriously at all.

At Mountainholm Air Force Base, the Air Force Lieutenant General who received the reconnaissance mission stared intently at the transmitted images, his face grave. He had already mentally prepared for the worst.

The closer the F-15 formation got, the clearer the image of the Dawn became. The sight of the externally mounted weapons on the mothership reflecting a distinctive metallic sheen, the dense array of gun barrels sending a chill down the vice admiral's spine.

The lieutenant general did have ulterior motives when deploying the F-15 squadron. If a conflict were to actually occur, even the most advanced Raptors might not survive.

They are about to face an extraterrestrial civilization that likely only exists in science fiction. And the warships of extraterrestrial civilizations have always been symbols of power.

In that case, it's better to prepare for a stop-loss order sooner rather than later, since the F-15 is much cheaper than the F-22.

"Unknown warship, unknown warship, you have entered American airspace. Please state your identity. Repeat..."

While issuing the call, the pilots circled the Dawn repeatedly, transmitting details about the ship's hull back to the base.

The azure honeycomb-like light layer appeared and disappeared, and the Dawn, armed like a hedgehog under its shield, did not give any response, but waited for an organization with more authority to intervene.

Laura's reason for having the Dawn appear before the military was merely to find a plausible way to make an appearance; it did not signify a formal dialogue between Laura and the military.

Throughout the entire process, Mountainholm Air Force Base, and indeed the entire North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), was merely a ruthless communication channel.

However, before that, the Dawn still sent out an encrypted message. Using the gravitational wave reaction of the Erosion Torpedo and the data from the hyperspace transmission, Laura recorded a spatial electrical signal frequency on it.

Laura believed that this message wouldn't stump the American officials for long. They only needed to convert the message into a gravitational field and then put it into the topological model of a three-dimensional Klein bottle to get the real answer.

After the decryption is completed, it will naturally be discovered that this is actually a record of spatial floating points.

In the universe, civilizations may speak different languages, but mathematics will always be universal.

As for why the entire Marvel universe speaks English, don't ask me, I don't know either.

At this point in time, the only connection Earth has to space in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the Space Stone. At that point, S.H.I.E.L.D. will have no choice but to intervene.

Laura was also very interested in things involving rules. If she could get her hands on the Infinity Stone, Noah might have a way to harness its power.

At that time, the anti-human Noble Phantasm of Time-Space Teleportation might become a land bridge with no usage conditions, or even a more advanced space bridge.

It's important to understand that upgrading the Dawn and integrating existing technologies is much simpler than unlocking a new tech tree.

Laura realized this a long time ago. If technology were upgraded solely through Civilization Commands, given the current scarcity of Civilization Command acquisition channels, the time required to upgrade a ship's level would be dragged out to an alarmingly long period.

Therefore, learning from the technologies of other worlds becomes a necessary choice.

29. The Rubik's Cube Model in Topology

"What did the military say?"

In the Trident Building, a bald man with an egg-shaped head asked, "Have the relevant matters been handed over?"

“It’s all done,” Hill nodded. “But the military doesn’t seem willing to give up now.”

"That's normal. After all, it's the first time we've made formal contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. It would be a problem if they gave up so easily."

Fury didn't care about this; he knew the military's nature all too well.

Three years have passed since the creation of the Hulk, and General Ross, who was in charge of related matters, has still not handled them properly. Even though the matter has largely faded from public view, the military is still under considerable pressure.

Every year, the United States allocates hundreds of billions of dollars to the military, but the military not only does nothing, it is even so incompetent as to let its experimental products languish abroad.

While interference from S.H.I.E.L.D. certainly played a role, the military itself also had significant problems.

"Ignore them." Fury casually brushed aside the military aspect and changed the subject, "How's the deciphering of that message going?"

"We can't find a solution yet. Dr. Edward, who is in charge of the project, explained that although the message is sent in plain text, it uses a rather abstract geometric structure. We are trying to reconstruct the model, but the possibility is very low."

After flipping through the report in his hand, Hill continued, "Currently, S.H.I.E.L.D. has sought help from several leading figures in the mathematics community, but I don't hold out much hope. According to Dr. Edward, this information requires at least someone with expertise in microphysics and geometry to complete the modeling."

"Brute force?" Fury remained unmoved, but in his heart he was already wondering if this was a test of Earth by the people on that giant ship.

The mothership of unknown origin did not take any drastic actions when it appeared, such as attacking an air squadron, but that does not mean that Fury would consider it a security target.

If the visitors have ill intentions, then the current inaction may very well be a prelude to a swift and decisive strike.

Even if the people on board are peace envoys, the strength that Earth demonstrates will determine the attitude towards cooperation thereafter.

In any case, completing the decryption of the message as soon as possible is always beneficial.

"It's also going on simultaneously, but the results aren't great. At the current pace, it will take at least three months to complete the crack."

Hill shook his head, blocking another path for Fury.

Is that so?

As expected, Fury lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Proficiency in physics and mathematics was merely the standard within S.H.I.E.L.D.; outside of S.H.I.E.L.D., such individuals would generally be award-winning figures like the Castells and Veblen Awards.

Very few people can achieve both of these accomplishments at the same time.

"Is there really no one who can solve this problem?"

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, but Fury still managed to control his emotions well: "So, we're completely helpless with this message?"

"If I had to say, there are indeed two people."

Hill sighed and placed the two documents on the table in front of Nick Fury: "However, neither of these two are easy to get along with..."

Fury looked down and his face darkened even more.

Two names were clearly written on the file that Hill handed over.