My Ultimate Sign-in System Made Me Invincible - Chapter 390: Back On Earth

Chapter 390: Back On Earth

Liam had left Mars and was now in the Voyager, on his way to the Lunar Base Sanctuary.

The spacecraft cut through the void between planets with the same ease a knife moved through water. Through the viewport, Earth hung in the distance like a blue marble, growing slowly larger as the hours passed, while Mars receded behind them.

Liam sat in the captain’s chair, his fingers drumming absently against the armrest. The final livestream was done. Now he could focus on what came next.

“Lucy,” he said, breaking the comfortable silence that had settled over the bridge. “Send a message to Daniel. Tell him to meet me at the island in a few hours.”

“Message sent, master. Daniel has already responded. He says they’ll be island before you touch down on Earth,” Lucy said, standing beside him.

Liam smiled slightly. Daniel’s efficiency never failed to impress. The man had gone from a great investment banker to running a multi-billion dollar family office in less than four months, and he’d adapted to the role like he was born for it.

The flight to the moon took a couple of hours. Liam spent most of that time reviewing reports Lucy had compiled about the Lunar Base’s expansion. The facility was growing faster than originally projected. What had started as a single manufacturing dome now sprawled across several kilometers of lunar surface, hidden on the far side where Earth’s telescopes couldn’t observe.

Construction drones were assembling new modules. The automated systems Lucy commanded were transforming the moon into an industrial complex that would have made any nation on Earth weep with envy.

And nobody knew it existed.

The Voyager finally reached lunar orbit, its engines firing brief correction burns as it positioned itself above the base. Through the viewport, Liam could see the construction sites spread across the gray landscape below. Lights dotted the surface where work continued around the clock, unaffected by the lunar day-night cycle.

Liam stood from the captain’s chair and he turned to Lucy.

“What are your plans?” he asked.

Lucy’s expression became thoughtful.

“I intend to build a solar system-wide defense network,” she said. “Something comprehensive. Orbital platforms around Earth, Mars, and the gas giants. Sensor arrays in the asteroid belt. Response ships stationed at key points throughout the system. If any threat approaches from beyond, we’ll detect it before it reaches the inner planets.”

She paused, then continued. “I’ll also expand the Lunar Base operations significantly. Current production capacity is adequate, but we can do better. I want to triple our manufacturing output within six months. That means more domes, more drones, more resources requirements.”

Liam listened, impressed by the scope of her planning. Lucy didn’t think small.

“I’ll continue building ships,” she went on. “The fleet needs expansion. More cargo vessels for resource transport. More construction ships for large-scale projects. And of course, the Emperor Class-II spacecraft I’m designing for you.”

A small smile crossed her face. “I’ll also focus on perfecting the FTL drive in the Voyager. The current system works, but it’s not efficient. There’s room for massive improvement. I have no idea how long that will take, though. Faster-than-light physics isn’t exactly straightforward.”

Liam nodded, processing everything she’d outlined. It was a lot. Probably too much for any single person or AI to handle, but Lucy wasn’t normal. She’d proven that repeatedly over the past months.

Still, he didn’t want her burning herself out trying to do everything at once.

He stepped closer and reached out, patting the top of her head. The gesture was affectionate, almost protective. Lucy responded to Liam’s touch immediately, closing her and smiling happily, as she enjoyed the head pat.

“Don’t rush things,” Liam said gently. “Take it slow. Focus on the Lunar Base for now. Get that running at the level you want before expanding to a full solar system defense network. One step at a time. The base is our foundation. Everything else builds from there. Do that right first, and the rest will follow more easily.”

He smiled. “As for the FTL drive, I’ll give you one that’s already perfected. You can study it, reverse engineer it, figure out how it works. That should make the process of improving the Voyager’s system much easier.”

“Thank you, master. That will help tremendously,” Lucy said, with gratitude in her eyes, not asking questions about how her master got his hand on a perfected fusion drive.

Liam smiled and gave her more head pats, then pulled her into a hug.

They stood like that for a full minute, neither speaking. Lucy remained perfectly still, her thoughts blank, as she was entirely focused on this moment with her creator.

Finally, reluctantly, Lucy broke the embrace. She stepped back, her expression carrying something that looked like regret.

Liam smiled and pinched her left cheek gently. “You’re doing amazing work, Lucy. Keep it up.”

“I will, master.”

Liam activated his exosuit, the black material flowing over his body and forming into its protective configuration. Together, he and Lucy walked to the private elevator and descended to the docking area.

The elevator stopped and opened onto the vast hangar. The space shuttle waited for him, its boarding platform already descending. Liam walked toward it, Lucy following a step behind.

At the platform’s base, Liam turned and gave Lucy one final set of head pats. Her face showed a small smile, with genuine affection visible in her features.

She wished she could stay by her master’s side. But there was too much work here. Too many critical systems that needed her attention. Only by working hard, by building the infrastructure and defenses Liam would need, could she help her master achieve his goals without complications.

Liam stepped onto the platform and it lifted him into the shuttle. The craft’s systems activated immediately, engines humming to life.

Lucy watched from the hangar floor as the shuttle lifted off and flew toward the airlock. The bay doors opened, and the small spacecraft shot out into the lunar void, accelerating toward Earth.

She stood there for several minutes after he was gone, her processes running simulations, planning projects, organizing the thousands of tasks that required her attention.

Then she got back to work.

***

The space shuttle broke away from the far side of the moon thirty minutes after departure. The gray landscape fell away behind it, replaced by the black of space and the growing blue sphere of Earth ahead.

Liam sat in the pilot’s seat, though the shuttle flew itself. He watched Earth approach, thinking about everything waiting for him there. Friends he hadn’t seen in over a month. And other things, but most importantly, preparations for the next phase of his plans.

Another thirty minutes passed. The shuttle hit Earth’s atmosphere with a slight shudder. The craft descended smoothly through the upper atmosphere, flying towards Liam’s private island.

The island came into view below. Liam’s private runway stretched across the tropical landscape, and parked at one end sat the Black Titan, his massive A380 private jet.

Three figures—Daniel, Mason, and Nick—stood near the aircraft, watching the sky.