Chapter 272: Starship Progress

After leaving Velaris, Liam did not return to Earth. Instead, he entered the Dimensional Space first.He looked around for a few seconds, then raised his hand. The black wristband and watch on his arm lost their form, as the nanites that gave them shape began flowing. A stream of liquid black metal crawled across his skin and wrapped around his body. In seconds, the full exosuit formed.

The suit covered him from neck to boots in a smooth, solid black. Light did not bounce off it. It absorbed everything like a black hole. The inside was warm, soft, and adjusted to his body perfectly.

"Alright," Liam said quietly.

He vanished from the Dimensional Space and a second later, he appeared on the dark side of the moon.

He landed lightly on rough gray stone. In front of him was a vast dark sky and a distant view of the stars.

Liam took a step forward and he saw an amazing sight.

Suspended above the lunar surface, covering a massive section of the sky, were the floating structures where the starship project was underway. Large metal rings, huge rectangular frames, thick industrial lines, and floating scaffolding all formed the early shape of a giant war vessel.

Hundreds of robots were flying back and forth between the moon base and the construction zone.

Some carried metallic beams, while some held containers of energy cores and some transported the interior blocks needed for the engine room. Some were welding frame parts together and some were sealing armor plates the size of small buildings.

Thousands more worked on the surface of the moon base, assembling the next wave of components and preparing more materials.

The scene looked unreal.

If any scientist on Earth saw even ten seconds of this, they would lose their minds out of raw excitement. This was the future that humanity dreamed of but believed they would never see in at least hundred years.

This was a real starship. It wasn’t the small spacecraft built on Earth by some space company and given the name "starship" to make it sound grand.

No, it was an actual starship in its mechanical flesh. A real vessel larger than the combined tallest buildings on Earth. A ship that would raze Earth’s surface to the ground if it was launched there and a ship meant to fly across galaxies.

A ghost of a smile touched Liam’s lips, as his chest swelled with pride.

"It’s coming along well," he said to himself.

The progress was fast, even faster than he expected. It has been less than a week in Earth time since work started, and the starship already had a full skeletal frame, engine pod shells, internal support beams, and the base layout of the lower hull.

Lucy was efficient. Beyond efficient.

He watched a few robots lock a massive armor plate into place. The magnetic clamps pulled it in smoothly. Sparks flashed as welders sealed the metal edges.

The moon base beneath him was huge. It spread like a wide complex made of layered platforms, energy towers, and storage buildings. Automated machines rolled across the ground like ants, carrying crates of refined materials.

Seven large lift stations transported large components straight into orbit. The lifts glowed bright blue when active, shooting the crates upward at high speeds without disturbing the moon’s surface.

Liam stood still for a moment appreciati8te scene in front of him.

It was nothing short of an engineering beauty. A mix of advanced science and perfect coordination.

He understood that if anyone recorded this and uploaded it to the internet—especially of it was to be uploaded on Nova Technologies’ official account on Lucid Platform—the world would lose its mind. It would be the biggest shock in human history.

And the reason is because humanity would see a future far ahead of what they thought was possible.

A future already built by someone they could not understand.

Liam laughed softly as he thought of the world’s reaction.

"I should upload a video," he said jokingly.

The idea amused him and he imagined the headlines:

"Nova Technologies Building Starship on the Moon?"

"The World Is Curious: Was The Video Uploaded By The Mysterious Tech Company, Nova Technologies, Real Or A Clip From Starfall Dominion?"

"World Governments Panic After Moon Footage Release."

People would scream. Governments would panic. Scientists would cry. The world richest man, now second, might even faint on camera. News outlets would run twenty-four-hour coverage. Conspiracy theorists would claim the end of the world.

"That would be fun," Liam chuckled, "but too much trouble."

There was a reason he chose to build the starship on the dark side of the moon instead of the Dimensional Space. Building it here kept the moon out of the world’s eyes. He wanted to avoid unnecessary panic.

Though now that he thought about it, he should have simply set the access point of the Dimensional Space on the moon. Then Lucy could build the starship inside the Dimensional Space at full speed and he could teleport it to the moon afterward. Follow current novels on NovєlFіre.net

If he had done that, the starship would have been completed in two days.

"No point thinking about it now," He sighed lightly.

The decision wasn’t terrible. Lucy needed the moon base anyway. She planned to turn the dark side of the moon into a giant military frontier—a combination of starship docks, space defense towers, an energy shield generator, and a jump-gate testing area.

In the future, the moon would be humanity’s first step into the galaxy. And he would lead them.

Liam walked along the lunar surface, with the exosuit leaving faint prints. A group of robots passed him carrying crates of metal shards. They didn’t react to his presence, as they simply continued their tasks with cold precision.

He stopped and looked at the starship again.

The scale was unreal. Even from far below, it blocked out a large part of the sky. The hull plates were thicker than buildings. The engine section alone was probably the size of a football stadium.

Yeah, maybe he’s exaggerating a bit but it doesn’t take anything away from the massive scale of the project.

And this was only the beginning, as Lucy intended to build more spacecrafts that would serve different purposes.

Liam exhaled softly.

"Lucy doesn’t do things halfway."

He looked at the bases towers, which glowed faintly. He was sure that the energy running through them was enough to power small countries. The moon base wasn’t just a construction site—it was a fortress.

Even with his calm personality, Liam felt a quiet excitement.

This was the future. This was power.

This was the beginning of his universal expansion.

"Humanity doesn’t know what’s coming," he said.

He gazed up again. Everything was being built with efficiency that no human factory could match.

"Good work," Liam said softly.

Then he stepped back. His job here was done for the day. What he wants to do now, was to rest.

He needs to return to Earth and He needs to think about his upcoming meeting with the CEO of J.P. Morgan.

That meeting would decide how smoothly he would begin expanding his influence across Earth.

Of course, he can do it without JP Morgan’s help but having their help would make things easier for him.

He looked up one last time at the starship, floating above him like a shadow of the futurez and he smiled quietly.

"Time to go, he said, before he vanished.

A moment later, he was back in the Dimensional Space and the next moment, he had returned to Earth.