On the Frontier Star, aboard the A37 starship.
"Your Majesty, this is the seventh batch of androids intercepted from the smuggling ring recently."
The beastman speaking had three blue-green crest feathers dangling from the back of his head.
From the neck down, he wore a jet-black composite mecha molded to the contours of his muscles.
The streamlined surface of the mecha caught the white light with a cold metallic sheen, and blue-green energy veins pulsed at the joints.
He had short blue-green hair, and his left ear was adorned with a peacock feather earring that shimmered with iridescent colors in the light.
Upon closer inspection, one could see that the objects embedded in his eye sockets were prosthetic eyes, which added a somewhat eerie touch to his rugged facial features.
Fitted with nano-sensors, the prosthetic eyes were almost identical to real eyeballs, save for the mechanical lack of emotion.
This was Yu Yue's first thought.
The moment she was intercepted, Yu Yue's heart leapt to her throat, and she and the other androids were activated.
She saw the head of the empire's espionage organization—the Chief Executive of the Fourth Bureau.
She couldn't help but wonder if her identity had been exposed. Was she really worth the Chief Executive making a personal move?
At that moment, unhurried footsteps echoed in the control room, finally stopping beside the chief pilot's seat.
Yu Yue found herself directly facing the Alpha King.
His half-lower eyelids slowly lifted, reveali…
Chapter 48