Read till chapter 320s
Btw this is an original manhua, there is no novel it is adapted from. This does have implications that the story is paced as intended by the writers + other such stuff that is a result of original works.
The good parts-
While i'd like to not repeat what @Dunkjoe (April 4th, 2019) Already said, it still does need to be said that the MC is quite compelling. He wants to do what is right while also not becoming the very evil he's going against. He does have a backbone. There's also the part where he's a highly competent guy but because he was lacking connections and 'status' he didn't get a good job, and because of that he'd rather stay jobless. A key part of the story is that only women can take these 'nanobots' a trope which predictably gets subverted for just the MC and its still done great even when you see it coming a mile away.
Multiple comments points out that the start was completely random and he lucks into it but it really was not.
Let me tell you, the synopsis which literally states " Mu Siyun sent his resume to a galactic fleet on a whim and somehow became its Fleet Admiral!"
is lying to you.
This was not a whim at all, it was a carefully planned process by the heads of state, the council of elders that is at the very top of 'earth federation' (forgot the name), for heaven's sake, the very girl (the fleet's most powerful fighter) in the advertisement just "happened" to be right outside his door to recruit him as the fleet admiral? And somehow he was the only applicant? No, more like, he was the only one who saw the advertisement in the first place because it was all an elaborate plan.
You don't have to take my word for it, the story hints on this later when the council's existence is introduced.
This council of elders also has a similar dilemma, they want to put competent people in charge (like the MC) but face opposition from the entrenched powers and different 'corporations' that threaten to split off by having their own military and whatnot.
This does lead to some bad points of the story but i'll elaborate later.
Another good point of the story is the art. It is really good and makes quite nice use of CG.
But let it not be said that it's simple to parse by any means. The design of the 'mechs' makes no sense. You can't tell whats supposed to be teeth or missile or just random decorations or what the hell is even going on in the fight scenes.
Which transitions into
The bad parts.
The art is nice but confusing, that much i've already said. But the story itself is also very convoluted. If you made a mental model of what the hell is even going on in the organizational structure of this place, that the 'earth federation' has multiple fleets that compete with each other for funding, that private companies fund them. That the fleets may not even be loyal to the federation in the first place. That people own entire planets and run them as they like.
There is a severely lacking sense of space. Movement causes no delay unless it does. The enemy and allies teleport all over the galaxy with no regard for distance, not that you even understand how the map is laid out in the first place. Locations just 'exist'. An entire planet is basically covered by 1 giant city. There's also cities just existing on spaceships that randomly are floating somewhere. Where exactly? dont ask, and it doesnt matter.
somehow despite being martially powerful, women are still oppressed housewives. I did read that comment which stated this and actually.. its kind of true. Other than the fact that some of them are just mentally a captive to a nonsensical relationship or hostage or whatever the hell else it is. Some of them are actually strong both physically and mentally (and not some captive or bullied housewife) so this one's 50-50. It adds up story-wise but its still cheap none the less.
The villains are slimy. I dont know where someone got that villains just throw themselves at the MC because they clearly dont. They keep getting away, slipping right away from the MC who may or may not be just waiting for an opportune strategic moment which is made clear only at the very end. It is very frustrating to see the first big villain keep getting away for hundreds of chapters before he's finally caught, cause at that point you expect him to get away yet again in some cheap maneuver.
Anyways been a month since i read it but it really was great while i was reading it.
9 out of 10.
Give it a fair chance and it might just impress you with some of its deeper themes.
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