Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

"Um?"

Unfamiliar with the layout, Xiang Bei wandered around the next floor and found that some places were not connected. So he had to return to the hall-like area on the fifth floor to find another passage.

However, this time, when Xiang Bei's eyes swept over a hanging window, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly walked over.

It wasn't for any other reason than that he noticed something emitting a faint glow outside that hanging window!

This made Xiang Bei very curious. After all, this place was deep underground, buried under the yellow sand. What could be outside the window?

With a sense of doubt, Xiang Bei walked over in a few steps.

Upon closer inspection, Xiang Bei was immediately overjoyed.

Through the spaceship's window, Xiang Bei discovered that this was also an underground cave, except that there was a pool of water in the distance of this cave, and the light coming through the window was coming from the pool below.

"A pool! A water vein! If this is an underground water vein, doesn't that mean I might find a way out of here!" Xiang Bei's face lit up with joy.

Although finding a spaceship belonging to the alien race surprised him greatly.

But after so much time, who knows if the spaceship will even be able to get back up.

Of course, the most crucial question is, does a human being from Earth even know what it means to pilot a spaceship?

He doesn't even know the universal language of the universe, let alone how to pilot a spaceship. Even if he finds the control room, he'll be helpless!

At that time, without water or supplies, they will still be trapped and die in this spaceship, accompanied by the corpses of these extraterrestrial humans.

But if there are underground water veins here, that would be different. He could explore along the underground water veins and maybe, with a bit of luck, find the exit!

Filled with excitement, Xiang Bei had the idea of ​​going out and giving it a try right now.

However, Xiang Bei managed to suppress the situation for the time being!

The spaceship hasn't fully explored the north yet, and there may be some valuable discoveries, so there's no rush to leave now.

It's not too late to explore all parts of the spaceship before looking for a way out.

Moreover, underground water veins are not entirely without danger.

After readjusting his mood, Xiang Bei chose a new direction to continue his exploration.

However, perhaps because the journey had been too smooth so far, most of the rooms on the spaceship were unlocked, but there was hardly anything to be found.

Until Xiang Bei walked to a more tightly sealed mechanical door.

This time, the door did not open despite Xiang Bei's efforts.

After pushing harder, they found that the door remained unmoved.

This was clearly another locked door.

Looking at the mechanical feel of the door and its more intricate design, Xiang Bei concluded that this was definitely not a guest room or a staff room.

After carefully examining the area from top to bottom with the light, Xiang Bei discovered a long, narrow interface on one side of the gate.

Upon comparison, Xiang Bei discovered that the size of the metal cards he had collected before was almost identical.

To Xiang Bei's disappointment, after trying all the cards in his hand, he found that the gate still did not respond at all.

"Can't open it?"

Xiang Bei frowned. He had a feeling that this should be the core area of ​​the spaceship, most likely the control room.

However, all methods have been tried, and it is completely impossible to open the metal door.

Based on the current situation, there are only two possibilities: either he hasn't found the correct access card for this gate, or the gate has been locked due to the loss of power.

Of course, it's also possible that both of these situations exist.

In short, Xiang Bei had no choice but to temporarily abandon the room.

They changed direction again and went in another direction.

However, Xiang Bei soon encountered a second locked door.

It was a room with a heavier metallic feel, and the walls all around seemed to be made of a different metallic material than those in other places.

However, contrary to Xiang Bei's expectations, he opened the door to the room very easily this time.

The method is also very simple: the door to this room has three identical slots, two more than the previous one.

But this time, Xiang Bei simply randomly picked three cards from those cards and inserted them, and the door opened automatically.

Even the lights in the room behind the door turned on automatically.

"here it is?"

Xiang Bei looked at the room in front of him.

It was very different from what he had expected. In his view, the room was so well protected that the metal walls and doors alone were more than a meter thick.

The fact that this room has maintained an energy supply for hundreds of thousands of years is enough to prove its importance.

Surprisingly, apart from a large metal pillar in the center connecting the floor and the ceiling, there was nothing else in the room.

"If this room is really that important, then the problem probably lies with this metal pillar."

As he spoke, Xiang Bei stepped forward.

The metal pillar also had card slots, and as expected, Xiang Bei inserted several cards into them.

The surface of the metal pillar quickly cracked.

Looking at it, Xiang Bei saw that the metal pillar was cracked in three places, and in each place there was a semi-transparent cylinder about the thickness of an adult's waist.

Each translucent cylinder is encased in metal at both ends and has something resembling a handle on top.

"A cylinder? Metal? Could this be an energy room?"

Xiang Bei vaguely remembered that spaceships in the universe relied on energy crystals as their energy source to fly.

However, he had never seen what the energy crystal actually looked like.

I don't understand! Xiang Bei pushed the three cylinders back and closed them again.

Don't touch this thing!

After noting down the shape of these cylinders, Xiang Bei left the room.

At this point, only a few compartments of the entire spaceship remained unexplored.

"Click!" Xiang Bei once again used those access cards to open a closed room.

This time, however, no lights were on.

"Huh? This is the weapons room!" With the help of the light from his combat suit, Xiang Bei could clearly see a number of firearm-like items displayed in transparent, enclosed cabinets.

Of course, besides these gun-shaped things, there were also some things that Xiang Bei couldn't understand.

Although he was very curious, Xiang Bei still didn't take the initiative to touch it.

Don't mess around with things you don't understand; you might end up blowing something up!

After leaving the room again, Xiang Bei continued walking inside, this time heading straight to the end of the corridor.

At the end, there was also a locked door.

When opened in the same way, it turned out to be an empty room.

However, having learned from his previous experience, this time Xiang Bei fixed his gaze directly on the wall in front of him.

Insert several cards!

Suddenly, cracks appeared on the wall, revealing twelve cubes about the size of drawers.

"Snap!"

Pull a whole block out of the wall, and you'll see an object that looks exactly like the translucent cylinders you saw in the metal pillars in the room earlier, lying quietly inside.

However, it is different from the others.

The cylinders inside the metal pillar looked somewhat like crystal, smooth and translucent, but they emitted no light.

But the one in front of us is not only more crystal clear, but also emits a faint white fluorescent light!

"This thing shouldn't have any radiation, right?" Xiang Bei thought to himself.

But I doubt it.

After passing through the previous rooms and seeing these scenes now.

Xiang Bei was already seven or eight parts certain in his heart.

The thing in my hand should be what's called an energy crystal.

I just don't know what level it is!

If this thing is an energy crystal, let's do a little reasoning.

That room from before must have been the energy room!

The reason why the spaceship completely stopped operating and was easily turned upside down by Xiang Bei was that it had run out of energy, with only a few important locations still maintaining power.

Should we recharge this spaceship?

Xiang Bei thought about it and then rejected the idea.

He can't pilot a spaceship, so even if he replenishes the energy, it's useless and a waste of energy.

And he hasn't even entered the crucial control room yet!

He couldn't guarantee that he would be able to enter the main control room after replenishing the energy.