Swallowing the Stars: My Comprehension is Beyond the Heavens!

Chapter 120, Ruins No. 12

Time is slipping away little by little.

Rorschach was so engrossed in comprehending the golden runes of the Golden Horned Beast that he was completely unaware of the passage of time.

Looking at Luo Xia like this, Luo Feng was taken aback and said to Babata, "Little Xia... could he really have comprehended the Golden Horned Beast's innate secret technique from the golden runes?"

Babata hesitated and said, "I don't know. Although Rorschach is the most talented genius I've ever seen, comprehending the innate secrets of other life forms is too exaggerated, it should be impossible..."

She had barely finished speaking when she saw Luo Xia open his eyes.

Luo Feng asked, "How's it going, Xia? Any takeaways?"

Babata looked at him expectantly.

Although she thought Luo Xia probably couldn't comprehend the Golden Horned Beast's innate secret technique, what if he could?

After all, this guy's comprehension is truly extraordinary!

"Yes, I've learned something..."

Under the expectant gazes of Luo Feng and Babata, Luo Xia nodded, but soon his brows furrowed slightly as he continued:

"However, the Golden Horned Beast's two innate secret techniques, 'Devour' and 'Clone,' are both activated by the 'inner world' within its crystal core. In other words, one must have an 'inner world' similar to that of the Golden Horned Beast in order to unleash these two innate secret techniques."

Luo Feng nodded in agreement.

Now that he has possessed the Golden Horned Beast, he naturally knows the key to using these two innate secret techniques.

As Rorschach said, the inner world within the Golden Horned Beast's crystal core is the core and key to unleashing these two innate secret techniques.

All the metals and food that are consumed need to be digested in the "inner world".

The clone is also conceived in the "inner world".

Without the "inner world," the Golden Horned Beast might not have possessed the innate secret techniques of "devouring" and "cloning."

Babata looked at Rorschach and said, "So the gain you're talking about... could it be that you learned the Golden Horned Beast's innate secret technique - Enhancement?!"

"Not yet, it's not that easy."

Luo Xia shook his head, both amused and exasperated. Then, looking at Luo Feng's golden-horned beast body, he said, "However, if I study it a few more times, I should be able to understand the golden-horned beast's enhancement technique."

Babata opened his mouth in surprise.

After a few more attempts at understanding, will I be able to comprehend the Golden Horned Beast's enhanced talent?

That's a secret innate technique!

Even immortal-level powerhouses cannot learn or comprehend the innate secret techniques from other life forms!

Rorschach, an Earthling, has done it!

This……

Babata didn't know what expression or words to use to describe Rorschach's comprehension!

Fortunately, she had already been shocked by Luo Xia many times before, so after a slight surprise, she regained her composure and said to Luo Feng and Luo Xia, "In that case, after Luo Feng finishes his cultivation, Luo Xia, you will continue to enter Luo Feng's body to comprehend the Golden Horned Beast's innate runes."

"Mm." Luo Feng nodded.

"By the way, Xia." Luo Feng seemed to remember something and suddenly looked at Luo Xia, asking with a mixture of anticipation and worry, "When I was inside the egg, I vaguely heard Xu Xin's voice... talking about something about children."

Luo Xia slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot to tell you, a little over a month ago, my sister-in-law called me because she couldn't reach you. She said she was pregnant with your child."

Luo Feng was stunned. "I...I have a child?!"

"Yes, congratulations, big brother, you're going to be a father!" Luo Xia congratulated him with a smile.

"Haha! I'm going to be a dad!"

"roar!"

Luo Feng was so happy that he wanted to fly. His huge wings flapped, and his massive body walked back and forth. He even excitedly looked up at the sky and let out a roar.

The roar of the cosmic behemoth carried an imposing aura of its inherent power.

Hearing Luo Feng's roar, the monsters in the lakes surrounding Wudao Island fled in terror from the area around the island!

It took Luo Feng a while to calm down.

He looked down at his current body and said, "Xu Xin is pregnant with my child! I'll create an Earthling clone right now! Once the clone is successfully created, I can go see Xu Xin and my child!"

"Big brother, your clone must take quite a while to develop, right?" Luo Xia asked.

Luo Feng nodded. "Yes, the gestation time varies depending on the strength required to create a clone. Babata, take out my body; I'm going to begin the gestation process."

Babata nodded and took out Luo Feng's original body.

Luo Feng began to develop his first clone.

Soon after, he opened his eyes, his gaze filled with helplessness.

Luo Xia asked, "Big brother, how long will it take for the embryo to successfully develop?"

Luo Feng sighed, "It will take one or two years... If my cultivation level improves, I can shorten that time. For example, if I reach the Hengxing level, I can nurture an Earthling clone within one or two months."

Babata asked, "Luo Feng, even with the Golden Horned Beast's powerful bloodline, reaching the Constant Star level quickly would be very difficult, wouldn't it?"

"That's how it is. Generally speaking, it takes ten years for a Golden Horned Beast that only eats ordinary metals and not eggshells to reach the Eternal Star level. However, since I ate the eggshell, I can reach the Eternal Star level in just one year by consuming a large amount of ordinary metals."

Luo Feng sighed.

Upon hearing that Xu Xin had her own child, Luo Feng wanted to go back immediately.

Every minute and every second right now is torture for him.

However, he also knew that if he appeared in the form of a golden-horned behemoth, it would only frighten Xu Xin and her family.

Therefore, no matter how much Luo Feng wanted to go back, he could only endure it for now.

"Big brother, does your Devouring Talent increase your strength faster the better the metal you devour?" Luo Xia suddenly asked.

Luo Feng nodded and said, "Yes, but right now, most of the metals on Earth are controlled by humans. There's hardly any metal outside of human base cities. It's a bit troublesome to try and increase my strength by absorbing metal."

He couldn't possibly ask humans for metal.

Given his current appearance, the first thing humans would probably do upon seeing him is fire laser cannons!

Luo Feng's body simply transformed into a golden-horned behemoth.

The soul is still human!

He didn't want to clash with his fellow countrymen.

Luo Xia stroked his chin and said, "I can buy the metal, but if you want to raise your strength to the Hengxing level in a short time, the quality of that metal probably won't be enough."

Babata nodded. "That's right. Even if you include alloys, the quality of metals on Earth is at most A6 grade. And with your Earth's technological capabilities, it would be extremely difficult to mass-produce A6 grade alloys. It's simply impossible to supply you with enough to reach the Hengxing level in a short period of time."

At this point, Babata suddenly fell into thought, and then said:

"I do know that Mars has a large amount of A8-grade metal—mysterious iron—left behind by the Silver Blue Empire. But the problem is, we don't have a spaceship right now, so we can't go to Mars at all."

Rorschach said, "Aren't there some ancient civilization ruins on Earth that haven't been explored yet? Could there be intact spaceships in those ruins? If so, we could go directly to Mars."

Babata frowned. "That's certainly possible."

With a wave of her small hand, various ancient civilizations discovered on Earth appeared before her.

"These are the various relics that you humans have discovered."

"Most of the ruins have been explored, and there are no intact spaceships. Only the ruins designated as No. 1, No. 12, and No. 31 remain unexplored. Everyone who entered these three ruins died, making them the three most dangerous places on Earth."

Babata looked solemnly at Luo Xia and Luo Feng, and continued, "Ruins No. 1 and No. 31 are both true dead ends. Even universe-level powerhouses would surely die if they went there. So the only place we can go now is Ruins No. 12."

"Remains No. 12...?"

Luo Xia glanced at the information on the virtual projection and nodded. "Then let's go take a look at this ruin! Otherwise, by the time you finish building your spaceship, my nephews will be too old to run errands."

Babata shrugged. "Whether there are any intact spaceships at Ruins 12 is still unknown."

"Let's go take a look. Anyway, I don't have anything to do right now." Luo Xia said, turning to Luo Feng, "Big brother, you can cultivate here first. Babata and I will go to Ruins No. 12."

Luo Feng nodded his massive head and said, "Be careful. If it's too dangerous, come back immediately. Don't be reckless."

"Okay, don't worry, Babata and I are leaving."

Luo Xia, carrying Babata, bid farewell to Luo Feng and flew towards Ruins No. 12.

Coincidentally, the location of the No. 12 site is in the Pacific Ocean, not far from the Hawaiian Islands, underwater.

Rorschach also discovered the Golden Horned Beast's egg in that sea area.

……

"Rorschach, the No. 12 ruin is located just below this spot."

On the undulating sea, Babata pointed out the exact location of Site 12 to Rorschach.

"You need to go down to a depth of about 5100 meters to the seabed, and then continue to descend until you reach 3000 meters, where you will be able to see the No. 12 relic."

Rorschach nodded. "I understand."

The Black God Set, incorporating elements of the Moyun Vine, enveloped him, transforming him into a set of black and purple armor.

He plunged headfirst into the sea.

The sea was teeming with sea creatures. Rorschach controlled the curved blade disc, diving down while casually killing all the sea creatures he encountered along the way.

The blood spread like red ink in the seawater.

Rorschach continued to descend, and soon he reached a depth of about 5000 meters, where he saw the huge seabed below.

"Speaking of which, how did we humans discover Site 12 at such a depth?"

As they pierced through the seabed rocks and descended to a depth of 3000 meters, Rorschach asked in bewilderment.

"Of course, it was detected using instruments found at other extraterrestrial sites."

Babata said, "Apart from those like me who can actively isolate signals and disguise themselves to prevent you humans from detecting them, you have basically discovered all the other relics on Earth."

"I see." Rorschach nodded.

Babata then said, "We've arrived!"

Luo Xia immediately slowed down and stopped. In his mental perception, the warship was so huge that even his mental power could not completely cover it.

"Tsk, it's even bigger than the curator's interstellar transport ship!"

"Wow! We've come to the right place!" Babata suddenly exclaimed excitedly. As Rorschach entered the warship through the breach, she said, "This is a mothership of a star fleet!"

Her figure appeared beside Luo Xia, her beautiful eyes gazing at the alloy walls inside the warship.

"This mothership is 16000 meters long, 3200 meters wide, and 800 meters high."

Babata slowly recited the data of the mothership, his face showing excitement.

"It most likely contains a perfectly preserved spaceship! We made the right choice! Let me scan it..."

Babata closed his eyes and began to probe the mothership.

"Hmm, most of the weapons have been dismantled, and those that weren't have rotted away... Hmm, my detector can't reach deeper. It seems we can only keep going and see if we're lucky enough."

"Rorschach, keep going straight along this path."

Babata said.

Rorschach nodded and followed her instructions, proceeding along the passage.

moment--

Rorschach and Babata arrived at a secret, enormous cabin.

Inside this compartment is a saucer-shaped spaceship with a diameter of about 100 meters.

The spaceship was entirely black. Although it was unknown how long it had been parked there, the degree of corrosion on its fuselage was very, very small, almost negligible.

The spaceship's hull is also decorated with patterns of winged dragons.

"Haha, Babata, isn't this a perfectly intact spaceship!" Rorschach exclaimed happily upon seeing the black spaceship.

Babata stared at the spaceship with astonishment, then exclaimed excitedly, "Who would have thought? To encounter a 'Black Dragon Mountain-X81' here! This is a renowned space adventure ship from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire!"

Rorschach looked at Babata and asked, "Babata, do you recognize this spaceship?"

"Of course I know him!"

Babata, hands on his hips, looked at the black, saucer-shaped spaceship in front of him and said:

"This spaceship is very famous throughout the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. Only cosmic-level powerhouses or those with powerful family backgrounds can afford to buy one!"

She looked at the Black Dragon Mountain-X81 with delight and said with a smile, "With this X81, I don't need to go through the trouble of building a spaceship from scratch anymore. As long as I hack into the intelligent system of this X81 model spaceship, crack its system, and modify it a bit, we can ride it to adventure in the universe."

Rorschach had already located the spaceship's entrance. "This looks like the spaceship's hatch entrance..."

Babata then flew to Rorschach's side, looked at the spaceship's hatch entrance, and said, "I've seen the internal structure of the X81 model spaceship before, and this is indeed the hatch entrance."

"Once you open the entrance to this hatch, you will see a laser tunnel. By design, those lasers can easily kill gene warriors of the fifth or sixth rank at the planetary level."

"After passing through the laser tunnel, you will encounter a gate. Only by opening that gate can you successfully enter the interior of the spaceship."

Babata waved her little hand, and a three-dimensional virtual projection of the spaceship's interior appeared in front of Rorschach. Pointing to the gate, she continued:

"That's the difficulty. This gate is extremely difficult to open; without activating the switch, it can only be opened by brute force."

"But to lift this gate, one must at least reach the level of a fourth-tier martial artist of the Hengxing level."

Rorschach blinked.

He is currently only a fourth-level planetary-level martial artist. Even with a power burst of 16 times, he still cannot reach the power of a fourth-level celestial-level martial artist.

"Then we'll have to destroy it head-on," Rorschach said, frowning. "With my domain, Divine Wind Kick, and 16 times the power, plus the Crimson Copper Mother, I should be able to blow that gate apart!"

"No, no, no!" Babata quickly waved his hands, "We still need to use this Black Dragon Mountain-X81 later. If you damage it, it will be a lot of trouble to repair. Just use this one."

She suddenly reached into her storage space and took out a tool that looked like an axe.

"What's this?" Rorschach asked curiously as he took it.

"A giant jack!" Babata explained. "It works on the same principle as the jacks on Earth. It's a tool used to repair spaceships. Using it, we should be able to lift that gate."

She instructed Rorschach, "You just need to insert the ultra-thin side into the gap between the gate and the ground, and that will do."

"Understood."

Rorschach nodded, put away the Mighty Thrust, then stepped forward, inserted his hands into the gap of the spaceship's hatch, and with a jolt, the hatch opened with a series of clicks.

Rorschach entered the hatch, and in front of him was a passageway about thirty meters long.

There are countless holes on both sides of the passage.

This is the laser tunnel.

Through it, you can reach the spaceship's gate.

"call……"

Looking at the laser tunnel, Rorschach took a deep breath.

next second.

A gray field spread outwards from him, enveloping the entire laser channel.

Kamikaze Kick activated!

16x speed!

call out!

Rorschach disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he had already passed through the laser tunnel and arrived in front of the gate.

The whole process felt like teleportation!

With the enhancement of his domain and Kamikaze Kick, he passed through the laser tunnel before it could even react.

"It's so easy..."

Luo Xia smiled, bent down, and placed the giant jack into the gap between the gate and the ground.

Babata appeared beside him and said, "It's only because you possess the power of the Godspeed Domain and the Divine Wind Kick that even Hong and Thor would suffer some losses in this laser tunnel!"

When she spoke.

A tooth-grinding sound rang out.

The heavy gate slowly rose under the force of the jacking, revealing a space large enough for a person to lie down and pass through.

Without hesitation, Luo Xia slipped and skimmed the ground as he rushed into the spaceship.

boom!

Babata retracted the giant jack, and the gate crashed down with a roar.

"We are now inside the Heilongshan-X81 spaceship. Heading to the command center, once I insert the 'signal device' into the spaceship's intelligent system interface, I can bypass its intelligent defenses and take control of the entire spaceship."

"clear."

"This way!"

Guided by Babata, Rorschach headed toward the spaceship's command center.

……

at the same time.

In the spacecraft's command center, the screen on the control panel suddenly lit up, and then a large number of universal language characters appeared.

The meaning translated into Chinese is—

"A human planetary-level mentalist has intruded."

"Threat level: weak."

"Kill him!"

After these words appeared, the lights suddenly came on in a closed room on the ground floor of Heilongshan-X81.

In this room, the eyes of the three metal robots that had been motionless suddenly lit up.

clack clack...

As the energy within their bodies began to circulate, the three robots transformed into three streaks of light, leaving the room and heading towards Luo Xia's location!

……

Rorschach was advancing according to Babata's instructions when suddenly Babata said, "Rorschach, three robots are attacking from behind!"

Luo Xia turned around and saw three black streaks of light rushing towards him!

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