Swallowing the Stars: My Comprehension is Beyond the Heavens!

Chapter 122 Base on Mars

"Rorschach, we're almost at Mars. The spaceship is starting to slow down."

Babata's voice rang out in the virtual space. Upon hearing this, Luo Xia put the book in his hand on the bookshelf and then exited the virtual space.

"Are we almost there?"

He looked ahead and, with the help of the outdoor simulation function, he could see a red planet in the distance!

As the spaceship approaches, the enormous planet seems to be crashing down on you, which is quite awe-inspiring.

hum...

Under Babata's control, the spacecraft steadily entered Mars' gravitational orbit, and then it traversed the Martian atmosphere.

Mars has a very thin atmosphere, and the spacecraft flew steadily and quickly downwards.

Before long, in Rorschach's view, a huge pyramid appeared on the vast, wild, gravelly land!

One, two, three...

There are nine pyramids in total!

They form a larger pyramid in space as a whole!

Beneath the towering nine pyramids, one can vaguely see a dilapidated city with roads and building foundations!

Before long, the spaceship arrived at the central area of ​​the nine pyramids.

Rorschach said, "Babata, open the hatch."

Chi Chi!

The hatch opened, he put on the Black God suit, and flew out of the spaceship.

Luo Xiafei, hovering in the air, gazed at the pyramids and asked Babata, "Babata, there are so many pyramids on Mars, and there are cities beneath them. Why haven't we discovered them on Earth all these years?"

In the era before Nirvana, Earth also observed Mars, and even countries across the ocean launched probes toward the planet.

However, these pyramids have never been discovered on Earth.

Babata replied, "This base belongs to the Silver Blue Empire. With their technological level, it would be very easy for them to hide such a base without it being discovered by Earth."

She smiled at Luo Xia and said, "Besides, even with your Earth's probes, you can't reach this area at all. How did you discover it? On Mars, there are often huge storms that sweep across the entire planet."

Rorschach nodded, then asked, "Why did the Silverblue Empire build such a base here?"

"This all started in the age of dinosaurs on your planet."

"The Age of Dinosaurs?"

"Yes, according to the information recorded in my database, Earth was once ruled by the Silver Blue Empire as a pastoral planet. They raised dinosaurs on Earth and then sold them to people on other planets."

Babata said, "Dinosaurs were very profitable back then, and in order to protect this important industry, the Silver Blue Empire built this base on Mars. The reason for building the base here instead of directly on Earth is..."

"That's because there are large veins of black iron on Mars! The second purpose of this base is to mine the black iron from the Martian earth."

Luo Xia raised an eyebrow. "Mysterious Iron?"

"Translated, this is the name."

As Babata spoke, a look of reminiscence crossed his face. "Back then, when Master came to Earth, he destroyed the Silver Blue Empire's interstellar transport ship in one fell swoop. All the spaceships and transport ships that can be found on Earth today were shot down by Master back then."

Looking at the base before her, she continued, "After the interstellar transport ship was destroyed, this base also lost its supplies. Even if they could make their own meals, they wouldn't last long. So... they're all finished."

Rorschach nodded in realization.

It turns out that this dilapidated base has such a story behind it.

"I find these pyramids rather strange. Do they have any special significance?" he asked, looking at the nine pyramids.

Pyramids also exist on Earth.

Were those pyramids built in imitation of these alien structures?

"These pyramids are energy towers," Babata said. "They were made by imitating the way the machine race produces energy, and they are very cost-effective."

"A machine race?" Rorschach asked curiously. "Is it a race similar to the Transformers?"

Babata has lived on Earth for over 50,000 years, so naturally he knows what Transformers are.

She nodded slightly. "The two are different in their essential nature, but in terms of appearance, they are about the same."

Babata looked down at the ruined city below the pyramids and said to Rorschach, "The city we see on the surface now actually expanded from underground; it's only a small part of the main city. Let's go underground."

She pointed to Rorschach, "Go to the left, twelve kilometers away, there's a surface cave you can enter."

Following her instructions, Rorschach flew to the left.

Before long, a huge cave with a diameter of 100 meters came into view.

Whoosh!

Rorschach plunged directly into the cave, continuing to descend deeper into the earth.

As he descended, he released his mental energy.

As a sixth-level planetary-level mentalist, one's mental power can radiate to a distance of 6000 meters.

Before long, Rorschach sensed a huge city gate.

He landed in front of the city gate and released the black robot he had previously subdued in Ruins No. 12.

"Push open the city gate."

Rorschach gave the order for the black robot to push open the city gate, while he himself stepped back a distance.

Rumble...

The metal robot's powerful hand pressed down on the iron gate, and with the force exerted, it produced a resounding, cave-like sound. A large amount of soil fell down, and amidst the swirling sand and dust, the iron gate was opened.

shhhhhh!

However, just as the iron gate was opened, a series of dazzling laser beams shot out from inside the iron gate, almost covering the entire area of ​​the iron gate!

The black robot was hit instantly, and the enormous impact force caused it to slam into the cave wall next to it, causing a large amount of dust to collapse.

"Damn, they even have lasers!"

Although Rorschach had some expectation, he was still startled when he saw the white laser suddenly shoot out from inside the iron gate.

Babata said, "The nine pyramids are not damaged; they are still functioning normally, supplying this underground city. So, although there is no life, the city's function has not disappeared."

"Is this the technology of the Machine Race?" Rorschach exclaimed. "Even a mere imitation can last for such a long time."

"This underground city was built specifically for mining. It's not very aggressive. We can just rush in and cut off its energy lines first, then we can move in unimpeded."

Babata said.

Luo Xia nodded, used the Cloud Vine and Black God Set to protect himself, then activated his Domain and Divine Wind Leg, and rushed through the iron gate!

A laser is coming!

Under the power of the domain, Luo Xia clearly saw the trajectory of the laser beam. He moved with the grace of a startled swan and the agility of a cunning rabbit, his body twisting and turning, and in an instant he rushed out of the area covered by the laser.

The city was pitch black.

But Rorschach's eyesight still allows him to see his entire surroundings clearly.

"left!"

"Now turn right, that's right!"

"This is it!"

Guided by Babata, Rorschach soon arrived at a place filled with thick metal pipes.

"Cut off these pipes," Babata said.

Rorschach nodded, took out the Crimson Copper Mother, and under the control of his telekinesis, attached 117 incredibly tough strands of telekinesis to the fragment. Whoosh!

The red copper mother material transformed into a crimson thread, wrapping around the metal pipes.

In less than a second, the red-copper mother that had flown out flew back.

Then--

Snap! Snap!

A series of slightly jarring sounds rang out.

A burst of electric sparks erupted, followed by a deafening roar as the metal pipes shattered.

"There are eight more energy towers!" Babata said.

Rorschach smiled and said, "Give me directions."

The base wasn't of a high level, so the defenses of the entire underground city were also weak. As a result, Luo Xia didn't encounter any obstacles during the process of cutting off the energy supply.

Less than a few minutes.

Rorschach cut off the entire city's energy supply.

Babata smiled broadly and said:

"With the energy supply cut off, we can now search for the stored Xuan Iron without any worries. I suspect the higher-grade Xuan Iron essence has been carefully hidden away. Let's start searching, and take everything we find that's good!"

Rorschach nodded and began searching the city.

The city is vast, and all the buildings are made of black iron.

If the Golden Horned Beast could traverse the void, it could come directly over and devour the entire city.

Before long, Rorschach and Babata discovered a large pile of black iron.

These black iron pieces were placed outside the warehouse, obscuring the warehouse door, resembling small mountains.

Babata said, "If I'm not mistaken, the Xuan Tie Jing is in the warehouse."

Xuan Tie Jing is a higher grade of metal than Xuan Tie, and it is born from Xuan Tie.

Mystic Iron is a Grade A metal, while Mystic Iron Essence is Grade B!

"Let's collect all this black iron from the outer perimeter first. There should be enough black iron ore for Big Brother to devour."

Rorschach said.

With a thought, he caused piles of black iron ore to disappear and be stored in his storage space.

Babata raised his hand. "I'll help too!"

With their combined efforts, all the black iron outside the warehouse disappeared and was stored in the storage space.

"There are only 1.18 million tons of black iron here, which is far too little. It's barely enough to build a small interstellar warship," Babata said.

"Let's take a look at the warehouse first." Luo Xia stepped towards the warehouse in front of him. "If there's any Xuan Iron Essence inside, that would be even better."

The warehouse doors were tightly shut.

Rorschach tried to push it, but found it wouldn't budge.

Even when the black robot tried to push it, the door didn't budge.

"It seems the only option is to break it open," Rorschach muttered to himself, urging the Crimson Copper Mother to cut towards the gate.

This gate is also made of black iron.

Very thick.

It took Luo Xia more than ten seconds to cut out a doorway large enough for one person to enter.

The warehouse was also filled with black iron.

"Babata, it's up to you!" Rorschach said.

His storage space is almost full.

Babata still has plenty of storage space.

Babata nodded and gradually stored the black iron in the warehouse into her storage space. With her efforts, the mountain of black iron ore continued to decrease.

"Hmm, dark red?"

Suddenly, Luo Xia spotted a pile of deep red mineral deposits and couldn't help but ask Babata, "Babata, is that Xuan Tie Jing (Mysterious Iron Essence)?"

He led Babata to the deep red mine.

Babata glanced at it and said happily, "That's right, these are all Xuan Iron Essence!"

"About how much?" Rorschach asked.

Babata glanced around and said, "About 1200 tons."

"So little?" Babata glared at Luo Xia. "1200 tons of Xuan Iron Essence is already a lot! You should know that in a large Xuan Iron Mine, you're lucky if you get one ten-thousandth of the Xuan Iron Essence!"

"I see..." Luo Xia glanced at the Xuan Tie Jing in front of him. "Let's put them away for now. This is just one warehouse; there might be more Xuan Tie Jing in other warehouses."

Babata nodded, and with a wave of his small hand, he put away the Xuan Tie Jing in front of him.

Seeing that the warehouse was empty of Xuan Iron and Xuan Iron Essence, Luo Xia immediately left and headed to other warehouses.

They searched extensively throughout the city and soon found over a thousand tons of Xuan Tie essence.

More than 30 minutes later.

Luo Xia looked at the door before him, then suddenly exclaimed to Babata with delight, "Babata, come and see! This door is made of refined black iron!"

Babata flew over, looked at the door that was clearly a basement warehouse, and laughed, "Even the door is made of refined black iron. There might even be a Black Iron Mother down there. Let's go down and take a look!"

As she spoke, she closed the deep red door.

Rorschach and she followed the passage behind the door into a huge basement.

"My goodness!"

Rorschach looked at the scene in the basement and exclaimed in amazement.

What came into view was a large number of rotten weapons.

But these weapons only occupied a small part of the basement space. What was most eye-catching was a large amount of dark red metal!

The size of these metals far exceeds that of the Xuan Tie essence that Luo Xia had found before!

Moreover, in the center of this black iron essence, there is a piece of blood-red metal!

"Babata, is that the Black Iron Mother?" Luo Xia asked, pointing to the blood-red metal.

Babata glanced at it and immediately nodded, saying, "That's right, it's the Black Iron Mother! This piece weighs about 360 kilograms!"

"How much Xuan Tie essence is there here?"

"There are approximately 12300 tons of Xuan Tie (a type of refined iron).

"It's out! Hahaha!"

Rorschach laughed out loud.

Babata frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something, and said to Luo Xia, "Generally speaking, precious metals like Xuan Tie Jing and Xuan Tie Mu should be stored in a warehouse. How come they're in this basement?"

She thought for a moment and said to Luo Xia, "I think there must have been some systemic changes at this base back then, which changed the storage location of the Xuan Tie Essence and Xuan Tie Mother. We'd better go to the city's central control room to check it out."

"Okay," Rorschach agreed.

He had this question in mind when he entered the basement.

This looks like someone's private place.

As a base, such private storage should not be in accordance with regulations.

……

A few minutes later, guided by Babata, Rorschach arrived at the central control room of the underground city.

The city's smart monitoring system had recently stopped operating due to a power outage.

After Babata used the energy crystal to restart the entire system, Rorschach and his team quickly found historical images and information about the underground city.

These materials and images are enormous.

It took Babata several minutes to summarize and organize the information.

"The system here has indeed changed."

"The more than three million people who remained here, unable to receive outside assistance, split into many factions, and like nations on Earth, they are competing for various resources here."

"Most of the Xuan Iron Essence and Xuan Iron Mother should have been hidden away by them."

Babata projected a virtual 3D map into the void, on which she marked many red dots.

"These marked locations are the strongholds of those forces. Let's search each of their strongholds; perhaps we can find a large quantity of Xuan Iron Essence and Xuan Iron Mother!"

Babata said.

Rorschach's eyes lit up, and he said, "Let's go!"

A total of 12 locations were searched, and 8 of them were completely empty, with nothing found.

It was obviously taken away by other forces.

The harvest from the other four strongholds was also substantial!

Finally, Babata calculated for Luo Xia that they ultimately obtained approximately 33600 tons of Xuan Iron Essence and 2.34 tons of Xuan Iron Mother!

As for Xuan Tie...

"Baba Tower, this underground city, is entirely built of black iron. We can't waste it, can we?"

Looking at the city standing in the darkness, Rorschach's eyes lit up.

Babata smiled and nodded, "Of course we can't waste it! Next, you'll be in charge of disassembling it, and I'll store it in the storage space!"

"good!"

Luo Xia rushed out and began violently dismantling the structure!

Rumble...

The violent demolition lasted for more than eight hours. When Rorschach stopped, the entire steel city had vanished, leaving only some decaying remains, buried forlornly in the gravel and dust.

"Rorschach, we've collected a total of 92.8 billion tons of Xuan Iron raw materials! This Xuan Iron isn't just enough for your elder brother to devour, but it can also be sold for a fortune in the universe! Then you won't be short of money while you're adventuring in the cosmos!"

Babata said happily.

She looked at those black iron pieces as if they were beautiful banknotes.

Her eyes were sparkling.

Rorschach smiled and nodded, then said, "Babata, we should go back."

He flew out of the underground city and brought Babata back to the spaceship.

Looking down at the base, Babata said, "Actually, the mineral veins here haven't been fully mined yet, but we don't have the tools or manpower, so we can't mine the deposits here."

"One should be content. We've already obtained a lot of Xuan Iron and Xuan Iron Essence this time. Let's go back to Earth."

Rorschach said with a smile.

Babata nodded and began to control the Black Dragon Mountain-X81 to return to base.

……

Earth, Kirishima.

Luo Feng is currently practicing "Absolute Space".

There is no shortcut to this secret method; it is all about continuous practice, practice, and more practice until you become familiar with that speed and master that power.

Luo Feng's wings flapped, and he shot out with a burst of speed!

Halfway through the flight, he suddenly made a right-angle turn!

Logically speaking, anything should lose speed when turning or changing direction because the direction of its kinetic potential energy changes.

But now, when Luo Feng turns, he doesn't lose speed; he still maintains the speed at which he sprints forward!

This is the first layer of Absolute Space: Arc Light!

The secret technique of this level allows cultivators to unleash their maximum speed in an instant.

For example, a person's maximum speed is 500 meters per second.

So he needs to accelerate for a distance to reach that top speed!

However, after practicing Absolute Space, he was able to reach a speed of 500 meters per second the instant he started!

Moreover, this secret technique can also be used for steering.

It allows you to maintain a constant speed when changing direction.

boom!

Luo Feng's massive body slammed into a mountain wall.

As rubble fell, Luo Feng slowly flew out of the mountain wall. He shook his massive head and muttered to himself:

"The first level of absolute space is indeed difficult. A burst of speed can be achieved with practice, but to stop it instantly violates the most basic laws of physics. The enormous kinetic potential energy is simply unstoppable..."

"Um?"

As it was talking to itself, the golden-horned behemoth suddenly sensed the approaching spaceship with its keen senses.

He looked up at the sky and saw a black spaceship appear. Rorschach flew out of the hatch, and then Babata put the spaceship into his storage space.

Luo Feng was overjoyed: "Xia and Babata are back!"

(End of this chapter)