The army of 500,000 cultivators, led by Li Gang, parted ways with Xie Lingzi and headed straight to a cold primeval forest in the northeast.
Dense forests cover a large area of mountains, highlands, valleys, and mountain streams, and towering trees cast a shadow, making this area a restricted area that is difficult for ordinary people to enter.
In this forest that winds for thousands of miles, there is a seemingly ordinary military base.
However, two hundred meters deep into the ground, there is a great steel wall that tightly surrounds the entire base. This defense circle, composed of tens of thousands of instruments, releases some kind of high-frequency electromagnetic waves all the time, no matter what, such as North America
Even the high-tech reconnaissance instrument or the spiritual consciousness of a grandmaster-level master cannot detect internal problems.
If you use your spiritual sense to explore it, you will find that this place is just an ordinary underground rock layer. Apart from the conspicuous military base on the ground, is there anything worth paying attention to?
After saying goodbye to Xie Lingzi a few hours ago, he was accompanied by Xie Yuanzi, the second elder of Jiuyou Sect, and finally confirmed that no one was following him to this base.
This is where Xue Gang supervised the construction two years ago to develop Atlantis technology.
Besides here, there is another place where high technology is also being developed, but it is for the country to see. Those heads of state are eager to take a look at the situation every once in a while. There must be a place for them to 'inspect', right?
Of course, the technological level of the base on the surface is limited, and there are also those that were shown to the chairman at the Pangu base, which are probably slightly better than North American technology.
The place in front of us, named Fenglei Base, is a real scientific research center. From the beginning of its construction, experts from the Jiuyou Sect have been stationed to ensure that it will not be discovered by anyone.
A lot of results have been achieved in more than two years.
To develop a certain highly civilized technology, you must first develop the other party's energy system, otherwise it will be impossible to develop advanced technology.
Through various types of rays that exist everywhere in nature, they are sealed in a metal Rubik's Cube made of a special alloy with many sealed chambers inside. This is the energy system of Atlantis. It was originally left in the hands of the natives of the Azores Islands.
The metal cube taken away by the demon aircraft was exactly like this.
The interior of the metal Rubik's Cube is divided into many spaces. Each space stores different types of rays. Once the energy source is turned on, each space will release various types of rays in different proportions. Different types and proportions of rays are mixed and passed through special processes in the core.
When the device is excited, a process similar to fusion will be formed, producing energy that is tens of millions of times more powerful than nuclear fusion.
Just like those three energy sources that were only as big as a palm, they could enable aircraft hundreds of meters long to roam in space for a long time. The power contained in them is evident!
As the energy system was developed first, the three brothers came up with the first developed 'Aegis' defense circle.
The theory of this kind of defense circle is not difficult. It mainly consists of extremely powerful energy sources and triggers. The Great Steel Wall that goes deep into the ground is the so-called 'Aegis' defense circle. An invisible and qualityless energy field envelopes this area.
It doesn't look any different from the outside, but in fact it can isolate all communication with the outside world.
Prevent technology and practitioners from detecting it. Depending on the strength of the energy source, it can best withstand frontal attacks from strong men in the Tribulation Stage. However, the temporarily accumulated energy source is not enough to reach this level.
Half a million people entered the "Aegis" defense circle. As a passage invisible to the naked eye opened, people filed into the base.
"In that case, I will go back first." Xie Yuanzi said after completing the escort mission.
"Thank you, senior."
Li Gang bowed respectfully, sent Xie Yuanzi away and immediately entered the lowest level of the base. On the way, he could see robots of various shapes and sizes, busy underground.
Assembly lines continuously produce the individual components that make up the 'Aegis' defense circle. Whenever a component is completed, it is sent to a certain place in the defense circle. Soon, a line of machinery integrates the components into the defense circle, and the defense circle
It also expanded a little bit, while other robots were constantly digging and expanding the coverage area of the 'Aegis' defense circle.
Since the development of the 'Aegis' defense system, its coverage area has expanded from less than a hundred meters in diameter to more than three thousand meters in diameter today. It can be described as a truly giant project.
If this was done by humans, underground excavation work alone would be extremely difficult, but it would be much easier to hand it over to these robots.
As the defense circle expands, there will be more defense space, where more production lines and robots can be placed, and more machines can be accommodated to turn the developed technology into physical objects. The more robots and production lines there are,
, the faster the defense circle expands, and there will be a larger defense space.
This is a trend that is developing geometrically. On the surface, the base where it is being built is still far behind North American technology research, but the level of military technology here has surpassed North America in some aspects.
Soon, Li Gang and Xue Gang entered the general command room.
This is also Li Gang's first time here. Xue Gang has always been in charge of Fenglei Base, while he stayed in the secular world to attend college and refine alchemy.
After listening to various reports sent from below, Li Gang thought for a moment and said: "Brother Xue, it seems that Xia Lei is not in danger for the time being. It is useless for us to rush. We should take the opportunity to focus on developing technology."
"Yes, the main problem right now is the extreme shortage of metal." Xue Gang sighed helplessly.
"I understand too."
Li Gang shook his head and smiled bitterly, looking at the data on the screen: "It's not that there is a shortage of metals. The main reason is that the transportation of large amounts of metals can easily attract attention, and some metals are not available on the earth at all, which makes some things unable to be manufactured."
Patting him on the shoulder, Xue Gang smiled and said: "Okay, I won't whet your appetite. The resource ore ship was successfully developed two months ago and has now entered the mass production stage. In about half a year, there will be fifty ships.
Once the resource ore ship and a hundred large transport ships are completed, it will not be difficult to send them to other planets to mine mineral deposits."
Almost frightened by these words, Li Gang was stunned for a while, and then excitedly grabbed his shoulders and said anxiously: "So... we have no shortage of metal, and we have truly entered the early space age.
Already?"
"Hehe...what do you think?"
Xue Gang showed a sly smile and entered a series of instructions on the console. The data on the screen was reorganized, and the fleet simulation diagram was presented: "Look, the top speed of the resource ore ship is a hundred times the speed of sound, although the transport ship is slower.
There are also forty times the phonemes. Although it seems that the things we can carry are limited, don’t forget that we are cultivators. Who would be stupid enough to put ore on a transport ship?”
Thinking about the meaning of his words, Li Gang's face became extremely angry and weird. He stared at him for a while and then murmured: "Are you too treacherous? One transport ship really can't hold much. We have a limited number of transport ships."
, but it’s different when cultivators are stuffed in. Each person brings a pair of storage magic weapons, and one person can carry up to tens of millions of tons of resources. How many resources does the entire transport ship have to carry? But... But in this case
Can’t we keep up with the speed of mining minerals?”
"Who says you can't keep up? Install a production line in a transport ship. If a planet has a mine, just throw a few production lines there and let it continue to manufacture mining robots and smelting equipment on that planet. Sons will beget grandchildren, and grandsons will beget children. This is
But the increase in geometric figures will not take long, hehe..."
"Fuck! It won't be long before the planet is filled with mining robots and smelting equipment. From one planet to ten planets, the minerals will continue to increase geometrically? Darling... Only now do I understand why Atlantis can
Control so many administrative stars and mineral stars."
"Brother, you are wrong about this."
Xue Gang pointed at the pattern on the screen and said with an embarrassed smile: "With dozens of times the speed of sound, they can only mine on the planet closest to the earth for the time being. It is not possible to develop more mineral stars. Just take this
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are too far away. How long will it take to reach them at the speed of a resource ore ship? How long will it take to send them back after mining?"
Yes, a hundred times the speed of sound seems very fast, but in the vast and boundless universe, this speed seems too slow.
Seeing that Li Gang was hesitating and unable to speak, Xue Gang whispered: "We are still at the high-speed level of sound. In terms of outer space technology, it can only be regarded as just beginning. Only when the theory of super-light speed and wormhole jumping enters practice can we
Once we truly step out of the solar system and enter the era of high-level space colonization, how many resources can a solar system have?"
The Fenglei base was operating as usual. After the two discussed the development trends of science and technology, Li Gang immediately summoned his disciples who inherited the Xingxing Pavilion secrets and distributed a large number of lower-quality materials, allowing them to work hard to learn weapon refining.
In the past, these people only focused on cultivating mental skills and improving their own strength. After this exchange with Xue Gang, he knew that he would need to store a large amount of magic weapons and carry minerals. These disciples have limited cultivation, and they cannot refine good materials.
, only those low-grade materials can be used to refine low-grade spiritual weapons, or even treasure-level storage magic weapons.
And he didn't go back to school right away, instead he plunged into the secret room to practice.
This operation made him feel the hostility of Xuanzong's factions towards him. It was not a good sign for Zhaixing Pavilion to reappear in the world of cultivation. Before he was unable to fight against those masters, he could not stay in the secular world for the time being.
Not to mention the crazy development of technology in Fenglei Base, cultivators are also working hard to improve. On the other hand, Xie Lingzi went back to Jiuyou Sect to arrange various matters, and took several elders straight to the mountain gate of Xuanji Sect...
Mysterious school.
One of the three sects of Xuanzong, it is well-known in the world of cultivation for its formation methods. It is also the only sect of Xuanzong that has a good relationship with Jiuyou Sect. The mountain gate is located in the mountains in the southwest.
In order to show respect to the leaders of each sect, the Xuanji Sect's mountain gate formation was fully opened today, and hundreds of Taoist boys were divided into two lines to welcome them to the foot of the mountain. Two elders of the sect even greeted them personally, which can be said to be a kind gesture, which is enough.
Everyone's face was saved, and Xie Lingzi and his party were treated with great courtesy and personally escorted up the mountain by an elder.
Not long after, many sects had arrived at the Xuanji Hall on the main peak of Huayun. They all sat solemnly, waiting for all the leaders of each sect to arrive...