I can find treasures in my dreams.

Faced with the undisguised astonishment in Gabamuda's eyes, Guo Nannan simply gave a faint smile.

His tone was as casual as if he were talking about the weather: "Your Iron Fist people's Iron Spirit is indeed sharp. I have indeed been working hard to gather my Yuan Gang these past few days."

"Yuan Gang?!"

These two words struck Gabamda's mind like a thunderclap, causing him to clench his fists tightly.

The iron-fisted man's metallic face was filled with shock, and he even subconsciously exclaimed, "Ah!"

Because Yuan Gang is the signature power of a knight.

Gabamda had long known that this Mr. Guo had amazing talent and would definitely break through to the Knight Realm in the future, but he never thought that day would come so soon!

This speed completely overturned his understanding!

Guo Nannan smiled gently and gave a vague explanation: "I've been having good luck lately and had a wonderful encounter."

The so-called "adventure" was, to put it bluntly, the shocking secret operation organized by the People's Federation three days ago.

Including him, more than 300 high-ranking warriors descended into the Sunken Abyss Secret Realm through a magical stone gate, fought against the giant stone worms within the secret realm, and obtained many items of unimaginable value.

That is—the Badge of Bravery and the Badge of War!

The Battle Spirit Badge, in particular, is truly amazing.

Guo Nannan returned to Canglan Star and took a nap. When she woke up, she was shocked to find that her astrological power had increased slightly and her special ability had increased by nearly 10%.

Let me add a few more words.

Due to the Eternal Star Formation, Guo Nannan's speed in condensing Yuan Gang was nearly three times faster than that of other high-level warriors participating in the secret realm operation.

This is an almost leap forward.

Among the hundreds of warriors who obtained the Secret Realm Badge, Guo Nannan and Wen Zehan, the controller of the satellite constellations, made the fastest progress in their cultivation.

It is estimated that in another month, or at the latest forty days, the two will be able to transform all the internal energy into more powerful Yuan Gang.

As her strength and realm improved, Guo Nannan increasingly appreciated the mysteries of the primordial celestial phenomena.

However, the matter concerning the secret realm is a top secret and cannot be revealed to the Iron Fist Warrior.

Gabamuda slowly came to his senses, his tone full of heartfelt admiration, his voice deep and sincere: "The talents of you Canglan people are truly outstanding!"
"The Azure Civilization has both rare super geniuses like Mr. Lingya, who can lead a civilization to leapfrog development, and outstanding individuals like you, Mr. Guo, who are about to touch the threshold of the Knight Realm at such a young age."

When he said this, he completely forgot the scene when he first set foot on Azure Star more than a decade ago.

At that time, the Azure Civilization was just a toddler in the eyes of the Iron Fist Warriors.

There are very few warriors in the world who have mastered the power of internal energy, and the general population is weak in terms of individual physical strength.

After observing for a period of time, Gabamuda came to a conclusion that he believed to be correct: "The Azure People are a race with low potential, and can only struggle to survive on the edge of the primordial world."

He even secretly wondered: Could a civilization lacking top-tier combat power and with weak individual strength, which was fraught with crises in the original world, persist for fifty years?

Therefore.

During his initial period of "staying" on Azure Star, Gabamuda harbored a strong sense of superiority.

This is perhaps human nature—when a group of naturally strong and skilled "cranes" live among a flock of weak "chickens" who are powerless to even kill a chicken, and all they see are weaklings that they can crush at will, how can they not feel a sense of superiority looking down on them?
however.

Time is the fairest witness.

As time went by, the Azure civilization rose to prominence at an astonishing pace.

The creativity they displayed completely overturned the Iron Fist's understanding.

From the super-engineered exoskeleton that can greatly enhance a warrior's combat power, to the intelligent machine that can keenly sense monsters within the Black Sand Sea, and to the cutting-edge supernatural instrument that can accurately explore mineral deposits deep within the vast sand sea, a series of cutting-edge technological products are constantly emerging, constantly refreshing the Iron Fist warriors' understanding.

From that time on, Gabamuda's sense of superiority gradually diminished, and he began to learn to "look at" the Canglan people on equal terms.

Until the Transit Island in the interface officially appeared, this was a space technology that the Ironfist Civilization had longed for and that only powerful civilizations possessed.

Gabamuda's sense of superiority completely disappeared.

For the first time, he truly realized that the potential of the Azure People was no less than that of the Iron Fist People, and that the Iron Fist People had much to learn from the Azure People.

Today it is today.

Gabamda witnessed firsthand the dramatic changes that had taken place on Azure Star in just twenty years, and unknowingly began to look up to the Azure civilization with a sense of awe.

The cultural heritage of the Canglan civilization is vastly different from what it once was, and the high standard of living of its ordinary people has made many Iron Fist warriors envious.

According to the latest data he has learned, the total population of the Canglan civilization has reached 114 billion, and the total number of people with superpowers has exceeded 710 million.

On average, one in every 1600 Canglan people possesses superpowers.

Within this vast group of superhumans, the number of warriors is just over 12.

That translates to one warrior for every 60 superhumans.

In contrast, twenty years after the arrival of the Iron Fist Civilization, neither the proportion of people with superpowers nor the proportion of warriors among them was more than one-third of that of the Azure Civilization.

Guo Nannan, who was standing in front of him at this moment, only made Gabamuda tilt his head back at a slightly higher angle.

Just as the two finished speaking...

"drop--!"

A sharp, urgent alarm suddenly shattered the silence of the assembly room.

The light strip, which was originally shimmering with a soft, pale blue light, instantly switched to a glaring scarlet.

The words "Emergency mission has been issued" woven from crimson holographic light and shadow instantly appeared on the metal wall.

As the deep-seated laws of the Black Sand Sea shifted and the Submerged Abyss Secret Realm suddenly appeared, powerful monsters began to emerge frequently within a radius of hundreds of kilometers around Kaituo City, threatening the city's safety.

In order to protect the World Gate, the core hub of the Pioneer City, the Pioneer City quickly drew a group of elites from various garrison legions to form several temporary task forces.

These teams are on standby 24 hours a day. Once a threat is detected, they will immediately carry out a cleanup mission, never giving the monsters a chance to get close to the city.

In fact.

This is not a predicament unique to the Canglan civilization.

In the sixty-two world groups of ancient heaven, and more than a dozen surrounding world groups, all civilized worlds that were committed to developing the resources of the Black Sand Sea encountered the same crisis without exception.

There is even an unverified but widely circulated terrifying rumor circulating in multiple civilized worlds: a super natural disaster of unimaginable scale is quietly brewing in the depths of the Black Sand Sea, and the current monster anomalies are merely the prelude to the disaster.

"Click!"

"Click!"

Two crisp clicks of armor buckles sounded almost simultaneously.

Guo Nannan and Gabamuda's psychic helmets closed simultaneously, obscuring their faces.

next second.

A slightly bluish-green spiritual vision interface appeared simultaneously before the two of them. (As an aside...)

Currently, Gabamuda plays the role of a civilization observer within the Azure Civilization.

The duties of Ironfist warriors are extremely broad—they need to delve into the core areas of the Azure Civilization, such as military, technology, and people's livelihood, to record detailed first-hand information from a third-party perspective, and regularly report back to the highest council of the Ironfist Civilization.

This arrangement serves two purposes: firstly, to systematically learn about the development model of the Canglan civilization, and secondly, to promote trade between the two civilizations.

If he finds that a weapon developed by Azure has outstanding combat effectiveness and is very suitable for Iron Fist's fighting style, he has the authority to directly add it to the procurement list.

More importantly, the Ironfist Civilization and the Azure Civilization are long-standing allies who have fought side by side for many years. In addition, Gabamda is an old friend of the Azure people and has extensive connections in the upper echelons of the Human Alliance. This is why this guy had the opportunity to appear here.

This is a privilege unique to Gabamda.

If it were an observer of another civilization, they would never have this opportunity.

After a while.

The thirty-six high-ranking warriors in the assembly room, the official 117th task force, all had their spiritual vision simultaneously refreshed with densely packed mission details.

The pale blue data stream cascaded down, adding an air of grimness under the crimson light.

"【Mission Code】: A-10590."

"[Priority Level]: Urgent."

Gabamuda's gaze locked onto the "A" character in the code name, and his pupils contracted slightly.

He was already very familiar with the mission rating system of the pioneering city.

The code name is prefixed with "A", which means that the mission clearly involves knight-level combat power.

The prefix "B" indicates a large-scale monster cluster of warrior level, usually numbering more than fifty, while the prefix "C" indicates a small-scale cluster of fewer than fifty monsters.

"A" level missions represent the upper limit of the difficulty level that the task force can handle.

It's important to understand that for most civilized worlds, sending a group of warriors, even elite ones, to fight against powerful knight monsters is tantamount to handing over their heads.

But according to Gabamda's understanding, the strength of the pioneer city is terrifying, and it is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Just last year, he witnessed a battle that nearly made his jaw drop.

A squad of twelve warriors, using special supernatural equipment, guided a supernatural weapon containing terrifying power to fall from a distance of nearly 100 kilometers.

At that time, Gabamuda could see very clearly that a bright star suddenly appeared in the dark sky that was obscured by the sandstorm.

Then, the star descended from the sky like lightning, moving faster than thought could travel, and struck a point in the sea of ​​sand.

"Boom!"

He heard a deafening clap of thunder.

It was only afterward that Gabamda learned that this was a terrifying weapon called the "Starry Sky Shattering Mace".

This thing blasted a huge crater in the desert with a diameter of more than one kilometer.

He even went to the giant pit to take a look and was deeply shocked.

The surface of the pit was covered with many transparent rhomboid crystals that were growing slowly at a rate visible to the naked eye. This strange phenomenon remains unforgettable to him to this day.

Gabamuda inquired around and learned that the reason why Kaituo City deployed the Starry Sky Shattering Mace was to deal with a knight-level fanged sand beetle.

This attack instantly shattered the sand beetle's sturdy body, leaving only two pairs of crystallized fangs.

However, it is said that the ice crystal fangs have reached the level of a third-grade exotic material, so the pioneering city has made a small profit.

Later, Gabamuda inquired through connections with the Human Alliance: "Can the Starry Sky Shattering Mace be exported to the Iron Fist Civilization? Our civilization is willing to purchase it at a high price!"

Unfortunately, the Starry Sky Shattering Mace is a supernatural weapon developed based on the interface transfer island.

Without the establishment of a transit island, the Starry Sky Shattering Mace would be nothing more than a flashy but impractical decoration.

Gabamuda lowered his gaze to the next task description.

"【Mission Status】: Fifteen minutes ago, a drone squad patrolling the C126 area was suddenly devastated. Details can be found in the video."

He immediately used his mind to control the interface and opened the video.

The view flickered, and a window opened in the center, playing the last footage of the drone before it lost contact.

Amidst the rapidly passing sandstorm, a group of drones, seemingly unaffected by the gale, flew in a staggered formation over the valley between two sand dunes.

Based on experience, sand valleys are natural passageways in the sea of ​​sand and are also the areas where monsters like to hide.

A few seconds later, the sand on the ground began to stir without warning, condensing into hundreds of sand snakes that swung towards the swarm of drones.

The drone seemed to be attracted by some strange force, its flight altitude dropped sharply, and it was unable to perform any maneuvers.

"Boom! Boom!"

The drones closest to the sand were the first to be attacked by the sand snakes, exploding into fragments in mid-air.

Two seconds later, the image froze on a point in the sand below.

The Sandland Intelligent Analysis Center conducted an in-depth analysis of this, listing dense data alongside it, and determined that a sand monster was lurking in this location.

These are signs that are invisible to the naked eye, but they cannot be hidden from the intelligent central processing unit.

Gabamuda thought to himself, "The Azure people's intelligent central processing unit is getting better and better. This thing is no less useful than several knights."

Iron Fist Warrior also knew that the developers of the intelligent hub were just a group of ordinary Azure people without any special abilities.

This group of people has studied the Black Sand Sea for many years, acquiring a massive amount of data and continuously iterating and upgrading the intelligent hub, which has given birth to a pair of eyes with super insightful abilities.

In contrast, the Iron Fist Civilization has been trying to make the most of ordinary people, but despite years of effort, it has not achieved much success.

"Multiple reconnaissance teams subsequently dispatched by the theater command center lost contact and crashed after entering the target area."

"Based on comprehensive image analysis, it is inferred that a monster highly suspected to be at the Knight level has appeared in this area."

"The target is of medium size (length ≤ 10 meters) and can move through the sand at ultra-high speed. When the surface of the sand is disturbed, the sand and gravel will show a specific arrangement that cannot be distinguished by the naked eye and requires analysis center to identify."

"The target is suspected of possessing a special ability to become ethereal (probability is 94.7%). When ethereal, it is suspected of having the ability to interfere with gravity, and it cannot be ruled out that it can interfere with the mind and soul."

"The target is proficient in sand manipulation, and the rank is suspected to be mid-grade (probability 88.4%)..."

Gabamu quickly scanned the exceptionally detailed information, gradually sketching out the monster's general image in his mind.

He knew perfectly well that if it were the Iron Fist Civilization, it would probably take many soldiers to obtain the above information.

The Azure people obtained such detailed information with just a few batches of drones.

This is the gap.

A thought flashed through Gabamuda's mind: "The Ironfist Civilization should send many people to Azure Star to study intelligent software engineering. Five thousand people are simply not enough; I think even five hundred thousand would be too few." (End of Chapter)