Swallowing the Stars: I, the New Master of Babata

Chapter 92, not fast enough!

The moon already has... a rudimentary spaceport; otherwise, Dongqing and Hong would not have been able to land on the moon in a spaceship.

In addition, a number of space projects, such as spaceports and space elevators, are also being developed in near-Earth orbit.

The Earth Space Force's seven fleets cannot possibly all be confined to Earth and the Moon.

In the future, there are also plans to build spaceports on Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter.

all in all.

The Space Force, with its seven fleets, is venturing beyond Earth and into space; it's not just about empty slogans.

Previously, humanity was constrained by monsters that would frequently attack base cities, leaving no time to build space ports.

But now it's different.

After the major counter-offensive began.

The resources that humans have plundered from the monsters are almost more than they can use.

Under Dong Qing's supervision, these resources were primarily invested in space engineering.

Moreover, it wasn't just Dong Qing who exerted his strength.

Hong and Thor are also continuing to exert their efforts.

It's like the speed of technological progress during the Cold War.

The progress of space exploration is changing almost daily.

Spaceport, space elevator.

Spaceship, space battleship.

One space engineering project after another was launched, unleashing the immense potential of billions of people.

With the addition of martial artists, space engineering projects are progressing at a rocket-like speed.

Putting aside everything else.

Even if one is not a planetary-level mentalist, but merely a pure martial artist, one can still lift tens of thousands of tons of weight and fly directly into near-Earth orbit.

Building spaceports and space elevators can be accomplished from scratch in just ten days to half a month, provided that resources are available.

In particular, China is an infrastructure powerhouse and currently the only superpower among the world's five major powers.

In addition, given Dong Qing's Chinese identity, China naturally wouldn't hold him back and would do everything in its power to help.

For example, the lunar battle was only confirmed a month ago.

A month later, a spaceport was added to the moon.

Besides.

Dongqing extracted alien technology from all the ancient civilization relics since the Great Nirvana period from the five major powers and the HR Alliance to help develop and build space engineering.

In order not to be inferior, the Limit Martial Arts School and the Thunder Martial Arts School also pulled out all the stops and frantically chased after the Planetary Security Defense Council, but they were still lagging behind in speed.

If we're talking about humans before...

They only care about the development of martial artists.

Humanity has finally come to realize that technology, and the several industrial revolutions of recent times, are also important parts of humanity's dominance over the Earth.

Even if these technologies are essentially just throwing stones and boiling water, without technology, humans would be no different from wild beasts that eat raw meat and drink blood.

"Dongqing, aren't you afraid that as human technology advances, the status of martial artists will decline?"

As Hong traversed Dongqing's fiery lava domain, dodging the fiery meteorites that could easily kill a planetary-level expert, he finally asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time.

In fact, since the Great Nirvana period, after humans unearthed numerous ancient civilization relics, they already had the initial ability to explore space, but this was suppressed for certain special reasons.

"Personal power is indeed alluring, especially the temptation of power originating from oneself, which is enough to corrupt anyone who thinks they are sober."

"But the power of the collective should not be underestimated. If we only pursue individual greatness, we will only go further and further backward."

Dongqing is a steady person and naturally thinks of potential dangers even in times of peace. So he usually asks questions that the demon Babata is willing to answer, as well as some basic common sense about the universe.

The more Dong Qing learned, the more absurd it seemed, because he discovered that among the billions of races and countless civilizations in the universe, their technological levels were not very high; on the contrary, the more powerful the race, the more primitive it was.

This is a good thing.

That's also a bad thing.

Fortunately, this universe doesn't become a dark forest of hunter and prey like the Three-Body universe.

But the law of the jungle in this universe is laid bare before everyone.

The strong remain strong.

Slaves of the weak.

Dongqing does not want to be a slave to others, nor does it want Earth to be invaded or its people to be enslaved.

Therefore, he needs the strength of the collective, as well as the strength of individuals, to become powerful as quickly as possible.

"You mean, we've gone the wrong way?"

Wielding a third-tier low-grade primal force weapon spear, Hong charged fiercely towards Dong Qing, his previous ranged attacks proving ineffective against him.

Now he wants to test whether Dongqing has any weaknesses in close combat. If so, then don't blame him, the senior, for bullying the young man.

"There are no right or wrong paths; the difference lies in the people who take them!"

Dong Qing took out a third-tier low-grade Origin Force battle blade from his spatial ring, and with a slight tremor of his wrist, lightning flashed across the sky as he unleashed the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade, the technique that made the Thunder God famous.

In fact, Dong Qing had also learned Hong's World-Destroying Spear Technique, and his spear technique was quite exquisite. However, he did not have a suitable long spear, only a similar-looking sword.

seriously.

Dong Qing had no idea where all those valuable Force weapons on Earth came from, and why they were so openly displayed in ancient civilization ruins for anyone to take.

According to the demon Babata, these Tier 3 Force weapons are treasures worth billions, even tens of billions, of Black Dragon Coins, enough to buy their lives.

The Silver-Blue Empire, which rules the galaxy, uses Silver-Blue coins as its official currency.

Black Dragon Coins are a higher-level cosmic currency, originating from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

The Silver Blue Empire is a primary cosmic nation, and its strongest combat force consists of cosmic-level powerhouses.

The Black Dragon Mountain Empire is a medium-sized universe nation, with its strongest combat force being an immortal-level powerhouse.

If the Silver Blue Empire only ruled the Milky Way and a few neighboring galaxies, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire ruled about six thousand galaxies, and about five hundred similar elementary cosmic nations.

Dong Qing didn't understand why there would be treasures on Earth worth billions of Black Dragon Coins, but if the Silver Blue Empire discovered Earth and these treasures, the nobles of the Silver Blue Empire would definitely covet them.

Apart from the Silver Blue Empire.

There is also the Carlo Empire.

Not to mention its proximity to the Milky Way, the Vidi family of the Carlo Empire and the Nolan Mountain family are not to be trifled with.

However, this information is from 50,000 years ago. Since the fall of the former master of the demon Babata, she has been offline for 50,000 years.

"Dongqing, your blade isn't fast enough!"

Hong noticed that Dongqing seemed distracted and preoccupied, as if he had something on his mind.

But he doesn't need charity from others; even if he loses, he wants to do it fair and square.

"Understood, I will be serious from now on."

Dong Qing nodded, but it wasn't his fault, because he really didn't feel any pressure from Hong.

Fighting without pressure is boring, and it's hard to go all out. If you lose control and accidentally kill Hong, you'll be in big trouble.

But as Hong said...

Respecting your opponent is also important.

His knife.

Not fast enough.

"Boom!"

As Dong Qing became more serious, the speed of his blade increased. The Nine-Fold Thunder Blade, a top-tier sword technique, embodied the essence of the Thunder God and possessed potential no less than Hong's World-Destroying Spear Technique.

Each slash unleashed a beam of light that stretched for tens or even hundreds of kilometers. Any planetary-level being who dared to take even half a step in would be shredded in an instant. Only Hong, relying on the blessing of the Dharma Body Heaven and Earth, could barely withstand the beam of light.

No joke.

The contest between Hong and Dongqing was no longer at the planetary level.

Their combined power level has reached the Eternal Star level.

"Not fast enough!"

Hong gritted his teeth, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.