Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 97 Control

"According to the information, this base is a mining base, and there should be some security measures inside. Let the robot go and test it out first."

We quickly stormed into the base's main control room, trying our best not to damage the nine pyramids that had been operating for millions of years.

Those nine energy towers can support the lives of three million people and operate on their own for a million years without damage. We don't have the technology to repair them.

Qin Mu commanded six robots to fly out of the Heilongshan spaceship, three of which were maintenance robots for the Heilongshan spaceship and three were Silver Guards.

These robots have average attack power, but strong defense, especially the Silver Guardians, which are extremely difficult to deal with defensively.

"Mars has very rich resources of black iron. Black iron is classified as A8 grade in the universe. It has excellent hardness and is very popular in the universe."

Given the vast mineral deposits on Mars, there may be a small amount of B8-grade Xuan Iron Essence and an extremely rare C8-grade Xuan Iron Mother.

This is good news for us; at least we'll have some resources of our own once we're in space.

As they flew, Qin Mu spoke to the group.

This information comes from Qin Mu's memory of the original timeline. He is not clear about many details, so he can only talk about some of the key points.

The Moyun Vine of each person has been cultivated to the seventh or eighth level of the planetary stage. This rate of improvement is not fast for plant-type life forms, as long as there are enough resources.

There may not be much else on Earth, but there is plenty of monster flesh and blood, and the spirits of plants and trees.

Jia Yi is relatively weaker, but with the protection of the Moyun Vine, he won't be in too much danger.

"clear."

Jia Yi and the other two answered in deep voices. They had all explored many ruins on Earth and were far more experienced than Qin Mu.

As the group explored, they soon found a huge cave, several hundred meters in diameter, that had collapsed naturally in the ruins on the surface.

After the robot entered and explored, it discovered a heavy metal door at the bottom of the cave.

"Be careful, there might be a base's defense system behind this gate. Send the robot to scout ahead."

Three of the six robots immediately stepped forward, placed their arms on the gate, and used brute force to push it open.

In terms of strength, Qin Mu was no match for these robots that repaired the spaceship.

"Boom!"

The metal door, which had been sealed for who knows how many years, was forcibly pushed open, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

As expected, the moment the door was pushed open, a large number of lasers enveloped the entire door, blasting the three metal robots away.

"Their attack power isn't that strong! Our Cloud Vine Armor is enough to defend against it. If we have no other defensive means, we can just charge in."

Hong estimated the intensity of the attack and found that although there were many lasers, their attack power was not particularly strong.

After preparations were made, several robots rushed in one after another and successfully entered the city.

"Let's go, there's no more danger, let's go in!"

After withstanding a wave of attacks, the four of them successfully entered the steel city.

The underground city was pitch black, without a single ray of light.

Lights shone from the three maintenance robots, illuminating a bright area.

"This city is almost entirely made of metal; it seems the mineral resources here are indeed abundant."

After observing the city's layout, I realized it was very similar to the layout of base cities on Earth—both were densely packed, maximizing the number of humans that could survive in a small space.

"First, find the control center of this underground city, find the main control AI. A steel city that can operate autonomously for millions of years must have a main control AI."

Qin Mu said.

Although the underground steel city was quite large, the group did not separate. In such an unknown ruin, it would be foolish to split up and explore if they were not strong enough.

Following the dense energy network in the city, Qin Mu and his group found a relatively important node in no time. After suffering a wave of attacks, they successfully entered it.

"I'm about to begin hacking into this city's smart systems. You guys stay around and guard the area."

Once Qin Mu and the others entered the control center, it kept issuing alarms in the universal language, but no one paid any attention to them.

"Don't worry, just go ahead and do it."

Hong said calmly, his surrounding domain poised to unleash its power, ready to envelop everyone at the slightest disturbance.

Fighting side by side is the best way to enhance relationships. Although Qin Mu had a good relationship with the others before, he had never had a similar experience.

Qin Mu didn't say much. He sat cross-legged in the void and began to invade by calling upon the massive computing power of the insect swarm in his mind.

Even though Qin Mu was hundreds of millions of kilometers away from the insect swarm on Earth, he could still easily access the swarm's massive computing power through the soul connection.

"The system has been compromised..."

The lights in the entire control room suddenly began to flicker wildly, illuminating the people in a constantly changing light.

The intelligent system of this base is not very powerful, and it is even less intelligent than the Heilongshan spacecraft.

After all, it's just a mining base of the Blue Silver Empire. Although it's huge, they won't bother to develop a very sophisticated intelligent system.

As a base for the survival of millions of people, it does not have a self-destruct system like a spaceship. It is only because the place is large enough and the server hardware is good that Qin Mu took a long time to successfully infiltrate it.

Fifteen minutes later.

The nine energy towers of the entire underground steel city suddenly hummed and accelerated from operating at the lowest energy consumption level.

Above the center of the steel city, a huge sphere shone brightly, making the entire steel city as bright as day.

"Success. I have taken control of the base and activated the lighting and self-repair systems."

Qin Mu's face lit up with joy. Although it had taken a lot of effort, he had succeeded.

In the original timeline, when Qin Mu saw Luo Feng enter the steel city, he was curious why Babata, with its powerful intelligence, didn't directly invade the steel city's control system, but instead had Luo Feng personally cut off the energy towers' supply networks one by one.

Isn't this unnecessary?

In that time, it would be so much easier to hack into the city's control system. You could see at a glance where there were Xuan Tie resources, without having to search for them yourself.

"It worked?"

Jia Yi walked to the control room, where surveillance cameras from various locations appeared on the screen. Warehouses near the energy tower opened automatically, and a large number of maintenance robots emerged from the warehouses and entered the city streets to begin repairs.

"Success! All the systems in the city have been activated. Soon it will be suitable for ordinary people to live here, and the team from the spaceship can come in."

I have granted you all the highest privileges.

You are free to explore at your leisure.

Except for a few areas beyond the control of intelligent systems, most parts of the city are no longer dangerous.

Qin Mu said to the group with a smile.

"Okay, I've already sent them over. Once we have complete control of the city, our researchers can come over."

Jia Yi's face was filled with joy; this powerful man, who had devoted his entire life to the cause of China, had never been so happy.

I was visiting relatives today and couldn't use the computer, so this chapter is shorter. Typing on my phone is too uncomfortable. I'll finish it when I get back and post it tonight.

(End of this chapter)