The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

Arguing with this idiot will only make her look even more idiotic.

Could this be a trap set by the company to get rid of her?

wrong?!

A simple scrapping procedure would suffice; there was no need for any beating around the bush… Unable to fathom the bizarre reason, Tessa stopped dwelling on it.

Grabbing the tactical jacket hanging on the back of the chair, he turned the communicator's power knob to the maximum and ordered, "All combat units, assemble immediately!"

Bring out all the armed vehicles that can be driven…

Tessa issued a series of orders, and even the busy cyborgs put down what they were doing.

One by one, they picked up the distributed M97 laser rifles and went to the designated location to ambush the enemy.

As the figure on the holographic projection drew ever closer, Tessa's lips curled into a cold smile.

Since the Eclipse Demon has delivered itself to their doorstep, they can save themselves the trouble of going to the canyon to encircle and annihilate it.

Compared to the outside, the base has more comprehensive defenses and weaponry.

This time, we must capture it alive!

Little did she know that all of this was a trap set by Lu Qianwei, and everyone could clearly hear the orders Tessa conveyed.

The base's artificial intelligence had long been tampered with by Sylvia. On the surface, it served the company and Tessa, but in reality, it was their mole.

At this moment, two Xuanniao fighter jets, evading radar detection, slowly arrived above the base.

Inside the cabin, Irina watched through the base's surveillance cameras as the cyborgs went out with weapons.

What raised a big question mark in her mind was the engineering mechs that Tessa and several other cyborgs were piloting, gripping the control sticks.

The mech lacks a complete outer armor; its alloy frame is exposed, and the only protection for the pilot is the glass roof above their head…

Apart from those hydraulic claws, she couldn't see any other decent equipment.

Irina raised an eyebrow, a deep sense of doubt surfacing in her eyes. "Commander, don't they have any decent mechs?"

In their world, although they lack the ability to travel long distances between stars, their police are equipped with powered armor.

Each one is highly integrated with a neural interface system, and its weapon modules range from electromagnetic guns to ion blades.

Even the most basic engineering mechs have a tightly sealed protective shell and precise operational accuracy.

But these few in front of me... after checking repeatedly, they seem more like engineering models.

"They have laser weapons, advanced cyborgs, and can even traverse galaxies..."

"Coming to such a dangerous planet, the equipment is too basic," Irina muttered to herself.

Lu Qianwei smiled after hearing this, "The Weyland Tanggu Company prioritizes profit, or rather, the higher-ups of the entire Galaxy Federation don't really care about human lives."

These are just cyborgs; they can be mass-produced with the materials. Why would the company possibly provide them with more advanced exoskeletons?

"Besides, the laser weapons that already exist in this world will be pierced whether you wear an exoskeleton or not, so there's no need to bother developing them if it's a thankless task."

Lu Qianwei learned about this matter after connecting to the StarNet via satellite.

At this point, all he could say was that it truly lived up to its reputation as a company with substantial capital!

"This is so deformed!" Irina exclaimed, looking utterly astonished.

In a civilization where laser technology is widespread, the mecha industry should be a more systematic and sophisticated product, but here it's the other way around!

It's like fitting a sharp sniper rifle with a crooked wooden stock—absurd and incomprehensible.

"No matter what, both individual exoskeletons and powered armor have their advantages and disadvantages."

"Didn't the Coastal Alliance go through the same thing back then?" Irina's voice held a hint of confusion.

Lu Qianwei patted her on the shoulder: "Alright, don't think too much about it. You'll encounter more of this kind of thing in the future."

He had a premonition that the next time he opened the time-space portal, it would still be a movie world.

"Keep an eye on those mechs and see how long they can withstand the Corrosive Fiend."

If possible, finding a good opportunity to make a move and gain the favor of the Eclipse will greatly help us explore the more distant areas of Gina Star.

"Understood~" Irina nodded and turned her gaze back to the monitor screen.

Now that a large number of bio-engineered humans have left the base, Xuan Niao can wipe them all out with just a few EMP shots without damaging its own base facilities.

Chapter 36 Abundant Harvest

As expected, the Eclipse, relying on its regenerative abilities, rampaged through the lasers and destroyed many cyborgs before running out of steam.

The company has multiple ways to eliminate the Evil Spirit, but it hesitated to act in order to capture it alive.

Now, with the advantage of location in Tessa's favor, the fearless cyborg is directly using her life to lure the Eclipse into the trap step by step.

The powerful weapons were constantly worn down, several mechs were pulling back and forth, and with the addition of carefully crafted traps, the more fiercely the Erosion struggled, the deeper it sank into the quagmire.

The rate of regeneration began to lag behind the rate of damage, and the company clearly fell into a predicament.

Just as they were about to be captured, the Blackbird fighter jets unleashed several EMP pulses that swept across the battlefield.

Just when all the weapons and cyborgs were immobilized, a divine army descended from the sky!

After breaking free of its restraints, the Fiend unleashed its fury by shredding the cyborgs into pieces, and then noticed that the Black Fang Army had lost its previous wariness.

It stood in the center of the battlefield, its eyes, for the first time, devoid of pure killing intent, now carrying a hint of scrutiny.

As Tessa recovered from the shock of the pulse, her wrists were locked directly in cold shackles.

"How is this possible?!"

Tessa struggled and roared, incredulously discovering that the Eclipses did not attack these suddenly appearing forces.

Can the Corrosive Fiend be tamed?!

Then their painstaking efforts to arrest people with violence would just make them a joke!

Lu Qianwei didn't answer Tessa's question, nor did he bother to pay attention to it.

Now he should take stock of his own base's inventory.

Lu Qianwei gestured for them to follow, and smiled at Shia, who was following closely behind, saying, "Miss Shia, please show us around."

"It's my honor, Commander!"

The betrayal was a foregone conclusion, and Shia was not like a human who would hesitate, make excuses, or try to shirk responsibility.

Unlike Tessa's command role, Shia is responsible for scientific research and has higher authority than Tessa in certain core areas.

Soon she led Lu Qianwei and Irina through the armed preparation area, the bio-engineered human maintenance and repair room, and the logistics and material storage area...

Finally, the group arrived at the central control room of the base and looked once again at the base data panel that Cerberus had brought up.

Lu Qianwei couldn't suppress a smile.

Excluding ancillary facilities, the base covers a total area of ​​2.8 square meters, with a semi-buried structure consisting of two underground floors and one above-ground floor.

The base has two complete production lines.

M97 portable laser rifle assembly line and cyborg production line.

However, due to limitations in key materials, it is impossible to achieve full-process independent mass production.

Each resupply requires the Weyland Tang Valley Company to transport supplies from the Galactic Federation.

Without securing the materials, the company wouldn't feel comfortable with bio-engineered humans, given the precedent for this.

Therefore, the base warehouse only stockpiled 1500 tons of high-grade alloy steel, 1300 tons of aluminum alloy, 2680 tons of copper, and 1020 tons of special engineering plastics...

Whether it's manufacturing the barrels and energy conduction components for laser rifles, or repairing the alloy skeleton and artificial fiber muscles of cyborgs...

These are enough for two production lines to manufacture thousands of laser guns and hundreds of cyborgs.

Most bunkers still use electromagnetic weapons, but now they've finally been able to upgrade from ragtag weapons to more advanced ones.

Even more surprising is that there is a high-purity mineral vein three kilometers away to the west of the base.

The ore mined there, after being refined in the base's furnaces, can just replenish the basic raw material consumption of the two production lines, achieving partial self-sufficiency.

Lu Qianwei only needs to replenish the core chip of the bio-engineered human and the energy module of the laser weapon to truly achieve mass production.

He had no worries about the bio-engineered chip, given the bio-engineered technology provided by Jiuchuan.

As for the laser weapon module... he can only make a deal when Dong Mingxi arrives.

The most valuable items at the final base were two short-range shuttles and a small spaceship carrying micro-wormhole technology.

That is, the ship that Ironblood piloted in the final episode, flying back to its home planet to kill its father and avenge its father.

The spaceship is not needed right now, and the bunker is in dire need of energy.

As Starlight City gradually expands, the factories under the shelter are booming, coupled with the constant harassment from the Devouring Beasts... the energy consumption is terrifying.

Lu Qianwei turned his gaze to the direction of the main energy control room and asked Cerberus, "How much deuterium-tritium fuel is stored in the nuclear fusion reactor?"

"Sir, the nuclear fusion reactor has a total of 3800 tons of deuterium-tritium fuel in reserve."

All are regularly transported from mining planets in the Alpha system by the Weyland Yuguni Corporation and are currently stored in radiation-proof fuel tanks on the second underground level.

“3800 tons…that’s enough for the bunker to operate for several more years,” Lu Qianwei repeated in a low voice.

Of course, this 'Black Edge Biology' research base cannot be abandoned; the samples and data in the core ecological area are enough to make Elliott and his fellow plant and animal experts happy.

After a day and a night, the biological research base was completely taken over by the Black Fang Army, transported by two shuttles and a spaceship.

After a long and tiring visit to the ecological area, Elliott suppressed his chrysanthemum-like smile and approached Lu Qianwei.

Looking at the rising sun on the horizon, he said, "This place is located at the junction of the desert and canyon on the planet Gina, which could be a new frontier for the hunters."

"You just want them to bring you more biological samples, don't you?" Lu Qianwei rolled her eyes at him.

However, to be fair, studying the flora and fauna of Gina Star has indeed brought a lot of convenience to the Dark Fortress.

Take the giant bison for example.

After Elliott and several biology experts studied their behavioral data and feeding preferences, they finally figured out their habits.

Despite their fierce appearance, the giant bison has a strong sense of belonging to its territory and is highly dependent on group activities.

By using low-frequency sound waves to simulate the calls of cattle, and then supplementing it with magnetic field interference of a specific frequency, their aggressiveness can be weakened.