The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

The colony's database was hacked and burned by Lu Qianwei and his group. Now free from their burdens, Camlan and his men developed a favorable impression of these pirates... cough cough, the army of justice.

Lu Qianwei smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern. You don't need to worry about this. Our spaceship is actually hidden nearby."

"This..." Kamran watched as a large group of people, like mechanical ants carrying food, unloaded the supplies and carried them deep into the space station...

I wanted to speak but didn't know how to ask, so I eventually gave up.

As the last batch of metal and fuel was unloaded from the cargo ship, Camlan bowed politely and bid farewell to Lu Qianwei and the others.

Watching the manned spaceship and 23 cargo ships head towards Ivaga, 8 light-years away.

Lu Qianwei shook his head, thinking they were still too naive.

Weyland's employees were left to their disposal; they were not killed.

If the culprits behind the looting cannot be found, they will only be scapegoats.

He absolutely cannot escape the charge of being a space pirate.

"The weapons and plenty of fuel we're leaving you aren't for you to enjoy yourselves."

Lu Qianwei was grinning foolishly when Lu Yue had already appeared in front of him without him noticing.

He muttered discontentedly, "You're so generous in giving away two thousand tons of fuel, you might as well stay here."

"Huh? What are you doing here?!"

"(???) Such a big thing, the news has spread all over the base, how do you think I would be here?" Lu Yue asked back, hands on her hips.

"You expect the engineering team and workers to dismantle a space station in 36 hours and move 8,000 tons of fuel and 5800 tons of metal as soon as you open your mouth."

My father called almost everyone he could for this matter.

As she spoke, Lu Yue approached Lu Qianwei suspiciously and questioned, "Isn't your ability prophecy?"

When did I acquire such an amazing ability?!

"Ha! Of course, it's because your brother is exceptionally talented!" Lu Qianwei patted his chest smugly. "Do you believe that if the Phenomenological Equipment comes along, I can awaken another superpower?"

"I think you only made that deal with the royal family because you wanted to awaken your superpowers."

Lu Yue seemed to have seen through everything, but she was still very happy that her older brother really had three superpowers.

"(?????) Hehe, I was worried about the energy problem before."

We now have these 8,000 tons; if we use them sparingly, it will be enough for us to use for fifty or sixty years.

"Alright, alright, hurry back."

"The portal won't be able to hold up in two more hours..."

Lu Qianwei grabbed her collar with one hand and put her on the armored shoulder. The space corridor was only so big, and delaying others from moving things would be a waste of resources.

"Damn it, leave those chairs in the back!"

Move the electronic equipment and metal plates first. Why do we need so many chairs?

"You want to take it to the wasteland to sunbathe?! You son of a bitch!"

When Lu Qianwei and his companion walked into the empty central hall, they saw their father wearing a set of precision disassembly gloves, shouting at his apprentices.

The two originally intended to leave quietly under the cover of the crowd, but Lu Qianwei's command-type powered armor was too representative.

Besides, his younger sister was sitting on his shoulders, so it was hard not to attract attention.

"Hey! Qianwei, Yue'er, you two little brats, come and help me."

There just happened to be a piece of medical equipment that required armor to move.

"Dad—!" Lu Yue blushed, "Can't you use less swearing?"

"Damn, I want to too!"

"It's all because of that old bastard who used to train me. Damn it, now we can't change it even if we want to." Lu Zaikuan spread his hands in helplessness.

"Alright, let's not worry about this nonsense for now."

Qianwei, you're just in time. Those idiots damaged the transport vehicle.

There's a piece of medical equipment lying on its own in the medical room. Send a soldier to move it.

"It's okay, I can handle it." Lu Qianwei shook his head.

Just as he was about to leave, Lu Zaikuan called out to him, "Couldn't this leap gate have lasted a little longer?"

Before Lu Qianwei could speak, Lu Yue blurted out, "Dad, it's already quite an achievement that the people at the research institute were able to develop this technology. What more could you possibly want?"

Seeing the knowing look in his younger sister's eyes, Lu Qianwei nodded in agreement, "Yes, Dad, this is only the initial experimental stage. Whether it can last depends on the technological breakthroughs later on."

"Oh my, tsk tsk tsk... I used to think that those researchers weren't as good as us engineers."

"This is incredible! It would be even better if we could warp to a habitable planet someday!" Lu Zaikuan exclaimed.

"master!

"We don't have the part number for this damn thing. Come take a look, should we just pry it apart and blow it to bits!"

Just as he was about to use profanity to praise him, his two apprentices shouted.

When Lu Zaikuan saw that the two idiots were about to dismantle the holographic equipment, he ignored them.

He hurriedly ran towards the two idiots while cursing them.

Lu Qianwei and Lu Yue exchanged a glance and sighed helplessly.

This old man is good in every way, except he loves to swear.

I don't know how my mom, such a quiet and beautiful person, fell in love with him back then (?_?).

Thanks to Lu Zaikuan's decisive action and the large number of personnel in the bunker, the situation was greatly improved.

When Lu Qianwei carefully carried the medical equipment back to Zone D-3, it wasn't as full of supplies as he had imagined.

Instead, they were transported in an orderly manner to their destination by a truck and machinery.

However, as soon as he came out, several groups of people who had been arguing heatedly nearby blocked his way.

The head of the biological research group stared intently at him.

They really wanted Lu Qianwei to demonstrate the process of eliminating the Devouring Beasts again, and they were also interested in the alien corpses and larvae.

The senior professors in the research group were even more enthusiastic. Damn it, even the most advanced equipment couldn't detect any energy fluctuations in this illogical warp technology.

He was itching to get out and had a long talk with Lu Qianwei all night.

As for the engineering team and the quartermaster, these two rough men were much simpler, immediately vying for the allocation of palladium and rhodium metal.

With so much metal material available, the former intended to further expand the bunker and repair the walls damaged by earthquakes over the years.

The latter is intended for military use, as ordinary industrial materials are simply insufficient to repair armored vehicles.

Now that we have materials comparable to a fleet, why not take advantage of the fact that other departments aren't as well-informed as we are and ask for a larger share? Otherwise, we'll probably end up getting nothing.

This forced Lu Qianwei to make a promise to them, which was how he finally managed to escape the quagmire.

"Sigh, being a manager isn't easy!"

Chapter 8 Beacon City

The seventh underground level of the bunker is also known as the City of Beacon Fire.

Its actual land area is only equivalent to that of a small town in the old days.

Although small, the sparrow has all the vital organs.

It is the only autonomous settlement in the entire underground shelter that possesses a complete social ecosystem.

At the center of the city dome, a man-made star powered by controlled nuclear fusion is suspended, adjusting its brightness and color temperature according to the 24-hour cycle of the Earth's surface.

At night, the four walls of the dome even reveal the starry sky and moonlight.

The hustle and bustle here, with its lively atmosphere, is a place of solace for people who are exhausted.

Initially, Lu Qianwei lacked the funds, time, and even manpower to create such an underground city.

His original idea was simply to cram in as many people as possible.

However, due to the frequent geological disasters, some small and medium-sized wealthy businessmen who learned about certain inside information through official channels made investments, and a small, intelligent city was quickly built up.

Even the light and heavy industrial equipment in the early stages of the fortress had to be funded by these wealthy merchants.

However, during the five years that the apocalypse fully erupted, these people also caused him considerable trouble.

Fortunately, the Dark Fortress adopted ASH's intelligent management of calculation code from the beginning, so it couldn't cause any major problems.

He crushed all the small waves, and the remaining ones, if they didn't cause trouble, wouldn't disrupt the order he, as the de facto dictator, had established.

Beneath the vertically stacked, three-dimensional city, rising steam mingles with the sizzling sound of oil in a wok.

Stalls lined both sides of the alley, with crowds thronging around steamers, frying pans, and grills.

"Manager, your pork offal noodles are here!" A slightly overweight middle-aged man placed a large bowl of noodles on the table.

He lowered his voice and said, "I added extra meat to your noodles."

"Uncle, that won't do. It's just a small business. I'll make up the difference for you later," Lu Qianwei quickly refused.

"Hey, I never said this was free." Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, the chef took a break and sat down opposite him.

"Hehehe, it's rare for you to come here to eat. Isn't space technology a hot topic these days?"

"You also brought back a lot of supplies, and my son was helping out with them," he said proudly.

And in a sincere tone, he said, "Thanks to you, people are busy again, and my business has also been revived, hahaha."

The appearance of the Devouring Beast over the past two weeks has been a real blow to everyone.

Facing a bunch of unkillable creatures is no different from facing the Fourth Calamity.

It wasn't until the miracle a few days ago, witnessed by tens of thousands of eyes, that everyone's mood changed from gloomy to sunny.

They even went so far as to indulge in revelry.

They've only heard about space technology in the theories of experts.

An unexpected fluctuation at the Spark Research Institute has now revealed the impossible—what else could it be but a miracle?!