The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

This time he put on power armor; the primitive tribe's respect for the strong and its awe of the powerful is the same everywhere.

He was afraid that if he went through too many twists and turns and made things complicated, these people wouldn't understand. Giving them a warning now would be enough to let them know who's in charge.

Chapter 98 Fire and Iron

Escorted by two powered armored vehicles, Varang walked forward in a daze, handcuffed.

His face was filled with shock at the coldness displayed by the steel industry.

The lights and metal in front of me all looked so perfectly aligned.

She had melted iron with fire, but she couldn't imagine how such a 'miracle' could be achieved.

As she drove through the winding roads, her heart grew increasingly fearful and uneasy.

As a hatch in front of him slowly slid open to the sides, Walang looked at the wide, empty space and was surprised to smell the sulfurous odor that only exists in volcanoes.

Not far away, there was an iron man with a head that was different from the others, who was half-turned and slowly wiping a strangely shaped long stick in his hand.

This person was actually Lu Qianwei. He originally planned to meet Walang, but he got lost halfway there.

He felt something was amiss. Instead of talking to a primitive woman, he decided to show her something more practical. So, the woman was taken to the shooting range.

The strangely shaped long stick in Lu Qianwei's hand is actually a 98k rifle manufactured using 3D printing technology.

Of course, the 98k here is a standard-issue rifle that is scaled up and replicated to the same size as the Avatar.

Compared to the original 98k, this enlarged version of the gun has been completely redesigned to fit a 3-meter body, and its power and range have been increased by 3 times due to its size.

It's more than enough to fight off RDA mercenaries.

Single-shot bolt-action rifles lack the complex aiming aids and other equipment found in conventional rifles, making them simple and easy to use.

If they switched to rifles, Lu Qianwei believed these men would quickly run out of bullets.

As a group of bandits on the run, there was nowhere for them to replenish their ammunition.

Pushed in front of Lu Qianwei, Walang looked at the leader who had a long staff with a dagger stuck in the front to make a spear.

His fists clenched tightly, and a suppressed growl escaped his throat: "Who are you?!"

Lu Qianwei did not reply. Instead, he calmly raised the 98k in his hand, pulled the bolt, and aimed at the target in front of him.

"Bang!!" A deafening gunshot suddenly rang out.

Walang shuddered, staring at the charred hole that had been pierced through the bullseye in the distance, his pupils suddenly contracting.

"boom!"

The second gunshot and the crisp sound of the spent cartridge hitting the ground brought Walang back to his senses.

The power unleashed by this strange long stick was far more terrifying than she had imagined.

"Want to give it a try?" At this moment, Lu Qianwei's deep voice slowly sounded, carrying a hint of seduction.

Walang stared intently at the long staff, its muzzle still emitting wisps of smoke. The fear in his heart was suppressed by a strange impulse, and he nodded as if possessed.

Lu Qianwei turned her head slightly, signaling the soldier to unlock the handcuffs on her wrists and hand her an identical gun.

"Look closely, this is called a bullet." Lu Qianwei held the bullet in his hand and explained and demonstrated to her without any hesitation how to load, pull the bolt, and aim.

Walang clumsily imitated, gripping the thick gun barrel with both hands and trying to aim at the bullseye in the distance, his posture crooked and awkward.

"Bang!" The first shot missed.

"Bang!" The second shot also missed.

The third shot, the fourth shot... more than a dozen shots in a row, she didn't even touch the edge of the target, but the recoil from her palm, the shock of the gunshot, and the sharp feeling of the bullet flying out made her eyes burn even more.

"Bang!" Another muffled sound rang out, and this time the bullet luckily hit the middle ring of the target.

Seeing the fanaticism and greed surging on the other person's face, Lu Qianwei finally chuckled and slowly asked, "What do you think of this weapon?"

"very good!"

"If we had such a weapon, my tribe would surely become the strongest!" Walang said excitedly.

Such a flaming weapon perfectly matched the fire worshipped by their tribe; it was a power she had never encountered before.

Looking at the Iron Man standing to the side, she gripped her weapon tightly, her previous unease gone.

I quickly figured out a lot of things.

What do you want us to do?

"If you're willing to exchange these weapons, my tribe is ready to do things for you."

Valang has been the new leader for less than two years since killing the former leader, and she desperately needs such a weapon to maintain order.

With these weapons, she could easily capture all the defectors and bring them back to expand her ranks.

“You are very smart, but I don’t need your services.” Lu Qianwei shook his head.

What a joke! By becoming a backer for these people, he believes that it won't be long before his reputation is even worse than that of the RDA people.

“I am actually a businessman from the Sky People,” Lu Qianwei said, having finished drafting his statement.

"In the forest not far away, you Na'vi are being invaded by a group of sky pirates."

"I couldn't bear their plight and promoted this weapon to them, but they rejected it because they thought it would disrupt the balance of nature."

"Oh My God!

If we don't take up arms to fight back, will those sky bandits stop destroying the forest?

"They're absolutely stupid!" Lu Qianwei said vividly, feeling as if he had developed a talent for acting.

After rambling on and on about the Na'vi's faults in the forest, Lu Qianwei finally steered the conversation back to the main topic.

"The tribes of forests, mountains, plains, and even the coast all refused my deal."

So I chose to make a deal with you.

“But your behavior is not what a businessman should do.” Varang was naturally referring to the other party’s complete takeover.

"Please! You just recently robbed a group of Fengxing merchants."

My men wouldn't dare approach your territory. If a conflict breaks out, wouldn't my business deal fall apart?

"So this is the only way we can show our strength," Lu Qianwei said, making things up.

Walang understood the unspoken meaning and warning in the other party's words, and had to admit that this show of force had indeed frightened her.

With her life still in someone else's hands, she didn't intend to pursue the matter any further. Instead, she looked at the 98k in her hand and asked with burning eyes, "Since you are businessmen, how do you want to trade?"

"Looking back on this journey, I don't think you'll value what we've stolen."

“I do not care about what you have, but there are valuable things right under your feet.”

"What do you mean?"

Walang still didn't quite understand, so Lu Qianwei didn't beat around the bush.

He explained, “My men have already explored the place where you live; there are many minerals and metals there.”

We are not like those sky bandits in the forest; what's on your territory belongs to you.

Therefore, I intend to conduct a transaction with you through a deal.

At this moment, Lu Qianwei finally revealed his intentions.

Although Pandora has many strategic intentions, after some internal discussions, there is no intention to delve into them further.

The main reason is Ava's 'planetary' consciousness.

His behavior is very similar to that of the Mana Giants; if they dig too deep into it, they can't guarantee that it won't also cause a geological disaster and the end of the world.

Chapter 99 Tribes → The Age of Slavery

When an Avatar dies, their consciousness and life energy return to the collective consciousness of Pandora, which is Eva.

Of course, apart from the Avatars, all life forms and species that existed on Pandora before death will enter Eva's spiritual world after death, waiting for the next reincarnation.

This is very similar to the Mana Giants, both of whom are beings who control reincarnation.

If there's any difference between Eva and the other person, it's only that she's native and the other is an outsider.

With this difference, the two naturally treat planetary life differently.

Eva now maintains ecological balance, protects all life, and does not plunder, control, or devour.

The Mana giants of individual civilizations predatoryly devour life energy, evolve, and expand.

But time is always the best teacher. No one dares to say whether Eva will destroy the world in the future, or whether she will take action after the RDA has destroyed the forests to a certain threshold.

The time span is too long!

The Mana Giants, those old bastards, wiped out a prehistoric civilization in tens of millions of years.

According to the religious history provided by Narvi and Varang, Eva began to believe in this 'god' 1.6 years ago.

According to the official storyline, Lu Qianwei vaguely remembers that the other party awakened their consciousness around 1200 million years ago.

It looks quite long, but it's not even a fraction of the size of the Mana Giant.

On a macro timescale, anything can really happen.

Whether Eva is a planetary consciousness remains to be determined.

Bai Yuekui frowned and stared intently at the documents provided by Lu Qianwei on the conference table.

"Those Na'vi can enter what is called the spiritual world through the tentacles at the ends of their braids..."

Essentially, it utilizes a neural transmission network built using native Pandora plants, much like the mana ecosystem.

Bai Yuekui lightly tapped the table with his fingertips, his gaze falling on the large broken and blank areas on the Pandora vegetation distribution map—volcanic zones, desert areas, and ecologically barren areas.

"If Eva is truly a complete and unified planetary consciousness, its coverage should be without any blind spots."

However, based on the descriptions of Narway and Varang, they did not sense Eva's presence in these areas.

"Although the explanation is a bit mystical, I am more inclined to believe that the other party is some kind of fungus that covers the ecosystem."

"In 2026, the Heluo Kingdom Biological Computing Center officially began mass production and stable operation of its first-generation fungal neural computer."