Ice Age Apocalypse: I've Stockpiled Billions of Resources

The door to the "Life Source" supply station was not a heavy armored door, but a light blue light curtain.

Although it looked like a holographic projection, when Natasha tentatively threw a pebble over, the pebble was instantly vaporized by the high temperature, leaving not even a trace.

"High-energy ion barrier".

Natasha took a few steps back. "It seems the owner of this shop really dislikes people buying things for free. The power of this thing is so great that even if I tried to force my way in now, I'd probably be badly injured."

[Simple defensive measures.]

The mechanical spider on Lin Luo's shoulder emitted a disdainful electronic sound.

Qingxue shot out an infrared laser beam, almost invisible to the naked eye, from her mouth, precisely illuminating a hidden sensor in the corner of the door frame.

Immediately afterwards, the crystal on its back began to flash at a high frequency, seemingly transmitting some kind of special key frequency.

drop.

In less than three seconds, the ion barrier, powerful enough to melt steel, flickered twice before silently bursting like a soap bubble and disappearing completely.

"It's open already?" Chen Shuang was a little stunned.

“This is the power of knowledge.” Lin Luo was in high spirits and took the lead in walking inside. “This is why I insisted on bringing a local guide.”

Stepping inside the store, the air quality is noticeably better than outside.

The air circulation system seemed to be operating at low power, with a faint minty scent.

Instead of the bottles and jars of medicine that Lin Luo had imagined, the shelves were filled with silver metal capsules suspended in a magnetic field, each labeled with complex Martian script and a holographic illustration.

Lin Luo casually picked up a capsule, and a holographic projection immediately popped up showing a bone rapidly healing.

"what is this?"

[High-molecular-weight bone repair fluid.] Qingxue immediately translated, [Just one injection can repair a comminuted fracture within ten minutes and increase bone density by 300%, permanently adapting you to the high gravity environment of Mars. Oh wait, for you Earthlings, Mars is low gravity; this stuff can prevent osteoporosis.]

Lin Luo's eyes lit up when he heard this.

This isn't medicine, it's a miracle!

Although Earth's technology has grown at an alarming rate since the discovery of Mars, basic human technology, especially medical technology for survival in extraterrestrial environments, remains at a "primitive" stage.

The current living environment for humans is too harsh.

The radiation, micro-dust toxins, and unstable atmospheric pressure on Mars can cause even evolved beings to feel unwell or show signs of genetic collapse if they are exposed to the wild for a long time.

The antibiotics and painkillers that Earth provides can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, here.

"The Martians' technology was indeed more than an era ahead of ours."

Looking at the small capsule in his hand, Lin Luo exclaimed, "While we're still researching how to suture wounds to prevent infection, they've already started strengthening bones at the genetic level."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's move!"

Although Natasha didn't understand the principles, she did understand the phrase "fracture repair in ten minutes".

For a soldier who constantly lives on the edge of a knife, this is like a second life.

She was about to reach for the other capsules when Lin Luo stopped her.

"Don't rush to take the actual item."

Lin Luo shook his head, his gaze passing over the shelves to a silver-white semi-circular workbench at the far end of the shop. "These medicines have an expiration date. No matter how well they are preserved, after hundreds of years, most of their efficacy will be lost. What we need is not the fish, but the fishing method."

He strode to the control panel, which was clearly the main control terminal for the shop.

"Qingxue, get to work."

【clear. 】

The mechanical spider nimbly leaped onto the control panel, its eight slender legs rapidly tapping on the smooth surface. Then, a data probe extended from its abdomen and pierced directly into the terminal interface.

In an instant, a massive stream of holographic data erupted above the control panel, and green code cascaded down like a waterfall.

[Breaking firewall... Privileges granted... Accessing core database...]

Qingxue's voice carried a hint of excitement, "Lin Luo, you guessed right. This isn't just a sales point; it's also connected to the local area network database of the Changsheng City medical district! It stores nearly ten thousand years of conventional medical technology accumulated by Martian civilization!"

"Pack it all up!" Lin Luo ordered without hesitation. "Take as much as you can!"

Downloading...

[The "Mars Environment Adaptation Genetic Modification Program"... has been downloaded.]

[“Manufacturing blueprints for a multifunctional nano-repair robot”... have been downloaded.]

[“Formula for Anti-Strong Radiation Cell Activator”... downloaded.]

[“Portable Field Medical Pod Construction Blueprint”... downloaded.]

As Qingxue recited each filename, Lin Luo's heart raced.

Any one of these things, if thrown back to Earth, would be enough to ignite a world war. And for the Earth's human survivors, currently struggling to survive on Mars like ants, this represents a heavy weight of hope.

With these, humanity can truly establish itself on Mars, instead of trembling like parasites.

"Human body structure is different from Martian body structure, after all. Can these technologies be used directly?" Chen Shuang, who was also excited, still maintained a sliver of rationality.

This is the second step I need to take.

While frantically absorbing the data, Qingxue explained: "I've already built a specialized conversion model. I will localize these Martian medical technologies, removing those specifically targeting Martian physiological characteristics and retaining the universal biological principles."

Furthermore, I don't need to personally perform surgery on everyone. I have systematically organized and categorized this knowledge.

Qingxue paused, a hint of arrogance in her voice: "Once we return to the base, you can find a few bright doctors. I'll instill these materials in them, and even provide hands-on guidance. As long as they're not too incompetent, I can train a top-tier group of 'Mars medical experts' for you within a month."

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; and you also need an all-knowing and all-powerful mentor."

Lin Luo couldn't help but laugh out loud. Looking at the constantly flashing data stream, he felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

Previously, any technological fragments found in Martian ruins required human scientists to work day and night to decipher, translate, and speculate, a process that was extremely inefficient and often led to serious experimental accidents due to misunderstandings.

Language barriers are the biggest obstacle to cultural exchange and the greatest barrier to the plunder of technology.

But now, that barrier no longer exists.

Qingxue was like a universal key, not only opening the gates of Changsheng City, but also unlocking the treasure trove of Martian civilization.

"Subduing this artificial intelligence is definitely the most worthwhile deal I've ever made in my life."

Lin Luo thought to himself. Back in that war chariot, if they had chosen to destroy the core directly, although they would have eliminated a hidden danger, they would have lost the entire world.

At this point, the data transmission progress bar finally jumped to 100%.

[Download complete. All data has been encrypted and stored in my core sector, and triple backups have been performed.]

The mechanical spider pulled out the probe and jumped back onto Lin Luo's shoulder. The blue crystal seemed to glow even more deeply than before.

[Also, Lin Luo, I just found an interesting record in the database's underlying logs.]

"What record?"

Lin Luo was in a great mood. While gesturing for everyone to sweep all the unexpired finished potions on the shelf into their spatial rings, he casually asked a question.

[This shows that in the last week before Changsheng City was sealed off, a batch of top-priority special medical supplies was not sent to the core area where the powerful and wealthy resided, but was secretly transported to... the "ecological recycling treatment plant" on the third underground level.]

Qingxue's voice became somewhat playful. "Moreover, the recipient's signature is blank, with only the code name 'Gardener'."

"An ecological recycling plant? Isn't that a place that processes garbage and sewage?" Natasha frowned as she stuffed the last box of medicine into her backpack. "Why are you sending life-saving medicine to a landfill?"

"When things go wrong, there must be a monster."

Lin Luo narrowed his eyes, his fingers lightly tapping the gun handle. "Whether it's trash or treasure, now that we have a clue, it's worth taking a look. In any case, the 'core energy' we're looking for is most likely deep underground."

He glanced at the empty shop, then turned and walked towards the door.

The sunlight was still so bright it was almost blinding, and the silent City of Immortality appeared both sacred and eerie under its golden glow.

With this batch of medical technology as a foundation, Lin Luo is now much more confident. Even if he encounters the toughest challenges ahead, he is confident he can overcome them.

“Let’s go,” Lin Luo tightened the strap of his backpack and waved to the team members behind him, “to the underground. Let’s see what kind of flowers that ‘gardener’ has grown in that pile of garbage.”