Technological advancement begins with devouring.

SCVs and heavy transport vehicles, escorted by combat mech squads, entered the wilderness and headed to various mining areas to begin operations.

More SCVs are constantly repairing and expanding the scale of their bases.

As time went by, the facilities within the base became increasingly complete and sophisticated, and its scale expanded repeatedly.

Jiang Chen would occasionally take out new blueprints to add more 'products' to the base.

Every so often, a group of large transport planes, escorted by fighter jets, would arrive outside the base, unload a large amount of cargo, and take away some weapons and equipment.

Relying on the abundant mineral resources of the South American highlands and the technology in Jiang Chen's hands, this base, under Jiang Chen's planning, has gradually taken on the appearance of an industrial city.

While it can't compare to those large base cities, it's comparable to those large cities that were famous for their industrial clusters before the Great Nirvana.

Apart from... there is hardly any living life.

Within this base, most of the time, the only living person was Jiang Chen himself.

At most, the monsters brought back from the wilderness by the mecha team would be sent to Jiang Chen's laboratory as 'research samples'.

These monsters usually don't live long either, dying painfully after at most a few experiments, becoming a set of data in Jarvis's database.

Or, it could become an enchanting material for some kind of 'magic rune'.

It must be said that monsters, especially powerful monsters, are indeed very suitable as materials for alchemy.

Without these materials, it would be many times more difficult for Jiang Chen to quickly improve his strength.

Soon, the year was drawing to a close.

In the Amazon rainforest, not far from the South American highlands in the north, a 'genius' who had been missing for a long time suddenly emerged from the ruins, causing quite a stir among the human elite.

Upon hearing the news that Luo Feng had escaped from Ruins No. 9, Jiang Chen subconsciously glanced at the time.

2058, April 12.

Since obtaining the system, whether it was due to the system's effect or the benefits brought by his [High Concentration] specialty, Jiang Chen's memory has become increasingly powerful.

Even from his previous life, many memories that had long been blurred or even completely forgotten resurfaced clearly in Jiang Chen's mind, and he could recall them with just a little thought.

This includes many details from the novel "Swallowing the Stars".

"In four more days, the Golden Horned Beast will be born... However, it will still be a year before the Golden Horned Beast is truly born..."

Jiang Chen sighed inwardly, "I wonder if I'll be able to deal with the Golden Horned Beast a year from now. It's a star-level cosmic behemoth; ordinary weapons probably can't even break through its defenses."

From its birth to its official appearance and the breaching of the first base city, the Golden Horned Beast was born in less than half a month.

And when it appeared, it was at the stellar level.

Moreover, it is a giant star beast with ten times the genetic potential, inherited memories, and an innately powerful physique, making it far stronger than human martial artists of the same level.

"Let's prepare for both possibilities. If the 'gift' I prepared for the Golden Horned Beast doesn't work as expected, then we'll still have to rely on Luo Feng to resolve this crisis."

A thought flashed through Jiang Chen's mind, and he instructed Jarvis, "Jarvis, contact Luo Feng immediately."

Beep~beep~

A moment later, the call connected: "Jiang Chen? Why are you contacting me all of a sudden?"

"You've come out of Ruins No. 9, right?" Jiang Chen glanced at the monitoring data on the big screen and said, "I'm at coordinates xx-xxx, not far from Ruins No. 9. I'll send a plane to pick you up. Come to my place before you go home; I have something important to tell you."

Ruins No. 9 are located in the Amazon rainforest in northern South America, less than two thousand kilometers from Jiang Chen's base.

After checking the coordinates, Luo Feng immediately asked in surprise, "The plateau to the south? How did you get here?"

"Come over first. Oh, and if anyone from the Extreme Martial Arts Academy contacts you, just tell them I have something important to discuss and ask them to wait." Jiang Chen said a few words, and after Luo Feng agreed, he hung up the phone.

More than an hour later, a fighter jet landed at the base. Luo Feng stepped off the jet and immediately saw Jiang Chen waiting to greet him.

"Long time no see." Luo Feng stepped forward and gave Jiang Chen a hug, saying gratefully, "Thank you for taking care of my family."

Luo Feng has already spoken to his family by phone. During the year or so that he was trapped in Ruins No. 9 and cut off from the outside world, Jiang Chen provided his family with a lot of help.

Although the butterfly effect brought about by Jiang Chen prevented Luo Feng from making enemies with Li Yao and no one specifically targeted Luo Feng's family, the disappearance of an "Invincible War God" still caused quite a stir and would naturally have some impact on Luo Feng's family.

If Jiang Chen doesn't intervene, Luo Feng's family will likely encounter some trouble.

"Why are you being so formal? I received a lot of help from your family when I was a kid." Jiang Chen said casually, then changed the subject: "Come on, let me show you around my base."

"This base, is it yours?" Luo Feng was dumbfounded.

When he contacted his family, he inquired about Jiang Chen's situation, but his family members were ordinary people and naturally couldn't know what Jiang Chen was busy with. They only knew that Jiang Chen hadn't returned to Mingyue Community for a long time, and even when he helped the Luo family, he had someone else do it. They knew nothing else.

Upon hearing Jiang Chen mention "my base," Luo Feng immediately felt something was absurd, as if he had been missing for more than a decade, not just a year, within Ruins No. 9.

"A small base, not even as big as Yangzhou city, it's nothing." Jiang Chen shook his head, showing Luo Feng around and introducing the various facilities while asking, "Has your master contacted you? Does he want you to go to headquarters?"

"Yes, the curator wants to know what I gained in the ruins." Luo Feng nodded.

"Don't go. I'll talk to him later. Go home and meet your family. I have something important for you to do," Jiang Chen said directly.

The threat of the Golden Horned Beast was imminent. Although Jiang Chen had made many preparations, he was not 100% confident that he could solve this problem.

That's a cosmic behemoth that even a B6-class laser cannon couldn't kill!

If they can't solve it themselves, they'll ultimately have to rely on Luo Feng.

If Jiang Chen didn't understand Luo Feng's personality and know how much he cared for his family, he wouldn't even want Luo Feng to go home.

There's only a little over a year left until the Golden Horned Beast is born.

Every day of delay could lead to insufficient combat power in the fight against the Golden Horned Beast, resulting in the extinction of humanity.

"What's the rush?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled.

In his memory, Jiang Chen was a person who could calmly face any situation, but now, Jiang Chen gave Luo Feng the feeling of being very impatient, as if the world was about to end.

Jiang Chen's behavior made Luo Feng feel uneasy, and he was eager to know what had happened during the time he was trapped in the ruins.