Technological advancement begins with devouring.

The transport spacecraft does not have an exterior simulation function.

However, through the monitoring, Jiang Chen could still see the outside world on the large screen in the main control room.

Ahead lay a crimson planet, giving off an extremely desolate feeling.

The spaceship rapidly approached the planet and soon entered its atmosphere.

Mars' atmosphere is much thinner than Earth's, and its atmospheric structure is completely different, making it unsuitable for any life.

"Don't rush to land. Fly around first and look for buildings that resemble pyramids," Jiang Chen ordered, while putting on a thin mask.

In fact, given its planetary-level capabilities, being directly exposed to the Martian atmosphere would not pose any problem, at least not in the short term.

However, Jiang Chen didn't want to suffer. Anyway, wearing a mask with air filtration and purification functions was not difficult, so why rely on his strong physical fitness to tough it out?

After flying around half of the Martian surface, Jarvis quickly located nine enormous pyramid-shaped structures and flew over them at Jiang Chen's signal.

The pyramids, though their surfaces are decayed and dilapidated, still retain their overall structure intact.

The pyramids appear to be randomly distributed, but upon closer inspection, they seem to be subtly connected, as if they are composed of nine smaller pyramids forming an enormous 'super pyramid'.

Below the pyramids, one can still vaguely see the outline of a city, with roads, buildings, and other structures that are not yet completely destroyed.

Countless years have passed, yet this place has not been completely destroyed by time. In fact, from the remaining ruins, one can barely deduce what it looked like back then.

"Land in that city. Send out the SCVs and transport convoys and search for the warehouse location," Jiang Chen instructed, pointing to an open space in the center of the city.

A moment later, the spaceship slowly descended, the hatch at the bottom opened, and convoys of SCVs and transport vehicles poured out, dispersing in all directions to search for the resources left behind in the city.

"Remember, this is a mine, and there should be a large amount of metal ore in the warehouse. I don't know if one trip will be enough, but try to bring back as much as possible."

As Jiang Chen gave the orders, he released a squad of [Magic Pattern Mechs] from his spatial ring, instructing them to follow and protect the reconnaissance team.

Although the original description suggests there is no danger here, Jiang Chen still chose to be cautious.

After all, the number of transport convoys and SCVs brought is not particularly large. If there are too many losses, the efficiency of transporting supplies will be greatly reduced.

Each team has an SCV equipped with advanced detection equipment, capable of searching a wide area. Therefore, it is not necessary to have too many teams to thoroughly search the entire massive steel city.

Of course, once the storage location of the supplies is found, how much can be taken away is another matter entirely.

Although Jiang Chen brought a transport spaceship, its carrying capacity was still limited.

The steel city beneath the nine pyramids was enormous, and Jiang Chen didn't just wait around. He took two [Magic Pattern Mechs] and headed to the nearest pyramid.

"It is said that this is an 'energy tower' built by imitating the technology of the machine race, which can produce a large amount of energy in a special way."

Jiang Chen stared at the pyramid in front of him, completely baffled as to how this kind of 'energy tower' could generate energy.

Nuclear energy? Solar energy? Or perhaps energy drawn from deep within the Earth's core?

Energy is always of paramount importance to a civilization or a power, and Jiang Chen was also very interested in these energy towers, preparing to study them.

The city beneath the pyramids is long in ruins, but the energy towers have not completely ceased functioning, and some key locations still retain defensive forces.

However, at least tens of thousands of years have passed, and many key modules have decayed and fallen into disrepair over time, losing most of their functions and failing to cause Jiang Chen much trouble.

What troubled Jiang Chen the most was a barrier door that was over a hundred meters thick. It took Jiang Chen a lot of effort to open a passage through it.

Upon entering the energy tower, Jiang Chen spent a long time searching for the control room because there was no map.

"Fortunately, the quantum computer still works. Hopefully, the data inside is still there." Jiang Chen checked it over, breathed a sigh of relief, opened his bracelet, and commanded, "Jarvis, connect to the quantum computer and try to read the data."

"Connecting, attempting to bypass firewall..."

Jarvis' voice rang out.

More than two hours later, Jarvis spoke again: "The fire protection program has been breached, and the data copying is complete. This language and script are not recorded in the database. If we use the full computing power of the spaceship's AI, it is estimated that it will take more than 72 hours to complete the decryption."

The language and writing system barrier was entirely within Jiang Chen's expectations.

Fortunately, any systematic language or writing system can be deciphered given enough samples.

On Earth, many archaeological discoveries are made by using computers to decipher ancient scripts that have been lost for countless years.

The same method can be used for languages ​​and scripts in the universe.

"Let's go back and decipher these languages ​​first, then translate the documents." Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction and returned to the spaceship.

A little over a day later, an exploration team sent back news that they had discovered a warehouse of 'black iron ore' and were transporting it back to the spaceship.

Two days later, more exploration teams discovered new warehouses, including one that stored a large amount of 'mysterious iron essence'.

Xuan Tie ore is an A8-grade metal. When forged into armor, it can withstand attacks from planetary level eight.

Xuan Tie Jing, on the other hand, is a B8-grade metal with a strength that reaches the level of an eighth-grade star.

More importantly, the 'extraordinary properties' contained in these materials can be completely transformed into other equally powerful materials through alchemy, although there will be some loss.

With this batch of materials in hand, Jiang Chen's confidence in forging powerful war weapons and dealing with the Golden Horned Beast increased even more.

Transporting these materials out of the massive steel city took a considerable amount of time.

However, during this time, Jarvis also used the AI ​​on the spaceship to decipher the data obtained from the 'Energy Tower'.

"The spaceship is full, so let's return. These SCVs and transport teams can stay here and continue plundering the city's resources."

Jiang Chen ordered, "Jarvis, you take control of the spaceship's return. I'll check the data on the energy tower first."

"Yes, Master."

Jarvis activated the spaceship, quickly leaving the Martian atmosphere and heading towards Earth.

Jiang Chen then retrieved the data obtained from the energy tower and began to examine it carefully.