Technological advancement begins with devouring.

On the seabed of the Pacific Ocean, outside the wreckage of a massive warship.

Jiang Chen, Luo Feng, and Jiang Chen's mecha squad entered the warship through a gap in its hull.

Following the map, we circled the warship several times before finally arriving at a huge compartment.

Inside the cabin, there was a disc-shaped spaceship with a diameter of about 100 meters.

The entire spaceship was pitch black, with a pattern of a two-winged dragon printed on its hull. Even after staying here for countless millennia, there were no signs of corrosion on its surface.

This black, saucer-shaped spaceship has been the subject of countless attempts by countries around the world to find a solution over the years.

Many people died because of this spaceship.

Even powerful councilors have perished here! Yet, it remains completely unharmed.

This is Ruins 12, one of the three most notorious forbidden zones on Earth.

"No wonder no one on Earth could break in, this spaceship is indeed intact! This saves us a lot of trouble!" Babata's eyes lit up with excitement. "I was originally planning to have you collect the wreckage so I could slowly assemble a spaceship and take you to space. With this X81, there's no need for that. I'll just hack into the spaceship's control system, take control, and do some minor modifications and repairs, and you can ride it on your adventures in space!"

Jiang Chen picked up the conversation, saying, "According to the information I got from the military, the No. 12 ruin opens into a passage, but the gate at the end of the passage has not been opened by anyone so far. Moreover, there are a large number of laser weapons in this passage, which even planetary-level beings cannot withstand."

"This Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship is a very common model in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and I am very familiar with its structure."

Babata raised his head slightly, looking proud: "This laser channel can easily kill planetary level five or six beings. Even those senators on your Earth, whose strength is too low, would surely die even if they wore Force suits. Only the strongest few, wearing Force suits, can barely withstand it."

As he spoke, Babata looked at Jiang Chen: "Jiang Chen, you are a fifth-order planetary being. If you had a Force suit, you could withstand the attack from this laser channel for a short time."

"I don't have a Force suit." Jiang Chen shook his head, glanced at the mecha team he had brought, and pointed to one of the mechas, saying, "But this mecha's defense can ignore the attacks of a Royal-level monster, so it should be able to withstand it, right?"

The one Jiang Chen was referring to was the most defensive of all the [Magic Pattern Mechs] under his command, which he named 'MT', meaning 'Main Tank'.

Even a royal-level monster cannot leave a single mark on its armor.

“Your royal-level monsters on Earth are only at the sixth-tier planetary level. But being able to ignore attacks from a sixth-tier planetary level monster is enough.” Babata thought for a moment, nodded, and took out a strange tool that looked like an axe blade from somewhere, handing it to Jiang Chen: “Just let it pass through the laser channel and insert the ultra-thin side of this ‘Giant Force Top’ into the gap of the gate.”

"A powerful jack?" Jiang Chen looked at the tool in his hand with curiosity.

On the surface, it looks like an axe blade that is three meters long and a little over one meter wide.

However, under the penetration of his mental power, Jiang Chen discovered that the tool had an extremely complex internal structure, so complex that Jiang Chen could not distinguish the function and operating principle of each part in a short time.

Jiang Chen didn't ask any questions and handed the 'Giant Force Top' directly to the 'MT' mech. At the same time, he ordered Jarvis to operate the mech and open the hatch according to Babata's request.

This process wasn't so easy.

The 'MT' mech's defense is indeed strong enough. The laser that can kill a fifth or sixth-level star powerhouse only leaves a black mark when it hits the mech's armor.

However, under the constant bombardment of lasers, 'MT' had great difficulty moving forward. It would lose its balance from time to time, be blasted into the wall, or even fly out of the passage.

The speed of light is such that even a world lord might not be able to dodge it, let alone a planetary-level 'MT' mech.

However, after repeating the process many times, Jarvis gradually figured out the pattern of laser emission and seized the opportunity to adjust his posture.

A laser beam shot from the side and rear, hitting the 'MT' mech squarely on the back and blasting it away, but it flew towards the gate at the end of the passage.

Boom~!

The 'MT' mech slammed heavily against the gate, but without pausing, it directly inserted the 'Giant Thrust' into the gap at the bottom of the gate.

The next moment, the 'Giant Force Top' emitted a strange sound, and the ultra-thin axe blade split directly into two layers, slowly pushing the gate open.

“Let Luo Feng handle the rest,” Babata said to Jiang Chen. “Your defensive treasures are too risky to pass through this laser passage. Luo Feng has the ‘Black God’ battle suit and the Cloud Vine. Although his strength is lower, he won’t be injured even if he passes through the laser passage.”

Jiang Chen nodded and said to Luo Feng, "Take these mechs in with your spatial ring. I'll transfer the control permissions to Babata first. That way, they can be of some help if there's any trouble inside."

"Alright." Luo Feng waved his hand and put away more than a dozen [Magic Pattern Mechs]. The 'Black God' battle suit and the Cloud Vine quickly appeared on his body, forming two layers of defense. Then he accelerated instantly, withstood the laser beams, broke through the passage, and squeezed through the gate opened by the 'Giant Force Top'.

"This laser weapon is worth studying." Jiang Chen looked at the laser channel, countless thoughts flashing through his mind. "However, if we can't enter space before the Golden Horned Beast emerges, at least the ship's main weapon, the 'B6-class laser cannon,' can play a significant role in dealing with the Golden Horned Beast..."

In the original story, Luo Feng attempted to kill the Golden Horned Beast using the B6-class laser cannon on the spaceship. Although he failed, it was because he didn't understand the Golden Horned Beast well enough, was unaware of the existence of the 'primordial core,' and mistakenly took the head as the Golden Horned Beast's vital point.

Although the first attack severely damaged the Golden Horned Beast, it failed to kill it. Instead, due to the excessively long charging time, it was destroyed by the Golden Horned Beast before it could fire a second shot.

If it were disassembled and installed on a 'super weapon' capable of directly confronting the Golden Horned Beast, the chances of killing the Golden Horned Beast would be greatly increased after several consecutive attacks.

Jiang Chen was pondering how to use the 'B6-class laser cannon' when Luo Feng and Babata had already emerged from the spaceship.

"I made a mistake. I didn't expect this spaceship to have a self-destruct program. To save the spaceship, I had no choice but to use brute force to destroy most of the electronic equipment. Although the spaceship is still intact overall, it will need some repairs before it can be put into space."

Babata told Jiang Chen with some frustration, "It will probably take several months to fully repair, and we will also need some special materials."

Jiang Chen had anticipated this and nodded, saying, "Understood. Make a list of what materials you need, and I'll figure it out. In short, just repair the spaceship as soon as possible. Also, repair that laser cannon at the same time."