Light Particles! Accelerate!

Before long, under Cole's strict orders, Bruis arrived at the command center with several warriors carrying more than a dozen massive crates.

"Sir! Most of the materials Your Excellency requested are here."

Yuan set aside his experiment, reviewed the materials inventory Bruis had sent over, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good. Then let's begin."

With that, he sat down in the command chair and said apologetically to Cole:

"Cole, there are many arrangements to make next. So I'll be temporarily taking command of the team, including you. I hope you don't mind."

"Of course, Your Excellency. Please give us your orders and lead us off this planet as soon as possible."

"Good!"

With that, Yuan tapped the holographic projection platform with a finger.

Immediately afterward, dense streams of data began flowing across a light screen.

"I still don't understand Dark Matter, so the Supercomputer I can build for now can only be based on the Taotie Civilization's framework.

Your underlying language is simple and crude. It really isn't suitable for building a Supercomputer, but we have no choice right now. We'll have to make do and study it later."

"Bruis!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

"Begin assembling the Light Particle Capture System. I need it to serve as the Supercomputer's new core."

After Yuan spoke, his finger paused. Familiar torrents of green data flowed beneath the visor covering his face.

"This is the construction blueprint. At the same time, you'll also be responsible for building an accelerator.

Light Particles alone aren't enough. Within one-tenth of a microsecond after successfully capturing them, they must be fired into the accelerator."

"So stability is crucial. I know your equipment is rather crude, so I've sent you a precision-testing plug-in. The construction error must be reduced to the specified value and kept uniform."

Looking at the data Yuan had sent, Bruis swallowed with difficulty.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Go."

After speaking, Yuan turned to Cole and began giving him orders.

"Cole! There are several things you need to note down."

"I reviewed the inspection report Bruis sent. That batch of Vanadium Crystal Ore is indeed valuable high-purity ore.

The battleship's hull needs reinforcement, and areas such as the Energy Collector and Stellar Furnace need repairs.

Molecular repair alone won't meet the required strength, so mine all of it.

Once the Supercomputer has been established and the Repair Units are online, we'll also need to revise all the equipment and installations throughout the battleship according to the technical blueprints provided by the Supercomputer."

After speaking, Yuan glanced at the attentive Cole beside him. After some thought, he continued issuing orders:

"The mining output of Fusion Material must also be increased. Both the battleship's Stellar Furnace and the external Supercomputer we'll build next require a tremendous amount of energy.

So I'll leave these tasks to you."

"Yes, Your Excellency. I'll get right on it."

Yuan was right. Vanadium Crystal Ore would be highly useful for the upcoming repairs to the battleship, while Fusion Material was also an extremely important energy reserve.

What Yuan had not said was that these materials were also very important to him personally.

He was still wearing the Commander's Battle Armor Cole had given him. Its Computing Unit had been modified into his personal Supercomputer—Qiming.

As both his trump card and life-saving device, Yuan planned to comprehensively upgrade this suit of armor next.

Without sufficient Dark Iron or other superior materials, Vanadium Crystal Ore became especially important.

As for the Fusion Material, Yuan was preparing it as another energy line for his private laboratory.

Before long, once they learned that the battleship was being repaired and that they would soon leave this planet, the Taotie displayed unprecedented enthusiasm.

Yuan was not idle in the command hall either. The Supercomputer data he had previously written had been intended for an Operating System centered on Dark Matter.

Now, on one hand, he had used up all the Dark Iron, leaving no core material for building a Supercomputer.

On the other hand, for his own safety, he did not intend to give the battleship's central system such immense computing power.

I'll upgrade you first. Once we get past this, I won't treat you poorly either. Consider it repayment for what you've done for me, Yuan said calmly to himself.

Thanks to his grandmother's teachings, he was not an ungrateful wretch.

Likewise, he was not some utterly selfless fool.

As long as his own safety was guaranteed, Yuan did not mind giving Cole and the others a few benefits.

Once he had the means in the future, he would also give them sufficient recompense.

But definitely not now! Especially not while two God-Slaying Spears hung over his head.

Before long, amid everyone's feverish work, the Light Particle Capture System and accelerator had both been installed and passed system inspection.

"Cole, have you finished modifying the energy lines?"

"Your Excellency, all the lines have been laid. If needed, we can begin connecting them now."

"Connect them. I need to check whether the Stellar Furnace's energy output is stable enough."

"Understood. We'll begin immediately."

With that, Cole led Bruis away to make the arrangements.

Yuan, meanwhile, sat expressionlessly in the command chair and connected to Qiming through the external interface.

As an almost imperceptible sound left his lips, he said, "Qiming, time to wake up."

Command received. Operating System Qiming exiting sleep mode. Welcome, Master.

"I just wrote a plug-in program. Connect to the knowledge base and begin checking the True Sight Eye algorithm. Once complete, replace the battle armor's scanning program."

Command received. Qiming startup complete. True Sight Eye plug-in program detected. Knowledge base connection complete. Beginning program integrity check.

Five percent!

Twenty percent!

...

Check complete. Replacing external battle armor scanning program. Replacement complete!

"Good. Qiming, activate True Sight Eye. Record the Stellar Furnace's energy output data in real time and analyze the feasibility of supplying the battle armor's built-in fusion energy source."

Command received. True Sight Eye activated. Recording data in real time.

After the voice fell silent, an invisible red glow flickered across Yuan's tactical visor. In an instant, it grasped all the battleship's data.

At the same time, as the Stellar Furnace activated, the data in the knowledge base began advancing at breakneck speed.

"Hiss!"

With the sound of machinery, the Stellar Furnace, which had been maintaining low-power operation, fully awakened. Through the newly laid lines, it poured massive energy into the Light Particle Capture System.

In an instant, light spilled from the capture system.

Seeing this, Yuan hurried forward and began manipulating the enormous stream of data on the control panel.

"Snap!"

"Click!"

Crisp sounds rang out from the capture system from time to time. After writing the complete operating program, Yuan began its trial run.

Beep! Light Particle Capture System operating! Do not approach!

Energy stability test complete!

Accelerator connection complete!

Linear light-energy particle beam test complete!

...

Beginning capture of the light-energy particle range.

Particle energy field solidification complete. Energy source supplying continuously. Particle capture energy field activated!

A moment later, an invisible wave of energy passed through the entire battleship. It felt as though an invisible hand had passed through everyone's minds, leaving them briefly dazed.

"Cole, stop standing there! Connect the accelerator's energy supply too." Seeing Cole still frozen beside him, Yuan shouted impatiently.

"Oh, right! Coming!"

As the accelerator beside them activated, gold, red, and cyan lights immediately echoed one another. The energy field was extremely stable, yet Yuan did not relax.

Capture complete. Energy field stable. Accelerator connected. Beginning operation.

"Whew! Very good. Bruis, activate Ion Beam Etching once acceleration is complete. I need to check the integrity of the underlying logic program. I'll leave the rest to you."

"Ah? Me?"