The Galactic Express Station

"Roast turkey, do me a small favor and save this child."

The senior engineer pointed, and the phantom of "Xiao Yu" appeared.

"... roasted turkey," the bird of paradise repeated in a strange tone.

"The nickname 'Bird of Paradise' is so unlucky, it sounds like it's about to die at any moment. The name 'Roast Turkey' is so much better, it's fragrant and delicious."

"..."

Considering the good looks of the Rich Lady Aiai Prototype, Paradise Bird decided to ignore this small offense.

A burst of raging flames erupted from behind the engineer's head, burning through the glass in front of him and shooting into the magma at the Earth's core. The code melted into code, and the magma churned wildly. With a bird's cry, a level 60 'Super Phoenix' flapped its wings, which were a thousand meters long, and shot into the sky.

This strange phenomenon left the surrounding researchers dumbfounded, their expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

"It really does look like roast chicken."

The senior engineer shrugged, and with a flick of his code, a researcher's white lab coat appeared. With a wave of his hand, the code transformed into a pair of glasses resembling those of a refined beast, and a genius young researcher instantly materialized.

Back when Xiao Yu mentioned the "planetary engine," the senior engineer was quite curious about the technological path the Empire was taking in building this kind of civilization. Now that he saw it, it was just a "Dyson sphere."

The Dyson Sphere is a Type III civilization building. Its principle is simple: it obtains near-infinite energy by covering the surface of a star with an energy absorption system.

Simply put, this thing is used to absorb solar radiation.

Once this technology is unlocked, a level 3 civilization will basically no longer need to worry about energy shortages.

It's easier said than done.

To create a mesh system with a diameter of 1.392 x 10⁻⁴ km, especially in the 6000-degree environment of the sun's surface, would require an astronomical amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

The senior engineer was certain that the Imperial scientists must have referenced the Dyson Sphere, a type of architectural structure, when creating the Earth's crust engine.

Although the Earth's core is not as massive as the Sun in terms of either size or density, for a Type II civilization, constructing such a superstructure would still require an astronomical amount of resources.

Just by looking at this dense, boundless "engine network," you can tell.

Giant cones are repeatedly driven into the magma at the Earth's core. The heat energy is converted by the engine and distributed throughout the network, becoming electrical and magnetic energy.

These "super thermometers" are inserted one by one, and whenever the temperature reaches their red line, they are pulled out and cooled down in a special way. Thick white smoke occasionally covers a section of the "engine wire", just like an old-fashioned train.

And beneath each of these "engine lines" are thousands of these "super thermometers".

There are approximately tens of thousands of these crisscrossing "engine lines".

Thermal energy extraction technology, magnetic levitation technology, electric arc furnace, asteroid logistics system, and energy factory.

A senior engineer can immediately identify the advanced technologies contained within the engine at a glance, and almost every one of these advanced technologies is derived from a 'chain of professional knowledge'.

You absolutely cannot produce such high-tech products by simply gambling on blueprints.

"This couldn't have been done by the Empire alone; it must have been a collaboration between three entities, and there might even be extraterrestrial involvement."

The senior engineer strolled along leisurely, completely ignoring the researchers around him.

If the android research institute hadn't been taken over by aliens, Professor Han would probably be one of them.

"I feel like I've hit the jackpot!"

An ancient archive is unlikely to contain many valuable items.

Ancient times cannot compare to the present, and the present cannot compare to the future; this is the worldview of a normal civilization.

After all, how could Nokia possibly compete with smartphones?

However, if it is an ancient database of such a super project, even just one "super technology" is equivalent to hundreds of blueprints of a level two civilization.

This is equivalent to a future technological version of the "Manhattan Project," the "Apollo Project," and the "Two Bombs, One Satellite" project.

And the senior engineer's hacker career transition task can also be completed incidentally.

[Job Change Quest: Hacking]

Task details:

1. Hacker into the data center of a medium-sized enterprise, obtain enough simulated code, and build your own database.

2. Build your own artificial intelligence

An ancient archive is still an archive.

"Little A".

"Master, Little A is here."

"Break through the defenses of this data and take control of this database."

"Yes, Master."

The next moment, Little A took action. Although the underlying architecture was not yet fully established, Little A, as an artificial intelligence created by a veteran of a level six civilization, was actually quite terrifying.

From a data perspective, once Xiao A made a move, he controlled one-third of the data.

The alarm blared instantly.

A line of guards rushed over, surrounded the senior engineer, and watched him warily.

"Which research station are you from? Show me your identification!"

These guards were white and their bodies had not undergone any modifications, but the engineer sensed a powerful life energy emanating from them.

"If you're not from the Empire, then you're from the Union?"

Empire, Alliance, and Union – three ancient civilizations once stood in a tripartite balance on this planet.

The Empire is a "Civilization of Modifiers," skilled in mass-producing troops, modifying human bodies, piloting mechs, and operating excavators.

The Alliance is a "virtual world civilization" that is moving towards virtual networks and virtual personalities. Cyberspace should actually be a product of this civilization.

The alliance is a "brain-based civilization" that excels at drug use, creating biohazards, and developing superpowers.

Since these guards are all superhumans, they must be soldiers of the Alliance.

Of course, in this "incomplete database", superpowers are just one form of data change.

Blood-red patterns covered the senior engineer's entire body. Both sides attacked simultaneously, but the fleshy carpet conjured by the senior engineer instantly engulfed the five people.

[You killed Firewall 21, experience +500]

[You killed Firewall #23, experience +500]

[You killed Firewall #26, experience +500]

"Electronic Barrier are almost obsolete compared to virtual firewalls, and you're still using an old-fashioned firewall to block me?"

The senior engineer shook his head, and wherever he went, he slaughtered his way through.

While things were going smoothly for Gao Gong, it was a completely different story for Xiao Yu. The Dragon Scale Blade stirred up violent currents in the water, and each slash, combined with the force of the gun, sent more than a dozen robots flying. Most of the robots were unable to move after crashing, and all the electronic components inside were shattered.

But there are just too many robots!

Looking around, Xiao Yu realized that several robot factories had been built on the seabed of Fuqing Island, using the "engine wreckage" as a base, with a large number of robots being ejected from the pipes.

This feels very much like the style of the Mother City.

As everyone knows, the Little Angel is a queen in one-on-one battles but a dwarf in group fights. Her single-target attacks are incredibly powerful, sometimes even dealing over 10,000 damage, but she has almost no area-of-effect attacks.

She and her mech soldiers fought their way from the seabed to the shore. She killed hundreds, if not thousands, of robots, but their numbers only seemed to increase.

The little angel was truly enraged, and both her "Battle Angel" and "Mechanical Witch" modes were activated simultaneously.

Battle Angel: Entering Battle Angel mode will grant you a higher level of combat instincts.

Mechanical Witch: You can activate the performance of your mechanical body for a short period of time, increasing your attack, defense, and combo damage by 30-60%.

She intends to follow her usual practice: take the head of the general from among the three armies—the ultimate path of brute force.

However, the mech soldier stopped her, his face serious, and said, "Where is the enemy's commander? What are the weaknesses of the mechanical system? Is there any support? What do you plan to do after you kill it? You haven't thought these things through, how can you have the intention to kill?"

Xiao Yu was scolded by the other party and felt ashamed. She really hadn't thought it through and just subconsciously wanted to unleash her ultimate move.

Seeing this, the mechanized infantryman softened his tone, "Besides, your reinforcements have already arrived, it's not your turn to risk your life."

At some point, walls of fire began to rise from the sea, and when the robots rushed into them, they scurried around like headless flies.

As the number of fire walls reached thousands, a massive fiery data labyrinth took shape, covering the visible sea surface.

With a flash of flame, a phantom figure emerged from the space, the firebird mark on her right cheek particularly conspicuous. She glanced at Xiao Yu and smiled.

"Little girl, the robot army is controlled by artificial intelligence. If you can't find the artificial intelligence, it won't matter if you kill them all."

"Artificial intelligence?" Xiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked, "Could it be an evolution of ancient computing programs?"

The bird of paradise shook its head, somewhat puzzled, and said, "With the strength of the simulated signal here, it's impossible to give rise to advanced AI, and this feeling—"

It looks just like the mother city!!

However, it's not the Deep Web, but Cybertron.

As expected, when the data maze of the Bird of Paradise disrupted the robot army's "perception signals," transparent data jellyfish rose from the sea. These "mechanical matrices" spun several times in mid-air before shooting towards the Bird of Paradise.

"Not an advanced AI," Bird of Paradise raised an eyebrow, "But it doesn't seem to be a super AI either."

"Master, 70% of the database code has been rewritten. Do you wish to proceed with database reorganization?"

"Do it."

As the senior engineer moved around, the "Engine Network" was transformed into a large amount of data, and then reorganized into a new network, sweeping away the old, broken, and outdated structures.

After all, the senior engineer had seen the real Dyson sphere, so Xiao A's replica naturally looked like the real Dyson sphere. The "super thermometer" disappeared, replaced by a covered energy intake port similar to an energy nozzle, into which heat energy was drawn in almost continuously.

At the same time, the entire "earth's crust engine" began to rotate rapidly.

Later in the game, after players enter the universe, the Dyson Sphere has another name among them—the Galactic Delivery Station.

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