Black Dragon Mountain X81 Spaceship

On the surface of the Pacific Ocean above Ruins of Civilization No. 12.

"Bata, scan this place," Lin Qingyu said.

"Done. The information you obtained was correct. About 3,000 meters beneath the seabed, there really is a mothership. If I remember correctly, it should be the mothership of the interstellar fleet that Master destroyed with a single move back then." Bata said, "Let me take a look... There's actually a Black Dragon Mountain X81 inside. Looks like someone in that fleet had quite a powerful background. Too bad a background is only a background. Before a true powerhouse, even the strongest background is useless."

After detecting the information about the spaceship below, Bata sighed repeatedly.

"With this ship, we should be able to enter the universe sooner, right?" Lin Qingyu said.

"Of course. Using this ship as the foundation, I can build a spaceship capable of entering the universe in about a year. Then we can go to Qiu Long Star near Earth to obtain resources." Bata said, "Don't worry. I'm very familiar with the structure of the Black Dragon Mountain X81. With your current strength and my help, taking over that ownerless ship will be more than enough."

"Good. Then let's go!" Lin Qingyu said.

With Lin Qingyu's strength, he soon arrived before the mothership's hatch.

Although the mothership was enormous, it had already decayed, so it was not Lin Qingyu's target.

What Lin Qingyu truly sought was the Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship parked inside the mothership.

Soon, under Bata's guidance, Lin Qingyu arrived in the mothership's storage bay.

Inside this warehouse, which was many times larger than a parking lot, a disc-shaped spaceship roughly one hundred meters in diameter sat silently.

The spaceship was entirely black, with the image of a winged dragon engraved upon it. Time seemed especially merciful toward this vessel; it had suffered only minimal decay.

"Good. We'll use this to pry open the ship's hatch." Bata took out a strangely shaped tool.

Lin Qingyu knew that this tool was the Giant Strength Top.

Protected by his Mental Power Weapon, Lin Qingyu controlled the Giant Strength Top and endured the Laser Channel as he forced it into the gap between the hatch and the floor, successfully prying open the completely sealed door.

"Good, Moyun. I'll have to trouble you," Lin Qingyu said.

Very quickly, the Moyun Vine Lin Qingyu carried completely wrapped around him, forming a blood-red suit of armor.

During Lin Qingyu's three months of seclusion, Bata had not been idle. At the very least, he had completed the cultivation of the Moyun Vine intended specifically for Lin Qingyu.

"I now have two Moyun Vines. One has already recognized me as its master, while the other remains ownerless. I could probably find a way to sell it," Lin Qingyu thought.

In the Original work, this Moyun Vine had originally belonged to Hong. But Lin Qingyu considered that Hong did not actually need to use a Moyun Vine in battle anytime soon, so he kept it for himself.

After all, compared with improving Hong's personal combat power, the more important matter now was finding ways to earn money and purchase weapons and slaves capable of protecting Earth.

Moreover, this Moyun Vine had been cultivated using the most basic method. Its potential was average, and for Hong, who was destined to become a powerhouse, it was indeed somewhat low-end.

"Once I have money, I'll equip Hong, Thor, and Luo Feng with the best Moyun Vines." As Lin Qingyu thought, he braved the lasers and charged into the spaceship's interior.

"Lin Qingyu, three robots are approaching you," Bata's voice sounded by Lin Qingyu's ear.

"Robots? Can you handle them?" Lin Qingyu asked.

"Not a big problem, but I'll need some time." As Bata spoke, he began invading the robots' control systems.

"Stalling for time is what I'm best at." Lin Qingyu directly expanded his Domain. "Moyun, stop them!"

Lin Qingyu's Domain was a Wood attribute Domain, making it highly compatible with a Plant Life like the Moyun Vine.

With the Domain's support, the Moyun Vine's vitality surged. Ten vines extended outward and lashed wildly at the fast-approaching robots at several times the speed of sound.

Boom—

A muffled roar rang through the spaceship's compartment. Even sturdy robots could not cross a single step past the Moyun Vine enhanced by the Domain, nor could they pose any threat to Lin Qingyu.

Soon, under Bata's invasion, these robots, which had no particularly advanced defenses to begin with, were completely subdued.

By then, Lin Qingyu had also arrived in the control room.

The spaceship's intelligence was issuing warnings to him, but neither Bata nor Lin Qingyu cared about the ship's warnings.

However, the two were communicating through their consciousness.

"Lin Qingyu, why are you stopping me? The intelligence of a mere C-class spaceship is nothing more than a naked little girl tied up before me. I can do whatever I want to her."

Bata spoke arrogantly. Lin Qingyu could practically see the sinister grin at the corner of Bata's mouth as he spoke.

"Do you think this ship might have a self-destruct system?" Lin Qingyu asked. "Like immediately detonating itself the moment it detects an intrusion?"

"Would the ship's owner really be that bored?" Bata said. "Self-destructing the moment it detects an intrusion? Then during a battle, wouldn't sending in any auxiliary intelligence to invade it render the ship useless?"

"Maybe the owner had obsessive-compulsive disorder?" Lin Qingyu said. "This ship is important. We can't be careless."

Lin Qingyu was, after all, a transmigrator who had read Swallowed Star. In the Original work, this ship's owner had been more or less insane. He had set a program on the spaceship: once it detected an intrusion, if the password was not entered within thirty seconds, the ship's intelligence would make the spaceship self-destruct.

Even if Bata forcibly overwhelmed the intelligence with sheer data flow, it would still damage quite a few of the ship's control systems.

In the Original work, the Golden Horn Beast had appeared around January 2060, and Luo Feng had obtained the spaceship around that time as well. Yet it was not repaired to a usable state until the summer of 2062.

Part of the reason for the lengthy delay was that the ship had been left sitting for too long and had decayed. The other part was that Bata's brute-force breach had damaged some of its control systems.

Lin Qingyu naturally hoped to take the spaceship with the smallest possible losses.

The less damage the ship suffered, the faster it could be repaired. Then he could head into the universe sooner and obtain its resources.

"You do have a point," Bata said. "I'll examine it carefully."

As he spoke, Bata activated the small detector Huyan Bo had left behind.

This small detector had been prepared for Undying powerhouses. Using it to inspect a C-class spaceship was complete overkill. If Lin Qingyu had not brought it up, Bata would never have taken it out.

"Damn, was this spaceship's owner insane?" Bata immediately cursed after seeing the results fed back by the radar.

You never knew until you checked, and once he checked, he was shocked. The previous owner of this insane spaceship had installed self-destruct devices at every critical point of the ship. If they all activated, they would be enough to completely destroy the entire spaceship without leaving even scraps behind.

"I guessed right?" Lin Qingyu said.

"Yes. Self-destruct devices are installed, but the trigger conditions are unclear. Still, someone who installs self-destruct equipment to such a deranged extent probably has something wrong with his brain. We can't be careless. We need to prepare for the worst," Bata said.

"Is there a way to avoid triggering those devices?" Lin Qingyu asked.

"Ordinary people probably couldn't manage it, but you're different. Obtaining the spaceship intact actually won't be too difficult." Bata suddenly let out a sinister chuckle.

"Different? Why?" Lin Qingyu asked.

"These self-destruct devices activate after receiving specific signals. If there were only an intelligence involved, even an Intelligent Life like me might not be able to stop them. Even if I could, the ship's control systems would be damaged." Bata said, "But you're different. You have a Domain, and it's even Domain Fifth Level! This C-class spaceship is decent, but it isn't capable of blocking a Domain. After all, this isn't a D-class spaceship used by a Domain Lord level powerhouse. You can completely envelop the ship with your Domain, then physically destroy the signal reception systems of the self-destruct devices. Then we won't have to worry about the ship self-destructing. I'll send you the exact locations of the self-destruct device signal receivers. Destroy them as I instruct."

"Good." Lin Qingyu nodded. Obtaining the spaceship intact was a good thing for him.

Soon, an emerald-green Domain enveloped the entire spaceship. Under Bata's guidance, it instantly destroyed the signal reception systems of more than a hundred self-destruct devices throughout the ship.

The moment it detected the anomaly, the spaceship's intelligence immediately sounded a piercing alarm and continuously sent signals throughout the vessel, trying to activate the self-destruct devices.

But with the self-destruct devices' signal reception equipment physically destroyed by Lin Qingyu, everything the spaceship intelligence did was futile.

"Hehehe, an intelligence without even emotions nearly made Demon Bata suffer! To show my 'respect,' let me thoroughly ravage you from the inside out, from beginning to end!" As Bata controlled a massive flood of programs to invade the spaceship, he revealed a chilling grin.

The now-useless self-destruct signals repeatedly sent out by the spaceship intelligence were like the soft cries of a helpless little girl who had lost the ability to resist. They caused Bata no trouble at all and instead gave him a sense of vengeful pleasure.

Thirty minutes later, Bata breached the spaceship's intelligence and completely took control of this Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship.

"Lin Qingyu, thanks to your reminder, the spaceship didn't suffer any additional damage. Although some of its power systems have decayed over the long years, its control systems are intact. As long as we have sufficient resources, I can definitely repair this spaceship within a year!" Bata said confidently.

"Very good! Resources aren't a problem," Lin Qingyu said.

With his status as the Third Speaker, exchanging for some resources would pose no problem at all.

However, Bata had no intention of wasting this Ruins, so he directly stored the entire mothership in his Space Ring.

Although most of the equipment inside the mothership had decayed, there were still some materials that could be used to repair the Black Dragon Mountain.

With these materials, the resources Lin Qingyu needed to exchange for outside were greatly reduced as well.

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