Chapter 346

On the inverted mountain peaks, small bases were being built in full swing. Terminators, aircraft, and transport planes flew back and forth, busy with their tasks. It seemed as if, overnight, Earth civilization had gained a foothold on this strange planet.

The sky was already the territory of the Space-Time Empire. Although fierce flying creatures attacked from time to time, they posed no threat to the base when faced with the flying Nemesis units.

Inside the Hell Gate 2 base.

"With the help of these anium ores," a hint of fanaticism appeared.

"An aerial fortress?" Ye Nan's heart stirred. "Is it possible to build a space fortress? I mean building that kind of asteroid-class space fortress, camouflaged on the outside with materials like meteorites, usually floating in space disguised as a meteorite, and tearing off the disguise to show its fangs during wartime."

Compared to an aerial fortress, a space fortress was clearly more majestic and powerful.

"I don't know, it still needs testing. The main thing is to extract the element with its own magnetic field from it," Stark said.

"Oh, in that case, I won't disturb you." Ye Nan said this and retreated. He knew that in the field of mechanics, he was not an expert; he was just a layman. A layman should not point fingers at an expert, because that would lead to experimental failure.

Ye Nan walked out of the Hell Gate 2 base and took a deep breath. Watching the researchers in white coats walking back and forth, he revealed a smile.

A month had passed since the last battle with Eva. In this month, the Space-Time Empire had successfully established a firm footing. The research team led by Stark had also personally come to Planet Pan Duola to experiment with the planet's local minerals and study them, in order to use the planet's minerals to manufacture weapons.

The battle a month ago had burned through one-tenth of Ye Nan's resource reserves. He needed new resources to replenish them. Fortunately, the ores on Planet Pan Duola were similar to those on Earth, and there were also some unique ores. Simply put, this Planet Pan Duola could completely become a resource planet.

"Using your own resources to defeat you, and then seizing this planet—this is my strategy. Eva, did you think that by dividing the sky for me, you could stop me? Hmph, agreements are not even worth a piece of waste paper to me."

Ye Nan reached out to summon an aircraft, opened the hatch, and sat directly inside.

The facilities inside the aircraft were very simple, consisting only of a seat and a space large enough for one person; there was nothing else.

"Go down." Ye Nan gave the order. The hatch closed immediately, the aircraft ignited and descended, then stopped about a meter above the ground. The hatch opened, Ye Nan jumped out, and the aircraft left. The crude flight mode still needed improvement.

Stepping on the ground, Ye Nan felt a bit excited. Breathing the fresh air again made him feel happy.

The toxic air on Planet Pan Duola was no problem at all for humans who had injected the human evolution serum. To them, the air here was even fresher than on Earth.

"This planet will soon be ours." Ye Nan muttered, his footsteps treading on the soil of Planet Pan Duola as if he were stepping on corpses. He knew Eva was monitoring him, but so what?

"This planet is not yours, Ye Nan." With a rustle, a person emerged from the bushes—blue skin, a tail, and a black braid, the standard attire of a Na'vi.

"There are actually Na'vi here? How interesting." Ye Nan circled around the Na'vi as if he had seen something rare. "If I remember correctly, this should be my territory, and you Na'vi are not allowed to enter."...

"This is not your territory, Ye Nan." The Na'vi's eyes spat fire. "Your territory is the sky, not the earth, you evil Your Majesty."

"Evil Your Majesty? This term is so familiar. I remember someone saying that about me. By the way, who was it? Let me think!" Ye Nan pretended to be unable to remember and said, "Oh my, I forgot who it was."

The Na'vi's face darkened. "Don't put on an act. I know you know who I am."

"How do you know that I know who you are?" Ye Nan looked at the Na'vi with amusement. For the cocky person he was, he felt like teasing them. Admittedly, Ye Nan did indeed know who this Na'vi was, because regardless of the physical shell, mental fluctuations were one of the important characteristics for identifying people. No matter how Norm changed his appearance, he could not change his spirit, which was his soul.

As for why Norm was resurrected, Ye Nan guessed that Eva was behind it. After all, in the movie "Avatar," Eva had demonstrated the power to resurrect people.

Facing Ye Nan's teasing, Norm's expression was quite unpleasant. He said straightforwardly, "I am Norm."

"Norm? It's actually you. You've actually been resurrected." Ye Nan put on a look of surprise.

"Don't put on an act. Eva told me you have the ability to identify souls," Norm said angrily.

"Oh, then what are you here to find me for this time?" The surprise on Ye Nan's face was swept away, replaced by a look of indifference. "You traitor to humanity, how did you find me?"

"How I found you is not important. What's important is that you have violated your agreement." Norm gritted his teeth and said, "We agreed that you would occupy the sky and we would occupy the earth. Now you are stepping into the territory of the earth. You are violating the agreement."

Norm shouted frantically. It was his biggest mistake to have let Ye Nan use his fear of nuclear bombs to set up a duel. After learning the truth, he wanted revenge every moment.

"Your technology is of no use here at all. Any bomb above black powder technology cannot be detonated here." Norm sneered. When he first learned this news from Eva, he was also surprised. But soon, he realized how shocking this news was. In human history, there had never been a lack of facts about indigenous people defeating civilized armies, because the deterrent power of firearms was far less shocking than things like missiles.

"Is that so? Then so what?" Ye Nan said dismissively.

"My poor Your Majesty, you are simply ignorant of military affairs." Norm's eyes were full of pity. "Don't you know that we have won this war?"

"Is that so?" The smile on Ye Nan's face grew wider. "I really don't understand military affairs. I am a military illiterate. I don't know how to command. But just because I don't understand doesn't mean there's no one in the Space-Time Empire who does. So why do you think you've won?"

"It seems you should fire all your military experts." A smile flashed across Norm's face. "They can't even tell the current situation. What use are they?"

"They should indeed be fired." A smile also appeared on the corner of Ye Nan's mouth. "They really can't tell the situation; they don't even know that our Space-Time Empire has the upper hand."

Ye Nan's words left Norm speechless. He could only hum a few times and said, "I won't argue with you about such meaningless things. I just want to say, stop your robots from mining."

"Give me a reason."

"Because you violated the agreement."

"Agreement?" Ye Nan said amusingly. "You still have the face to mention the agreement? What's going on with those creatures that harass our Space-Time Empire day and night? Tell me, if you explain it well, I'll withdraw. If you don't explain it well? Then sorry, you were the ones who provoked me first."...

"The sky has never been Eva's territory, and the birds in the sky are not Eva's subjects, so their harassment of you is an instinct of the creatures. It has nothing to do with us." Norm said with a slight apology, "I am also very sorry for their harassment."

"The earth has never been the territory of my Space-Time Empire, and the machines on the earth are not the machines of my Space-Time Empire, so their mining of ores is an instinct of the machines. It has nothing to do with us. I am also very sorry for their mining behavior." Ye Nan returned all of Norm's words to Norm. "How is this explanation? Will you be satisfied?"

"You are being completely unreasonable." Norm scolded angrily.

"I am being unreasonable? Why don't you say that you are the one being unreasonable? The sky is not Eva's territory, and the birds are not Eva's lackeys. Who would believe these words?" Ye Nan said disdainfully, "I'm just returning to you everything you did to me."

In fact, regardless of whether the birds came to harass them or not, Ye Nan would still mine on Planet Pan Duola. The harassment of the birds just gave him an excuse, and this kind of excuse could be said to be as many as one wanted.

"You..." Norm was agitated inside, wishing he could curse Ye Nan, but the words reached his lips and he swallowed them back, putting on a calm look again. "Everyone understands who is right and who is wrong this time, so since you don't admit it, it doesn't matter. What's important is the future. In the future, no birds will come to harass you, and you are not allowed to mine anymore."

"Who is right and who is wrong must be explained with reason." Ye Nan directly ignored the second half of Norm's sentence.

Hearing this, Norm suddenly had the urge to slap himself in the face, and while slapping, he wanted to say: "I told you to talk too much, I told you to talk too much."

"If you don't give a reasonable explanation, I won't stop mining."

"Fine, I don't want to argue with you. Let's say I'm wrong, let's say I'm wrong, okay?" Norm was angry inside, but he had to take the blame on himself because he knew Ye Nan was just being difficult.

"Since you're wrong, you have to pay the price." Ye Nan was overjoyed to hear this.

"What?" Norm wished he could slap himself a few more times. He never expected that this Your Majesty would be such a shameless person, completely climbing up the pole as soon as it was offered.

"It's very simple, just mark out a piece of land on the ground for us." Ye Nan stated his conditions.

"No." Norm refused directly. "I didn't come here to talk about any compensation. I just want to tell you that you must recall your robots. Otherwise, if an accident happens, don't blame us."

"Is this a threat?" Ye Nan said nonchalantly, not taking Norm's words to heart at all.

"Think whatever you want, in short, this is our ultimatum." Norm said.

"Ultimatum? It seems you really think of yourself as a Na'vi." Ye Nan sneered, pressed a few times on his watch, and then said, "I intend to give you a gift."

"What gift?" Norm followed Ye Nan's words, while feeling a bit strange, not understanding why Ye Nan would give him a gift.

"Of course, it's a surprise." Ye Nan smiled mysteriously. "You'll know in a moment."

"Then I'll wait, but don't think about bribing me, because I will not betray my race because of your bribe." Norm said righteously.

"Idiot." Ye Nan cursed in his heart.

After a while, the aircraft landed, and the hatch opened, revealing the surprise inside.

"This... what is this thing... how is it possible... how is he still here."