Chapter 266: Immortal Boat Returns, Iron Giant!

Everyone hopes to know in advance what that returning Immortal Boat is going to do, and whether there are any plans for developing the Moon Surface to bestow upon mortals like them.

It is just that these extraordinary spokespeople pretend to be mysterious on the surface and keep brushing the questions aside.

Yet in their hearts, they are smiling bitterly; they also want to know what the plans of those above are.

Isn't it that, aside from their status, they are actually just like everyone else, listening to orders and acting accordingly?

Eastern Ancient Kingdom, the largest national airport.

The airport terminal was suddenly flooded with many men in black who began to maintain Order.

Afterwards, a section of the terminal was cordoned off, causing confusion for many people.

A young person who was on their phone surfing the internet at every moment thought of something and became excited:

"The Immortal Boat must be coming here!"

"I am currently in Terminal 1, and it has been suddenly sealed off here!"

"I see the planes on the runway also quickly transferring to other runways!"

"They specifically cleared out such a large open space!"

"It must be related to the Immortal Boat's return!"

The young person, full of pride, excitedly shared their discovery with netizens.

At first, some people on the internet did not believe it.

As more and more news emerged, however, they had no choice but to believe it.

There was no other reason; many people discovered that foreign delegations had suddenly acted in unison, taking various means of transportation to rush over.

This was almost the best indirect evidence.

Immediately, many new posts refreshed in that young person's thread:

"So envious! I also want to see the Immortal Boat on-site!"

"Begging the original poster for a live stream! I heard there are many Spirit Beasts on the Immortal Boat, I want to see them!"

"How much longer until the Immortal Boat arrives? Can I make it if I ride my bicycle there now?"

"I'm at the airport nearby! Let's go outside to film it together!"

Outside the airport, military enthusiasts with rich experience in chasing and filming events were the first to react.

Some drove, some rode bicycles up the hillsides, and others used Drones they had obtained from who knows where.

In a short time, a bunch of small Drones flew up outside the airport.

Just then, however, a large security Drone was heard whistling through the air.

Loud reprimands from security came over the broadcast.

One could see the Drones in the sky suddenly shake in unison, and then they all fell like shooting stars.

It was the security team issuing an order prohibiting flight.

All civilian small Drones lost their ability to hover because of this.

A gasp of surprise erupted on the hillside.

Soon, these sounds stopped abruptly.

It was because they all looked up in unison, seeing the white clouds in the sky suddenly turn golden yellow.

Then the cloud layer began to break apart layer by layer, and Golden Light spilled down from the sky.

It was like sunlight, yet much gentler than sunlight.

It was bright but not blinding, instead giving people a warm sense of peace.

Looking directly at the Golden Light, the eyes actually felt a sense of comfort.

This caused the people looking up to almost forget to blink.

Until the cloud layer was completely broken through, the massive Immortal Boat broke through the mist and revealed its spectacular and magnificent form.

Only then did many people wake up as if from a dream and hurriedly pick up cameras and other professional equipment.

A beat slower, more people took out their mobile phones.

They shared the scene of the Immortal Boat returning from the Moon and successfully landing with audiences all over the world.

The Immortal Boat descended from the sky, and as its altitude lowered.

Its kilometer-level body gave an even more shocking sensation.

Don't look at how Spirit Beast Dharma Images are often a thousand or several thousand meters tall.

In fact, for the people of Water Blue Star.

An Immortal Boat over a thousand meters long was already an incredible man-made wonder.

It was a behemoth worthy of the name.

After all, the largest aircraft carrier on Water Blue Star only has a total length of 337 meters, a width of 41 meters, and a height of 70 meters.

Boom!

The Immortal Boat did not land directly.

Given the weight of the Immortal Boat, if it really landed, it would surely cause the airport below to cave in and shatter, leaving a mess everywhere.

When it was forty or fifty meters from the ground, invisible ripples appeared at the bottom of the Immortal Boat.

Those below only felt as if they had been swept by a force-ten gale.

Yet the Immortal Boat hovered steadily in mid-air.

A large number of cargo trucks hurriedly pulled up, and the Mao Tu Spirit Beasts on the deck used their Dharma Power to distribute the cargo.

This made the experts from various major powers who saw this scene very excited.

They had guessed that the Immortal Boat had made such big moves on the Moon Surface, so it would definitely bring back quite a few things.

They didn't expect it to have brought down so much!

In just a short time, the one hundred trucks that had been called over were all filled up!

At first, seeing that rabbit-eared Immortal maiden on the Immortal Boat toss the Moon soil out without any protective measures, the experts had some minor complaints.

They were worried the samples would be affected.

Then, seeing that there could actually be so many samples!

The experts were all so excited they couldn't speak.

Su Ping parked the Immortal Boat at the airport, not caring about the photography and recording by others.

Su Ping did not personally step forward for the subsequent matters; he merely released Zhou Xuan and had experienced people like Huang Zong come over to assist.

They then began to hold a temporary task allocation meeting in the airport terminal.

The first priority was to conduct research on the samples that the Spirit Beasts on the Immortal Boat had dug up claw by claw.

Su Ping had not brought this Moon soil back at random.

Every ton came from different locations and different depths of the Moon Surface.

It was sufficient to represent the soil of the entire Moon surface layer.

These soils would naturally undergo preliminary processing by the Golden Core Spirit Beasts to refine out the Taiyin Crystal they deemed most valuable.

As for the remaining Moon soil, that would depend on whether it had any value to the Water Blue Star Civilization.

If the value was high, Su Ping would not mind transporting down this Moon soil that was already useless to the Spirit Beasts.

The experts, meanwhile, helped research and determine which area's Moon soil had the most development value.

And not long after the Immortal Boat returned and landed.

Ace pilot He Meng, who had just finished executing the return security mission, had just stepped off the plane when he encountered his old superior coming to greet him with several strangers.

"Major He Meng!"

After a simple salute, one of the strangers smiled and reached out a hand:

"After much discussion, we have made a decision."

"You will participate in the testing of the new airframe."

"A new airframe? Like that transforming machine, the Red Firmament?"

He Meng's eyes lit up upon hearing this, secretly thinking that this good fortune had finally come his way?

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!"

The old superior hurriedly coughed and glared at He Meng.

Then, the group quickly left the airport.

During this time, He Meng was hungry and wanted to eat, but was held back and stopped by the old superior.

He Meng was a bit confused at first.

It was not until he arrived at the new base cafeteria by transport plane that he understood.

He Meng knew why he had been held back.

It turned out that the food in this new base cafeteria was actually nourished by Spirit Qi!

Although the dishes were simple—either potatoes stewed with pork belly or Chinese cabbage stir-fried with twice-cooked pork.

The soups were only cabbage and tofu soup or tomato and egg drop soup.

But food nourished by Spirit Qi is just fragrant!

The delicacies and hotel feasts he had eaten before became like pig slop compared to these!

Not to mention the benefits to his Essence Spirit and Qi and his body after eating!

Having eaten his fill, He Meng, realizing that this mission was different, gathered his full attention and participated in the subsequent tests.

After a series of tests that made He Meng feel as if he had been chosen to be an astronaut,

He Meng entered the real training ground.

And there, he saw the instructor and three other companions.

The instructor was the best-rated veteran instructor.

The companions were equally excellent ace pilots!

This setup made He Meng involuntarily fantasize about whether a manned version of the Shuttle had already been developed.

However, as the initial training concluded,

And He Meng and the others saw the test machines they were required to pilot,

Their mouths all hung open, unable to close.

With an average height exceeding twenty-five meters, they were humanoid machines, their entire bodies radiating a metallic luster.

At close range, one could deeply feel the aesthetic and power of machinery and metal.

The only flaw was that they all had a large square pack on their backs.

So much so that after He Meng swallowed his saliva, he confirmed with the instructor repeatedly:

"This thing, is it really not a Gundam?"

At the same time, he thought in his mind that with such Black Technology, why not build the shape to be more aerodynamic?

If used in reality, there's no need to pursue a humanoid aesthetic, right?

And after entering the cockpit,

He Meng knew why it was humanoid.

It turned out the control mode was as if one were possessing these humanoid machines.

As the steel giant, which looked like a humanoid Gundam, began to move,

He Meng felt as if he had merged into one with the giant, perceiving everything around him without distinction.

Whether it was scent, touch, or other mysterious intuitions, it seemed they could all be shared.

He clenched his fists, and the steel giant followed suit by clenching its own.

Feeling these profound sensations, no matter how much He Meng believed in his own technology, he vaguely understood that this probably wasn't some Black Technology, but rather the work of some kind of transcendent power, right?

Could this be a transcendent war weapon developed after the military made contact with those transcendent forces?

The more He Meng thought about it, the more excited he became; he piloted the steel giant to train vigorously in the training ground for the better part of a day before exhaustedly climbing out of the cockpit, only to be carried off to the infirmary by medical staff on the spot.

The instructors and the experts behind the scenes did this on purpose, as they also needed to collect the various limits of these steel giants that incorporated transcendent technology.

"Incredible!"

"Such a heavy object, yet it possesses astonishing agility; how did they achieve such high and stable energy output efficiency?"

"It seems to be the influence of some kind of Array, but those Array theories are simply inconceivable! They even make me doubt my own worldview."

"Calm down, it is just that our level of science is still too low to understand these technologies, which very likely involve fields such as dimensions and dark matter; this is quite normal."

"Maintaining a scientific worldview is the only way for us mortals to go further... this is also the greatest trump card we mortals have!"

An expert kept reminding them.

After he realized that cultivation requires talent, and that the level of one's talent almost determines the height of one's cultivation.

He realized that for the majority of mortals without cultivation talent, learning science and advancing technology remains their most important trump card.

These steel giants were tentatively named Chengying-type Zero Unit!

As enough data is collected, the expert groups will provide various suggestions to the manufacturers, thereby gradually allowing such steel giants to enter various industries and further increase productivity.

After all, although Su Ping has many Golden Core Spirit Beasts, one can never have too much refined lunar soil from the Moon Surface.