Chapter 635: Do You Understand the Value of "Inlay"?

Scarlet blood flowed along the Metal Corridor, and a pungent bloody smell rushed to the face. Severed limbs were strewn across the Ground, making one feel uncomfortable.

When Li Yu came out of the conference room, what he saw was such a hellish scene.

And in the center of the blood, Nick sat on the ground with a dejected expression. He was covered in blood, and his eyes revealed two words——emptiness.

Li Yu was slightly taken aback. With a casual wave of his hand, the various pieces of gore on the ground were wrapped by an invisible force and thrown out of here.

The place instantly became clean, and his mood also became much more cheerful.

A Holographic Screen popped up in front of him, and a mechanical head appeared, saying respectfully: "We have basically eliminated the resistance forces here. There are a few powerful lifeforms that are a bit troublesome to deal with, but they have also been trapped by us."

"Capturing them is only a matter of time."

Li Yu nodded. Those few powerful lifeforms should be Ales's subordinates.

After all, they were also A4-tier lifeforms and shouldn't be underestimated.

"Alright, clean up this place as soon as possible, we can't stay here long." Li Yu ordered.

"Yes!"

The Holographic Screen extinguished, and Li Yu turned his gaze towards Nick.

"Take me to that Titan Ruins."

Nick's expression was sluggish. Only after a moment did he react, standing up blankly and nodding: "Okay."

This Titan Ruins was located deep within the planetary core and had layers of protective measures. Due to the activation of the alarm earlier, it had already been locked down.

However, these seemingly thick metal barriers in front of them completely couldn't stop Li Yu.

Soon, the two arrived at the location of the Titan Ruins.

This was a massive space located deep within the planetary core. The light was blurry, vaguely outlining an exceptionally huge shadow.

It was a blurry cubic body with sides of varying brightness. This was a giant structure with a diameter reaching over ten thousand kilometers.

This massive cube hovered motionlessly in this space. Other than this thing, there was almost nothing else in this space.

Mechanical pipes were inserted into it, seemingly extracting some kind of power.

"This is the forging platform?" Li Yu frowned and looked at Nick. No matter how I look at it, it looks like a giant iron lump.

"Y-yes, this is the forging platform. Only, most of the components inside have already been damaged, making it difficult to fully deploy."

This massive iron lump brought Li Yu a very heavy sense of oppression.

According to Nick, this thing couldn't be relocated or deployed, as if there was a special power fixing it here.

That's why the Forerunners built a branch Base here.

"Unable to move? Then that's too much of a pity..." Li Yu walked around this so-called forging platform, placed his palm on it, and then exerted force.

Terrifying power burst from his palm, but even using all his Strength, it was difficult to move it. It was indeed as Nick had said.

"It seems this thing can only be destroyed here." Li Yu felt it was somewhat of a pity. After all, it was a Titan Artifact Forge. Who knows, it might have some use.

"The Technology of the Titan Civilization has many aspects that are beyond our reach." Nick lamented slightly.

"For the Forerunners to be able to borrow its power is already very impressive."

He seemed to have recovered from the revenge process just now. Although his body was still a bit hunched, his eyes were no longer evasive, and his tone had also changed slightly.

It was as if everything from the Past had disappeared along with the severed limbs just now.

Li Yu looked around, and a magical idea suddenly burst forth in his mind.

He took the Sword of Deathly Silence out from the [Symbiotic Colonization Armor]'s inlay slot, and then placed his palm on this massive iron lump in front of him.

In an instant, this massive iron lump disappeared from this space.

Due to the sudden disappearance of a high-mass object, an inverse storm and gravity disruption effect formed In Space.

This caused Nick, who was still lamenting, to abruptly widen his eyes.

What happened?

Where is the massive forging platform?

And at this moment, a smile blossomed on Li Yu's face. He casually put a protective film on Nick. He didn't expect that he could actually really inlay this thing.

[Titan Artifact Forge: On this ancient forging platform, some components of Titan Artifacts were once born.

Attached Ability——Repair and Forge: Consume Energy to rapidly repair damaged mechanical components.]

The corners of Li Yu's mouth curled up as he read the description of the forging platform. The inlay icon wasn't a large iron block, but a massive Black Iron Hammer.

Moreover, Li Yu keenly noticed a point: the word 'damaged' wasn't in the description. This indicated that the forging platform should be perfectly intact.

Otherwise, it should be like the Thunder Battle Armor, noted as damaged.

Could it be that this thing requires a specific procedure to open?

Li Yu muttered. The Forerunners couldn't deploy it, so they concluded it was damaged.

He couldn't figure out what was going on for the time being. He only knew that if this was the case, he might be able to repair the Thunder Battle Armor...

No... His eyes flickered slightly. Not just the Thunder Battle Armor, all the Titan Artifacts he obtained in the future could be repaired.

He immediately pried the Thunder Battle Armor out of the inlay slot and then tentatively activated the forging platform's ability.

A Black Iron Hammer suddenly extended from the arm section of the [Symbiotic Colonization Armor]. It looked very ancient, but the surface was covered in a massive amount of special symbols.

Observing through a magnifying glass, he found that these symbols were layered upon each other, as if the entire hammer was constructed from these symbols.

He tentatively picked up the iron hammer. Energy surged, and some light gradually lit up on the Black Iron Hammer. The symbols flickered as he abruptly smashed it onto the Thunder Battle Armor.

Clang! A sonorous sound rang out. Lightning Glow shot everywhere, and Lightning Dispersion echoed in this space.

A moment later, the commotion disappeared. Li Yu looked at the Thunder Battle Armor and observed it carefully.

At the place where he just dropped the hammer, a fine crack had indeed disappeared.

He briefly estimated that if he wanted to completely repair the cracks on the surface of the Thunder Battle Armor, he would probably need to smash it thousands or tens of thousands of times.

And the Energy consumed by this one strike was a massive number.

"Finding a way to deploy it and placing it in the Jade Void Palace to work autonomously is the right path." Li Yu rubbed his chin and temporarily inlaid the Thunder Battle Armor back.

He couldn't stay here long. The Forerunners would definitely notice the anomaly here and would definitely send people over to investigate.

He wasn't interested in truly fighting a Bloody Battle with the Forerunners here.

The Thunder Battle Armor had already been obtained, and getting the Titan Artifact Forge was an unexpected delight.

There was nothing of value left here. Once his subordinates finished copying the data in this Base, they could leave.

………

Marc was in a very bad mood recently because his top trusted aide——Beyele——had died in the Forerunners' ambush against the Star Glory Empire.

Beyele had followed him for a long time. His own Strength was formidable, and he was even more ruthless, decisive, and highly efficient in handling matters.

He could basically execute the tasks assigned to him perfectly.

This time, he even managed to scout out the coordinates of the Imperial Fleet, which could be considered solving an urgent problem for him.

Yet he didn't expect him to actually die in the ambush.

According to the intelligence transmitted back by his subordinates, Beyele was besieged and killed by the enemy while intercepting the Leader of the Nabus Serpentine Legion.

It was said that a certain high-level lifeform of the Forerunners was watching from the sidelines at the time but didn't lend a helping hand, and even made insolent remarks after he died.

This made Marc feel extremely displeased internally. After all, Beyele represented him. Insulting Beyele, to a certain extent, was looking down on him.

But Marc's anger could only be suppressed in his heart, with nowhere to vent.

"Hmph, my people were the ones who scouted the coordinates of the Imperial Fleet. You guys did nothing, To reap without sowing, and you still look down on us..." Marc's face was tense.

He naturally knew that the other party completely didn't put the Bados Civilization in their eyes. If it weren't for some special opportunity, it would have been fundamentally difficult for them to establish a connection with the other party.

Thoughts echoed in his mind. Back when the other party sought him out, he knew that dealing with such a behemoth inevitably carried huge risks.

But facing the benefits involved, it was very hard for him to say no.

It was precisely because of this that the Bados Civilization developed rapidly in a short period of time, even reaching the point where they could oppress the Morton Civilization.

The reason why a massive faction remained hidden was inevitably because they had powerful enemies out in the open.

Marc had anticipated this day long ago. As long as the Forerunners didn't proactively abandon them, they were also willing to fight for the benefits they had gained.

But he didn't expect that he now had to face the Star Glory Empire and the Other-Dimensional Camp simultaneously.

The alliance between the most powerful civilization in the Interstellar and the most mysterious faction, this kind of scene still made him somewhat unable to accept.

While his expression flickered, his Smart Terminal lit up. It was a completely unfamiliar Communication Link, which made Marc frown slightly.

After hesitating for a moment, he still chose to answer. A voice whose gender couldn't be distinguished came from the pitch-black Holographic Screen: "Go to Parska and find out what exactly happened there!"

"Parska!?" Marc's expression changed slightly. Parska, the planet where the Forerunners' branch Base was located.

The people who knew about this place, besides himself, were only the people from the Forerunners.

"Are you from the Forerunners?" He asked tentatively.

"Too much nonsense, go to Parska. If you act quickly, you might still be able to see their tail. Someone will look for you soon, tell him everything you know!" The other party's tone was cold and carried an unquestionable meaning.

Their tail?

Marc looked slightly confused, not knowing what this meant.

Just as he wanted to ask, he found that the other party had already cut off the communication.

Undoubtedly, this should be a High Echelon of the Forerunners. He was too familiar with this aloof tone.

Only, he didn't know why the other party suddenly wanted him to go to Parska.

Under normal circumstances, even he couldn't easily go there and needed to apply with the Forerunners.

Could it be that some accident happened?

This guess made his heart pound, and his expression changed. Ultimately, he gritted his teeth, brought up a Holographic Screen, and ordered: "Prepare a Spaceship, I need to go out for a bit!"

He set off alone. To ensure concealment, there were no navigation routes or Stargates around Parska.

He hurried along, and even by borrowing the nearest Stargate for a jump, it took him two days to reach Parska.

However, when he exited the Warp route, what presented itself before him was a scene that shocked him.

The Gas Giant Planet, which was originally wrapped in a thick Atmosphere, already had gaps all over its surface.

The Atmosphere was completely torn apart, and the clouds were in a dispersed state, escaping into Outer Space.

This place had clearly experienced a massive battle. The planetary core was shattered, and a portion of it had already drifted into space, forming a small asteroid belt. There were residual metal ruins everywhere.

He hadn't been here many times, but he knew that the pillar-shaped main Base shouldn't be in such a ruined state, broken into countless pieces.

"This Base... has been wiped out!?" Marc's pupils contracted. No wonder the tone of the person who contacted him was ice-cold and unquestionable.

He knew how much importance the Forerunners attached to this Base. In order to protect this Base from interference, they even helped the Bados Civilization grow from weak to its current state.

But now, it was actually wiped out by someone?

Who on earth was it? The location of this Base should logically be top-secret. Other than him and the Forerunners, no one knew.

Could it be there's a traitor within the Forerunners? But the Forerunners' organizational structure was tight, it was basically impossible.

Or...

Thinking of this, his expression suddenly changed. There is no 'or'!

If it wasn't the Forerunners, then it could only be the news he leaked.

He suddenly thought of a thorny matter. Given the Forerunners' level of importance attached to this place, with the Base completely destroyed, they must be extremely furious right now.

And the Bados Civilization originally existed as the outer barrier here, yet knew nothing.

Moreover, now that the Base was gone, did the outer barrier still have any value in existing?

Furthermore, to a certain extent, he also had the suspicion of leaking the news. There was a high probability that the Forerunners would take their anger out on him.

This thought caused his expression to change drastically, as if he had already foreseen the Bados Civilization's Civilization's Demise right before his eyes!

The Forerunners civilization wouldn't waste effort to investigate and collect evidence. They didn't need evidence to do what they wanted.

"No, absolutely not!" Marc clenched his fists.

He would never allow the Bados Civilization to be destroyed!

But right now, if he wanted to resist the Forerunners, he only had two choices.

The Other-Dimensional Camp and the Star Glory Empire!

But he had previously offended the Star Glory Empire by leading the Forerunners to annihilate their fleet.

So, his only choice now was——the Other-Dimensional Camp!

(End of Chapter)