Chapter 94: This Wonder Is Unnatural

In fact, from the very beginning, Li Ang had already sensed the unnatural aspects of this Planet Wonder.

The Experimental Zone left behind by this interstellar civilization was not filled with various high-tech gadgets as one might imagine; on the contrary, many parts of this Experimental Zone could be organized and manipulated using knowledge Li Ang understood, and he could even repair them while understanding the underlying principles.

After all, possessing Magic meant he could repair it, which also meant Li Ang himself knew how to fix it. Otherwise, the system could not have provided such prompts. For instance, that repair and construction blueprint was actually a type of unnatural spatial compensation measure existing in Subspace. It could use anti-timeline power to mend past scars back into an undamaged state.

As the repair operations continued, Li Ang felt more and more how strange this Wonder, which he had once regarded as a ground observation station and experimental base, truly was.

First of all, as a ground structure, it possessed too many features that could only appear in a zero-gravity environment.

Li Ang initially thought the anti-gravity system in the Observatory was specifically for sensing the Starry Sky, but as observations continued, along with the mapping of star charts and calculations of ground angles, Li Ang discovered this was not a place for observing cosmic planets at all.

On the contrary, it would only be truly useful if he flipped it upside down. This should have been an Observatory for ground use. Moreover, the internal structure was full of inversions and incongruities. There were even places in the lower structure resembling observation windows. Yet, these things were buried deep underground.

It was impossible that the Ancient Ones had such unique aesthetics that they just liked to lie by windows and look at underground soil layers, right? Furthermore, while repairing, Li Ang used Magic to roughly probe the existence of the entire sector and discovered that the entire Wonder was locked into the earth by a strange gravitational force, unable to be pulled out like pulling a radish.

Moreover, the vast majority of the areas were not in a state of natural compression and weathering caused by abandonment. Rather, the creations of the Ancient Ones were already immune to the possibility of natural weathering, remaining as smooth as new after who knows how many years underground. But if that were the case, those twisted sectors that required his repairs became very suspicious.

If it were truly a surface building constructed here naturally, why did the structures at many connection points and sectors present radioactive wounds from external tearing or explosions? Finally, there was the item needed for the Wonder's repair.

The Ancient Ones' Star-Orbit Calculation Device.

This was not something that could be manufactured by any technology currently inside the planet.

The required construction conditions were not even given; instead, there was a red "currently unbuildable" icon. Both its very existence and the technology utilized were beyond Li Ang's understanding.

According to common sense, even if it initially required Psionic energy or some Magic-related issues, Li Ang would not be completely unable to understand it. If he were completely unable to understand it, it could only be core technological product of the interstellar era. But how could such a core technological product be lost? This was very unreasonable, and it felt like something was wrong somewhere.

Looking at the map currently provided by the players, along with those huge circles one after another and the various races living within them, Li Ang vaguely felt that something was brewing inside.

Regarding the size of the planet, Li Ang was actually not surprised. After all, although it was another world, judging from the curvature and things like the moon and relics, it was still within the scope of his cognition. But those huge ice walls dividing the large regions, those abysses and supernatural storms—those could not be explained by normal logic.

Now, this Ancient Saint Relic buried deep underground also proved that everything here was not as simple as Li Ang had imagined at the beginning.

So what to do next? Facing such strange matters, should he continue to ignorantly expand his sphere of influence in the Arctic, or go do something he considered meaningful? "... Of course, investigate! Of course, continue to expand!"

Facing his spreadsheet and the way his industrial points had already begun to advance rapidly, Li Ang felt not a shred of so-called fear. On the contrary, this was better. This was just right. If he had completed all his great achievements on one planet so quickly, that would be the boring thing. As a true civilization master, Li Ang's desire for these novel things far exceeded the understanding of a normal person.

He could continue to develop, but what he wanted to see even more was a leap-style advancement like the present.

The Golden Land and the Landing Site had both gradually moved onto the right track, and the total population of the two was already approaching fifty thousand. If one counted the floating population, it was close to one hundred thousand. From the faction spreadsheet, although it was only a tiny small country, in terms of coloring the map, Li Ang had already occupied vast territories.

And since no one had come to attack such a large habitable territory, and everyone was instead getting along harmoniously, Li Ang mostly understood where his combat power stood in this world.

So in other words, he already had the strength to dispatch fleets to sail freely.

At least neither side would particularly oppose this matter.

However, wanting to obtain the Ancient Ones' Star-Orbit Calculation Device in Antarctica was no easy task. Because there was no regulating structure like Stonehenge there, and for living people and battlefields, the power of the Chaos Wind could still not be ignored.

If Li Ang were to use the lives of the Star-Bearer to fill in the blanks on these maps, even according to current technology, there would likely be some casualties and waste of labor. One must know that his Pale Army had already suffered a certain degree of damage on the Chaos Wasteland.

This meant that those demons and supernatural lives occupying the two ends were not as vulnerable as imagined.

In the past, they might have just been playing around with side forces, but with the opening of the Golden Land and many groups beginning to take Li Ang's existence seriously, the Star-Bearer could be considered to have truly stepped onto the stage of power.

When you were wild, everyone played around and didn't bother you because you weren't worthy. But now that the Star-Bearer had appeared in its entirety, everyone would certainly want to take a good look at what was going on. But this was also fine, because after Li Ang thought about it, he discovered there was indeed an excellent option.

"Oliver, Oliver!"

"My lord, I am here."

"Draft an order for me; I will provide ships and supplies, and let the players go to Antarctica to help me measure the environment and geographical conditions. If they discover any Wonders, I will have more rewards; pass it on like this."

"Yes, my lord."

Facing Li Ang's sudden order, Oliver did not have any hesitation and directly accepted the command, walking out the door.

(End of chapter)