When Han Lang returned to the South Pole base, he received an unprecedented warm welcome.
"Yo, Han Lang? You're finally back! "
"I missed you so much, brother. It's good that you're back."
"It's all thanks to you that we were able to protect this precious ruin. You have to work hard in the future!"
Han Lang smiled and warmly greeted the people he met along the way. In fact, Han Lang did not recognize many of these people. After all, he had not stayed in the South Pole base for a long time, and he had always focused on training. He had never participated in the daily affairs of the base. Those who seemed to be very close to Han Lang had actually only met him once or twice.
However, this did not prevent everyone from having a good impression of Han Lang. Everyone on Earth had heard of Han Lang's name. In everyone's hearts, Han Lang might not be the strongest in terms of combat strength, nor was he the most exquisite in terms of martial arts, but he was the bravest and toughest existence!
Facing an enemy more than ten times his size alone, he still rushed forward without hesitation and fought until the last moment, almost sacrificing his life. Han Lang's deeds were simply legendary in everyone's eyes!
Due to the last incident, the security level of the base had increased a lot. There were two special forces guarding the entrance to the ruin, and there were as many as 22 people.
Han Lang looked at the silver alloy door and sighed softly. This was the place where he had witnessed Richard and Freeman die in battle. Now that he was back in the old place, how could he not be emotional?
Walking through this mysterious door, Han Lang finally arrived at the legendary prehistoric ruin. Unlike what Han Lang had imagined, there were no luxurious decorations or beautiful sculptures here. It was more like a metal fortress, with a huge hall connected to countless alleys.
Most of the alleys were paved with steel rails. Electric transport rail cars transported carts of black ore to the huge steel machine at the side of the hall for grinding and screening. The black part of the ore was removed and transported by rail cars into the depths of the alleys for landfill, leaving behind a bright yellow crystal.
The crystal was very small, like fine, translucent sand. The workers were packing these crystals into boxes. The amount of crystals collected was not large, and the crystals collected from a cart of ore were only a few kilograms.
Han Lang looked at everything curiously. The walls were made of steel, the dome was made of steel, and the passageways were made of steel. There were murals on the walls and the dome, depicting the complicated galaxies in the universe. It seemed that the prehistoric civilization was full of longing for the stars.
Lee Yu sighed and said, "This is a C-grade relic that belongs to Earth. It's a prehistoric civilization mine that can produce high-quality Yan Huang Crystals. They are small yellow stones that are used as an additive in the production of high-grade alloys. The price is as high as 500,000 star coins per ton."
"The current output of the mine is slightly more than one ton per day. We will take these ores to the Milky Way Galaxy's open market to sell. Every month, the Federation will have an income of 15 million Star Coins. As the progress of the project accelerates, the output will increase. If we can produce three tons per day, that will be 45 million Star Coins per month."
"You should know that the Earth Federation's annual income last year was only 50 million Star Coins."
Han Lang frowned and said, "I don't really understand. It's just developing a mine, why would so many brothers die in battle?"
Lee Yu looked at the deep alleyways and pouted. "Because there used to be darkness beasts there."
Han Lang was slightly startled. He had no idea what kind of existence Lee Yu was referring to.
"Follow me."
Lee Yu led Han Lang into one of the alleyways of the mine. The workers here were all ordinary workers without superpowers. Looking at their sweaty faces, they must have known the importance of this mine to Earth, so they were working hard to complete their tasks.
The expected income of 45 million Star Coins per month was, in fact, a drop in the bucket for Earth, which had a population of 1.5 million. The equipment and medicine needed by the 150,000 people with superpowers would cost a lot of money, not to mention the formation of a fleet.
So far, Earth only had one Sky Fortress-class cruiser. This ship had been given as a prize by the competition because Clark had been outstanding and entered the top ten of the Milky Way Convention.
However, Earth was also a country. If a country only had one interstellar battleship, it would really be a joke. It would cost a lot to buy more battleships and train the crew on board.
Apart from that, the Earth Federation also needed to import some advanced energy sources, machinery, and training equipment. The Federation's foreign affairs also needed to travel to nearby countries. All of these would cost star coins. Therefore, Earth was not currently facing a problem of poverty, but a problem of extreme poverty.
Han Lang followed Lee Yu. As they went deeper into the alleyway, more traces of battle began to appear. The claw marks on the wall were more than ten centimeters deep. If a warrior had been scratched by them, he would have died on the spot.
Lee Yu recalled as she said, "Before the prehistoric advanced civilization retreated, they closed many mines, research institutes, and bases. They also left behind a large number of darkness beasts.
"Generally speaking, the higher the level of a ruin, the stronger the darkness beasts left behind. Grade B ruins and above even have traps set up by them. So, it's not easy to clear out the ruins left behind by the prehistoric civilization and make them ours."
"Like this mine, it is relatively easy to open up a Grade C ruin, but it still caused the assault team to suffer heavy losses. With Earth's current strength, if they were to explore higher-level ruins, I'm afraid they would not be able to do so."
Han Lang nodded slightly, thought for a while, and asked curiously, "I wonder how are the C-grade and B-grade ruins differentiated? Also, there's one thing I don't understand. Since the prehistoric advanced civilization had already retreated from the Milky Way, why did they still make it so troublesome? If they didn't want to leave a ruin behind, they could just blow it up. "
Lee Yu explained, "The classification of ruins is a convention in the Milky Way to determine the value and difficulty of a ruin. The lowest level is Grade D, which does not pose any threat. Grade C ruins are slightly more dangerous, but they are not unbreakable. Grade B ruins represent a huge risk. Only the powerful countries in the Milky Way have the ability to develop Grade B ruins on their own. Low-level countries can only request help from the powerful countries, or form an alliance of several countries to barely be able to develop them.
"As for Grade A ruins, the difficulty is unimaginably high. Even if the strongest countries in the Milky Way join forces, they would not be able to completely open up the ruins. It is simply a forbidden zone for humans, with countless traps, secret passages, and darkness beasts.
"The purpose of the Milky Way Conference is to find capable young people from all over the Milky Way Galaxy to join forces to develop a few special Grade A ruins. They are Grade A Ruins No. 7, Grade A Ruins No. 19, and Grade A Ruins No. 23.
"These three Grade A ruins are very special. There are restrictions at the entrance, and only young people under the age of 30 can enter. Back then, Clark successfully opened up the A7 ruins and was ranked ninth in the entire Milky Way, showing his great potential!
"With such a young warrior with such great potential, although some countries still proposed to colonize Earth after the Milky Way Conference, they were rejected by the Milky Way Alliance. After all, in their opinion, a top genius like Clark has a bright future and may be of help to the Milky Way Alliance in the future.
"It's a pity that after the Milky Way Conference ended, he sent the Sky Fortress cruiser that was awarded to him back to Earth, but he did not go home himself. No one knows where he went, and there has been no news from him until now."
When talking about Clark, Lee Yu could not hide the sadness in her heart. Back then, Clark had trained with Lee Yu and Taryn, and they had a master-disciple relationship. They had a deep relationship.
It had been almost ten years. If Clark was still on Earth, the Earth Federation would not be in such a sorry state. Even the Marauders had come to bully them.
After a pause, Lee Yu continued, "As for why the ruins were filled with darkness beasts and set up many traps, it was because the people of the prehistoric civilization believed that they would one day return to the Milky Way Galaxy, so they carefully sealed up their important ruins."
"They still want to come back?" Han Lang did not understand. "Then I don't understand. Moving an entire race is not a joke. How much money and resources would it take? Since they want to come back, why would they move their entire race away? "
Lee Yu said, "Perhaps they encountered some difficulties. In short, the prehistoric civilization is the biggest mystery of the Milky Way Galaxy. Usually, a race migrates collectively because they are threatened. Just like the Turks who lived in the western part of Huaxia in history. They were attacked by the Great Han Empire and had no choice but to move to Europe.
"There are countless examples like this. From the current profits from the development of the prehistoric ruins, the intelligent creatures that lived in the Milky Way Galaxy before humans had a rather high level of civilization. Humans have only obtained a small portion of the technological achievements of the prehistoric civilization, but it has already benefited us immensely. Battleships that can cross the sea of stars and fusion electricity technology that provides free energy to the entire world are all relics of the prehistoric civilization.
"In fact, no one knows what kind of threat this powerful prehistoric civilization faced that made them decide to move their entire race to an unknown, faraway place. But one thing is for sure. To cause the prehistoric civilization to completely leave the Milky Way Galaxy, it must be a very dangerous enemy. And this dangerous enemy is very likely to still exist somewhere in the Milky Way. It's just that it is still in a deep sleep and has not yet awakened.
"No matter what, the Milky Way Galaxy is filled with chaos and danger. As a member of the humans in the Milky Way Galaxy, our Earth is too weak. Only by becoming strong ourselves can we possibly resist the threats that come from the future and from afar.
"What I can do is to do my best to develop the ruins. As long as Earth has a source of income, we can slowly accumulate strength. And you have to think of a way to fight your way into the main competition of the Milky Way Galaxy. I also believe that you have the strength to do so."
Han Lang nodded heavily. "Don't worry, I will definitely do my best. As far as I know, the headquarters seems to have a group of specially trained young warriors. They should be able to enter the main competition, right?"
Lee Yu's expression was solemn. "It's hard to say. Right now, they are training in seclusion like you and did not participate in the second half of the combat competition. Oh yes, you will be able to meet this group of geniuses soon. There is also Chen Zhong and the monk. They will all be coming for the formation of the First Army."
Han Lang thought of Chen Zhong and the monk and was very happy. Although they had not known each other for a long time, they had fought together and were very good friends.
In the blink of an eye, Han Lang and Lee Yu had reached the end of the passageway. The steel rails were still being laid. This mine pit would soon be excavated to provide valuable financial support for Earth.
Lee Yu stared at the blood stains left by the battle on the wall and said in a low voice, "If we are unable to break through the Milky Way Galaxy Conference, in order to prevent Earth from becoming a colony of other countries, the only way is to forcefully open the B-grade ruins. Let us, the only people with superpowers on Earth, fight one last time."
Han Lang was stunned and asked in surprise, "There are still B-grade ruins on Earth!?"
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