Ye Chong did not let his students enter Darkniss recklessly. Instead, he sent one of his students to pilot the Spider and bring Sha Ya in first. Ye Chong's order to Sha Ya was simple. She was to eliminate all life forms within a 10-kilometer radius from the entrance to Darkniss. Ye Chong believed that with Sha Ya's strength and the Spider's firepower, it would not be difficult for her to do so.
If Sha Ya could pilot the Spider, she would be able to fight even better. Sha Ya may not be able to pilot the highly demanding flying mechs, but she had no problem piloting the Spider. It seemed that Sha Ya would have to undergo training in this field. Every ounce of combat strength she had now was precious.
Ye Chong led his students to wait at the entrance to Darkniss.
About three hours later, Sha Ya came out. Ye Chong understood immediately, and ordered his students to pass through the entrance as soon as possible.
Such a strange spatial window frightened many of the more timid students. However, they dared not disobey Ye Chong's order. They had no choice but to force themselves to enter.
Ye Chong was the last to enter Darkniss. Celest's dimension keystone affected the spatial window. He got out of Celest's pilot cabin, recalled Celest, and leaped into the black circular entrance. The moment he stepped through the spatial window, a strange feeling rose in him, but Ye Chong did not have the time to dwell on it.
Ye Chong entered and found all the students huddled together, looking nervous. Before them was the dark and mysterious Darkniss.
Even Duan Qian, who was usually fearless, looked a little intimidated. He walked up to Ye Chong and looked around. He asked, "Teacher, where is this?"
The students had changed the way they addressed Ye Chong. They were now Ye Chong's personal guards, and should address him as Sir. However, a few, like Duan Qian, insisted on addressing Ye Chong as Teacher. Ye Chong did not mind the way they addressed him, so he did not bother to correct them.
"Darkniss," Ye Chong replied calmly.
"Darkniss?" Duan Qian paled. He stammered, "Teacher, why are we here?"
"Yes, Sir, it's too dangerous here. Let's go back."
"Sir, only Level 7 and Level 8 shooters are allowed here!"
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The students were all talking at once, wishing they could grow a pair of wings and fly back immediately. Darkniss was no tourist attraction. It was the most dangerous place in the world. Any random beast that came out would be enough to tear these rookies apart. They did not expect their master to bring them to Darkniss.
Ye Chong ignored him and looked at Sha Ya.
Sha Ya nodded. "The wild beasts in the surroundings have been cleared."
Ye Chong nodded slightly, his eyes cold. He turned around and looked at the students who were already frightened out of their wits.
"Line up."
Ye Chong's face was expressionless as he spoke softly. His voice was not loud, but Ye Chong's unique coldness was like a cold wind blowing into the students' hearts.
The buzzing sounds of discussion came to an abrupt end, and there was only silence.
Their eyes met with Ye Chong's, and the chill in his gaze made everyone shiver. They realized that their leader was angry! The crowd immediately became chaotic, and the students hurriedly lined up as fast as they could.
Ye Chong's practice had paid off. Soon, five neat square formations appeared in front of him.
Complete silence.
Every student was feeling uneasy. If Instructor Liao were to get angry, then they would end up in such a miserable state that they would want to die. However, even the hot-tempered and arrogant Instructor Liao did not dare to disrespect Ye Chong. To them, Ye Chong was already a more terrifying person than Instructor Liao. Everyone kept their mouths shut.
"You are my bodyguards. You have no right to question my orders. You only have two choices, to obey or to disagree. I will kill anyone who disagrees. "Ye Chong's voice was soft and flat, without any inflection. However, he stated the fate of those who disobeyed his orders so casually, without any intention of hiding it.
All the students felt their hearts tremble. Everyone wanted to swallow the words they had just said back into their stomachs.
Their master was indeed more terrifying than Instructor Liao!
Sha Ya stood beside Ye Chong, her expression calm. Her heart was pounding. Ye Chong's killing intent was the strongest she had ever seen. She had seen those vicious shooters before, but Ye Chong's murderous aura was different from theirs.
He was calm, not arrogant, not cowardly, not violent, but solid. Besides, he exuded the aura of a veteran.
"From today onwards, we will be building a base here. You will live here for the rest of your lives. I will teach you combat techniques, and equip you with new weapons. However, this is Darkniss. Only those who are qualified will survive. "
Ye Chong told the students clearly of their situation, and shattered their fantasies.
With that, Ye Chong turned and left. He knew that he had to give the students time to digest the news. Ye Chong walked up to the weaponsmiths, their faces pale. The weaponsmiths were all trembling. Only Xi Yan remained calm. Xi Yan was not unafraid, but he had faith in Ye Chong. He believed that his teacher would not send them to their deaths.
"Everyone, we don't have time to be afraid. We need to get to work. Unless you want to spend the night in the wilderness, "Ye Chong said, and turned to leave. Xi Yan was the first to follow. The other weaponsmiths looked at each other, and soon accepted the reality of the situation. They were still afraid, but they stood up and followed Ye Chong.
Ye Chong had only planned to have seven or eight weaponsmiths to help him, but now there were 30 of them, including himself. Even though the 20 young weaponsmiths were only average, they were valuable talents to Ye Chong.
Some of the more resolute and decisive students, such as Duan Qian, quickly understood what they had to do. They immediately began to move
They moved out all the supplies from the 40 Spiders. Ye Chong had prepared many tools. The machines might be too complicated for Duan Qian and the others, but the weaponsmiths were quick to learn. They would use these tools to build simple laser cutting machines.
These novel tools amazed the weaponsmiths. Not only did they lessen the fear in their hearts, but they also gave them more confidence in the future. They began to work hard.
Ye Chong had been planning for the base back in the manor, and had come up with a plan.
The simple laser rock cutting machine could be installed on the training machine. It would only take 15 seconds to cut a large square rock block that was five meters long, two meters wide, and one meter tall. The simple laser rock cutting machine was easy to build, and Ye Chong began to promote it on a large scale. The 5,000 students began to work as laborers.
They cut the rocks on the nearby cliffs into standard square rock blocks. The training machine, equipped with pincers, carried the blocks down like worker bees.
For the first time in the dark Darkniss, humans were exploring the land in full swing.
The battle-type spider had been handed over to Sha Ya. Sha Ya learned how to pilot the Spider every day, and then patrolled the border, killing any creatures that tried to approach.
The construction progressed quickly. In just seven days, they were almost finished. Ye Chong used superglue made from stargrass to bond the blocks. It was very sticky, and only a small amount of it was needed to make two blocks stick together.
It was a standard stronghold. From the sky, it looked like a concave hexagon. The stone stronghold was only a temporary product, but Ye Chong did not neglect its functionality. Besides being large enough to house everyone, the stronghold also had a laboratory, a machinery production area, three training grounds, and 15 standard mech training grounds. There was also a medical bay. Ye Chong only had a few types of medicine, and no advanced medical equipment. However, Ye Chong still made a special room for the medical bay.
The stronghold had strong firepower. Ye Chong had prepared a large number of laser firing devices. The entire stronghold's firepower system was connected via photon circuits. This took Ye Chong a long time. Ye Chong had been thinking hard about the firepower system since the beginning of the design. The stronghold was the most important part of the base. Without a strong firepower system, survival in Darkniss would be impossible.
Accurate targeting required two conditions. One was a strong photon processor, and the other was a strong holographic scanning system. Ye Chong did not have either of these. Therefore, he could only change his way of thinking. He thought of the laser launcher used in the battle on Planet Yi Ju. Even against creatures as strong as the red-tailed beasts, with enough laser firing devices and strong firepower, they could still deal fatal damage.
The laser firing devices did not require much from the photon processor and holographic scanning system. It relied on concentrated firepower to produce indiscriminate damage. The key to its success was to have enough numbers, which meant that it needed enough concentrated firepower. The downside was that it consumed a lot of energy. However, this was not a problem for Ye Chong.
Energy crystals were cheap in Eastern Cloud. He managed to buy a large amount of energy crystals with only a small amount of money. The energy crystals he brought with him would ensure that they would not have to worry about energy crystals for a long time to come. Once they had a foothold here, they would have enough resources to travel to Eastern Cloud. Then, they could buy or …
It would not be difficult at all! Ye Chong thought to himself. Once the stronghold was fully armed, it would be like a porcupine with spikes all over its body.
Ye Chong heaved a sigh of relief when the firepower system was ready. The students were relieved as well. For the past few days, they could only sleep in the training vehicle. Now, they could finally enter the warmth of the stronghold. The scale of the Stronghold far exceeded their imagination. Such a large-scale Stronghold was almost the size of a small city. Building such a magnificent fortress with their own hands filled everyone's hearts with pride.
They were now more confident about their future!
No one had ever been able to build such a magnificent fortress in such a short period of time. To them, Ye Chong was a man of miracles. What kind of miracles would he bring to their future?
They were filled with anticipation!
Ye Chong took out everything from Celest's dimension keystone. The weaponsmiths were shocked by the number of devices inside. When Ye Chong announced that they could use the devices, the weaponsmiths, including Xi Yan, cheered like never before.
Everyone had entered the stronghold. The floors were smooth, and the rooms were bright and warm. The students, who had suffered for the past few days, were all happy.
Ye Chong was not satisfied with the stone stronghold. It was not strong enough to defend himself. Once he could produce metal on a large scale, Ye Chong would equip the stronghold with heavy metal armor. That would be a true stronghold. Even if the red-tailed beasts attacked, Ye Chong would not be afraid.
After resting for half a day, Ye Chong woke everyone up.
From this moment onwards, they had to learn. The students had to learn how to fight, and how to improve themselves. The weaponsmiths, on the other hand, had to learn about machinery.
Ye Chong demonstrated how to use the photon processor. Everyone had their own photon processor. These photon processors were not powerful, but they were more than enough to serve as learning machines. Inside the stronghold, all the photon processors were connected, and the students could communicate with each other. Ye Chong had prepared for this. He had organized the basic knowledge of the various subjects. This would be their main course of study. Ye Chong used the methods he had learned in the Five Galaxies here.
Who had ever seen such an advanced learning method before? Other than Xi Yan, who had received the chip and learning machine from Ye Chong, no one else had ever heard of it.
This place was like a dream. Everything was new, and there were things they had never seen before. They felt like they were in a dream. The darkness of Darkniss faded away in their hearts. The warmth and brightness of the fortress became their deepest impression.
After that, Ye Chong announced that the first 100 students would be given mechs.
All the students rubbed their palms together eagerly. They now knew what mechs were, and the mech pilots described in the photon processor fascinated them. The peaceful stronghold welcomed the first wave of learning. The weaponsmiths were much more motivated than the students. They devoted themselves to their studies, forgetting to eat and sleep every day. They had never heard of the knowledge in the photon processor before. It was far beyond their current level. How could they waste such a good opportunity?
While everyone was immersed in their studies, Ye Chong quietly made his way to the Lava River not far from the stronghold. The stronghold was strategically located. Not only did it guard the entrance to Darkniss, but it was also built along the river. The wide river formed a natural barrier for the stronghold. Not all animals were as strong as the snowshade leopard, which could cross the river dozens of meters wide.
In the Furious Flame River, the bright red lava flowed slowly. When it passed through the steep slope, the roaring lava would make people tremble in fear, splashing red waves that were incomparably gorgeous. Even though Ye Chong was standing by the river, the hot air still made it difficult for him to breathe.
The surface of the river before Ye Chong was calm. Waves of radiant patterns could be seen in the red hot lava. Lava was formed when rocks were melted at high temperatures. In such a state, metals would often be melted and form a liquid. These liquid metals would form unique radiant patterns in the lava.
Ye Chong was interested in the liquid metals. He wanted to find a way to collect the liquid metals and obtain high purity metals. This would make smelting much easier, shorten the time required, and conserve energy.
How to collect them, however, was a tricky problem.
After a while, Ye Chong returned to the stronghold.
He went back to his laboratory and began to design. Ye Chong spent three days in seclusion. When he came out, he summoned Xi Yan and a few young weaponsmiths.
They rode the Spider to the banks of the Lava River. Xi Yan and the others were confused. They did not know what Ye Chong was up to.
Ye Chong unloaded all the items from the Spider and ordered his men to work. Two hours later, a small building was built by the river. It was equipped with a photon processor and holographic scanning system. There were complicated pipes and a series of dazzling buttons to operate.
Next, the excavator dug three ponds about a hundred meters in length and width and 15 meters deep about a hundred meters away from the small building. Next to the small building was a pipe as thick as a person. One end of the pipe was connected to three one-meter-wide ditches. The three ditches led downwards at a 30-degree angle, and connected to each of the three ponds.
"What's this?" Xi Yan looked at the strangely designed small building built by the river and asked in confusion. Even though he was standing there, the heatwave that assaulted his face made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
"This is an automatic metal extraction system." Ye Chong pushed the button.
A few pipes that were protruding from the surface of the river suddenly extended into the lava. Then, a stream of crimson liquid was pumped up and sprayed out of the pipes. It flowed down the sloping ditch and finally flowed into the square pool. Through the holographic scanning system, they could accurately pinpoint the location and range of the metal liquid.
As they spoke, one of the hooks on the surface of the river reached into the lava and scooped up a black object about the size of a human head.
Seeing Xi Yan's confusion, Ye Chong explained, "This is a piece of metal. It has a high melting point, and the lava is not hot enough to melt it. These pieces of metal are all good stuff and worth even more. " Seeing that Xi Yan and the others understood, Ye Chong added, "The hooks and pipes need to be made from similar high melting point metals."
Xi Yan and the others were clearly interested in the automatic metal extraction system. They went into the small building and surrounded the system, admiring it. They clicked their tongues from time to time. Seeing this, Ye Chong decided to go back alone, leaving the Spider behind for them. Ye Chong found that the Spider was a good means of transportation in Darkniss. It was easy to use and slow, which made it safer for novices.
The metal extraction system was connected to the main photon processor in the stronghold. Once one of the ponds was full, the system would redirect the pipes to another channel, and the metal liquid would flow into the other pond. Once the molten metal had cooled down, Ye Chong would send his men to move the cooled metal pieces over.
The metal liquid was complicated, and would need to be smelted again before it could be used. However, it was much more convenient than mining.
Three days later, the first tank was finally filled to the brim. This time, Ye Chong sent a total of 50 training vehicles to move the huge piece of metal.
The metal liquid was stored in the warehouse, but Ye Chong's metal separation machine was not finished yet. Ye Chong ordered his students to cut the metal liquid into smaller pieces.
Time was tight. All the weaponsmiths stopped what they were doing to help Ye Chong with the large machine.
Ye Chong had looted the Research Consortium's base on Spectre, including the metal separation machine. However, it was only suitable for laboratory use, and not for large-scale production. Ye Chong needed to build a large metal separation machine himself. Otherwise, it would take a long time to mass-produce metal liquid.
Ye Chong felt that the beginning was always the hardest part! (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, please log on to WWW .QIDIAN. com. Support the author! Support the original!)
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