Chapter 464: Chapter 266: Immortal Boat Returns, Steel Giant!

Everyone hoped to know in advance what the returning Immortal Boat was planning to do, were there any plans to develop the Moon surface that might reward them, the ordinary people?

But these Transcendent spokespeople, on the surface, kept feigning mystery and dodging the questions.

In their hearts, they laughed bitterly. They also wanted to know what the plans of the higher-ups were.

Wasn’t it true that apart from their status, they were much like everyone else, merely following orders?

Eastern Ancient Country, the largest national airport.

The airport terminal suddenly filled with many black-clad people who began to maintain order.

Suddenly, a section of the terminal was isolated, causing much confusion among the crowd.

Youths constantly on their phones thought of something and became excited:

“The Immortal Boat must be coming to our place!”

“I am currently at Terminal One, and it’s suddenly been blocked off!”

“I see that the planes on the runway are also being rapidly moved to other runways!”

“They’ve specifically cleared such a large space!”

“It’s definitely related to the Immortal Boat returning!”

Proud, the youthful spectators eagerly shared their findings online.

Online, some people were initially incredulous.

But as more and more information surfaced, they had no choice but to believe.

After all, many noticed that foreign delegations had suddenly mobilized and taken various modes of transportation to come here.

This was just about the best indirect evidence.

Instantly, the young man’s post was flooded with many new comments:

“So envious! I want to see the Immortal Boat in person!”

“Please stream it live! I heard there are a lot of Spiritual Beasts on the Immortal Boat; I want to see!”

“How long until the Immortal Boat arrives? Can I make it if I ride my bike now?”

People near the airport, gather up! Let’s go outside and capture it all on camera!”

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

Some drove, others cycled up to a hillside, and still others somehow brought drones.

Shortly, a multitude of small drones took to the air outside the airport.

But at that moment, a large security drone roared overhead for everyone to hear.

The broadcast transmitted a loud rebuke from security at the same time.

All the drones in the sky suddenly shook in unison, and then, like falling stars, plummeted down.

It was the security issuing a no-fly command.

All the civilian drones instantly lost their ability to hover.

A burst of exclamations erupted from the hillside.

Yet soon, those voices fell silent.

For they all looked up in unison to see the white clouds in the sky suddenly turning golden.

Then, the layers of clouds began to part, with golden light spilling down from the sky.

It was like the sunlight, yet much softer than sunlight.

Bright but not harsh; instead, it offered a warm, reassuring feeling.

Looking directly into the golden light felt surprisingly comfortable.

Such that those watching almost forgot to blink.

Until the clouds were completely rifted apart, revealing the grand and magnificent sight of the tremendous Immortal Boat breaking through the mist.

It was only then that many snapped back to reality, hurriedly reaching for their cameras and other professional equipment.

A beat slower, even more started pulling out their phones.

They shared the scene of the Immortal Boat successfully landing from its lunar journey with viewers all over the world.

As the Immortal Boat descended from the sky, lowering in altitude,

its kilometer-sized body became increasingly awe-inspiring.

Although visions of Spiritual Beasts and Divine Power Dharma Aspects often exceed thousands of meters,

for the people of Water Blue Star,

a kilometer-long Immortal Boat was already an inconceivable human-made marvel.

An undeniable behemoth indeed.

After all, the largest aircraft carrier on Water Blue Star was only 337 meters long, 41 meters wide, and 70 meters high.

Boom!

The Immortal Boat didn’t land directly.

Given the weight of the Immortal Boat, a direct landing would have undoubtedly cratered and shattered the airport below, leaving a mess.

About forty or fifty meters from the ground, invisible ripples appeared beneath the Immortal Boat.

The ground felt as if swept by winds of around force ten.

Yet the Immortal Boat remained steadily suspended in mid-air.

Numerous cargo trucks quickly gathered, as Rabbit Spirit Beasts on the deck deployed mana to distribute the cargo below.

This scene excited the experts from various major factions.

They had guessed that the Immortal Boat must have been up to significant activities on the Moon and would surely bring back quite a bit.

They hadn’t expected so much!

In a short span, one hundred trucks assembled there were filled!

Initially, when the experts saw the immortal bunny casually tossing Moon Soil down from the Immortal Boat without any protection, they were somewhat critical,

worrying about the samples being compromised.

But then seeing the abundance of samples,

the experts were too excited to speak.

Su Ping parked the Immortal Boat at the airport, indifferent to the media recording around him.

Following that, Su Ping didn’t personally attend to the subsequent matters but let Zhou Xuan appear to help, with experienced figures like President Huang assisting.

A temporary task distribution meeting was then convened in the airport terminal.

First, they had to study the samples of Spiritual Beasts meticulously extracted from the Immortal Boat, claw by claw.

Su Ping did not just randomly bring back these samples of Moon Soil.

Each ton came from different locations and depths on the Moon surface.

It was enough to represent the entire soil layer of the Moon.

These soils were naturally subjected to preliminary processing by the Golden Core Spiritual Beasts, who refined the most valuable Taiyin Crystals in their eyes from them.

As for the remaining Moon Soil, its value to the civilization of Water Blue Star remained to be seen.

If it proved highly valuable, Su Ping wouldn’t mind moving this, by now, useless Moon Soil for the Spiritual Beasts down.

The experts were then tasked with researching which area’s Moon Soil was most valuable for development.

Shortly after the Immortal Boat returned and landed,

Major He Meng, who had just completed his return flight security mission, stepped off the plane and was greeted by his former superior accompanied by a few strangers.

“Major He Meng!”

After a simple salute, one stranger smiled and extended his hand:

“After much discussion, we have made a decision,”

“It will be you who participates in the testing of the new mech.”

“New mech? A transforming model like Chi Xiao?”

He Meng’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, reflecting inwardly that his lucky break had finally come.

“Ahem, ahem, ahem!”

The former superior quickly coughed and gave He Meng a glare.

Then, the group swiftly left the airport.

During the transfer, when He Meng felt hungry and wanted to eat, his old leader held him back, preventing him from doing so.

At first, He Meng was a bit puzzled.

But after they arrived at the new base’s cafeteria,

He Meng understood why he had been held back.

It turned out that the cafeteria at the new base was serving food nurtured with Spiritual Energy!

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

and the soup choices were only cabbage tofu soup or tomato and egg drop soup,

the nourishment of Spiritual Energy made them delicious!

Previous delicacies from mountains and seas, as well as grand hotel meals, paled in comparison and seemed like pig food!

Not to mention the benefits to the essence, energy, and spirit, and body after eating!

Having eaten his fill and realizing there was something different about this mission, He Meng geared up and threw himself into the tests that followed.

After a series of tests that made He Meng wonder if he was perhaps chosen to be an astronaut,

He Meng entered the real training ground.

There, he saw the instructor and three other companions.

The instructor was the most highly rated veteran instructor.

His companions were equally elite ace pilots!

This setup made He Meng fantasize that a manned version of the Space Shuttle had finally been developed.

However, as preliminary training concluded,

He Meng and the others saw the test mech they had to pilot,

and every one of them was so shocked that their mouths hung open.

With an average height exceeding twenty-five meters, these humanoid mechs emitted a metallic luster.

Up close, one could deeply feel the beauty and power of the mechanics and metal.

The only downside was the large square pack on their backs.

After He Meng swallowed hard, he double-checked with the instructor:

“This thing, is it really not a Gundam?”

Simultaneously, he also wondered why such stealth technology hadn’t been shaped more aerodynamically?

In practical use, there was no need to chase the aesthetic of a humanoid form, right?

Yet, once inside the cockpit,

He Meng understood why it was humanoid.

The controls were like having one’s spirit attached to these humanoid mechs.

As the mech that looked like a humanoid Gundam moved,

He Meng felt as if he and the giant had merged into one, indistinguishably sensing everything around him.

Whether it was smell, touch, or other more mysterious intuitions, they seemed to be shared.

He clenched his fist, and the Steel Giant also clenched its fist.

Feeling these strange sensations, He Meng, no matter how much he believed in his own technology, vaguely understood that this might not just be any stealth technology but perhaps the work of some sort of transcendent power?

Could this be the military collaborating with those transcendent powers to develop transcendent war weapons?

The more He Meng thought about it, the more excited he became, and he drove the Steel Giant around the training ground, intensely training for most of the day before he tiredly stepped out of the cockpit and was immediately carried off by medical personnel.

The instructor and the experts behind the scenes intended this as they also needed to collect various limits of these Steel Giants combined with transcendental technology.

“Incredible!”

“Such a heavy object, yet it possesses astonishing agility. How do they achieve such large yet stable energy output efficiency?”

“It seems to involve some kind of formation, but the theory behind those formations is simply incredible. It even makes me question my own worldview.”

“Calm down, this is just because our scientific level is still too low, unable to understand technology that probably involves dimensions and dark matter. This is perfectly normal.”

“Maintaining a scientific worldview will allow us, mere mortals, to reach further… This is our greatest asset!”

Experts kept reminding one another.

Realizing after acknowledging that cultivation needed talent, and that high talent almost determined the height of cultivation,

they understood that for most people lacking cultivation talent, learning science and advancing technology remained their most important asset.

These Steel Giants were temporarily named Shadowbearing… Model Zero!

As data collection became sufficient, expert groups would offer various suggestions to the manufacturers, gradually enabling these Steel Giants to enter various industries, thereby enhancing productivity.

After all, although Su Ping had many Golden Core Spiritual Beasts, there was never too much Moon Soil refined on the Moon surface.