Chapter 231: Reconstruction

“Luofeng, the selection has been finalized. I will now transmit the form for purchasing items to your laptop.”

Almost the moment Luofeng asked Babata to filter the options, Babata responded.

“So fast!” Luofeng was taken aback.

“Don’t forget, I am the most advanced artificial intelligence—truly a ‘sentient being’! Naturally, my filtering speed is fast,” Babata’s voice in Luofeng’s mind carried a hint of pride.

In the study,

Luofeng glanced at Jia Yi sitting in front of him. Holding a teacup, Jia Yi noticed Luofeng’s gaze and smiled. “No rush! There’s a lot of material here; it’ll take three to four hours to finish reading everything. Luofeng, take your time!”

With that, Jia Yi actually picked up a book from the nearby bookshelf and started reading.

Luofeng gave a wry smile inwardly.

Three to four hours?

An ordinary person would indeed take a long time to finish it all, but the one filtering and selecting the data was the AI sentient being, Babata! It had already completed the task in less than a second.

“If I say I’m done now, Jia Yi might think I’m some kind of monster.”

“I’ll just have to wait a few hours,” Luofeng thought, moving his mouse and clicking open the file sent by Babata.

Upon opening it,

It was a detailed list of required purchases.

“So much?” Luofeng was surprised.

The list included an enormous quantity of relics from ancient civilizations—so much that it would take ten large passenger planes to hold them all.

“Babata, did you really select this much?” Luofeng asked mentally.

“Much? Not at all,” Babata replied. “What are we doing? We are building a spaceship! Under such primitive conditions, constructing a spaceship capable of traveling across the universe, from one star system to another, requires a great deal of materials just for the ship itself! Many of the alloys produced on Earth don’t meet the requirements, so we can only rely on the materials from these ruins!”

Luofeng suddenly understood.

Indeed, a spaceship capable of interstellar travel would require a massive amount of materials.

“These materials from the ruins aren’t valuable. A single Mutya Crystal could fetch countless such materials in the universe,” Babata scoffed.

“That’s in space! It’s different here on Earth.”

…

Three hours later.

“Jia Yi, I’m done choosing,” Luofeng turned his laptop around, facing the screen toward Jia Yi. “This is the purchase list.”

“Oh, quite fast indeed.”

Jia Yi smiled, moving his chair closer to the desk and began carefully reviewing the list. As he read on, his expression changed to one of surprise. “Luofeng, why are you buying these spaceship ruins? This ancient civilization’s spaceship has already been broken into several pieces, and each piece was taken by different countries. The section of the ship we have has already been partially dismantled. Why would you want it?”

“Yeah,” Luofeng nodded.

“One, two, three…”

Jia Yi continued looking at the list, increasingly astonished.

Initially, he had expected Luofeng to purchase some specialized instruments, but to his surprise, Luofeng hadn’t bought any of those! Instead, Luofeng had selected various types of wreckage and fragments! Some of these fragments were incredibly hard—on Earth, there was no way to cut or process them.

Inside the shipwreck, only parts that could be dismantled were usable.

“You’re buying a massive amount. Just this one section of the shipwreck weighs over 800 tons!” Jia Yi looked at Luofeng. “Moreover, the value of these ruins is unknown, especially the materials used in the fuselage. We currently have no way of damaging them—they’re far stronger than our SS-grade materials. So the price…”

“Jia Yi, they’re just ruins. Please don’t ask for too much,” Luofeng quickly said with a smile. “These ruins can’t be processed or utilized on Earth, so they’re essentially waste. Plus, the HR Alliance and other countries also have some ruins.”

Jia Yi frowned.

That was true!

The ancient civilization’s spaceship wreckage was something each country had in stock. Take the Limit Martial Arts Academy’s headquarters, for instance—it was an entire large interstellar transport ship. It was precious—the unique materials of these ancient ships were indeed valuable. But if you couldn’t cut or use them, then they were just trash.

“All the wreckage and fragments you want add up to over 5000 tons!” Jia Yi looked at Luofeng. “Even if they’re just ruins and waste, such a massive quantity of ancient civilization materials—how about this? Three Mutya Crystals!”

Before Luofeng could speak,

Babata in his consciousness angrily shouted, “5000 tons of scrap! That’s nothing! Even an aircraft carrier on Earth weighs several ten thousand tons. A small spaceship in space weighing over ten thousand tons is perfectly normal. One Mutya Crystal could easily fetch ten small spaceships in the universe. You’re asking for three for mere scrap? As if Mutya Crystals were as common as cabbages!”

“Too expensive.”

Luofeng shook his head.

“5000 tons of ancient civilization materials,” Jia Yi added.

“Think about our academy head’s headquarters—the giant spaceship, how much does it weigh?” Luofeng looked at Jia Yi. “It’s over ten kilometers long!”

An interstellar transport ship over ten kilometers long.

In terms of weight, it would definitely be measured in hundreds of millions of tons!

“Would you say that giant ship would be worth exchanging for tens of thousands of Mutya Crystals?” Luofeng asked Jia Yi.

“That’s not comparable.”

Jia Yi quickly replied, “That’s the headquarters of your Limit Martial Arts Academy! Plus, it’s impossible to even cut that giant ship apart.”

“Alright, then. Two Mutya Crystals,” Luofeng said.

“Luofeng, are you crazy?! Two? I think even one is too much!” Babata shouted in Luofeng’s mind.

“Two?” Jia Yi’s eyes widened slightly, but then he nodded. “Alright, for Luofeng’s sake, two Mutya Crystals it is! I’ll arrange for people to deliver this over 5000-ton ancient civilization material to your location in Yangzhou.” Jia Yi was actually quite pleased.

These ruins had been sitting around, useless. Being able to exchange them for two Mutya Crystals was a great deal! He had initially thought one Mutya Crystal would be a good outcome.

“Luofeng, where should this material be stored?” Jia Yi asked.

“In the wilderness area outside Yangzhou city. I’ll designate a large, abandoned factory warehouse in the wilderness area. You can just place them there,” Luofeng smiled slightly.

…

The deal was struck, and both parties signed the contract. Luofeng paid one Mutya Crystal as a deposit.

“Luofeng, you’re crazy! Two Mutya Crystals for over 5000 tons of scrap? I guarantee, even one Mutya Crystal, Jia Yi would have accepted,” Babata grumbled.

“It’s the post-apocalyptic era. The wars between humanity and the monsters have consumed a lot. Giving an extra one is like supporting the nation,” Luofeng said.

Babata was left speechless.

…

The next day, Luofeng flew alone in an intelligent aircraft to meet Lady Isadora.

From Lady Isadora, he also purchased a large amount of ancient civilization wreckage, totaling over 9000 tons. However, this time, it only cost him one Mutya Crystal! The purchase was easy, but the transportation was extremely difficult! Fortunately, the HR Alliance branch in China had access to a lot of such wreckage materials, so transporting them by train was manageable.

…

The deals were done, but it would take one or two months for the materials to arrive.

…

Mingyue Community, Yangzhou City, Jiangnan Base.

In the second floor martial arts hall of Luofeng’s home, the space had been divided into two parts. One part remained a martial arts hall, while the other housed the ‘Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber’! This gravity chamber was six meters in length, six meters in width, and six meters in height. It had even pierced through the roof, so Luofeng’s villa had been specially modified to accommodate it.

January 13, 2059.

Inside the gravity chamber at Luofeng’s home.

“1 to 1000 times Earth’s gravity?” Luofeng entered his gravity chamber for the first time.

“Who modified this? It’s terrible!” Babata complained. “This is at least a basic model gravity chamber from the universe, originally capable of 0 to 1000 universal standard gravity. Look at this—on Earth, they’ve modified it to run on electricity! Using electric power to operate a gravity chamber? I don’t know whether to call you clever or foolish.”

“What’s the problem?” Luofeng asked.

“You asked about universal standard gravity?” Babata replied. “In the universe, the standard gravity unit is equivalent to 8.89 times Earth’s surface gravity. That means one universal standard gravity equals 8.89g! This chamber was originally designed for 0 to 8890g. Now it’s been modified to 1 to 1000g!” Babata continued, “Well, I can’t blame Earthlings. You don’t have suitable energy sources, so managing to get it to run on electricity is already pretty good.”

Luofeng nodded slightly.

When Earthlings discovered the ruins, they probably only found remnants. They salvaged the gravity chamber, but without a power source, so modifying it to run on electricity was already a success.

“Leave it to me!”

“I’ll upgrade this gravity chamber to a better version and use C12 energy crystals. These are energy crystals occasionally used by advanced civilizations in the universe. I estimate that improving it to handle 0 to 90,000 times Earth’s gravity should be the limit. Beyond that, the chamber itself won’t be able to withstand it,” Babata explained. “It’s just like cars on Earth. The materials of a car are limited—if you go too fast, the car will fall apart! If I modify the internal circuitry and increase the energy input further, this gravity chamber will collapse.”

Luofeng wiped his forehead. “Enough, enough.”

Up to 90,000 times Earth’s gravity!

That’s absolutely incredible!

But then he recalled a video he had once seen—two cosmic-level experts fighting on a white dwarf star. In that video, the gravity on the surface of the white dwarf was three hundred million times that of Earth!

Compared to three hundred million, ninety thousand was nothing!

But for his current level, it was more than sufficient!

…

With Babata’s expertise, controlling some tools to perform the operation, the ancient civilization gravity chamber was completely upgraded overnight!

“From today on, Luofeng, you will train every day inside this gravity chamber!”

“Whether you’re a martial artist training or a telekinetic, you should train in the gravity chamber! For someone like you with a weak foundation, the effect will be great.”

“Although you’re a Star-Level One warrior—your muscles and bones can withstand relatively high gravity, but your heart, liver, lungs, and other internal organs are still fragile. That means your foundation isn’t solid, and your internal and external strength aren’t unified. So, we’ll start with 100 times Earth’s gravity. This will rapidly improve your internal organs.”

Under Babata’s guidance, Luofeng began his training in the upgraded gravity chamber, aiming to build a solid foundation for his future growth.