Chapter 379: Stunned

“An immortal of the Machine Race!” Luo Feng felt a surge of pressure.

Immortal—these two words represented absolute supremacy. A single immortal could overturn the entire Hei Long Shan star region!

An immortal being could destroy a planet with a single punch.

Their physical forms could reach light speed, traversing the cosmos!

To travel freely between the prime universe and the dark universe was as easy for them as eating.

“Ba Bata, do you think we’ll encounter difficulties in seizing the spaceship of this immortal?” Luo Feng asked mentally. “An immortal wouldn’t let his spaceship be taken easily, right?”

“Of course not. Take the Yun Mo Star as an example. If I control it and forcibly shut the gates, even a Monarch couldn’t break in!” Ba Bata replied. “As for this Machine Race spaceship, it depends on your luck. You see, the immortal of the Machine Race differs from immortals of other races.”

“Difference?” Luo Feng was puzzled.

“Right. Luo Feng, let me ask you—what’s usually used to control a spaceship?” Ba Bata asked.

“An intelligent light brain,” Luo Feng smiled.

“Exactly, an intelligent light brain. Your teacher uses me to control the Yun Mo Star.”

“But every member of the Machine Race is an intelligent life form—far more advanced than any light brain. And the greatest among them, the immortal of the Machine Race, is an even more advanced intelligent being—far surpassing me,” Ba Bata explained. “Tell me, would he even need a separate intelligent system to control his spaceship?”

“You mean…” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.

“The immortal of the Machine Race can control a spaceship effortlessly using just a fraction of his processing power,” Ba Bata said. “So, he doesn’t need a separate AI to control the ship—he can do it himself easily.”

“But he’s dead!”

“So now, there’s no one controlling this Machine Race spaceship.”

“Now it’s up to your luck. If there’s a sealed door between the entrance and the control room—like a locked control room door that’s hard to open—then we’re in big trouble.”

“If the path is clear, then we’re in luck,” Ba Bata said.

Luo Feng couldn’t help but hold his breath.

…

Luo Feng and Di Fan, master and servant, stood silently in the sea, gazing at the towering pyramid-shaped spaceship before them, waiting patiently.

About five minutes passed.

“Master, I’ve succeeded,” a mental message came.

“Excellent!” Luo Feng’s eyes brightened.

“My auxiliary intelligence has infiltrated the ship’s control systems. Yes, the intrusion was successful! Cutting off the power supply to the entrance! Success!” Ba Bata cheered. “Luo Feng, go! We can enter the ship now. No need to worry about attacks along the way—I’ve cut off the power supply.”

“Di Fan, let’s go!” Luo Feng ordered, leading the way toward the pyramid’s entrance.

The entrance was located on the lower part of the pyramid-shaped ship.

The passage was dozens of meters wide.

Wearing alloy battle armor on the outside and Mo Yun battle armor beneath, Luo Feng extended a vine into the passage.

“Definitely safe,” Luo Feng flew into the passage, with Di Fan following closely.

“What an unusual layout.”

As Luo Feng entered the ship, he was surprised to find that the interior of the pyramid-shaped vessel was unlike any human spaceship he had seen. Inside the pyramid, a single main passage spiraled upward like a mountain road.

The spiral passage was thirty meters wide, winding upward around the center of the ship.

…

At about 800 meters from the base of the pyramid, in the center, was the control room.

The control room was circular, with a crystalline, beautiful floor. Surprisingly, there was no control panel inside. Instead, a massive crystal orb floated in the center of the room.

“Master,” Bai Karo looked at Luo Feng.

“Good job,” Luo Feng smiled.

“Ba Bata, scan this ship,” Luo Feng called out.

“Understood.”

“Energy shield—intact.”

“Wow, the energy shield is incredibly powerful. Even without considering the hull’s defense, it could withstand an E9-level attack. That means… anyone below the immortal level couldn’t even break through this energy shield,” Ba Bata’s voice echoed in the circular control room.

Luo Feng, Di Fan, and Bai Karo were all stunned. Just the energy shield was this powerful…

“Whose spaceship is this? Who was the original owner?” Bai Karo couldn’t help but exclaim. “This is just too extreme. Even E9-level spaceships sold in the universe aren’t this absurd.”

“It belonged to an immortal!” Luo Feng said. “An immortal of the Machine Race!”

Bai Karo and Di Fan’s eyes nearly popped out.

An immortal? And an immortal of the Machine Race?

Any immortal was extremely prestigious. And the Machine Race represented the pinnacle of technology. A spaceship used by an immortal of the Machine Race… how extreme could it be!

“Weapons systems—intact.”

“Wow, this is truly extreme. The technological weapons on this Machine Race ship are even more extreme than your teacher’s. No wonder the Machine Race is famous for its technology. A spaceship used by an immortal of the Machine Race is just… just too luxurious, too crazy. It has three Star Annihilation Cannons and nine E3-level laser cannons.”

Luo Feng was stunned.

Star Annihilation Cannons?

Legendary technological weapons. As the name implied, a single shot could destroy a planet. In terms of power, they could rival an immortal. Of course, Star Annihilation Cannons had their drawbacks. First, their area of effect was too wide, unable to focus the attack like an immortal. Second, they consumed an incredible amount of energy.

Even with these drawbacks, they couldn’t stop the human race from longing for these legendary weapons.

“Propulsion system—intact!”

“Luo Feng, you hit the jackpot. The propulsion system on this Machine Race ship is extreme. No wonder the ship’s design has a spiral corridor. It turns out that the central core of the entire ship is almost entirely dedicated to the propulsion system.”

“A 1200-meter-high ship, with more than two-thirds of it dedicated to propulsion systems.”

“Extreme! The acceleration, evasion, and maneuverability of this ship are definitely no worse than your teacher’s Yun Mo Star.”

“I’m dizzy.”

“According to the data on this Machine Race ship, the alloy used in its construction is at the peak of E-level and has self-repair capabilities. Combined with the energy shield… it’s definitely the most extreme E-level ship there is. And its maneuverability is astonishing, making it incredibly expensive.”

“And this is without even considering the price of the Star Annihilation Cannons.”

“Luo Feng, you’re really rich now. This single Machine Race spaceship is more valuable than the entire treasure of the Realm Within a Realm combined!” Ba Bata exclaimed.

“Valuable?”

Luo Feng, standing in the circular control room, wasn’t as excited as before. Instead, he looked puzzled. “Although it’s valuable, it’s still just an E-level spaceship. The Yun Mo Star is F9-level… Usually, Monarchs use D-level ships, and Sovereigns use E-level. Shouldn’t an immortal use an F-level ship? This ship is only at the peak of E-level. Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?”

“Wrong! Completely wrong!” Ba Bata shouted.

“Master, it’s not like that,” Bai Karo also said.

Luo Feng was puzzled, and Di Fan beside him was equally confused.

“Luo Feng, after we leave, don’t say you’re a disciple of the Yun Mo Star lineage. You’re embarrassing your teacher. Saying such a foolish thing! Di Fan, you were a slave before, so it’s understandable. I always tell you to read more and learn more about common knowledge in the universe, but you say the data is too much…”

“Where did I go wrong?” Luo Feng interrupted Ba Bata.

“First, the reason human spaceships aren’t that expensive is because of the alloy!”

“Pure metal ships are considered luxury items. Alloy ships are the mainstream. You know that, right?” Ba Bata said.

“I understand. Alloys are cheaper, better cost-performance,” Luo Feng nodded.

At the same C5 level, alloys are a hundred times cheaper than pure metals.

“But—”

“In the entire universe, the strongest alloy is only E9-level! Whether it’s the human race or the more advanced Machine Race, the most advanced alloy they can produce is E9-level. So to build an F-level spaceship, the only material available is pure natural metal, like the Chi Hun Tong Mu used by your teacher. Because there’s no F-level alloy!”

“F-level pure metals are extremely rare!”

“Take Chi Hun Tong Mu, for example. Sometimes after mining an entire ore vein, you might only get a palm-sized piece, about one or two tons.”

“One ore vein yields only a palm-sized piece. To gather enough for a spaceship with an 800-meter diameter… it’s simply unimaginable. Even selling the entire Hei Long Shan star region wouldn’t cover a fraction of the cost. So even immortals, most of them, can’t afford it!”

“Most immortals use E-level peak ships,” Ba Bata said. “The difference between an E-level peak ship used by an immortal and one used by a Sovereign is… it’s larger, allowing for a bigger propulsion chamber, making it more maneuverable!”

“A hundred-meter-long ship and a thousand-meter-long ship. The volume difference is a thousandfold, and so is the price.”

“That’s the difference between an E-level spaceship used by an immortal and one used by a Sovereign.”

“Your teacher is an extremely powerful immortal, so he could afford the Yun Mo Star. Even then, it cost him a fortune and countless treasures to obtain that ship,” Ba Bata said. “As for this immortal of the Machine Race, the spaceship he used is even more advanced than those used by many human immortals!”

“Especially in terms of maneuverability.”

“Let me give you an estimate. A regular E-level spaceship used by a Sovereign is worth about one trillion cosmic credits—equivalent to one Hun Yuan unit.”

“An E-level peak ship used by an immortal usually reaches hundreds of trillions of cosmic credits—equivalent to hundreds of Hun Yuan units.”

“This E-level peak Machine Race spaceship, 1200 meters tall, is worth one or two thousand Hun Yuan units!”

“And the treasure you obtained in the Realm Within a Realm was only eleven Hun Yuan units. So the entire treasure of the Realm Within a Realm… isn’t worth even a fraction of this immortal Machine Race spaceship!”