Seven Lù said, "These people are so stupid. They couldn't break open this kind of metal door even with a normal large Space Ion Beam Cannon!"
"The mountain rock structure next to the metal door is even harder than Conventional Metal. Its hardness is even greater than this metal door."
So these people almost exhausted the energy on the Flying Vehicle, but they still couldn't blast open this metal door.
Xia Chujian clicked her tongue and asked curiously, "...Why are there such high-level technological products on Senze Star?"
"Did the Haidagong really make them?"
"If they had this ability, would they still need to trade with the four countries of the Beichen Galaxy, and use some of their obsolete weapons production capacity to fight us?"
Xia Chujian knew that if they hadn't been misled by false intelligence this time, and caught off guard by the Shang People and the Haidagong, the Beichen Empire could have easily taken the entire planet with its powerful military capabilities! She just didn't know why the Empire didn't do this, and instead used various means to aid the enemy, stingily trying to get Longevity Flying Fish from the Haidagong...
At this moment, Xia Chujian became even more interested in the function of the Longevity Flying Fish.
After all, she also knew that the people in the Empire Military would never do a losing business.
Since they were being blackmailed by the other party despite their strong position, and had to "collude with foreign countries," there must be a reason.
It's just that she didn't know this reason yet.
As a result, Seven Lù said, "Master, this metal door, including the entire Underwater Building, was not made by the Haidagong."
Xia Chujian realized that she had guessed wrong, but she wasn't embarrassed. She asked with great interest, "Oh? Really? Who made it then? How did you know, Seven Lù?"
Seven Lù said, "Seven Lù doesn't know who made it, but Seven Lù used Carbon-14 dating to test the age of this metal door."
"It appeared more than a million years ago."
"So this metal door existed before the great changes on this planet."
"But in the history of Senze Star, even ten thousand years ago, there was no record of this metal door, or even this South Pole Underwater Building."
"So Seven Lù speculates that this is a building that was abandoned after the great changes, and was just discovered by the Haidagong, who used it as their base."
Xia Chujian understood, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she suddenly froze: "Seven Lù, I can't take off my helmet to scan my face... the nuclear radiation here is also very strong..."
If she couldn't scan her face, how could she get in?!
After all, this was a metal door that even a Space Ion Beam Cannon couldn't blast open!
Seven Lù: "...Master, with Seven Lù here, you don't need to scan your face. Master, put your hand on the Smart Door Lock."
Xia Chujian did as she was told.
The tall metal door opened in response.
Xia Chujian walked in.
Three Metal Cages, each a hundred meters tall, stood there, and the three Longevity Flying Fish inside were still swimming slowly.
Xia Chujian remembered something and asked, "Seven Lù, what do Longevity Flying Fish eat? They're so big and locked up, how do the Haidagong feed them?"
Seven Lù said, "Longevity Flying Fish have a mixed diet. They eat anything that is a marine creature, whether it's animal or plant."
"It's easy for the Haidagong to feed them. They just take them out for a walk and they can eat their fill before being sent back."
"Master, look at their necks, they all have a circle of thin rope..."
Xia Chujian was surprised: "There are ropes that can restrain Longevity Flying Fish? What material are they made of? So tough!"
Before Seven Lù could speak, A Yuan struggled excitedly on Xia Chujian's shoulder.
Its little bird beak was wearing a bit, so it couldn't make a sound, and could only make movements to make Xia Chujian aware.
Xia Chujian understood that A Yuan had discovered something again, so she took off its bit and released it.
A Yuan quickly rushed into the Metal Cage, flew to the huge Longevity Flying Fish, and quickly pecked at the "thin rope" on the Longevity Flying Fish's neck with its little bird beak.
Curious, Xia Chujian switched the Mecha to close-fitting mode, and also crawled through the wide Metal Cage teeth, swimming near the Longevity Flying Fish's neck.
She stretched out her Mechanical Arm, and the Mechanical Fingers gently touched the "thin rope."
Seven Lù scanned it and said in a muffled child's voice, "...Master, that's not an ordinary rope, that's... the Spinal Tendon of a Starry Sky Yuan-chu."
Xia Chujian was shocked: "How could the Haidagong have the Spinal Tendon of a Starry Sky Yuan-chu?!"
"Aren't Starry Sky Yuan-chu supposed to find an unknown planet in the Starry Sky and die quietly?!"
Seven Lù wasn't sure what was going on either, but speculated, "Maybe during the great upheaval ten thousand years ago, a Starry Sky Yuan-chu came to Senze Star to lay eggs and happened to die here?"
"In that Haidagong Tula's Ice Room, there's even a blanket made of Starry Sky Yuan-chu feathers..."
That explanation made perfect sense.
If the Haidagong had a blanket made of Starry Sky Yuan-chu feathers, then having a Starry Sky Yuan-chu Spinal Tendon wasn't that unusual.
Xia Chujian said, "Seven Lù, didn't you say that after a Starry Sky Yuan-chu dies, it decomposes into many rare resources?"
"Then on this planet..."
Seven Lù said, "It's possible. But the environment here has been severely damaged, and those rare plants and raw materials are very fragile. Most of them should have died..."
"The geological structure of this planet is very similar to the planets in Beichen, but it has so many Special Metals, which is abnormal."
"Now that we speculate that a Starry Sky Yuan-chu once died here, it makes sense."
Xia Chujian sighed regretfully.
The truly rare resources were gone, leaving only some mineral deposits, and not even Exotic Metals, just Special Metals.
Xia Chujian was slightly disdainful.
But she quickly remembered Master Su Buyan's fanaticism and rarity for Special Metals, and felt that she was really getting ahead of herself.
She didn't even care about Special Metals.
Her Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha was made of Special Metal Black Silver as the main material! Xia Chujian cheered up again and asked, "Seven Lù, do you know where the Special Metal deposits are distributed here? Should we take some time to survey them?"
Unexpectedly, Seven Lù said, "Master, the Haidagong have a detailed distribution map of Special Metal deposits here."
"They should have already been mined, but they can't produce them themselves, so they trade with the outside."
Hearing this, Xia Chujian's teeth itched.
Trade with whom?
Did she even need to ask?
Of course, it was the four countries of the Beichen Galaxy! Now it seemed that the upper-class dignitaries who traded with the Haidagong were not only from the Beichen Empire, but also from the other three! Xia Chujian said angrily, "It's really benefiting them! This is the property of my A Wù and A Yuan!"
"Taking without asking is stealing!"
"Sooner or later, I will make them spit out everything they stole!"
"And demand high compensation!"
After venting for a while, Xia Chujian asked Seven Lù, "Is the Haidagong's distribution map of Special Metal deposits reliable? Where did you find it?"
Seven Lù said, "...It's on Tula's Bookshelf. There are many books and atlases there."
"Seven Lù has roughly surveyed the area, and the distribution map is accurate."
Xia Chujian thought about it, this thing was too thorny.
Unlike A Wù and A Yuan, no matter how powerful they were, they could transform into two ordinary animals and not attract attention.
But what could she do with the mineral deposits of an entire planet? Did she have money or people?
An ordinary person from an ordinary family, holding this distribution map of mineral deposits, would either put it on a high shelf and hide it forever, or have to prepare to be forcibly taken away.
Putting it on a high shelf would be a waste of resources.
But if she wanted to mine them, she would be waiting to be "suicided"!
Xia Chujian was a very decisive person and quickly thought of the most beneficial way for her at the moment.
Among the big shots she knew, Su Buyan was the best to her and the one she trusted the most.
If possible, she wanted to give this distribution map of Special Metal deposits to Su Buyan.
Anyway, the Su Clan was one of the Four Great Dukes, with enough clout.
However, the Su Family's power was not in industry and mining, only Su Buyan himself was a Mecha master.
Therefore, the Su Clan was not suitable to exclusively control the mining of Special Metal deposits on Senze Star.
Thinking about it this way, the most suitable person to trade the Senze Star Special Metal deposit distribution map with was Quan Yuxun.
The Quan Family's main business is mining. Quan's Mining is well-known in the Beichen Empire, monopolizing mining rights on several planets.
Quan Yuxun is the next generation family head and heir that the Quan Family is focusing on cultivating.
Giving it to Quan Yuxun is the same as giving it to Quan's Mining, no problem at all.
Of course, she planned to ask Quan Yuxun for half of the mining shares for her Master Su Buyan.
And the special metals mined can only play their greatest role if given to Su Buyan.
A person like Quan Yuxun, who understands the times and sizes up situations, will definitely not refuse to cooperate with Su Buyan.
As for herself, she didn't want much.
Mainly, she planned to use this as a condition to get Quan Yuxun to waive the four million Beichen Coin loan on her Manor, and at the same time, allocate a piece of land under the South Pole to her as her reward.
Xia Chujian knew how much wealth the mineral deposits here represented, but she also knew that this was not something she could get her hands on.
Using the special metal deposit distribution map here to exchange for some benefits she could reach from Quan Yuxun would be enough.
She wasn't greedy.
The most important thing was to find a special metal base for her Master that could supply unlimited quantities, that was the top priority.
In short, when the time comes, let these two families come forward to mine here. Those treacherous people in the Military will have to weigh their own worth if they want to snatch food from the mouths of the Quan Family and the Su Clan...
Xia Chujian now had a particularly bad impression of some people in the upper echelons of the Beichen Empire Military.
So she was always thinking about undermining the Military.
In the eyes of outsiders, Senze Star is now an unowned planet.
But in her eyes, this unowned planet belongs to her A Wù and A Yuan!
However, her A Wù and A Yuan are underage Ancient Exotic Beasts. As their guardian, using their property to exchange for a little bit of living expenses is very reasonable, right? Xia Chujian calculated, and said to Seven Lù: "Can that special metal distribution map be made into an electronic map? For easy transmission and storage."
Seven Lù said: "It has already been made, but it has not been surveyed in detail, so it is not an interactive three-dimensional distribution map, just an ordinary electronic map."
Xia Chujian said: "That's enough, send a copy to my Smart Bracelet."
Seven Lù sent it to her.
Xia Chujian also specially pulled it out to take a look.
The conclusion was, she couldn't understand it.
So she didn't bother with it.
But thinking that this map was worth four million Beichen Coins to her, it was also a huge sum of money.
Thinking that she could earn four million from this internship at the Kanli Star base was also an unexpected joy.
It was just that when she thought of the more than eighteen thousand Starry Sky Marines who had died, the joy in her heart instantly transformed into upward momentum! If she had more power in the Military, she would definitely not let this kind of thing happen again! Xia Chujian raised her head with high fighting spirit, and saw A Yuan still sprawled on the "thin rope" on the Longevity Flying Fish's neck.
The little chubby Starry Sky Yuan-chu with a silver throat and long tail, such a small ball, the curled up posture, made Xia Chujian feel a sense of sadness.
A subtle pain suddenly surged in Xia Chujian's heart.
She quickly floated up, came to the little chubby bird's side, and comforted it by tapping its little bird head with her Mechanical Finger.
A Yuan looked up at her and "Chirp" weakly.
Xia Chujian sighed and said, "A Yuan, I'll take you back. I'll take this Spinal Tendon back too."
Seven Lù said: "Master, Seven Lù knows why these Longevity Flying Fish are so obedient."
"Because those Haidagong are using the Spinal Tendon of the Starry Sky Yuan-chu to restrain them."
"For them, this is the companionship from their bloodline ancestors."
"So they obediently listen, willing to be imprisoned in this small cage."
Xia Chujian looked at this hundred-meter-high Metal Cage, and really felt that the word "small" was not appropriate.
But relative to the size of the Longevity Flying Fish, it was indeed small.
Xia Chujian touched the Spinal Tendon with her hand.
The hardness should be very high, but there was an undeniable toughness in the hardness. The feel was very strange, as if it was a bit of elastic protein, but also like an inorganic substance.
Seven Lù felt the Starry Sky Yuan-chu's Spinal Tendon through the sensors on Xia Chujian's Mecha's mechanical fingers, and its excited little voice trembled.
"Master! This thing... this thing... this thing can help the master's Mecha upgrade to advanced!"
"More importantly, with it, you can completely shield against Mental Strength attacks!"
Xia Chujian's heart stirred.
Last time, Seven Lù said that her Shao Siming Mecha had already been upgraded to the peak of the intermediate level.
Breaking through from intermediate to advanced was not easy.
Because it was not a technical problem, but a material problem.
Technology can be broken through with human intelligence, but materials basically depend on luck.
And her luck has always been good.
This time, the material can completely shield against Mental Strength attacks.
This kind of performance is already hard to come by.
But Xia Chujian looked at the little chubby bird lying on the Spinal Tendon, as if it was a little chubby bird reminiscing about its mother's embrace, and Xia Chujian couldn't bear it.
She took a deep breath and gave up, saying, "Forget it, never mind..."
"This is not my thing, it belongs to A Yuan."
"Seven Lù, can you use this Spinal Tendon to make something for A Yuan?"
"For example, a bird's nest?"
"Or, a small suit of armor?"
"A small piece of clothing is also fine, I remember A Yuan can switch to a little girl."
Seven Lù's little child's voice was very disappointed, but it still said sullenly: "Okay, Master, Seven Lù will think about how to make a small thing for A Yuan so that it can carry it with it."
Xia Chujian smiled and praised it: "Seven Lù is so good! You are A Wù and A Yuan's... senior, you have to take good care of them!"
Seven Lù seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and its little child's voice immediately cheered up: "Okay, Master! Seven Lù will definitely discipline A Wù and A Yuan well!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
Not discipline, but take care of.
These are two different things.
But seeing Seven Lù so excited, Xia Chujian didn't say anything more to it, planning to teach it well in the future.
Seven Lù is a capable Mechanical Intelligence, but its values are a bit problematic. Xia Chujian feels that as the master, she has to guide it well.
She tapped A Yuan's head with her finger and said, "A Yuan, Seven Lù will help you put away this Spinal Tendon and take it back with Elder Sister, okay?"
Only then did A Yuan stick its little bird beak to the Spinal Tendon again, as if kissing it.
Then it flew up and returned to Xia Chujian's left shoulder listlessly.
Xia Chujian put her finger on the Spinal Tendon, and with a slight force, the Spinal Tendon automatically wrapped around her wrist, like two wrist guards.
Xia Chujian: "..."
If she said that this Spinal Tendon seemed to be conscious and recognized her as its master, would others think she was bragging? Or want to hit her?
Seven Lù was greatly surprised: "Master! This Spinal Tendon is very difficult to untie! How did Master do it?!"
Xia Chujian wondered: "...Didn't Seven Lù do it?"
Seven Lù said: "No, no! Seven Lù is checking the information!"
"The information says that once the Starry Sky Yuan-chu's Spinal Tendon is wrapped around something, it is almost impossible to untie it, unless the thing it is wrapped around is killed, then it can be untied..."
Xia Chujian looked at the Longevity Flying Fish.
It was intact and had not died because of it.
It was turning its head to look at her, seeming to realize that the most important thing on its neck was gone, and its face gradually became ferocious.
This is the second update, a long chapter. Includes Moon Tickets for August 1200+.
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