“The Federal Special Base—Huangsha (Yellow Sand) Base—is where Project Shenguang (God's Light) is being carried out.”

Arlais explained with a smile.

Just as Su Mo was looking around suspiciously for the base, a large area of yellow sand in the distance bulged up. A giant scorpion-shaped base rose from the rolling sand, and the overwhelming sand cascaded to both sides.

Seeing this spectacular scene, Su Mo couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said to Arlais,

“The speed of technological progress in the Federation these years is indeed very fast.”

“There’s a saying that it’s better to rely on yourself than to ask others for help. Although we rely on Xinghuan Zhi Cheng (City of Star Ring), we can’t completely depend on it. We still have to develop our own technology tree. If we are abandoned one day, we can still rely on ourselves to keep civilization going.”

Arlais said to Su Mo.

“Yes, Speaker Arlais is right.”

Su Mo nodded.

“Let’s go.”

Arlais waved his hand at Su Mo.

“Okay.”

…

At this time, the ship began to slowly descend towards the Huangsha Base.

The entire back of the Huangsha Base cracked open, revealing a huge platform to receive the ship.

After the ship was recovered, the cracked back of the base began to close, and the entire base sank again.

Huangsha Base—Ship Docking Platform.

A general wearing a V-generation mechanical armor, with a hideous centipede-like scar on his right face, waited with his men, radiating an imposing presence.

At this time, the exit door opened.

Su Mo and Arlais walked down together.

“Speaker Arlais, Major General Su Mo!”

The general in front of him saluted Su Mo and Arlais.

Arlais showed a warm smile and said to the big man in front of him,

“General Bolie, take us to the laboratory.”

“Yes!”

Bolie then personally led Arlais and Su Mo inside.

Along the way, Su Mo curiously observed the various facilities inside the base. He touched it from time to time; the texture was really excellent.

“This base is built very well. It feels like the craftsmanship is much better than the Ziyou (Freedom) Fortress.”

“Haha, Ziyou Fortress was built with early craftsmanship, and there wasn’t enough funding at the time. However, the council has already proposed a renovation plan for Ziyou Fortress, and it may be amazing in the future.”

Arlais said to Su Mo in a very good mood.

“That’s good.”

Su Mo couldn't help but nod.

“That’s all thanks to the huge amount of financial support you gave the Federation, which allowed the Federation to appease the lower levels and completely free up its hands to carry out various development plans without any worries. As long as the Federation is given some more time, it will definitely go further.”

Arlais said with great confidence.

“Yes.”

Su Mo nodded.

After a while, Bolie led Arlais and Su Mo to the deepest part of the base.

A huge laboratory was located here.

Two Nightwatch mechas guarded the entrance of the laboratory.

Su Mo followed Arlais and looked inside. It was densely packed with various precision instruments and equipment.

Everywhere were doctors wearing white research suits.

At this time, a slightly surprised voice sounded.

“Speaker Arlais, Su Mo?”

Su Mo subconsciously looked over and saw a familiar old man. He said in surprise,

“Lord Zhang Wei.”

“Haha, don’t call me that, just call me Zhang Wei. When I was collecting materials on Gushen (Ceres) Star, I was lucky that you arrived in time, otherwise my old life would have been lost.”

Zhang Wei showed a bright smile.

“Haha, that’s what I should do.”

Su Mo replied modestly.

“Zhang Wei is the chief person in charge of Project Shenguang (God's Light). It's good for him to lead us to see the results of Project Shenguang (God's Light).”

Arlais smiled and introduced.

“Su Mo, do you want to see the mecha?”

Zhang Wei was also a little surprised.

“Yes.”

Su Mo smiled and replied.

“That’s good, come with me. Those three mechas will be completed soon.”

Zhang Wei said in a very good mood.

Then he led Su Mo and Arlais into the laboratory.

After walking for about five or six minutes, Su Mo saw three mechas from a distance, each more than sixty meters tall, with a pair of sapphire eyes inlaid on their anthropomorphic heads. They were cast from a special, pure white rare metal, revealing a dazzling luster. Faintly, one could see a trace of golden纹路 (wénlù - patterns) inside the white armor.

A golden sun pattern was engraved on their chests, and three pairs of white mechanical wings were embedded behind the mechas. Their sharp claws held a white spear.

The entire mecha gave people a strong psychological impact!

“This is?”

Su Mo was also quite shocked. He originally thought that the Federation's mecha would barely reach the level of a V-generation mecha, but he didn't expect such a big surprise.

“This is Shenwei (God's Guard)·Modified!”

Zhang Wei introduced to Su Mo with great pride.

“The Federation’s technological level is so high? Awesome.”

Su Mo couldn't help but praise.

Zhang Wei's smile froze when he heard Su Mo's words, and then he coughed and said, “You misunderstood. These three mechas were not built by the Federation itself. These three mechas, like the Yueqian (Warp) Fortress, were excavated by the Second Expeditionary Force from a special relic site. To put it bluntly, the Yueqian (Warp) Fortress that we said we built ourselves was actually dismantled from the original fortress, repaired, and rebuilt.”

Su Mo suddenly understood when he heard this. So that was the case.

If it was produced from the ruins, then the performance of this Shenwei (God's Guard)·Modified mecha could be expected even more.

Thinking of this, Su Mo looked at the Shenwei (God's Guard)·Modified in front of him with increasing fervor and fascination.

At this time, the voice of the Creator·Devourer sounded in Su Mo's mind, and said to him, “Don’t look at it, look to the left.”

“What am I looking at on the left? Let me study the mecha first.”

Su Mo couldn't help but complain.

“Fool, look to the left!”

The Creator·Devourer directly scolded Su Mo.

Su Mo felt something was wrong at this time, so he looked to the left.

He saw an ancient stone slab standing on a protective platform in the area to the left of the mecha.

“Stone slab?”

Su Mo's heart jumped.

“That's right, it's a stone slab. The Federation must have dug up the ruins of the gods. Those three Shenwei (God's Guard) are the best proof. I thought it was strange before. With the Federation's technology, how could they possibly build a Yueqian (Warp) Fortress?”

The Creator·Devourer said in a low voice.

“Uh…”

Su Mo didn't know what to say for a while.

“What are you dazing for? Take that stone slab and send it to the old man.”

The Creator·Devourer said to Su Mo.

“No, no, that stone slab belongs to the Federation, right? Do you think it's mine?”

Su Mo complained helplessly.

“What belongs to the Federation is yours, what’s the difference?”

The Creator·Devourer said directly without thinking.

“Aren’t you talking nonsense?”

“That’s your business, find a way to take it away.”

The Creator·Devourer kept urging Su Mo.