Feeding on space!
And the passage that it ate through was a wormhole!
Just like a giant rat hole!
Ling Jiu must admit that he was shocked. A wormhole could form just like that?
“The universe may be dead silent, but it gave birth to many lifeforms. Some are weak, some are strong, but all of them had their own survival skills!”
9527 smiled and sighed. “The void worms are just that. They do not have any combat power, but because they feed on space, this is the survival skill that the universe had given to them.”
Ling Jiu nodded slightly, and then with a wave of his hand, released the void worm. 9527 looked at the big white maggot in the incubator and said slowly.
“Looking from its size, it should be a larvae that had not been born long. Of course, Pioneer Mosalz’s strength can only enslave a larva.”
“This is a larva?”
Ling Jiu was stunned.
“Yes, a larva!”
9527 said with affirmation. “Yes, because it’s a larva, it could only create short-ranged wormholes, probably the size of a star system.”
“This is indeed the case. Based on Pioneer Mosalz’s memories, the guy had manipulated this little one to create many wormholes within the solar system. All of the planets and satellites with resources in the system are almost connected.”
“Is this for real?”
Ling Jiu was dumbstruck.
“This was how it was like in Pioneer Mosalz’s memories.”
9527 smiled and said. “And this is fortuitous for you Earthlings. You can enjoy the fruits of its labor and easily develop the solar system!”
“Indeed!”
Ling Jiu nodded again and again. With Earth’s current technological level, forgot travelling across galaxies, even navigating the solar system itself was impossible!
So, the development of the solar system was just a pipedream. But with these wormholes connecting the entire solar system, that problem is naturally solved!
There was no need for spaceships, no need for interstellar travel.
They only needed to find these wormholes and go through them.
Simple.
Convenient.
So, basically speaking, the people of Earth had just struck jackpot!
“By the way, have a look at this.” Ling Jiu released an object when he thought of it. It was that sphere he found in the cave. “9527, is this a spaceship?”
“That’s right!”
9527 nodded. “It’s the spacecraft that Pioneer Mosalz rode to the solar system. It’s not a spacecraft created by the Ainsworth Pioneers, but he had seized it from somewhere else!”
“Seized?”
Ling Jiu was stunned.
“I have said it before, Pioneer Mosalz belonged to a primitive civilization like you Earthlings, and they cannot create this sort of interstellar spacecraft.”
9527 smiled. “Based on Pioneer Mosalz’s memories, after it had gotten this spaceship, it then stole the treasure of the Ainsworth Pioneers, the void worm, and then escaped with it to the solar system.”
“Why did it steal the void worm?” Ling Jiu was puzzled.
“It had been unfairly treated, so he developed psychological distortions.” 9527 smiled lightly.
“Alright then!”
Ling Jiu was not interested in listening to its backstory as he continued. “9527, if I hand this spacecraft over to scientists back on Earth, you think we can crack the technology within it at our level?”
“I’ve checked through it.”
9527 smiled and said. “The technology used in this spacecraft is not deep and is just a simple FTL travel. With the current technological level on Earth, it can be completely unraveled after a period of time!”
“That’s good then!”
Ling Jiu’s eyes lit up as he continued to ask, “9527, are there anything valuable on Pioneer Mosalz?”
Stars like Europa was useless to him, so he needed to report it and let humans develop and utilise it.
And Ling Jiu also intended to report the many wormholes connecting the solar system one by one in exchange for rewards.
But before he reported anything, Ling Jiu wanted to make sure no other valuable things were left behind, like that void worm.
All of these things he had to keep for himself.
“Things of value…”
9527 shook his head. “No, the only thing that is valuable to you is the life on the various planets in the solar system.”
“All of the monsters Pioneer Mosalz controls came from Europa, so the ocean beneath the ice on Europa contains an astonishing number of monsters!”
“These monsters can increase your physical strength.”
“That aside, it has the strongest volcanic activity within the solar system. You can increase your body size by devouring these volcanoes.”
“Aside from that, there is no other valuable information.”
“Alright then!”
Ling Jiu was disappointed. He thought that by finding this alien he would discover a lot of things, but he did not expect the alien to be an absolute broke-ass.
Disappointing, really!
Later on, Ling Jiu left Pandora and returned to the Antarctic Ice City.
“Commandant!”
Ling Jiu knocked on the commandant’s office door.
“Ling Jiu?” The camp commandant gave Ling Jiu a puzzled look.
“Yesterday, Bai Ya and I entered Wormhole 51 and made a major discovery!”
Ling Jiu went straight to the point, and without any concealment, told the commandant what he had discovered yesterday. Of course, he had actually concealed a lot of things—like the void worm.
“That is to say, you located Europa and an alien?” The camp commandant said in disbelief.
“Yes, sir!”
Ling Jiu nodded. “Europa is a planet with a 100-kilometer-deep ocean. If we can distribute part of the water on Europa to Mars, then Mars can be a planet with water like Earth. This is very useful in terraforming Mars.”
“That makes sense.”
The camp commandant nodded.
Ling Jiu’s suggestion undoubtedly sounded very feasible, but whether this was possible and how to implement it was best to leave it to the experts.
“And also, this.”
With a wave of his hand, Ling Jiu took out the spaceship. “This is something that inside the cave where the alien lived that I’ve found. I suspect it’s a spaceship.”
“A spaceship?”
The camp commandant was shocked, and he could not hide the excitement in his eyes. “Ling Jiu, if this is really a spaceship, then you’ve done a really great job!”
The spaceship was different from Europa. The discovery of a new planet only meant that there was another planet which humans could make a move on and gain more resources.
But a spaceship was different, the things onboard it were far too valuable: the aircraft engine technology, the material manufacturing technology, the weapons technology, the communication technology, energy source technology and the likes contained within it.
Even if they were to only study one, it was enough to cause a major leap in mankind’s technology, and this was far more important than discovering a planet.
“Commandant, you flatter me. I’m afterall a part of humanity!” Ling Jiu smiled modestly.
“Very well!”
The camp commandant showed an approving look and then said again. “I’ve heard that you already have the ability to kill Level-9 Arcanists. This is good. Strive to break through to Level 10 as soon as possible and become part of humanity’s top echelon.”
“Understood!”
“You may leave now.”
The camp commandant smiled. “I’ll hand this over to the relevant experts for them to have a look at it. If it is really a spaceship, then your reward will definitely not be wanting. Of course, the reward for the discovery of Venus and Europa will also be given to the both of you, don’t worry about that.”
“Thank you, Sir!”
After that, Ling Jiu left the commandant’s office and returned to Mars.
In the next few days, Ling Jiu did not run around and instead stayed on Mars with Bai Ya planting Arcana Trees peacefully.
Plant a little tree here.
Flirt a little there.
Life was great.
Of course, the relationship between the two was also advancing by leaps and bounds.
Just as Ling Jiu expected, for a proud and cold lady like Bai Ya, before she recognized you as someone worthy, she would be cold and frosty towards you.
But once she recognized you, she would be more enthusiastic and braver than ordinary women. In the past few days, Ling Jiu was almost melted by Bai Ya’s fiery passion.
In the morning, when Ling Jiu got up, Bai Ya had already prepared breakfast. Her waterfall-like long black hair was casually tied up with a hairtie and she wore only a nightdress. Her proud and cold demeanor from before had completely disappeared, and in their place was a tinge of playfulness and cuteness.
“My dear, breakfast’s ready!”
Seeing Ling Jiu waking up, Bai Ya let out a sweet smile.
“I don’t want breakfast.”
Ling Jiu came to her and hugged her from behind, pressing his head tightly against her back. “What I want is you!”
“Oh you!”
With a blushing face, Bai Ya pushed Ling Jiu to the table. “Hurry up and eat, we got trees to plant once you’re done.”
“As the queen commands, so I shall follow.”
Ling Jiu made a hold-fist salute as a gesture of obedience. Just as he was about to sit down and eat, his phone rang. It was a call from the camp commandant.
“Commandant, looking for me?”
Ling Jiu straightened up.
While Bai Ya also stopped.
“Ling Jiu, come to my office with Bai Ya at 9 o’clock.”
The camp commandant’s order was succinct and he hung up after that.
“The camp commandant is looking for us!”
Ling Jiu looked at Bai Ya with a smile. “If I’m not wrong, he’s probably about to give us our reward.”
“There’s a reward?”
Bai Ya was a little surprised.
“Of course! We had done a great service this time!”
Ling Jiu smiled. “Hurry up and eat. We’ll head over right after.”
“Yeah!”
At 9 o’clock in the morning, the two arrived at the camp commandant’s office right on time. After a brief greeting, the camp commandant went straight to the point.
“The reason I called you two here is to tell you some good news!”
“First, we’ve sent someone to Europa to identify the place, and found that the rich ocean planet is indeed Europa!”
“Second, after the investigations, calculations and simulations by the experts, they think your plan to divert water to Mars is feasible!”
The camp commandant smiled and said. “That is to say, if we proceed according to the plan, there will be an additional ocean on Mars, and will help with the terraforming of Mars.”
“Third, the sphere you found is indeed a spaceship, and contains several very important technologies in it.”
The camp commandant was amazed. “The experts say that once we understand these technologies, humanity’s aerospace technology will have a quantum leap!”
“So, both of you had done meritorious service!”
“Heh!”
Ling Jiu smiled modestly, while Bai Ya showed an excited look.
“In addition, with your discovery of Venus earlier with Niu Ben, and several other credit to your name added together, the human top echelon had decided to reward you.”
The camp commandant smiled and said. “First, a set of Intermediate-level Venom Suit.”
“An Intermediate-level Venom Suit!”
Bai Ya was shocked. All of the students in the Matriculation Camp wore Low-level Venom Suits. The quantum of increase was 10 times, but an intermediate-level one was 100 times.
The gap was just too big, and that meant that as long as she obtained the Intermediate-level Venom Suit, her strength would increase by 100 times. How could she not be excited?
In comparison, Ling Jiu was much calmer as he had already obtained an Intermediate-level Venom Suit from 9527.
Of course, he would not complain about having too many goodies. He could always leave it for his family if he did not need it himself.
“Second, 200,000 contribution points!”
“Third, 1 Ultimate Life Enhancement Liquid worth 100,000 contribution points.”
“Fourth, 1 Ultimate Gene Strengthening Elixir worth 100,000 contribution points.”
“Fifth, a copy of Ultimate Gene Potion worth 100,000 contribution points.”
“Sixth, three pieces of Ultimate treasures of heaven and earth worth 100,000 contribution points, which are for Deep Awakening of Arcana, Awakening new Arcana, and cold weapon.”
“Seventh, one Ultimate-level airship for each of you.”