Chapter 299: The Enemy Strikes

Fiora nodded, then shook her head.

"We can solve part of the problem with energy, but we must build a resource recycling, manufacturing and storage center for materials......"

Although the powerful Vortils can greatly reduce the need for logistical supplies, as a carbon-based life that still lives in the three-dimensional universe, no matter how powerful Io is, they still have some indispensable life needs, otherwise the Vortils are not human, they are gods......

And when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, which is not only applicable to mankind, but also to the Empire.

The manufacture and production of armaments and warships is itself an extremely sophisticated, complex, and huge scientific and technological complex, and with the current progress of the Mars base, it is impossible to complete such a task, which requires a complete set of imperial military production lines......

"You don't have to report these things to me, just do it......" Io said, glancing at her.

Fiora's solemn hammer breastplate.

"Yes, General."

Nodding, the group continued to walk forward.

And Io sensitively found that the surrounding temperature was gradually rising, and finally it was at least 10 degrees higher than on the surface of Mars!

You must know that Io and his party have only been on the surface of Mars for less than 10 minutes.

But even so, Mars, which has been extracted from the earth's nuclear energy on a large scale, has rapidly changed the ecology and climate of Mars for hundreds of millions of years at a terrifying speed that cannot be imagined by human beings, making Mars more 'vibrant' and ...... Dangerous.

At some point, a trace of strange and terrifying gas filled the long and dark underground passage.

Io, who had inhaled a trace of it, couldn't help but feel dizzy, and a large amount of Fontier energy gushed out from the cells in his body, and only then did he clear his mind and recover from this terrible gas.

"General, you should bring a respirator......

Fiora also discovered it, and immediately said: "This is an activated gas produced by the reaction of various trace elements such as sulfur, uranium, and thorium contained in the earth's core with the Martian atmosphere......

Looking around, Io noticed that no one else reacted much except himself, which made him more and more surprised by the perverted physical strength of the mature (adult) Fertils, and after thinking about it, Io closed his visor again.

"Zi~"

The Warframe's survival system immediately filtered and released the air suitable for him to breathe, and Io took a few breaths, and the energy in his body finally slowly subsided.

After walking for a few minutes or so, the group finally arrived at the destination of the trip.

Stopping, Io looked at the ground and walls in front of him, all of which were the dark and smooth architectural style popular on Krypton, and its material should be made of a special alloy smelted by Fiora and her unique Mars, which is an extremely strong special workshop, which is the most core and important energy extraction and storage workshop of the Imperial Mars base.

The two warriors were on duty here, and when they saw Io and them coming, they immediately saluted respectfully.

Nodding, Io, Fiora and the others walked into the heavily fortified place.

As soon as they entered, a faint gas, with a hint of a strange smell, immediately filled their nostrils.

"The system is being cleaned up, welcome Your Excellency Commander."

The gas appeared abruptly, but it disappeared faster, and after a while, it disappeared again.

Io understood that it was the energy center's survival system that cleaned up bacteria and viruses in and out of the population, so he didn't care about entering the second door.

And Io, who entered the core area, was blinded.

Unlike the passage, which was so dark that it could illuminate the shadows of people, the huge underground grotto in front of them was actually dug into a huge rectangular space by Fiora and the others, covering an area the size of more than a dozen Tiananmen Square.

Hundreds of robotic arms and various mechanical devices with different functions are connected to continuously convert, refine, and store the hot and dangerous geocentric energy of Mars into the Empire's special energy containers, and finally arrange them into rows of strange energy crystals that are 1.2 meters long and 0.6 meters wide.

He casually took down a piece of energy 'battery' similar to the blade server that he had seen in the previous life of Io, and Io looked at it carefully.

A strange crystal plate about a palm thick, the two ends are wrapped by a strange device full of Fertil's style, and the transparent crystalline energy entity in the middle is constantly swallowing a gentle and dazzling light.

“……”

According to Io's knowledge base and what he has heard from Eiffel's knowledge base during this time, such a 'battery' is enough to be comparable to the energy and heat generated by the explosion of a 100-million-ton nuclear bomb on the earth, but he doesn't want to be so easily refined and stored in a small crystal by the Empire.

Putting it back in his hand, Io asked thoughtfully, "How many of these core energy crystals have been refined now?" ”

Adeline, who was in charge of the specific affairs of the Mars base, immediately stepped forward and said: "General, from the establishment of the center to the operation, we have produced a total of 10,000 units of earth core (energy) crystals, which is enough to support the energy supply of the fleet for several years......"

"Not ...... enough"

Io looked at the silent but endless production line in front of him, shook his head and said: "Far away from the empire, the replenishment and supply of energy is the top priority of the next work, and it is also the key to our "plan", so ......"

"Ramp up your capacity!"

Sen Leng's voice echoed in everyone's ears: "Even if you empty this planet, you will not hesitate to do it!" ”

"Yes, General."

Leaving the center, Io continued to visit the various facilities and work on the Martian base.

At this moment, the main ship in the Martian orbit found a trace of unusual spatial jump fluctuations, and the alarmed Leila quickly warned Io on Mars after referring to and comparing the data.

"General, there is a quantum penetration effect near the moon, and a flying machine is passing through the moon and heading towards the earth! Be the vanguard of the Titans of Death! ”

Io paused, looking up at the main ship in the desolate outer space of Mars.

“…… Back to the starship! ”

With a flick of his cloak, Io turned around and left.

Fiora looked at him and said in a deep voice, "Yes, General." ”

After a while, a flying ship soared into the sky and returned to the main ship in Martian orbit.

As Io stepped into the bridge, Lyra, who was left behind, immediately said quickly: "General, this is the image and energy fluctuations we captured when these unknown spaceships jumped out, they are heading towards the earth, and they have entered the atmosphere at this moment......

Looking at the images transmitted by the multiple artificial satellites in the near-earth orbit of the empire and the earth humans, Io's pupils shrank.

"It's finally here......"