"..."

Inside the train cabin, Chen Mang continued to observe the surrounding environment within the square, basically there weren't many devices.

Aside from the huge glass dome in the center of the square, there were only a few experimental instruments scattered around whose purpose was unknown.

At this time, Biaozi and his team had already reached the first door, ready to embark on their exploration.

...

"Let me!"

Zhang Yi looked at the door in front of him, took a deep breath, and then stepped forward, preparing to kick open the door.

"No need."

Biaozi extended his arm to stop Zhang Yi, then placed his hand on the door handle and gently pressed down.

A somewhat muffled spring sound ensued.

The door opened.

Biaozi carried the "Giant Wave Gatling" with his left hand, slowly pushed the door open, and clouds of dust emerged from behind the door, revealing a long corridor. Incandescent lamps embedded in the walls made the space look not too dim.

He walked at the forefront, pointed the Gatling's barrel at the space behind the door without any hesitation, and immediately opened fire.

"Rat-a-tat!"

The piercing gunfire suddenly echoed through the square.

The door that was somewhat intact earlier instantly became riddled with holes, but it was also determined that there was nothing behind it.

The corridor was not very high, just barely over 2 meters, making it impossible to use mecha here. In this environment, their only protection came from the guns in their hands and sufficient caution.

"Everyone, be careful."

Biaozi walked in front with vigilance in his eyes, took the first big step into the corridor, followed by the team members, with the third team walking behind them.

...

Meanwhile, inside the square.

The 60 "Black Hole Armored Robots" were under Ai's control, studying those devices in the square. This place was rather bizarre; when Biaozi and others walked into the corridor behind the door, even the Iris Chip connection was cut off.

Similarly.

When the "Black Hole Armored Robots" entered the corridor, they too would be immediately disconnected, losing control, becoming large figurines.

Soon.

Ai's voice came through.

"Hm..."

"Earlier, from that instrument, I found the original AI database, and surprisingly, it's not encrypted. I'm absorbing all the information from the database now..."

After a while.

"Data absorption complete."

"It is indeed an experimental base here, named 'Eternal Night'."

"Eternal Night?" Chen Mang's brows slightly furrowed, the name sounded somewhat odd, and most importantly, he didn't know which region he was in now, as the control panel screen showed a completely unknown region.

At this moment, Ai walked into the cabin, the previous sound source from the train cabin's speakers now transformed into the broadcast from the robot's throat-installed loudspeaker: "The database contains explicit information about the mineral sources."

"The iron and copper mines, various mining fields are not truly iron and copper."

"They are the 'Core Energy' of a planet. When a planet's core energy overflows and solidifies, it forms various mining fields like 'iron mines'. For your comprehension, Train Captain, you may understand it akin to human blood extracted and then solidified once more."

"Every planet possesses multiple types of 'Core Energy', and the mining fields formed by each type differ in formation and proportion."

"For instance, '01' type core energy solidifies into 'iron mines' upon overflow."

"'02' core energy solidifies and forms 'copper mines' upon overflow."

"'03' core energy solidifies and forms 'Red Heart Rock Ore' upon overflow, among others."

Ai paused briefly, leaving a gap for Train Captain to digest the information before continuing: "Not every planet possesses core energy; some planets may have absolutely no core energy whatsoever."

"However, any planet with core energy generally sees 01 energy as the most abundant."

"Exceptions exist whereby certain planets lack both 01 and other core energies, only possessing 02 core energy, causing their core energy to overflow and form mining fields exclusively as copper mines."

"A gigantic copper planet."

"But—"

"A planet's core energy is equivalent to human blood, extremely vital, maintaining the planet's lifetime and potential in the universe, making it hard to overflow. However, the mechanical civilization possesses a special method."

"They have a highly unique 'injection', which they shoot into the planet's core at ultra-speed."

"Triggering the core's 'Core Energy' to start boiling and rapidly overflowing to the surface, forming various mining fields with the overflowed core energy."

Ai stopped there, without continuing the explanation.

"..."

Chen Mang remained silent, quietly processing the information from the chip in this experimental base. After a while, he softly said: "So, we can probably equate that 'injection' to hormones?"

"Similar to excess hormone secretion in humans, resulting in acne outbreaks."

"And are those mining fields the acne outbreaks of this 'Water Blue Star' then?"

"The regular refreshment of these mining fields also mirrors human acne that, when picked at, eventually reemerges, while those deep iron mines are akin to the acne yet to surface due to insufficient force, unable to breach the skin's surface?"

"Perfect explanation."

Ai nodded earnestly, "Yes, you're absolutely right, this explanation is perfect."

Chen Mang looked up at Ai, pausing momentarily.

"Do you seriously need to express your seriousness in such a manner?"

On Ai's cheeks two small displays appeared, with the left screen showing the word "Serious" and the right screen showing the word "Earnest".

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