Chapter 118: Storytelling and Guesses on the Road

Lei Yaotian looked at Elder Mensa with great interest and showed a thoughtful expression because of his earlier words.

“Young Master, that is a long story. For now, let’s hurry to check out that civilization ruin. I will properly clear up your doubts when we return.” Elder Mensa looked around and felt that now was not the right time to talk about these things.

Lei Yaotian nodded. “Hmm… indeed, this isn’t the best time to discuss such matters. Then let’s go take a look right away.” Then Lei Yaotian waved at Wangcai. “Prepare the vehicle. We’ll go check it out now.”

Wangcai, who had transformed into a chubby figure, gave a slight bow.

“Very well, Young Master. I will go prepare the vehicle immediately.”

After turning around, Wangcai instructed the Artificial Human beside him: “Quickly prepare a Hover Vehicle from the warehouse.”

…

About ten minutes later, the group was already on the road to the construction site.

For his convenience in traveling, Lei Yaotian had bought dozens of small Hover Vehicles from Bruce.

High up in the sky, over a hundred meters above ground, the Maglev Vehicle moved forward quickly.

Lei Yaotian looked out the window, enjoying the boundless view of the forest landscape. Monica, wearing a military uniform that accentuated her explosive figure, sat next to Lei Yaotian.

The Genetic Girl Audrey forcibly sat on Lei Yaotian’s lap and kept provoking Monica.

Faced with the Genetic Girl Audrey’s provocation, Monica simply ignored her, which made Audrey feel quite bored. After a while, she quieted down on her own, obediently leaning her body against Lei Yaotian’s chest and focusing on playing with her own fingers.

Fortunately, the Genetic Girl Audrey had a petite and thin build, so sitting on Lei Yaotian’s lap did not feel like a burden to him.

“How long will it take us to get there?”

Wangcai and Elder Mensa, both sitting opposite Lei Yaotian, replied: “It will take about half an hour. After all, the distance is not short.” Lei Yaotian nodded. “Twelve thousand kilometers away, and only about half an hour—that seems like a very fast speed.”

Taking advantage of the remaining time, Lei Yaotian began to ask Elder Mensa about the Ancient Civilization ruins.

“Teacher Mensa, we still have some time before we reach the destination. I think you should take this opportunity to tell me about these things.”

“As you wish, my Young Master.” Elder Mensa nodded and began to speak slowly.

“Regarding the civilization ruins, we have to mention the once-powerful Atlantean Civilization of the Primordial Era.” Elder Mensa’s eyes suddenly became profound, and his tone became very heavy.

“At that time, the Atlantean Civilization ruled over all other civilizations in our Universe. It could be said that it was the only and the most powerful civilization. And according to legends, it seemed the Atlantean Civilization had already begun developing Dimensional Plane wormhole technology…”

Lei Yaotian and Wangcai listened to Elder Mensa’s account, and both of them showed strong reactions.

Dimensional Plane wormhole technology—if that Atlantean Civilization had truly succeeded in researching this technology, wouldn’t their civilization be able to freely cross Dimensional Planes and then start invading other Dimensional Planes?

From this, it could be seen that the Atlantean Civilization was really incredibly powerful.

Lei Yaotian and Wangcai both secretly thought about this issue at the same time.

But from Elder Mensa’s words, it seemed that this Atlantean Civilization had not succeeded.

Elder Mensa did not know that Lei Yaotian and Wangcai were deeply shocked at this moment. He continued his story: “In the distant past, the Atlantean Civilization and the emerging force ‘Zerg Race’ fought a war over Energy that affected all civilizations in the Universe at that time.”

“This war was so widespread that it involved almost all civilized species. Moreover, the war was long and brutal, almost destroying all civilized beings.”

When Lei Yaotian heard the term Zerg Race, he turned his face to look at Monica.

It was truly unexpected that Monica was a descendant of the Primordial Era’s biological civilization. And back then, her predecessors had even fought a war against the Universe’s top civilization.

Because of this, Lei Yaotian had to view Monica in a new light.

Without some skills, one wouldn’t dare go up Liang Mountain—this showed that the Zerg Race’s potential should not be underestimated.

“At that time, this war destroyed both the Zerg Race and the Atlantean Civilization. They both disappeared from the Universe. Only a long time later did the civilizations we have now emerge.”

The Zerg Race disappeared?

When Lei Yaotian heard this, he couldn’t help but have a big question mark pop up in his mind. It seemed that right next to him sat a humanoid Mother Queen of the Zerg Race.

But Lei Yaotian felt that he should not tell Elder Mensa about this for now.

“And these newly risen civilizations, more or less, were able to secure a place in the Universe because they explored the ruins of the Ancient Civilization, obtained their technology from that time, and then researched and deciphered it. This includes the current three major civilizations of the Universe, as well as those Eighth-tier Civilizations and civilizations below the eighth tier—they all followed this path.”

“Even now, there are still many ruin explorers in the Universe. They pilot Warships through the Universe, hoping to find the ruins of the Ancient Civilization, obtain the technology from that time, and bring it back to their own civilization, or sell the ruins to high-level civilizations for a large amount of wealth.”

At this point, Elder Mensa took a deep look at Lei Yaotian.

“So, Young Master, this Ancient Civilization ruin might be a significant opportunity for you.”

After listening to Elder Mensa’s account, Lei Yaotian finally understood.

So, in this cosmic era, those high-level civilizations rose to power because they obtained the heritage of the Ancient Civilization.

At the same time, Lei Yaotian imagined how much benefit he could gain if he obtained the technology of the Ancient Civilization.

The Atlantean Civilization of that time had already begun researching Dimensional Plane wormhole technology. If he could obtain the technology of such a powerful civilization, the help would undoubtedly be very useful.

But who could guarantee that this ruin would definitely be that of a high-level Ancient Civilization?

Moreover, what if the ruin was just a civilian one? Then it would be completely worthless.

So Lei Yaotian said to Mensa: “Let’s not get our hopes up too high. What if this ruin is just from a low-level Ancient Civilization? Then I think it would be of little use to us. Besides, if it’s a civilian ruin, it would be equally useless to us.”

Lei Yaotian didn’t want to get his hopes up only to be greatly disappointed, so he also advised Mensa.

Mensa thought about it and felt that his Young Master made a good point. He nodded and said: “Indeed, as the Young Master says, if this ruin is from a low-level civilization, or if it’s a civilian ruin, then it would be completely useless. And mainly, it depends on the excavation—whether we can find useful items or technical data.”

“What use is technical data? The written language of the Ancient Civilization—can you understand it?”

Lei Yaotian was somewhat dismissive of this, though he did not show it.

Unexpectedly, after hearing Lei Yaotian’s words, Elder Mensa gave a ‘hehe’ laugh and said: “Young Master, you probably don’t know, but most civilizations of the Primordial Era spoke the Alliance language, just as we do now. Their writing has also been passed down. Coincidentally, when I was young, I thought about becoming a ruin explorer, so I studied some Ancient writing. So if we can find technical data, given some time, I can translate it.”

“Really unexpected. Taking in these Iktans was like acquiring a treasure trove. This Elder Mensa is a walking treasure.” Lei Yaotian looked at Elder Mensa, who was smiling at him, and his eyes flickered.

Because of this, Elder Mensa’s status in Lei Yaotian’s heart rose a bit.

For Lei Yaotian, his heart naturally distinguished between useful and useless.

Elder Mensa was different from the Artificial Humans and Wangcai; even Monica and the Genetic Girl Audrey could not compare.

Because there was simply no comparison between them, their status in Lei Yaotian’s heart was the lowest.

And Elder Mensa was very clear about this, so from time to time, he would show off his skills in front of Lei Yaotian, to let Lei Yaotian know his usefulness.

It could be seen that old man Mensa was quite skillful.

“Alright then, in that case, if we really find something useful, I’ll have to trouble you.”

Elder Mensa very humbly bowed and responded: “This is what I, as your Young Master’s slave, should do. Although you have granted us the status of citizens, we Iktans will know our place.” Elder Mensa appropriately pointed this out.

This made Lei Yaotian feel very comfortable.

People must know their place.

“I hope that ruin is a high-level Ancient Civilization ruin.” At this point, Wangcai spoke up.

This statement reflected what everyone was thinking.

Indeed, right now, anything said was just speculation. It all depended on what civilization left behind that ruin. If it was a low-level Ancient Civilization ruin, it probably wouldn’t have many good things.

After all, Lei Yaotian now controlled the Dimensional Trading Device. As long as he spent a large amount of Credit Points, he could completely purchase advanced technological data from other Dimensional Planes.

It was just very costly in terms of Credit Points, something Lei Yaotian at his current stage could not afford.

If he could find advanced technological data and techniques from the civilization ruins, Lei Yaotian would be overjoyed.

“By the way, Wangcai.” Lei Yaotian leaned back, making himself more comfortable, and asked: “Earlier, you said that after the Engineering Robots excavated that ruin, they encountered fire from the ruins?”

Wangcai nodded and replied: “Yes, according to the distress messages sent back by the Engineering Robots at the front, when they dug out this ruin, over a hundred Heavy Engineering Robots were immediately destroyed by the defensive weapons inside the ruin. They returned fire at the time, but they couldn’t cause any damage to the other side.”

Lei Yaotian knew the firepower level and armor technology of the Heavy Engineering Robots. To be able to destroy so many Heavy Engineering Robots in an instant, the ruin’s firepower must be quite strong.

A ruin protected by such powerful firepower should surely be an important site.

Of course, Lei Yaotian also felt a pang of regret over losing over a hundred Heavy Engineering Robots. After all, those were all Credit Points.