With Lin Danying's question, Ding Meng was 100% sure that this was a secret base of the Starbow Group.
De Sheng smiled. "It's also called the Curved Light Teleportation Orb. It's the technology that the Starbow Group is proud of. It was developed by the chief expert, Mr. Cuttle."
Ding Meng also looked at the giant crystal. He was filled with emotions. This was Mr. Cuttle's life's work. He did not know if it was a blessing or a curse for it to be in the hands of the Starbow Group.
At this time, a staff member walked over. "Brother Sheng, Chief Zheng needs you to go over."
De Sheng nodded. "Tell him that I'll be there immediately after this round of recycling."
At this moment, the teleportation orb suddenly flashed slightly, as if it was charging. It instantly released a dazzling light, and Ding Meng and the others immediately felt a powerful surge of technological energy. A white beam of light shot out from the crystal orb into the sky, and the spiraling star path immediately appeared in front of them like a rifling line. The light was so bright that it was eye-catching.
This star path was obviously a space-time crack opened by the teleportation orb. However, it could not be compared to the wormholes opened by the SS Expedition and the SS Conqueror. After all, the scale was much smaller. However, this was already impressive enough.
Ding Meng finally understood why the Starry Rainbow Corporation had built their base in such a desolate place. Qu Jing activated spatial transmission. If this were to happen within the Federation, it would cause too much of a commotion. Disregarding everything else, there was no way the space station in the sky would not be able to detect it.
In his mind, three medium-sized transport spaceships slowly appeared in the star path. Ding Meng could tell at a glance that the three spaceships were covered in moss-like plants. They were modified ghost ships. After the three spaceships landed on the tarmac outside, fully armed soldiers walked down with huge crystal-carrying matrix devices.
At this time, the star path disappeared and the light was retracted. The teleportation orb stopped working and returned to its idle state. De Sheng, Wu Hao, and the others applauded.
Even though Ding Meng did not know much about technology, he could tell that this was Qu Jing's interstellar return. He had teleported the transport spaceships from afar. For a moment, he was very curious. Where were the three spaceships sent to in the first place?
What was in the Crystal Loaded Matrix Devices that were shipped back?
Why convert it into a ghost ship?
Fortunately, De Sheng explained, "Our Curved Mirror technology is still not mature enough. Currently, we can only teleport ship-sized units."
Lin Danying asked hesitantly, "Can't starships teleport?"
De Sheng smiled and said, "It's not impossible. Theoretically, it's possible to send the starship away, but it's very difficult to turn it back. You should know that being able to control and release it freely is a sign of technological maturity."
Lin Danying asked, "Where did you return from this time?"
De Sheng smiled and said, "I can only tell you two words, Fertile Chalk Galaxy."
Damn!
Lin Danying and the others sucked in a breath of cold air!
Ding Meng's eyelids drooped. If Qu Xiaoqing and the others found out about this, the empire would probably send experts to snatch it from them.
Think about it, if hundreds and thousands of starships were teleported ten light years away from the empire, even if they could not turn back, the frogmen and the Steel Mane Empire would have to retreat hundreds of millions of kilometers from the Fertile Chalk Galaxy within a few days. If they did not retreat, they would be beaten to a pulp by the empire's starships.
"Alright, I'll go to Chief Zheng to receive this batch of supplies. You guys have been running around for days, so rest early!" De Sheng waved his hand and said.
Wu Meng nodded and said, "Alright, everyone has worked hard for so long. Go and rest!"
This base naturally had a resting area. Everyone's rooms were led by the staff, but Ding Meng was definitely not going to rest there. "Brother Meng, I'm not sleepy. It's my first time here, so I want to walk around!"
He was taking a risk again because his judgment was that this was definitely the first time the integrated starship docked in Meteor City had come to carry out this mission. The reason was simple, because they wanted to send Jin Tai here. Now that he said it was his first time, Wu Meng would not suspect anything. "Xiaozhi, just walk around the base. Don't go outside."
"Alright, Brother Meng!" Ding Meng replied calmly.
This was exactly what he wanted. He was worried that he would not be able to find the core of this factory.
After Wu Meng and the others left, Ding Meng quickly spread out his telekinesis. He started with the warp beam teleportation orb nearby and analyzed the composition of this orb. Unfortunately, Little Rascal and Little Love were not with him. He was a newbie when it came to data. He could roughly tell that the orb was made of multi-element superconducting crystals. As for the other components, he could not recognize them at all.
Next, he focused on the hundreds of crystal-carrying matrices outside. Compared to when he was on Cypress Ancient Planet, his telekinesis was much stronger now. At a glance, he discovered that the boxes were filled with all kinds of rare metal ores. The typical ones were chromium porcelain, molybdenum gold, platinum crystals, and even batches of superconducting ores. These were all very rare things.
Ding Meng was a little surprised. Where could there be such treasures in the Fertile Chalk System?
In addition, Ding Meng also made an even more shocking discovery. There were several boxes that could not be peeked inside. This situation had happened before because they were filled with inverse source crystals. However, this time, Ding Meng was sure that they were not inverse source crystals. Because telekinesis could not penetrate the boxes, he used telekinesis strings to force his way in. A violent and sharp wave bounced back, causing his eyes to sting.
Damn!
What is this thing?
The wave was so familiar!
Hundreds of crystal-carrying matrices had been moved into the shuttle ladder on the first floor. It seemed that there was another world below the base!
However, what he needed to deal with now was not the underground of the factory or the command center, but the third floor on the south side of the building. He could see very clearly with his telekinesis vision that Jin Tai had been sent there. That place seemed to be the detention area. There were many people locked up in many rooms, and everyone was isolated.
Ding Meng did not say anything and directly went upstairs. This base could not be considered heavily guarded, but there was still a basic security force. Along the way, there were many soldiers walking back and forth, and there was no lack of outstanding War Sovereigns and War Masters. It was a pity that these people did not react when they saw Ding Meng, allowing Ding Meng to swagger past them. The reason was very simple. Ding Meng had used the Heart Assimilation Art to interfere with their minds.
Moreover, there were surveillance cameras on all the major floors and passages. He was not afraid. His current identity was Song Zhi, and he had the authority to enter and leave this place.
At this moment, in the detention area hall on the south side, there were many "mummies" gathered together. These mummies were actually the descendants of the group of doctors. Ding Meng could see clearly through the steel wall that they were Jin Tai, Qing Feng, Sweet Fruit, Gu Yizi, and Old Cat. They were all emaciated and covered in pus and blood. They were all curled up on the ground, and their vital signs were very weak.
Ding Meng was confident that he did not recognize the wrong people. This was because the five of them were saved by him on Planet V4 with the blood potion that he had personally concocted.
There were also three fully armed soldiers in the hall. All of them were wearing individual armor. The leader was a man with a long face with a sinister expression. The other two were holding mini photon computers and recording something. They looked like they were interrogating someone.
"We saved you here mainly in the hope that you will be able to gain your freedom after making some contributions!"
The horse-faced man said seriously. "Otherwise, we wouldn't have to do this and let you stay in Saint Splendor's research institute."
No one in the hall made a sound. Jin Tai and the others had suffered so much that they no longer believed the words of these people.
Ding Meng was not in a hurry to take action. He still had not figured out the situation here.
The horse-faced man continued, "Qing Feng, why don't you go first?"
A skinny man on the ground panted. "I've already said what I need to say. You've already mastered the method to modify the poison ship. What else do you want me to say?"
The horse-faced man pulled a long face. "Don't think that we don't know that you've divided the core technology of the propulsion reactor into five parts. Each of you has only mastered a part of it, and you think that no one else can master it completely."
Ding Meng was secretly impressed. Jin Tai and the others were not fish on the chopping block. They knew how to hide their secrets. At least they were able to buy time.
A bloodied girl on the ground screamed, "You've locked us up for months. When will you let us go?"
The horse-faced man said, "It's very simple. Tell me what you know, and I'll let you go immediately!"
No one believed him. Even if they were let go, where could they go? This was the Pandora system. Without a specter ship, they would not be able to move an inch.
"Sweet Fruit, don't listen to his nonsense."
Another middle-aged man on the ground with pus all over his body shouted. "They want to go to Planet V10. Not only do they need a specter ship, but the starships and factories also need high-level poison protection. Silver core stones won't be able to resist the corrosion …"
The horse-faced man looked at him coldly. "You know too much."
After saying that, someone immediately came forward with a device that looked like an electric shock disc. The person quickly stabbed the needle-like device into Old Cat's shoulder. Old Cat immediately let out an extremely shrill scream. His body twitched violently, and the saliva that came out of his mouth was green. Not long after, his eyes rolled back and he passed out.
"This is the consequence of refusing to talk!" The horse-faced man reprimanded sternly.
No one dared to say anything else. Ding Meng thought about Old Cat's words and combined them with Wu Meng's words on the spaceship. He immediately understood that De Sheng believed that Planet V9 was no longer safe. He was afraid that the outside world would discover the teleportation ball here, so he wanted to go deep into Planet V10, which had a more complicated environment. However, Planet V10 required the modification of the starship's poison power technology. These technologies were all in the hands of Jin Tai and the other four. This was the real reason why Jin Tai was sent to Planet V9.
Now that everyone was here, what they needed to do was to torture Jin Tai and the others and force them to tell them the core technology.
Waves of screams came from the prison hall. The soldiers were merciless. After the people who were electrocuted fainted, they were immediately woken up by cold water. After waking up, they were electrocuted again.
This kind of crystal energy electric shock device was not an ordinary product. In addition to electromagnetic energy, it was also loaded with neurotoxins. Once the number of electric shocks increased, it would cause great damage to the brain, causing the memory neurons to become chaotic and numb. This would cause the person to have visual and auditory hallucinations and unknowingly tell the truth.
Ding Meng was hiding outside the door. He had originally planned to take Jin Tai and the others away, but when he heard the screams of these people, he couldn't move his feet. However, if he were to take action now, he was afraid that he would expose himself.
Just as Ding Meng was about to leave, the girl named Sweet Guo was electrocuted again. He could see clearly with his telekinesis vision that the girl, who was less than 1.5 meters tall, had lost her voice. She couldn't cry out anymore. She fell into a pool of pus and blood and convulsed.
The horse-faced man turned his head and said, "Increase the dosage of the neurotoxins. Make her tell the truth."
The soldier beside him hesitated and said, "Sir, the toxin is already at its maximum dosage. This woman isn't even 30 years old. If the dosage is increased, she might very well die."
The horse-faced man looked indifferent. "It's fine. She's not a citizen of the Federation. If she really dies, dig out her brain and send it directly to the medical analyzer for research. I don't believe that we can't deconstruct her memory …"