Chapter 314 Great Sun Spirit Summoning Array

Seventy-two hours after the groundbreaking ceremony for the Guanghan Base.

At the base of the crater, the air pressure and gravity within the barrier have completely stabilized. The engineering monks, having removed their heavy blast helmets, are methodically carrying out the welding and assembly of the internal modular compartments.

But in the joint control room in Kyoto, the atmosphere was extremely tense due to several sets of cold data.

"The first set of liquid spirit stone micro-reactors is experiencing a decline in spiritual pressure output curves, with the current peak value falling below 90%."

The array master in charge of energy coordination stared intently at the steep downward curve on the screen, his voice hoarse, "The energy consumed by the barrier to maintain standard atmospheric pressure and resist the Yin cold pressure has far exceeded expectations. At this rate, our three core boxes can only last for three months at most."

Wang Mingyuan stood in front of the star map, his hands resting on the control panel, his gaze deep and focused.

"Transporting spirit stones from Earth is too costly." He looked at the transport link that stretched 380,000 kilometers. "For every ton of high-purity spirit stones transported, we have to burn three tons of basic energy on the surface. If we compare the Guanghan Base to a crying baby, then we are cutting open Earth's blood vessels to feed it. This kind of logistics model simply cannot support the expansion of the space outpost."

"Therefore, we must use materials available locally."

The Dean of the Array Court, leaning on his metal cane, entered a series of commands on the console of the holographic star map. The star map's perspective suddenly shifted, crossing the towering edges of the craters and pushing towards the vast, boundless near side of the moon (the sunlit side).

"The icy coldness of the moon's far side is indeed perfect for cooling and concealment, but there are no spiritual veins here. To fill the massive energy gap, we can only ask the nearest cosmic-level celestial body for help."

The cane struck heavily on the massive star at the edge of the star map, which radiated endless light and heat.

sun.

"The energy density of conventional photovoltaic power generation is too low; it's even difficult to power a large pile driver." Lin Feng adjusted his glasses. "Does the dean mean to deploy an array directly on the lunar surface to extract solar radiation?"

"It's not extraction, it's interception."

The old dean pulled out a densely packed array diagram, a masterpiece of engineering devised by the Array Academy. "On the lunar surface, where there is no atmosphere or magnetic field to weaken it, solar radiation contains violent gamma rays, high-energy particle streams, and pure thermal radiation. In ancient texts, this is called 'Extreme Yang True Fire,' a deadly tribulation that even Nascent Soul cultivators dare not easily provoke."

"We're going to the 'Sea of ​​Tranquility' plain on the near side of the moon to set up the [Great Sun Spirit-Attracting Array]. We'll use a specially made light-gathering array plate to forcibly gather this extreme yang true fire, and then condense it into liquid, high-purity spiritual energy through the extreme high pressure of the core array plate."

This is a crazy idea filled with the violent aesthetics of heavy industry and the whimsical elements of cyberpunk cultivation.

Instead of toiling away in the soil to dig for associated spiritual minerals, they now extend their greedy tentacles directly to cosmic-level stars.

Ten hours later, at the edge of the Guanghan base airlock.

Two specially modified heavy-duty tracked lunar rovers roared out of the barrier. Their wide, special titanium steel tracks silently crushed the grayish-white lunar dust as they sped towards the terminator.

Inside the carriage, engineer Chen Shi and a hundred colleagues sat silently in their shock-absorbing seats. Their armor had undergone a complete overhaul, from the dark gray [Xuanwu-I] to the [Xuanwu-II Sun Chaser], which was coated with a highly reflective, shimmering gold layer and equipped with four sets of heavy-duty liquid-cooled circulation pipelines.

"We are about to cross the terminator. Everyone, lower your polarized goggles and switch the liquid cooling system to maximum power."

The voice of Lao Liu, the captain of the first engineering squadron, rang out on the internal communication channel. His instructions were clear and without any unnecessary emotion.

The pioneer vehicle climbed onto the edge of a massive meteorite crater. The next second, absolute darkness was torn apart without warning.

Without the gentle transition of light at dawn like on Earth, in the absolute vacuum, the terminator is like an incredibly sharp knife, cutting the lunar surface into absolute black and absolute white.

As the pioneer vehicle drove into the sunlit "Jinghai" plain, Chen Shi instinctively squinted.

Even with the advanced polarized filtering of the tactical goggles, the intense light still left a pale afterimage on my retina. The world before me seemed to have lost all color, and the moon rocks beneath my feet reflected a blinding halo under the intense light, like a piece of burning gray-white glass.

"The physical temperature of the external armor surface soared to 127 degrees Celsius."

"Warning: A high-energy solar storm particle stream is washing over the armor shell, and the radiation index has exceeded 1,400 sieverts."

"The concentration of the extreme yang fire exceeds the standard. The pump pressure of the liquid cooling system has reached 80%, and the internal circulation temperature is stable at 22 degrees Celsius."

On the HUD panel, dense red environmental warning data jumped wildly, and the alarm sounded continuously low inside the helmet.

Chen Shi glanced at the parameters on his arm, his expression extremely calm.

This is the formidable power of the [Xuanwu-II Type Sun Chaser]. Even though the outside world is an extreme yang inferno capable of scorching mortals and igniting the true essence of traditional low-level cultivators in seconds, the interior of the armor maintains a comfortable temperature under the protection of the thick anti-radiation coating and the fully powered micro spirit stone condensation array.

While a Foundation Establishment cultivator's physical body may not be able to run naked in the universe, when the true essence of a cultivation civilization is perfectly combined with the steel armor of heavy industry, they will have the confidence to set foot in this desolate starry sea.

"Arrived at Jinghai No. 1 position. Everyone disembark and prepare for formation!"

The heavy armor plating at the rear of the pioneer vehicle crashed onto the lunar surface with a loud thud.

"Array panel number one, activate!"

Chen Shi and three other engineering monks worked together to unload a hexagonal array plate from the trailer.

Limited by the Earth Alliance’s current funding and capacity, these array panels are not entirely made of expensive star materials. Their main frame uses Earth’s conventional “titanium-tungsten alloy”, with only a layer of guiding star rock coating on the surface.

"Drive the piles! Set the angle!"

Four portable pressure pile drivers were firmly pressed against the four corners of the array panel. One-meter-long titanium tungsten anchors sank into the basalt with silent vibrations.

"Elevation angle 34.15 degrees, azimuth angle 112.4 degrees. Infuse with true essence, lock down physics!" Old Liu shouted in the channel.

"receive!"

Chen Shi slammed his hands down on the edge of the array plate, and his powerful Foundation Establishment True Essence flowed precisely into the array patterns at the bottom of the plate through the armor's output ports. The spiritual energy acted like a fine network, firmly anchoring the metal array plate to the lunar rock layer at the spiritual pressure level.

"Plate number one locked! Parameters correct!" Chen Shi stood up, his heavy mechanical boots leaving deep imprints on the lunar surface. "Next!"

One yuan, ten yuan, fifty yuan...

During the four-hour high-intensity operation, the two hundred engineering monks were like the most precise and tireless industrial gears. They endured the scorching heat of 127 degrees Celsius, the monotony and extreme physical exertion, and nailed the 108 array panels to the Jinghai Plain with strict tolerance standards.

When the 108th focusing array plate was locked in the lunar rock, more than 100 huge reflectors, with an extremely perfect parabolic curvature, pointed in a ring towards the very center of the plain.

There stood a transformation furnace entirely cast from black star iron.

This is the core of the Great Sun Spirit-Drawing Array. Thirty high-ranking array masters belonging to the Array Academy have already taken their positions at the thirty array nodes surrounding the furnace.

"All focusing arrays, physical and true essence locked. Overall angular deviation less than one ten-millionth." Old Liu glanced at the black furnace in the distance, pressed the full-band notification button, and said, "Earth Control Room, Tranquil Sea Operations Team, mission complete. Requesting ignition."

380,000 kilometers away, in the joint control room in Kyoto, Earth.

Everyone held their breath. On the holographic screen, the miniature metal matrix composed of 108 array plates reflected a dazzling light along the black-and-white dividing line on the far side of the moon.

The president of the court stood steadily in front of the control panel, meticulously checking the data of each physical node transmitted remotely one last time.

"Data alignment. Channel clearance."

The dean raised his hand and slammed his withered palm down on the red physical execution button in the center of the control panel.

"Great Sun Spirit-Attracting Array, ignite. Sun-Devouring Runes, fully activated."

The moon's surface, a calm sea.

As the electronic command was issued from the Earth-based terminal, the runes drawn on the surface of the 108 array panels, made of special high-conductivity materials, instantly lit up with a crimson light.

The physical laws of optics were forcibly reversed by the array.

The sunlight, gamma rays, and high-energy particle streams that had been radiating erratically across the lunar surface were now being pulled by an extremely powerful gravitational force. The light was substantially bent. One hundred and eight high-energy beams composed purely of extreme Yang True Fire shot into the sky from the array plate, converging above the still sea into a plasma energy jet with a diameter of about two meters.

A silent roar exploded in everyone's consciousness.

The two-meter-thick beam of light, carrying terrifying heat and deadly radiation at its focal point of thousands of degrees, struck the black furnace in the center from high above.

At the moment of impact, the physical temperature of the furnace surface soared to six thousand degrees Celsius! The high-temperature resistant black star iron instantly turned a dangerous bright white, and the enormous light pressure caused the basalt base under the furnace to crack under the immense pressure.

"Put the extreme Yang True Fire into the furnace! Activate physical cooling! Suppress the array's core with all your might!"

The thirty array masters stationed around the furnace roared in unison, their hands frantically changing hand seals.

Thirty extremely powerful high-level true essences surged into the sky, activating the [Ninefold Profound Ice Array] and [Thousand-Ton Gravity Suppression Array Pattern] pre-engraved on the outer perimeter of the furnace. The extreme deep-space cold pressure was amplified many times over by the array, transforming into a visible icy blue cold current that frantically poured onto the furnace's white-hot outer wall; at the same time, a gravity field of thousands of tons was tightly confined inside the furnace, attempting to forcibly compress the violent plasma jet.

Extreme heat and extreme cold collided brutally on the furnace wall, causing the array patterns on the outer wall of the furnace to crumble layer by layer, only to be forcibly repaired by the true essence desperately injected by the array masters.

The immense spiritual pressure backlash caused blood to seep from the mouths and noses of several array masters. They linked their cultivation to the steel array, using the strength of their flesh and blood to forcefully resist this small-scale stellar power.

After fifteen minutes of extreme pressurization and cooling.

Ding.

A crisp, strange sound, like the striking of heavy metal, was transmitted through all communication channels via the spiritual pressure monitor at the bottom of the furnace.

Inside a top-secret energy storage box at the bottom of the black furnace, after undergoing multiple cooling processes, a drop of thick liquid, dark gold in color and containing terrifying fluctuations, slowly condensed and took shape before dripping down.

The first drop, the second drop, the third drop...

Then, the furnace emitted an extremely dangerous buzzing sound, as the internal pressure and heat reached the limit that current materials could withstand.

"Stop focusing! Cut off the channel!" Old Liu reacted quickly and immediately issued a forced interruption command on the armored terminal.

The array patterns extinguished, the pillar of light vanished instantly, and the Tranquil Sea Plain returned to deathly silence.

After being intercepted by the array of 108 panels and cooled by the extremely high pressure of the furnace, the raging solar storm and the extreme Yang fire finally condensed into only a few drops of dark golden extreme Yang liquid.

"High-pressure condensation verification completed."

Inside the Earth's main control room, Lin Feng looked at the pitiful yield on the screen, his voice trembling uncontrollably: "The quantity is extremely small, but the purity is close to one hundred percent. The energy density of these few drops of Extreme Yang Spirit Liquid is equivalent to hundreds of high-grade spirit stones."

After a deathly silence in the hall, heavy, suppressed breathing finally broke out.

Although the output was small, it proved the absolute feasibility of the technical approach with the most irrefutable results.

Wang Mingyuan stared at the furnace in the lunar sea on the screen. This was just an experiment, but it was a key to unlocking a new world.

All that's needed next is more resources, more advanced metal materials, and more armored cultivators, and these few drops of liquid can become an energy river that supports interstellar expansion.

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