Traveler of the River of Time and Space-Chapter 569 - 45: STC Standard Construction System

Su Ziyu used Mind Suggestion to slightly calm the Empress Isabella before him.

Then, he turned to look at the blonde angel—Shire, and softly said, "Backup plan?"

"Yes." The blonde angel nodded and smiled, "It's feasible."

Before the operation, the two had secretly prepared two sets of plans. The first plan naturally followed Empress Isabella's initial strategy. After all, she was the native here and knew the internal situation of the Empire best. Her secret contact with supporters would ease the upcoming battle considerably. As for the other backup plan, it was actually quite simple—Su Ziyu would use his Mind Control Ability to pave the way and directly seek out the enemy's leaders to swiftly end the rebellion through a decapitation operation.

This approach would greatly increase the difficulty of the battle, and they might face a large number of Church Knights. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

But now they could only race against time.

Because the Mechanical Church's bio-modification of Prince William could truly turn him into a puppet of complete obedience, the longer they dragged on, the stronger their control over Imperial Capital would become, possibly even gaining complete control over the Mind Synchronization Device through Prince William.

That was a terrifying Spiritual Amplifier!

The initial purpose of the Mind Synchronization Device was to gather the Mind Energy of billions to communicate with the Void Realm, even capable of materializing the power of the mind into a Saint journeying through the Void Realm.

If this ultimate weapon were to fall into the hands of the Mechanical Church, the situation for Su Ziyu and the others would become very grim.

"The Assassin Court is still under my control." Empress Isabella's emotions gradually stabilized, and she turned her gaze, filled with complex emotions, towards Su Ziyu saying, "The Assassin Court has a secret base located deep in the sewers of the Imperial Capital, where the Mechanical Church will surely be unaware."

"We can enter the Golden Palace from the sewers."

"This way we can avoid the main forces of the Mechanical Church, as some of their Light Energy Weapons are extremely powerful, making a frontal assault quite dangerous."

Sewers?

Su Ziyu had no qualms about diving into the sewers, having faced even worse environments before. Thus, he turned to look at the blonde angel beside him, who chuckled softly, "No need to look at me, I once fought within the flesh cavity of ancient evil."

Without a sound, the aircraft landed.

The group soon found themselves above the Imperial Capital, hidden under snow-capped mountains, where no one would suspect that the underground was once the capital of a powerful empire.

"There's a secret door here."

"It leads to the planting zone; they should have already closed the main entrance." Empress Isabella led the two towards a dark cliff, saying solemnly, "But this place might also be under their control."

Su Ziyu heard this and drew the Light Saber from his waist, saying softly, "No problem. Small scale troops aren't a big issue."

The dark red Light Blade pierced through the hard cliff.

As a dark passage appeared, before them they saw a very old-fashioned elevator. Empress Isabella breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems they haven't discovered this place yet."

"Follow me."

"Below is the planting zone."

Su Ziyu reached out to stop Empress Isabella in front of him, saying slowly, "Don't use the elevator, I'll fly you down."

Having finished speaking, he extended a hand and took Empress Isabella directly from the lift that was hundreds of meters high, jumping down. The blonde angel beside him gently spread her wings and followed as if walking leisurely.

The end of the dark tunnel revealed a ray of light.

As Su Ziyu passed through the narrow tunnel, everything in front opened up; before their eyes appeared a gigantic and warm light source like a dazzling sun, spreading light and heat to all corners of the underground city ahead.

"Is it an artificial sun?" The blonde angel's brow slightly furrowed, "It's a giant nuclear bomb suspended overhead!..."

"Are you really not afraid of enemies from other civilizations detonating it?"

Before them was a dense forest, with the Imperial Capital doing an excellent job of environmental greening. Underneath every plant was a special planting trough, maintaining not only daily food supply but also a large amount of cotton, hops, spirit leaves, scarlet grass, etc., being planted. The Imperial Capital also strictly controlled the city's population, not exceeding ten million, to prevent a massive burden on the urban operational system.

The workers in the planting zone are all robots, with round heads, barrel-shaped bodies, and tubal arms extending out, with lower halves equipped with simple track devices.

To conserve resources and reduce maintenance costs, only the lowest-level robots are used here.

"Over there is the mining zone."

"The giant building ahead is the factory zone." Empress Isabella pointed at the distant factory and said, "There's a sewer path leading directly to the Golden Palace."

The entire Imperial Capital is more like a giant military camp than a city.

Su Ziyu and his group had just left the planting zone when they saw many patrolling soldiers, but they weren't wearing the equipment of the City Defense Army or the Star Realm Army. These individuals had distinctly mechanical features, almost all having undergone mechanical limb modifications, some even becoming half-mechanical, half-human. On their chests, a distinctive mechanical gear insignia could be seen.

These soldiers of the Mechanical Church weren't all carrying firearms; some were wholly enveloped in heavy Metal Armor under which they held large cold weapons, including Power Hammers, Serrated Swords, Storm Axes, Kinetic Lances, etc.

"Be careful."

"These individuals have rocket propulsion devices installed." Empress Isabella whispered, "They are semi-mechanical beings, almost devoid of physical sensations."

"The factory zone has already been captured by them."

A distance away, heavy armored vehicles emerged from the factory zone, seemingly transporting boxes of heavy equipment. Beside them, a middle-aged man dressed like a missionary was inspecting them.

"The STC standard construction template has already been seized by them." Empress Isabella frowned and said, "Those are Centurion heavy exoskeleton power armor."

"They have activated the backup resource repositories."

STC, the Ancient Lost Empire's standard construction template, can roughly be understood as the mother-machine of the industrial era; as long as one controls this construction template and activates the corresponding database, they can continuously produce weapons, equipment, special materials, etc.

The Mechanical Church is rapidly expanding its armed forces.

Observing the patrol troops nearby, as well as the mechanical legion entrenched in the distance, it can basically be determined that they took control of the factory zone immediately after launching the coup.

"The STC she refers to is the standard construction system of a Level Five civilization." The blonde angel's eyes flashed a light, as though data streamed through them, then she admonished Su Ziyu in a transmission, "It will be very useful for your future."

"If possible, find a way to control it."

"The information I read shows it can assemble a Star Realm Army in a very short time."

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