73: Chapter 73 Across the Atlantic! Ancient Ruins of the Alps!

In the stratosphere, thirty thousand meters above the ground.

The leviathan-class aerospace carrier, like a black Starry Sky Behemoth, crossed the Atlantic at a terrifying speed.

The massive anti-gravity engines made no noise; only the ghostly blue plasma exhaust from the tail left a long trail of light in the pitch-black night sky.

Inside the mother carrier's command cabin, it was as warm as spring.

Chu Feng sat on the black memory metal command chair.

Below the panoramic crystal floor were rolling, thick clouds and the bottomless black ocean.

A holographic screen floated in mid-air, displaying a high-definition thermal imaging map of the Alps.

The red high-energy reaction zones almost completely filled the underground of the entire mountain range.

One hundred times the reserves of element zero.

This was definitely an astronomical figure sufficient to cause a qualitative change in the System Mall.

"Master." A delicate voice sounded at his feet.

Isabella, naked with a flawless body, knelt on the soft black carpet.

The silver-haired princess's azure eyes revealed submissiveness as she cautiously lifted her head to look at the floating holographic map.

"Regarding the energy source of the Alps, Isabella knows some inside information."

Her voice was sweet and cloying, attempting to use intelligence to consolidate her position by Chu Feng's side.

Chu Feng shifted his gaze and looked down at her.

His rough large hand landed on Isabella's perky buttocks, stroking them gently.

"Speak." Chu Feng's tone was calm.

Feeling Chu Feng's touch, Isabella felt a surge of secret joy.

She hurriedly straightened her back, displaying her perfect, delicate body without reservation under the lights.

"Three years ago, when the European Union was excavating a cross-border tunnel in the Alps, a serious collapse occurred. The construction team dug out a huge metal shell deep inside the mountain."

Isabella recalled the royal family's top-secret files, her voice trembling slightly.

"After joint exploration by top scientists from various European countries, they confirmed that what was dug up was not some ore vein, but the ruins of an alien spaceship that had crashed on Earth an unknown number of years ago."

Ruins of an alien spaceship? Chu Feng's eyes flickered.

That explained it.

Earth's geological environment could hardly naturally generate such a massive amount of element zero; it turned out an ancient interstellar spaceship had crashed here.

The spaceship's energy core leaked, forming this huge high-energy mining area.

"The upper echelons of the European Union blocked the news and named the entire project 'Eden'."

Isabella continued to report: "They spent three years trying to decipher the technology inside the ruins. But human technical levels are too low to enter the spaceship's core cabin at all."

"However, they successfully dismantled a set of energy shield generators from outside the ruins and reactivated them using the surrounding element zero ore as energy."

"The translucent shield displayed on the screen is the product of the ruins' technology."

"The upper echelons of the European Union believe that this shield can even withstand asteroid impacts and is an absolute defense that cannot be breached from the outside."

Hearing this, Helena, who was beside them, bit her lip.

She hadn't expected this European princess to possess such a level of classified information, and her spotlight had been completely stolen.

Unwilling to fall behind, Helena leaned over, pushed Isabella aside with her ample chest, and hugged Chu Feng's thigh tightly.

Chu Feng paid no attention to the women's jealousy. His attention was entirely on the words "alien spaceship ruins".

Good stuff.

A complete ancient interstellar spaceship, containing technological blueprints, unknown materials, and the millions of tons of element zero surrounding it.

As long as he could chew through this bone, the Wealth Points given by the system would definitely be an astronomical figure.

As for the so-called absolute defense shield? In front of the system's space-based weapons and the aerospace carrier, there was no such thing as absolute defense on Earth.

"mother nest ai, how much longer until we reach the airspace above the target?" Chu Feng raised his wine glass.

"Boss, the mother carrier has entered European airspace. We are expected to arrive at the Alps defense line in fifteen minutes." The cold mechanical voice replied immediately.

Chu Feng took a sip of red wine and leaned back in his chair to rest his eyes.

Meanwhile. On the European continent, in the Alps.

The rolling snow-capped mountains were covered in heavy snow, with temperatures as low as minus twenty degrees.

But there was no tranquility to be found on the snowy mountains at this moment.

A full five hundred thousand fully armed European coalition troops were stationed at every pass and ridge of the snowy mountains.

Tens of thousands of main battle tanks were covered in white snow camouflage nets. Countless heavy anti-aircraft guns pointed directly at the pitch-black night sky.

The entire European war machine was concentrated on this ancient mountain range.

Directly above all the positions, an inverted light-blue energy shield completely enveloped the core main peak for hundreds of kilometers around.

The blue light flickered slightly in the wind and snow, giving people an extremely strong sense of security.

Inside the mountain, three hundred meters underground. Eden Project Command Center.

This was a massive air-raid shelter reinforced with rock and special alloys.

The heads of state from over a dozen European countries, along with hundreds of high-ranking generals covered in medals, were all gathered here. The atmosphere was so oppressive it made it hard to breathe.

On the big screen, the miserable scenes of Washington being flooded by hurricanes and floods were played repeatedly, as well as the footage of the US President having his knees crushed by mechs and being forced to surrender.

The French President took a harsh drag on his cigar, but his hand was shaking violently, and ash fell onto the pure wool carpet.

"Latest intelligence. The United States' nuclear briefcase has been cracked. We have lost control of all our military satellites in space. We have now become blind!"

The intelligence director reported loudly in a hoarse voice.

The command center was deathly silent.

Without satellites, they had no idea where the enemy was. They could only guess what the enemy's aerospace carrier looked like from a few blurry long-distance photos.

"What are you panicking about!" The Prime Minister of the British Empire slammed his hand on the table, forcibly raising his voice to bolster his courage.

"The shield above our heads is technology from the ancient ruins! With an entire element zero ore vein providing energy, even if all the nuclear bombs on Earth were thrown at it, they couldn't blow through this defense!"

"As long as we stay inside the shield and don't go out, no matter how big the opponent's spaceship is, they can't do anything to us!"

"Once their energy runs out, or they have internal problems, that will be the time for us to counterattack!"

The Prime Minister's words allowed the generals present to regain a little bit of confidence.

That's right, this blue shield was their last hope. As long as the turtle shell was hard enough, the Eastern warlord could only stare blankly.

Just then. The command center's shrill red alarm suddenly blared without warning.

The piercing sound echoed in the enclosed air-raid shelter, making people's eardrums ache.

"Radar has captured an ultra-large mass object! It's right above the main peak!" A radar operator jumped up from his seat in terror, pointing at the large black shadow that had suddenly appeared on the screen.

"The target has broken through the clouds! It is descending rapidly! The volume... the volume cannot be calculated!"

The heads of more than a dozen countries gasped in unison and rushed to the surveillance screens like madmen.

The surveillance cameras outside the main peak transmitted real-time images.

The wind and snow outside suddenly stopped. Or rather, it had been forcibly pushed away by an extremely terrifying invisible force.

In the night sky, the thick cumulus clouds were violently torn apart.

A black steel giant ship, so massive that it completely defied any concept of proportion, slowly descended from the sky.

The three-kilometer-long black hull blotted out all the starlight.

The surface of the hull shimmered with trails of ghostly blue plasma, alternating in brightness like breathing.

Against the background of the white snow-capped mountains, this pitch-black Starry Sky Behemoth appeared even more ferocious and oppressive.

The massive anti-gravity engines emitted a roar that was low to the extreme.

The roaring sound penetrated the thick rock layers, allowing the European generals, who were three hundred meters underground, to feel the ground beneath their feet shaking violently.

"My God..." The cigar in the French President's mouth fell directly to the ground.

His legs went weak, and he had to hold onto the edge of the console tightly to keep from collapsing.

Seeing photos and seeing the real thing with one's own eyes were two completely different concepts.

This was simply not a war weapon that humans could create.

On the snowy mountain positions. Five hundred thousand European coalition soldiers looked up at the black mother carrier that had almost blotted out the entire sky; many of them couldn't even hold their rifles steady.

Facing a monster of this level, any defensive fortifications seemed as ridiculous as if they were made of paper.

The aerospace carrier hovered at an altitude of only one thousand meters from the top of the snowy mountain.

The massive shadow completely covered the entire light-blue energy shield.

Inside the command cabin. Chu Feng sat on the black command chair, the panoramic crystal floor clearly reflecting the glowing blue shield below.

This was the ancient ruins shield that Isabella spoke of.

It indeed looked much sturdier than ordinary materials, emitting a mysterious energy fluctuation.

Chu Feng held a goblet in his hand, gently swirling the red wine inside.

"Boss, radar scan complete." The mother nest ai reported: "The target shield's energy level is extremely high and is directly connected to the element zero ore vein. Conventional artillery and electromagnetic weapons cannot penetrate it."

After listening, Chu Feng had no emotional fluctuations.

Can't break it? Since the people inside want to play the turtle, then he would just smash this turtle shell to pieces.

With one million Wealth Points in hand, Chu Feng was not lacking in heavy firepower at all.

"System, open the high-level mall."

A dark red light screen lit up before his eyes. Chu Feng didn't need ordinary weapons; he looked directly at heavy assault equipment.

[Space-Based Tungsten Steel Kinetic Strike Matrix]

[Introduction: Deployed in low Earth orbit. Composed of one hundred solid special tungsten steel pillars, each weighing ten tons. It carries no explosives, relying purely on the terrifying kinetic energy of falling from space to strike targets. The destructive power of one tungsten steel pillar is equivalent to a small nuclear bomb, and it causes no radiation pollution. Specifically designed to break all high-energy shields and underground bunkers.]

[Price: 1,000,000 Wealth Points.]

One million Wealth Points. It would use up exactly all his remaining balance.

But for this priceless element zero mining area and spaceship ruins, it was absolutely worth it.

"Purchase! Deploy immediately!" One million Wealth Points were instantly cleared.

[Ding! Space-Based Tungsten Steel Kinetic Strike Matrix purchased successfully!]

[Deploying via space folding in low Earth orbit... Deployment complete! Fire control system is ready.]

The corners of Chu Feng's mouth curled up as he coldly looked down at the blue shield below.

"mother nest ai, lock onto the European Union's main peak position."

"One hundred tungsten steel pillars."

"Drop them all."