200: Celebration and the New Look of "Home"

Time flew by, and it had been over half a year since Wen Youyi led the members of "Spark" to take root in this Starry Sky Debris.

Wen Youyi decided to host a small "celebration" within the base to summarize the past and look toward the future.

There were no colorful decorations or grand festivities; the so-called "celebration" was merely all the members gathering in the now-expanded, brightly lit main council chamber to share a relatively sumptuous dinner made from fresh fruits and vegetables produced by the new ecological farm and "Starry Sky Snail" meat, accompanied by a jar of "local wine" fermented from fluorescent algae that Zhao Iron Pillar had somehow acquired, which shimmered with a faint starlight.

After a few rounds of drinks, the atmosphere was lively.

Wen Youyi picked up his rough metal cup, stood up, and looked around at the familiar faces full of Life Qi.

"Everyone!" His voice was clear and carried a smile. "In the blink of an eye, we have been struggling to survive in this ruin for over half a year!"

The crowd burst into a round of good-natured laughter.

"Looking back to when we first arrived here, we had nothing—even breathing was a problem," Wen Youyi said with emotion. "Now, look at us!"

He reached out and pointed outside the council chamber:

"Our Bedrock Base is no longer what it used to be!"

Following his words, everyone's gaze seemed to pierce through the metal walls, seeing the new appearance of the base:

Living Area: The originally crude cabins were now separated into relatively private small rooms; although still simple, they were clean and tidy.

The large "Environmental Self-Adaptive Ecological Circulation System" was running stably, providing the entire base with a continuous supply of fresh air, pure water, and some food.

There was even a "shower room" built using the principle of condensation; although the water flow was small, it was already a rare luxury.

Industrial Area: This was the liveliest place in the base.

The "Matter Decomposition and Recombination Furnace" roared day and night, and with the assistance of the "Flowing Silver Assembly Line," it converted countless pieces of debris and trash into "star iron" and other Materials of various specifications.

Next to it was the "Equipment Workshop" managed by Senior Brother Li, from which the sounds of hammering and the faint glimmer of runes could be heard from time to time; the new generation of "Spark Armor" and various novel tools were being born here.

Agricultural Area: In several huge, specially reinforced and illuminated cabins, the new ecological farm was lush and green.

The improved "stubborn stone fungus" looked like small gray umbrellas, and "star moss" covered the ground, emitting blue-purple starlight and a tranquil aura.

Several successfully domesticated edible vines crawled over the supports, bearing plump fruits.

There was even a specially designated area for farming those hard-shelled "Starry Sky Snails," which had now become one of the base's stable sources of meat.

Defense System: On the perimeter of the base, there were not only artificially set metal obstacles and energy traps but also a large number of "Flowing Silver" that spontaneously formed layers of thorn thickets and patrol (wriggling) teams.

The internal passages were intricate, and hidden alert arrays and gates were set up at key nodes.

The core base defense array, hosted by Senior Brother Li, had also begun to take shape; once activated, it would be enough to withstand consecutive attacks from someone at the Peak of the Qi Refinement Stage.

External Contact: Through that fragile "Trade Wind" channel, they maintained stable contact with the "Peddler" in Luofeng Town, and were no longer an isolated island.

Intelligence and supplies from the outside world, along with the base's specialties and technology, flowed quietly through this channel.

"We went from having nothing to living and working in peace and contentment; from struggling to survive to having the ability to support our comrades outside!" Wen Youyi's voice grew louder. "What did we rely on for all of this?"

"It's your capable leadership, Boss!" Zhao Iron Pillar shouted in a muffled voice.

"It's everyone working together in unity!" Wang Wu added.

"And our 'good neighbors' helping out!" A young member pointed outside with a smile.

Everyone laughed again.

Wen Youyi also smiled and raised his glass: "That's right! It relies on the efforts of each of us, on the knowledge we have learned, and on the courage we have to try and not fear failure! It also relies on these 'neighbors' of ours who seem strange but have infinite potential!"

"This cup of wine," he swept his gaze over everyone, his tone sincere, "is to ourselves! To the home we created with our own hands in this starry sky! To all the 'Spark' who persist in the darkness!"

"To home! To Spark!" Everyone echoed in unison and drank together.

Even that jar of "local wine" with its strange taste seemed to become mellow at this moment.

Putting down his glass, Wen Youyi's expression became solemn:

"We have taken root here for half a year, but this is definitely not the end! Our home has taken shape, but it is not yet strong enough! The outside world is still dark, and our comrades are still struggling to hold on!"

"The road ahead is still long, and the challenges are still arduous! But I believe that as long as we maintain this belief and courage, and continue to unite and struggle, the day when the 'Spark starts a prairie fire' will eventually come!"

"For that day—cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Cheers and the sound of clinking glasses echoed within the base, full of hope and strength.