106: Chapter 106 Alien Ruins! Structures from Outer Space?

If Wu Yuqing represented the pinnacle of the younger generation and could still be considered a visible genius, then Li Mo was the type of person who made others sigh in despair the moment they saw him.

Guan Qi and Meng Zibu were shocked beyond measure; the combat power of the Moyu Squad was simply too astonishing.

"Leave these captives and spoils of war to you. My team members and I are going to venture deep into the Qiyuan Mountains next, so I need you to report the situation here to Marshal Zhao!"

Li Mo assessed the current situation. In this game of chess, the Great Xia had clearly lost the initiative. Both the Black Earth Tribe and the Baiou Empire had already sent people to enter the Qiyuan Mountains for reconnaissance.

However, the Great Xia teams had all been intercepted by the Baiou Empire, and they still hadn't figured out anything about the situation inside the Qiyuan Mountains.

"Understood."

Guan Qi and Meng Zibu knew their mission had failed. Being rescued by Li Mo and keeping their lives was already a stroke of fortune, so they readily agreed.

Everyone rested in the camp for quite a while and took stock of the spoils of war.

This time, the Baiou Empire had brought quite a lot of heavy weaponry. A rough estimate alone put the value of these spoils at at least several billion.

The research value was even more immeasurable.

"Captain Li, you've really struck it rich this time. With so many captives and advanced weapons, I wonder how Marshal Zhao will commend you!" Guan Qi exclaimed with emotion.

Li Mo didn't really care about commendations; after all, their ranks had risen too quickly, and these military exploits were just being used to fill the records.

Only with these genuine military exploits could the Moyu Squad truly earn the respect of those in the military.

At this moment, the Baiou Empire personnel who had been out investigating the bodies of Li Mo and his team turned back, and upon seeing the scene at the camp, they were scared pale.

"Oh my God! What is happening here?"

"We were only gone for a moment, how was our base wiped out!"

The Moyu Squad had even taken out Major General Walter along with so many Baiou Empire soldiers; these few people were even less of an issue. In almost an instant, the returning Baiou Empire soldiers were all captured by Li Mo.

"Then goodbye! I wish you a successful mission!" Guan Qi and Meng Zibu took all the captives and spoils of war back to the Great Xia, bidding farewell to Li Mo and the others before they left.

It is worth mentioning that Li Mo also interrogated the Baiou Empire soldiers present and discovered that they were completely ignorant of the situation inside the Qiyuan Mountains.

After they gathered here and established the camp, they had actually sent people into the Qiyuan Mountains as early as a month ago, and subsequently sent in about dozens more people.

Strangely, to this day, not a single person had walked out of the Qiyuan Mountains!

This indicated that the situation inside the mountains was very strange. If they had discovered the location of the mineral vein, the people in the mountains would have come out to report it long ago.

The Baiou Empire had always valued mineral resources; this would have been a great merit.

It seemed this mission was much more severe than imagined. After Li Mo and his team fully recovered from their injuries and restored their Qi and blood at the camp, they set off toward the interior of the mountains without stopping.

As soon as they entered the interior of the mountains, the surroundings were filled with the scene of birds singing and flowers fragrant, truly full of vitality, with all things thriving.

Just as Zhao Zhenyuan had said, six months after the meteorite landed, the miasma would dissipate directly, replaced by boundless spiritual energy.

Li Mo and his team were still only at the edge of the mountains, yet the spiritual energy in this place was at least twice that of the outside world. Cultivating in such a place would likely be much faster.

In fact, if the military hadn't strictly controlled the landing site of the meteorite, many people would indeed have come to this vicinity to cultivate.

But now, there was no time for Li Mo and his team to continue cultivating; they quickened their pace and headed toward the interior of the mountains.

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"Ding! Congratulations on killing the mutated Five-Horned Beast, obtained 200 devour points!"

Li Mo casually killed a Liangyi Realm Five-Horned Beast. The closer they got to the interior of the mountains, the more the number of exotic beasts in the surroundings increased.

It was already fraught with danger here. The Moyu Squad had to deal with attacks from exotic beasts at any time and place; everyone's nerves were in a state of constant tension.

Fortunately, the more this was the case, the closer they were to the target area.

Soon, they would reach the center of the meteorite impact zone.

Strangely, up to this point, Li Mo and his team hadn't encountered even a single person from the Black Earth Tribe or the Baiou Empire.

Theoretically speaking, prospecting for mineral veins required using instruments to scout around and mark locations. How could there not even be a shadow of a person in the vast mountains?

Crossing through dense jungles one after another, Li Mo and his team finally arrived at the center of the meteorite impact zone. The scene before them opened up, but the sight that appeared left everyone dumbfounded.

"This... what is this thing?"

Laid out before Li Mo and his team was actually a large-scale complex of buildings!

First of all, it was certain that this type of architecture could absolutely not be buildings from Earth, because this sprawling complex of buildings had no connection to any architectural style, ancient or modern, domestic or foreign.

But looking at its appearance, one could regard it as a connected complex of dark, castle-like buildings. These buildings were endless, making it impossible to see the end at a glance.

A rough estimate suggested that this complex of buildings covered the entire area of the meteorite impact zone.

In other words, the center of the meteorite impact location was actually these sprawling buildings.

Li Mo couldn't help but think of a terrifying possibility: could the so-called meteorite actually be these strange buildings?

The surroundings were deathly silent, without a sound. The dense jungles all around were full of ferocious exotic beasts, yet in this central area with the strange buildings, there wasn't even a single exotic beast.

It was so quiet it was frightening!

At this moment, Zheng Jiahao slowly uttered four words: "Alien Ruins!"

Regarding the Spirit Awakening that occurred three hundred years ago, scientists had actually always had a conjecture.

That was that the Spirit Awakening was artificially controlled, or rather, controlled by beings from outside the Earth.

The so-called meteorites were all products from alien stars in the universe, which was why the spiritual energy produced when the meteorites landed on Earth could greatly enhance the human body's physical capabilities and grant humans the ability to awaken various talents.

That Spirit Awakening had indeed destroyed the vast majority of humanity, but it also allowed the remaining humans to completely rise up and give birth to destructive powers akin to Martial Gods.

Assuming this conjecture held true, the meteorites came from outer space, so it stood to reason that the meteorites contained resources and energy that did not exist on Earth.

But since that was the case, it wasn't impossible for there to be Alien Ruins inside the meteorites!

It was just that this situation was relatively rare.

Rare, however, did not mean non-existent. In fact, the three great nations had long since discovered Alien Ruins, but they had never made them public in order to keep them a secret!