In the end of the ice age, I hoarded tens of billions of supplies

Chapter 2582 Death Star 2

Zhang Yi had seen this kind of thing countless times.

A large industrial facility used by an ancient civilization to collect fragments of ether.

However, this was the highest level he had ever seen. The last time he saw something similar was outside the Dragon Kingdom below the Qinling Mountains.

Surprisingly, I found almost the exact same thing here.

No one knows how many years it has been buried, but it still looks brand new, with no trace of erosion on its surface. In fact, when illuminated by the lights of the engineering machinery, it reflects an eerie glow.

The light flowed and danced along the intricate patterns on its surface.

Zhang Yi took a deep breath and, instead of rushing closer, called out to Ling.

"Ling, in your opinion, what level of civilization could build such an energy pyramid?"

He simply couldn't tell.

Ling glanced at it and then nodded silently.

"The level of civilization is very high."

Although her tone was calm, the fact that she could give such a high evaluation, given her status, was enough to show that a super-powerful civilization did indeed exist on Mars.

Zhang Yi narrowed her eyes, feeling a little nervous.

"Could this civilization still exist? What if something happens to it?"

He started to get a little worried.

But Yang Xinxin reminded him, "If such a civilization really exists on Mars, they should have shown themselves when we first landed."

Zhang Yi suddenly realized, "That makes sense!"

Now that the Creator's rules and restrictions have been lifted, if there truly is a super civilization here, they will inevitably consider Mars their territory.

Their spaceship had already been attacked or driven away when it got close.

"Therefore, this is a lost civilization."

Ling said calmly, "What's so strange about that? In the 46 billion years since the birth of humankind, countless races have disappeared over time."

"The time between two eras can be hundreds of millions of years or even billions of years. A civilization that is extremely powerful may decline after reaching its peak for any reason."

"Even without external causes, it is perfectly normal for a company to perish due to internal strife."

She paused, then continued, "This is also part of what the Creator wanted to observe."

Zhang Yi's eyes widened rapidly as he suddenly thought of human experiments on mice.

Because he always thought from a human perspective, he almost forgot the original purpose for which the universe was created.

The Creator shaped humankind to observe the growth, decline, and behavior of their people.

"It's too complicated, I'm too lazy to think about it."

Zhang Yi shook his head. What era or not? They're all hundreds of millions of years. He couldn't be bothered to think about such grand questions.

After confirming that there was no danger nearby, Zhang Yi stared at the purple pyramid, thought for a while, and then looked at Ling beside him.

"Go and check if there's anything unusual about this thing."

Zhang Yi clearly saw that Ling gave him a disdainful glare.

After absorbing a large number of ether fragments, she became more and more human-like, and Zhang Yi could confirm that she possessed her own thoughts.

"Ahem, I don't think my request is too much, do I?"

Zhang Yi said with a smile.

"A being with an ability index of 55000 points is quite formidable even in ancient civilizations. Yet, they're so timid, truly..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but what she wanted to express was very clear.

Zhang Yi didn't feel embarrassed at all. "Better safe than sorry!"

Ling walked up to the giant pyramid and reached out her jade-like hand to touch its surface.

A streak of purple light flashed briefly and then disappeared without a trace, leaving no further reaction.

A large amount of data was rapidly flowing through Ling's eyes.

She quickly finished the probe, turned around, and said directly to Zhang Yi, "This is a stellar-level energy harvester."

"Stellar level?"

"Energy harvester?"

Zhang Yi and Lu Keran looked completely bewildered, yet also incredibly excited.

"I don't know what it is, but it sounds pretty cool!"

Yang Xinxin, however, said with a very serious look in her eyes, "Ling, do you mean that this pyramid can harness the power of stars?"

"So you mean... solar energy?"

After Yang Xinxin gave a concise explanation, Zhang Yi understood immediately.

"Solar energy? Photovoltaics?"

He instantly lost interest.

This purple pyramid is enormous, probably over two hundred meters high.

But how much benefit can solar energy harvesting bring?

He rolled his eyes at Ling helplessly: "You were talking so big, I almost thought I'd found a treasure."

Ling, seemingly too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Yi, said to him indifferently, "Try putting it in the sun."

Zhang Yi was skeptical, but he still put the pyramid away, and the group quickly returned to the ground.

Zhang Yi took the pyramid out and placed it on the sand.

The atmosphere here is extremely thin, so the sunlight is quite intense.

The purple pyramid, which had remained hidden from the world for countless years, began to shimmer with arcs of light like electricity the moment it came into existence.

The next moment, Zhang Yi and the others witnessed a scene that left them speechless!

Because the light in the entire area suddenly dimmed, the sky seemed to form a giant funnel, and the intense sunlight was concentrated on the pyramid.

The light was intense, and the purple pyramid quickly became transparent!

“Surface energy fluctuations have been detected.”

"The light energy harvesting rate is over 95%".

Yang Xinxin was taken aback: "It's absorbing solar energy from outside?"

"It seems so, but... it can actually distort sunlight? That's incredible!"

Ling spoke up at this moment.

"This is a material that only advanced civilizations would use."

Her voice was still flat, but this time there was a hint of approval in it.

It seems that in her opinion, this technology is only just okay.

"This metal is designed to operate for extended periods in low-energy environments."

“Your solar energy technology can only collect data from the surface.”

"It can absorb stray radiation, geothermal reflection, and even reintegrate certain particle streams into energy."

"For truly advanced civilizations, the energy they can utilize is that of the entire universe."

"And this civilization on Mars is only capable of making significant use of the solar system's energy; it's just so-so."

Hearing Ling's indifferent words, Zhang Yi was extremely shocked.

He saw sunlight pouring into the purple pyramid like a funnel, gathering all the solar radiation energy.

Yang Xinxin said emphatically, "The civilization on Mars has already reached the threshold of a Type II civilization!"

A Type I civilization represents the ability to mobilize and utilize the resources of the entire planet. Modern humans and most ancient civilizations in the world today are at this level.

A Type II civilization, on the other hand, means that it can control all the energy of a star.