Relic No. 12

Luo Feng gritted his teeth, staring at his communication watch, his eyes bloodshot and red, his fists clenched so tightly they creaked, veins bulging on the back of his hands.

"If it were a First-tier Star-level human warrior, a 150-megaton hydrogen bomb would have annihilated them. The Golden Horned Beast truly lives up to its reputation as the pinnacle bloodline among Starry Sky Behemoths, and indeed, a 'Metal-element' devouring behemoth with astonishing defense and offense." Babata also marveled at the Starry Sky Behemoth.

Metal-element creatures are inherently strong in scale armor defense.

Not to mention the Golden Horned Beast, which grows by devouring and absorbing metal. Its defense is simply monstrous.

"Enough!" Luo Feng snapped angrily.

In the intelligent virtual space on his wrist, Babata, lounging on a sofa, was about to continue his verbose commentary on the Golden Horned Beast, but Luo Feng's sharp rebuke instantly silenced him.

"How dare he scold me, the demon Babata!" Babata bared his fangs, then muttered, "I am the great demon Babata! I killed countless Realm Lords back in the day, and now I'm being scolded... This kid is on the verge of grief-stricken madness right now. Fine, I'll be magnanimous and forgive him." Though Babata logically understood Luo Feng's immense pain, it couldn't empathize. Having followed the Yunmo Star Master for tens of millions of years, it had witnessed the extinction of entire planetary races countless times. So, it felt nothing.

But it also knew... Luo Feng was on the brink of madness! Or rather, the global elite on Earth were all teetering on the edge of hysteria, each suppressing a frantic desperation in their hearts.

...

Luo Feng didn't hesitate, immediately dialing his home number.

"Xiao Feng, we just saw a bright light to the north, like a Sun. Your brother said only a nuclear explosion could be that bright. What exactly happened—" Luo Hongguo had barely started when Luo Feng immediately interjected, "Dad, Mom, go upstairs right now, into the gravity room! If you want to know what's happening outside, take my laptop in there and check online. Other computers probably can't connect to the internet right now. Remember, don't come out of the gravity room until I return."

"Oh, oh." His family on the other end also realized the gravity of the situation. But they had no idea... just how grave it truly was!

After hanging up, Luo Feng looked down at the dark, boundless ocean below. "Now, I can only hope to find a weapon capable of killing the Golden Horned Beast in Relic No. 12, one of the three great Forbidden Zones."

"Down!" Luo Feng's gaze was like a sharp, cold sword. He stepped onto the Duntiansuo, carrying a fierce surge of air, and plunged directly into the ocean...

...

Under the night sky, the dark, boundless ocean rippled faintly. A streak of light shot directly into the water, then continuously plummeted downwards!

"Luo Feng, the sea surface is about 5100 meters from the seabed. And Ancient Civilization Relic No. 12 is 3300 meters beneath the seabed," Babata said.

"Understood." With Babata navigating, even though he was surrounded by water, Luo Feng's path remained precise.

This deep, dark ocean was also home to a vast number of sea monsters! Although many sea monsters could now attack inland along the rivers, those attacking were only a small fraction of the total monsters in the entire ocean. After all, there were simply too many sea monsters!

One must understand, humanity's peak powerhouses are stronger than land monsters, so why did Hong still negotiate instead of wiping out all land monsters? Because... among land monsters, there were King-level monsters, and perhaps even Beast Emperors. However, the global human warrior population was only close to a million, while a Third-tier rat tide outbreak involved millions, nearly tens of millions, of rat monsters! A First-tier beast tide outbreak was measured in 'hundreds of millions'! If land monsters truly fought humanity head-on, their reproductive capacity was simply too strong; dozens in a single litter, something humans couldn't match. No matter how powerful Hong was, could he kill all the countless monsters on Earth? That's why peace was maintained! Land monsters alone forced humanity into such a state... In terms of numbers and variety, sea monsters far outnumbered land monsters. Even if all inland rivers were blocked, it would only account for a small fraction of the total sea monsters.

...

As he continuously dove deeper, Luo Feng also saw a large number of sea monsters. "Hmph!" As Luo Feng plummeted like a streak of light, all sea monsters within a hundred meters around him instantly perished, their blood immediately staining the surrounding waters red. Kill! He killed them effortlessly, merely venting the intense indignation, pain, and unwillingness in his heart. After all, Luo Feng could imagine... the terrifying scenario of countless sea monsters invading inland along the rivers, attacking various Base Cities, and how many humans would die.

"Seabed!" Luo Feng stepped onto the ocean floor, which undulated like a mountain range. The terrifying pressure of seawater at a depth of around 5000 meters, greatly weakened by the Moyun Combat Armor on Luo Feng's body, had become very small. In terms of weakening impact and defense, Luo Feng's Moyun Vine far surpassed the 'Black God Set.' Especially after its initial cultivation, the Moyun Vine's life level had significantly improved.

"Another 3300 meters down." Luo Feng rapidly descended! Piercing through the seabed rock, he continued to sink...

"Babata, how did Earth's nations discover this relic in such a hidden place back then?" Luo Feng asked as he descended.

"Certainly not with your Earth's technology. They relied on instruments from the wreckage of interstellar warships to search the entire Earth," Babata said. "Aside from those like me, who can actively isolate signals and disguise themselves to prevent detection, almost all other relics on Earth have been discovered."

"Luo Feng, we're here," Babata quickly said. Luo Feng immediately decelerated. *Boom!* As he broke through the rock, he collided with a hard object, shaking his entire body.

"Warship wreckage?" Luo Feng's mental force spread out, covering 500 meters around him. A rough model quickly formed in his mind... This was an enormous warship, and what Luo Feng's mental force could observe was only a small part of its wreckage. Based on his observation—Luo Feng felt it was even slightly larger than the one at the Extreme Martial Arts Grand Hall headquarters.

He quickly broke through the rock and directly entered through a damaged opening in the already broken warship.

"Tsk tsk, Luo Feng, we came to the right place! We came to the right place!" Babata was somewhat excited.

"What is it?" Luo Feng also noticed that the alloy walls of the passages inside the warship were already rusted and gradually decaying.

"This is a 'mothership' from a Starry Sky Fleet," Babata quickly said. "In other words, it's the flagship of the entire fleet."

"Mothership?" Luo Feng's eyes lit up.

"I suspected it was a mothership back then. Otherwise, how could an ordinary warship contain a 'Forbidden Zone'?" Babata said. "This mothership is 16,000 meters long, 3,200 meters wide, and 800 meters high. Although it's not the largest warship in the fleet, it has the strongest defense and offense."

Luo Feng was also somewhat excited: "Where are the weapons? Where's the Forbidden Zone?" The mothership itself wasn't the true Ancient Civilization Relic No. 12; the real 'Forbidden Zone' was a secret compartment within the mothership.

"Let me search for a moment." Babata also had detection methods and quickly scanned the entire mothership thoroughly.

"Luo Feng! Because this mothership is damaged and lacks protective capabilities, many of its internal weapons were dismantled long ago, and those that weren't have already corroded. Nothing was well-preserved," Babata said. "Now, hope lies within Relic No. 12 itself. Follow this passage, keep going straight—" The core of Relic No. 12 was a secret compartment within the mothership.

...

While walking inside the massive warship wreckage, "Luo Feng, leaders from various nations have gathered in the War God Palace conference hall," Babata suddenly said. Luo Feng's heart tightened. Earth was now in an unprecedented crisis; even the most powerful weapon, the 'hydrogen bomb,' had been used. And after this incident, the Golden Horned Beast would definitely not give humanity the same opportunity again.

"They've decided that all nations globally will implement martial law and initiate the Human Legacy Project," Babata said. "What?!" Luo Feng's expression changed drastically. Martial law meant that many establishments in the major Base Cities, such as 'stock exchanges' and 'supermarkets,' would all close! Where people lived, what they did, what they ate... everything would be managed by the military! Food would be supplied by the military! Even where people were to live and when they were to evacuate would all follow a plan! Implementing martial law clearly indicated the worst possible time. As for the Human Legacy Project... it was clear that all nations tacitly accepted that 'this war would be lost,' and the current fighting was merely to allow more humans to survive in the future. One could imagine how many people would die in this war... The number of humans who would truly survive globally would be extremely, extremely small. Even if they survived, they would still be in crisis.

"Quick, find the most powerful weapon to kill the Golden Horned Beast." Luo Feng continued to rush towards the so-called Relic No. 12.

A moment later—In a secret, massive compartment, a saucer-shaped spaceship, approximately 100 meters in diameter, was parked. The entire ship was jet black, and even after lying underground for countless millennia, its hull showed very little corrosion. On the black hull of the spaceship, a twin-winged dragon emblem was even imprinted.

"This spaceship represents Relic No. 12?" Luo Feng stood beneath the ship, looking up at it. Over the years, nations on Earth had tried every possible method to access this black saucer-shaped spaceship. Many had died because of it. Even powerful Council members had perished here! Yet, to this day, it remained completely undamaged!

"Haha, so it's this! It's actually this!" "Among the interstellar fleet that my master destroyed with a single move back then, it seems there was a very important figure in this fleet's mothership. Someone who could afford a 'Heilong Mountain—Model X81 Spaceship.' No wonder no one on Earth could break in; this Model X81 Spaceship is a rather famous cosmic adventure spaceship model from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire," Babata exclaimed, thrilled.

Luo Feng knew... the Black Dragon Mountain Empire was a powerful empire that ruled the 'Heilong Mountain Starfield,' and even the Silverblue Empire was just one of its more than five hundred vassal states.

"Luo Feng, there's hope!" "This Model X81 Spaceship, in terms of cost, is far more expensive than the entire mothership. The standard weapons of a Model X81 Spaceship even have a chance to kill Seventh-tier or Eighth-tier Star-level beings!" Babata was also very excited. "I never thought there would be someone on this mothership who could afford an X81."