The speed of the Cybertronian spaceship was only decent, but Fallen had the ability to open a space bridge.
Using space folding, Yang Tao easily arrived at Mars.
There were no aliens or buildings here, only impact craters, canyons, and rubble everywhere; the entire planet was an orange-red colour, mainly because Mars was covered in hematite.
"This place should be about right…"
After finding a relatively flat area and taking a short rest, he opened the wooden door and called Optimus Prime and Skyfire over.
Looking at the sun in space, Optimus Prime solemnly asked, "Yang, this is irreversible. You must consider it carefully."
"This sun is already old; even if we don't absorb it, it will expand into a red giant in the near future, devouring everything around it."
"Some people on Earth don't even believe the sun will expand and are secretly planning to drive the Earth back."
"If I absorb this sun… humanity on Earth will have to thank us."
Compared to Optimus Prime, Skyfire was much more direct, looking at Optimus Prime and saying, "There are no living Planets around, just a Star. wonderful Yang Tao, you should build the Star Extractor. I understand this better than Optimus Prime."
Optimus Prime: "…"
Yang Tao glanced at Skyfire; this guy was impatient when he got old, and he seemed even more impatient when he was young.
Without hesitation, he took out the Star Extractor from his backpack and began assembling it. Due to the characteristics of Minecraft, the device, which had been divided into countless parts, directly reverted to its original form after being reassembled.
He took out the versatile Lever from his backpack and attached it to the Star Extractor.
"Skyfire, get ready, I'm about to activate it!"
"Wait…"
Skyfire quickly called out, "The Allspark! You need to charge the Allspark. At least put the Allspark on it."
Yang Tao broke out in a sweat.
He immediately took the Allspark out of his backpack and placed it in the specific position as instructed by old Skyfire.
"Activate!"
He pulled the Lever, and the machine immediately hummed. The Star Extractor began to operate, and several metal rings flew into the air, rotating continuously around the spire.
Hum~
A blue beam shot into the sky.
In just over ten seconds, the blue light was stained by white light, even thickening dozens of times.
The Star Extractor instantly burst forth with dazzling light, forcing Yang Tao to squint his eyes. The hidden runes on the Allspark also reappeared, gradually becoming resplendent.
"How long will it take to completely absorb the sun?"
"A month… at least a month."
"That long?"
Hearing his very dissatisfied words, Skyfire looked at him helplessly and said, "This is a Star. Although it's just a yellow dwarf on the verge of decay, it's still a Star."
"Destroying a sun in a month, even civilizations that have been engaged in interstellar travel for a long time can't utilize the sun's energy so efficiently."
Yang Tao also realized his mistake.
This was the sun, not some small meteorite. If the machine really sucked the sun dry in three to five seconds, it wouldn't be energy plunder; it would be a planet-destroying weapon.
"Then how long will it take to convert enough energy for one Planetary Engine?"
"Three days…"
Yang Tao nodded slightly. Based on this calculation, one sun would allow him to assemble a massive Transformers army.
However, upon closer thought, unless it could cause a qualitative change, a Transformer army didn't seem to be very useful.
It would be great if he could incorporate the power of faith.
'Praise the Omnissiah, praise the Omnissiah!'
"Optimus Prime, please go call Bumblebee over for me. Skyfire, later, I'll trouble you and Bumblebee to watch it for me. I'll go to Wandering Earth to handle some matters first."
Optimus Prime, who was just there for the ride, nodded and said, "No problem, there are still many things waiting for me to deal with at the new home."
Optimus Prime glanced at the Star Extractor and turned to walk into the wooden door.
… …
He flew back to Wandering Earth.
More than a day had passed since he left. Eric, Peter, Harry, Doctor Octavius, and Professor Connors had already been invited to the Beijing Underground Base.
Following the armored personnel carrier that had remained to await his return, he arrived back at the Underground City entrance.
He walked into the elevator.
Accompanied by a hiss of air pressure brakes, the thick metal doors of the elevator slowly closed.
The surrounding temperature began to rise, and the temperature display installed on the elevator wall slowly climbed.
With a slight sensation of weightlessness, the temperature inside the elevator rose from minus 87 degrees all the way to 22 degrees.
Hiss…
With the air pressure adjusted, the metal elevator door slowly opened. As soon as it opened, Yu Qian, the person in charge of Underground City No. 3, walked into the elevator with an enthusiastic expression: "Mr. Yang, was this surface inspection satisfactory?"
Looking at Yu Qian's demeanor, Yang Tao's expression became a little strange. He really couldn't understand how this guy's attitude had changed so quickly.
Before, it could only be described as polite; now, it could even be considered respectful.
Unbeknownst to him, Yu Qian had barely slept these past few days, spending his time either going to the planting areas or running to the Villagers to watch them expand space.
Otherwise, he would be supervising the designers planning routes to connect other Underground Cities.
In just a few days, they had already connected to Beijing Underground City No. 1 and were rushing to dig towards Underground City No. 2.
At this rate, it would only take three years to connect the entire world, and then with convenient subways installed, human communication would no longer be an issue.
What pleased him even more were the crops provided by Yang Tao. Originally, it was estimated that harvesting twice or three times a year would already improve human life.
But the three-to-five-day maturation period truly shocked all human high-ranking officials.
Especially those farmlands guarded by 'earthworms,' they wished they could mature twice a day. If it weren't for the United Government still observing for now, Yu Qian would have wanted to build a shrine for Yang Tao in the Underground City.
"Mr. Yu, have the things I asked for been delivered?"
Yu Qian nodded and said, "Brand new 550A and 550W have been transported to the Underground City, and the higher-ups have authorized access to all data on the super quantum computer."
"The CN171-11 armored personnel carrier model is a bit outdated. The higher-ups have allocated 10 units and also allocated two of the latest CN180-3 armored personnel carriers, which use the latest technology, have stronger protection, more abundant energy, and are equipped with four low-temperature reconnaissance drones and six attack drones."
Yang Tao nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this. What is sincerity? This is sincerity!
"It's just…"
Yu Qian's face showed a troubled expression.
"Just what?"
"After calculations, reducing one operational Planetary Engine would have a significant impact on the Wandering Earth project. The higher-ups would like to ask if a Planetary Engine that hasn't been activated but is intact would be acceptable?"
Yang Tao thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but you need to prepare some Planetary Engine engineers for me."
During ignition, only 71% of the global propulsion engines started normally. The remaining Planetary Engines failed to start for various reasons, including some that were actively shut down to balance thrust.
Such engines had no impact on Yang Tao's modification of the Transformers.