Thirteen massive fleets, totaling over three thousand warships, were anchored at the spaceport ten thousand light-seconds from Yafik. Under the guidance of a lead vessel, thirteen exquisite transport ships sliced through the atmosphere of Yafik, finally descending onto the grounds before the Yafik Royal Palace.

This was a palace complex steeped in tens of thousands of years of history. Low walls, meticulously woven from golden flora, neatly encircled dozens of palaces that shimmered intermittently between green lakes and emerald trees. Outside the walls, every hundred meters, stood a pair of guards clad in white brocade robes, bearing golden battle-axes. Occasionally, squads of a hundred men, wearing ancient metal armor, would march past with solemn steps, their hands resting on metal round shields and bronze short swords sheathed at their hips.

"Antiques! At least tens of thousands of years old! Bronze, tsk tsk!" Runhua drooled, sprawled across a spacious, waterside veranda of one of the palaces, his gaze fixed hungrily upon the passing guards.

Gu Xichen sat cross-legged beside a small round table, frowning as he pored over the small terminal delivered by Fuya Ming. On a light screen, roughly a meter square, dense streams of data flowed downward like a waterfall. This terminal contained every type of technology Fuya Ming could offer Gu Xichen, ranging from basic agricultural genetic modification techniques to hyper-kinetic compression technology for warships. It spanned everything from human organ cloning and repair techniques to human gene dual-enhancement life extension procedures, from high-precision special alloy sniper rifle bullet technology to subspace infinite kinetic energy engine technology, and countless others—hundreds of thousands of the Yafik Kingdom’s highest technologies were laid bare before him.

However, it was clearly unrealistic for Fuya Ming to provide all these technologies. Thus, Fuya Ming and Gu Xichen had agreed: she could provide a total of one hundred advanced technologies, with at least thirty distinct fields of expertise represented. As for other resources and supplies, those were minor concerns.

Gu Xichen understood the difference between the 'fish' and the 'fishing rod' very well.

"Terrifying. Constructing miniature artificial wormholes inside the engine core to draw energy torrents directly from subspace, compressing them, and feeding them to the engines! Infinite kinetic energy technology!" Deeply inhaling the chilling implications, Gu Xichen ground his teeth, meticulously recording the serial number of this technology. While the kinetic efficiency of the Subspace Infinite Kinetic Energy Engine was slightly slower than the engines utilizing Zakla energy crystals by the Earth Federation, and its startup speed was a bit sluggish, requiring the construction of super-gigantic engine assemblies, its greatest advantage was immense, steady power. Once successfully ignited, the energy supply was virtually inexhaustible.

"Using the Subspace Infinite Kinetic Energy Engine as the primary warship drive, supplemented by Zakla Crystal Engines—perfect, an absolutely flawless pairing. Given the sheer volume of a Primordial-class warship, it could accommodate three Subspace Infinite Kinetic Energy Engine assemblies, yielding a peak kinetic output roughly five times that of current Primordial-class vessels. If two sets of the existing Zakla crystal-based engine units were added as auxiliaries, the vessel's reaction speed would not decrease, but the kinetic power gained would be substantially greater.

Furthermore, the logistical strain would be greatly reduced; large cargo bays dedicated to storing Zakla energy crystals could instead be repurposed for other materials.

A rough calculation suggested that by employing three of the new engines, the standard complement of Primordial-class marines could surge by ten thousand personnel!

"Excellent technology! Several generations ahead of the Roman people’s. But, understandable, considering how many years those unfortunate Romans have been adrift in space?" Linghu squatted beside Gu Xichen, tearing into a bright red fruit with vigorous bites. Like Gu Xichen, Linghu’s eyes were shining; these technologies were utterly astonishing.

"Hmm? Subspace Exotic Metal Collection, Mining, and Smelting Technology?" Gu Xichen suddenly sprang up: "Subspace Exotic Metal Mining? Primordial Material Extraction?" Reading the line of blood-red characters on the screen, Gu Xichen instinctively recalled the Primordial materials flying everywhere within the subspace temporal tides. Did the warships of the Yafik Kingdom, or perhaps even the Star Artificer vessels, utilize Primordial composite materials for their forging? Or was their hull alloy mixed with a portion of Primordial-grade materials?

That would explain it. The Primordial-class warships forged using the alloy formulas refined by Daoist Chen—which reached lengths of six thousand meters—were generally comparable in size to the Star Alliance’s first-tier vessels, many of which were even larger super-gigantic ships. It wasn't that Daoist Chen’s alloy formulas were inferior; the fundamental nature of the raw materials must have differed.

His divine sense tightly enveloped the rapidly flickering light screen as Gu Xichen scanned the technical data at an astonishing pace.

"Human Basic Physique Modification Technology... I'll take this one!" "Human Life Extension Technology... I want this too."

"Sealed Ecological Environment Construction Technology... I’ll pass. With Heaven Star and the Thirteen Connected Stars, five billion Federation citizens do not need to continue living underground."

"Oh? Super Soldier Mecha Technology? Cute Yafik people, do they hate war that much? This is dozens of times more potent than the Hercules series—I must have it!"

"Hoo~ Super Warship Manufacturing Concept! If warships were built purely from Subspace Energy Exotic Metals, could theoretical capital ships reach lengths of thirty thousand meters? Uh—the giant-cannon proponents in the Federation Military Department would adore this plan—and I adore it too! I absolutely must have this technology." "Wait? Subspace Unstable Energy Compression and Stabilization Technology? Artificially manufacturing high-intensity, high-purity energy crystals? Doesn't that equate to artificially creating Zakla Crystals? Such a perverse level of technology... Good thing it’s only been achieved twice in the lab with low probability, otherwise the civilization level of Xy'A is too terrifying..." "But I like this technology. Zakla Energy Crystals have replaced gold and silver of ancient times, becoming the common equivalent value for both the Earth Federation and the Roman Kingdom," "and an absolutely hard currency. If Zakla Crystals could be manufactured artificially, the significance would be equivalent to medieval alchemists succeeding in creating gold in a laboratory." The thought of this glorious prospect made every pore on Gu Xichen’s body fly open, as if his very soul was about to depart.

Linghu was also stunned, staring blankly at the incredible technical entry, chewing the fruit pit until it cracked audibly: 'Gachi, gachi.'

Runhua, however, launched himself forward with a desperate leap, his eyes burning red. Immediately, a deep golden light flooded his pupils; he seemed to see a mountain of gold ten thousand times taller than Mount Everest shimmering before him! He seized Gu Xichen’s arm: "What a treasure trove of technology! We must take it back! Junior Brother, why don’t we become pirates for a while and stage a raid right here?"