Game: Civilization Paradise

He then walked over to a porcelain bowl, which held a large platter of pink pearls.

Long Ming picked up a pink pearl and scanned it.

Tear of the Tridacna Shell

Grade: Red

A smile appeared on Long Ming's face as he saw this, and he put it away. Next, he picked up a metal box and opened it, revealing a pitch-black ore.

VMMMM~

A notification immediately popped up from his bracelet.

Stone of Herock.

Grade: Orange.

Long Ming looked at the information from the notification and continued his inspection.

He discovered that the items in this vault were Red Grade at a minimum, with quite a few Orange Grade items mixed in.

The only pity was that there were no Gold Grade items.

But just then, Long Ming suddenly noticed a metal case made of a very special material in the deepest part of the vault.

Both the material and craftsmanship of this metal case were extremely advanced. It didn't feel like something that could be manufactured in this world.

He decisively raised his bracelet and scanned it.

"Notification: Congratulations, you have discovered a supply crate."

Long Ming's heart skipped a beat when he saw the notification. He hadn't expected to find something akin to an airdropped supply pod.

He immediately went forward and opened it. An exquisite invitation card came into view.

"An invitation?"

Stunned, Long Ming reached out, took it, and checked the information on his bracelet.

Beikate Civilization Invitation.

Level: Level 4.

When Long Ming saw the level of this invitation, his heart pounded.

Although he didn't know if this invitation was a good or bad thing, its Level 4 designation alone was enough to prove its value.

The quantity of invitations was linked to their level. The higher the level, the fewer invitations existed, the greater the danger, and, at the same time, the bigger the potential rewards.

The Star Alliance was a Level 5 civilization, but even they wouldn't use a Level 5 invitation lightly if they obtained one. Therefore, the highest level explored so far was also Level 4.

But one shouldn't underestimate a Level 4 civilization. Even if the Star Alliance's Military Department went to explore one, there was a high chance they would fail spectacularly.

Therefore, the value of this invitation was undoubtedly extremely high.

Long Ming decisively stored it in his safe.

He then looked at all the other items stored in the vault.

Long Ming immediately started taking down all the files and items, piling them together.

Finally, he raised his bracelet, scanned everything, and successfully stored all of it in his safe.

A brilliant smile spread across Long Ming's face. 'This 3x3x3 safe is just too useful.'

In a cheerful mood, he turned and left to find Xiaoqi and the others.

....

Inside the reserve maintenance building.

Sang Rui and the others shouted to Oritta in shock.

"Boss, come look at this!"

Oritta looked up and saw an incredibly complex, giant nuclear fission power unit, over twenty meters long, right before his eyes.

"Damn it, it's a brand-new spaceship power unit!"

Oritta said with a dark expression.

"Boss, we can't move this thing."

Sang Rui and the others also wore looks of great regret.

Even though it was just a power unit for a Level 3 ship, it was still worth a lot of money!

"Sigh, forget it. We can't take it. Let's see if there's anything else,"

Oritta wasn't the type to get hung up on things.

'But if I had known this invitation world was this good, I would've never come in so soon. I definitely would've saved up a few more cards first!'

"Boss, look what I found!"

Just then, Kula ran over excitedly, shouting.

"Let's go. Take us to see."

Oritta and the others immediately followed Kula deeper inside.

Soon, they saw a large, five-meter-long pulse Light Beam Cannon.

"Nice find!"

Oritta's eyes lit up.

This pulse Light Beam Cannon was for use on a starship, and its size wasn't too large. His own safe was just big enough to carry it.

He decisively cleared out the items in his safe, giving them to Sang Rui and the others, and took the pulse Light Beam Cannon.

"We hit the jackpot! We thought this trip was going to be a loss, but we ended up making a profit!"

Sang Rui and the others said excitedly.

"Search a bit more. See if there's anything else we can carry."

Oritta said to Sang Rui and the others in an excellent mood.

"Yes, sir!"

Sang Rui and his men replied at once.

...

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「Interstellar Aviation Research Institute – Terminal, Second Floor.」

After coming out, Long Ming leaned against a window, watching Xiaoqi and the others excitedly searching for things.

"Haha, we're rich!"

"We really scored big this time."

...

Johnny and the others were carrying large and small bags, grinning from ear to ear.

Long Ming didn't rush them. After all, Oritta's group hadn't finished searching yet.

Even if they had to evacuate, they had to do it together.

But just then, a colossal roar suddenly echoed from the distance.

RUMBLE RUMBLE~

The entire terminal building trembled slightly.

Long Ming instinctively felt something was wrong and looked out the window.

He saw a fortress, one hundred meters tall and a kilometer in diameter, slowly moving toward them. It had a spider-like form, constructed entirely of black metal, and moved on eight massive mechanical legs. Mounted on its head was a gigantic 800mm cannon, accompanied by various other launch systems and secondary guns.

Flanking the mobile fortress on both sides were unmanned mechas. They stood fifteen meters tall, fully covered in brown metal armor, with a Light Beam Cannon embedded in each shoulder and four thrusters set into their backs. In their hands, they gripped giant alloy blades.

At that moment, the scanning device of the mobile fortress, the Pulverizer, scanned the terminal from an extreme distance and instantly detected the presence of Long Ming, Xiaoqi, and the others.

"BEEP BEEP, INTRUDERS DETECTED!"

"INITIATING CLEARANCE PROTOCOL!"

...

The giant cannon of the mobile fortress, the Pulverizer, began to turn.

Seeing this, Long Ming turned and roared at Xiaoqi and the others.

"Stop searching! Run!"

"Yes!"

Xiaoqi and the others were startled, but they obeyed Long Ming and stopped their search.

Long Ming led them in a charge toward a window on the other side, smashed through the glass, and jumped from the second floor.

After they landed, they ran for their lives, sprinting away from the terminal.

Just then, large amounts of black smoke billowed from the Pulverizer's entire body as its internal mechanisms whirred to life. Then, it violently fired a shot.

BOOM—

Accompanied by a fierce whistling sound, the enormous shell landed inside the terminal building.

KABOOM—

A heaven-shaking explosion swept through the area.

The center of the massive terminal was directly blasted into collapse.

Long Ming and the others looked back at the terminal, which had been blown in two, all of them completely shocked.

'Such immense power!'

A direct hit from that would have ground even a Third Generation Mechanical God to dust.

At this time, Oritta and his group also rushed out of the reserve maintenance building.

They, too, were stunned when they saw the Pulverizer moving toward them.

Long Ming led Xiaoqi and his group over to Oritta's side and said with a very grave expression,

"The enemy is here."

"I know. But if we just run, we'll never make it. We'll all become targets. Someone needs to stay behind to hold them off."

"I'll do it."

"No, you can't stop it alone."

Oritta's expression flickered, and he immediately said to two of his companions wearing second-generation mechanical armor,

"Kula, you two take Miss Qi and the others and retreat. Head for the evacuation point in Sisco Town. Sang Rui, Mr. Long Ming, and I will stay behind to hold them off."

"Alright!"

Kula and the other man agreed without a hint of hesitation.