In respect for the partners, Zhou Yi notified the Old King about the Seeder Ship's temporary departure.

The Old King was quite nervous about this.

"Will this affect the Mars Base?"

"No, the defense mechanism comes from that black hole..."

Zhou Yi explained to the other party that these are two different technological systems of the Seeder. The Seeder Ship is responsible for incubating and nurturing life, while the black hole is a protective mechanism, and the two do not affect each other.

The Old King remained very hesitant and indecisive.

After all, this was the extraterrestrial base it had developed at all costs, and the Star Core Matrix had invested over two hundred years of accumulation, as well as human and material resources, into Mars. If anything went wrong, it would be an irrecoverable loss.

It finally said, "So it seems you have to go through with this no matter what?"

"Yes, I have to do it."

Zhou Yi didn't waste words: "This concerns an important node in the company's final strategy, and the current timing is perfect."

Knowing it would be futile to oppose, the Old King showed restraint and rationality: "I need an hour to fully activate the underground shelters, first transferring all base members on the ground to the underground to avoid any unforeseen risks. This was a contingency plan made during the base's construction, but it's the first time such a large-scale activation will occur."

Zhou Yi expressed understanding: "Alright."

The next moment.

The entire Mars Base began to emit alarms, and all regions initiated a circular broadcast.

[Base inhabitants, an emergency notice is now issued. The Mars Base will enter a wartime state. All residents, please cease all activities and orderly enter the shelters through the nearest underground passage.]

[The shelters have provisions for one week worth of food and water, and each can accommodate 1,000 people. Please enter the shelters immediately. Repeat, please enter the shelters immediately! This is not a drill!]

The broadcast officially announced the wartime status.

After a brief moment of stupor and shock, base residents ran to the nearest passage one by one, taking the lifts down underground.

Everywhere were refugees in haste. Fortunately, those who came here had received basic disaster training, knowing that the risks of theoretical kinds existed here, unlike on Earth.

With the guidance and help of the Iron Soldiers, many residents quickly moved from the ground to the underground.

An hour later.

The surface of the base was empty.

Zhou Yi gave the command.

The silver giant ring in the sky began to slowly rotate, stretching out a metallic-looking mirror surface at its center, making the Seeder Ship resemble a large silver plate.

It continuously accelerated its rotation, then turned into a silver light and vanished instantly, leaving only a vast, dark hole.

Just as Qing Liu had said, the departure of the Seeder Ship did not affect the base's space.

It remained an area where dust storms could not approach, an air wall zone.

The Killer Rats also avoided this place.

When Zhou Yi arrived at the Moon, he found that the silver-ring-shaped Seeder Ship was already suspended in the air, returning to its giant silver ring form.

Through mental transmission, Qing Liu said, "Nurturer, I did it! I got this ship moving!"

"It can locate the nearby space hole, it's now in activation mode, capable of going to any location! This ship is operated with hydrogen, only hydrogen-based life forms can command it!"

"Inside, there's a special structure that can continuously absorb external energy, the accumulated energy inside has been gathered over many years, enough for several centuries of continuous travel."

"We just need coordinates, currently, all coordinates are within this Solar System."

Zhou Yi thought this was indeed good news.

The vehicle left by the Seeder comes equipped with life nurturing and transforming devices, a truly powerful civilization product.

If worst comes to worst, this thing could still be used for escape.

Zhou Yi immediately said, "Then release the Jiong Hecang."

"Yes."

A biological black hole flew out from the Seeder Ship.

The two black holes originally orbited each other, moving incessantly, with Jiong Hecang on the outside resembling a small satellite captured in its path.

But now, the two Transformers began to gradually separate, the three-star motion rapidly reversing, with the two Transformers' Energy Bodies starting to orbit Jiong Hecang, which was in a glowing flame state, making it the absolute core.

The scene completed a reversal of the cosmic pattern.

The excitement in Jiong Hecang's consciousness was unrestrained, even trembling slightly: "Chairman, it worked, I succeeded, I did it!"

"Indeed, once they left the Mars area, they fell into silence... consciousness completely dormant because the consciousness commands were enforced by the continuous amplification from that Seeder Ship, akin to a remote signal. Now, even though the Seeder Ship is alongside, the original environment no longer fits, and after reaching the Moon, this part of their consciousness has vanished."

"Now the Mars Flying Stick's Consciousness Domain is completely blank!"

"So linking my consciousness with theirs has become entirely unblocked, directly becoming an extension of my body!"

"I am a Transformer now!"

"Chairman, I truly made it! Thank you for helping me achieve this crazy action!"

Zhou Yi felt a surge of excitement.

Although Gemstone Transformers were good, they lacked subjective initiative and relied heavily on control by the Moon God. Their Transformer abilities and intensity had significant limitations.

But the Condenser immediately possessed the Energy Bodies of two great Transformers, ascending instantly!

Equivalent to the company directly producing a Polymorphic Transformer employee!

Zhou Yi, overjoyed, immediately asked, "What are your current elements?"

"There are two kinds of elements. One is helium, the other is oxygen."

Huh?

The Mars Flying Stick actually burns helium and oxygen.

Zhou Yi was a bit surprised.

Xiao Fu suddenly spoke up: "Da Zhou, 70% of the material in stars is hydrogen, followed by nearly 30% helium, and among the remaining trace elements, oxygen is already present in a relatively large amount."

"Helium-based lifeforms operating around stars, choosing oxygen as an element is normal. Oxygen is actually abundant in the universe, it just needs to be developed and extracted."

Zhou Yi thought of another question: "Why do hydrogen-based lifeforms evolve so much slower than helium-based ones? Although Condensers are rare on Earth, there are still a few helium-based lifeforms in the Solar System that have reached the Transformer stage, but only a single Seeder among the hydrogen-based lifeforms has reached the Transformer stage..."

"Different growth paths and focuses."

Xiao Fu said: "Fluid organisms among hydrogen-based lifeforms evolve slowly because they require a massive amount of consciousness for incubation."

"As you would say, helium death stars can be regarded as hunter-warriors; they can rapidly form near stars and are very powerful. But due to their absolute strength in energy state, their intelligence, technology, and thinking abilities are very weak."

"This path must feed on battles, which inevitably leads to conflicts with other powerful species or civilizations coming for stars, so in the cosmic scale, frequent warfare is unavoidable."

"If they can grow through rigorous battles, they can reach an unbelievable level of strength. Any path, if taken to the extreme, can be terrifying."

"However, for the time being, such a helium death star that can overpower everything with sheer strength doesn't exist in the Solar System."

"The Seeder is of the wise type, requiring much time to learn and gather various information, mastering the natural laws of the universe. To help the young grow quickly, Seeders prepare Seeder Ships to cultivate various life forms nearby. These are used by the young Seeders to learn, accumulate, and experiment."

"Helium death stars are easily captured by Seeders and transformed into biological tools on Mars, because of their different focus. If the former can't break through the Seeder in a short time and prolongs the battle, they will almost certainly be defeated and captured by the latter."

Zhou Yixin said that indeed.

Say no more.

Even at the same Skywalker level, Qing Liu's thinking ability and keen insight into the world far surpass Jiong Hecang.

Since the company awakened, Qing Liu transformed from an ignorant Snowman to a think tank in just over a year.

This learning ability is truly frightening.

Jiong Hecang is still very focused on pure energy, having a natural disinterest in other external matters.

This is like in a combat game, with two different types of players.

Jiong Hecang is extremely focused on fighting for advantage, if they can't suppress the opponent in line, then there's no chance to play the whole game, silent throughout.

Qing Liu, while lacking in line strength, has a strong macro view, can support, and can spot the opponent's weaknesses and neutral resources. Even if they're at a disadvantage, they can maneuver through other means to reverse the situation.

However, within the company.

There should be employees strong at direct confrontations, as well as those good at operations and strategic thinking, working together can create a greater synergy than the sum of each individual

Zhou Yixin pondered over this.

Then Jiong Hecang's voice was heard: "Chairman, I have fully mastered these two new bodies. I want to advance further, can we release the other two flying sticks as well for me to operate?"

Using two or four, it's the same.

If they sit idle in the Seeder Ship, it's a waste.

Zhou Yi agreed.

The Seeder Ship once again released two flying sticks, immediately captured by Jiong Hecang.

Its form altered once more.

The azure flame form of Jiong Hecang became the head, followed by four biological black holes in a single line formation, emitting a bluish-white halo from their edges.

It formed a five-star straight line configuration.

It excitedly said, "Chairman, I have connected all of them, I feel great now!"

"The energy strength and precision of a Polymorphic Transformer are truly terrifying even to myself...even if a thousand Light Core Bodies were combined, they couldn't defeat a Transformer, they wouldn't even be able to touch one before being destroyed."

"A Transformer can strike any point on the ground from the planetary orbit, whereas Light Core Bodies on the ground can't attack from such a distance...the gap is too large."

This didn't surprise Zhou Yi.

Between equal fighting strengths, if a weakness in any aspect is seized upon, it can be exploited vastly like a snowball.

Not to mention the enormous gap already present.

The unfortunate part is, among these four helium-based lifeforms, only one is polymorphic, limited to using helium and oxygen elements.

Their most suitable place for growth is the Sun, but it's currently a restricted area sealed by the Heavenly People.

Remaining on the Moon is also a good option, where energy is abundant, allowing for attacks but the external Heavenly People cannot compete here.

Zhou Yi instructed Jiong Hecang to train well here.

The Moon God was also delighted to hear this: "Yay! Finally an opponent who can spar with my Transformer, previously there was no chance to practice, now let me see the true limits of a Transformer!"

Both being Polymorphic Transformers, are evenly matched, allowing them to validate each other's abilities and strength.

Zhou Yi was also glad to see this unfold.

As the Moon God controlled the Gemstone Transformer, and battled Jiong Hecang across the sky, energy waves swept across the Moon's surface, erasing the cosmic avenue.

Qing Liu suddenly sent a message: "Chairman, I received a distress signal."

"There is a hydrogen-based lifeform requesting assistance...its Seeder Ship is damaged, energy is continuously dissipating, this signal has persisted for many years."

Zhou Yi was taken aback: "Another hydrogen-based lifeform?"

"The one from Jupiter's moon."

"We didn't receive it on Mars?"

"No, because it's not on Jupiter's moon, it's on Venus, the Seeder Ship has crashed there. The distress signal was very weak, it took me time to decipher it."