"Lin Ming will definitely be alright. Look, we’re almost at Dark Dusk Base, and we haven’t run into many monsters along the way," Sun Duoxiang chimed in.

Everyone immediately turned to look at him.

"Uh? Did I say something wrong?"

Sun Duoxiang swallowed.

Tillo said calmly, "That's not a good sign. We're almost at Dark Dusk Base, and if it were still struggling, there would be a lot of monsters around. If there aren't any, something might have happened."

Zhang Yin's face turned even paler, and she could barely stand.

"Well, maybe they defeated the monsters," Sun Duoxiang quickly explained, realizing he'd misspoke.

"Enough. Tillo, increase the ship's speed," Su Mo said to Tillo.

"Understood!"

Tillo immediately maneuvered the ship.

The legendary Star Destroyer, Immortal Blade, accelerated forward. In about seven or eight minutes, the ship arrived at Dark Dusk Base.

However, what they saw made everyone's heart sink.

The once-prosperous Dark Dusk Base was now a ruin, littered with the wreckage of destroyed weapons.

Many monsters, tainted by negative energy, were swarming around, frantically digging through the remains of mechs, seemingly looking for any bits of flesh.

"This...no way, Dark Dusk Base is done for?" Sun Duoxiang's eyes widened.

"Lin Ming!"

Zhang Yin's vision went black, and she fainted.

Lin Yaotian caught Zhang Yin, and Lin Hai and the others rushed over, calling out anxiously, "Mother!"

Qiancheng Xue quickly turned her head and called out, "Medic!"

...

At that moment, ships from other countries also arrived. Everyone's faces were grim as they looked at the almost ruined Dark Dusk Base.

One mech after another charged forward, slaughtering the remaining monsters.

"Damn it, kill them all!"

...

Over an hour later, the remaining monsters at Dark Dusk Base were completely wiped out.

Su Mo and the others disembarked from the Immortal Blade in their mechs, standing on the ruins of Dark Dusk Base.

Looking closely, one could see that the entire ground was stained red with blood, indicating the ferocity of the battle that had taken place there.

Lin Yaotian became even more silent. He didn't say a word, but led the Lin family to search through the ruins.

Qiancheng Xue felt a pang of heartache and said to Su Mo, "Su Mo, I'm going to search with Father."

"Okay!"

Su Mo replied somberly.

Meanwhile, people from other countries also began searching through the ruins of Dark Dusk Base. Although reason told them that there couldn't be any survivors in this situation, they still clung to a sliver of hope.

Some even just wanted to find the bodies of their comrades, but that was a luxury they couldn't afford.

However, many people found the wreckage of their comrades' mechs and some personal belongings, and they couldn't help but burst into tears.

Su Mo asked the Creator Devourer in a low voice, "Xiao Shi, are there any survivors?"

"You already know the answer to that question, so why ask me?" Xiao Shi replied in a low voice.

Su Mo stood there in silence.

At that moment, Domark, who had also disembarked, trotted over to Su Mo, chirping excitedly.

Su Mo sighed and said to Domark, "Domark, be quiet for a while."

Instead, Domark chirped even louder and kept raising its tactile appendages, pointing into the distance.

Su Mo felt that something was wrong and looked at Domark in confusion. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand it, so he had to ask the Creator Devourer for help.

"What is it saying?"

"It says that it smells humans in the distance. The people in Dark Dusk Base aren't all dead; they must have escaped and relocated," the Creator Devourer explained.

Su Mo was shocked. He looked Domark up and down and couldn't help but praise it.

"Not bad, I didn't know you had this ability? Your nose is even better than a dog's!"

Domark chirped unhappily at Su Mo's words.

The Creator Devourer said to Su Mo in a low voice, "A dog's nose can't compare to it! And don't underestimate it. Domark is, after all, at the peak of Grade V, and its innate abilities are very strong. You think it's weak because aerial combat is its weakness. If it were fighting on the ground, this guy could even go head-to-head with a Grade VI monster!"

"My mistake, Domark, lead the way!" Su Mo quickly apologized and said.

"Mm." Domark nodded in satisfaction.

So, Su Mo flew his mech over to Lin Yaotian and the others and said to them, "Father, there's no need to search. Dark Dusk Base has fallen, but that doesn't mean everyone is dead. Lin Ming and the others may have relocated."

"Are you sure?" Lin Yaotian and the others looked up at Su Mo, new hope rekindled in their eyes.

"I'm eighty percent sure. My pet has discovered something. If we follow it, we might be able to find some survivors," Su Mo said, not wanting to be too definitive.

"Okay!" Lin Yaotian and the others responded.

"Then there's no time to lose. Qiancheng Xue, go and inform everyone and have them join us in the search," Su Mo said decisively.

"Okay!" Qiancheng Xue and the others immediately took action.

Soon, everyone present, upon learning that the people of Dark Dusk Base might have broken through, regained hope.

Everyone followed Domark and searched into the distance.

...

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Bottom of the Rift Valley.

Lan Xi and the others had spent some effort searching the nearby valley floor.

Fenti excitedly said to Lan Xi, "We've counted a total of one hundred and twenty-one Demon Moon Flowers."

"Great! As long as we take them back and figure out their properties and how to cultivate them, we might be able to obtain the medicine continuously," Lan Xi said excitedly.

"Then shall we start picking them?" Fenti asked.

"Yes, there's no time to lose. Let's start picking them together. We must be careful during the picking process and absolutely not damage their roots," Lan Xi instructed seriously.

"No problem," Fenti nodded in agreement.

Then, Lan Xi and the others took out the prepared bio-mechanical storage boxes and began to carefully dig and pick the flowers.

Hai Mo and the others controlled their mechs, remaining vigilant. The closer they got to the critical moment, the less they could afford to be careless.

Luo Qi looked at the Demon Moon Flowers being picked one by one and said to Wall with a smile, "Brother, what do you think will happen if these flowers are brought back to the Federation?"

"I think it will be a bombshell! It might be the most significant discovery since the multi-functional transition fortress was excavated," Wall said, without hesitation.

Luo Qi didn't expect her brother to give such a high evaluation.