After seeing off the Tatajiao people like Liao Ruili, Su Han and the others drove their hover vehicles westward. In the footage captured by the Globalized Type 3 drone, more factories were clustered to the west of this White Guishu Prefecture.
Su Han asked, "Which factory looks more advanced?"
Chu Shi replied, "Let's go to the spaceship assembly plant first."
Su Han nodded. "Then let's check there first. After all, it's something we're in great need of."
Chu Shi began to guide them, and soon, Xiao Yan drove the hover vehicle to a spaceship assembly plant within a vast ruin.
Perhaps because it was a factory for assembling spaceships, not all buildings here had collapsed. Some structures still stood tall.
The hover vehicle moved slowly through the spaceship factory in the ruins.
Under a collapsed, massive roof, the wreckage of a spaceship was visible, pinned down.
Soon, guided by Chu Shi, Xiao Yan drove the vehicle to the ruins of a large building.
Chu Shi said, "According to the old maps, the security in this building was the strongest. In order to keep this building secret, it wasn't marked on the map."
The building in front of them lay horizontally on the ground. Most of the debris on the windows had shattered. Even so, a significant portion of the building's main structure remained intact.
On the detached signboard, some Tatajiao text was written.
Chu Shi used a translator, which relayed the voice: "Research Building."
Su Han looked at the horizontal building and said, "A research building, huh? The quality is quite good. I didn't expect the main structure of this building to remain intact even after it fell. Let's send in the drones to take a look."
A box on the hover vehicle opened, and thirty small drones flew out.
These small drones were even more compact and did not compromise on camera quality.
Twenty of these small drones flew into the building.
The remaining ten small drones did not enter the building but fanned out to maintain perimeter security.
The feeds from the thirty small drones were continuously broadcast onto the screens inside the vehicle. Su Han and the other six each monitored several drones.
The group primarily focused their attention on the interior of the building.
Inside the building, because the entire structure had fallen horizontally, anything not secured had fallen, creating a mess.
The feeds from the twenty micro-drones inside the building varied. Although the exterior architectural style differed slightly from that of Blue Star, the rooms inside were all square-shaped.
The drones shuttled through the building, room by room. Many room doors were damaged when the building collapsed. Some doors remained intact, and entry was gained through broken windows. Of course, there were also many rooms where neither the doors nor the windows were damaged.
Soon, one drone entered a room filled with various instruments. Due to the building's collapse, these instruments were piled on top of each other.
The drone approached the instruments. No text was visible on them, nor were there any keyboards.
These instruments appeared to be of great value, but there was no time to waste here.
After recording the scene, the drone continued its flight.
Shortly after, another drone made a new discovery.
"That thing looks a lot like a computer," Lin Dong exclaimed.
Everyone crowded closer. Dozens of instruments with screens were scattered on the ground. Of course, this ground was originally a wall.
Considering this was a research building, equipment with screens here couldn't possibly be televisions. Moreover, these devices had screens about thirty inches in size.
They strongly resembled computers from this world, but whether they were indeed computers needed to be confirmed.
Su Han said, "Chu Shi, isolate an image of a suspected computer and ask Liao Ruili if these are computers from this world."
Chu Shi quickly operated a satellite phone, and an image with no background was soon prepared.
Su Han sent the picture to the screen of vehicle 47323.
Su Han connected to the voice communication of vehicle 47323 and asked, "Liao Ruili, what is this outdated piece of equipment?"
At that moment, Liao Ruili was sitting inside his vehicle, watching other Tatajiao people search outside.
Hearing the voice, Liao Ruili quickly sat up straight.
Su Han asked again, "Liao Ruili, are you there?"
Liao Ruili hastily replied, "Yes, I am. Commander Level 0. I am. The equipment in this picture is the computers of our Tatajiao. Commander Level 0, is there anything special about this kind of computer?"
Su Han said, "No. You continue searching for Liu Yongyuan."
After saying this, Su Han disconnected the communication.
Liao Ruili wanted to report on the search for Yongyuan, but the call was unexpectedly cut off.
Then, Su Han said, "You all heard. Those inside are indeed Tatajiao computers. We'll take one back to test it. However, we need the drones to thoroughly scout the interior first."
Soon, after a period of exploration, it was found that many of the rooms accessible to the drones contained computers.
However, not all computers were equally important. Some were truly vital.
The goal was to find computers that stored truly important data, which were typically located in heavily secured rooms.
After about half an hour, the entire building was scouted by drones. Seven rooms had structural materials that were so robust that they remained undamaged even after the building collapsed.
Su Han asked, "Can the bombs we brought detonate the doors of these seven rooms?"
Chu Shi replied, "We should try one first."
"Then let's detonate a small portion to test it."
The nearest room was soon selected.
Ye Fan and Lin Dong, carrying a bomb, entered the seventh floor of the building through a window.
Since the building had fallen, movement involved climbing up and down.
With their agility enhanced by magic, Ye Fan and Lin Dong could easily leap and move between rooms.
They soon arrived in front of a room with an alloy door.
"Report, destination reached. Commencing demolition."
As the two prepared to affix explosives to the alloy door,
"Wait," Chu Shi interjected, "Don't attach the explosives to the door. The alloy door is stronger. Attach them to the adjacent wall. The wall next to it is easier to blast."