Baiyu naturally didn't take the man's words to heart.

He had enough food in his backpack, and besides, as long as he was in a place with abundant Spiritual Qi, he could go ten days to half a month without eating without any issue.

Baiyu was more interested in the matter concerning that city.

Wood Iron Star was completely different from Canglan Star, and going into the city might allow him to learn more about Wood Iron Star's knowledge and circumstances.

Moreover, the city's terrain was relatively complex.

Although the Mechanical Race had already broken through the city, there were still quite a few people surviving inside; it was not something that could be exterminated overnight.

The opportunity to go to the city came before long.

Every three days, the settlement organized a team to collect resources from the city, and Baiyu certainly wouldn't miss such an opportunity, joining the resource-gathering team.

Mu Feiyan was also in the team.

She had been away for so many days, and if she didn't go out to gather resources, she would starve to death. The settlement, to be honest, was still each managing their own; people just felt more confident acting in numbers.

So if Mu Feiyan wanted food, she still had to join a gathering team to find things in the city.

The base had two iron-plated vehicles.

Although their appearance differed somewhat from vehicles on Canglan Star, Baiyu could be quite certain these were transportation vehicles.

There were twelve people in the searching team, divided into two groups.

Each group of six took one vehicle.

At dawn, the group departed from the settlement, and after two hours of driving, the outline of a massive city appeared on the horizon.

From afar,

it looked like a giant beast lying on the ground, quietly hibernating.

The two vehicles, after approaching the city's ruins,

the leader hid the vehicles in a concealed spot, leaving two people to guard them while the rest set off on their own.

"You're going to explore alone?"

The team leader looked at Baiyu, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Clearly,

exploring alone was extremely dangerous, and there were other survivors in the city; when they saw you were alone, they might attack and rob you of all your supplies. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

This was also why everyone acted together.

If there was any advantage to acting alone, it might be that whatever you found was entirely yours.

You only had to pay for the round-trip fare.

But acting alone, it was rarely possible to gain any spoils.

So when Baiyu proposed to act independently, that's why the leader of the resource search team was so surprised.

"Yes, I've made up my mind."

Baiyu said calmly.

The leader, seeing Baiyu so determined, didn't say much more: "Then the morning of the day after tomorrow, be here at the same time.

If the time comes and you're not here, I'll have to assume you've met with misfortune."

His meaning was clear.

If Baiyu didn't arrive on time, he wouldn't wait and would drive off directly.

Baiyu had no objection to this.

But just as Baiyu was about to leave, Mu Feiyan hurriedly followed.

"Xiao Mu, you want to act alone too?"

The leader was somewhat incredulous.

Previously, Mu Feiyan had been terribly afraid of dying, never daring to leave the group a step.

"Yes, I'm going with Baiyu."

Mu Feiyan quickly replied, seeing Baiyu already walking away, she said goodbye to the leader and swiftly caught up with Baiyu.

A group of people furrowed their brows.

"Seems like this outsider really has some skills; Mu Feiyan trusts him a lot."

"Don't worry about all that, let's move quickly, time is precious. Since someone chooses to leave the team, then he's already thought through the consequences."

The leader cursed and then quickly urged the group into action.

...

"You lived here before?"

Baiyu asked Mu Feiyan while walking on the road.

The other nodded: "I grew up here. Not just me, but basically everyone in the settlement used to be natives of this city.

However.

Since the Mechanical Race destroyed this city, we began wandering without a permanent place.

In the surrounding hundred miles of this city, there are many natives, all relying on this city, waiting for the day the Imperial Army arrives."

Mu Feiyan's voice was filled with deep helplessness.

In the current circumstances.

They indeed had no other way, but to rely on their familiarity with the city's terrain to find resources for survival.

And as time went on.

When the food in the city started rotting and expiring, they didn't know how they would survive.

"Do you know if there's any research institution in this city?" Baiyu was fixated on the technological knowledge of Wood Iron Star.

He had just discovered a research facility of the Mechanical Race.

His Mechanical Science knowledge increased by ten thousand points.

If he could discover some other knowledge, it might bring other subjects up to the current level of Mechanical Science.

Improving academic knowledge was currently Baiyu's greatest avenue for advancement.

Once Mechanical Science reached the Initial Glimpse stage,

Baiyu could craft various firearms manually; as long as he had the parts, he could make them, and even manufacture the Mechanical Race's weapons.

He even believed,

that as long as he advanced Mechanical Science to the next level, reaching Proficiency.

He could unravel the core of the Legendary Ship, understanding what form of life a Ship Spirit truly was.

Ship Spirits were somewhat similar to these mechanical beings of the Mechanical Race.

However.

They had flesh and blood, emotions, almost indistinguishable from humans.

This was also the research direction of the Mechanical Race.

Mu Feiyan thought for a moment and said, "Inside the central ring of the city, there seemed to be a research institute, but it's usually not accessible, so I'm not sure about the situation inside."

"Do you know where that place is?"

Baiyu continued to ask.

Mu Feiyan nodded: "I should be able to find it, but there's not much in terms of resources... and the Mechanical Race might be there; you want to go?"

Baiyu nodded.

Mu Feiyan asked no more questions; once she was certain Baiyu intended to go, she began to lead the way in silence.

Since Baiyu took down the Mechanical Race's base, she realized this person's strength was quite fearsome, perhaps one of those legendary cultivators, capable of taking on a hundred foes.

What was dangerous to ordinary people,

to him.

Was likely insignificant.

This was also why Mu Feiyan decided to follow Baiyu; clearly, the safest way to secure resources was to stick by Baiyu's side.

However.

Just as Baiyu and Mu Feiyan were heading to the city's research institute, a sudden whistling sound came from the sky.

Missiles exploded one after another in the sky, countless sparks raining down like a storm.

In an instant,

the city was engulfed in a sea of fire.

Such a sudden attack left everyone caught off guard, and many scavengers who had just entered the city lost their lives in an instant to the missiles.