Technological supremacy starts with acquiring alien spaceships

Inside the Millennium Falcon, in Chen Yu's private training room.

Chen Yu sat cross-legged, a massive surge of energy roiling within him.

Chen Yu knew this was the precursor to a breakthrough, something he'd been anticipating for years.

He was finally about to advance to the late stage of a Rank 4 Interstellar life form!

He wondered what changes would occur in his body after the breakthrough.

As time passed, the energy coursed through every part of Chen Yu's body.

It seemed to be comprehensively reinforcing him once more.

Suddenly!

Chen Yu felt the energy within him explode instantly, rushing towards his limbs and bones.

A small portion of the energy shot directly towards his brain.

Boom!

Chen Yu felt a sudden burst of light in his mind.

It was as if some kind of barrier had been broken through, and Chen Yu immediately experienced an indescribable sensation.

It was as if everything he looked at had become clearer.

Even his comprehension of certain Rank 6 civilization technologies, spacetime laws, and gravity laws had undergone a qualitative leap.

"Hahaha, is this the feeling of a late-stage Rank 4 Interstellar life form? It's simply amazing!"

Chen Yu felt that his personal strength had increased several times over.

Previously, condensing an energy laser to cut that giant stone tablet might have taken him more than ten minutes, but now Chen Yu felt it would only take a few dozen seconds.

[Captain, I've detected that the energy within you has condensed again. Congratulations on breaking through a small realm and entering the ranks of late-stage Rank 4 Interstellar life forms. Once you successfully advance to a Rank 5 Interstellar life form, you will gain new abilities!]

"Oh, what kind of abilities?"

[That varies from person to person. You'll find out when the time comes!]

"Okay, I'm really looking forward to it!"

Several more days passed, and the AI had developed a high-power, large-area pulse signal emitter to control those crystalline monsters.

[Captain, we can go to the planet's surface and collect those crystalline monsters as raw materials!]

"Once we collect those things, how will we store them? Are we going to keep controlling them with pulse signals all the time?"

[That's simple. I've thoroughly researched the characteristics of those crystals. As long as they can't absorb the radiation energy from that giant pit on this planet for a long time, the connections between those crystalline monsters won't be able to generate and release pulse signals. The crystals will be like dead objects. Therefore, if we take the crystals away from this planet, they'll become real stones before long.]

Chen Yu nodded in understanding. It was like those things would become immobile raw materials without a source of energy.

"Okay, let's set off immediately to collect enough crystalline monster bodies, and then go take a look at that giant pit to see what's underneath!"

The Millennium Falcon once again arrived at the place where they had previously cut the giant stone tablet.

"AI, scan the area and determine the location with the most of those damned things."

[Captain, scanning complete. Currently, there are no crystalline monsters in this area!]

Chen Yu was shocked!

"What? How is that possible? There were so many before, densely packed, countless. How are they gone now?"

The specialized probe detected that there were no crystalline monsters within a hundred kilometers around.

"Damn! So those crystalline monsters were really there to protect the giant stone tablet. What's their purpose in doing that?"

[Based on behavioral analysis, it is highly likely that those crystalline monsters are indeed controlled by a wise mastermind!]

[Yes, Captain.]