The Mecha Driver Is a Cultivator

The starship soared into the sky, ascending into the Star Sea.

Looking out the porthole, outside Lei Yu Star, the barrenness of the past was long gone.

A massive Teleportation Star Gate is still under construction, not something accomplished overnight. Within the entire Star Domain, some man-made small celestial bodies have already formed, surrounding the planet and creating an external defensive line for it.

On the other side of the planet, a special team from the Federation is actively making arrangements.

In the past, when no one was aware, the Mining Star was equipped with defenses and now further perfected.

Every Gaia Planet is a core of the Starfire Federation, a true cradle of talent, highly valued.

And the defense arrangements for Lei Yu Star, after the planet’s miraculous evolution, have been further enhanced with an immeasurable upper limit.

Gazing down at the increasingly beautiful Lei Yu Star, amidst its continuous transformations, the starship sailed past, proceeding with a teleportation.

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After teleporting through the Star Gate network, the starship got closer and closer to the Central Star Domain.

The Federation was at its peak, and while chaos was unavoidable in the Border Zone, everything went smoothly within the Core Star Domain, with no mishaps.

Upon returning to the academy on the starship, with a guide leading the way, Qin Jin took a Star Shuttle and left the academy for a location on Zhi Xia Star.

Zhi Xia Star, an already completely developed Gaia Planet—the past cultivation rarely brought Qin Jin around this planet, and this time he relished the opportunity to enjoy it thoroughly.

Finally.

The Star Shuttle docked in front of a separate, large research base.

After leaving the Star Shuttle, several figures greeted Qin Jin ahead.

Leading at the front was Zhong Yi, wearing her research attire, followed by several staff members. Upon seeing Qin Jin, she smiled slightly, ”Qin Jin, you’ve finally arrived.”

”Follow me.”

After speaking, she led the way, completed identity verification, and entered the base, advancing into the most central building.

The research base was vast, and upon entering the building, hurried figures were seen everywhere, not only humans but also lifelike intelligent technological organisms. As Zhong Yi led the way, she introduced, ”Candle Spirit’s ability is unique, and during this period of ongoing development, the team has continuously expanded.”

”Moreover...”

She paused slightly, continued walking while looking back at Qin Jin, ”Candle Spirit’s ability coincides with a research project ongoing at the academy. After deliberation, the two research teams merged and preliminarily defined a new direction for advancement.”

Beside her, Qin Jin nodded.

One reason for his early return to the academy was the invitation from this research team.

Notably, Candle Spirit was initially a name he temporarily set for that Star Sea Phenomenon lifeform, now officially confirmed as the final name.

Zhong Yi’s words did not cease, she continued, ”After establishing a direction, the team has made significant progress. Your invitation this time is to let you experience and understand it.”

”After all...”

She teased a bit, not speaking directly, ”With your identity, there couldn’t be a more suitable choice.”

Delving deeper.

After passing through dozens of identity verification measures, Zhong Yi led Qin Jin into the innermost research lab.

His gaze landed on the center of the lab, where a specially designed Life Pod stood. Various data flickered on the panel in front of the pod, and inside the Life Pod was a figure familiar to Qin Jin.

[Candle Spirit]

Flames burned above, the body resembling a ghost. Compared to when Qin Jin captured and sealed it, its size had noticeably grown and seemed to have matured, now resting in slumber with flames flickering.

Beside this Life Pod stood other pods, some completely vacant inside, while others had Extraordinary Power intertwined, appearing distinctly unique.

As Qin Jin observed.

A female voice sounded ahead.

”We are attempting to replicate the [Candle Spirit].”

Qin Jin followed the voice and looked, the speaker was a woman wearing research attire, with short hair, glasses, and an air of competence.

Under Qin Jin’s gaze, she continued, ”Star Sea Phenomenon encompasses thousands of mysteries. To analyze it bears significant meaning.”

”This little one.”

She glanced at Candle Spirit, ”Phenomenon lifeforms are extremely rare. Though it’s not fragile, employing certain research methods on it might cause irreversible changes, like exhausting resources excessively. Therefore, our approach is very gentle, and we are trying to replicate phenomenon lifeforms to enhance our understanding of Star Sea Phenomenon.”

Speaking to this point, she paused.

Next to Qin Jin, Zhong Yi spoke, ”Qin Jin, this is Zhao Wanqing, Dr. Zhao.”

”Dr. Zhao is the leader of another research project, now joining us to advance the development together.”

”Qin Jin Academy Student.”

As Zhong Yi finished speaking, Zhao Wanqing extended her hand, smiling warmly, ”I’ve long heard your name, seeing is believing; truly, you’re a distinguished genius Martial Arts Family from the academy, uniquely charismatic.”

”You’re too kind.”

Qin Jin responded politely.

Before Zhao Wanqing could continue speaking, at that moment, another person nearby noticed his presence, eyes lit up, voice reached first despite the distance: ”Qin Jin Academy Student, you’re just in time!”

Dr. Chen.

The initial Leader of the [Candle Spirit] research team at the academy, who had previously traveled to Weiyang Star System and met Qin Jin.

He approached briskly, excitement gleaming in his eyes, speaking quickly, ”We’ve preliminarily completed the merger of two projects and already achieved some breakthroughs.”