Shapudian.
Yu Gong Plan site.
Now this massive project is nearing its end.
More than 1.6 billion tons of materials from the Primordial World have either been transported to Great Xia or are on their way.
The iron mountain, originally nearly a thousand ters high, now only has a "base" left at the bottom, about a hundred ters tall.
The highest commander of the Jiuzhou Legion, Commander Wu Dingtian, was chatting with his deputy, Colonel Ding.
"The aerospace departnt has used the extracted Spirit Iron to develop an ultra-high strength alloy. Engineers have simulated it using software; using this alloy to make landing gear for large airplanes could potentially reduce the weight by over 80%."
"80%? That’s not a small amount! I recall an over-80-ton large airliner having 1.8 tons for its landing gear, which ans a reduction of over 1.4 tons, allowing the airliner to carry 1.4 tons more of payload."
"It’s not just the landing gear; other parts could also use this alloy. Preliminary estimates suggest that if a large transport plane entirely uses this alloy, its weight could be reduced by 12%, which is a groundbreaking progress."
"A new generation of materials brings a new generation of equipnt; that phrase certainly rings true. Great Xia’s industrial capacity is already leading worldwide, and at this rate, we will far surpass the rest of the world."
"The Celestial Mountain isn’t even fully excavated yet, and we’ve already achieved such significant results. Great Xia truly found a treasure this ti."
The two chatted for a while and then switched topics.
Colonel Ding remarked, "It’s truly strange; the Carnians are so well-behaved this ti. They only joined forces with countries in the Western Hemisphere to exert pressure without playing too many dirty tricks behind the scenes.
"The science expedition team concocted by the Carnians was rejected by Shapudian when trying to dock, and they’ve just been staying offshore obediently, not attempting to forcefully dock."
Commander Wu speculated, "Perhaps last ti, a large number of Primordial Monsters appeared in Carnia. The first major city, Yokoni City, was severely damaged, with tens of thousands dead, leaving the Carnians too preoccupied to interfere with Great Xia."
Colonel Ding disagreed: "I don’t think so. The Carnians killed a large number of Primordial Monsters in just over a day, and the remaining monsters all fled. They have plenty of energy to cause trouble for Great Xia."
Commander Wu thought for a mont and agreed that his colleague made sense: "The Carnia Federation might have experienced another unexpected event."
Colonel Ding found it odd: "From the gathered intelligence, it doesn’t seem like Carnia faced any particularly significant events."
Commander Wu, rather nonchalant, said, "Whatever it is, it’s good for Great Xia."
The two were unaware that the real hero behind this incident was Yang Fan.
To be more specific, one of Yang Fan’s avatars killed the Carnia Federation’s Mysterious entity—the Demon Monster Wan Shan.
Having lost their greatest card, the Carnians, knowing they couldn’t contend with the Great Xia Ghost, decided to behave.
After all, no one is foolish.
The Carnians understand clearly that the two sides’ strengths are completely mismatched, and if they rashly cause trouble, they would likely end up hurting themselves.
On the other hand,
such matters are sensitive, and spreading them could affect Great Xia.
Additionally, Yang Fan did not intend to reveal his avatar abilities, so he kept silent about it and did not inform Great Xia.
On a side note,
the so-called "pressure" has been a recently worldwide sensation.
Under the guidance of certain individuals, over seventy percent of the 398 entities on Canglan Star jointly protested the "monopoly of the Celestial Mountain by Great Xia."
But it didn’t have much effect.
The Great Xia People simply pretended they hadn’t heard.
Apart from protesting, they had no better thods to offer.
Currently, disasters are frequent, and many parts of the world are in chaos, with industrial production capabilities severely affected.
Only Great Xia has remained stable, with industrial production largely unaffected.
In such circumstances, the world naturally heavily relies on the industrial products supplied by Great Xia.
Take the most basic example—mobile phones.
Now, apart from Great Xia, no other country can produce fifth-generation smartphones.
If Great Xia were to ban the export of smartphones to a certain country, then the people of that country would not be able to buy new phones.
Great Xia refraining from troubling other countries is already a favor; who would dare to easily go against Great Xia?
A few seconds passed.
"Caw! Caw!"
Amidst a few crisp calls,
a beautiful magpie flapped its wings and flew over.
It was the Spirit Bird—Que San.
The two stopped chatting and both turned to look at the Spirit Bird.
As the distance closed to ten ters,
Que San spread its wings and glided toward the two of them.
"Woosh!"
A cyclone was born out of thin air, swirling around this Spirit Bird.
Que San slightly opened its wings, maintaining a "hovering" posture, floating in front of the two.
Commander Wu was the first to greet, "Lady Que San, good morning!"
Que San politely replied, "Good morning!"
Colonel Ding looked astonished, "Lady Que San, have you awakened a second Superpower?"
Commander Wu was also surprised, showing a shocked expression.
Breaking the first barrier to gain a second Superpower is defined as "iron-clad rule" in the "Secret Scripture."
Seeing Que San manipulate wind power, they naturally felt their understanding being overturned.
Que San replied with a smile in its tone, "This isn’t the second Superpower."
Colonel Ding was puzzled, "Then what is it?"
Que San explained, "It’s a Superpower trait bestowed by the Master."
Commander Wu mumbled, "Oh, I see."
Colonel Ding suddenly recalled the updated version of the "Secret Scripture," probingly asked, "Soul Implantation?"
Que San happily nodded its bird head, "More or less!"
Colonel Ding was stunned.
It took Commander Wu a second to react, almost dropping his jaw.
Having read the "Secret Scripture," he rembered the update clearly stating that only a Knight Powerhouse can perform Soul Implantation.
Colonel Ding moved his lips, wanting to ask sothing.
Que San wisely anticipated his words, speaking first, "The Master isn’t a Knight but has so special abilities."
Colonel Ding still found it hard to believe.
Que San then elucidated its purpose for coming: "This morning, the Master heard the howling of cold winds, indicating a massive cold wave is approaching!"
Commander Wu was taken aback, "How large is the cold wave’s range?"
Que San replied, "The entire Canglan Star."
Commander Wu followed up, "Will places like Shapudian, in tropical regions, also experience this cold wave?"
Months ago, due to drastic climate changes on Canglan Star, in the midsumr, the Northern Hemisphere where Great Xia is located, surprisingly experienced widespread snowfall.
The tropical regions, however, weren’t too affected, with an average temperature drop of 5-6 degrees, as though in a different world from the Northern Hemisphere.
Que San replied, "Yes, Shapudian will beco very cold as well."
It continued, "The Primordial World’s Sea of Death Black Sand has already drifted far from Canglan Star, and another place is approaching Canglan Star, and its power will perate throughout Canglan Star."
The so-called "another place" referred to the Celestial Pillar Icefield.
Commander Wu imdiately asked, "How soon will the cold wave start?"
Que San replied, "As early as tomorrow, or at the latest the day after tomorrow, it’ll snow over Shapudian."
Commander Wu’s face changed, "So soon?"
Que San answered, "The Master said even he hadn’t anticipated this, but based on his observations, it seems there was so sudden change in the Primordial World."
Commander Wu looked solemn, "We need to start preparing imdiately to avoid affecting the progress of the Yu Gong Plan."
Colonel Ding voiced other concerns, "Shapudian and surrounding countries are generally quite poor; this cold wave might freeze many people to death."
Commander Wu sighed, "That’s not sothing for us to worry about."
*
Over a hundred kiloters away,
Yang Fan stood by the sea, looking fixedly at the sky.
In his mind, a Star Mark was emitting a faint glow.
A strange scene appeared in Yang Fan’s eyes.
He saw a series of colossal illusory ice pillars standing tall in the heavens, with cold streams trickling down from the sky.
Just five minutes ago,
he had suddenly observed this abnormal phenonon.
Usually, when the Primordial World affected Canglan Star, he would foresee it in the Dream Realm.
This ti, however, he hadn’t.
Yang Fan had a vague intuition that so change must have occurred in the Primordial World.
He murmured softly, "The root cause of the change probably exceeded the level of dream prediction, which is why I didn’t dream of it."
This is not surprising, as the Dream Realm is not omnipotent.
Yang Fan’s thoughts drifted sowhat, "Perhaps the rmaids overcoming nurous obstacles to reach Canglan Star is related to this change."
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