Xu Le slowly landed on the frame of the Sky City, closed his eyes and gasped.
It wasn't like he was bleeding from all his orifices, but there was blood coming out of his nostrils and mouth.
Xu Le felt as if his chest was burning with flames. This was the first time he had truly overdrawn his spiritual energy.
This feeling is really not pleasant.
"No wonder those warlocks are so wretched."
Xu Le wiped his nose to remove the remaining blood, then looked at the slowly rising metal frame and grinned.
"Has it succeeded?" Chi Xiao floated over.
Her flying was much lighter than Xu Le's, at least she didn't need to use her elemental ability.
"It can be considered a success, although it is just a scaffold."
Chi Xiao nodded slightly, and when Xu Le couldn't see, he stared at Xu Le with a rather strange look.
She was indeed confused.
Because this metal frame was created by her, it consumed a huge amount of her spiritual energy, so her spiritual energy exists in every corner of this metal frame.
But just now, after Xu Le accepted this framework, in addition to the impact of the shattered calamity of the void on the framework, she also felt a psychic invasion.
These psychic energies were extremely aggressive and eroded the psychic energy she had left at an extremely fast rate.
Chi Xiao could understand all these situations.
But what she couldn't understand was why all the spiritual energy in such a large frame had been eroded
She is not a weakling...
To achieve this, one must be at least stronger than her.
If it was her teacher, there might be a little chance.
But others say...
How did Xu Le do it? Could it be that she has more spiritual energy than me
How is that possible
"Thank you, Lord Chi Xiao."
"Hmph." Chi Xiao turned his head slightly.
Xu Le: ? ? It’s a bit confusing.
Chi Xiao seemed angry, but why was he angry? Was it because he didn't pay
Xu Le was silent for a moment. Chi Xiao usually didn't have any requests.
I can't help her with most of the things she does.
Do we have to continue to make promises
It's not impossible if you just paint a picture.
"Well, Minister Li Wen and I have already started discussing the issue of Lord Chi Xiao becoming a permanent honorary citizen of Zion."
"Permanent Honorary Citizen of Zion? What's that for?"
"Enjoy 20% off when you buy things in Zion." Xu Le said seriously.
"Then I thank you."
"You are welcome."
While the two were chatting, Xu Le's condition improved a lot, his spiritual energy recovered quickly, and the power of darkness was endless.
Xu Le even felt that he could absorb power from the darkness.
However, the physical burden is not so easy to deal with.
He was tired and at his limit.
However, it is obvious that things like this cannot be stopped now, as the construction of the Sky City has not yet been completed.
"Huh, I feel a little better. Let me try and make it fly."
"I'll wait and see."
Xu Le closed his eyes again, and the power of the Tribulation of the Void began to be transmitted to and from his Soul Tree.
Gravity is gradually disappearing, and this metal base is gradually beginning to break away from the original rules of this world.
It was getting lighter, lighter than air, so... it actually started to rise.
“Look!”
Some staff members below were watching this scene. A huge, empty iron frame was slowly floating towards the sky without any auxiliary power.
This seems incredible to many people, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a miracle or even a miracle.
"This is incredible..." Xia Libo clenched his fists. He had already started thinking about how to set up a core research laboratory in Sky City.
Li Wen was equally excited. Even though he was old, he was still excited.
"This may be what Xu Le called the extraordinary power of science and technology. Using the rules of the extraordinary to implement the ideas of science and technology, we can create more incredible creations."
Li Wen remembered what Xu Le had said before about overturning the table.
Zion needs to have the ability to turn the table.
Even if they do not have extremely high supernatural powers, they need to have the ability to destroy other cities.
As long as they have this ability, then at least the Red Moon Temple will no longer be able to bully Zion so easily.
There is no need to kill the top-level extraordinary people. They are too strong, and there is no point in using cannons to fight mosquitoes.
All it needs is something that can destroy a city’s infrastructure in an instant.
For example, huge cannons, or weapons like bombs.
As long as it is powerful enough to kill enough ordinary people, that's enough.
Because no leader would like a world without ethnic groups. If all ordinary people died, what would be the point of having the top extraordinary people stay
Overturning the table, this really makes sense.
"Minister, what shall we do now?" Secretary Liu motioned Li Wen to stand further away.
In his opinion, if the pedestal fell down, it would kill everyone around it.
But Li Wen waved his hand:
"No need to go through so much trouble. Even though that guy looks unreliable, every major thing he does is reliable."
"The Minister still thinks highly of Xu Le."
"Evaluation? He doesn't need my evaluation anymore. His level has far surpassed mine."
"Uh." Secretary Liu was speechless for a moment. He didn't understand Li Wen's thoughts.
"Xu Le is able to have everything he has today because of your help, Minister. It is you who has a keen eye for talent."
"No, that's not the case. Even without my help, he would have gotten help from others or would have developed slowly on his own."
"Why is the Minister so sure?"
"His vision and pattern are unmatched by any of us."
Li Wen felt that helping Xu Le was the best choice he had ever made in his life.
Xu Le is often silly and has no scientific research ability.
But his strong point is his ideas.
He seems to understand the most correct way of thinking about technological development.
Unlike Xia Libo, or even the alchemists in Lighthouse.
Those people studied moonstone, biotechnology, and various weapons.
Are these things useful
It really worked, and Zion benefited from it.
But can it change the situation
Absolutely not. There are huge problems in cost, construction cost, and usage. Trial and error requires cost, and research and development requires time.
The scientific research team continued to experiment, consuming a lot of money, manpower and material resources.
This is how science and technology progresses through constant experimentation.
Like a pedestrian groping for his way in the dark.
But after Xu Le arrived, everything was different.
First up, there's the Anima Shroud.
This thing brought Xu Le into his sight and made him feel that he had gained another excellent R&D personnel.
But this is just the beginning of everything.
Next, Xu Le, as if he knew the outcome of everything, said directly that the so-called Red Moon weapon technology was useless and meaningless.
Researching Red Moon's weapons technology is a waste of money.
If this idea had been announced at the time, Xu Le would have been attacked by all the R&D personnel.
Because Hongyue Technology was the mainstream at that time.
However, Xu Le went completely the opposite way. He created the furnace, which truly changed the landscape of Zion and completely reversed the entire research direction of Zion.
Since then...
Xu Le, you are right.
So, when Xu Le proposed the Sky City plan, Li Wen didn't think much about it and fully supported him.
Because he believed Xu Le was right.
Then there was the Ancient God Plan. Although he didn't like monsters like this, since it was arranged by Xu Le, he didn't object and even gave some silent support.
Now is the time to reap the first fruits of your support.
"A city flying in the sky, do you think it's possible?"
Secretary Liu moved his mouth. If it were before, even 10 minutes ago, he would have said that this was impossible.
But now, he was speechless.
Maybe just as Li Wen said, Xu Le is really a special person.
"A city flying in the sky is indeed very desirable."
"It's not just desirable. According to Xu Le, it has no concept of motivation. Do you know what that means?"
"Please help me, Minister." Secretary Liu did not pretend to know the answer.
“Because there is no concept of power, there is no such thing as a crash for this sky city.
According to Xu Le, it relies on rules, and it will only fall to the ground if the rules of the sky are broken.
So... this sky city will become something that cannot be shot down, but can only be destroyed."
"Understood."
Secretary Liu was not stupid, he quickly understood the difference.
Flying in the sky itself is a huge space advantage. Once this kind of flight is impossible to fall, this advantage will be magnified tenfold or a hundredfold.
To put it simply, if it is built, they can fly over the group of monsters and shit without worrying about the sky city being shot down.
Of course, defense is still necessary. If it is breached or destroyed, it will be the end...
“I think this is another epoch-making thing…
A city flying in the sky, coupled with the endless ancient sound energy, and the development of a larger cannon, tsk..."
Secretary Liu's mouth twitched. He felt that the "relatively large cannon" that Li Wen mentioned must be very big.
And it's not as big as most people imagine.
"Minister, although I don't want to disappoint you at this time, according to the reports and information, we don't have enough steel."
"… ? Not enough. Have we used up all the iron ore we stored?"
"They've all been used up. That woman named Chi Xiao... is terrifying. She extracted all the metal at once."
"Hasn't the iron ore from the lighthouse been shipped over yet?"
"A lot has been delivered, but you know the distance between the two cities, so this will take time."
“This is troublesome…”
At this time, the pedestal floating in the sky slowly descended. After descending to a certain height, Xu Le shouted to Li Wen:
"Uncle Li, prepare some hands to build the house. Let's make do with cement and concrete first."
"Just cover it?"
"Yes, let's build a large platform first, and temporarily add some turrets at the bottom. Anyway, it can fly, but it's useless. We need to make this thing useful before the black tide."
Although Li Wen is not as good as Xu Le in terms of vision, that is because Xu Le has experience from his previous life and the trajectory and route of scientific and technological development.
But when it comes to building a platform to hang “a few” cannons, then he knows a lot about it. What does the Zion Progressor do
If it were in another city, they would be complete terrorists.
"Make it usable as soon as possible. I understand. Everyone, prepare common construction materials and personnel, and build a simple concrete construction platform first."
Then he looked at Secretary Liu again.
"What day is it today?"
"Number 24."
"That means there are still 6 days until the Kuroshio Tide..."
Secretary Liu has been cooperating with Li Wen for a long time. As soon as Li Wen took off his pants, he knew what Li Wen wanted to do.
This is obviously a problem of weapons and equipment.
"Yes, with 6 days, it will be too late for the engineers to build the naval guns."
Li Wen pondered for a moment after hearing this.
"All the naval guns under construction should have their frames removed and replaced with mountings. Also, remove half of the space-based cannons on the airships."
"Tear down half of the airship? If that happens, the defense strength of the entire Zion will be greatly reduced."
"No, if we can turn this iron lump into something usable within six days, then no airship can compare to it, because this thing will not fall."
"clear."
…
In the next few days, Zion progressives, a large number of engineers, migrant workers and coolies from various cities were all sent out of the city.
They worked day and night, and I heard that the price was 40 yuan a day.
This is the price of a migrant worker. This salary is comparable to that of an engineer...
In addition, the parliament also dispatched a large number of guards and law enforcers, and each of them was equipped with the most advanced ancient sound multi-tech weapons.
If monsters are refreshed due to darkness and fear, just kill them with force.
People in the city don’t know what’s going on outside.
I just heard from people who came back that they were building a floor somewhere in the wild, which sounds stupid. No normal person would think there is any point in building a floor outside.
But they just give money, so the migrant workers and engineers are all very happy.
Of course, there will be some criticism and discussion in the city of Zion.
However, with the existence of the ancient gods' social program, these voices of criticism and discussion were drowned out.
And as time goes by, the black tide will come.
Every Zionite is waiting silently. They hope that this time the black tide will be subdued by Zion’s powerful military force just like last time.
Only strong military force can give a city enough confidence and security.
When the city is truly safe.
The city's elite won't spend their days thinking about running away.
Why can the Red Moon Temple attract so many top talents without having to support a large number of civilians
Because they are already the highest and most powerful, that's the reason.
No. 30.
Xu Le sat in the middle of the construction site and stared at the sun in the sky.
Red Moon Countdown: 11 hours, 54 minutes, 56 seconds