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 meters high, now only has a "base" left at the bottom, about a hundred meters tall.

The highest commander of the Jiuzhou Legion, Commander Wu Dingtian, was chatting with his deputy, Colonel Ding.

"The aerospace department 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 means 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 equipment; 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 time."

The two chatted for a while and then switched topics.

Colonel Ding remarked, "It's truly strange; the Carmenians are so well-behaved this time. 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 Carmenians 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 time, a large number of Primordial Monsters appeared in Carmenia. The first major city, Yokoni City, was severely damaged, with tens of thousands dead, leaving the Carmenians too preoccupied to interfere with Great Xia."

Colonel Ding disagreed: "I don't think so. The Carmenians 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 moment and agreed that his colleague made sense: "The Carmenia Federation might have experienced another unexpected event."

Colonel Ding found it odd: "From the gathered intelligence, it doesn't seem like Carmenia 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 Carmenia Federation's Mysterious entity—the Demon Monster Wan Shan.

Having lost their greatest card, the Carmenians, knowing they couldn't contend with the Great Xia Ghost, decided to behave.

After all, no one is foolish.

The Carmenians 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 methods 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 meters,

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 remembered the update clearly stating that only a Knight Powerhouse can perform Soul Implantation.

Colonel Ding moved his lips, wanting to ask something.

Que San wisely anticipated his words, speaking first, "The Master isn't a Knight but has some 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 midsummer, 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 become 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 permeate throughout Canglan Star."

The so-called "another place" referred to the Celestial Pillar Icefield.

Commander Wu immediately 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 some sudden change in the Primordial World."

Commander Wu looked solemn, "We need to start preparing immediately 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 something for us to worry about."

*

Over a hundred kilometers 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 phenomenon.

Usually, when the Primordial World affected Canglan Star, he would foresee it in the Dream Realm.

This time, however, he hadn't.

Yang Fan had a vague intuition that some 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 somewhat, "Perhaps the Mermaids overcoming numerous obstacles to reach Canglan Star is related to this change."

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