The Land God unfolded the Sealing Soil.
It flew to the suspended layer and created some strange geometric patterns on that land, reminding Zhou Yi of wheat field crop circles.
Only, on the suspended layer, it was large imprints stamped into the mud, not crops.
"Next year, this time, I will return."
The clay figure departed.
The acquaintance with the Land God was a chance interlude.
He had a huge gap with the domain of the Light Core Body, it wasn't his circle, so he shouldn't force his way in. Forcing high leverage, he might be bitten back by forces beyond his control. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on Nove1Fire.net
Playing his cards well was what mattered most.
Right now, there was only one thing that was critical, and that was to win the Honor War.
Zhou Yi rode the Hunter to Sand Port, meeting with Lord Sand Sea on the left shoulder of the Big Buddha.
Asked about recent war situations, Lord Sand Sea said, "It's the same old story. Shell City and Steel Refining City are still being air raided, they have attacked the coast several times and have ultimately been repelled by the Northern Ocean Army. However, the frequency and quantity of bombings both have dropped, it's noticeable they are also tightening up. The intensity of consumption in the first month is unsustainable for the Shuanghe Region over a prolonged period."
Zhou Yi proposed his speculation: "Is there a possibility that the Shuanghe Region is brewing a new round of major operations?"
"The first month was air raids bombing to create urban panic, the second month was the Gray Whale's disarmament coordinated with beach landings, it's the end of the third month, and they are still holding their forces."
"That you mentioned, does seem suspicious."
Lord Sand Sea also furrowed his brow: "I've been busy lately with resource dispatch, settling front-line refugees, transporting Jade Soup and Flame Cup from Coral Port over here, as well as expanding the city and the arable area outside... it has caused me to overlook this point."
"According to the previously fiery offensive of Duke Destructive Army, it's indeed very unnatural now."
Zhou Yi said: "Their target is likely here."
The other party was shocked: "How do you know?"
"There are three reasons."
Zhou Yi said: "First, our rear has never been air raided, which in itself is a strange thing. Targeting the rear production area would force the front line into a shortage of supplies."
The sea lord that resembled a seal agreed: "Indeed, even here I have not been bombed, it's very odd."
"Second, Duke Destructive Army is very adept at infiltration and subversion, whether it is this batch of refugee movements, or their previously captured officers and soldiers, there have been incitements and investigations in Jade City."
"I believe this is definitely not an isolated case, since these are all ordinary humans, so it's hard to notice their every move in daily life."
Zhou Yi said: "Therefore, I suspect, not attacking here. It's because these spies they sent are to actually probe our side."
Lord Sand Sea's face changed slightly: "Speaking of which, Sand Port City has also caught a bunch of people. With the large influx of immigrants, it's difficult to determine their origins and real identities, we've also captured quite a few spies here, it's difficult to completely eradicate suspicious individuals."
Zhou Yi continued along his train of thought: "Third, it was the earth official Lin Qin who came to negotiate with me, with the terms of ceding Shell City."
"At that time, our side had repelled the Gray Whale and Mutant troops, and two A-level employees of the company had executed strategic deterrence in the Shuanghe Region, eliminating part of the Thunder Beasts and ships. It can be seen that they are still very confident, still believing they have a great advantage."
Zhou Yi had an unspoken fourth reason, that was the Light Burst Angel had been snatched away by himself, the Shuanghe Region could not possibly be unshaken.
"The company has two A-level employees… so the rumors were true?! That's wonderful!"
Lord Sand Sea listened with brightened eyes.
Zhou Yi asked it: "How many A-level beings does the Shuanghe Region have?"
"According to whispers, the Shuanghe Region has two Skywalkers, one is Duke Destructive, the other is General Bai Xing. However, it's said that Duke Destructive has fallen from being a Skywalker, the current situation isn't clear... but looking at the Mutant troops, they likely do have hidden trump cards."
Zhou Yi contacted Duke Beidu and Steel Refining Lord through Red Kestrel, and they all began discussing together.
As the frontline commander, Duke Beidu also said: "Mr. Zhou, Shell City has frequent skirmishes with enemy forces, there indeed have been anomalies."
"The enemy frequently attacks the Light Amber Mine, more like strategic assaults. We can't grasp their next move, so we can only be conservative in our defense, ensuring key resources aren't lost."
Steel Refining Lord also said: "Steel Refining City has an outbreak of unidentified mosquitoes causing massive citizen swellings, breathing difficulties, and vomiting and diarrhea."
"Fortunately, Roar Frogs spotted and ate them in time. We have centralized management of the injured, to avoid further spread. This has never happened before, it's likely that the Shuanghe Region is secretly deploying…"
The four parties talked for a long time.
After the conversation.
Zhou Yi was heavy-hearted.
Duke Destructive's faction is lying in wait, unknown what they are scheming.
They have seemingly conducted biological warfare in Steel Refining City.
There might be a big one coming next time, directly causing massive damage to Sand Port City and the Jade City area.
Zhou Yi decided he must take preemptive countermeasures.
A-grade lifeform attacks are strong, but not enough to pose a deterrent that could change the tide of the war.
If A-grade lifeforms alone could resolve the Shuanghe Region situation, the Heavenly Kingdom wouldn't have compromised to appoint Duke Destructive as Governor.
In the history of the Wasteland era, there was one thing that could create immediate, drastic changes in the landscape of war.
That is the Self-destructing Alien.
70 years ago, the Heavenly Kingdom relied on this novel technology to destroy a sea lord.
Anyone with territory would fear this.
Shuanghe Region was no exception.
Zhou Yi prepared to create an alternative.
He went to the rooftop of Jade City and synchronized his consciousness with Shi Gandang, ready to understand the situation first.
"Chairman, I was just about to tell you, the experiments with Jade City have been very successful. The past experience with Alien research and Mechanical-Electrical Light Imprint is now equally useful, and true optimization has been achieved."
"In the past, we used Light Soot and Light Amber for external Light Imprint Structure installation, then established a certain connection with the Aliens. Because of the Alient's high intensity, it was easy to wear and overload them, breaking down after short use."
"Now, there is no need for that complexity. Through the internal energy circulation system and by modifying the existing building's body for Light Imprint Structure, internal installation can be completed. Only metal and Light Soot Sand are necessary."
The Light Imprint Expert enthusiastically shared the latest progress: "Take Jade City for example, it can expand up to 33 Light Imprint Structures. Each floor serves as a base plate for creating Light Imprint Structures."
"Right now, in cooperation with Jade City, we have transformed two types: 'propulsion' and 'body control'. Please look."
As soon as the words fell,
Jade City slowly rose from its position.
This time, its movements were noticeably lighter and more precise, the previous cumbersome slowness was gone, thanks to the enhanced balance, autocontrol, and coordination of body control.
After turning, Jade City supported itself on its stone feet and walked towards the north, precisely avoiding fields and roads.
Arriving at the unpopulated hills, the High-rise Giant suddenly accelerated, charging through the mountains with a kind of agile turning it could never have achieved before, barely slowing down at all.
Eventually, after running several laps in the hills, it stood steady.
"Chairman, with the acceleration from propulsion, Jade City's top speed can now reach 150 km/h, an impressive speed indeed."
"After negotiating with it, I've established a new moving structure for it, which is bipedal."
"Bipedal consumes more energy but can adapt to various terrains and perform more flexible, multi-directional movements, with greater malleability."
Shi Gandang said excitedly, "Building Life is a natural Light Imprint carrier. Their stable and symmetrical bodies are very suitable for Light Imprints; no need to worry about complex energy channels, they inherently have those."
"The hardest part was usually precision because Light Imprints typically require very high-precision complex structure cycles to be inscribed at a small size, to complete the Light Spine encapsulation. But with Building Life, this isn't needed at all, due to their large base."
"Scaling up proportionally, we can maintain the necessary precision! The only issue is a higher load, but Building Life has no problems in this area!"
Its idea was very simple: scale up proportionally.
This way, there was no longer any dependence on high-precision tools; Shi Gandang guided Jade City to directly transform its body with hand rolling.
Any Mechanical-Electrical Light Imprint below the 4th generation was fine.
Thus, Zhou Yi presented his strategic vision.
Shi Gandang was startled.
"Fly... fly? You want to make Jade City fly?"
Zhou Yi requested: "Not just take off, but also fly far, fly steady, and fly safe. I want Jade City to fly to Shell City, even to Shuanghe Region. Can it be done?"
Shi Gandang immediately became excited: "If it possesses the ability to fly, then Building Life itself would have no natural barriers or predators."
"This unprecedented ability would be enough to deter any enemy! Because they wouldn't dare to bet on whether there are other similar forces behind it! The unknown will plunge them into fear!"
Zhou Yi thought to himself.
He really was a leading scientist of this world, Shi Gandang got it with just a little hint.
"I hope you can expedite it. The sooner you complete this technological application, the more lives can be saved."
Shi Gandang stated: "According to the previous progress, the transformation and completion of test flights should be done within a month. Please wait for my good news!"