APTnovel Chapter 737 Blue Star's Development in the First Half of the Year
Chapter 737 Blue Star's Development in the First Half of the Year
Inside the conference room of the underground city of Tian Shu on Blue Star.
Six months is enough time for an underground city to be upgraded, and enough time for greenery to grow again in the North Pole of Earth.
The World Tree that originally took root in the Arctic is no longer a solitary miracle of life.
The nine seeds it produced back then have all grown into a new World Tree.
In addition to the World Trees that originally guarded the Antarctic and Arctic regions respectively, the Great Xia now possesses eleven mature World Trees.
More importantly, these eleven World Trees have produced a total of one hundred new seeds in the past six months.
When this number appeared on the main screen of the Tian Shu Command Center, everyone in the conference room was overjoyed.
These are all guarantees for humanity's continued survival on Earth!
A few years ago, the surface of Earth was a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a mixture of extreme heat, earthquakes, tsunamis, and superstorms.
Humanity was forced to retreat into underground cities, like ants fleeing a natural disaster, clinging to life with the help of steel domes and a rationing system.
The subsequent global nuclear war only made matters worse.
But now, things have changed.
The life domain spanned by eleven World Trees is gradually suppressing the shadow left by the nuclear winter.
Within the areas they cover, the concentration of nuclear dust has dropped below the safety threshold, returning to a pure, radiation-free state.
Clean water sources have reappeared on the polluted ice sheet, and microorganisms in the permafrost have begun to regain activity.
Looking at the report handed over by the ecology team, Old Zhao asked in a deep voice:
"How are the residents who were the first to be relocated back to the original site doing?"
The person in charge of public services immediately replied:
"Reporting to the commander, three groups of residents from various underground cities in the Arctic have returned to the surface to live, and all of them are currently under normal health monitoring."
The screen display then changes.
Under a dark sky, rows of silver-white insulated houses were built under the World Tree.
A thin layer of snow covered the rooftops, but hardy shrubs and low-temperature crops had already been planted along the streets.
Many children, wearing thick winter clothes, ran around in the safe area.
In the distant woods, several snow hares, newly bred from the gene bank, were hopping along the ground.
Outside the safe zone, there are patrol robots to prevent humans and animals from escaping the purification zone.
Watching that scene, Old Zhao said softly:
"That's good, now that's more like a place for people to live..."
No matter how safe the dungeons were before, they were still dungeons.
There is no sky, no wind, and no real sunrise or sunset.
A person can be alive, but it's hard to say that's a normal life.
Although the sky over the Arctic remains dark and sunlight is significantly weakened by dust and atmospheric pollution, humanity has at least returned to the ground.
There was wind, trees, animals, and children's laughter.
Apart from the still oppressive sky overhead, it's hard to see any trace of a post-apocalyptic wasteland here anymore.
Old Zhao then said:
"By the way, are those one hundred World Tree seeds ripe now? Have you planned where to plant them?"
The person in charge of public welfare said:
"It's all planned out."
"These one hundred World Tree seeds should not be used in one go."
"We plan to continue focusing on the Arctic, planting one at regular intervals."
"First restore the high-latitude safety zone, then gradually move towards the mid-latitudes."
"Given enough time, we will eventually be able to make the World Tree's purification range cover the entire Blue Star."
Old Zhao nodded.
This is like stitching a new layer of life-saving defenses onto Earth.
The World Tree purifies the ecological environment, the All-Purpose Factory provides production capacity, and heavy engineering robots are responsible for construction.
In the past, humanity could only passively avoid the apocalypse. Now, Great Xia finally has the right to say to Earth, "Don't worry, we can still save it."
Of course, the true strength of the Great Xia Dynasty does not come solely from the World Tree.
Han Niba, who was sitting down, projected a military equipment report onto the main screen.
The screen lit up, and everyone in the conference room looked over.
The unmanned legion has completed the re-equipment of its main force.
Tier 3 combat robots have become the standard main combat unit of the Great Xia's active unmanned legion.
The number of Tier 5 heavy combat robots currently in service has exceeded 10,000.
Pangu mechs, 537 units.
When this number came out, even though Lin Mo was mentally prepared, his eyelids still twitched.
Six months ago, there were only ten Pangu mechs.
Back then, each one was so precious that it had to be individually numbered.
There are now more than 500 Pangu mechs.
This kind of top-tier Tier 6 heavy armor platform is no longer just a hidden weapon, but has begun to have the ability to be deployed in a complete formation on the battlefield.
Han Niba stared at the screen, his voice cold and hard:
"If the demons dare to rush out of the space wormhole now, they will not be facing the same Great Xia army that was hastily engaged in battle back then."
The scene changes again.
The surface defense system of the thirty-six underground cities unfolds in sequence.
The land-based heavy artillery group was buried between the mountain and the steel bunker.
The electromagnetic cannons were arranged in a ring around the perimeter of the underground city, their barrels pointing diagonally towards the sky, like silent steel spears.
Laser anti-aircraft arrays cover low-altitude areas, plasma cannons target heavily armored targets, and missile silos are hidden deep underground, ready to launch saturation attacks at any time.
Further out are close-in weapon systems that the soldiers jokingly call "Land Shield 3000".
They consist of dense rapid-fire cannons, interceptor missiles, laser close-in defense systems, and small shield nodes, specifically designed to intercept Winged Demons, Gargoyles, and various elite high-speed assault units.
Looking at the dense array of weapon markings, Lin Mo couldn't help but say:
"If the demons come again, they'll probably get a full combo as soon as they step out the door."
Han Niba said calmly:
"not enough."
Lin Mo was taken aback.
Han Niba stared at the defensive line on the screen and continued:
"The demons have learned their lesson; next time they come, it won't be on an ordinary scale."
"So these things can only be considered the first level of hospitality."
Many of the senior executives in the conference room laughed.
Everyone knows that the Great Xia Dynasty is now truly qualified to say such things.
Six months ago, Daxia was still worried about the number of antimatter bombs.
Now, the Great Xia has begun to consider how to lure demon-level targets into a pre-planned battlefield and then use multi-layered firepower and antimatter bombs to deliver the final blow.
This is the change brought about by industrial capacity.
The core of industrial capabilities lies in the small, all-purpose factories that have been completed in all thirty-six underground cities.
The logistics manager took over the conversation and reported to the leader:
"With the full operation of the multi-functional factories in various suburban areas, the supply of basic necessities has been relieved from the tight situation."
"Ordinary residents will no longer need to undertake repetitive production work."
"The average working hours have been adjusted to four hours per day, with the remaining four hours incorporated into a mandatory learning and skills updating system."
This change is actually more dramatic than the increase in military equipment.
In the past, every food, every energy source, and every piece of clothing in the underground city had to be planned and allocated.
Today, the all-purpose factory has taken over the vast majority of standardized production.
As long as there are raw materials and blueprints, daily necessities, parts, medical supplies, basic equipment, and even robots can be produced fully automatically.
Ordinary people no longer have to waste time on repetitive labor.
What they need to do is design, learn, maintain, create, and adapt to this new era of frighteningly rapid change.
Qian Zhenhua began by saying:
"This is what our Academy of Sciences requested."
"It's not that we want to force everyone to learn, but the times wait for no one."
"Kona Technology, Terra Magic, and the original industrial system of Blue Star are merging simultaneously."
"Each branch of technology requires a large number of people to research and advance it."
"If a person stops working for six months, they may not be able to understand the user interface of new equipment."
It's a very simple principle: many older generations still don't understand how to use smartphones, let alone the futuristic smartphones of today.