Only Pavilion Master Zuo Ci and Ning Han were left in the building.
"You're back?"
"Master, I'm back."
Pavilion Master Zuo Ci looked at her for a while and said, "You've changed a lot, very much. Is this some kind of blessing?"
"Everything is a gift from Sky-sea Pavilion." Princess Ning Han asked, "Zhu Hongxue lost this battle. Is he okay?"
Pavilion Master Zuo Ci said, "He's in a dilemma and can't get out of it."
Princess Ning Han said, "Master, if you had told him some things a few years ago, he wouldn't have suffered so much this time."
Pavilion Master Zuo Ci shook his head and said, "No, he is different from you. Although you have received some sort of favor from Jiang Li, you are not one of his people. Zhu Hongxue, from inside to outside, from top to bottom, was indeed created by Jiang Li. You also know that the remnants of Jiang Li's people have very extreme hearts. It has already been engraved in their brains and blood."
Princess Ning Han said, "But I believe that Zhu Hongxue will come to his senses. Everything we do is true justice. Of course, the word justice is a bit ridiculous for us."
"Justice, justice …" Pavilion Master Zuo Ci laughed sarcastically. "How many sins have been created because of you?"
Then, Pavilion Master Zuo Ci immediately changed the topic and asked, "Do you think we should focus on developing the Devil's Triangle or the Great Desert? We can't fall behind in this competition. "
Princess Ning Han was silent for a while and said, "Master, it's actually very funny. On the one hand, we have to suppress the ancient civilization. On the other hand, we have to explore the ancient ruins and obtain the power of the ancient civilization. It seems really contradictory."
Pavilion Master Zuo Ci laughed and said, "Who says it isn't? But the world itself is contradictory."
It was like modern Earth. On one hand, people were claiming to reduce nuclear weapons and keep mankind away from the abyss of destruction. On the other hand, several major powers were desperately developing more advanced nuclear weapons.
Princess Ning Han said, "The Devil's Triangle belongs to an ancient lost empire. It is incomparably huge, but it seems to have been developed more than once. A lost empire was born thousands of years ago, and even now, people are still developing these ruins. On the other side of the Great Desert, it has never been developed. Maybe it means a greater surprise and harvest. "
Pavilion Master Zuo Ci moved the celestial globe in front of him. He first moved it to the position of the Devil's Triangle, then to the position of the Great Desert, and fell into deep thought.
Ning Han was right. The Great Desolate Desert was more meaningful to develop. Stupa Mountain's harvest from excavating the ancient ruins in the Southern Sea Region was too great. It had given the other transcendent powers a huge shock.
It had been more than three years since Stupa Mountain had started exploring the ancient ruins, but the other party had not taken the initiative to disclose any results. This was the scariest thing.
It was impossible for such a large ancient relic to not have any results. Moreover, in order to monopolize the Southern Sea, Stupa Mountain had not hesitated to create a few major earthquakes, directly destroying the Xue clan, the Southern Sea Sword Sect, and the entire South Continent City.
After paying such a huge price, how could there be no results? Furthermore, if it was a mid-tier achievement, the Stupa Mountain would have announced it long ago. This way, they would be able to compete against the six transcendent forces and obtain more resources.
However, Stupa Mountain did not announce anything. This meant that they had obtained a huge harvest, far exceeding the resources that the Transcendent Forces Parliament could allocate. They wanted to silently make a fortune.
"This Shen Lang has wasted at least five months of our time," Pavilion Master Zuoci said helplessly. "Originally, the passage to the Great Desolate Desert was about to be opened. This person really knows how to cause trouble. We were already pressed for time. "
Princess Ning Han said, "Right now, Stupa Mountain can't wait for us to be delayed by Shen Lang. I heard that the Punishing Heavens Pavilion and the Hollow Temple have already secretly sent people to the Great Desolate Desert in an attempt to excavate the ancient ruins before us."
Pavilion Master Zuoci said, "It's useless to casually send a few hundred or a few thousand people to the Great Desolate Desert. We … we don't need to destroy the countries of the Western Region. It's a desolate desert. Although it's said to be ten thousand miles, it's far more than that. It's harder than finding a needle in a haystack."
Pavilion Master Zuoci was not wrong. Excavating such a large ancient ruin required an astronomical amount of manpower and resources.
When Stupa Mountain had discovered the ancient ruins in the Southern Sea Region, because it was discovered on an island, many people thought that the ancient ruins would not be very large. At most, it would be on the same level as the Sand Barbarian Tribe. But unexpectedly, it was thousands of miles long, an ancient city that had sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Even so, Stupa Mountain had mobilized tens of thousands of manpower from the start. Just the sea fleet alone had more than thirty thousand people.
And once they had determined the size of the ancient ruins, Stupa Mountain had directly destroyed the Xue Clan and the Southern Sea Sword Sect, marking the three to four thousand miles of the sea region as a forbidden area. Stupa Mountain's army had been stationed there continuously.
Now that three years had passed, what had happened in the Southern Sea Region? No one knew!
Because it had become a forbidden area, all trade routes had been blocked. Any ship that approached would immediately be sunk by Stupa Mountain.
How many people had Stupa Mountain invested in the ancient ruins? No one knew, but it was definitely no less than a hundred thousand people.
Pavilion Master Zuoci's spending was also enormous. In order to excavate the Great Desolate Desert, they had to first conquer the countries of the Western Region, then build a huge logistics base, occupy all the entrances to the Great Desolate Desert, and then carry out exploration and development.
"Hurry, hurry." Pavilion Master Zuoci waved his hand and said, "Every day that passes, Stupa Mountain will become a little stronger. Time waits for no man. Quickly get rid of the trouble that is Shen Lang, don't delay important matters."
"The fleet is gathering, and so is the army. It will still take some time, after all, it is quite far away." Princess Ning Han said, "Moreover, our operations in the countries of the Western Region have not stopped. Several bases have been built, and troops are continuously stationed there."
Pavilion Master Zuoci said, "Our manpower is limited, and we need to focus on developing the Great Desolate Desert. Only after this matter is completed, the Sky-sea Pavilion's position can be considered stable for the next hundred years."
Developing the Great Desolate Desert was the Sky-sea Pavilion's hundred-year plan.
… …
The Wu Kingdom's palace was extremely desolate.
Not only the palace, but the entire Royal City and the entire Wu Kingdom were extremely desolate.
The Empire of Great Yan had put too much pressure on them, and the Wu Kingdom's people did not have as much confidence in Shen Lang as the people of the State of Yue. They did not believe that Shen Lang's so-called Great Qian Dynasty could protect them. It would have been better if Shen Lang's edict had not been issued. Now that it was issued, the people were even less confident. This Emperor Shen Lang was too good at bragging.
In their panic, the Wu Kingdom's people voted with their feet and began to flee.
Most of them fled in the direction of the Empire of Great Yan, fighting to become Great Yan citizens. There were also some who were afraid of destruction, but they hated the Empire of Great Yan, so they fled west, passing through Yan Province, Chu Kingdom, Liang Kingdom, and New Qian Kingdom. Of course, as long as they headed west, no matter where they fled to, they would end up in the Empire of Great Yan.
Only a small portion of the Wu Kingdom's people were loyal to Shen Lang, but they were afraid of the flames of war, so they fled south to the State of Yue.
The number of officials attending the King of Wu's court meetings was decreasing.
When the cabinet was first destroyed, there were still more than a hundred officials attending the court meetings. Later, the number increased to a hundred, and then to a few dozen.
Today, there were only slightly more than thirty officials attending the court meetings. These were the true descendants of King Wu, and they were willing to live and die with him.
"Your Majesty, shouldn't we stop the people from fleeing?"
King Wu shook his head and said, "The Empire of Great Yan is gathering more and more troops. They're already many times more than our troops. It's like a huge mountain bearing down on us, sweeping away everything in its path. We have to allow others to be afraid. Killing the cabinet and rebelling against the Empire of Great Yan was ultimately the willful decision of the Wu Kingdom's royal family. Of course, I'm grateful that someone wants to live and die with me, but I don't have the right to ask all my subjects and troops to die with me. "
"But now, not only are the people fleeing, but many of the troops are fleeing as well. The morale of the troops is dropping by the day."
King Wu said, "His Majesty Shen Lang has said that he can protect the Wu Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom. Any troops or forces that enter the Great Qian Dynasty's territory will be wiped from the face of the earth."
When he said this, the expressions of the dozens of civil and military officials changed. 'Do you believe this, Your Majesty? We don't dare to believe it. '
King Wu said, "Of course, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. If His Majesty Shen Lang can do it and create another great miracle, then the Wu Kingdom's troops will be useless. If His Majesty Shen Lang can't do it, then it'll be useless even if we have a million troops. We'll definitely lose this war. "
"Didn't we agree that we would fight to the death? Now, be prepared to die in battle."
When he said this, King Wu's expression was indifferent. He was no longer impassioned.
"Open the city gates. Regardless of whether it's the civilians or the troops, let them escape. However, they must not take the opportunity to cause trouble, and they are not allowed to kill or plunder during the chaos. Otherwise, they will be killed without mercy. "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Following King Wu's order, all the city gates of the Wu Kingdom were opened, no longer preventing anyone from leaving the city.
Thus, countless civilians of the Wu Kingdom fled like the tide, distancing themselves from this kingdom that was about to be destroyed.
… … …
After returning to Raging Tide City, Shen Lang didn't stop to rest at all. He only appeared for half an hour during the wedding ceremony, and then slept with Zhang Chunhua for half an hour. The rest of the time was spent in the huge underground laboratory.
He was completing an incomparably huge project, one that had never been done before.
Back in the Zhu Clan's secret base, apart from the secret weapons, he had also obtained countless components and Nightmare Stones. Shen Lang stayed in the underground laboratory to assemble these secret components.
What would these components become after they were assembled? An incomparably powerful launcher that could fire the destructive arrow Regret of the Dragon. The more he understood, the stranger Shen Lang found the ancient world to be.
What was Regret of the Dragon? It was a strategic killing weapon, equivalent to modern Earth's nuclear warheads. Otherwise, the ancient empire wouldn't have needed to build an entire base on a secret island just to serve Regret of the Dragon.
But now that nuclear warheads were so powerful, they could be launched from land or sea. Almost all the advanced electronic devices were inside the nuclear warhead, and the so-called silo was more for concealment.
But the ancient empire's Regret of the Dragon required a complete launcher, and this launcher was incomparably huge. Just the components alone filled up hundreds of square meters of the ground, and there were more than tens of thousands of them.
Next, Shen Lang needed to assemble these components from scratch. Fortunately, he had the AI, which could perform countless calculations in a short period of time, and countless trials and errors in his brain. Otherwise, if he relied on the human brain, he probably wouldn't be able to assemble it even after a few years.
The scholars in the Zhu Clan's secret base not only couldn't assemble the launcher, they couldn't even get control of Regret of the Dragon. It took them more than ten years.
But it wasn't like they came out empty-handed. At the very least, they had completed ninety percent of the launcher's assembly. Even though they destroyed all the blueprints after being attacked by Shen Lang, they were still scientists, and that was, they absolutely couldn't bear to destroy their own research. They would try their best to hide it, and then swear that they wouldn't confess even if they died.
In the end, after Shen Lang used the truth serum, they revealed all the hidden locations of the secret blueprints. Shen Lang only needed to complete the remaining ten percent of the blueprints.
So in the past few months, whenever Shen Lang had time, he would complete the remaining ten percent of the blueprints in the AI. On the sixth day after the battle at Sky Yue City, the blueprints for the launcher's Regret of the Dragon were officially completed. After returning to Raging Tide City, he immediately started assembling it.
After a few days and nights of work, the launcher was already ninety percent complete.
It was simply a huge object, weighing more than two hundred thousand kilograms. Once it was completely assembled, the huge underground laboratory would be completely opened, and then Shen Lang would use a large pulley to transport it back to the surface.
"Husband, His Majesty King Yue is going to the manor." Zhang Chunhua walked into the laboratory and said softly. Her voice was like honey, so sweet that it made people feel sour.
Shen Lang couldn't help but get goosebumps. Zhang Chunhua, speak properly. That wild and bold attitude from before was very suitable for you. Don't speak so sweetly and softly. What are you trying to do?
"Okay, I'll go send him off," Shen Lang said.
In the next second, Zhang Chunhua stretched out her lily-white hand and said softly, "Husband, you have to strike a balance between work and rest. You've been busy for a few days and nights, why don't you take a break? There's still some time on His Majesty's side, and I feel that this place is pretty good. Otherwise … "
Then, she climbed onto the huge Regret of the Dragon Launcher and said to Shen Lang, "Husband, hurry up. You have to hurry up."
Shen Lang was stunned. Was she that awesome?
At most, she would be in a luxury car. At best, she would be in the cockpit of a plane. You … you're going to be on a strategic weapon launcher?
… …
An hour later, Shen Lang showered and changed before sending Ning Yuanxian off.
Zhang Chong's family left the day after the wedding, returning to Tianyue City. The three of them were all important officials of the State of Yue and had to attend to numerous affairs every day. They didn't even have half a day to spare.
Although the Paradise Manor on Leizhou Island hadn't been completed, it was already livable.
This time, it wasn't just Ning Yuanxian, Shen Lang's parents, and Su Peipei who were going to live there. Several hundred children would also be transferred there.
"Is there no problem?" Ning Yuanxian asked.
He had seen Shen Lang's imperial edict and knew what the current situation was like.
Shen Lang smiled and said, "No problem, of course there's no problem. Father-in-law, you can live in the manor without worries. However, there might be an earth-shattering explosion one day, followed by an earth-shattering fireball rising into the sky. I hope you won't be startled when you see it. Of course, I will try to make it explode as far away as possible. It will be best if you can't see it. "
Ning Yuanxian said, "I hope I can see it, but the children are all there, so it's better not to see it. Alright, let's go. Continue with your work."
Ning Yuanxian waved his hand. Then, a few thousand people left Angry Tide City and headed for the Paradise Manor in the north.
"Husband, we're leaving." Princess Ning Yan rubbed her bulging belly. She wanted to stay, but the previous pregnancy had been difficult. Although it was better this time, she still couldn't be careless. Hence, she had to move to the manor. The environment there was very good and suitable for nurturing the fetus. Was the Angry Tide City going to conduct explosion experiments? There were explosions every day. Ning Yan didn't care, but she was afraid the baby in her belly wouldn't be able to take it.
Before leaving, Princess Ning Yan warned, "Zhang Chunhua, Husband's body is weak. You better control yourself."
Because of Ning Yan and Xiao Bing's departure, Zhang Chunhua was already timid. She couldn't hide the charm in her eyes. After being warned by Princess Ning Yan, she immediately retorted, "Da Wu, please be clear. It has been 11 days since I got married, and I've only done it twice. How can I control myself? You might as well let me be a widow. "
Ning Yan couldn't win against her in an argument. She stomped her feet and left.
After sending off Ning Yuanxian and the others, Zhang Chunhua pretended to be indifferent and said, "Darling, it's sunny today. All the windows in my office have been replaced with glass, and the sunlight shines directly in. There are also many mirrors in the office, so you can see everything clearly. Do you want to go there and have a cup of tea?"
When she said this, her beautiful eyes seemed to be dripping water. Who would believe that going to her office was for tea?
Shen Lang was a little tempted, but he gave up. The war was more important. It was more important to complete the Regret of the Dragon launcher as soon as possible.
"Next time, next time." Shen Lang said, "I'll treat you to milk tea next time."
Zhang Chunhua said coquettishly, "Okay, you treat me to milk tea, and I'll treat you to green tea. Black tea is not bad too."
Shen Lang fled. He felt that he couldn't beat Zhang Chunhua in a race. She was too wild and knew too much.
… …
Sky-sea Pavilion was at the southern end of Tiannan Province. It was right on the seaside. It was a beautiful building complex.
Part of it was on land, and the other part was on the sea. It was full of fantasy. It didn't look like a superpower at all, but more like a university.
It was hard to imagine that Shen Lang had come here not long after he married into Xuan Wu Mansion. He even became its VIP.
At that time, it was so amiable that Shen Lang even felt like he was on a pilgrimage. He felt that this was a temple of knowledge.
It was like a high school student who had a beautiful and gentle female class teacher. She was like a dream lover and a model teacher. In the end, she turned out to be a big boss who destroyed the world.
How many troops did Shen Lang send to attack Sky-sea Pavilion?
The land army had 3,000 people, but they had 50 large caliber howitzers, all of which were 155mm howitzers.
There were 15 ships in the fleet, a total of 4,000 people. They were all rifled howitzers, about 200 in total.
The two armies covered each other and headed south, closing in on Sky-sea Pavilion.
… …
The beautiful scholar, Zhang Yuyin, was back to her carefree and unruly self. Her hair was disheveled, and she wore no makeup. She scolded people at the slightest provocation. If one was not careful in her classes, they would be scolded to the point of questioning life.
At this time, she was still tidying up the library. As long as someone did not put a book in the right place, she would scold them until their faces turned ashen.
She was tidying up a bookshelf when she found two empty spots. She immediately roared, "Where did these two books go? Where did they go? Who borrowed them and didn't return them? How many years has it been? Did you tear the books because you didn't have any paper? "
Suddenly, all the scholars in her field of vision lowered their heads. They didn't dare to talk back or look at her.
"You don't want to say?" Zhang Yuyin rolled up her sleeves and said, "If no one will admit it, everyone in my field of vision will clean the toilets for a month. Zhang Er, why are you running? Do you think you can get out of my field of vision by running? "
The scholar with white hair and beard said, "Scholar Yuyin, I … I really need to go to the toilet. I didn't want to run."
"Need to go to the toilet? Very good. Then stand still and don't move. Confess. Who borrowed these two books and didn't return them? Are you going to pee in your pants if you don't tell me? If you force me into a corner, I'll tie you up with a rope and make your bladder explode, "Zhang Yuyin said coldly.
The scholar said weakly, "Uh, Scholar Zhang Yuyin, those two books were borrowed through you. One was borrowed by Shen Lang, and the other was borrowed by Zhu Ning. They haven't been returned yet? "
Zhang Yuyin asked in puzzlement, "Really?"
All the scholars nodded desperately, indicating that it was absolutely true.
The scholar said, "Scholar Zhang Yuyin, may I go for a kidney transplant now?"
Zhang Yuyin roared angrily, "What do you mean? Everyone knows that I was the one who borrowed these books. Why didn't you remind me? Are you joking? What are you trying to do? "
Everyone lowered their heads helplessly, allowing Zhang Yuyin to roar like a lion.
Second Scholar Zhang was trembling from holding back his anger. "Scholar Zhang Yuyin, please … please let me off. I'm old and can't hold it in any longer. I'm already seventy years old. You can't just watch me lose all my elegance, right?"
Zhang Yuyin glanced at him and said, "On account of your surname being Zhang, go ahead."
Second Scholar Zhang felt like he had been pardoned as he ran for the toilet. A few minutes later, he came out feeling extremely comfortable. He sighed and said, "It's true that when one enters a school, one is in a hurry. When one leaves, one is in a good mood."
"Good poem, good poem …" All the scholars marveled.
"Second Scholar Zhang, if you take three minutes to enter the side door, what about the main door? How long will it take to finish? "a scholar asked.
"I'm afraid not even half a minute," a scholar said with a smile.
Second Scholar Zhang stroked his beard and said, "Nonsense. It'll take at least an hour. Don't underestimate me just because I'm old.
They really looked like a very amiable group of people, right? They were very much like those professors in the ivory tower. They didn't put on any airs with each other and often made dirty jokes.
At this moment, a scholar slowly walked down and said, "The Shenlang army is attacking."
"Oh!" All the scholars looked up and then went back to what they were doing. They read and worked. They didn't even pause for a moment when the scholars were peeing.
This "oh" revealed their endless arrogance and contempt in their eyes. When they heard that the Shenlang army was attacking, it was like hearing a flock of chickens, ducks, and geese.
… …
The Shenlang army was attacking. The few scholars on the watchtower of Sky-sea Pavilion discovered the Shenlang army from dozens of miles away. Then they went back to what they were doing. They didn't ring the bell or shout that the enemy was attacking. It was as if nothing had happened.
The old man guarding the gate was still dozing off. The old man sweeping the floor was still sweeping. Everything seemed so calm.
Shenlang's land army and the navy fleet were always in line. They were getting closer and closer to Sky-sea Pavilion.
Thirty miles, twenty miles, ten miles, five miles, four miles!
At this distance, the fleet stopped and so did the ground army.
The fifty cannons of the ground army began to be installed and aimed. The dozens of ships on the sea also began to adjust their direction and aimed at Sky-sea Pavilion.
The rifled howitzers could easily hit a distance of two thousand meters. Moreover, this was a huge building complex. There was no need to aim at all. They could just blow it up.
"Aiming complete. Ready, fire!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom …" The fifty cannons on the ground and one hundred cannons on the sea opened fire at the same time.
In an instant, more than a hundred grenades whistled across the sky and smashed toward Sky-sea Pavilion.
Everyone in Sky-sea Pavilion continued to do what they were doing. They dozed off and continued sweeping, as if the thunderous sound of the cannons outside did not exist.
However, the more than a hundred cannons of Shenlang's army only flew into the air.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …" Ancient Arrows were shot out from Sky-sea Pavilion. In an instant, thousands of them shot out and formed a net in the air, directly intercepting Shenlang's cannons in the air. These ancient arrows could also explode. Although they were not powerful, they could detonate the impact fuse of the cannons.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom …" All the cannons exploded in the air when they were more than a thousand meters away from Sky-sea Pavilion. Sky-sea Pavilion was safe and sound. It was as if a huge firework had been set off.
Amazing. They even intercepted them in the air? Moreover, these thousands of ancient arrows were not shot by people, but by some kind of ancient weapon collectively.
"Reload!"
With an order, all fifty cannons were reloaded. There were three Nightmare Stone Magnetic Bombs and 47 Graphite Magnetic Bombs.
"Fire!"
Following the order, the 50 cannons once again fired wildly.
Then, they were intercepted by Sky-sea Pavilion in the air again and exploded more than a thousand meters away.
"Poof, poof, poof …" A blue light flashed and everyone felt a numbness on their faces. These were Nightmare Stone Magnetic Bombs. Previously, Shenlang had relied on these things to paralyze the Ancient Energy Control Center of the Blood Soul Army.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom …" Dozens of graphite bombs exploded in the air. In an instant, the entire sky was covered in graphite powder.
"Reload again!"
Next, the 150 cannons of Shenlang's army changed their cannons again. This time, they were timed cannons. Even if they were intercepted in the air, they would not explode. Instead, they would continue to fly and explode when they landed.
"Fire!"
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …" 150 timed cannons shot out violently.
Just as they were flying in the air, countless ancient arrows flew out from Sky-sea Pavilion again to intercept them in the air.
As expected, Shenlang's Nightmare Stone Magnetic Bombs could no longer paralyze the opponent's Ancient Energy Control Center, even with dozens of graphite bombs.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang …" The ancient arrows of Sky-sea Pavilion exploded in the air once again.
But this time, Shenlang's cannons did not have impact fuses, so they did not explode. These cannons only shook for a moment and then continued flying in the direction of Sky-sea Pavilion.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …"
More than a hundred cannons whistled through the air, getting closer and closer to Sky-sea Pavilion.
However, when they were about two hundred meters away from the building complex, a strange scene occurred.
These cannons seemed to have hit an invisible net and were suddenly bounced off.
"Boom, boom, boom …" After a moment, these cannons exploded in the air again like a huge firework. Sky-sea Pavilion was still intact.
"Your Highness, everything is exactly as His Majesty Shenlang predicted," General Kui Ning said.
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