The Floating Ship landed in City 0632, which was the closest city to the border.
Similar to the other numbered cities, this city had a lot of border vibe. Both the architectural style and the infrastructure of the city were quite iron-blooded.
The metal rails above the city were old. The falling red rust made people wonder if they could collapse at any moment.
No money, no money, no money.
At the end of the day, it was the lack of resources.
The seven continents had been robbing the world of resources over the years. However, in order to supply the super numbered cities at the center of the continents, they had to sacrifice the benefits at the border.
For example, City 0001 consumed more energy than over a hundred regular numbered cities. However, it was the most central hub city of the Subcontinent. No one dared to raise any objections.
Prosperous, prosperous, and yet, there were white skeletons under the throne.
Looking at City 0632, Li Xiang couldn't help but think of the distant City 0126 and the City of Crimson Moon. He wondered if the city's infrastructure could catch up with the mainstream numbered cities after he poured in a large amount of money.
City 0632 had 16 affiliated cities in total. At the moment, they were located in the most prosperous city, the Fireflow City.
Just as the name suggested, the city was filled with boiling hot flame pipes.
Liquefied lava-like streams of flame flowed through the transparent mechanical steam tubes, supplying energy to the heavy machinery in various regions.
The flame streams were produced from black stones. They were compressed into liquid by high-pressure devices and supplied to the machinery as liquefied fuel. The liquefied fuel could replace part of the Source Gas and reduce energy consumption.
If the entire city was connected to the flame stream pipes, the energy consumption would be greatly reduced. It was a very energy-saving and environmentally friendly measure.
However, the flame stream pipes were everywhere. People had to be careful not to touch them, in case they would be burned instantly. People who couldn't adapt to such a hot environment would find it difficult to live there. Therefore, the flame stream pipes were built in the heavily industrialized cities.
"This is one of the bases of my subordinates, [Life of the Subcontinent]." Zhe Yuan rubbed its head against Li Xiang's arm. Lying in his arms was quite comfortable.
The weather had cooled down a lot after the harsh winter. Cats were not afraid of the cold and not the heat. Zhe Yuan had a rare sense of comfort in the Fireflow City and had become more talkative.
"By the way, sister, why don't you change back?" Li Xiang had the urge to lift the back of his Senior Sister's neck, but in the end, he gave up. If she flipped out, it would be terrible. He could only gently stroke her soft fur, and occasionally pull down her fluffy tail, which would even cause her to roll her eyes.
"You don't understand meow. It's very comfortable meow." Zhe Yuan licked her claws. This brat's curiosity was too strong. Previously, he even wanted to lift up her tail to look at some indescribable parts. His head was almost blown off by her Void Meow Claw.
Once her paws were wet, she rubbed her head and smoothed her hair. At the same time, she directed Li Xiang to the headquarters of [Life and Death of the Subcontinent].
It was a skyscraper that towered into the clouds. Even if she didn't say it, Li Xiang could easily find it.
The skyscraper was like a flame stream pipeline that went straight into the clouds. The black crystal glass was flowing with a dark red luster, just like the blazing flame streams in the pipeline.
Road control began to be set up a few thousand meters away from the headquarters building. The further in they went, the more checkpoints there were. The atmosphere of heavy industry also gradually thickened.
Unlike the centralized factories of the Bai Group, this place was more of a circular type.
Many towering machines were operating. It was as if they were in a highly mechanized super city.
Li Xiang exclaimed to himself. After meeting those super companies, he knew that some research and production would not work without a team.
Those overbearing machines were not something that could be owned by self-employed people like them. They were too valuable. However, without those machines, it would be impossible to build large machines like airships.
He didn't expect that [Life and Death of the Subcontinent], which had risen in the past few years, would grow to such a large scale.
"My professor has shares in this company too. Meow ~" Zhe Yuan seemed to have seen through his doubts.
Although the Zhe family belonged to the Bai family in name, they didn't have much of a relationship of superior and subordinate. The Zhe family had a high degree of freedom. As the leader of the new generation, Zhe Yuan had been given many shares and properties of the family.
It was not wrong to say that she was a rich woman. She could easily be worth more than ten billion. She could be as rich as an upper-class family.
"Miss, welcome back."
Along the way, many staff members bowed respectfully when they saw Li Xiang.
Zhe Yuan, the black cat, nodded proudly in his arms.
Every now and then, there would be workers who would stop and bow to Lu Boyan. Zhe Yuan was in control of the place.
"Do you see the smart rings around their necks? That's a common way for the aristocratic families to control the ordinary people. Once they rebel, the smart rings will be detonated. Every smart ring is unlocked in a different way. That's the basic requirement to work for the aristocratic families! "
Zhe Yuan explained some basic knowledge to Li Xiang. As Li Xiang had seen, there was no real fairness in the seven continents. The lower class served the upper class and lived as their vassals, receiving rewards and protection.
He went to the warehouse. With Zhe Yuan leading the way, no one could stop him. In the warehouse, he saw someone unexpected.
"Ah, my dear Li Xiang, you're finally here." Professor Maria greeted Lu Boyan with a smile. She was wearing a white lab coat and a beautiful blonde girl with two ponytails.
"Li Xiang, you're here!" The girl with two ponytails jumped into Lu Boyan's arms, but she awkwardly found the black cat in his arms. She quickly restrained herself and stepped aside. "Hello, Miss Zhe Yuan."
"I'm not good, meow." Zhe Yuan angrily stared at her half-exposed chest and replied coldly.
"Long time no see, Elena." Li Xiang's memory of this passionate and unrestrained girl was still fresh in his mind, especially her twin sister, Alice, who was currently studying in a player's university. She was a mechanical enthusiast.
In the Sky Arena, the two of them exchanged many experiences. Lu Boyan wondered how she was doing now.
Elena had always been an apprentice under Maria. Although she was a little scheming, she was also very hardworking. She had gradually caught up with the pace of the laboratory and was no longer a burden.
"Li Xiang, oh, Li Xiang. You signed a contract with me, but you didn't even make a sound after entering the University." Maria looked at him with some resentment, but her smile was bright. It was obvious that she wasn't really angry.
She knew the strength of the Chess Board Academy. With the old monster Lei Lin overseeing it, Li Xiang could learn even better things there. Hence, she didn't urge Li Xiang to come over.
"I'm sorry, Professor Maria. You know, in the Chess Board Academy, my homework is too heavy …" This wasn't a lie. Li Xiang was now fully under the charge of Dean Lei Lin. The latter couldn't wait to squeeze out all of his free time.
"Haha, it's fine. I know that old guy Lei Lin's temper. Come to think of it, you should also call me Sister Maria like Elena. A few days ago, I heard from Miss Zhe Yuan that she would help me snatch a strong external helper. I was wondering who it was. " Maria smiled beautifully. Her fiery red lips exhaled a scorching breath, causing Li Xiang to panic.
Was he being tricked again?
"Don't tell me you think you can take away my materials without paying me, meow?" Zhe Yuan looked at him and waved her paws.
Li Xiang nodded after a brief moment of surprise.
It turned out that Maria's lab had been hired by [Life of the Subcontinent]. They were working together to develop an important detection device. Li Xiang would have to come over on weekends to help. That was why Zhe Yuan was willing to provide him with the materials he needed for the creation of the Daimyo for free.
Otherwise, she wouldn't sell him a single penny.
Zhe Yuan vaguely mentioned that this was also Night Shadow's intention. That was why Li Xiang didn't refuse.
Here, he could exchange firearms knowledge with Maria at any time. A school was a school, and a lab was a lab. The things he could learn from the two were different. For him, the advancement of firearms could not be delayed.
Besides, in such a large manufacturing facility, he could quietly dismantle some of the mechanical devices to replenish the Source Particles. That way, he could have enough resources to support the wheel and his abilities.
With that thought in mind, he didn't refuse again.
Li Xiang received a large amount of materials after he agreed. At the same time, Zhe Yuan secretly showed him the core technology of [Life of the Subcontinent].
No wonder those materials were different. They had developed a special refining device that could purify the materials to the point that there were almost no impurities. That was the technology that the two major heavy industries used to monopolize. Naturally, they had also branded a batch of materials with the characteristics of [Life of the Subcontinent].
In the future, all the mechanical devices they produced would be difficult to be replicated.
Just like how the two major heavy industries monopolized the machines.
Li Xiang studied eagerly. The wheel could speed up the analysis. Its mechanism was based on Li Xiang's personal knowledge. As long as his knowledge was constantly replenished, the speed of the analysis would be faster and the results would be better.
Therefore, for many mechanical enthusiasts, what they lacked the most was time and energy. Time was never enough because one couldn't multitask. Learning and digesting required time.
Immersing oneself in such an environment was the only way to improve quickly.
However, Li Xiang could analyze with the wheel, which saved him a lot of time. In such an environment, his efficiency was terrifying!
Mechanical prosthetics were one of Maria's specialties. She had been trying to figure out how to design a good prosthetic body, but the problem was solved.
"Prosthetics are indeed troublesome, but we have made several successful cases. Elena specializes in this field as well. She will go back with you later. You can do it yourselves." Maria went back to her lab after giving the order. "Oh, by the way, remember to come early next week, Li Xiang."
Li Xiang nodded. He and Elena followed Zhe Yuan, who had transformed back into her human form.
Zhe Yuan was wearing a black cheongsam, a style that had suddenly become popular among the aristocrats. She was tall and as tall as Elena, a European, who had racial advantages.
The two walked in front. Elena was smart enough to follow them from a distance.
"Junior, I don't know if it's my imagination, but I feel that the smell on your body is stronger than it was in the final ranking match," Zhe Yuan said in a low voice, frowning slightly.
She was different from the others. After she turned into a Void Meow Spirit, she was very sensitive to the strange smell of the Void.
At that time, due to the material of the Pursuer, she couldn't smell Li Xiang's disaster smell. Now, however, the Pursuer's smell could no longer suppress his original smell.
Moreover, the smell was very mixed. However, as time passed, it gradually dissipated. What replaced it was an extremely evil smell that was terrifying and chaotic.
It was as if a disaster was being digested in front of her.
It was a bad analogy, but she still said it.
Li Xiang was stunned. He didn't say anything and just told her not to worry.
He had absorbed the aura of the mutants' corpses on the beach. His body was still full, so it was normal for him to be detected. What was troubling was that just as Zhe Yuan said, the dark golden aura in his body had begun to absorb the red threads and was trying its best to grow stronger.
The dark golden aura could freely wander to every corner of his body without any obstruction. After all, it was originally his, so his body naturally wouldn't reject it.
However, every time it approached his heart, the disaster heart would tremble violently, and the drop of origin blood that belonged to Osna would also go berserk.
This wasn't a good sign.
He longed for the blood of mutants, calamities, or humans. Anything was fine.
"Forget it. I shouldn't have cared about you if you took my kindness for granted." Zhe Yuan pouted and lightly punched him, but her heart was incomparably complicated.
Night's Shadow intended to betroth herself to Li Xiang, and the upper echelons of her family wouldn't go against her wishes.
No super family would give up the chance to marry the only successor of a future top player.
This was a strong alliance. The Zhe family needed Night's Shadow and her everything, and Li Xiang also needed the Zhe family's help.
However, she really didn't have much feelings for Li Xiang. Political marriage was something that the new generation hated the most.
If one day she really found the one she loved, Zhe Yuan would have no choice but to apologize to her junior brother.
Li Xiang was still thinking about the problem of his body. He didn't expect that his cheap fiancée was already thinking about the consequences of running away from the marriage.
"Ah, right. There's one more thing." Zhe Yuan patted her head. She suddenly remembered something before sending them to the airship. "Teacher said that the five Sovereigns have already passed a new law. In the future, they will start to clean up the 'problematic' people in the human camp. The leader of the cleaning team is Bai Dongxue. I heard that he admires the White King and is an unwavering pillar of the White King's faction."
Li Xiang nodded. This was a reminder to him. If the cleaning team wanted to deal with him, the 169 team hiding in the Crimson Moon City would have to move.
Zhe Yuan was just passing on the message. She then went back to the airship. She had to hurry back to the Meteor Gemini. The school seemed to be taking the School Championship Competition in October very seriously. Many rumors said that the School Championship Competition would be kicked out of the Chronometer Tower Consortium.
She suddenly remembered that wasn't Li Xiang's school. At the thought of this, he looked up at the window. The airship he was on had already spat out two streams of white steam and disappeared over the horizon.
Zhe Yuan picked up her communicator and typed "Be careful." She thought about it and put it down.
On the other airship.
After leaving the lab, Elena stopped smiling. She seemed to be worried.
Li Xiang asked her a few questions. After a long time, she finally answered with a trembling voice.
"I … I don't know if it's true."
"What?"
"That, that, Sister Maria and the others are working on a detection device. It seems … seems to be used to investigate the bottom of the Dead Sea!"
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