Project Lingyu has been launched, and there are mysterious official developments!

At the Taibai Mountain Base, following the conclusion of the first round of Spiritual Qi Rain, earth-shattering changes had already taken place.

Although the reactor that had been so majestic moments ago was now emitting black smoke, resembling an old ox whose strength had been completely depleted,

the faces of everyone around were filled with irrepressible excitement.

"Xiyue, how should we deal with this scrapped reactor?"

The Fourth Elder pointed at the pile of scrap metal, feeling a slight pang of heartache.

That was a huge amount of funding, burned up in just three hours.

"Tear it down. Out with the old, in with the new."

Lin Xiyue was quite philosophical; she still held another precious item in her hand.

With a flip of her wrist, the unused Myriad Origins Return to One Great Formation Formation Plate appeared in her palm.

"Great Grandfather, since we have already verified the power of this thing, where should we place this second Formation Plate?"

As soon as this question was posed, the Four Elders simultaneously fell into deep thought.

The Formation Plate at Mount Taibai covers an area of a Thousand Li, which is not small,

but it's still somewhat insufficient for the vast territory of Daxia.

"In my opinion..."

The Grand Elder walked over to a massive map of Daxia, his eyes sharp as a torch, and firmly pointed a finger at the heartland of the map.

"Put it here! Right on Daxia's Central Axis Dragon Meridian!"

"It is perfectly reasonable for Mount Taibai, as the site of the First Immortal Cultivation University and our core base, to be suppressed by one Formation Plate alone."

"As for this second Formation Plate, we will install it right in the center of the country!"

"Although the core Spiritual Qi gathering range of this Formation Plate is only a Thousand Li, as long as the energy supply is sufficient, the overflowing Spiritual Qi will spread outward like ripples."

"By placing it in the center, once the Spiritual Qi overflows, it can follow the lay of the Earth Veins and maximize its radiation to all corners of Daxia!"

"Excellent idea!" The Second Elder's eyes lit up: "This is called... Blooming in the Center, Illuminating the Entire Nation!"

"Exactly!" The Third Elder also nodded in agreement, "Since the location is set, the supporting facilities cannot be neglected."

Saying this, the Several Elders exchanged glances, a ruthless look flashing in their eyes.

The reason the previous reactor was scrapped was purely because its individual power was insufficient, and it was burned out after Lin Xiyue ordered it to be overclocked.

If one couldn't handle it, then... stack the numbers!

"Issue the order!"

The Grand Elder waved his hand, displaying the boldness unique to the leader of a great nation.

"Immediately launch the 'Spiritual Rain Project'!"

"Mobilize the nation's most elite engineering teams and all nuclear energy experts!"

"Build day and night in these two locations: within a Thousand Li radius of Mount Taibai, and in Central Daxia!"

"They want reactors? Then build me a cluster of them!"

"We are going to create two unprecedented 'Super Nuclear Energy Matrices'!"

"I want this Spiritual Qi Rain to fall whenever we want it to fall from now on!"

"And for as long as we want it to fall! We must never again face a situation of insufficient firepower!"

With the issuance of this command, Daxia, the colossal machine known as the "Infrastructure Maniac," started operating at full power once more.

Countless convoys of supplies and engineering machinery, like a torrent of steel, rumbled toward the designated locations.

This time, they were not building skyscrapers or cross-sea bridges,

but something unprecedented in human history: Nuclear Energy Immortal Cultivation Infrastructure!

...While the officials were busy with the massive "Nuclear Energy Immortal Cultivation" infrastructure project,

Daxia's internet was bustling with a different kind of excitement.

Although several days had passed since the "Heavenly Disaster" in Sakura Country, the topic's popularity had not waned; instead, it was intensifying.

After all, the scene was too shocking, too bizarre, and too thought-provoking.

Major social platforms, forums, and short video apps were almost completely dominated by related topics.

#Divine Dragon Heavenly Punishment#

#Twenty-Four Hour Evacuation Order#

#Is Mount Fuji's Eruption a Coincidence#

These three topics firmly held the top three spots on the hot search list.

In a massive forum called "International Situation Discussion" with millions of members, netizens were typing so furiously over this matter that their keyboards were practically sparking.

"Brothers, I'm done pretending, I'm laying my cards on the table! This was absolutely not a coincidence! It was definitely our Mom who did it!"

A netizen with the ID "Descendant of the Dragon" posted excitedly:

"Think about it carefully: they just finished saying 'consequences are their own responsibility,' and as soon as the countdown ended, Mount Fuji immediately exploded!"

"Even that old hag was precisely targeted and blown up by a fiery meteor! How can there be such a coincidence in the world? If this is a coincidence, I'll live stream eating feces while standing on my head!"

Countless replies immediately followed the post.

"An old eater, the OP is confirmed to be scamming food and drink (dog head)."

"Although I really want to believe we did it, it's not scientific!"

"Given our current level of technology, while awesome, it's not awesome enough to remotely control a volcanic eruption and precisely summon a meteor to hit someone, right?"

"The person upstairs is being shallow. If science can't explain it, it doesn't mean Metaphysics can't! Don't forget the Spokesperson's phrase, 'The Divine Dragon Has Awakened'!"

"Right, right! I think so too! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs used to speak so cautiously, but this time they suddenly became mystical; there must be a huge meaning behind it!"

"Is there a possibility... that our country has genuinely mastered some kind of weather weapon? Or perhaps... a Crustal Resonance Weapon?"

"Give it up. Experts from Pretty Country have come out to analyze it, saying Mount Fuji had been accumulating pressure for too long and it just happened to erupt."

"They also said Daxia was purely lucky and just happened to pick up a huge advantage, and is now pretending to be mysterious."

"You believe what Pretty Country says? They're just jealous! They're scared! Look, do they dare to make a sound this time? They don't even dare to send a rescue team, acting like cowards!"

Just when the netizens were arguing fiercely,

suddenly, an inconspicuous post was pushed up by a few blurry pictures.

The poster's IP address showed they were near the Qinling Mountains.

The title was simple but eye-catching enough: "Stop discussing Sakura! Take this post as proof, the sky near my home has changed!"

The post contained only a few photos and a short piece of text.

The photos seemed to be taken somewhere deep in the Qinling Mountains. Although the distance was far and the images were blurry,

one could still vaguely distinguish a layer of faint, glowing white mist, visible to the naked eye, covering several mountain peaks amidst the vast mountain range.

Within that mist, countless tower cranes were faintly visible, and massive, spherical buildings full of sci-fi flair were rising from the ground.

The most outrageous was the last photo.

It was a wild rabbit passing by.

But was this rabbit... slightly too large?

Moreover, its fur was so shiny it looked like satin, and its eyes even held a hint of intelligence.

The accompanying text read: "Brothers, I don't understand military matters, but I am deeply shocked."

"I am a villager at the foot of the Qinling Mountains. The mountain has been sealed recently, but the air these past two days... how should I put it, taking a breath makes me feel like I could live to ninety-nine!"

"And yesterday, I saw my dog chase a rabbit, but it couldn't catch it! That rabbit jumped three meters high! Has the world gone crazy?"

This post initially didn't attract much attention.

Until a sharp-eyed netizen commented below:

"Holy crap! Zoom in on the third photo! Look at that spherical building under construction... Isn't that a nuclear reactor containment vessel?!"

"Building nuclear reactors deep in the Qinling Mountains? And building several at once? What are they trying to do? Build a Gundam?!"

This single stone caused a thousand ripples.

"Build a Gundam? I think they're building a Star Destroyer!"

"Something's not right! Very strange! What is that glowing mist? Is it a nuclear leak?"

"Don't talk nonsense upstairs. A nuclear leak is blue light; this white light looks comfortable, nothing like radiation."

"Combining this with the previous Divine Dragon statement... I always feel like the country is brewing a shocking master move!"

Just as netizens were letting their imaginations run wild and various speculations were flying everywhere,

the Daxia official government finally made a move.

This time, the parties issuing the statement were neither the sharp-tongued Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the iron-willed Ministry of National Defense.

Instead, it was a joint announcement released by the [Daxia Ministry of Education], the [Daxia Supreme Academy of Sciences], and the [Daxia Taoist Association],

three seemingly unrelated departments, releasing a joint announcement!

The announcement was released at 8 PM, the peak time for internet traffic across the entire network.

There was no lengthy official press release, nor a complex official document format.

There was only a short, fifteen-second video, accompanied by a brief but powerful caption.

The caption read: [In the ancient East, Myths Have Never Departed. A New Era, based on this foundation, has spectacularly begun. Are you ready?]

As soon as these words appeared, the hearts of everyone who scrolled past this update skipped a beat.

Myth? New Era?

The combination of these words, plus the three jointly signed departments, instantly generated a sense of awe-inspiring dread.

They tremblingly clicked on the video.

The content of the video was simple, even crude.

There were no cool special effects, no stirring background music, and no professional camera work.

The footage seemed to have been casually shot with some non-professional equipment; the camera even shook slightly, like a real scene unintentionally recorded by a passerby.

What came into view was a lush, primeval forest, like a celestial realm.

Ancient trees reached the sky, clouds and mist swirled, and the dense green seemed to spill out, allowing viewers to feel a rush of freshness across the screen.

Deep within the swirling clouds and mist, clusters of ancient, quaint buildings with upturned eaves and corner brackets, yet possessing an indescribable futuristic feel, were faintly visible.

They were built against the mountains, perfectly integrated with the surrounding natural environment, yet emanating an otherworldly, transcendent aura.

The camera slowly zoomed in, passing through a layer of gauze-like white mist, and finally gave a close-up of a massive stone stele.

The stone stele stood majestically atop the clouds, and although limited by the camera angle, only a partial view was captured.

But the four powerful characters upon it, seemingly containing some profound Dao rhyme, clearly reflected into everyone's eyes!

[Taibai Academy]!

The video stopped abruptly here.