623: The city of flesh and blood, the activated stars!

The small story that transpired between Zhou Mo and Lan Qi'er was merely a microcosm of this dimensionally folded region.

There were many, many more incidents like theirs.

With the advent of the 'apocalypse', many Tiannan People let themselves go, only wanting to enjoy themselves before they died.

As a result, cries for help were incessant, and incidents of heroes saving beauties in mechs constantly occurred.

Where there were people doing good deeds, there were naturally also people doing bad deeds.

Uh, actually, it wasn't really a bad deed.

A portion of the Citizens confirmed with Ya Zi that before Tiannan Star was officially incorporated into Huaxia Civilization, whatever they did on Tiannan Star would fall under the category of Alien Planet warfare, with no risk of violating Huaxia Civilization laws. After this, they directly formed teams of three to five, picked up their guns, and charged towards banks or the locations of United Army high-ranking families.

Yes, outside the city, there were various Heaven And Earth Treasures, even marked on the map by Ya Zi. If they followed the wind and went there, they might pick up some Heaven And Earth Treasure.

But how could following the wind be as quick as simply taking it?

Undoubtedly, most of the fruits of civilization were reaped by the ruling class.

As long as they conquered the [United Army High-Ranking Family Instance], wouldn't the harvest be much greater than toiling in the wilderness mining and gathering herbs?

In the spatial interlayer, Yang Dian received a constant stream of information from Zero and Ya Zi, and couldn't help but look at Uncle Lei beside him:

"Look, everyone is very smart."

"Win over the majority of ordinary Citizens, strike at the minority of vested interest groups, promote the spirit of Huaxia Civilization..."

"Use actions to tell the Tiannan People: Huaxia Civilization is good; the United Army is bad."

"Perhaps it won't be long before the Tiannan People will be won over by us."

As he spoke, he pointed to several videos of ongoing robberies at banks, vaults, and the families of United Army high-ranking rulers:

"Even during a robbery, they subconsciously avoid harming ordinary Citizens without criminal records."

"Only when the Tiannan People initiate an attack on them will they retaliate."

At this point, Yang Dian concluded:

"I feel that we have elevated the ideological Dao of our Citizens too high."

"In a war of civilizations, it's either life or death; such high morality is useless."

"There are still quite a few people on Tiannan Star who yearn for civilization."

"Because of the subconscious desire to avoid harming ordinary Citizens, we were preemptively attacked by the enemy, causing us to lose several mechs."

"And those were just mechs."

"If our true bodies had come, would people have died?"

"I think schools should not only teach Martial Arts, academics, and the principles of being a good person, but also teach students how to harden their hearts."

"Towards Huaxia Civilization Citizens who are blood-related, one should be humble, polite, and mutually helpful."

"Towards subordinate races, one should have the confidence and pride of a suzerain nation."

"Towards enemy races in a state of war, one must be hard-hearted and ruthless."

Uncle Lei glanced at the battle damage data and nodded slightly:

"You make a good point."

"Later, I'll contact the Wen Organization and have them discuss with the education organization to appropriately modify the educational guidelines."

As the two spoke, outside the spatial interlayer, the military formation, which had been arrayed to carpet-bomb the Corpse City, gradually quieted down.

Mechs, after all, were only small individual combat units, with limited energy and ammunition.

Huaxia Civilization had indeed developed spatial technology, but spatial technology was still cutting-edge and could only be applied within a limited range, not yet popularized among all Citizens.

So, as the mech energy approached the warning line, the artillery fire naturally ceased.

As the sound of artillery fire stopped, the dazzling light pollution disappeared, and the smoke and dust were swept away by the strong winds. The Corpse City, which had been bombarded for more than ten minutes, once again came into view.

"How is that possible?"

Hearing Uncle Lei's murmur beside him and looking at the red earth, twisted and swollen like flesh, pulsating with each breath, Yang Dian smiled:

"Why is it impossible?"

"Didn't the information prompt say that the Corpse City's flesh was vitalized?"

"If a city can turn into vitalized flesh, what's wrong with it having the ability to absorb plasma laser energy to strengthen itself?"

As his voice fell, the Corpse City, where flesh waves surged like a tide, suddenly shot out countless long, thin tentacles that were blood-red yet seemed to merge with space.

The speed of these tentacles clearly exceeded the speed of sound, yet they did not trigger a sonic boom, some silently piercing into the mech's energy source.

Yang Dian could see that the flesh tentacles were devouring the mech's energy source at a terrifying speed.

That is, the energy within the small cold nuclear reactor.

"The Universe, indeed, is full of surprises."

Hearing Yang Dian's murmur, Uncle Lei turned back, somewhat puzzled:

"What do you mean?"

Yang Dian pointed to the mech, which had been pierced by tentacles, was clearly unable to resist, and chose to self-destruct, and said:

"The mech's energy source is a cold nuclear reactor, which is nuclear energy."

"Nuclear energy can also be seen as a type of energy that is abundant but extremely explosive and unsuitable for human absorption."

"I had previously considered nuclear energy and electrical energy, wanting to create a Cultivation Technique that would allow one to grow stronger by absorbing these two energy sources."

"Unfortunately, no matter how I thought about it, I only had a slight clue about strengthening the body by absorbing electrical energy, but no idea at all about growing stronger by absorbing nuclear energy."

"But now?"

"Isn't a prime observation subject delivering itself to our doorstep?"

Hearing Yang Dian's words, Uncle Lei couldn't help but swallow his saliva:

"Growing stronger by absorbing nuclear energy?"

"Do you mean nuclear fusion or nuclear fission within the body?"

Yang Dian squinted at Uncle Lei, "Uncle Lei, I only said growing stronger by absorbing nuclear energy, not performing nuclear fusion within the body!"

"I can't even perform nuclear fusion within my body now, let alone optimize it into a Cultivation Technique that ordinary Citizens can use."

As he spoke, the sound of artillery fire once again echoed in the sky.

The number of mechs that had entered Tiannan Star had already exceeded 100 million.

Upon receiving warnings from the 'vanguard army' that had first entered Tiannan Star and discovering the danger of the Corpse City, the Citizens chose to bomb it into oblivion at all costs.

Yes, the Corpse City had the ability to absorb laser and nuclear energy to strengthen itself.

But everything has a limit.

They did not believe that this energy had no limit.

But the Universe is just that magical.

Fixed thinking is truly something to be avoided.

In the spatial interlayer, Uncle Lei looked at the Corpse City, which was constantly expanding under the aurora, its height already reaching the center of the Walled City, extending countless tentacles that swayed into mid-air, with countless bizarre monsters appearing on the Corpse City, looking like a Cthulhu monster. He couldn't help but swallow his saliva:

"Does this Corpse City have no limit?"

"If it continues to grow like this, will a monster capable of destroying the world appear? Or even vitalize the entire planet into flesh?"

Hearing Uncle Lei's conjecture, Yang Dian's eyes lit up:

"A vitalized flesh-like planet?"

"That sounds a bit interesting..."

"Uncle Lei, what do you think if I send a Corpse City to a dead star, then continuously charge it with energy, to see if it can vitalize the entire planet? Is there any potential in that?"