661: Tiannanxing strategy progress

After briefly explaining his encounter in the inter-dimensional void, or rather, the Ruins, Yang Dian's gaze drifted into the distance.

Before entering the Ruins, Tiannan Star was in the height of summer.

Although the plateau was desolate, some greenery could still be seen.

But now?

Trees were withered, dry grass lay flattened, and under the autumn wind, everything looked bleak.

'The flow of time in the Ruins is different from reality?'

Yang Dian wasn't too surprised by this.

After all, the Dimension Channel leading to the Star Core Space had a slower time flow than reality.

The Ruins were far more mysterious than the Star Core Space, so a greater difference in time flow with the present world was reasonable.

Of course, this didn't mean Yang Dian wasn't curious about how long he had stayed in the Ruins.

"How much time has passed on Tiannan Star? Even the trees have withered; it must be autumn, right?"

But Zero's answer surprised Yang Dian once again.

"Seven days have passed since you entered the Ruins."

"Seven days?" Yang Dian pointed to the forest where all the original leaves had withered, covering the ground with a layer of yellowish-brown leaves:

"What anomaly has occurred on Tiannan Star? It went from mid-summer to deep autumn in just seven days?"

Zero's voice was also filled with confusion:

"No answer yet."

"Three days ago, the temperature across Tiannan Star plummeted."

"Under the temperature drop and other unknown influences, all the plants on Tiannan Star began to wither."

"We are investigating the anomaly, but have not yet found its source."

Yang Dian pondered this with a thoughtful expression.

Zero or others might not know the reason, but he could guess at least three possibilities.

To silently affect an entire planet, where is the best entry point?

Naturally, the Star Core.

As the Origin of a life-bearing planet, the Star Core's existence is closely related to the planet itself.

If the Star Core flourishes, the planet flourishes.

If the Star Core withers, even if the planet doesn't enter a life countdown, it will also become desolate.

'Is someone trying to seize my Star Core Origin?'

Thinking this, Yang Dian pulled a Cold Silkworm from Dudu's tentacles, 'duang ~ duang ~' flicked it twice, waking the little fellow, and then said:

"Humans are born of their mothers, animals are born of their mothers."

"What about you?"

"You are a Cold Silkworm. Besides you, there are Thunder Silkworm, Fire Silkworm, Illusion Silkworm, Wind Silkworm..."

"Where is your mother?"

"Where is your mother?"

"Is she in the Star Core Space?"

The awakened Cold Silkworm blinked twice, then suddenly puffed up its body, opened its mouth wide, and bit Yang Dian's finger.

After mumbling twice and realizing it couldn't bite through, it 'tsk'ed twice and angrily said:

"I don't have a mother."

Yang Dian rubbed the Cold Silkworm, turning it into a ball, then mused for a moment before saying:

"You haven't seen her, or she doesn't exist?"

The Cold Silkworm, released by Yang Dian, immediately straightened up, turned itself into a chopstick, and said again:

"I don't have a mother."

"Anyway, I've never seen her."

"She doesn't exist in my Legacy memories either."

Yang Dian frowned slightly.

'Not the being that gave birth to the Cold Silkworm?'

'Was it one of the Nine Silkworms that fell into Tiannan Star from the Ruins with the Cold Silkworm, or some other anomaly?'

After a moment of contemplation, Yang Dian first set aside the mystery of Tiannan Star's climate anomaly, then rubbed the Cold Silkworm into a ball again and asked Zero:

"How is the progress of Tiannan Star's capture?"

Zero controlled the wristband to project a screen in front of Yang Dian, and simultaneously began to explain:

"The capture of Tiannan Star is not going very smoothly."

"After seven days of promotion and dissemination, a total of 1.137 billion people from our Huaxia have entered Tiannan Star."

"This does not include the elderly and infants with extremely low combat capabilities."

"Under the influence of 1.137 billion people and the pet beasts and mechs they brought, the diameter of the dimensionally folded area where the Origin Corpse City is located has expanded to 3,960 kilometers."

"That is 123.15 million square kilometers, accounting for about one-sixth of the entire Tiannan Star's area."

"But this is almost the limit of what we can achieve."

"Three days ago, the diameter of the dimensionally folded area was 3,660 kilometers; three days later, it only expanded by 300 kilometers."

"And the expansion rate is getting slower and slower."

"According to calculations by the Space Science Academy, if you cannot find the Star Core Space and shatter the Star Core before the dimension folding ends, we can at most turn one-third of Tiannan Star into our Blessed Land."

"In addition, our development progress in areas such as Thunder Marsh, Wind Eye, and Fire Pool is also slow."

"After seven days, the number of damaged mechs in these special areas has reached 1.35 million, and as time passes, the number of battle-damaged mechs continues to rise."

"Our understanding of these special areas has almost been built up by sacrificing mechs."

"Furthermore, the meat fields are growing well in the Corpse City."

"Three days ago, we harvested the first batch of flesh from the meat fields, totaling 35,796 jin, nearly 17.9 tons."

"Although the energy contained in the flesh is not as high as that of the Lizardman God, it is close to the flesh of other Star-Patrolling Realm beings."

"According to calculations, this meat field can be harvested once every seven days, and without affecting the Corpse City, it can be harvested 139 more times."

"It is recommended to find a method to divide the core of the meat field and plant meat fields in other Corpse Cities."

"If there is a sufficient supply of flesh, coupled with the Cultivation Technique you created, Commander, Martial Dao Level 6, that is, Late Stage Transcendent Realm powerhouses, will emerge in a blowout fashion."

"But from Martial Dao Level 6 to Level 7, that is, wanting to cross from the Transcendent Realm to the Star-Patrolling Realm, for ordinary people, it is still a hurdle..."

Listening to the stream of information reported by Zero, Yang Dian couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Although the Lizardman God was still exerting its power, as the vast majority of Huaxia's people entered Martial Dao Level 6, this old fellow would soon become obsolete.

'He has contributed a lot to Huaxia after all. When resources were scarce, including myself, we all ate this old fellow.'

'When we no longer need him, we'll release him.'

'Although his meat is no longer useful, I imagine he can still be used as a thug.'

In his thoughts, Yang Dian then instructed the now-finished Zero:

"I will find the Star Core Space as soon as possible, ensuring that Tiannan Star becomes our Blessed Land completely."

"For the method of meat field core differentiation, have the General Research Institute distribute the task and arrange for subordinate research institutes to conduct research."

"After a large number of Martial Dao Level 6 appear in the country, the restrictions on the Lizardman God can be lifted, allowing him to recover first."

"After he has fully recovered, engage in friendly communication with him."

"If he is willing to communicate, then let him be a sparring partner first, to increase the actual combat ability of our Martial Artists."

"If he is unwilling, then let Dao Master make a move and beat him until he can't take care of himself, and continue to cut meat from him until his flesh and blood have no effect on us..."

After issuing these instructions, Yang Dian also thought of the myriad spirits stone, containing the Myriad Spirits Curse, which he obtained from the Ruins, as well as the Heaven And Earth Treasure obtained from other worlds, or the various Sharp Weapons, Magic Treasures, and Magical Artifacts obtained from the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty's treasury and Yu Tian's secret vault.