700: Yang Dian: Just let them be trash

Half an hour later, the spherical cage was sealed.

Standing by the cage, listening to the ethereal Void Gazer Dao sounds emanating from within, Yang Dian couldn't help but frown.

"Zero, add another layer to the outside of the spherical cage, then vacuum the air between the two layers to ensure no sound can escape."

Thinking this, Yang Dian then looked at Lieutenant Colonel Liu Qiang, the military zone's person-in-charge, who was standing nearby:

"Colonel Liu, we also need you to arrange for personnel to stand guard outside the spherical cage."

"Some sounds resonate on the mental and Soul level; if any anomalies occur, notify me immediately."

At this point, Yang Dian paused for a moment before continuing:

"You can also keep some non-combat animals by the spherical cage. If any animal's appearance or behavior changes abnormally, you must also notify me."

Lieutenant Colonel Liu Qiang saluted Yang Dian:

"Mission accomplished!"

After receiving the order, he immediately began to arrange the tasks in front of Yang Dian.

As for Yang Dian?

His thoughts had already drifted elsewhere.

'The Emerald Dragon Star's core has been secured. After taking the Tiannan Star's core, I'll need to look at other places.'

'Canglan Star, Niu Ru Ren's planet, and other planets connected to Niu Ru Ren's planet, as well as the planets in Yu Tian's hands...'

'However, Earth is the main base. In a while, Earth will enter the Universe's extreme cold region, so it must be protected first...'

'If there is life in the extreme cold region, will those Cosmic Creatures have a 'Spiritual Qi-seeking nature'?'

'Assuming the worst, I must gather Spiritual Qi and conceal its fluctuations before Earth enters the extreme cold region.'

'This will require the use of a Spirit Gathering Array.'

'So much time has passed; the Artifact Refiners in the Secret Realm should have refined the Materials for the array by now, right?'

Amidst his swirling thoughts, the second spherical cage was sealed.

Then, a milky white airflow erupted from the top of the spherical cage. As the air pressure rapidly decreased, the inner and outer spherical cages simultaneously emitted a "creaking" sound.

Fortunately, the quality of the cage Lao Bai designed in his spare time was up to par. It withstood the pressure changes between the spherical cages without deforming.

As the atmosphere between the spherical cages was evacuated and entered a vacuum state, the Void Gazer Dao sounds, which had been constantly ringing, disappeared.

After waiting for a while and confirming that the 'Dao sounds' could not penetrate the vacuum, Yang Dian looked at Lieutenant Colonel Liu Qiang:

"Guard this place well. Contact me immediately if anything unexpected happens."

Seeing Lieutenant Colonel Liu Qiang repeatedly assure him, then show a conflicted expression, Yang Dian took the initiative to ask:

"Is there any other problem I haven't considered?"

Lieutenant Colonel Liu Qiang first shook his head, then carefully considered his words, somewhat nervously saying:

"General Yang, that illusory Celestial Palace has problems. Will the golden flowers floating out of the Celestial Palace also have problems?"

Yang Dian suddenly understood:

"Don't worry, it's fine."

He only had people go up and block the gate after ensuring those golden flowers were harmless.

As for some danger hidden within the golden flowers that even he couldn't detect?

If even he couldn't detect it, what could others do to resist?

It's better to eat the sugar coating first. If there really is a shell inside, wait until it's about to explode before reacting.

Of course, it shouldn't be put that way; it needs to be rephrased:

"There is indeed a threat in the Celestial Palace, but the previous Dao sounds and golden flowers were lures, 'sweeteners' to draw people into the Celestial Palace."

"The Dao sounds do indeed have the effect of comprehending the Dao, and the golden flowers only serve to improve Cultivation Aptitude and enhance strength, with no other side effects."

Thinking that most martial arts Cultivation Techniques carry a trace of the creator's 'thoughts' and 'will,' and perhaps some incredible existence could revive from the Cultivation Technique through this 'thought' and 'will,' Yang Dian added:

"However, those who obtained Cultivation Technique Legacy from the Dao sounds do need to be monitored to prevent any accidents."

Lieutenant Colonel Liu Qiang breathed a slight sigh of relief:

"That's good."

"Not many people received Legacy from the Dao sounds, so monitoring them won't be difficult..."

The two chatted about the details for a bit, then Yang Dian took his leave.

He had originally planned to stay home for two days, at least to visit his Silly Younger Sister at the pole.

But the sudden incident forced him to change his plans.

"It's not bad either."

Reaching out and rubbing Dudu, who was half-dead but still raising its tentacles to play with his fingers, Yang Dian first went to Tiannan Star and had a Dimension Butterfly open a portal to Barren Star Base No. 1.

Barren Star Base refers to bases built on dead stars.

Huaxia had already built many such bases.

There are some in the Strange Star star system, the Lingwen Clan star system, and the Tiannan Star star system.

Some are for mining the planet's veins, while others are purely for housing foreigners.

In addition to Barren Star Bases, there are also Distant Star Bases.

Distant Star Bases, built on life-bearing planets, are Huaxia's fallback.

If people survive, the land can be recovered; if the land is saved but people are lost, both people and land are lost.

If a truly irresistible crisis occurred, Yang Dian would not cling to Earth.

Only with people alive can there be a future.

Skipping the details.

On Tiannan Star, watching the foreigners, guided by Machina, orderly step through the space gate, then widen their eyes to survey the Barren Star Base, exclaiming 'Oh my god' with full mouths, Yang Dian couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile:

"Zero, look at these foreign Citizens."

"There is no Spiritual Qi in the Barren Star Base, which means no extraordinary phenomena."

"No life can be born either. If the base city has an accident, they will have to be buried with it."

"I cut off their hope of extraordinary immortality, raising them like pigs in the Barren Star Base, unable to withstand any risks, yet they still have to thank me."

"They should indeed thank you." Zero's voice was devoid of emotion:

"After locating the extreme cold region, Dr. Bai used quantum technology to precisely probe the extreme cold region, determining that the temperature outside the extreme cold region is below negative 100 degrees Celsius, the internal temperature is below negative 200 degrees Celsius, and the temperature of the innermost core may be below the known temperature limit, with all molecular activity ceasing."

"These people we sent to the Barren Star are weak in strength, and their chances of surviving in the extreme cold region are almost zero."

"You sending them to the Barren Star can completely be said to have saved their lives."

Looking at the Catholics kneeling in the plaza of Barren Star Base No. 1, proclaiming that this was the promised land bestowed upon them by God, Yang Dian couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

The scientifically proven lowest temperature had long been broken by that little Cold Silkworm.

Yang Dian was not at all surprised that the internal temperature of the extreme cold region would be lower than the previous lowest temperature:

"So I also did a good deed?"

"Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Did I inadvertently build hundreds of millions of pagodas?"

Zero didn't respond to Yang Dian's words but raised another question:

"General, do we need to make them shave their heads and change their clothes, learn Chinese, write Chinese characters, and wear Hanfu?"

Yang Dian pondered for a moment, then shook his head slightly:

"They are not worthy."

"Just raise them like pigs."

"Give them the best material and entertainment environment, and block all technological and extraordinary avenues."

"I don't need them to understand anything; I just want them to live in a drunken stupor and be useless."

If other civilizations on Earth truly had their own ancient civilizations, and those ancient civilizations hadn't gone extinct.

He wondered what they would think when they returned and saw their descendants as a group of 'pigs.'

'Perhaps, these piglets have other uses.'

'The West likes to talk about faith. What if faith backfires?'

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