102: Chapter 102 A Project of National Fortune for Ten Thousand Years

The moment the countdown hit zero, the portal surfaced once again.

"Are you sure this portal is permanently fixed this time?"

Tao Zhe's voice trembled, his eyes full of anticipation and unease.

Su Mingyuan took a deep breath. "I'm sure."

After speaking, the two exchanged a glance and resolutely stepped into the portal.

Light and shadow flowed, the world spinning around them.

The next second, the air of the Main World rushed over them.

"Damn it..."

Tao Zhe rubbed his eyes, rubbed them again, and even raised a hand to slap his own face twice.

Su Mingyuan also froze in place, his Adam's apple bobbing, his mouth wide enough to stuff a fist into.

The scene before their eyes completely subverted their cognition.

Seven days ago, when they left, although the Tianmen Project had already taken initial shape, it was nothing more than two mountains being hollowed out and converted into underground warehouses.

But now...

"Is this still Earth?!"

Standing on the suspended platform at the portal's exit, the full view of the entire base was unobstructed.

The two originally lush mountains had now completely lost their mountain form!

All surface vegetation had vanished, replaced by mirror-smooth concrete walls and heavy alloy floodgates.

Embedded on the surface of each mountain were tens-of-meters-high giant metal doors, reflecting a cold gleam in the sunlight.

"Dr. Tao... Over there..."

Zhang Dabiao's voice was trembling.

Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing—

On the east and west sides, two more mountains were being "dismembered"!

Dense construction machinery gnawed at the mountain like steel locusts, and every swing of the giant excavator's mechanical arm kicked up tens of tons of mud and rock.

Over a hundred heavy trucks lined up in a long dragon, endlessly transporting supplies.

Further away, dozens of tower cranes soared into the clouds, and as their booms rotated, prefabricated concrete wall panels were precisely installed in place.

Rumble—

The deafening roar could cause one's chest cavity to resonate even from hundreds of meters away.

"The scale... has expanded by at least five times!"

Su Mingyuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his voice dry. "No, more than five times, this is ten times the engineering workload!"

Tao Zhe could no longer speak.

Seven days!

Merely seven days!

This kind of construction speed simply exceeded the limits of human civilization!

As they walked down the platform and went deep inside the Tianmen Project, an even more shocking scene gradually unfolded.

The interiors of the original No. 1 and No. 2 mountains had been completely cleared and connected, forming an ultra-giant space exceeding five million square meters!

The dome height exceeded one hundred meters. Looking up, densely packed lights were embedded in the concrete ceiling like stars, illuminating the entire underground world as bright as day.

"That is... a freight elevator?"

Tao Zhe's assistant pointed ahead, his voice trembling.

Everyone's gaze locked onto a giant lifting platform.

Seventy meters long, fifty meters wide, and over three meters thick, the steel platform was slowly ascending, piled high with containers.

"This size... Ten type 99a main battle tanks could drive right up onto it!"

Tao Zhe drew a sharp breath after a quick estimation.

Moreover, there was more than one such freight elevator.

As far as the eye could see, at least six giant elevators shuttled up and down, each carrying hundreds of tons of supplies, devouring and spitting out resources like a steel behemoth.

"Look over there!"

Su Mingyuan pointed to the other side.

An intelligent rail logistics System ten kilometers wide traversed the entire base.

Driverless transport vehicles sped across the tracks at high speed, covered by a red laser scanning grid. Every vehicle precisely drove toward its target area without any stagnation or collision.

"And that..."

Tao Zhe looked toward the deepest part of the base.

A three-story-high automated storage and retrieval area stretched for hundreds of meters, with each floor densely stacked with standard containers.

Giant mechanical arms shuttled back and forth among them, grabbing, transporting, and returning items to place, moving as smoothly as if dancing.

The automation level of the entire storage area was comparable to the world's top logistics centers.

No, it should be said to far exceed the world's top level!

"This is no longer a military project..."

Tao Zhe muttered to himself, his voice trembling. "This is a fortress of war, an underground industrial city!"

He pushed his glasses up, his eyes full of shock. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe this could be built in seven days... This is simply a miracle!"

"Dr. Tao! Little Brother Su!"

A familiar hearty voice came over.

Zhao Jianguo strode over, his face carrying unconcealed complacency and pride. "How is it? Seven days apart, are you surprised or shocked by our Tianmen Project?"

"Beyond surprised..."

Tao Zhe gave a wry smile. "This is simply terrifying! Commander Zhao, what on earth happened these seven days? Did we transmigrate into the future?"

"Transmigrate? Hahaha!"

Zhao Jianguo laughed loudly, then his smile faded, his expression turning solemn. "Not Transmigration, but the whole world has gone crazy!"

"Follow me, let's talk as we walk."

The group followed Zhao Jianguo deep into the base.

"Ever since you entered the Giant World, Central Command issued the highest mobilization order."

Zhao Jianguo's voice was low and powerful, every word striking like a heavy hammer on everyone's hearts. "The Tianmen Project has been upgraded directly from a 'strategic-level project' to a 'ten-thousand-year national destiny-level project'!"

"One percent of the nation's engineering resources were mobilized!"

He pointed around, his tone carrying a trace of frantic pride. "One hundred thousand construction workers, working three shifts, spinning round the clock for twenty-four hours! One thousand large excavators, two thousand five hundred transport vehicles, three hundred eighty mobile concrete mixing plants were deployed..."

"Also, one thousand two hundred thirty heavy transport helicopters, one hundred dedicated freight trains, and even all engineering equipment in strategic reserve have been fully activated!"

"In seven days, we forcefully expanded the scale of the Tianmen Project tenfold!"

Tenfold!

Tao Zhe drew a sharp breath.

This kind of efficiency... This kind of mobilization capability...

It was simply terrifying!

"And furthermore..."

Zhao Jianguo led them into an independent giant space.

There, a device emitting a faint blue light was operating, staining the entire space with a layer of mysterious blue light.

Hum hum hum—

The low energy pulsation sound allowed one to feel the surging power churning within it.

"That is..."

Tao Zhe's eyes widened, his voice changing pitch. "A crystal core energy conversion device?!"

"That's right!"

Zhao Jianguo nodded, his eyes full of pride and excitement. "The first-generation crystal core energy conversion device! Utilizing the crystal cores brought back from the Zombie World, we successfully broke through energy conversion technology!"

"Although the efficiency is still not ideal enough, only 80%, it is already enough to provide stable power for the base!"

He walked up to the device, gently stroking its cold metal shell, his voice clangorously powerful. "The output power of this conversion device is equivalent to a super-large nuclear power plant! And we are already building the second and third ones..."

"Ultimately, the energy of the entire base will be provided by crystal cores! We will possess a steady stream of clean energy!"

Tao Zhe was so shocked he couldn't speak.

A mere seven days...

Great Xia completed so many incredible projects.

This kind of terrifying mobilization capability, this kind of frantic execution...

What other country in the world could achieve this?

None!

Absolutely none!