169: Chapter 169 Laser Rifle
Another two weeks passed, and the humans of Jianghai City finalized the project plan for building the habitat, beginning to mobilize resources and personnel.
To rapidly construct a large-scale project covering a hundred miles, the resources and manpower required were staggering.
Tower cranes, elevators, external hanging baskets, material hoists, excavators, bulldozers, loaders, rollers, cranes...
Hundreds and thousands of these large machines were deployed, not to mention the endless lines of material transport vehicles stretching like long dragons.
"My god! This scene is simply too spectacular!"
This massive scene naturally could not escape the eyes of the citizens of Jianghai City.
This major event in the mountains on the outskirts of Jianghai City was the most talked-about topic for the city's million citizens, second only to the previous implementation of the spiritual energy cultivation system.
When seeing the footage of the massed equipment being transported on the outskirts of Jianghai City on the internet or television, every person in Jianghai City was shocked!
It wasn't that the Great Xia Kingdom hadn't built large-scale construction projects before, but those were completed over a long period. Never had there been anything like this, where a massive amount of construction equipment and manpower were deployed in pursuit of speed and efficiency.
"I really didn't expect... our Jianghai City's execution power to be this fast. I thought the construction project in the outskirts would take three years to complete..."
"Of course! Don't you know our Great Xia Kingdom is known as the 'Infrastructure Maniac'!"
“Hehe... at the end of the day, isn't it just because Jianghai City is afraid of that Ancient Divine Phoenix..."
"Sigh, since we're here, we might as well make the best of it. This is the only thing we can do for now..."
Ye Yang, located in the mountains on the outskirts of Jianghai City, also noticed the large-scale movements of the humans.
"Those leaders in Jianghai City are moving quite fast..."
He then fulfilled his promise, letting his beast subordinates, Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Monkey King Wukong, manage the hundreds of thousands of wild beasts in the mountains to prevent them from affecting the Jianghai City construction teams.
Everything proceeded smoothly in this manner.
However, this move by Jianghai City quickly spread across the internet.
Other cities in Great Xia noticed Jianghai City's bold move and held various attitudes.
"To please a monster, they are wasting manpower and resources on a large-scale construction. The leaders of Jianghai City have truly gone mad!"
"Yeah, even if that monster seems to be able to control lightning, there's no need to be this terrified. It's truly a disgrace to us people of Great Xia."
"I heard this was decided by a vote of the Jianghai City citizens. I really don't understand what these people are thinking..."
If it weren't for the fact that Great Xia was in a special period where every city had first-level autonomy, a move like this by Jianghai City would have certainly been investigated by Great Xia Headquarters in the past.
However, some Great Xia people in cities near mountains or areas where wild beasts gathered had a different view.
"After the spiritual energy recovery and the Super Red Moon, a beast crisis is bound to descend..."
"Even if our city has cleared out beasts several times, it's completely useless... those powerful beasts can't be found at all in the depths of the mountains..."
"If that Ancient Creature in Jianghai City can really become a barrier for the city, then we can also learn from it. It's said that using a powerful beast to intimidate a beast tide has unexpected effects..."
"Let's wait and see..."
...
And so it was.
In the area where the Jianghai City mountains bordered the Qinling Mountains to the south, the booming sounds of detonators blasting mountains rang out continuously, accompanied by the constant trembling of the forest floor in that area.
Even the mountain where Ye Yang's temporary habitat was located could feel the commotion coming from the distance.
"Roar... two-legged beasts are truly... terrifying creatures..."
Xiong Da, Xiong Er, and Monkey King Wukong watched the distance with heavy gazes.
As they continued to learn human knowledge, the deeper their learning went, the more they felt the terror of humans as a species.
Last time, Little White Fox Ah Li used a phone to play a video for them. In the video, an 'atomic bomb'—which wasn't even as large as they were—could actually destroy a massive island. This caused them to doubt the world for a long time.
Furthermore, their boss said that atomic bombs and nuclear weapons were only the peak of human technological weaponry from decades ago. Humans today surely possessed even more terrifying weapons!
This made these beasts much more cautious in their attitude toward the two-legged beasts.
A smoky, tantalizing aroma filled the mountain peak; it turned out Monkey King Wukong had set up a massive wooden rack for a barbecue again.
The 'ingredient' for this barbecue was Ye Yang's prey—the Black Giant Snake.
The Black Giant Snake's body had been roasted over a large fire for a full three days, and it was finally cooked!
Before Ye Yang could start eating, a small Golden Snub-nosed Monkey ran up nimbly from the foot of the mountain.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
Looking at the massive snake meat on the large wooden rack, it swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Then it squeaked toward Monkey King Wukong, who was busy barbecuing.
Between members of the same species, the general meaning could be understood through their sounds.
Monkey King Wukong's furry monkey face blanked for a moment, then a surge of excitement appeared.
Taking the long object from the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey's hands, he turned and rushed to Ye Yang, who was not far away.
"Ooh ooh ooh... Boss... look at this..."
"Hmm?"
Ye Yang's golden pupils looked at the object in the Monkey King's palm.
"It's a rifle..."
Seeing Monkey King Wukong's excited expression, Ye Yang asked with some confusion.
"What's wrong?"
"Ooh ooh ooh... This is the weapon... the two-legged beasts used... to attack the Black Giant Snake... last time..."
"Oh?!"
Ye Yang had learned from Little White Fox Ah Li after the fact that a group of foreign soldiers had rushed onto the peak of Divine Phoenix Mountain.
His golden pupils narrowed, and only then did he notice that this rifle was very different from the rifles in his memory.
It had a strange appearance, thick and long...
He then looked at the roasted snake meat on the wooden rack. Previously, there had been many bloody wounds on the Black Giant Snake's body; they must have been caused by the foreign army's weapons.
"Interesting... I didn't expect this world to have this kind of black technology..."
It was clearly just a standard handheld rifle, yet it could actually harm a creature with an evolution level of 'D+'. That was a creature that even ordinary missiles couldn't eliminate...
"And so, Wukong, what are you trying to say?"
"Ooh ooh ooh... Boss... I want to equip my monkey troop with these... powerful weapons... that way they will have combat power... to protect the area around Boss's territory..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yang's golden pupils flashed with bright color!
Of course!
These weapons were useless to him, but for other ordinary creatures, they would be of great use!
Especially for primates with well-developed limbs!
Immediately...
Ye Yang told Little White Fox Ah Li to notify the officials of Jianghai City...