104: Chapter 104: A Super Tsunami is Coming
The "Kunlun Academy No. 01 National Defense Project" was completed, and this matter not only caused an uproar within the academy, but the brief from The Ninth Bureau was also sent to the capital immediately.
When those leaders saw the images of a steel fortress rising from the ruins, along with the energy shield that could cover the entire mountain range, the conference room exploded on the spot, and applause rang out.
"Remarkable! Absolutely remarkable!"
An Old General with completely white hair stood up in excitement, his eyes turning red.
"How long has it been? In just a few months, Engineer Jiang has not only built us an academy, but also assembled a team capable of both fighting and construction! This team is the strongest Great Wall of our country in the new era!"
"I propose that we immediately award a First-Class Merit to Kunlun Academy and Engineer Jiang!"
"I agree!"
...
Jiang Ning didn't care at all about how she was being praised outside.
As soon as the project was finished, that sound she wanted to hear the most rang out in her mind.
[Main Mission "Establishment of Kunlun Academy and Determination of Teaching System" has been completed.]
[Mission Comprehensive Evaluation: Perfect.]
[Mission Details: Within the stipulated time, complete the basic Infrastructure Construction of Kunlun Academy, and successfully screen and train the first batch of qualified Spiritual Energy construction students. Through practical teaching, deeply ingrain the core concept of "Infrastructure Construction Cultivation" into people's hearts.]
The system also specifically mentioned two additional achievements. First, she completely transformed Lin Yuan and his group of elitist boys into supporters of collectivism, paving the way for future talent cultivation. Second, this No. 01 National Defense Project became a standard model that could be promoted nationwide in the future.
[Reward settlement in progress...]
[Congratulations to the host, you have received merit points: 8000 points.]
[Congratulations to the host, system store authority has been upgraded, unlocking the "Intermediate Engineering" category.]
Eight thousand merit points!
Jiang Ning finally felt a ripple of emotion in her heart.
This was a huge sum of money. Adding what was left from before, her merit points had broken through ten thousand again.
She was one big step closer to breaking through to the Golden Core Stage.
Without a second thought, she opened the system store directly.
Sure enough, at the very top of the product list, there was a new category labeled "Intermediate".
She clicked into it.
The things inside were on a completely different level from the primary ones.
"Intermediate Spiritual Energy Architecture", "Multi-dimensional Space Array Theory", "High-Energy Spiritual Material Synthesis and Application", "Automated Magical Treasure Production Line Blueprint"...
Every item made Jiang Ning covet it.
These things were the core technologies that could cause a qualitative change in a civilization.
She was well-off now, but she didn't buy blindly.
She knew very well that one must eat one bite at a time.
What was most urgently needed right now was knowledge directly linked to "Infrastructure Construction".
Her gaze finally rested on a blueprint priced at 6000 merit points.
— — "Intermediate Spiritual Energy Architecture".
"Redeem."
She confirmed it directly.
Six thousand merit points were gone.
At the same time, a massive amount of information, much more complex than before, flooded directly into her brain.
If primary architecture taught people to build bungalows.
Then intermediate architecture taught people to build skyscrapers, or even create a Sky City!
Things like multi-dimensional spatial structures, the coordination and conversion of different Spiritual Energies, symbiotic design of arrays and the environment, energy self-circulation of super-large buildings...
These new pieces of knowledge made her understanding of the two words "Infrastructure Construction" jump to a completely different level.
She could see at a glance that there were places everywhere in the "No. 01 National Defense Project" she had just finished that could be improved.
"Still too rough." She shook her head, already beginning to ponder how to arrange the next "upgrade and renovation" practical task for the students.
Just as she was diving headfirst into the new knowledge, crazily pondering new plans.
The door to the command center was pushed open.
Director Zhao Lixin rushed in with a "Top Secret" document, his face both excited and nervous.
"Engineer Jiang!" He asked as soon as he entered, "Good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
Jiang Ning looked up from the light screen at him: "Get to the point."
"Right!" Director Zhao Lixin caught his breath and steadied himself, "The good news is that because of the success of you and the academy, the higher-ups have officially approved the 'National Spiritual Energy Network Construction Plan'! They plan to replicate Kunlun Academy in the seven major military regions across the country within three years, build seven branch academies, and then start from Donghai City to push the Spiritual Energy city system to the whole country!"
This plan was terrifyingly large.
Once accomplished, the entire Xia Kingdom would be connected by a super Spiritual Energy Network that integrates energy, communication, and defense.
To put it plainly, it was the Xia Kingdom version of "Skynet".
"This is a good thing." Jiang Ning nodded, not surprised at all. With the efficiency of this country, as long as it was technically feasible, they would really dare to poke a hole in the sky.
"Then what is the bad news?" She asked.
Director Zhao Lixin's expression sank.
He handed the document in his hand to Jiang Ning.
"The bad news is that our deep-sea monitoring network recently detected a bunch of very abnormal energy readings and geological activity in the deepest part of the Donghai trench."
Jiang Ning took the document and scanned it a few times.
It was full of soaring energy curves and increasingly dense earthquake records.
The source all pointed to one place.
— — Mariana Trench, Challenger Deep.
The deepest place on Earth.
"Our top ocean and geological experts have analyzed it together," Director Zhao Lixin's voice was very low, "They all feel that this sign only indicates one thing."
"Under that ten-thousand-meter deep sea where no one has ever been, there is a... super Earth Vein that has been sleeping for tens of thousands of years, and it is waking up."
Jiang Ning stared at the 3D geological model on the document, her brows furrowing.
The scale of that Earth Vein was a hundred times larger than the one she had set up in Donghai City, like a giant dragon coiling at the junction of the plates.
"It is waking up unstably." Director Zhao Lixin continued, his voice even trembling a little, "The energy eruption is tearing open the seabed. Our supercomputer simulations show that within the next seventy-two hours, there is over a ninety-five percent chance that it will trigger an unprecedented super tsunami, and the entire western coast of the Pacific Ocean will not be able to escape."
"The first to be hit, and also the one to suffer the most, is our... Donghai City."
Jiang Ning looked up, her gaze crossing the wall and casting towards the direction of the East Sea.
Before her eyes appeared those towering giant waves capable of swallowing everything.
"It seems," she muttered to herself, "the next construction site has already delivered itself to my doorstep."