Chapter 225: Building High Walls
Xue You finally cleared all the mutated plants near the Base. Looking at the ten-odd storage rings full of crystal cores in his hand, he frowned: 【A Chu, I suggest you don’t use these things for cultivation. They’re poisonous! 】
“Poisonous?”
Sang Chu murmured. This was a development she had never considered. How could crystal cores be poisonous?
Xue You: 【Mm, how many of these things have you used? 】
Sang Chu: 【Quite a lot. It seems Lin Shao Qing saving my life by cutting me open before was indeed a lifesaver. Xue You, please take these back for me first. Later, let’s see if Lin Shao Qing can figure out how to get rid of the toxins inside. 】
【Alright. Until the toxins are cleared, you still shouldn’t use them. 】
【I know. 】
Sang Chu silently looked at the supernatural ability users in front of her and said to the leader of the Demonic Beast Legion: “You lead the team to guard here. If anyone tries to leave, capture them all. If they try to break through by force, just eat them.”
The leader nodded, and the other demonic beasts instantly lined up, occupying the road. Sang Chu glanced at the supernatural ability users on the ground, said nothing, and rode the Hellhound away.
Sang Jing Wen, with the House Building Machine, looked at the mountain. He glanced at the remaining materials on the machine and calculated on the optical computer how much would be needed to build a high wall.
Actually, according to Sang Chu’s wishes, they wanted to build a wall that soared into the clouds. This way, they wouldn’t have to fear attacks from outsiders. However, the materials stored within the House Building Machine were limited and not inexhaustible. Once the stored materials were depleted, the House Building Machine would enter hibernation. To awaken it, they would need to replenish materials. But in the Apocalypse, there were no materials it needed, so it couldn’t be used indefinitely.
Hai Shi’s mountains and seas all needed to be enclosed, covering a vast area. Therefore, Sang Jing Wen directly had the Hellhound patrol the entire Hai Shi area, then had the optical computer perform an overall scan, and preset the height of the city wall. He then had the optical computer automatically calculate if a city wall could be built at that height. If not, the height would be further reduced.
Finally, the optical computer provided a solution: the city wall height could be within 200 meters. With the remaining materials, they could enclose the entire Hai Shi.
Sang Jing Wen thought for a moment, then operated the optical computer again, reducing the height by 50 meters. He then had the optical computer calculate if the remaining materials could be used to build roads on the ground.
Hai Shi had been ravaged by mutated plants, and all the steel and cement were shattered beyond recognition. Many people lived underground, making cleanup difficult. Therefore, his idea was that once the high wall was built, it would block outsiders. Before the roof was built, Flying Demonic Beasts would patrol in shifts, which would maximize the prevention of outsiders from entering.
The optical computer calculated and gave the answer: it was feasible. After all, this soil was a usable resource. The House Building Machine only needed to flatten the steel, cement, and other things on the ground for reuse. These did not require the materials within it to be used.
However, if they needed to build houses or high walls, they couldn’t use external resources and could only use the materials pre-stored within it.
Having received the answer, Sang Jing Wen immediately instructed the House Building Machine to act. It quickly flew to the outside of the mountain, and in an instant, a stone pillar 150 meters high was completed.
Sang Jing Wen rode the Hellhound over to inspect it. The surface of the stone pillar was smooth and had no handholds. Even a supernatural ability user would likely find it impossible to climb.
“Continue.”
The House Building Machine glanced at Sang Jing Wen. Seeing that he was satisfied with the construction, it quickly began on the second stone pillar. These stones were special energy stones from the Monster Transformation World, possessing a light-absorbing effect. After absorbing the power of the Blood Moon, the originally white stone pillar emitted a faint red glow. This red glow was then absorbed and converted by the stones into white light, which was particularly striking in the night.
However, this light was very weak and could not provide illumination.
By the time Sang Chu arrived, the high wall had almost completely enclosed the entire mountain.
“Brother, you’ve already started here?”
“Sang Sang?” Sang Jing Wen turned to look at Sang Chu and nodded. “I’ve set the height of this high wall at 150 meters. If it’s not enough later, it can be increased. However, the city also needs robots for cleanup, so I’ve had it reserve some materials. At least, it can be used when needed later.”
“150 meters?”
Sang Chu looked at the high wall and nodded. “It looks alright. I’ll have the Flying Eagles form a team to patrol the air later; that will be safer.”
Sang Jing Wen: “Mm, I was thinking the same thing. For the underground, let the Invisibility Rats and Black Rats patrol. The Black Rats have strong combat power, and the Invisibility Rats can ambush. It’s a good combination.”
“Okay, I’ll arrange it later. Looking at the robots, the high wall should be enclosed very soon.”
“It will be fast. By the way, how is Xi Rui doing?”
Sang Chu: “The sea area is almost cleared. However, Brother Yi and Min Feng are still attacking bases one by one, so it’s a bit slow. But the Demonic Beast Legion has already launched its first wave of attacks, and the overall situation is basically settled.”
Sang Jing Wen: “Good. Once the high wall is built, we can see who is useful. If they are not useful, we’ll have them come and reclaim the land.”
“Reclaim the land?”
Sang Chu looked at the mountain and land corroded by acid rain, smiled thoughtfully, and nodded. “That’s a good idea. Then let Brother Yi and the others leave the people behind.”
Sang Jing Wen and Sang Chu exchanged a smile and finally sent messages to Xiao Yi Fei and Lu Min Feng.
Xiao Yi Fei looked at the information on the optical computer and stared at Lu Min Feng in disbelief. “Are A Wen and Sister crazy? They want to keep these people to reclaim the land?”
Lu Min Feng was silent for a moment and said, “This method is indeed feasible. Before the Apocalypse, the mountainous and hilly areas of Hai Shi accounted for 20% of the total area, with arable land covering over three million hectares. Combined with the land area and the sea area, if Hai Shi is completely enclosed, and it’s just us, it would undoubtedly be like living in a deserted city. And to achieve self-sufficiency in farming, we alone are not enough.”
“Hai Shi, it’s so big?”
Lu Min Feng glanced at Xiao Yi Fei and said with a smile, “It’s not as big as you imagine. Now that the entire sea area is to be enclosed, it will only become larger. In the future, we might even build a sea castle.”
After all, Grandma Yun Xiang and the others have already taken the Shapeshifting Pill and can transform into humans. They should also want to live on land. In that case, Hai Shi will only appear larger than it did before the Apocalypse.
“Forget it. Anyway, I just need to know that Hai Shi is ours. Hurry up and get to work. I can’t wait to see what Hai Shi will become!”
