Chapter 113: The Great Construction!
Half a month later.
The clouds finally parted and the rain ceased over Jingcheng City.
“This damned weather, how strange that it only rains over Jingcheng City.”
“Yeah! And it’s been raining for half a month straight. Ever since the migration, even the weather has turned odd.”
“Finally some sunshine. If the rain keeps up, we’ll be growing fur.”
...
After the rain stopped and the sun came out, the residents of Jingcheng City all came out of their homes to bask in the sunlight.
At that moment, Yang Ye and Long Xiaoqing were walking together along the city’s broad streets.
Hearing the chatter of the people nearby, Long Xiaoqing, who was linked arm in arm with Yang Ye, looked shy.
Yet both wore large sunglasses and had subtly altered their appearances, dressed in loose-fitting clothes.
Even those familiar with Yang Ye and Long Xiaoqing would likely fail to recognize them standing right before them.
The persistent half-month rain was naturally caused by the dual cultivation of Yang Ye and Long Xiaoqing.
Long Xiaoqing was bashful, but Yang Ye had thick skin and pretended not to hear a thing.
“Husband, let’s just go to the Dragon Palace from now on!” Long Xiaoqing whispered.
“Mm,” Yang Ye nodded.
Butler Mu had already relocated the Dragon Palace to the ocean floor at a depth exceeding ten thousand meters.
Over thirty thousand meters deep, in fact.
Even Yang Ye would need to wear the Solar Armor to make the trip.
As for Long Xiaoqing, the pressure of ocean water wouldn’t affect her even if it were three hundred thousand meters deep.
Taking advantage of some free time, Yang Ye and Long Xiaoqing strolled through the streets like an ordinary couple.
They bought jewelry and various clothes, then entered a supermarket to purchase large amounts of beast meat, vegetables, and fruits—items Yang Yu had asked Yang Ye to buy.
A few days ago, Bai Haotian had gone to America to assist the Xia family with migration matters.
The Xia family had already realized that now, only Huaxia held a boundless future.
Other countries were fragmented like scattered sand and would soon be left far behind by Huaxia.
When the power gap grows too great, Earth can only have one dominant nation.
Seizing the opportunity to transfer all assets and family members to Huaxia was the wisest choice.
The Xia family’s migration was naturally arranged through Yang Ye’s connections.
Who else but Xia Li had a good relationship with Yang Yu!
As for other Chinese families, it was not so easy.
The world’s changes were quite obvious.
For example, various plants were growing vigorously, and the yields of grains and fruits had greatly increased.
Moreover, fewer people were falling ill.
For ordinary people who could not cultivate, these were tangible benefits.
Seeing these changes made Yang Ye very happy.
After purchasing the goods and paying, Yang Ye immediately stored them in his storage ring and quickly returned to the manor.
“Master, the merchant ship will arrive soon,” Nezha said as soon as they returned.
Yang Ye nodded. “This time, let them land the spaceship at Jingcheng Airport! Trading at the South Gate is just too conspicuous.”
“Understood!” Nezha swiftly went to make arrangements.
Yang Ye picked up the shopping list Nezha handed him and began to scan through it.
The list was filled with various things Yang Ye didn’t understand.
The entire sheet nearly exhausted all the star crystals obtained from the previous battle.
After the battle was tallied, they had gained over 370 million star crystals and twenty Star God Crystals.
Nezha had already handed over the twenty Star God Crystals and fifty storage rings to Yang Ye.
Yang Ye kept the Star God Crystals and distributed the fifty storage rings among his subordinates.
“With Nezha, we’ve saved a lot of trouble. Otherwise, relying on alien merchants to coordinate these affairs would only get us ripped off,” Yang Ye smiled after reviewing the list.
Long Xiaoqing nodded. “Butler Mu said those merchants are very ruthless.”
Yang Ye looked southward and smiled. “After the last battle, Earth earned a formidable reputation. At least within the Fifth Star Domain, no one will dare trouble us for a while.”
...
What followed was a period of construction.
Compared to other stars, Earth was still a typical ‘earth tribe’ with nothing to show for itself.
Now, Yang Ye and Long Xiaoqing joined the efforts to build not just Earth, but Huaxia.
A black spaceship, over a hundred meters long, landed at Huaxia Airport.
Nearby warehouses were all cleared out, and even some civilian houses were requisitioned by the inspection bureau.
The goods brought by the alien merchants were all stored in containment devices, filling the warehouses to capacity once unloaded.
After the trade was completed and the alien ship departed, all cultivators in Huaxia and many commoners were mobilized.
The grand construction had begun!
First, transmission arrays were set up in various Huaxia cities.
For convenience of travel, and at other countries’ requests, Yang Ye agreed to install one in the capital cities of other nations.
This made travel much easier for cultivators throughout Huaxia and the entire Earth world.
Besides short-range transmission arrays, Nezha also established large-scale long-distance arrays capable of connecting to other star domains.
Earth was newly settled and initially isolated, but in the future, it would definitely exchange with other star civilizations, making such large arrays indispensable.
In addition to transmission arrays, Nezha built Star Gathering Towers across Huaxia.
These devices absorbed star energy and condensed star crystals.
In future exchanges with other star civilizations, star crystals would serve as universal currency.
Not only within the domain created by the main clan but throughout the universe, the common currency was star crystals.
Yang Ye was unwilling to share the Star Gathering Towers, however.
Because they were essentially money printing machines!
One tower could generate over a thousand star crystals daily.
Nezha constructed one hundred towers throughout Huaxia in one go.
Once the towers began operation, the star energy concentration on Earth instantly dropped by a third.
After several days, it fell by ninety percent and then stabilized.
Huaxia now produced over a hundred thousand star crystals daily, making cultivators from other nations envious and regretful for not sending fighters sooner.
No matter how jealous they were, they could do nothing.
Even if all cultivators outside Huaxia united, they were no match for Huaxia.
“Xiao Ye, when you eat meat, save some broth for others! The phone in my office is almost ringing off the hook,” Tian Zhong called Yang Ye after the towers had operated for half a month.
Tian Zhong sounded troubled, but Yang Ye could tell the old man was actually very excited.
Yang Ye had anticipated this and smiled. “If they want star crystals, fine! Form an Earth army, and we’ll pay them salaries.
For early planetary rank, one star crystal per month; mid-tier, two; late-tier, three.
For early stellar rank, ten per month; mid-tier, fifteen; late-tier, twenty.
For superstellar, one hundred per month.”
(The End of this Chapter)