Chapter 204: Preparations Before World Advancement

With the World Advancement, various changes will occur across the entire planet.

Jerry of Wuhun City is not afraid; Jerry previously caused an earthquake, and those buildings in disrepair were basically all rebuilt after that earthquake.

Jerry estimates that the rebuilt Wuhun City can withstand even a magnitude 9 earthquake.

Moreover, besides the Floating Small Courtyard, Wuhun City also has a floating plaza; these places can temporarily accommodate many people.

What should be worried about now are the Two Great Empires; the Two Great Empires have vast areas, many cities, many villages, and a large population, so rebuilding now is definitely too late.

Even if the floating house plan is activated, there are not enough materials.

After checking all his belongings, he suddenly discovered a few sets of armor inside his ring.

These were made long ago after discovering complete sets of Soul Armor; he originally wanted to equip the Wuhun City army with them, but eventually found it unnecessary as their functions were not very strong and their improvement to combat power was limited.

Exoskeleton Armor—a term appeared in Jerry's mind.

Yes, that's it, Exoskeleton Armor; this way, ordinary people can use it.

Considering the issues of materials and mass production.

This time, Jerry took out the most abundant iron in Douluo Continent.

Refining iron into steel, high-temperature steelmaking.

These are all very simple for Jerry now.

He then began production; as for the electronic equipment on the Exoskeleton Armor, that stuff is too complex, so it is more convenient to use the methods of a Soul Guidance Master.

He soon produced a set of Exoskeleton Armor and tested it, but the effect was not ideal; there were too many exposed areas.

If one really encountered a building collapse and was buried, it would still be easy to get injured, and the safety was not very good.

He covered all the exposed areas with steel, but the overall weight increased, and ordinary people could no longer operate it.

He continued to add energy storage devices and force-multiplying devices.

The research process was just production, testing, improvement, and then testing and improving again.

One week later, inside Jerry's laboratory, a three-meter-tall Exoskeleton Armor appeared—oh, no, it can't be called Exoskeleton Armor anymore; this is definitely a small Mecha.

Furthermore, the operation method has also changed; now one only needs to sit in the cockpit inside.

And this Mecha comes with an Anti-gravity Device, allowing for low-altitude flight.

Of course, high-altitude flight is also possible, but it requires consuming more energy.

The Mecha before his eyes is set up with a Gundam-like exterior, which is very cool.

However, what was the original purpose of the research? Jerry had long forgotten; who doesn't have a Mecha dream?

After putting the Mecha into his ring, Jerry came to the outdoor testing ground.

As soon as he arrived at the testing ground, Jerry couldn't wait to take out the Mecha and sat directly inside.

Inside the cockpit, Jerry controlled the Mecha to walk, run, punch, and carry things; although it was a bit stiff, everything was successful.

As Jerry played more happily, the Mecha's movements gradually became less stiff, and Jerry even took out a giant sword to have the Mecha perform a set of sword techniques.

As Jerry became more familiar with it, he used the Mecha to perform footwork movements directly.

After playing for a long time, he felt that playing by himself was a bit boring; Mechas are only fun when used for combat.

Jerry then returned to the laboratory and produced another Mecha, and this time he painted both Mechas; they looked incredibly handsome.

Besides Jerry, who in the Spirit Hall loves to play the most? Of course, it is Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu is currently taking care of her mother.

Jerry called over Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong.

"I have something fun here. Lingling, Rongrong, do you want to play?"

"Yes! Yes! Senior Brother!"

As soon as Jerry finished speaking, Ning Rongrong happily agreed, but Ye Lingling was more steady; after considering it, she said:

"Junior Brother, is it safe? Is there any danger?"

"No problem, I've been playing with it for a long time."

After receiving Jerry's affirmative answer, the three of them came to the testing ground, and Jerry took out two Mechas directly.

"Wow, so cool! I want to play, I want to play."

Seeing the Mechas Jerry took out, Ning Rongrong's eyes never left them.

Jerry then began to teach the two the operation methods; the methods were slightly complex, but for Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong, it was not a problem—their Spirit Power was high, so they learned everything quickly.

The two then boarded the Mechas and began to slowly familiarize themselves with them, with Jerry guiding from the side.

One day later, both were familiar with them, and at this time Jerry said they could try a battle.

Then Ning Rongrong happily shouted that she wanted to play; Ye Lingling didn't like fighting much now, so she let Jerry and Rongrong play first while she watched.

Playing a Mecha battle with Rongrong—hehe, Jerry thought of something fun; sorry, Junior Sister!

The two sat in their Mechas and came to the middle of the testing ground.

"Senior Brother, I'm going to attack!"

After Ning Rongrong finished speaking, she raised the sword in the Mecha's hand, activated the booster device, instantly ran in front of Jerry, jumped up directly, and prepared to give Jerry a vertical slash first.

As for Ning Rongrong's routine, Jerry had seen it completely from the moment she raised her hand.

So he said with a smile:

"Rongrong, you are using a sword, why are you using it like a blade? Sword techniques are supposed to be elegant; didn't Sword Douluo teach you?"

"Senior Brother, you talk too much. Take this!"

Hmm, this little girl, still unconvinced.

Seeing Rongrong slashing over, Jerry didn't make any big movements. Using his right foot as a pivot, he turned to dodge Ning Rongrong's vertical slash. As he turned back, he struck back with his sword, using the back of the blade to slap the waist of Ning Rongrong's Mecha directly. At this moment, Ning Rongrong had just missed her slash and couldn't react in time; she was slapped directly by Jerry's sword and then sent flying.

The reason he was able to send Ning Rongrong flying was that Jerry activated the booster device the moment he turned, and after Ning Rongrong missed her slash, she had momentum, plus she was too close to Jerry, which meant she took the full force of Jerry's sword.

Ning Rongrong's Mecha was slapped seven or eight meters away and fell directly to the ground.

Jerry still knew how to control his strength; Ning Rongrong was not injured and slowly stood up.

The cockpit of the Mecha is made of special materials; even if the Mecha is scrapped, the cockpit remains intact.

"Senior Brother!"

Ning Rongrong shouted and charged toward Jerry again.

However, this time she didn't jump up to hack, but instead delivered a horizontal sweep at Jerry.

Jerry held his sword with one hand and blocked the sword Ning Rongrong swept over directly; the two swords collided, emitting a sizzling sound and sparks.

"Rongrong, you still need to learn more about combat techniques; a six-year-old child is better than you."

After Jerry finished speaking, he swung his other hand and punched the belly of Ning Rongrong's Mecha, sending her Mecha back several steps before it fell to the ground.

"Hahaha."

Ye Lingling couldn't bear to watch from afar and burst out laughing; this Junior Sister Ning Rongrong was both unskilled and loved to play.

Having been knocked flying by Jerry twice, Ning Rongrong got angry and climbed directly out of the cockpit.

"Senior Brother, you're cheating; your Mecha has more power."

Ning Rongrong said, pouting her little mouth.

"Rongrong, these two Mechas are identical; it's just a matter of force-application technique."

"It's not, let's switch."

Ning Rongrong was very unconvinced, and after switching Mechas with Jerry, they continued to spar.

In the end, Rongrong was still easily knocked to the ground by Jerry.

"Senior Brother!"

Ning Rongrong stared at Jerry with eyes full of tears.

"Rongrong, you used to treat yourself as a support every day and haven't really cultivated combat techniques. I have released many Self-created Soul Skills in the Spirit Hall; you can go and cultivate them. Once you learn them, you can perform the same techniques using the Mecha. With your current combat skills, Senior Sister Lingling could defeat you with one hand."

"Senior Brother, but I am a support!"

"Rongrong, you've been in the Spirit Hall for so long; look at the Spirit Arena now—when fighting, is there still a distinction between support, control, and assault? Lingling has gone to the Spirit Arena often for a period of time for single Soul Fighting rankings; Lingling's rank is probably King now!"

"I reached King long ago; it's boring. I don't even need to use my martial soul to win easily, so I haven't gone much lately; it's hard to get matched with opponents," Ye Lingling said in a gentle tone.

"Wow, Senior Sister, you are that amazing?"

"Rongrong, in Wuhun City, there has long been no such thing as a Spirit Master's development path. Martial souls and soul skills are just auxiliary; when truly fighting, everyone basically uses Self-created Soul Skills. For example, the movement techniques, Fist Techniques, palm techniques, leg techniques, sword techniques, and blade techniques that your Senior Brother Jerry published in the Spirit Hall can be cultivated by everyone, regardless of their martial soul."

"Wow, I didn't even know that."

"Rongrong, look at the master's disciples; you are the only one who spends every day eating, drinking, and buying clothes everywhere. Aside from cultivating soul power, you don't learn anything else. I estimate that in a while, you won't even be able to beat Xue Ke."

"I don't want to be at the bottom; I will cultivate when I go back today."

"By the way, Junior Brother, you had nothing to do, so you made this toy for Rongrong to play with?" Ye Lingling asked suddenly.

Ah, Jerry suddenly remembered what he was supposed to be doing.

How did he end up making combat equipment while working on it?

However, Jerry had now collected the parameters for the Mecha, and its combat power was equivalent to a Soul Ancestor; it was perfect for use by personnel without soul power.

It could be considered an unexpected gain, but he couldn't continue researching now; time was tight, so he had to put it aside for now.

He would hand this over to the Great Elder first and let him produce a batch for the personnel in Wuhun City to use for the time being.

Afterwards, Jerry immediately returned to the Research Department; the individual equipment didn't seem to have very good results.

Then he would just have to build large-scale transport devices.

Turning this way and that, he was still limited by materials; the reserves of materials on the Douluo Continent were truly too scarce.

Although the World Consciousness told Jerry the locations of the mineral deposits across the entire planet, mining them required a lot of time.

It wasn't something that could be gathered in a month or two, so he could only issue orders, and Wuhun City and the Two Great Empires successively issued tasks to purchase various mineral resources.

Moreover, this was a long-term task; Jerry didn't want to be limited by materials in the future whenever he wanted to make something.

Just as Jerry was worrying about raw materials, the World Consciousness contacted Jerry.

It turned out Jerry had fallen into a misconception.

He had seen too many disaster films in his past life where cities were destroyed at every turn, but the Douluo Continent was different.

The World Consciousness told Jerry that even if the crust shifted, planting more trees—and then Jerry using his Growth Skill—would allow these trees to grow quickly, and their root systems could stabilize a lot of soil, thereby reducing the harm caused by crustal movements.

Upon hearing the method suggested by the World Consciousness, he was suddenly enlightened.

In his past life, many places would plant large amounts of vegetation to prevent soil erosion.

And in this world, the root system of a single hundred-thousand-year plant could cover an entire city.

Moreover, if every city had a hundred-thousand-year Plant Soul Beast, the soul power there would also become dense.

Jerry recalled his clone from the Moon, then found a ninety-thousand-year Healing-type plant in the Star Dou Great Forest. After explaining the situation to it, this plant began to gestate seeds, and to help it, Jerry even released several Growth Skills on it.

A day later, five hundred seeds were produced, which was already enough.

For the current Jerry, seeds, branch cuttings, and the like all had the same effect.

Now every city had a branch of the Spirit Hall, so he could just choose the location at the branch halls.

In the future, these Plant Soul Beasts could also serve as guards for the branch halls.

After the Spirit Hall issued a notice, all the clones began to take action.

Jerry's main body personally cultivated hundred-thousand-year plants in three places: Wuhun City, Heaven Dou City, and Star Luo City.

For other cities, ninety-thousand-year ones were about enough; if they were lucky enough to break through to one hundred thousand years, that would be even better.

Jerry was not afraid of the Soul Beast Thunder Tribulation now; if he encountered a Thunder Tribulation, Jerry would run straight into the tribulation clouds and suck all the energy dry. They wanted to strike him down? Impossible, absolutely impossible.

This period of time almost exhausted Jerry; cultivating high-age Plant Soul Beasts was truly not easy.

But fortunately, the cultivation was finally complete now; all the major cities were protected by Plant Soul Beasts, and Jerry felt much more at ease.

"Issue a notice: the day after tomorrow, all the people in the villages must rush to the nearby major cities; the world is about to begin its advancement."

Jerry issued the order at the Spirit Hall; that same day, all the cities received the news, and everyone rushed toward the nearby major cities.

Every city has also prepared reception areas, and the food and drink for the common people these days are all being taken care of by the Spirit Hall.

At first, many people were unwilling to leave, but after seeing a report published in the Spirit News about the World Advancement, they all began to take action, so no riots were caused, and all arrangements in every city were orderly.

Fortunately, Jerry had previously stored a large amount of grain, so there was absolutely no need to worry about the food supply problem in any city.

Furthermore, Jerry promised that anyone whose fields were damaged this time could, after verification by the Spirit Hall, go to the Spirit Hall Branch in each city to collect one year's worth of grain.

For those whose houses were destroyed, the Spirit Hall will arrange for subsequent reconstruction.

This completely resolved all the worries of the common people, so the common people of the Two Great Empires were very cooperative.

Wuhun City

"Jerry, now that the Two Great Empires have been arranged, how long will this World Advancement take?" Qian Daoliu asked.

"Because the energy is relatively sufficient, the World Advancement will be very fast, taking only three days. Therefore, the destructiveness will be great; if we didn't tell the common people in advance, they would probably all think the end of the world had arrived," Jerry explained to Qian Daoliu.

"Three days! That fast!"

Qian Daoliu had originally thought that World Advancement was a very slow process, and hearing from Jerry that it would only take three days still shocked him a little.

"Yes, I won't hide it from you, the Pillar Supporting the Sky in Wuhun City is the key to accelerating the World Advancement. If there were no such Pillar Supporting the Sky, waiting for the world to advance slowly would probably take over a hundred years. However, stretching out the time does have some benefits; the destruction of the world would proceed slowly and would not be easily detected. For the world, a hundred years is nothing, but for us humans, a hundred years is too long."

"A hundred years is indeed too long, three days is better. So this Pillar Supporting the Sky is so important; its function is more important than the entire Wuhun City. It must be heavily guarded in the future."

"Great Elder, there is no need for heavy guards; wouldn't that obviously tell others that this thing is very important? Just like now, being open is quite good; no one would think that something displayed openly every day would be the most important thing," Jerry said with a smile.

"Alright then!"

"It's coming, the advancement has begun!"

After Jerry finished speaking, he looked up at the sky.

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