Chapter 3040

Snowfield City is just a remote city in the north.

There are many cities in the south—maybe the lords down south are powerful and doing this very thing…

No, no, that's not right either.

Zhao Quan just said people outside the city broke through the blockade and came back—that must mean the nobles outside Snowfield City broke through the blockade and returned, not anyone else.

That's why he was so confident saying the werewolves were done for.

That's why he said the nobles of District 1 had recovered.

In other words, some elite nobles from District 1—royalty and imperial family—had gone out earlier to repair the wall? And then got locked outside?

And recently broke through the blockade and came back?

Is that how it is?

There's even such a thing?

Prince Zhao Quan 【With such an obvious answer, what is there to hesitate about? You think a commoner like you who knows nothing could go repair the World Wall? Could you? With your stockings and high heels, could you repair the wall? Could you, Zhao Chi?】

Fuck him…

What Zhao Quan said was really infuriating.

Zhao Chi cursed him inwardly, but had to admit he might be right.

If everyone had the ability to go out, they would have gone long ago.

Who would still be holed up in the city?

Only the top nobles could go out, and only the top nobles could go out to do this.

This is repairing the World Wall, after all.

The World Wall!

Just hearing the name sounds badass.

Repairing the World Wall…this is the same thing the ancient ancestor goddess Nüwa was doing.

Holy shit, is it that grand?

Zhao Tan 【I believe you already have the answer in your heart—only we have this ability】

Zhao Chi 【……】

Zhao Tan 【Do you know how the World Wall is repaired?】

Zhao Chi 【I don't know…it's not using a Nüwa Stone, is it? A complete Nüwa Stone?】

Zhao Tan 【No, a Nüwa Stone is far from enough—what's needed is an Ancient Nüwa Stone】

Zhao Chi 【Ancient Nüwa Stone? What concept is that?】

Prince Zhao Quan 【How do you not know anything? You're 21 already, aren't you?】

Zhao Tan 【Your Highness Zhao Quan, Zhao Chi is merely a commoner】

Prince Zhao Quan 【I know! An ignorant commoner!】

Zhao Tan was clearly much better—she had some of a noble's pride, but none of a noble's viciousness.

And she often spoke up for Zhao Chi.

Maybe because she was young?

Not yet tainted by too many of the nobles' bad habits?

Probably not.

She had grown up in that kind of environment since childhood, and was now an adult.

If she came across as relatively decent, then it meant her character was genuinely good.

Talking to her was much better than talking to Zhao Quan.

At least she didn't speak in that passive-aggressive way.

Zhao Tan 【Zhao Chi, you know a Nüwa Stone Fragment is synthesized from 100 Nüwa Stone Shards, right?】

Zhao Chi 【I know that, it also needs 1 Qiankun Cauldron Fragment】

Zhao Tan 【Right, and you know a Nüwa Stone is synthesized from 100 Nüwa Stone Fragments, right?】

Zhao Chi 【This…I can figure that out】

By this calculation, a Nüwa Stone would need 10,000 Nüwa Stone Shards.

Holy shit…

10,000 of them…

Earlier, Yao Feng collected 100 Taiyi Wheel Shards to synthesize a Taiyi Wheel Fragment, and she almost had to search all over half of Snowfield City to gather them.

If it's 10,000, the strength of a single city really can't pull it together.

Way too many.

Zhao Tan 【It's good that you know, and you also know that when synthesizing a Nüwa Stone, a Qiankun Cauldron Fragment is needed, right?】

Zhao Chi 【Got it, that makes sense—synthesizing a Fragment requires a Fragment-level Qiankun Cauldron】

Zhao Tan 【It's good you understand all this. Repairing the World Wall requires 1 Fang of Nüwa Stone, 1尊 of Qiankun Cauldron, and 4 Taiyi Wheels】

Zhao Chi 【That many?】

Zhao Tan 【3 of the 4 Taiyi Wheels are needed to accelerate the other three divine artifacts, obtaining 1 Fang of Ancient Nüwa Stone, 1尊 of Ancient Qiankun Cauldron, and 1 Taiyi Wheel of the Ancient grade】

Zhao Chi 【They all need to be Ancient grade? Besides the Nüwa Stone, those other two need it too?】

Zhao Tan 【Each has its purpose. The Ancient Nüwa Stone must be placed inside the Ancient Qiankun Cauldron to be refined, but this refinement takes an extremely long time—it needs to be accelerated by an Ancient Taiyi Wheel to be obtained quickly, so these materials are absolutely necessary】

Prince Zhao Quan 【Do you know what kind of concept this is? How many materials are needed?】

Zhao Chi 【…Of course I know, it needs 10,000 Nüwa Stone Shards…the Qiankun Cauldron Fragments needed are…are…】

Prince Zhao Quan 【10,000 Nüwa Stone Shards! 11,200 Qiankun Cauldron Fragments! 40,000 Taiyi Wheel Shards! Understand?!】

Zhao Chi 【So much...】

Zhao Chi was stunned.

If what Zhao Tan said was true, then indeed this much was needed.

The issue with this much wasn't money.

It was a matter of whether it could even be obtained.

It would definitely have to be purchased from several other cities.

Manpower, material resources, financial resources — all astronomical figures.

And on top of that, the time consumed, the various bandits along the road, all kinds of hardships and dangers — doing this would absolutely be exhausting in both mind and effort.

This was repairing the world.

It was simply unimaginable.

Prince Zhao Quan 【Now you know how much there is? You commoners, you fucking think our taxes are too heavy, think we're bleeding you dry, think we're oppressing you — if we didn't oppress you, where would all this stuff come from? Fall from the sky?】

Prince Zhao Quan 【We go procure supplies! We go synthesize divine artifacts! We go braving extreme danger, crossing the Sea of Magical Beasts, arriving at the cracks in the wall! We patch the wall!】

Prince Zhao Quan 【And we still have to deal with rebel armies that erupt from time to time, resist external threats, and figure out how to handle the Sea of Magical Beasts attacking the city!】

Prince Zhao Quan 【All of this is done by us! You think the nobility are just sitting around enjoying themselves?】

Prince Zhao Quan 【We've done so much — what have you done?】

Prince Zhao Quan 【We can't be expected to bear everything, can we, us nobility?!】

Prince Zhao Quan 【What can you useless commoners even do? All you fucking need to do is fork over more money, just fork over money and supplies — what are you complaining about?】

Prince Zhao Quan 【Are you even qualified to complain?】

Prince Zhao Quan 【Zhao Chi, I'm asking you — if you were royalty, the highest lord of Snowfield City, would you repair the World Wall? Even if it was just fixing the wall on our side, letting the nearby cities gain a sliver of peace — would you do it or not?!】

The more Zhao Quan spoke, the more agitated he became.

His initial composure and elegance had vanished.

What replaced it was an irritable attitude and tone.

Profanity also kept cropping up.

But Zhao Chi had no words to respond with.

He truly didn't know how to reply.

Not long ago, he had just been thinking about this very thing.

In his plans, there was also the idea of resolving the magical beasts outside.

He was only thinking about it, after all — the werewolf crisis hadn't been resolved yet, so thinking was just empty fantasy.

But in his future plans, these things were indeed meant to be accomplished.

And at the time, it was only to be carried out in the capacity of Yao Feng's subordinate.