Chapter 1872: Star-Severing Defense Line

Star-Severing Defense Line

"I know, I will go over right away."

Jing Si nodded. His gaze swept over the surroundings, and while walking out of the station, he couldn't help asking, "These things they are transporting, what are they all?"

"Lord Jing Si, this batch that arrived this afternoon is mostly daily necessities."

"Daily necessities? So many??"

"The Red Star's Return is imminent. His Majesty ordered that all major bastions... major domains must hoard a sufficient amount of daily necessities, including enough food, fresh water, clothing, medicines, etc., to continuously supply the entire city's population for at least one month, just in case."

"So that's how it is." Jing Si suddenly realized something, "You said these are the ones that arrived this afternoon? Then what about the other batches?"

"As for the others... you will naturally know when you see Duke of Stars."

Jing Si walked out of the platform, and the special car had already been waiting for a long time.

However, at this time, around the Tower to Heaven, it seemed that layers upon layers of scaffolding had been set up, and it was undergoing maintenance and renovation. Not only that, Jing Si found that in the entire Tianshu Domain, basically every other street, an area would be fenced off, and something was being built in full swing.

Vegetables and fruits from the South Sea Domain, clothes from the Red Dust Domain, daily necessities from the Suspended Jade Domain, steel from the Aurora Domain... The logistics between the major domains were interconnected like a spider web, transporting everything that maintained the lives of the citizens to each other like blood. Streets after streets were almost jammed full of various transport vehicles.

Coupled with the bustling renovations and constructions around, Jing Si could clearly feel an indescribable tense atmosphere continuously spreading in the domain.

In Jing Si's eyes, the Tianshu Domain at this moment was like a living person curled up in a corner carefully covering themselves with a blanket, preparing to resist the arrival of the severe cold.

The vehicle slowly stopped at the foot of the Tower to Heaven.

Under guidance, Jing Si took the steam elevator and rapidly approached the top of the tower. As the metal doors slowly opened, a familiar back figure finally appeared before his eyes.

At this time, Duke of Stars was standing in front of a giant painting several meters long and wide hung in the center of the room. With his back facing the elevator, he seemed to be bowing his head in deep thought.

As Jing Si got closer, he realized that this was actually an extremely detailed map of the Tianshu Domain. Every street, every building could find its corresponding position on this map. In addition to this, various underground shelters were densely marked, as well as material transportation trajectory diagrams more complex than a spider web.

"Lord Chief." Jing Si spoke respectfully.

"You've come." Duke of Stars nodded slightly, "Just right, I can't be in two places at once right now. I plan to hand over the management of this material transportation planning part to you..."

"Are you referring to the material receiving, dispatching, and hoarding in warehouses ordered by His Majesty?" Jing Si was thoughtful, "This isn't difficult... On the way here, I briefly observed. The logistics network should have already taken shape, the rest is just a matter of time..."

"More than that."

Duke of Stars shook his head.

He raised his hand and pointed at the densely packed red dot areas distributed all over the Tianshu Domain on the map, "I also need you to prioritize the material supply, worker meals, and waste disposal for these places."

Jing Si was stunned, "What materials are needed? What quantity... and how many worker meals?"

"For each place, one hundred tons of steel, ten tons of gunpowder, and meals for two hundred workers."

"How much??"

Jing Si widened his eyes, looking at those densely packed red areas on the map, only feeling his brain buzzing, "Lord Chief... you... what exactly are these places of yours used for?"

Duke of Stars took a deep look at him, turned around, and walked toward the depths of the Tower to Heaven.

"...Follow me."

Jing Si followed behind Duke of Stars and finally came to the foot of a massive shadow completely shrouded under black cloth.

The floor height of each level of the Tower to Heaven was already spacious, and the topmost floor where Duke of Stars was located was even emptier to the point of leaving echoes. But even so, this giant shadow before him almost reached the ceiling, like a hideous giant beast completely shrouded in shadows.

With a light wave of Duke of Stars's palm, the black cloth slipped down accordingly...

Seeing clearly what was in front of him, the corners of Jing Si's mouth unconsciously opened wide.

This was a giant object cast entirely of steel, like a surface-to-air super giant cannon, and also like a long and narrow giant crossbow capable of highly efficient kinetic energy transmission. A large steam engine group linked to a winch to wind it. In the center was a thick arrow tip forged of some unknown material, embedded with gunpowder, and its surface carved full of mysterious witchcraft Curse Runes. At the tail end of this black arrow, tail fins full of modern aerodynamic design slowly emitted faint light like breathing.

Jing Si didn't know how to describe this thing in front of him. It was as if it fused ancient giant crossbows with steam power transmission and ultramodern design concepts, and added a divine path Aura that surpassed the rules of physics, forging a grand product that didn't belong to this era.

"This is..."

"During this time, I have been studying modern industrial and technological development... especially the era before the Great Cataclysm over three hundred years ago. It truly makes me yearn for it." Duke of Stars seemed to have recalled something, his eyes full of longing for that era and regret for not being born at that time,

"If civilization hadn't regressed, with the industrial and technological level of that era, so many things could have been done... What a pity, now those exquisite and unparalleled designs can no longer be used."

"However, many theoretical knowledge of that era can still have significant meaning for the current era."

"Together with the skilled craftsmen of this era, I studied for a long time before fusing many things from the past, the present, and that cutting-edge era together, creating this miniaturized surface-to-air weapon model."

"Highly efficient transmission, precise braking, ultimate destruction... It, should be the strongest anti-air weapon humanity can create in this era of regressed civilization."

"We call it... the Star-Severing Crossbow."

Hearing this, the shock in Jing Si's eyes grew even richer.

No wonder Duke of Stars didn't participate in court politics at all before, and was also indifferent to the White Egret Office... So he had been researching this thing all along?

"Is this Star-Severing Crossbow... used to deal with the Red Star?" Jing Si couldn't help asking.

Duke of Stars shook his head, "Even if the power generated by guidance is enough for them to break free from gravity and enter space, just relying on these is still very difficult to cause much impact on the Red Star's main body... But if there are small Red Star Fragments streaking past, they can still affect the fragments' trajectory and avoid a head-on collision with Earth."

"I have calculated, sixty-six Star-Severing Crossbows, arranged in a specific rule, can intercept nearly ninety percent of the Red Star Fragments approaching Earth..."

"They are also named the 'Star-Severing Defense Line'."

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Writer's block.