Chapter 421: Inside the City 2

The common people of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty are, for the most part, illiterate and unable to recognize a single character.

Knowledge is something only the children of wealthy families can afford to learn; with knowledge, one can change their fate, no longer facing the yellow earth with their backs to the sky, scratching out a living in the dirt for their entire lives.

The common people also hope their children can go to school, but even in years of favorable weather, it is good enough if they can keep the whole family fed after a year of hard labor; they truly cannot afford the teachers' tuition.

Unexpectedly, within Luolong County, the children of ordinary refugees can actually read and learn; not only is it free, but they are also provided with meals. This is truly wonderful.

Watching the children truly sitting in school, reciting lessons along with the teacher, many refugee parents wept with joy, their hearts filled with gratitude toward Lord Meng.

The newly enrolled children study the "Three Character Classic," the "Hundred Family Surnames," and elementary textbooks from Earth such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Among them, children who were already literate and possessed extraordinary talent were selected to enter the junior high division to study more advanced scientific knowledge.

"The heat generated by an electric current passing through a conductor is directly proportional to the square of the current, directly proportional to the resistance of the conductor, and directly proportional to the time the current flows. The expression is Q=I^{2}Rt. This is Joule's Law; this law describes the rules of the thermal effect of electric current and is frequently used in calculations such as the heat generated by electric heaters."

"The current in a conductor is directly proportional to the voltage across the conductor and inversely proportional to the resistance of the conductor. The expression is I=\frac{U}{R}. This is Ohm's Law, one of the fundamental laws of electricity, which can be used to solve related calculation problems of current, voltage, and resistance in circuits."

"The reflected ray, the incident ray, and the normal all lie in the same plane; the reflected ray and the incident ray are on opposite sides of the normal, and the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. This law is one of the fundamental laws of optics and can be used to explain optical phenomena such as plane mirror imaging and periscopes."

A dozen or so students, each holding a textbook, were reading the scientific theorems on them with focused concentration; some knowledge points they had already figured out on their own.

Some knowledge points were truly profound and difficult to understand, like a heavenly book; even these genius students had no idea what they meant. The students asked the classroom teacher, only to find that the teacher also could not explain many of the points clearly, and they could only wait for Lord Meng to return and personally answer their questions and resolve their doubts.

"Huh! What kind of knowledge is this? Why does it seem somewhat like the rules of the Dao, yet also somewhat different?" Hu Mei'er felt a shock in her heart upon hearing these scientific theorems.

"You are free now; you can study these scientific theorems." Meng Yifan had already discovered that although the scientists on Earth did not cultivate or seek Enlightenment, the scientific theorems they discovered were actually expounding the laws of how the world operates—all paths lead to the same destination, and all methods return to the origin.

These scientific theorems have an inspirational effect on Immortal Cultivators of the Sixth Grade and above for achieving Enlightenment and constructing the framework of the world.

"Master, are these all laws that you have comprehended?" Hu Mei'er looked at Meng Yifan with admiration.

Being able to explain the laws of the Dao in a simple and easy-to-understand way showed that Meng Yifan's comprehension of the laws of the Dao had already reached a very profound level.

"These scientific theorems were obtained from another world. Most of the people there did not cultivate, yet they developed a technological civilization. Ordinary people can use machines to fly in the sky or burrow into the ground, and two people thousands of miles apart can chat via mobile phone video," Meng Yifan laughed.

Hu Mei'er, Lang Batian, and the other Demon Beasts were all stunned into silence; they could not imagine what kind of world that would be.

Meng Yifan did not say more and led everyone to continue walking inside.

Along the way, Hu Mei'er was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, finding everything fresh. Wind generators, electric light bulbs, electric well drilling machines, Congreve Rocket launchers, and other such things left everyone dumbfounded.

"One, two, one; one, two, one; one, two, three, four..."

Inside the city's drill ground, loud, resonant slogans could be heard.

One thousand soldiers of the Salvation Army, wearing uniform green military attire and shouting loud slogans, were drilling. Their formation was neat, their steps were uniform, and they were perfectly aligned, as if carved from the same mold; at a glance, they were an elite force.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" After the formation training, the soldiers practiced thrusting. The shouts of "kill" were earth-shattering, and a fierce, tragic murderous aura spread in all directions, making even Hu Mei'er feel a shock in her heart.

After experiencing several major battles, especially after wiping out the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty's ace unit, the Divine Machine Battalion, these soldiers had been Reborn and Transformed, possessing a domineering spirit of "who else but me."

In particular, they were equipped with AK47 Automatic Rifles, Rocket Launchers, and Array weapons, which greatly increased their combat effectiveness, making them unafraid of any elite troops.

Zhou Rentong and other Sixth Grade powerhouses had signed an agreement: the Sixth Grade could not participate in the war. If one wanted to attack cities and seize territory or plunder resources, only cultivators below the Fifth Grade could be sent to fight.

After Meng Yifan advanced to the Sixth Grade, he also had to abide by the agreement; otherwise, he would provoke public anger and be besieged by other Sixth Grade powerhouses.

Meng Yifan's Nine Systems World was in urgent need of a large amount of energy replenishment, and the fastest way to get it was to plunder Spirit Stone Mines. In the Ten Thousand Mountains outside the borders of Dongzhou, there were several Spirit Stone Mines.

The Ten Thousand Mountains were vast and boundless, belonging to the territory of the Demon Race. Meng Yifan had spoken with Zhou Rentong about preparing to send troops into the Ten Thousand Mountains to plunder Spirit Stone Mines, a plan Zhou Rentong supported with both hands.

Although Meng Yifan was unwilling to join the Imperial Observatory, as long as he went to fight the Demon Race to the death, the Demon Race would be unable to invade the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty, which would alleviate the pressure on the east of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty.

The Demon Race was numerous, with a total population in the billions, most of whom were low-level Demon Beasts. However, "many ants can kill an elephant," and even during the peak of the Great Wu Heavenly Dynasty, they did not dare to send troops into the Ten Thousand Mountains to plunder Spirit Stone Mines.

Meng Yifan prepared to arm his soldiers to the teeth; if the numbers were insufficient, he would make up for it with firepower. With every person holding an AK47, they would spray bullets whenever they saw a Demon Beast. Plus, with the Fifth Grade combat power of Hu Mei'er, Lang Batian, Lang Badi, the Man-Eating Flower, and Meng Shuangdao, they would go in to plunder the Spirit Stone Mines.

If there was an opportunity, they would occupy the mine; if the Demon Race's attack was too fierce, they would fight a Guerrilla Warfare—grab it and run, then wait for an opportunity to come back and grab it again.

Additionally, Meng Yifan had obtained a secret method for refining Spirit Roots from He Dongliu, and he prepared to refine all the soldiers loyal to him, turning them all into Immortal Cultivators.

With the techniques of Immortal Cultivators combined with modern weapons and equipment, what powerful combat effectiveness that would unleash! Even if the Demon Race were numerous, it would be difficult for them to block the attacks of these troops.

Kong Sanqiang developed descendants and formed a Vampire Troop; vampires have wings and could be considered the air force in Meng Yifan's hands.

Meng Shuangdao could also spread Corpse Poison and form a Zombie Troop; zombies have thick skin and flesh, and are immensely strong, so they could serve as meat shields to provide protection for the Immortal Cultivator troops.

It would not be long before these three troops would set out together to enter the Ten Thousand Mountains and plunder Spirit Stones.