Chapter 1473: Forest Bane, Efficient Construction

Although the scene of these light blades flying through the air looked quite spectacular, the actual disturbance caused was far smaller than Niya's Disintegration Ray from just a moment ago.

Seeing this "all thunder and no rain" display, Niya laughed out loud again, but this time, Xia Duo did not make any excuses; he simply said calmly, "Let the spell fly for a while longer!"

"But hasn't that light blade already disappeared?" Niya pointed ahead and said indignantly, having already decided that Xia Duo was going to welsh on the bet.

To this, Xia Duo still offered no explanation, though he was actually feeling somewhat anxious inside. He had clearly tilted the plane of the light blade at a certain angle, so why was there no reaction yet?

Just as he was wondering if the light blade was too thin, causing the cut trees to still maintain a significant degree of friction.

The first large tree in front of him that came into contact with the light blade abruptly emitted a dull "rustle," very slow at first, but becoming more and more obvious as time went on.

Hearing this sound, a satisfied smile finally appeared on Xia Duo's face, and immediately after, within a fan-shaped area of about 30 degrees in front, the trees slid down one after another from the cuts made by the light blade.

Seeing this, the expression on Niya's face froze for a moment, but fortunately, the two were neither sulking nor harboring any grudges; as long as one side made a slight gesture, would the other really keep holding onto it?

Niya quickly wiped away her look of surprise, turned and walked to the side of a severed tree, pretended to take a few looks, then returned to Xia Duo's side as if nothing had happened and whispered, "The effect is not bad!"

"It's alright. Later, I will have the light blade fly close to the ground; you help me contact Laidun and have him send people over to clear the timber."

"Oh, okay."

Niya secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then began casting a Sending spell to Laidun, while Xia Duo threw away the branch in his hand and placed the Adamantine Particles, which served as the source of the light blade, directly on the ground.

Consequently, rectangular light blades shimmering with blue light, trailing long exhaust flames, continuously shot forward from under Xia Duo's feet.

At the same time, he continuously activated his Bloodline Ability, guiding gusts of strong wind to blow forward.

If not for the light blades going first, these gusts, which were not actually that strong, would not have been able to do anything to these large trees that had grown for who knows how many years.

But with the light blades leading the way, the cut surface was basically impossible to be on the vertical line of the tree's center of gravity; once the strong wind blew, the severed upper parts swayed and toppled toward the direction of the center of gravity.

In fact, Xia Duo still underestimated the power of the Adamantine Jet Light Blade; adjusting the width of the light blade based on the number of obstacles ahead was far more efficient than a rectangular form.

In the end, the light blade form Xia Duo shaped looked a bit like a flat, wavy ribbon, where every crest of the wave corresponded to every obstacle ahead.

It was simply utilizing the Adamantine Jet to the extreme.

Of course, an even more extreme approach would be to use every bit of Adamantine Particle for cutting, rather than wasting it on flying through the air or continuing to cut obstacles that had already been cut.

It was just that this approach was extremely difficult to control; with Xia Duo's current ability, he could only choose to trade control and conservation for efficiency.

But this went against his original intention of personally taking action for the sake of efficiency.

……

Next, in just a short half-day, Xia Duo had consumed nearly one-third of the Adamantine Particles in his hand, and the forest area he had cut had already reached nearly 1,000 New Mu, or about one square kilometer.

In mid-air, looking at the vast expanse of forest toppled below, Xia Duo once again solidified the thought that magic is the primary productive force.

This was just him alone; if there were a few more of him, and they spent a month or so, wouldn't they be able to clear out the entire Green Pearl Forest?

Noticing that Laidun, Jiefu, and others were already arranging for the Development Department's Working Group to begin cutting and transporting the timber, Xia Duo simply went all the way and started the light blades dancing again.

However, this time the light blades were no longer flying flat close to the surface, but were generally in a vertical form, weaving back and forth among the toppled trees.

The Territory had been developed for a long time and was not short of timber; in fact, his cutting like this would not damage the timber to the point of being unusable. Even if it couldn't be used for carpentry, it could be used for papermaking or as fuel.

But with his secondary processing, the residents of the Territory in the Development Department could save a lot of manpower, and use this saved manpower for initial land leveling and building wooden houses; presumably, the new residents from the Langas Plain would soon be able to have their own new Homeland.

……

At the foot of the Tower of Time.

Looking at the bustling work scene of the Development Department in the northeast, Xia Duo felt full of joy and gratification. He turned back and asked Laidun:

"About how long will it take to finish tidying up this new land?"

"About three or four days!"

"So fast?!"

Although Xia Duo knew that the Territory was not short of manpower, there was no absolute causal relationship between the level of efficiency and the amount of manpower.

The initial clearing of one square kilometer of land, even on Earth, with all kinds of construction machinery, would not be cleared so quickly.

One must know that this land was originally a forest; besides a large number of trees, there were also many thick, intertwined vines, and even rocks and stone hills.

Even after simple cutting by the Adamantine Jet Light Blade, wanting to clear it completely was still a massive project.

Especially since the current manpower of the Territory was truly just manpower, without any efficient construction machinery, Xia Duo was very curious how Laidun came up with the number of three or four days.

"Yeah, how could it be so fast!" Niya also felt it was hard to believe at this moment.

"Lord Territory Lord, Lady Niya, when I first heard this time, I didn't quite believe it either, but after listening to the explanation from the Development Department, I think this time is still possible to achieve."

"What did the Development Department say?"

"They said that the timber from this new land can be used directly for the construction of the new residents' Homeland—houses, furniture, fences, and fuel for the winter—which can consume more than half, and those rocks can be used for paving roads."

As he spoke, Laidun glanced toward the northeast and continued to explain: "Actually, the people in that new land now are not just the Development Department; the Logistics Department is also there. The two sides are acting in coordination, and the efficiency is very high."

So that was it!

After hearing Laidun's explanation, Niya was still a bit skeptical, but Xia Duo believed it completely. What he said was tidying up this land, not clearing all the debris on this land away.

In fact, the vast majority of that debris could be used in subsequent construction.

Xia Duo actually understood this principle, but because the previous development of the Territory was to build the residential area first, and the debris on the subsequently developed land was all cleared away, he had such a fixed mindset.

In fact, most of this batch of new residents did not yet have their own places to live!

If they didn't make full use of the materials close at hand, wouldn't that be wasting a lot of manpower and resources!