Chapter 1723: The Arrival of the Small Airship and the Opening of the Passage

Feisu Chinese.

After the Midsummer Festival, everything returned to calm, but some changes that had already occurred or were currently occurring were silently altering people's lives.

At noon that day, Xia Duo and Niya had just finished lunch and were preparing to head to the Blue Crystal Plane together when they suddenly received feedback from the Tower Spirit, stating that an airship had been detected approaching in the northern sky.

Xia Duo was overjoyed and hurriedly said to Niya, "The Mithril from Leisen Territory has arrived, along with the small airship. Now, the 【Daxia-Saville Passage】 can finally be officially opened!"

"Mm." Niya also wore a look of joy.

In fact, according to her thoughts, having ground soldiers patrol would have been enough, and with the addition of Flying Armor now, it could have been opened completely.

But Xia Duo insisted that Flying Armor was better suited for short-range maneuvers and not for rapid long-distance reinforcements; waiting a little longer for an aerial mobile station was very necessary.

Now that the small airship had arrived, both of them felt at ease.

As for the handover and such, Xia Duo and Niya did not need to show up in person this time; Depake happened to be at the No. 1 Spire, so letting him handle the reception would be fine.

Xia Duo only notified the Territory Guard to carry out a temporary mission, taking the large airship to meet the small one; as for the Mithril, there would be no problem with it being temporarily stored at the No. 1 Spire.

"I have already notified Laidun. Do you need to notify Saier Town Mayor? I think even if the forest passage is opened, it will still require a process."

"How do you plan to do it?"

"The passage will first be opened to soldiers from both places for daily training and clearing missions, then gradually opened to Adventurers, and finally opened to the general public."

Xia Duo thought that after being thoroughly combed through by soldiers and Adventurers, there would at most be a few stragglers left around the passage, which would be relatively safe for the general public.

After all, although he had arranged patrols, he could not really let Elite soldiers equipped with airships, Flying Armor, and other Magic Items go around cleaning up messes everywhere.

In fact, even patrol missions were only temporary; their true duty was to handle emergencies involving Spellcasters internally, similar to the armed police in Xia Duo's hometown.

It was just that the number of Spellcasters in the territory was currently small, the proportion was low, and most were concentrated in the Tower of Time, so this Spellbreaker Guard didn't have much use for now, but it would be different in the future.

As the territory's population continued to grow and Magic Education became more widespread, the Tower of Time could not possibly bring all Spellcasters under its command; there would certainly be a large number of Spellcasters outside the Tower of Time.

Although they would still be restricted by the Daxia Code, if illegal or criminal phenomena occurred, should the ordinary people in the Security Office be left to investigate?

This would require more professional law enforcement personnel capable of dealing with Spellcasters, which was where the Spell Breakers would come in.

At that time, this team would most likely be placed under the establishment of the Security Office; of course, that was a matter for the future.

……

Two days later, the 【Daxia-Saville Passage】 was officially opened.

This passage was adjacent to the Code Plaza; strictly speaking, it started from the Tower of Time and extended north to White Sheep Village and Grey Rabbit Village at the southernmost tip of the Savile Territory.

It had a total length of 25 New Li and a width of 500 meters; of course, the part actually paved with walkway bricks was only about a hundred meters, with the sides serving more as buffer zones and for future expansion.

If it were only a two or three-meter road, ordinary people would have no time to react to beasts suddenly jumping out of the forest to attack, let alone wait for support from a patrol.

Being pounced on would basically mean certain death, but with the road as wide as it was now, one could see them from afar and dodge in time; under normal circumstances, as long as one ran for their life, they could even shake off the beasts without needing patrol support.

After all, people in this era were not as pampered as modern people, and it was not difficult to outrun some common beasts on a flat, paved road.

On the day the road opened, Xia Duo personally came to the scene to attend a short opening ceremony, after which 100 territory soldiers, under the command of their Captain, lined up in two columns and marched north with steady, uniform steps.

Listening to the "tap-tap" sound that had almost merged into one, Xia Duo truly felt a surge of excitement; for the sake of this road, the Logistics Department had continuously improved the brick-making process and widened the middle section of the Wolfburg River by nearly a meter just to fire so many walkway bricks.

So many bricks were enough to pave dozens of Code Plazas!

Compared to this brick road, which could be called a miracle in the current era, the Tower of Time at the end of the road seemed somewhat eclipsed.

After all, just from the surface, the Tower of Time was just a stone tower less than a hundred meters tall, while the 【Daxia-Saville Passage】 had a width of a hundred meters just in the brick-paved section.

Not to mention the length, which was almost endless at a glance.

And all of this was completed by ordinary people from the Logistics Department; apart from offering some suggestions at the very beginning, Xia Duo had basically not managed it afterward.

It really felt like giving the vast number of ordinary people a chance, and they would surely return you a miracle.

……

"Laidun, how long do you think it will take before the general public can travel freely?"

At this moment, Laidun was also looking toward the north, his face filled with excitement; compared to Xia Duo, who did not often appear in the territory, this road was something he had watched being pioneered and built bit by bit.

In his view, this road was simply the pinnacle of order and organization; with the road being built bit by bit, and the various changes occurring within the territory, he no longer had a shred of confusion about the future promised by the Lord.

"That depends on how great the Lord's determination is."

"How so?"

"If the Lord personally takes action to comb through the Green Pearl Forest, this passage could immediately allow the general public to travel."

"That won't do!"

Xia Duo shook his head; it wasn't that he didn't have the ability to do it, but—"If I were to take care of everything myself, then what would others be for? Do you think I planned this road just to let the people of the two places travel?"

Laidun fell silent. As the Executive of the territory, he certainly knew the true significance of this road. The so-called convenience for residents of the two places to travel was only one layer of the reason; the true purpose lay in infiltrating Daxia Order into the Savile Territory through this road, ultimately facilitating the integration of the two places.

If it weren't for this purpose, in fact, just buying a few more ships for public transportation would have been enough to let the people of the two places travel.

Come to think of it, after multiple expansions of the Daxia Territory's population, the proportion of residents originally from the Savile Territory had already shrunk to a very low percentage; was it really necessary to build such a road just for this small number of people?

"If everything goes smoothly, the general public should be able to travel before the snows arrive this year," Laidun gave a rough estimate.

"What about the New Li village? Is everything ready?" Xia Duo asked again.

"Everything is ready. Before the land-grant ceremony, we provided training to the residents of the New Li village. They know what to do. In fact, we don't need to do anything at all; it is enough just to let the people in the north see our Reality."

"No matter, being prepared is always better than not being prepared."