Chapter 86: Rough Map, Ancient Creatures Descend!

The great changes in heaven and earth have caused the total surface area of the world to become dozens of times larger than before.

In particular, the high mountains that suddenly sprang up everywhere have caused severe damage to the communication facilities that humanity worked so hard to build.

Communication base stations and other facilities in many places have been directly buried within the great mountains.

Therefore, communications in many parts of the world are basically in a state of disconnection; only a few countries, including Great Xia, are still able to restore communications in certain areas.

This situation has made humanity extremely nervous, realizing that if they do not make changes, they will likely lose control of information in most regions and be unable to cope with potential changes.

Great Xia, within the headquarters.

In the vast conference room, dozens of Advanced officials have gathered, and they are all actively discussing one matter—restoring control over all parts of the country.

At the head of the table, the Supreme Commander glanced at the several Advanced technical personnel present and said in a deep voice, "The matter of the damaged communication facilities is confirmed to be unrecoverable in the short term, so there are still parts of the country that cannot transmit messages to the outside world."

"Coupled with the huge changes that have occurred in mountains and rivers everywhere, it is already very difficult to find the citizens living in various places using the information we previously held."

"Do you have any good methods to determine the situation in all parts of Great Xia?"

"Commander, currently only independent electronic equipment can operate normally, such as drones."

An Advanced technical person pushed up their glasses, their expression grave, "We can use these devices to control information from the Imperial Capital and other places, but... because the previously laid network is damaged, this information still needs to be summarized bit by bit before we can know the full picture."

"I think the top priority is to open up safe routes to ensure that messages can be transmitted from all parts of Great Xia."

"As for the matter of restoring communications, it can only be done step by step."

Upon hearing this, the Supreme Commander nodded, deeply agreeing, "Then let's follow what you said: control the overall situation first, then supplement the details step by step."

"What help do you need?"

"Safety."

Another Advanced technical person spoke earnestly, "Now, the wilderness is full of man-eating Beasts; they are too powerful for ordinary people, and we simply cannot obtain information from various places while surrounded by Beasts."

"Besides that, we also need the fastest tools to travel between places."

The Supreme Commander then cast his gaze upon a military bigwig, "General Wu, arrange some personnel for them to escort them to various places to survey relevant information and ensure their safety."

"When necessary, you may dispatch troops for protection."

Speaking of this, he seemed to have thought of something, "By the way, I heard that the Powerful Group has good technology; contact them later to see if we can get some help from them."

"Yes!"

With the help of these bigwigs, the Advanced technical personnel set off immediately after the meeting ended, rushing to all parts of Great Xia.

It took them only three days to urgently produce a rough map after the great changes.

Although detailed information such as villages and facilities cannot be seen on this map, it records the topography, landforms, and safe and dangerous areas.

The moment he received the map, the Supreme Commander gave a direct order, "Send this map to the Ability User Alliance in various places, let them familiarize themselves with the surrounding changes as soon as possible, and ensure the safety of the citizens."

"Yes!"

In Kunlun Mountain, Lu Chuan's mood, however, was somewhat depressed.

He had successfully refined the Vajra Mace and the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and was overjoyed because of it.

Because he received reports from his underlings like the Fire Leopard, he decided to call Niu Mo to return to Qinling together, but after wandering for a long time, he discovered that he was actually lost!

"These changes in heaven and earth are truly too great!"

Lu Chuan had a rough map of this place in his mind, but because of the changes in heaven and earth, this map had completely lost its utility.

He wandered around Kunlun Mountain for three or four days without being able to walk out, so he had to stop for the time being and asked Niu Mo, "Do you remember how to leave Kunlun Mountain?" "Boss, I don't know either."

"Sigh..."

Immediately, Lu Chuan sighed endlessly.

He looked up at the surrounding scenery, then looked at the sky, and subsequently said, "Let's keep looking; this time we will walk in the direction of the sun, and we will surely be able to walk out."

"Boss!"

Just at this moment, Lu Chuan heard Bai Shijing's call.

He immediately had a thought and communicated with him using Soul Power, "What is the matter?"

"In the past two days, the Great Xia authorities sent me a map, which records the current general topography and landforms, and also marks the places where Beasts gather."

"I saw that there is a place where Beasts gather near Qinling, so I thought I would show it to Boss, lest you be ambushed by them!"

Hearing this, Lu Chuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged, "Quick, give me the map!"

This was truly like having a pillow handed over just as one felt sleepy.

Not long after, Lu Chuan successfully memorized the map sent by Bai Shijing and was immediately overjoyed, "With this, I can finally return to Qinling!"

He took Niu Mo and advanced at full speed; he even chose to move in a straight line if it wasn't truly impossible to traverse, but it still took a full three days to successfully see some familiar scenery.

"Boss, you are finally back!"

In Qinling, Xiaoqing was somewhat incredulous after seeing him.

It hurriedly greeted him and said, "Various great mountains and gullies suddenly appeared at home, directly changing everything, and I couldn't even find the way back to the Underground Palace."

"Boss, can we still find the Fire Leopard and the others?"

"With me here, you can rest assured."

With Lu Chuan's return, the depths of Qinling became lively.

He spent half a day gathering his underlings, and now standing before the half-destroyed Underground Palace, Lu Chuan's mood was somewhat complicated.

After a long while, he said to his underlings, "Forget it, let's just choose another place to settle down; there is no need to hold on here."

"Xiao Wu, this matter will be left to you and your clan to do."

"Yes!"

Subsequently, Lu Chuan looked at his underlings like the Fire Leopard, Huitailang, and Xiong Da, and asked, "You said before that those strange cracks also appeared at home; where are those cracks?"

"I know, let me take Boss there!"

The Fire Leopard stood out immediately, very excited, "Boss, you don't know, but before you came back, other beasts came over preparing to act wantonly, but they were all driven away by everyone."

"I was on the path of pursuit when I saw those rifts."

"Good."

Lu Chuan let the fire leopard lead the way in front, and before long, he truly saw a Kongjianliefeng hanging in mid-air.

He signaled for the fire leopard to retreat, came before the Kongjianliefeng himself, and looked inside, then suddenly exclaimed, "Inside here... there are actually living creatures? They look like ancient creatures!"

"Good heavens, how have they survived until now!"

(End of this chapter)