Chapter 356

Two days later.

The desert located north of Silver Sand City, about three hundred li away, roughly over a thousand kilometers from the Gate of Creation.

While the desert surface appears normal, at a depth of about eight hundred meters below, an enormous underground space has already been excavated.

Or more accurately, it is a secret underground military base under construction.

The initial construction work was basically done by Luosen, because his Super-giant Transformation Technique is extremely efficient.

At this point, the preliminary preparations are complete.

There are mainly two facilities.

One is the Large-scale Non-living Element Projection Chamber.

The other is the Super-large Life Phase Transfer Array.

With this, Luosen once again leverages the advantage of being Emperor of the Natural Empire, beginning to recruit people.

On the Natural Empire's side, preparations had already been made.

A humming sound.

The Super-large Phase Transfer begins operation first.

Each transmission takes ten seconds, consumes twenty million Luosen of power, and transports about five hundred people.

After transmitting one hundred times, fifty thousand people arrived.

These fifty thousand people are not soldiers, but the magical construction team of the Imperial Construction Bureau.

Of them, forty thousand are construction mages skilled in Special Transformation Construction Technique, and nine thousand handle various logistical work.

Another one thousand are legendary architects trained at great expense by the Empire.

Soon after thirty thousand arrived, the Element Projection Chamber received a large batch of magical construction implements, as well as many designs for the underground base.

With this group joining, the construction progress of the Underground Military Base surged forward.

Luosen was not idle either.

Because ordinary construction teams only handle the main structural framework, many special-function facilities required his personal supervision.

For example, the Super-giant Element Projection Chamber capable of transporting five hundred tons of material in a single transmission is used to convey various war supplies and large war implements.

Another example is the Small Fusion Core Component, estimated to output up to one billion Luosen of power.

Although the energy density of the fusion core is far inferior to that of solar essence.

But lacking in power, they make up for it with quantity.

Although it is a small fusion core, its diameter still exceeds fifty meters, making it look crude and bulky compared to solar essence.

Yet its power is genuine: ten billion Luosen of Legendary 19 extreme strength, sufficient to supply the Underground Base's consumption.

Next is a power array composed of a series of fission cores.

Although the fission core has lower energy density, its advantage lies in its simple structure, controllable volume, and ability to serve as a backup and redundant power source.

In addition, there is a High-intensity Phase Sealing Array covering the entire Underground Military Base.

Although it consumes a great deal of power, it can prevent surprise attacks by the Dawn Guard.

Finally, there is the routine task of helping Tilalin recover her strength.

One day and two hours, it is estimated that in half a month the strength can be raised to Legendary Extreme.

Adela, Beilu Dandi, and Naili were not idle either.

Either they crafted auxiliary arrays, or they followed Tilalin to learn and become familiar with the combat methods of the Dawn Guard.

Additionally, there are thirty-six Life Saints, with a small half assisting at the Underground Base and the majority dispersed to gather intelligence.

In short, everyone is busy nonstop.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed, and the Underground Base was completed on schedule.

It consists of three layers, each twenty meters high, with a single layer covering over eighty square kilometers; the deepest layer lies one kilometer underground, and multiple rapid passages to the surface have been built.

Its strength is also very high, and numerous emergency isolation walls have been installed.

Once the isolation walls descend, even the detonation of a high-yield fusion bomb leaves the other side unharmed.

After completion, the construction corps withdrew in an orderly manner, while the Legendary Legion swiftly entered with its equipment.

Whether it is the Legendary Persons' Super-large Phase Transfer Array or the Giant Element Projection Array for transporting supplies.

Around the clock, twenty-four hours a day, without pause.

To ensure this, both the Natural Plane Empire and the Underground Base's Super Power Core have invested immense power.

Such a scale of power is unimaginable to the chemical civilization of burned black stone, and it already preliminarily bears the aspect of a High-energy Arcane Empire.

As one warrior formation after another appeared, and one rune war machine after another was transmitted, Tilalin's expression grew increasingly astonished.

Adela and the others were utterly shocked.

But Adela did not understand why Tilalin felt astonished.

So she took the opportunity to ask curiously: "Ms. Tilalin, shouldn't such a scene be nothing remarkable to you?"

The Natural Empire has only just entered the high-energy domain, whereas the Dawn Empire has been developing there for thousands of years.

Tilalin withdrew her gaze from the group of spirited young warriors and said softly: "In terms of scale and power intensity, the Dawn Empire indeed far surpasses, but regarding morale, Your Majesty's Natural Empire far exceeds the Dawn Empire."

"Such a vigorous spirit likely appeared only in the first three hundred years after the Dawn Empire's founding."

Having said that, Tilalin let out a long sigh, her face full of emotion.

"Ah, the Dawn Empire has fallen, but the Natural Empire is just the rising sun; I wonder how far it can go." Adela thought and said: "I believe it will reach an unprecedented level."

Tilalin smiled: "Using Your Majesty's words, 'you think' is useless; one must respect objective laws."

Adela furrowed her brows and said seriously: "I think this because Your Majesty wields unparalleled control over the Natural Empire, almost dictatorial rule, yet hardly provokes resistance, demonstrating superb governance."

Tilalin countered: "Individual wisdom and power are limited; there will always be shortcomings, and dictatorship is not necessarily a good thing."

Adela shrugged: "If it were an emperor of mediocre talent, that would naturally be a tragedy, but you and I can both see that Your Majesty Luosen possesses unparalleled talent."

He is never obstinate; he excels at drawing lessons from others' experiences, and he will try every means to avoid the pitfalls that the Dawn Empire and the Abyss have fallen into. He also strives to absorb the strengths of those who came before.

He is also never blindly influenced; he will not let others sway his thoughts. Even if that person is a high‑ability mage with extraordinary talent like you.

Therefore I believe that, if the Creator grants just a little more favor, he will surely be able to steer the Natural Empire's great vessel to distances no predecessor could reach.

Tiralilin nodded slowly.

What you say also makes sense; Your Majesty Luosen indeed shows talent far surpassing that of Your Majesty Safenuosi.

Their completely contrasting performances let me clearly feel the difference between the first and the last emperors.

Having said that, she glanced at the time, then turned and walked toward a secret room in the underground base.

Sorry, Lady Adala, I need to accept today's treatment.

The underground military base is deep below ground, with a powerful magical formation aura, so Tiralilin also needs no concern when casting spells.

Using a drifting technique, she rushed swiftly to the secret room.

This is the treatment chamber; the healer is naturally Luosen, and the patient is naturally Tiralilin.

After entering the chamber, Luosen was already waiting.

He gestured for Tiralilin to lie on the soft single bed, picked up the natural scepter and touched it to her forehead, then began the treatment as usual.

Once today's treatment is complete, your strength will be able to recover to Legendary 19.

I feel it.

Tiralilin continued: "I have also roughly located the place where the memory is hidden; it is somewhere in Yin Sha City."

Luosen was somewhat curious: "So, what is your memory stored with?"

It is an utterly unremarkable artifact, originally buried deep underground, but somehow dug up by some clumsy lucky person.

Tiralilin complained with a dissatisfied expression.

Luosen shrugged: "You only prepared one? I mean, aren't there any other backups of the memory?"

Of course there are, but too much time has passed; in a short time I can only pinpoint this one.

What they lack most right now is time, so they can only go to Yin Sha City to look for it.

After a while, Tiralilin added: "I also sensed the aura of Xisailuo's power."

This aura tells me that his current strength is only at the peak of the 11th ring, and he is not far from us—he might even be in Yin Sha City.

Luosen raised his eyebrows: "If I were Xisailuo, I would certainly not leave the high‑energy magic ring zone lightly."

Tiralilin looked at Luosen: "Your Majesty means that Yin Sha City is Xisailuo's puppet stand‑in. Speaking of which, I think the same."

But even so, it would be very troublesome.

Luosen had another concern: "Can you sense him, and can he sense your position?"

If they can sense each other, the situation would become very troublesome.

He will surely be able to sense my presence, but I cannot perceive my exact location, because I am the most perceptive of the Seven Sages before the throne, far surpassing the other six.

That is precisely why His Majesty Safenuosi entrusted me with important matters.

Luosen relaxed: "That's not bad."

He began to focus on the treatment.

But Tiralilin, like Luosen, cannot stay idle, and soon she broke the silence.

Your Majesty, before we set out, we need to disguise ourselves thoroughly.

Luosen, however, had a different idea: "I think we don't need to take risks; it would be better for you to point out the location, and then I'll have someone retrieve the artifact."

This is a safe method, but I don't know why the signal emitted by the memory artifact is extremely weak, preventing me from pinpointing its location precisely, so I still have to make a trip to Yin Sha City.

Luosen's heart stirred, and he asked: "Could Xisailuo possibly recognize your memory artifact?"

Tiralilin's face showed a hint of embarrassment: "Yes, and it is quite likely. This is exactly what I worry about most."

In other words, Xisailuo is very likely holding Tiralilin's memory artifact, waiting in Yin Sha City like a hunter waiting by a stump for a rabbit.

But the memory artifact must be retrieved, for it contains the knowledge needed for a safe advancement to the 12th ring.

Luosen felt this matter was a bit thorny, and he also had another worry.

You said, could the memory inside the artifact be destroyed by Xisailuo?

If it were destroyed, although they could still advance to the 12th ring, the difficulty and risk would increase greatly.

Tiralilin thought for a moment and gave a decent piece of good news.

This is a 22‑ring artifact. Unless Xisailuo still possesses the 22‑ring power he had back then, he lacks the ability to destroy it.

At the same time, the signal emitted by the artifact tells me that it is intact and undamaged.

Luosen immediately relaxed: "Well, it looks like we need to plan carefully."

(End of chapter)