MTLNOVEL Chapter 222: Lu Yuan Establishes a New Civilization
The two started playfully quarreling again.
"Since the city belongs to the Princess of Green Grass... When you humans finally go home, will you leave Sky City to me?"
Lu Yuan couldn't help but laugh, leisurely saying, "Of course, we'll give it back to you. Your Highness, humans have their own cities, we definitely won't stick around here."
She tilted her head, trying to inspire compassion in Lu Yuan, "Then when you leave, won't I be left as a barren princess?"
"You're mistaken, you still have one thousand five hundred Insect Soldiers accompanying you, Your Highness."
Her eyes twinkled, "About you all living here... how do we settle the fees?"
"We will build here for free, consider it a compensation for travel and living expenses… whatever you need, I'll provide."
"What about the Green Grass Civilization?!"
Lu Yuan kept a straight face, calmly saying, "Your Highness... you might have to procreate on your own, the world is so big, there should be a way for parthenogenesis."
"If you beg me, I can help you look for it."
Conch's urgency increased, and she couldn't quite understand her own feelings—always calling her princess, it's so annoying, really makes me want to hit you.
And Lu Yuan's tone remained ever calm...
Old Cat watched the quarrel between the two.
He sighed again, youth is indeed wonderful.
"Holy King, please pat me," it finally said outright.
This statement was truly shocking!
After a long while, Lu Yuan echoed, "Holy King, please pat me."
Old Cat righteously said, "Why is it that when I say the same thing, it's perfectly normal, but when you say it, it sounds risqué?"
Lu Yuan was a bit embarrassed.
Old Cat felt delighted!
Like tormenting cats, huh?
...
According to the Law of Happiness Transfer, when Old Cat was delighted, Lu Yuan and Conch could no longer continue with their original topic.
Lu Yuan, with his thick skin, brushed it off in two seconds, suddenly calling out, "Sis, when will you, like the other sis, beat up your brother? It's been so long since I've been hit, my skin is getting itchy."
Conch laughed out loud, "You big pervert~!"
Suddenly, Old Cat "meowed", changing the subject, "Both of you, the most crucial thing is water…"
"If it doesn't rain soon, the water in the reservoir is also going to be in critical condition."
"There's someone in the village with a divine skill called Heavenly Phenomenon Prediction; this guy said it might not rain for another year. The future is also uncertain, probably no rain."
The Insect Tide, before leaving, took a massive amount of water resources.
Plus, with six years without rain, we can really see the moss-covered bottom of the reservoir.
Without water, we will all die of thirst.
"How much longer can we hold out?" Lu Yuan swallowed, also feeling some tension.
Old Cat said, "With our current productivity, if we covered the reservoir with a layer of plastic, it could significantly reduce the amount of natural evaporation."
"Given the current situation, in three or four years, we'll probably have completely used up the water."
"You better pray for rain in the future..."
Lu Yuan nodded, letting out a long sigh.
Not urgent, but must draw attention now.
If that happens, he'd have to use a space shuttle tool, return to the Rize Civilization, and carry water resources via Storage Space.
In three years, I might have advanced to Level 5, further enhancing my abilities.
But hundreds of cubic meters of water still wouldn't last very long.
The cost, after all, is too great and not sustainable.
So, the best solution is to quickly lift Sky City and move near a mountain with water.
Staying in the damn desert has absolutely no way out.
"Oh, right, building Sky City also marks a civilization Milestone. How many days has it been? Probably no civilization can rise faster than ours, right?"
"That's not easy to say, you have to be able to lift it first." Old Cat, habitually thinking of the worst-case scenario, "In its current state, how can it rise?"
"It's not impossible."
Over the past few months, Lu Yuan inspected every corner of Sky City.
Honestly, many areas had already collapsed, with some rocks possibly weighing tens of thousands of tons.
With the current productivity, it's impossible to repair these damaged areas.
Some engraving energy circuits were also completely damaged, with many energy circuits embedded like cables in the rocks, only repairable by reopening them.
The magnitude of this task is clearly not something Lu Yuan could accomplish alone.
"Luckily, we found the original design blueprints of Sky City in the library." Lu Yuan pulled out a sheet of paper from his pocket.
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He had taken great efforts to copy it out.
"Look, to increase wartime resistance … Sky City was built with an Opium poppy tree at its core, consisting of an inner, middle, and outer ring, with a total diameter of about 44 kilometers, covering an area of 1500 square kilometers. With two layers, it's over 3000 square kilometers."
"The inner ring has a diameter of 4 kilometers, with the strongest defense capabilities and more core functions."
"With the middle and outer rings damaged, all we need to do is lift the inner ring up, and we can abandon the rest here, frankly not needing them."
A 4-kilometer diameter, the area is approximately 12 square kilometers.
With two layers, that is 24 square kilometers, more than enough to support a population of ten thousand people.
But raising Sky City requires a huge amount of energy; as for how to obtain the energy, Lu Yuan really had no idea; he certainly can't just rub his hands for nuclear fusion.
"This… might have to wait for the Opium poppy tree to recover a bit, it can provide enormous energy through photosynthesis. The past Sky City was powered by solar energy, as well as some energy from power stations."