Chapter 624: Chapter 453 Yunhai City Must Strengthen Itself

The guests from Yunhai City fell into a protracted silence.

“We will definitely do our best to save the Parasol Tree,” Li Chunhong said with a wry smile, “It’s already great that we can drive it away for now… That demon must have been injured and will need a lot of time to recover.”

He thickened his skin and said in a low voice, “But can that method be used again? Mr. Lu, it’s not that I’m greedy… it’s really…”

“For the time being… we really can’t handle it… If it comes back with a vengeance…”

After he said this, it seemed like he had used up all his strength.

There’s no other way, really no other way.

A human city that hasn’t left the Safe Zone, it’s very difficult to defeat this thing.

The demon newly born in the Ninth Epoch is actually not weak, for most civilizations, it’s a nightmarish existence.

It was born so immense and also carries strong Mind Interference, so all thermal weapons have to be re-studied and undergo Mind Protection.

This is difficult and will take time.

Lu Yuan felt a bit of a pinch, but had no choice, he truly needed to come up with a few hundred Gold Coins: “If a real big trouble occurs, I can still issue the Light Screen Spirit Language once more.”

“I do have that amount of money… don’t worry.”

“However, you really need to take good care of this Parasol Tree, I can only send some critical secret key information, it has to supply the Ideal Energy.”

“You need to let it recover as soon as possible, to initiate a second time.”

With this promise, everyone finally settled down a bit.

“We… must continue to strengthen ourselves.”

“That’s right, we will definitely win!”

Seeing them recover their confidence, Lu Yuan secretly let out a sigh of relief.

The atmosphere finally lightened up from then on.

The chief scientist of Yunhai City, Professor Zhang Hui, ate a mushroom, and his eyes suddenly brightened, feeling much more clear-headed, “This time I don’t know what went wrong, that thing suddenly went berserk and attacked us. We suspect…”

Lu Yuan was silent for a few seconds, then replied, “It is indeed related to the regular communication with dreams.”

“The Frost Mist Demon probably doesn’t have the Dream ability, but it may be sensitive to the consistently appearing Ideal Energy. After all, every time I transmit information, it costs money.”

Such simple, timed communication costs at least 1 Spirit Essence!

Don’t underestimate a single Spirit Essence, it’s actually quite a lot… how much does Yunhai City produce anyway.

Lu Yuan was also a bit annoyed, actually being noticed.

“If there’s nothing important in the future, we can only stop communicating, and talk about it after you defeat this Anomaly.”

“Of course, if there’s really a problem, it’s okay to ask for help, don’t worry, Yunhai City is my hometown.”

Lu Yuan did think about setting up a proper temple in the dream realm here, but eventually, he let it go.

On one hand, this technology wasn’t truly mature yet; his control over the “Immortal Palace” hasn’t reached the level of fully integrating into dreams — to bridge the barrier between dreams and reality, he needed to upgrade to myth, and achieve the transition from nonexistence to existence.

On the other hand, Yunhai City was too weak; once it became involved with the “Immortal Palace” and encountered a Ghost-level Anomaly, there would really be no place for burial.

If there is no myth, you don’t even deserve to know!

And so, everyone chatted casually about various things.

Lu Yuan also helped by giving some opinions: “Most of the Anomalies are terrifying, as if dead bodies have been resurrected.”

“However, as long as we don’t encounter a Ghost, there is still a chance of victory.”

Li Chunhong took a sip of tea: “Can even a Third-level Civilization not defeat a Ghost?”

“It’s still not enough, it’s good if you can escape. If you really can’t defeat it… they are undying, and a Third-level Civilization can’t even create a container to contain a Ghost.”

After a while, Lu Yuan’s youthful and cute sister, Lu Qingqing, came online.

College girls are indeed more mature than high school girls; her previously short hair turned into flowing long hair, and her sense of style in dressing improved somehow, right?

Youth has not passed, her face is still full of collagen, that’s really great.

However, with so many leaders present, student Lu Qingqing was a bit restrained, just softly calling out “Brother,” then sat next to the Conch, whispering to the even cuter sister-in-law.

“Sis, you’ve become prettier!”

“I’ll teach you a great beauty trick.” The Conch couldn’t resist being praised, and whispered a Spirit Word to give her sister-in-law a buff.

The two “Holy Kings” sat side by side holding hands, indeed a pleasant sight.

Only the world where the brother was hurt was achieved — having fled to the Pangu Continent, yet still being blasted with Gold Coins by Little Deng!

Lu Yuan couldn’t help but rub his nose and casually asked, “We really don’t need to overthink this ‘Ghost’ business. We haven’t yet encountered any wild ‘Ghosts’ roaming the Pangu Continent. When is humanity planning to open the Safe Zone? Can they beat that thing?”

Li Chunhong quickly replied, “The results of this battle were not good, because our missiles lack protection against Idealist Interference.”

“This part of the Engravings is actually produced by the Yin Trio; they have talents over there as well as a vein of something called ‘Hyderabad Fragrance.’ Whereas we don’t have the corresponding materials.”

“These materials… aren’t they everywhere and aren’t there a lot of substitutes?”

“No way around it… we’re truly broke. Now we can only rely on the Yin Trio.”

Lu Yuan was also dizzy from all this. Just how poor does one have to be…

“Relying on them, wouldn’t the dish be cold by then?”

Professor Zhang Hui shook his head, “We don’t know how well they’re doing with it. So the opening of the Safe Zone might still be a year or two away, maybe even three to five years.”

Lu Yuan frowned, that long… it really is a thousand years ahead of humanity.

But he was really helpless, the current ‘temple’ was pulling them back, and there was no way to transport resources.

To transport Spirit Word once, it costs 5 points of Luck, and more than three hundred Spirit Essence, too much to bear!

Even if he endured the pain and transported them, once the Twin Ginkgo Tree recovered, it could only be stimulated once and couldn’t be endlessly stimulated.

“Being a bit more cautious is always a good thing,” Lu Yuan eventually sighed.

He didn’t say anything like, “You guys just stay in the Safe Zone and wait for me to come back.”

Because the world is too crazy. He couldn’t even assure his own long-term survival, Yunhai City had to rely on itself.

The atmosphere was a bit heavy, so Li Chunhong changed the subject, “The Rize Civilization might open their Safe Zone in the second half of this year.”

“They do have high aspirations, achieving internal unity… ”

“Oh? Well, I wish them smooth sailing… I’ll contact them when I have a chance and share some intelligence with them!”

“Our side has come across an interesting alliance… Including 12 races with even the lizard man amongst them, haha.”

Lu Yuan was truly grateful to the Rize Civilization, who took care of him when he was most lonely, giving him the courage to keep going.

Without the Rize Civilization acting as a rest stop, he would never have been able to cross the vast desert, reach Sky City, and not have the wonderful life he now has.

Suddenly he realized how dangerous yet vital the Immortal Palace really was.

If he could really integrate the Immortal Palace into the Dream and create a New Myth, then friends from all over the world could be reconnected; such a function would be incredibly powerful.

“I must repair it… Ah, inspiration, when will a top-level inspiration come?”

“By the way, Mr. Lu, do you think we should inform other human cities about the attack on Yunhai City?” Li Chunhong suddenly asked.

Lu Yuan was silent for a moment, “After this attack, at least the performance of the weapons has been tested.”

“Conventional weapons are effective; they’re just susceptible to Idealist Interference and lose their original effect.”

“So I think, we could set higher standards for some parameters. Otherwise, all the weapons that everyone worked so hard to produce might fail, and the war might be lost…”

Everyone agreed.

The terror of the ‘Frost Mist Demon’ exceeded current expectations, and humanity couldn’t afford too many mistakes.

One wrong move could lead to a domino effect.

Lu Yuan continued, “But what exactly happened in Yunhai City, let’s not tell that.”

“Every City’s situation is different; we should keep some cards up our sleeves.”

“After going through this ordeal, Yunhai City might turn misfortune into fortune, but other cities might not have such a foundation.”

“You can’t be too careful… The other cities are indeed our brethren, but who knows if unexpected situations will arise? If you reveal too much and others want you to bear more responsibility, what will you do?”

“Pff…” Lu Qingqing couldn’t help laughing.

Just like Lu Yuan, who now shouldered responsibilities out of nowhere.

Old Lu quickly said, “Of course, I’ll do what I can… If you don’t have the capability, don’t act tough. Life has just gotten a bit better; don’t carelessly leak anything.”

That previous whirlwind of bloodshed, along with a chunk of anomaly meat weighing over a dozen tons, indeed has the potential to turn waste into treasure.

Poverty-stricken Yunhai City will surely seize this historical opportunity, so everyone will be busy in the next one or two years, and idealist resources will become more plentiful.

Jealousy is a common emotion; not only do individuals experience jealousy, but civilizations and cities do too. Issues like regional discrimination and racial prejudice are all too common within human groups. The Thucydides Trap indicates that a rising power is bound to challenge the status of an established power, which in turn will inevitably try to contain and suppress the new power, leading to conflict and even war.

Currently, among the 17 human cities, there are many from Western culture, but only Yunhai City and East Capital City are from Eastern culture… The situation in East Capital City clearly isn’t aligned with us; Yunhai City indeed needs to keep a card up its sleeve.

“I understand… indeed that’s the case,” Li Chunhong nodded, pondering how to demand that other cities upgrade their weapons’ specifications.

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