Standing on the terrace at the door of the room located on the top floor of the middle part of the 'big-bellied spirit boat' below me, I looked far away from the ship's side on the right side of the spirit boat towards the construction site on the ground below.
I saw a giant stone tower that was a hundred meters high and made of some kind of blue-gray stone. The construction of the main part had been completed.
Around the latter, the deacons of Qingliang City's "Gongzao Palace" wearing standard robes were each controlling "engineering magic weapons" of different shapes and were busy in full swing.
From time to time, large 'prefabricated components' with different shapes are taken out from the storage spaces of these 'engineering instruments'.
Under the control of these 'Gongzao Hall' deacons, they were quickly and accurately placed in every corner of this giant stone tower.
Looking at the giant stone tower below that had been erected in less than two days and built to such a scale, Gao Yuan couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
In his mind, he subconsciously recalled the general parameters of this giant stone tower that he had learned from the elder Ma in Zeyuan City who was in charge of all matters concerning the Gongzhu Hall before setting off.
The construction cost of the latter's main structure alone exceeds 20 million intermediate spiritual stones.
This number is almost equal to many large third-level cargo spirit boats.
On the basis of the construction cost of this main part, additional spiritual pattern inscriptions of about 10 million intermediate spiritual stones and the corresponding array layout costs must be included.
In addition, after this giant tower is completed and begins operation, it will consume an additional energy equivalent to a thousand superior spiritual stones every day.
Based on this calculation, we want this giant stone tower to function stably.
In addition to the initial construction cost of approximately 30 million intermediate spiritual stones, there are also additional energy costs of more than one million intermediate spiritual stones every day.
As far as Gao Yuan knows, according to the previous plans discussed by the city guards in the four regions, more than 300 of these huge stone towers will be built in the southern region!
His Qingliang City formation alone will undertake the task of building eight such giant stone towers in the next month.
In other words, the four-region main city alliance has not yet formally fought against the ‘Ember’.
Just to build the giant stone tower in front of us, an astonishing investment of more than nine billion intermediate spiritual stones was required in the early stage.
On this basis, an additional nine billion intermediate spirit stones, which are almost equivalent to the construction cost, must be borne every month as energy consumption for various formations!
"Tsk!"
"Whether it's the earth before traveling or the current world, war is extremely expensive!"
"Compared with this, the little wealth I had accumulated through hard work and death was nothing more than drizzle."
At this thought, Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh a few words in his heart.
"However, with the extremely high construction and operation costs, the effects that these giant stone towers will have all over the Southern Territory in the future are indeed very impressive!"
Thinking of the introduction by the elder named Ma, Gao Yuan silently commented in his heart.
According to the elder surnamed Ma, after this giant stone tower is completed, it will have several large-scale formations with levels up to the fourth level integrated inside.
It can not only radiate out the detection area, but also accurately sense various energy changes within a radius of five hundred miles, with energy levels reaching the Hunyuan realm and above.
At the same time, the defensive formations installed inside this stone tower can also ensure its excellent self-protection capabilities.
Even when being attacked by a powerful person in the Soul Realm, he can still hold on for more than a cup of tea.
During such a long period of time, the city guards of the Divine Realm who were close enough to the city, after receiving the early warning from the stone tower, promptly projected the 'Original Law Body' to deal with it.
And the diamond-shaped 'space magic crystal' with an inner diameter of more than one foot will be placed on the top of the stone tower in the future.
After the stone tower is completed, it will assume the role of long-distance projection focus.
At that time, even if a big melee broke out at the level of the spirit realm near this stone tower.
With this special 'space magic crystal', it can also ensure that the city guards stationed farthest away from here can accurately locate and project the 'original law body' in a very short time.
Participate in the war.
"I just don't know if anyone from Ember will intervene during the construction of these stone towers."
"After all, as long as these giant stone towers can be successfully completed."
"At that time, for those members of the 'Ember' who don't know where they are hiding at this time, the constraints they will encounter when carrying out various actions are almost foreseeable!"
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan left the terrace in a flash and rushed towards the bridge control room of the spirit boat at his feet.
When the deacons of the "Gongzao Palace" in the Kaiyuan Realm below were busy with their orders, the eight Hunyuan Realm elders accompanying Gao Yuan naturally also had corresponding tasks.
Before they set off, they were evenly divided into two groups.
Among them, Feng Zeyuan, Qi Tianyuan, Bai Ziming, and Mei Zhiqi formed one group, while the remaining four, Xiao Huaizhi, Tang Qi, Song Wenli, and Gao Yuan, formed another group.
Two groups of people, each with a limit of one day, took turns to take charge of the 'Big Belly Spirit Boat' which had been temporarily renovated and had its defensive array greatly strengthened and upgraded.
So that during the construction of these giant stone towers, if there is a surprise attack by 'Ember' personnel, we can respond in time.
In particular, it can form sufficient protection for the deacons of the Gongzao Palace below who only have Kaiyuan realm cultivation.
This will avoid causing too serious damage, which will affect the construction progress of the entire stone tower construction project.
It was already approaching midnight, and according to the agreement between the two groups, this would be the time for Gao Yuan's second group to go and rotate the group of four elders who were on duty.
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By the time Gao Yuan arrived at the bridge control room, Song Wenli, who was in the same group as him, had already arrived early.
The latter was sitting in an armchair nearby, talking with Qi Tianyuan and others who were in charge of the operation of the spirit boat formation, looking relaxed.
At this time, after seeing Gao Yuan entering the door, he quickly greeted him warmly:
"Fellow Taoist Gao is here? Come on, come on, sit here."
Hearing this, Gao Yuan walked over and said with a smile:
"Gao thought he had arrived early, but he didn't expect Fellow Daoist Song to arrive even earlier."
"Hey, aren't you going out now?"
When Song Wenli heard this, he waved his hands indifferently, and then continued:
"I have been stuck on the seventh level of the Hunyuan Realm for forty years, but there is no sign of a breakthrough."
"At this time, when I go out, there is a possibility of being attacked by 'Ember' at any time. If I am not calm, even if I am determined to practice quietly, it will be difficult to make any profit. I just relax for a while. It will only last a month or two."
"With the addition of the Four Domains Alliance's merit system, don't we already have a preliminary plan?"
"Song had nothing to do, so he thought of going out early so that he could communicate with everyone."
After listening to Song Wenli's words, Gao Yuan suddenly understood.
After delaying for almost a month, the merit system jointly launched by the Four Regions City Lords finally settled on a preliminary framework yesterday.
As the backbone force whose status is second only to the city guards, Gao Yuan and other Hunyuan realm elders in each city also received the corresponding communication notifications through the newly obtained temporary identity tokens at the first time.
It has to be said, aside from the fact that the battle with 'Ember' has not yet begun and the source of the merit is not yet clear.
At least the various cultivation materials that can be exchanged are still very tempting even from Gao Yuan's current perspective.
There are various high-level martial arts books, not to mention secret treasures, and there are even several types of elixirs that are helpful for advancing to the spirit realm.
In addition, there are even some cultivation notes written by deceased seniors in the Soul Realm, which can be redeemed by monks with sufficient merit in an unlimited number!
Looking at the various cultivation resources listed, Gao Yuan's eyes suddenly became hot, and he wished that the war between the cities in the four regions and the 'embers' would break out immediately.
He could also take the opportunity to hunt down the 'Ember Sower', so as to accumulate enough merit as soon as possible to exchange for various resources he needs.
Therefore, with Song Wenli taking the lead, Gao Yuan also enthusiastically joined in the discussion of various details of this merit system.
Not long after Gao Yuan arrived, Xiao Huaizhi and Tang Qi, who were in the same group, also arrived from their respective residences one after another.
Just when Gao Yuan and others were about to accept control of the spirit boat formation, a white light flashed in the direction of the door of the bridge control room.
At the same time, a vague figure quickly emerged, it was the guardian of Qingliang City, ‘Yu Linglong’.
"I've seen the Lord Guard!"
Everyone in the room saw this light and shadow condensed by white light, and they immediately bowed and saluted without daring to be negligent.
"No need to be formal."
As the white light vibrated slightly, a female voice that was very familiar to everyone present suddenly came out.
"Just now, I received a message from the Qin guard in Zeyuan City. At three o'clock in the morning, there were four camps under the Four Regions Alliance, and they were raided by members of the 'Ember'."
"Among them, the formation of 'Huishan City' in the Western Region was attacked by two 'Ember Fire Bearers' at the same time. Although the defense guards from the two cities nearby came to support in time, the formation of Huishan City still suffered serious damage.
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"When you are on duty in the defensive formation in the future, you must take this warning and be alert at all times."
"Once something unexpected happens, the operating status of the formation must be raised to the highest level as soon as possible."
"To avoid causing serious casualties during the 'Ember's' raid."
As the white light vibrated, the words 'Yu Linglong' resounded in the minds of Gao Yuan and others.
"Did anyone from Ember really launch a surprise attack? They actually attacked all the camps at the same time!"
When Gao Yuan heard this, his heart moved and he suddenly became alert.