Chapter 2224: Chapter 2224: The Underground City and Sky City Project
The so-called alliance is just a loose collection of sand; Du You doesn’t care at all.
As for those who want to join him, Du You doesn’t care much either. Those at the peak of tier eight cannot maintain self-control as they enter tier nine. Their foundation has long been set and cannot be changed.
Unless one relies on self-cultivation to improve, maintaining self-control is impossible. Anyone who relies on the World Will to advance will basically be controlled by it. The more they rely on external power, the more this will be the case.
Most of the strong ones in this world are in such a situation. The higher they reach, the less they want to waste their resources, so they use these resources to directly advance rather than to cultivate further.
As for ordinary cities that want to join him, Du You allows anyone within the border to come directly.
For those not yet within the border, Du You isn’t in a hurry to absorb them but rather waits for the right time.
Now Du You’s city clusters have become enormous, unlike before when he could occupy the cities worldwide one by one. Now, he can only advance step by step, slowly expanding from the periphery.
To deepen his influence on this world and further affect the World Will, Du You started formulating a new plan. These days, he has been busy with this matter.
"Look, this is my idea. This world only has some surface cities, and I think the utilization of space is very poor."
"That seems to be the case, as this world has no outer space, and there are only tiny areas outside that provide a battleground for tier seven experts. Without a planet, it’s meaningless."
In fact, it’s not entirely without people. After the technological boom, there have been many warships and fleets out there, so the Void is populated.
"Therefore, I plan to build Underground Cities and Sky Cities to further expand human living spaces. Current city populations are too dense, and many people lack enough living space. Expanding will surely gain everyone’s support. We can also take this opportunity to do some other things."
Du You spoke of influencing the World Will through public support. After all, public will can indeed alter the World Will, if everyone is in favor, the World Will is likely to perceive benefits.
Du You didn’t speak plainly because he didn’t want Xiaobai to know. If Xiaobai knew, who knows if it would attract the attention of the World Will. After all, every tier nine person is of significant interest to the World Will.
Du You and the two sisters are in the late stages of tier nine, so while they cannot always feel the World Will’s presence, they can often detect it. Especially in their native world, which is even more dangerous.
Xiaobai seems to know something, so there were no questions asked.
Upon realizing these things, Xiaobai felt a sense of oppression. Despite not being desperate, Xiaobai still worked harder than before to quickly improve his strength.
In the past few months, while Du You and the two sisters didn’t enter the Other World, Xiaobai never skipped a month.
"Sky City and Underground City, is that feasible with our technology?"
"There shouldn’t be a problem. As for Underground Cities, we can use large-scale lights to create artificial suns, and energy can be transmitted from the surface." But here is the native world, unlike ordinary worlds.
In ordinary planetary worlds, Du You could use geothermal or lava as power sources, but not in the native world, as it’s impossible to dig that deep. If that depth were reached, the World Will would intervene, as that level of excavation would be considered destruction to the world.
"Additionally, we’ve recently developed large-scale anti-gravity engines, so building Sky Cities is not an issue."
Large-scale is entirely different from small-scale; they’re not even on the same technical level. Small-scale anti-gravity engines are used on spaceships, while large ones are used for various technological types of Floating Cities.
Building a city cannot be compared to constructing a warship.
"The last question, what about resources? Do we have enough of them?"
Du You nodded: "That’s already resolved; there’s no need for mining. Since this world can harness certain powers, some skills and techniques for matter transformation are also applicable."
"Matter transformation? I didn’t expect you to develop such a doppelganger." The two sisters were surprised by Du You’s actions.
Hearing the word "doppelganger," Xiaobai’s eyes flashed with insight but remained silent. Roughly, Xiaobai realized something else. The use of doppelgangers is diverse.
"Since everything is ready, let’s begin. I believe everyone wants more living space." While people can usually enter the Otherworld, it’s still different from the native world.
Some people have lost their adventurer’s qualifications. Under Du You’s rule, their lives have improved significantly. Although they still have to work, they no longer live like slaves.
Their lives are relatively stable now, and they won’t die from exhaustion. With a day off each week, some entertainment industries have emerged. However, due to limited space in the native world, many things are challenging to develop. Now, the demand for space expansion is substantial; only people have yet to realize it.
In their understanding, the world is as big as it is, having long been saturated, with no possibility of further expansion.
Many resources from the native world have to be imported from the Outer World. Without help from the Outer World, the native world might have already collapsed.
When Du You proposed this plan, almost everyone immediately agreed to it. Everything that followed proceeded smoothly without any issues.
The initial promotion was to pass through the World Will using the Belief of All Living Beings.
Otherwise, if he started digging everywhere, who knew if the World Will would penalize him, thinking he was destroying the native world? Sometimes, a not-so-smart World Will can be troublesome.
"Very well, let’s start. Let them see the results, beginning with building the Floating City."
A Floating City requires no digging, only a basic support platform. Even the materials used in construction are modified trees and stones, similar to Alchemy but, in reality, involve atomic-level material structure alteration.
