Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm

The hawk-nosed aide retorted, "If Great Xia truly had such technology, they could completely build a space city like in science fiction novels, and once it's built, they would certainly advertise it to the world. But the truth is, the Great Xia people haven't done that."

Another aide shrugged and joked, "Maybe Great Xia already has a space city, but their people are just humble and unwilling to announce it to the world."

Eduardo interrupted, "Alright, everyone, stop talking."

The aides immediately fell silent.

At that moment.

A 3D digital model appeared on the TV screen.

The voice of Great Xia's spokesperson followed, "As you can see, this is the Lingxiao Tower."

From its exterior, the main structure looks like an inverted hexagonal tower.

Above the hexagonal tower, six large solar panels were unfolded, forming an even larger hexagon.

At the bottom of the hexagonal tower, there were numerous rectangular boxes installed, resembling the vertical missile launch systems of modern destroyers.

At a glance, there appeared to be at least a hundred of these boxes.

Eduardo took a closer look and asked somewhat puzzled, "What is this thing?"

The hawk-nosed aide mocked, "Perhaps the Great Xia people really sent a vertical launch system into space."

He pretended to calculate, "Assuming one Lingxiao Tower has 100 missile launch boxes, 700 towers would mean 70,000 launch boxes.

"Theoretically speaking, if Great Xia truly deployed 70,000 missiles in space, they indeed have the capability to intercept the Heping Bullet.

"Even assuming it takes 7 missiles to intercept 1 ballistic missile carrying a Heping Bullet, 70,000 missiles would suffice to intercept 10,000 ballistic missiles.

"However, I have a question: using rockets to send 70,000 missile launch boxes to a 2,500 km medium orbit must be crazily expensive, right?

"Even with mass launches reducing costs to the max, the cost of a single missile is estimated not to be less than 1 billion Xia Yuan, that's 7 trillion Xia Yuan."

The hawk-nosed aide laughed, "Guys, we've witnessed a colossal project worth 7 trillion Xia Yuan.

He glanced at the screen and immediately corrected, "Oh, everyone, I think I missed counting some of the big guys.

"Think about it, a Lingxiao Tower carrying 100 missiles would be colossal in size.

"The cost to launch a Lingxiao Tower, at the most conservative estimate, wouldn't be less than 30 billion Xia Yuan, right?

"700 towers would be 21 trillion Xia Yuan, making the total cost 28 trillion Xia Yuan.

The hawk-nosed aide's detailed calculation managed to convince quite a few people.

More voices of doubt arose.

"Indeed, it sounds unlikely!"

"A project this big, costing 28 trillion, couldn't possibly be so silent, I also find it suspicious."

"I heard that Great Xia's officials have arranged some people to engage in a job called strategic deception online, maybe this is Great Xia's official embodiment of strategic deception on a global scale."

Eduardo was also persuaded.

The master of the Azure Palace thought for a moment and instructed, "Find some experts to expose Great Xia's lies."

"Understood!"

Someone responded.

The hawk-nosed aide chuckled smugly, "In terms of strategic deception, it seems the Great Xia people aren't that professional, still we..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

His smile froze instantly.

The screen changed again, depicting the vast space.

A white planet, the Canglan Star, frozen by a cold spell catastrophe, appeared in view.

The camera moved slightly, leaving only a corner of the icy planet.

The voice of Great Xia's spokesperson resonated, "After presenting so much, now let's reveal the true face of the Lingxiao Tower."

Before he could finish the word "face".

The screen's center suddenly displayed many mosaic-like fragmented images.

After a second.

The mosaic vanished.

An inverted tower-like structure appeared out of nowhere in space.

It was the Lingxiao Tower.

Its appearance was exactly the same as the previous 3D image, just that the angle of the solar panels was slightly different.

The hawk-nosed aide weakly argued, "I think this might be computer-generated..."

Great Xia's spokesperson's next sentence interrupted him: "This is Lingxiao Tower No. 001; now it has deactivated its complete stealth mode, and the whole world can observe its existence."

Eduardo paused briefly and quickly said, "Get someone to verify it."

"Yes!"

The hawk-nosed aide's expression changed.

He moved his lips, attempting to joke, but ultimately said nothing.

Soon.

A reply came: "The Lingxiao Tower indeed exists in space."

The hawk-nosed aide was extremely embarrassed.

An aide couldn't help but ask, "How on earth did Great Xia manage to launch so many Lingxiao Towers into space?"

Nobody answered.

On the TV, Great Xia's spokesperson solemnly stated, "Everyone, the purpose of Great Xia displaying the Lingxiao Tower is merely to prove one thing.

"If a Heping Bullet war indeed breaks out on Canglan Star, then Great Xia will surely be the ultimate victor."

A deathly silence engulfed the conference room.

After a long while.

Another aide spoke, "Since the Lingxiao Hall system exists, then the space city must exist too. How many other trump cards are the Great Xia people hiding?"

*

The unveiling of the Lingxiao Tower system sent a massive shockwave throughout the world.

No one expected the Great Xia people had such a powerful weapon up their sleeves.

The shadow of the Heping Bullet war shrouded Canglan Star for just three hours before it dissipated at light speed.