Showdown, my deck is from the East.

Chapter 1226 The Grand Canal

Card Introduction:

【☆Kunyu Guiding Star Grand Canal (2)】

* Once this card is printed, it will be considered a replacement for the current road, waterway, or air transport.

Card Skill 1
Kunyu Transport Capacity: Each canal maintains Kunyu (1), and all material cards, legions, etc. that do not exceed the star level of the card are considered to have no transport loss.

Card Skill 2
Transcendental Canal: When there is sufficient Celestial Energy (maintaining consumes 1 Fire), the water flow speed exceeds the current set number of gaps on the desktop, and it is also regarded as a river of time. It also has a passive skill: when the tide rises, it retrieves a map of "resources that have not been observed", "materials that should have been created but were not", and "regrets that have disappeared but were not recorded" from the enemy's/ally's history within the river basin, and moves them to the current desktop.

Card Skill 3
Surreal Waterways: Non-physical values ​​such as "Chang'an City Prosperity", "Local Imperial Guard Morale", and "Public Resentment" can be displayed on the transport cards of two Starfield Cards with canals.

Card Skill 4
Hyperdimensional Basin: The flow of canal water changes from a constant latitude to a flow from a higher dimension to a lower dimension. The star domain card region covered by the hyperdimensional basin will provide habitability for all races.

[World Evolutionary Events - The Grand Canal:]
"As my boat passed through the planetary gate of the canal, flowers suddenly bloomed outside the porthole."

Stars, nebulae, distant pulses of light—all the colors of the universe were thrown at me all at once.

The middle of the channel was empty, but as I looked closely, I saw the dark water flowing silently around me.

I felt as if I were immersed in a shimmering underwater world.

Planets rise and fall like pebbles in a river, satellites like grains of sand, filtering the dust of time.

The distant stars shone like uncollected diamonds on a riverbed.

The Sumeru Clan and the Dragon Clan swam in the water, their bodies projected from higher dimensions chasing the boats like fish.

"Flatten the sails, lower the towline!"

As soon as the helmsman's powerful roar subsided, the boat I was on seemed to be seized by an invisible force.

The distant "diamond fragments" now seem to have transformed into the mythical, incredibly strong boatmen, pulling our boat forward.

The universe moves with its power, guiding the stars to propel the boat.

Despite the immense force, the starship remained as stable as Mount Tai, and the fresh ginseng fruit and dew on the table did not tremble in the slightest.

"Stand still!"

The celestial craftsman on the ship transmitted a steady message, and under the power of the stars, the starship suddenly accelerated.

The world outside the porthole began to appear bizarre and fantastical.

I had never ridden a starship on the canal before, only heard Sister Dong talk about it. Now, seeing it with my own eyes, time and light were stretched into mesmerizing colors, as if strands of colorful silk threads were woven into an embroidery.

Through the glass window, they looked like roses blooming vigorously.

The children were making a ruckus and went up to the deck to watch the passage of time.

Was our civilization ever this splendid?
Will it continue to bloom as it does today?
I suddenly felt a strong urge to go with the children to see that bright and beautiful time.

But I'm not a child anymore.
I lived through an entire era here, and I witnessed the Great Xia Dynasty firsthand.

This is so shocking! I need to grow up!

Sister Dong said that I should go to Jixia Academy to study.

No matter how bad the world gets, no matter when the end of the world comes, we should always read books.

Knowledge changes destiny, both for individuals and for civilization.

No way
Laugh at my ignorance or immaturity, but I must take a look at this long river and this embroidered scroll today.

I couldn't resist stepping onto the deck.

The morning light shines down, just as time flies by.

I admit, I'm always so easily swayed.

On the shore, a fisherman wearing a straw raincoat, with a straight hook and salty bait, was fishing for fragments of spiritual stones that had never been tainted by karma in history.

Feel the ancient wind from ten thousand years ago blowing against your face.

Listen to the ceaseless sound of the mountain rain, and the mountain pass, which had been submerged and sunk in history, rises again to greet us.

I was shocked again.
"Sister, sister, come and see!" The children surrounded me when they saw me get up.

I am popular with children because I can talk about the distant places, about my broken hometown, about Uncle Li the dwarf, and about my deceased parents.

"What are you looking at?"

"Look over there, you know the most! Tell me, what's that?"

I thought about it and couldn't refuse, because children are always so adorable.

This is just the past of civilization. We move faster, so we live in the present; they moved slower, so they lived in the past. That's what I was just about to say.

But then it stopped.

How can this possibly describe the dazzling magnificence before my eyes?
This is the indomitable poetry of civilization's past.

I should say it this way:

"That is the moon of Qin and the pass of Han, a light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains."
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Jixia Academy, Examination Hall C, National Paper I, Sample Essay: "Me and the Grand Canal"

"01, Card Settlement."

"Calculating revenue, [☆Kunyu Guiding Star Grand Canal (2)] Skill 1 is active."

Because of reduced transportation losses:

Stellar True Fire Metallurgy Industry Chain Output ↑ (Alloy +1 per turn)

[Wuzhuang Temple]↑ (Wood +1 per turn); [Yao Ji]↑ (Wood +1 per turn); [Classic of Mountains and Seas]↑ (Wood +1 per turn); [Queen Mother of the West's Nursery]↑↑ (Wood +2 per turn)

【Northern Sea】↑ (Water +1 per turn)

[Eternal Golden Elixir]↑ (Fire +10 per turn)

[Land Temple] ↑ (Earth +2 per turn)

You should know that every single value displayed on Lu Cheng's panel is a stellar-level standard quantity!

Transportation losses are a huge problem for any civilization.

Just like how the loss of energy is extremely high in ultra-long-distance compressed transportation through stargates, otherwise trade revenue could be several times higher.

The benefits of a Grand Canal that extends time, dimension, space, and the spiritual world will benefit the present and future generations.

Although Baiyujing is currently at a disadvantage in the energy field, its transportation infrastructure is unparalleled in the star system. The logistical advantage inherited from the planetary era remains its foundation in the stellar era.

The impact of this card on the production side is explosive.

This also means that every future production card will have added value in terms of transportation capacity.

The people's strength has been exhausted in this round, and Lu Cheng cannot afford to overdraw it.

Aside from a few resources reserved for emergencies, most of the resources have been used up. This is the ideal board-flooding state for a deck, where all resources are used effectively each turn.

Two wonders have been created, and the Ren and Du meridians have been opened, which can be described as a leap forward.

There's nothing we can do this round; it's the turn of the demons and their allies.
We've finished our performance, now it's your turn.

"End of round."

　Chapter Instant Settlement: Gold (Metal Resources): 5 ([Stellar True Fire Forge] +5)

　　Wood (Agricultural Resources): 5 ([Wuzhuang Temple] +4, [Yaoji·Xuanyuan Sword] +3, [Classic of Mountains and Seas] +2, [Queen Mother's Nursery] +7, Livelihood Maintenance -8, Legion Consumption -2)

　　Water (liquid resources): 7 (【North Sea·Glacier Melting】+2)

　　Fire (Gas Resource): 11 ([Eternal Golden Elixir] +110, Legion and Facility Maintenance -11)

　　Soil (Sand and Gravel Resources): 6 ([Land Temple] +6)

　　Advanced Resources:

　　(The numerical values ​​represent statistical results only and are not related to quality.)

　　Calamity Lightning (Heavenly Calamity Electricity, maintaining the base of certain cards): 0 ([Sanxingdui] +3, Legion/Facility Maintenance -3)

　　Qian Tian (the faith of living beings, the foundation of immortality, and the basis for forging unique mythological cards): 9
　　People (All people under heaven, the foundation of humanity, the basis for maintaining certain cards): 8 (Reproduction growth +2) (7 usable, 7 already used)

　　Kun Di (Star Gravity, Earth Foundation, the basis for maintaining the deck's operation): 16 (2 used)

　　Special Resources:

　　(The numerical value does not represent the number, but a standard quantity.)

　　Heavenly Craftsmanship: 4 ([Liuxia Mountain] +2)

　　Dao Fruit: 1 (+1 for Wuzhuang Temple)

　　Fairy Peach: 0 (【Nursery】+1)

　　Strategic Resources:

　　Immortal Core: 0
　　Golden Crow: 2
　　(End of this chapter)