Ten thousand I am across the heavens

According to the research of many, some applications of the Civilization Will have been identified. The simplest method is to directly imbue the Civilization Will into a legion. A legion receiving this imbue will acquire a powerful attack tailored to its own characteristics. Furthermore, the cost of this attack is entirely borne by the Civilization Will.

However, this tactic is not without its limitations. The will of a civilization can only reside within the legions of the main civilization; legions of vassal civilizations or allied civilizations cannot enjoy this benefit.

This makes it impossible for the Yeti Legion to utilize this enhancement. Currently, the most suitable legion to combine with this power is the Eleventh Legion. If it was difficult to assess the strength of the various legions in the underground base before, after the Eleventh Legion displayed its leadership skills in Blue City and subsequently perished, it is almost undoubtedly the strongest, even stronger than the First Legion, which has always been quite mysterious, possessing few trump cards as an underground base, and only engaging in direct combat. This is because the Eleventh Legion can theoretically be led by another commander and enjoy the enhancement of a new leadership skill.

With this, the Eleventh Legion has already reached the pinnacle of all legions. If it were to be further empowered by a layer of civilized will, the power of a single legion would likely break through certain limits, reaching a level that even immortals would have to take seriously.

Previously, the people in the underground base didn't have a definite concept of immortals; they could only infer their strength through various legends and relatively reliable records.

But now, they have a clear understanding of the immortals' strength, and have even defeated a relatively weak immortal in a head-on battle. They also have a more objective assessment of the legion's strength.

Even with this level of strength, the Eleventh Legion, after its ultimate sublimation, could not possibly be a match for the eldest son. No one had ever thought of directly challenging the eldest son to a one-on-one duel simply because they had condensed the will of civilization.

Everyone has awakened to the importance of their own ownership of the place, and the real large-scale construction of the entire county has begun.

With the rapid development of technology in the underground base, the cold of late autumn is no longer enough to hinder exploration, even when heavy snowstorms begin. Various specialized vehicles can still traverse the snow-covered plains without hindrance.

Dozens of special snow vehicles, resembling sleds, glided at high speed across the snow using tracks and two ski-like devices, leaving trails of white mist as they sped across the vast grassland.

Wearing a heavy protective suit that resembled a spacesuit, Zhao Shuang sat on the roof of the car, observing the position of the sun in the sky and the corresponding time on the instruments in her hand to confirm her location.

He is currently the most educated member of the organization, and only he can rely on relatively rudimentary equipment to determine his location on the vast snowfield. Although this world is not a planetary system, the laws governing the movement of the sun and moon are the same, and its overall structure is similar to a flat earth with a round heaven, but with some differences.

However, the arc of the celestial sphere itself can be utilized. By calculating the sun's position within the arc, the current time can be easily determined. Furthermore, within this arc-shaped region, different locations on land will see the sun at different angles at the same time, allowing for the calculation of approximate coordinates. Normally, this rudimentary method of positioning would have errors of hundreds of kilometers, making it unsuitable as a standard approach.

However, they now use sophisticated mechanical equipment to observe the sun's precise position and have advanced clocks to ensure that the positioning is accurate to at least 100 meters. Compared to satellite navigation on Earth, the error is enormous, but it is sufficient for them to build array bases on the snowfield.

Even if there's an error, a deviation of a hundred meters, the distance between different array bases already reaches hundreds of kilometers. This level of error is completely acceptable on such a large scale. The impact on the array is negligible. Considering the need for so many people to collaborate, one of the biggest requirements for the array is to have a sufficiently high fault tolerance, compatibility, and stability.

Zhao Shuang stared at the sun in the sky through a sextant-like device until her eyes stung. Then she jumped into the car: "We can stop now. The location is nearby. After we stop, I'll measure the exact position, make a few corrections, and then measure the altitude, trying to keep the error within ten meters. Although this higher precision might not increase the power much, it will at least reduce the possibility of errors during the formation's operation. Fewer Gu worms will die during the formation's setup. This will also allow the formation to last a little longer."

Dozens of vehicles came to a stop one after another at his request. Numerous engineers, dressed in small engineering suits mounted on the vehicles, disembarked and began surveying the area with him. After confirming the approximate location, they established communication with several base stations precisely located in the underground base. Using trigonometric calculations based on communication delays, and after multiple verifications, they determined that a site with a very small margin of error had been selected. Once the selection was complete, everyone began their work.

They were just an advance team, tasked with establishing a base here to ensure the normal daily life of the personnel who followed, as well as clearing a spacious work area so that the heavy construction machinery that would be transported later could be deployed smoothly to complete the subsequent construction work.

The engineering mechs began clearing the snow, while snowmobiles searched the surrounding area, hauling away any collectable sand and gravel. The compacted snow had very little friction, making sled-like cargo transport equipment extremely useful on the snowfield. Large quantities of sand and gravel were collected, filling in and leveling the surrounding area. After multiple leveling tests, a layer of special cement-like building material suitable for use in low-temperature environments was applied.

A similar flat surface was laid out over an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters, creating a super platform capable of housing large construction machinery, provided the foundation was solid. Behind them, heavy transport vehicles had followed their path. They had planned a road that could also be used by heavy transport vehicles. Fortunately, the grassland was naturally flat. Even without a road, after winter arrived and the muddy grass froze, heavy construction machinery could still move freely across most of the grassland.

Two days later, heavy construction machinery arrived at the construction site. Zhao Shuang had already used local materials to temporarily set up accommodations for hundreds of engineers. Arranging their food, drink, and sanitation was equally time-consuming and laborious. After all, it was late autumn, and it happened to be during a once-in-a-decade super snowstorm. The average outdoor temperature had dropped to -30°C, which is the lowest temperature humans can adapt to with just ordinary clothing. To ensure that the engineers had enough energy to devote to their work every day in such an environment, the construction of logistical facilities really needed careful planning.

Fortunately, the people of Beiyuan knew very well how to build shelters in the bitter cold. Even though the houses were built with only locally sourced mud and wood, the unique structure of the heated brick beds and fire walls inside allowed them to create a sufficiently warm indoor environment, ensuring that the subsequent construction team would have no worries after a long day's work.

And they did indeed bring over a truly massive piece of equipment: a heavy-duty transport vehicle over 30 meters long, and this was just one section of the transport convoy. Following behind were three more vehicles, lined up in a row, supporting a gigantic cylinder over 200 meters long, as if carrying a pillar of stability, slowly making their way over.

This is the core of their project: the Gu pillar used as the array base. It's simply impossible to manufacture such a sophisticated, large-scale device locally. It has to be prefabricated as a single unit in the rear, then transported over a long distance. The transport team encountered several attacks from wild beasts along the way, including once the King of Beasts. Fortunately, the underground base is now vastly different. Even with only a 300-strong guard, once they formed a battle formation and unleashed their killing moves, they demonstrated a power that made the King of Beasts wary, causing it to abandon its attack. Now, they have finally transported the main array base and all the supporting large-scale industrial facilities. As for how to install them, that's for the local team to figure out.

This pillar needs to be driven into the ground. Only about 30 meters of it will be above ground. The rest will be driven into the ground. Not only must it be driven in, but the overall structure must also be stable enough to prevent it from wobbling easily and from being damaged even under high power output.

This was clearly a very challenging project for Zhao Shuang's team. Their array base was only considered medium to small compared to many others. Given their size, they couldn't afford to allocate more heavy construction machinery, such as those super cranes capable of handling tens of thousands of tons; they simply couldn't obtain those. They had to find a way to use local materials and rely on the team's strength to erect the array base.

This thing doesn't seem like something that could be pushed or stood upright by people pulling or carrying it. Even if a few of them could fly, no matter how they flew, it was impossible for them to single-handedly drag and lift this massive array base weighing tens of thousands of tons. Unless an individual's strength reached the peak of the fifth rank, and they were the most skilled in strength among those at the peak of the fifth rank, and had developed a special force-based killing move for moving it, it would be impossible for them to lift this behemoth by themselves.

However, even without the necessary conditions, they had to find a way to create them. Their deadline was only one month. If they couldn't complete the task within that month, it would jeopardize the entire project's progress. Therefore, everyone was racing against time, trying every possible method to complete this seemingly impossible task.

The only saving grace is that the pillar itself is a fairly sturdy type. At least ordinary bumps and knocks won't damage it.

So Zhao Shuang, together with the other engineers, did some calculations. They then led the group to quickly find soil and water. Using a method of piling up earth to create a mountain, they constructed a massive earthen mound, an arc-shaped mound resembling a spiral staircase. This way, the cylindrical position could be forcibly pushed up the mound. Applying force in mid-air with manpower and conventional machinery would be extremely difficult, but if they were to push it with their feet on the ground, then theoretically, with the equipment on site and the strength of the practitioners present, moving this behemoth shouldn't be too much of a problem.

By freezing a mixture of soil and water, a sufficiently large frozen structure can be quickly created, thus allowing the pillar to be erected.

Time was of the essence, and the task was arduous. Upon receiving the news, numerous engineers and workers sprang into action. On the grassland, a mound of earth was erected. Truckload after truckload of soil was transported, piled up, and then watered. The frigid cold caused the water to freeze rapidly, binding the soil together. The spiral-shaped slope, higher on one side and lower on the other, ensured that one side of the massive array base remained in constant contact with the ground. By pushing it up, it could be changed from its current horizontal position to an vertical one. Calculations showed that the lower end was aligned precisely in the center of the plaza, where a sufficiently deep hole had already been dug to bury the array base.

"Three, two, one, everyone pull together!" Zhao Shuang, wearing makeshift power armor, pushed against the massive cylinder with both hands, his face flushed red. This world has powerful individuals skilled in strength, whose individual strength might be several tons. Therefore, such massive projects do indeed rely on rudimentary methods like pulling and carrying by hand.

Together, the victims pushed the massive cylinder, which was wrapped with steel cables. The enormous earthen structure, crushed by the heavy cylinder, emitted a sound as if it were about to collapse. Fortunately, the design of the earthen wall had a margin of safety in its previous calculations. As everyone exerted their strength, the angle of inclination of the cylinder gradually increased, and the stress on the earthen wall began to decrease. Finally, the massive cylinder slowly rose and landed perfectly in the cylindrical pit. Even though they were insignificant among thousands of engineering projects in a standoff, everyone couldn't help but jump up and cheer.

Cheers echoed across the grassland. They might not have used methods like piling up earth to create mountains, but they had all used their wisdom and relied on teamwork to complete what seemed like an impossible task within the allotted time. The cheers meant that the formation to encircle and suppress the eldest son was being set up little by little.

[To be continued]

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