Versatile Mage: I Awakened Nine Stars

Chapter 393 Her Family Must Live and Die with the Nation
Shao Zheng's proposal to send out Yunmeng was, unsurprisingly, met with opposition from many councilors.

Yunmeng's future is a fortified city, not the desolate land outside Anjie, surrounded by demons and monsters, where you can send people out with a little money and a stamp.

Moreover, those spirit beasts in the formation are not just passively defending.

Who can feel at ease if they don't have such a strategic weapon in their own hands?
Shao Zheng had anticipated this situation. He calmly said, "The land area in the center of Dongting Lake is only a little over a thousand square kilometers, and it is mostly soft soil and marshland. Such places have poor foundation bearing capacity, high development costs, and limited population carrying capacity. The human and material resources required to develop a medium or large city are far greater than in other places."

China is a vast and resource-rich land. As the satellite array is gradually built, more and more places with excellent geographical conditions will await development. Is it really possible that a mere Yunmeng will hold everyone back?

One councilor countered, "While it may not be suitable for building a large city, Yunmeng is located in the heart of Dongting Lake, with abundant resources, a dense network of waterways, convenient transportation, and is protected by satellite arrays. If it were to be used as private territory, it would be an exceptionally rare and chosen place."

“You’re right, but…” Shao Zheng said, “Doesn’t someone offering a satellite array deserve a return of just the land of Yunmeng?”

The councilor was speechless.

They are all influential figures, so their vision is naturally not so narrow.

Yunmeng is nice, but I'll give it away anyway.

The premise is that the satellite array is not located here.

Placing such a powerful weapon on someone else's private property is tantamount to handing over the switch of life and death to another person.
However, he found it difficult to bring up such a topic.

After all, they had only just offered up the formation, and yet they were already gossiping about it behind people's backs.

What's the difference between this behavior and the stories of the farmer and the snake, or Mr. Dongguo and the wolf?
If word gets out...

At today's meeting, someone will inevitably have to step forward and offend that mysterious array master, but it's not like it has to be him.

So he nodded, indicating his approval of Shao Zheng's approach, and then sat down casually.

Then he discovered that none of these old foxes were willing to step forward; they were all waiting for someone else to be the first to do so.

It was as if the fierce opposition from the crowd had just been an illusion.

A bunch of old foxes!
The councilor cursed under his breath.

Seeing that the room had quieted down, Shao Zheng said, "I know your concerns, but they all stem from a lack of understanding of satellite arrays."

Li Kai and his team have thoroughly studied this formation. I can assure everyone that, except for those who actively invade, the satellite formation will never attack humans within its designated protected area.

In other words, if no one covets Yunmeng, the soul beasts within the formation will never extend their claws towards humans.

The reason I sent Yunmeng away was to tell everyone that unless one day the Divine Continent collapses and all the stars in the heavens fall, her family will always have a place in the Divine Continent.

Shao Zheng paused, looked around, and raised his voice: "China cannot let down anyone who has contributed to the country. Because she was willing to give up the satellite array free of charge, her family deserves to live and die with the nation!"

That one sentence was powerful and resounding; from then on, there were no more dissenters.

……

"What? Speaker Shao gave us a city?"

Xu Shen was completely bewildered as he looked at Ding Yumin's smiling face in the video call.

"Ah."

Ding Yumin nodded slightly; clearly, she was also quite unsettled.

In the video, another cold and alluring face squeezed in. Tang Yue leaned on Ding Yumin's shoulder and said, "In two days, the construction of the first satellite array will begin. Your little Yumin is the project manager. At that time, even someone like Hua Junshou will personally come to Dongting Lake to subdue the demon in the heart of the lake and protect her throughout the process."

"Holy crap? That Hua Jun leader who's invincible against all of humanity?" Xu Shen exclaimed excitedly, "Yu Mian, you've really made something of yourself!"

"Ah Shen, we're going to have a home now."

Yu Mian's eyes softened, and her simple words sent a shiver down Xu Shen's spine.

“Yes, we’re going to have our own home.” After years of hard work, he felt a rare sense of peace at this moment: “Yumian, let’s find some time to get our marriage certificate.”

"what?"

Tang Yue's smile froze, and her body, which was resting against Yu Mian's shoulder, instantly stiffened.

"Sister Tang Yue," Yu Mian said, grasping her hand in return.

"Congratulations..."

Tang Yue spoke with difficulty; she wanted to laugh, but her body was extremely uncooperative, and she felt a bitter and flustered feeling that she could not resolve.

“There’s nothing to congratulate,” Yu Mian said softly. “It’s just a formality. It can’t control anything except the division of property. It’s better to have none of it.”

Xu Shen, on the other end of the video, inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

In a moment of madness, he uttered words that nearly caused the downfall of the harem.

Thankfully, Yu Mian... "Ah Shen, be careful over at the National Games. I'm a little tired, I'll rest first."

Yu Mian hung up the phone quickly after speaking.

Xu Shen stared blankly at the black screen for a long time, then couldn't help but slap himself.

Yu Mian must have felt wronged too.

However, having already chosen this path, there's no choice but to go all the way down it.

It's not that those girls can't live without him.

Rather, it was his powerful possessiveness that made it impossible for him to accept any girl he had a relationship with ending up with someone else.

Xu Shen rubbed his face vigorously.

How can a real man give up the whole garden for a single flower?
Thinking about the comfort of having women on both sides, the guilt in my heart suddenly collapsed.

Yunmeng is located in the heart of Dongting Lake and consists of seventeen islands of varying sizes. The largest of these is called Yunmeng Island, which covers an area of ​​about 700 square kilometers. This will be Xu Shen and his group's future home.

With the satellite array in place, safety is naturally assured, but urban construction remains a bottomless pit.

This time, it seems that Old Master Mu and the Lin family will have to pay a hefty price.

Oh, and Mu Bai too.

That guy had taken on many projects during the reconstruction of the ancient capital and had extensive experience in urban construction, so we had to bring him in to do the work.

Xu Shen stared blankly at the Yunmeng terrain map on the computer screen.

In his mind, Yu Mian's words, "A Shen, we're going to have a home now," inexplicably echoed.

……

Li Kaifeng's departure had some impact on the team.

The atmosphere on the plane from Country M to Europe was somewhat somber.

Xu Shen shook off the image of Shaka's tender reluctance at their parting from his mind, and took out his phone to browse the information about the Triangular Dimensional Mirror sent by the Prophet of the Divine Capital.

The Prophet of the Capital, this incredibly mysterious elder who is always wrapped in a gray-white robe, was first met in the ancient capital.

Unlike Xu Shen, who had the advantage of foresight in his previous life, he was still able to pinpoint the mastermind behind the ancient capital's catastrophe. This intelligence capability alone was enough to impress people.

After the incident in the ancient capital, the two exchanged contact information, but they hardly communicated with each other.

Xu Shen only recently found this amazing person while going through his contacts, and he was pleasantly surprised.

Unlike the vague statements from the Temple of Liberty, the Prophet of the Capital clearly had a much deeper understanding of the Triangular Dimensional Mirror.

The triangular dimensional mirror can temporarily refract any object to any location. After refraction, a realistic mirror image of the object will appear at the original location.

When the refraction ends, the object will return to its original position.

The information also thoughtfully mentions the story of the god of the underworld and Kongsi.

The triangular dimensional mirror in the story is just a flawed replica, so it can only refract energy and not physical objects.

"Refractive object?"

Xu Shen frowned slightly.

Why would the Black Vatican steal this?
Wait, Hades...

pyramid?!!
Xu Shen was instantly jolted awake.

He had personally visited that place in search of Apas.

Those pyramids, especially the famous Great Pyramid of Giza, are terrifying in a way that rivals the ancient kingdoms of the West.

Imagine moving a Fiend Abyss to a densely populated safe zone...

Xu Shen felt like cursing.

Those rats in the Black Vatican really have absolutely no creativity.

But one has to admit that although the tricks are old, they are incredibly effective.

The saying goes, "Better to sacrifice a friend than myself." Xu Shen can only hope that the guy who stole the Triangular Dimensional Mirror isn't targeting China this time.

(End of this chapter)