Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 331 Saint Rank! "Divine Journey Through the Void - Celestial Paths"!
Spring is still chilly, with sudden shifts between warm and cold weather, especially in the Northeast, where it remains a land of ice and snow.

Songhua River.

Spring ice jams caused by ice dam blockage led to ice jam flooding. This year's ice dams in the Harbin section were exceptionally high, breaking historical records and reaching a staggering 15 meters.

Fortunately, there was Luo Feifei, who possessed the Water-based Ice System.

Li Xiang constructed a "magma channel" in the riverbed of Jiamusi section, drawing in a "geological furnace" from deep underground to release rolling heat and melt the ice layer; while Luo Feifei used her ice-type superpowers to precisely control the timing of ice layer fractures.

Subsequently, Li Xiang used his earth-based supernatural abilities to widen the Qiqihar-Tongjiang section of the river from 300 meters to 600 meters and optimize the slope to 0.8‰, accelerating the descent of floating ice.

A series of swift and decisive actions completely eliminated the ice jam disaster, extended the winter ice tourism season by 40 days, and helped the coastal areas build Asia's largest cold chain logistics base.

……

The Tarim River, the Sea of ​​Death.

The difficulty here lies in the fact that the middle and lower reaches have been cut off for more than 30 years, the tail end of Taitema Lake has dried up, and a large area of ​​poplar forest has died.

Li Xiang used an alternate dimension warehouse to divert 200 billion cubic meters of water from southern Tibet into the river channel, and simultaneously constructed an "underground crystal vein reservoir" to store water in the Aksu section.

Zhao Xueqing activated the "ancient genes" of the poplar seeds, enabling their roots to penetrate 200 meters underground to absorb water; Jiang Cai'er designed an "intelligent drip irrigation grid" in her plan, which can save water up to 95%.

Of particular note is "dust stabilization".

Li Xiang used "Starfall Sandstorm" to compress the shifting sand dunes into sandstone platforms. Of course, it was just a simple application of pressure to make the dunes more solid and compact, not to the point of creating a single grain of sand weighing hundreds of tons, as that would be too time-consuming and impractical.

Then, silt from other waterways was transported over and "shaken" onto the sandstone platform, forming a soil layer three to five meters thick. Zhao Xueqing then led the ecological restoration team to plant various vegetation, creating an oasis.

Previously, Li Xiang stored 100,000 tons of sand from the Yellow River to condense "star sand," but the rest was dumped into the depths of the Pacific Ocean for convenience. This was because the sand from the Yellow River was fine and smooth, and not very useful. However, the silt from other river systems, such as the Yangtze River, Qiantang River, Fuchun River, Gan River, Pearl River, Heilongjiang River, Huangpu River, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, and Poyang Lake, was almost all rich in organic matter and was quite fertile soil. It would be a great pity to throw it all away. So later, an expert suggested that, after discussion, the silt should be transported to the Northwest to stabilize the sand.

Turning a desert into an oasis is nothing short of a miracle.

After a series of operations, the waters of Lake Taitma were restored to their 1970s levels, and more than 300,000 square kilometers of oasis were created, while the Taklamakan Desert disappeared.

There are eight other deserts that have also disappeared, such as the Gurbantünggüt Desert, the Badain Jaran Desert, the Tengger Desert, and the Kumtag Desert.

……

Dust storms swept through the gullies of the Loess Plateau, obscuring the sky, while Li Xiang's Giant Whale Armor reflected a cold blue light under the blazing sun.

Yellowish-brown ripples spread outwards from him in all directions, and a continuous ring-shaped mountain range suddenly rose on the distant horizon, the roar startling a herd of wild camels into a panicked flight.

In the middle, a super-large reservoir has been formed with a central water depth of about 100 meters, a shallow water area at the edge (<5 meters), and a diameter of about 80 kilometers. Its capacity is initially estimated to be around 120 billion cubic meters.

Of course, at this moment the reservoir is empty, just a huge bowl-shaped depression.

Don't rush, Li Xiang and Luo Feifei swayed and arrived at Lake Baikal.

Lake Baikal has a total water volume of 23.6 trillion cubic meters, which is equivalent to one-fifth of the world's freshwater resources. It is not only the world's deepest lake, but also a huge treasure trove of freshwater. Located in southern East Siberia, it is not far from China. At Li Xiang's speed, it would only take a few minutes.

The two jumped into the lake. Li Xiang opened the entrance to the interdimensional warehouse, while Luo Feifei's body rippled with azure light.

She stretched out her arms like a swan extending its neck, and endless clear lake water was drawn along her fingertips, rushing rapidly towards the other-dimensional warehouse.

Afterwards, the two returned to the large reservoir and poured the water of Lake Baikal into it like a cascading Milky Way, creating a rainbow halo on the crystal vein filter layer at the bottom of the reservoir.

Engineer Lao Wang, who was setting up the monitoring equipment, almost dropped the total station into the reservoir. He stared at the rapidly rising water level on the reservoir display screen and muttered, "It's only been ten minutes... That's equivalent to many years of water diversion. I'm getting old, my memory isn't what it used to be, I need to do the math."

It's not just one reservoir, but a total of eighteen. This is the "Starry Sea" project in the plan.

After all the waterways were dredged, Li Xiang used his earth-based superpowers to build 18 large reservoirs in water-scarce provinces, in the Northwest and North China regions, at the locations marked in the plan. Each reservoir has a storage capacity of over 120 billion cubic meters, and the total storage capacity exceeds 2.16 trillion cubic meters.

With Lofifi's assistance, a massive amount of fresh water was transported from Lake Baikal using an interdimensional warehouse to fill these reservoirs. This is strikingly similar to the Red Flag River project.

The eighteen large reservoirs not only solved the current drinking water and water usage problems, but also solved the water source problem in the apocalypse.

Because during the end times, the earth's surface will freeze, and the sea surface will also freeze. It will snow for the first year or so, but then the snow will stop, and the water cycle will be interrupted. Northwest and North China have always been short of water, and this will be even more severe during the end times.

There's certainly no need to worry about areas like Li Xiang's, because there's plenty of groundwater, and the Yangtze River is nearby. Even if the Yangtze freezes, ice can be taken from the Yangtze and melted into water.

But the western region is already short of water, so what should be done?

These eighteen reservoirs, besides storing water now, can also store water during major floods. This is because Li Xiang and his team haven't filled the reservoirs to full capacity yet, only about halfway.

Then, in the area where the eighteen reservoirs are located, Li Xiang built many canals that are higher than the reservoir water level. These canals are not very useful now, but when the torrential rains come next summer, they can alleviate the flood disaster and divert the floodwaters into the reservoirs.

Later, during the apocalypse, when these "large reservoirs" freeze over, the people of the underground city in that area can obtain ice from the nearby "large reservoirs" for their use.

The craftsmanship is superb and breathtaking.

Around the reservoir, Zhao Xueqing is leading an ecological restoration team to scatter camel thorn seeds on the damp slopes of the dam. Wherever the pale green spiritual energy sweeps across, drought-resistant vegetation weaves a windbreak and sand-fixing net at a visible speed.

A few sand lizards tentatively touched the new grass leaves, but were immediately frightened by the rising water and scurried back into their burrows.

Infrared images transmitted back by monitoring satellites show that these eighteen super reservoirs, each with a diameter of more than 80 kilometers, are like sapphires embedded in the earth.

Such abundant strategic water reserves are sufficient to support the water needs of 200-300 million people in the water-scarce Northwest and North China regions for about twenty years after the apocalypse. If water shortages occur in the future, Li Xiang can also obtain ice from other places to fill the gaps; besides Lake Baikal, there are many other major rivers. If time permits in the future, the reservoir can be further expanded.

More than a year has passed in the blink of an eye. With such a huge workload, Li Xiang has benefited greatly from this experience. He secluded himself at home to organize his gains and insights over the past year. Finally, on a full moon night, he broke through to the Saint Rank!
Within his body, there were originally eighteen vortexes of spiritual energy. Now, the eighteen vortexes have merged into one, forming a "spiritual pool," a pool of liquid spiritual energy.

If we still use the original rank system, it would be equivalent to the nineteenth rank.

Li Xiang's "extreme speed" reached a terrifying Mach 30, and his "great strength" was 50 jin. These figures were purely due to his advancement in cultivation level; he did not use achievement points to upgrade his attributes later.

As his cultivation level improved and he reached the Saint rank, he was able to withstand even greater speed and power. With a plentiful amount of achievement points, Li Xiang decided to continue adding points.

Ultimately, the "speed" was increased to Mach 40 and the "strength" to 70 jin, which was the limit of the body. To improve further, it was necessary to break through the realm.

A speed of Mach 40 (approximately 13.6 km/s) exceeds the second cosmic velocity of 11.2 km/s.

When he advanced to the 15th rank, he was accompanied by an "invisibility" rune. Now, as he steps into the Saint rank, the "invisibility" rune has also transformed into its second form, "group concealment".

Saint-level beings can fly with their physical bodies and travel in and out of the azure sky.

Therefore, Li Xiang's "divine movement" inscription also transformed into the "flying" inscription, with a name: "Divine Journey in the Void - Celestial Path".

Li Xiang arrived at the backyard and gazed at the dazzling night sky. The Giant Whale Holy Armor appeared on his body. He took a deep breath and activated "Tai Xu Shen You · Zhou Tian Xing Gui". His figure suddenly soared into the sky and broke through the atmosphere in no time, arriving in space!
At the Saint level, the body has its own internal circulation and is leak-proof, meaning it can survive without needing to ingest oxygen from the outside world.

Li Xiang stretched out his limbs and floated freely in space; this feeling was extremely mysterious.

He looked down at the Earth, where blue and white arcs of light cleaved through the darkness. All around him was silent, but he could clearly hear the flow of blood in his body, and when he turned his neck, he could hear a very faint clicking sound from his cervical spine.

He could see hurricanes swirling silver-gray spirals across the Pacific Ocean, and the aurora borealis in Siberia like splashes of emerald paint. At the seventeenth and eighteenth levels, he also acquired two supernatural runes: "Thousand-Mile Eyes" and "Beast Taming - Azure Unicorn Guide".

"Thousand-Mile Eyes" merges with the previous "Night Vision" and "Pupil of the Void" to form a new major natal inscription called "Nine Netherworld Destroyer's Eye". "Beast Taming - Azure Qilin Guide" has the power of "Heavenly Beast Edict" (commanding all beasts), which, simply put, means that it can form a soul contract with 108 powerful exotic beasts and command all beasts.

As for the interdimensional warehouse, its current side length has expanded to 524288 meters, forming a cube, and its spatial volume has expanded to: 524288 meters × 524288 meters × 524288 meters, totaling 144115 trillion cubic meters (approximately 1.4 million cubic kilometers).

His ability to sense earth veins has expanded to a radius of one thousand kilometers. All other supernatural abilities have also seen significant improvements.

Of particular note is its ability to project spiritual energy and manipulate spiritual weapons remotely.

With a flick of his finger, three grains of "star sand" weighing a hundred tons each shot out into the air. He had nurtured these three grains of star sand for a long time and refined them several times with his "Crystal Gold Armor" ability, so they had naturally long since transformed into spiritual weapons. Their weight alone made them quite powerful.

When the three grains of spirit sand reached a hundred meters away, they began to slip out of his control, and Li Xiang realized the distance at which he could remotely manipulate the spirit weapon.

There is no air in space. The three grains of spiritual sand silently broke through the air and rotated around him in all directions within a hundred-meter radius.

Li Xiang flashed several times and arrived tens of thousands of miles away. He saw several meteorites, each hundreds of meters in diameter and resembling small mountains, and manipulated stardust to smash the largest one.

Manipulating this stardust mainly relies on earth-based abilities, rather than pure brute force. Moreover, in the weightless state of space, it is even easier to control and maneuver it.

The impact of three 100-ton-class meteorites caused the mountain-sized meteorite to sway and retreat dozens of meters, leaving only a few small dents at the point of impact.

Li Xiang immediately knew that this meteorite was probably incredibly massive, weighing at least 10,000 tons, and extremely hard. If it were to be refined into "star sand" in the future, its power would far exceed that of the three grains of star sand currently in existence.

So, all those meteorites were stored in the interdimensional warehouse, and there were seven of them, large and small.

"space station!"

When Li Xiang returned to Earth, he saw many satellites and a space station. He wanted to knock on the door of the space station, but he gave up the idea of ​​playing a prank. It would be inappropriate if he scared the astronauts on their mission inside.

Imagine, in the boundless darkness of space, if someone suddenly knocks on the door, the astronauts would be terrified.

……

At the same time, the reward for dredging the world's myriad waterways was also announced. Such a great achievement naturally wouldn't be mistreated by the nation; besides being recorded in history, he received various promotions and titles.

Li Xiang has been promoted another rank to "Major General". He is arguably the youngest Major General, and although he has no real power, his status and position are undeniable.

Luo Feifei also participated and contributed a lot, and was promoted to "Lieutenant Colonel".

Zhao Xueqing was promoted to "Major" for her outstanding contributions in participating in ecological construction and serving as a leader.

Yao Yao: "..."

Lei Xiaohui: "..." They were all incredibly envious.

With spring in full bloom and another election underway, Li Xiang was elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) for his outstanding achievements and remarkable contributions in "advancing major special projects."

Although it is possible for members of the CPPCC and deputies to the NPC to hold both positions, this is generally extremely rare.

According to current regulations in my country, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) can hold both positions simultaneously, but the central government has explicitly stated that such overlapping appointments are generally not permitted. Currently, less than 1% of all deputies and members nationwide are in this situation.

Li Xiang belongs to that 1%.

Of course, this position essentially grants little real power, and Li Xiang doesn't need any; the title and the associated conveniences are sufficient. After all, if he were to hold a substantive post, he would have superiors and much more work to do.

That person is getting old, and may not be able to hold on until the end of the world. Even if they do, they might not be able to manage everything, so it's only natural to consider the next person early on.

Li Xiang's prestige is not yet sufficient, but that person believes that given a few years, Li Xiang may well grow into a more established individual.

Moreover, different eras require leaders with different styles. In the end times, many systems and rules from peaceful times may not be applicable, and the standards for selecting talent must naturally evolve with the times.

As the crabapple blossoms were in full bloom, Li Xiang and Jiang Cai'er got married and held a grand wedding in Li Family Village.

Because Jiang Cai'er is pregnant, and with twins no less. Li Xiang used his spiritual power to investigate and found two sons. If they don't get married soon, it will be inconvenient when her belly gets bigger.

Not only does being pregnant out of wedlock sound bad, but it also makes wedding dresses and gowns look less attractive.

The wedding day was naturally extremely lively. The Li family, the Jiang family, and all kinds of relatives and friends gathered together. Some fans also came to show their support. He Zhixiang from Yunnan Province, Xu Xuan and Zhang Youyou from the provincial capital brought their children, Chen Huanhuan, who had been promoted to the manager of a jade jewelry direct-sale store and was doing a great job, some senior engineers and professors who participated in water system dredging, and various leaders from the county, province, and even the capital came to show their support.

Luo Feifei was furious. She appeared on a hill near Li Family Village, carrying the White Tiger Sword, but after looking at it from afar for a few minutes... she still left in a huff.

"Hmph~, I never want to see you again!" Luo Feifei returned home, her eyes brimming with tears and her steps faltering.

The next day, Luo Feifei's agent, who was also her mother, officially announced that Luo Feifei had grown tired of life in the entertainment industry and would be retiring from the film industry from now on.

Luo Feifei told her mother the truth. After all, she had already been promoted to "lieutenant colonel," the apocalypse was only a few years away, and the family had earned enough money, so there was no need to hide it anymore.

She began to retreat into seclusion to cultivate herself, living a life of quiet contemplation and detachment from worldly affairs.

Upon seeing this news, Li Xiang couldn't help but feel a bit down. Of course, he couldn't confide in Jiang Cai'er; wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui, however, knew what he was thinking, so they came over privately to comfort him: "Brother, you still have us."

When Li Xiang got married, the three of them were naturally saddened, but this was something they had expected. They had prepared themselves mentally beforehand, so they not only quickly recovered from their negative emotions, but also enthusiastically helped with the arrangements at Jiang Cai'er's wedding, making Li Xiang feel very guilty.

Yao Yao took Li Xiang's arm and said, "Brother, if you can get me to the Saint Rank, then I'll take care of Cai'er and her two children when she's in confinement."

Lei Xiaohui quickly said, "I'll come too. Yao'er definitely can't handle it all by herself."

Zhao Xueqing blinked, not wanting to be left out, and said, "How could I be left out?"

Li Xiang had already reached the Saint Rank and even gone to space, so he naturally didn't hide it from them. The three of them were incredibly envious, but unfortunately, their aptitude was limited. Despite cultivating with Li Xiang for so long, they were only at the tenth rank.

However, they are already very impressive. If they were to rely solely on themselves, they might not be confident in reaching the tenth rank, let alone the saint rank.

However, there is such hope if one cultivates with Li Xiang.

Upon reaching the Saint rank, the essence of life undergoes a transformation, and lifespan increases significantly, reaching at least two to three hundred years.

Putting aside their infatuation with Li Xiang, just considering the benefits and the allure of a life-changing transformation, what's wrong with being a mistress?
Li Xiang has never treated them unfairly. High salaries, huge bonuses, dividends, company shares, various gold and jewelry, precious extraordinary items, and spiritual medicines—their worldly wealth alone has already exceeded 100 million.

There's a topic like this online: "Would you be willing to have your husband give you 100,000 yuan and not come home for a month?"

Many women replied, "I'd be willing to pay even 50,000, let alone 100,000."

"Hesitating for even a second would be disrespectful to this 100,000 yuan."

"If I make a phone call to ask, people will think I'm being inconsiderate."

“If I see you with another woman on the street, I have to take a detour.”

"If you have a conflict with your third sister, I'll help you coax her back. I guarantee I'll make her happy. If that doesn't work, we'll find your fourth or fifth sister."

(End of this chapter)