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

Chapter 341 "The capable should do more. This is your era. If you don't take care of things, who will?"

Although they were twins and the babies were quite large, Jiang Cai'er chose to have a natural birth.

With her 16th-level superhuman physique, the delivery went smoothly, and two baby boys were born, looking seven parts like Li Xiang and three parts like Jiang Cai'er.

As a father, Li Xiang naturally prepared a name well in advance, putting a lot of thought into it. With the addition of a new member to the family, naming the child is a top priority and must be taken seriously.

The older brother's name is "Li Yuchen", and his nickname is "Xiaoyi" (Yiyi); the younger brother's name is "Li Zezhao", and his nickname is "Yangyang".

They all have symbolic meanings.

The character "煜" (yù) is derived from the phrase "日以煜乎昼，月以煜乎夜" (rì yǐ yù hū zhòu, yuè yǐ yù hū yè), symbolizing universal light. Because the end times are approaching and the sun will "go out," both ordinary people and Li Xiang yearn for light. Humanity doesn't know when it will find a new, bright home. This can be seen as fitting for the times.

When the end times came, many babies were born with similar names. Names like "Ming," "Guang," "Liang," and "Yang" were popular. In one class, many children had the same name. Although they were common, they represented the hope in people's hearts.

Just like a fetus, the pregnancy goes through many ups and downs, with prenatal checkups always encountering various suspicious indicators, requiring repeated tests and efforts to maintain the pregnancy, such as low progesterone, threatened miscarriage, Down syndrome screening indicating risks requiring further diagnosis, umbilical cord entanglement, malposition of the fetus, renal pelvis separation, lateral ventricle enlargement...

Then the parents will have the greatest hope that the baby will be born healthy and safe. Therefore, they will choose a name with auspicious characters such as "Kang" and "An". Even if it is ordinary, what does it matter? At that time, this is the only thought in the parents' minds.

"Chen" refers to the North Star, representing nobility and direction, and its meaning is self-evident.

The "Ze" in "Li Zezhao" means to bestow blessings upon all things. Given Li Xiang's achievements in dredging rivers, protecting living beings, and saving the earth, it is not an exaggeration to give his son this name.

"Zhao" means upright and honest, and it is hoped that he will uphold his beliefs even in darkness.

The nickname "Yangyang" symbolizes warmth, vitality, and new hope emerging in the end times.

After being discharged from the hospital, Li Xiang took Jiang Cai'er back to Lijia Village. The province had originally said they would send a helicopter to take them, but Li Xiang waved his hand and said there was no need for such trouble.

Everything was stored in the warehouse. Li Xiang got a conjoined twin stroller, the kind that can be used for sitting or lying down. After laying it flat, he let his two sons sleep inside, covered with a canopy. He pushed the stroller with one hand and held Jiang Cai'er with the other.

Actually, Jiang Cai'er could have gotten down and walked on her own, but Li Xiang wanted to carry her, so she just let him do as he pleased.

Upon arriving at the underground parking garage, a yellowish-brown light burst forth, and amidst the envious and astonished gazes of the crowd, it disappeared deep underground, arriving home in no time.

As for Jiang Jianguo and his wife, they had already been sent over by Li Xiang.

Actually, although the weather is icy and snowy and transportation is inconvenient, there are still trains running, just fewer trains and slower speeds than before.

In addition, the weather is extremely cold, rivers are frozen, and it doesn't snow heavily every day. There are also flight services. Otherwise, why would those leaders, teachers, and students from the capital come to the hospital to visit Jiang Cai'er?

Transportation between major cities is still possible, but traveling to remote rural areas is quite inconvenient. Icy roads make driving slippery and increase the risk of accidents.

Moreover, it's so cold that most people are reluctant to go out unless absolutely necessary.

I used to dream of going to Xuexiang for tourism, but now that we can see snow and play on ice right at our doorstep, who would still go?
Although Jiang Cai'er was in postpartum confinement, with her mother there and the help of Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui, Li Xiang didn't need to worry and was able to free up his time to participate in the preparatory work for the apocalypse.

He was invited to the capital and participated in many important meetings. In every meeting, Li Xiang was undoubtedly one of the focal points.

In this situation, he naturally had to speak.

It was impossible to remain anonymous and sit quietly in the back. Moreover, his position wasn't in the back or a corner, but on the stage, in the first row, right next to the center position.

The seats were all arranged in advance, and his name was on each seat. Even if he wanted to sit in the back, he couldn't.

In his previous life, Li Xiang would definitely have been nervous and would have stammered. But in this life, at his level, as the strongest person on Earth, he naturally handled it with ease.

Moreover, his capable wife, Jiang Cai'er, even prepared the script for him in advance.

What the attending VIPs envied was that no matter how large the meeting room was, even in the Great Hall of the People, Li Xiang didn't need a microphone. He could speak casually, and his voice would be clearly heard by everyone.

His voice is strong and clear, his words are precise and eloquent, and his content is substantial and well-written, often making people's eyes light up.

The topics of these meetings were nothing more than preparations for the end times.

Examples include the construction of underground city systems, sharing of current achievements in military and technological fields and future research directions, resource reserves and livelihood security, international cooperation and crisis management, etc.

In terms of underground city construction, the country will accelerate the construction of a multi-layered underground city network. Simply put, this involves building 72 honeycomb city clusters, each with a diameter of 50 kilometers, adopting a fractal structure (main city + 12 satellite cities), and with a pressure resistance level reaching level 12 for crustal movement. If the satellite cities are listed separately, the total number of underground cities is 936.

There are a total of 694 cities in China at the county level and above, including municipalities (4), prefecture-level cities (293), and county-level cities (397).

Including the vast rural areas, the 936 underground cities are enough to accommodate 14 billion people.

This includes the underground base in Lijia Village.

The underground city of Lijiacun can be considered a main city, surrounded by 12 satellite cities, all of which will eventually fall under Li Xiang's command.

There was a special allocation from the government, and all the money Li Xiang had spent before would be reimbursed. The ownership would still belong to Dark Sanctuary Limited Company, but Li Xiang didn't need the money, so he declined. He hoped to use the funds to build other underground cities.

Because of the sheer scale of the project, the national treasury is not well-funded, and money is needed in all aspects.

Some people say, "Why not just print more money?" That's not the point. Currency is a reflection of productivity; you need goods to have money. To put it more abstractly, goods are money.

Printing too much money leads to inflation, while printing too little leads to deflation; this involves economic theory. It's taught not only in universities, but also in middle and high school courses.

Speaking of this, Chinese education truly teaches the art of dragon slaying. Therefore, the breadth of vision and strategic thinking of Chinese students is unmatched by students from other countries.

The leader praised Li Xiang's noble character and stopped insisting. The meeting then discussed the energy issues of the various underground cities. Energy is one of the most crucial factors in the apocalypse.

In the icy, snowy, dark underground, without energy, it's impossible to move an inch.

Depending on their geographical location, these underground cities will use nuclear energy, oil, natural gas, or a combination of these methods for power and heating.

Nuclear power and thermal power will be the mainstream in the future.

Thermal power can be generated from sources such as oil, natural gas, and coal.

Then there is a supporting underground industrial system, such as steel mills, arsenals, textile mills, pharmaceutical factories, and so on.

It also features underground farms, an ecological cycle system, and a supporting subway transportation network.

In terms of military and technology, a transformation is naturally needed to adapt to the characteristics of the post-apocalyptic world. For example, in the military field, the navy has been almost completely abandoned and its development has ceased, shifting the focus to the army and a small air force, developing various missiles, drones, reconnaissance aircraft, and fighter jets suitable for frigid weather, tanks with enhanced protection capabilities, exoskeleton armor, more powerful individual weapons, more powerful artillery (such as microwave directed energy weapons, laser cannons, and high-energy ion cannons), fuels with stronger cold-resistant properties, and hydrogen fuel cells, etc.

It is worth mentioning that the "Hydrogen Teng" type fuel cell developed by the State Power Investment Corporation has successfully achieved stable power generation at -80°C at the Qinling Station in Antarctica. Its unique low-temperature cold start technology is truly exceptional, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is far ahead of the competition.

The research results on the previously captured alien beasts have not yet been released, but there has been progress and the first prototype is a quark deconstruction cannon. There is also the Nuwa Armor, which is a new type of armor developed using the skeleton of alien creatures. It is far superior to existing bulletproof vests and is also much lighter.

Although Li Xiang possesses "Crystal Gold Armor," it's impossible for him to equip so many people with it all by himself. Moreover, the equipment he crafts using "Crystal Gold Armor" is quite heavy, making it difficult for ordinary people to lift.

After returning, Li Xiang, in accordance with the spirit of the meeting, renovated and expanded the underground city of Lijia Village, and also dug tunnels to 12 satellite cities.

Although the country has a comprehensive plan, the apocalypse is only a few years away, and the construction period is extremely tight. Li Xiang's underground tunnel network in his hometown is quite good and has become popular all over the internet, so he was invited to help speed up the process.

The leader joked, "The capable should do more. This is your era. If you don't take care of things, who will?"

Li Xiang: "..."

To be honest, Li Xiang didn't have any grand ambitions. He was content with his wife, children, and a warm bed. But at this critical moment for human civilization, he really had to rise to the challenge.

Humans are social animals. If everyone on Earth died out, leaving only one family, it wouldn't be very meaningful. Putting aside everything else, just the problem of reproduction would be a major issue; sons and grandsons wouldn't be able to find wives, and daughters and granddaughters wouldn't be able to marry off. Within four or five generations, they would also become extinct.

As for extraordinary cultivation, there are currently no known immortal beings. Even those few god-level earth vein spirits seem to have a lifespan limit. Moreover, they have many drawbacks, such as their physical bodies being special earth veins that cannot move. If they could truly move, it would require the earth veins to slowly change, like the transformation of oceans into mulberry fields.

If humans wanted to kill them, it would actually be quite simple: bombard them relentlessly with bunker-buster bombs to destroy their physical bodies. As spirits of mountains and rivers, and infused with human civilization and destiny, their strength is closely related to the Chinese civilization that lives on this continent.

Some evil feng shui formations can damage the earth's veins and endanger them.

If we're talking about eternal life, perhaps Jiang Cai'er could be one; she could transform into a digital life form, a stream of consciousness. But she would still need a vessel, and if that vessel were destroyed, she would perish.

But as a digital life form, one cannot enjoy the various pleasures of being human, and even immortality would be extremely boring.

Those three divine-level earth vein spirits preferred to slumber, firstly because they had indeed suffered severe damage and lost a significant portion of their essence, which Li Xiang estimated to be at least 30%, and secondly because they probably had nothing else to do if they didn't slumber.

"It is my duty, and I will not shirk it!" Li Xiang readily agreed, for he could not stand idly by, neither for public nor private reasons.

Anyway, he had nothing better to do now, and leveling up had become extremely difficult after breaking through to the Saint Rank. Building an underground transportation network was also a form of cultivation.

So, it took a month to dig the tunnels for the national underground transportation network. As for laying the rails, fiber optic cables, and equipment along the way, that was not Li Xiang's responsibility; the relevant departments would take care of that.

When Li Xiang was digging the tunnel, CCTV reporters followed and reported on the entire process, but they concealed the specific route and coordinates, only mentioning that it was a certain section. The exact location, depth, and route were unknown to outsiders.

People were once again amazed by this incredible feat.

Previously, the dredging of thousands of waterways was carried out in secrecy, and very few people witnessed it firsthand. But now, with CCTV broadcasting it live every day, this is truly the first time everyone has seen Li Xiang's earth-based supernatural abilities.

One person commented, "This is much more powerful than Tu Xingsun."

"What is Tu Xingsun? How can he be compared to Li Sheng?"

"Congratulations, Li Sheng, for your outstanding achievements, adding another brilliant chapter to the history books."

After the tunnel was completed, Li Xiang wondered what else he could do to help. So, he took action and took the initiative to help build an underground oil refinery, as well as supporting underground pipelines and storage warehouses for transporting and storing oil, natural gas, and other commodities.

This is an advantage for Li Xiang.

There's no need to mine the oil and natural gas beneath the South China Sea. Li Xiang builds pipelines directly to it, utilizing the principle of siphoning from the earth's veins to allow the oil and natural gas to spread directly along the pipelines, ensuring a continuous supply.

This design is ingenious and involves a massive amount of work; without Li Xiang's powerful earth-based abilities, it would be virtually impossible. Even if it were to be built, the cost would be extremely high.

But for Li Xiang, it was a piece of cake; he could get it done in just a few days.

Furthermore, if necessary, he could even tunnel to the Middle East or Russia to extract their oil and gas resources directly, without the need for extraction or transportation.

A single pipeline is too slow and carries the risk of blockage or damage. Li Xiang directly used seven or eight pipelines, spaced a certain distance apart, to run side by side. This not only greatly increased the amount of oil (gas) transported but also enhanced the ability to withstand risks.

uncanny workmanship.

This was somewhat abnormal and belonged to the strategic level, so it was not publicly reported.

In addition, Li Xiang used his earth-based supernatural abilities to help various underground cities quickly construct vast spaces, allowing the nation to accelerate the underground relocation of factories. Examples include complete arsenals and robotic arm production lines.

(End of this chapter)