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

Chapter 388 The Beast Tide Rises Again, the Martian Battlefield

After discussing it, Jiang Cai'er and Li Xiang launched a major project, namely the Global Train.

Previously, it was an underground transportation network, but now, it's time to return to the surface, something that over 70% of netizens worldwide have been eagerly anticipating.

As the ruler of Earth, Li Xiang can shape the terrain at will, so it's natural that he would be in charge of the foundation construction for all the lines, which would save a lot of trouble.

In the conference room, Jiang Cai'er unfolded a three-dimensional model of the Earth in a holographic projection with a diameter of one meter. The golden magnetic levitation design route map extended across the continents like blood vessels.

Li Xiang closed his eyes and concentrated, the power of the Planetary Ruler Realm turning the entire earth's crust into highly malleable clay in his consciousness.

"The Circum-Pacific Artery should resemble a giant dragon coiled on the continental shelf."

As Jiang Cai'er softly spoke, and her husband echoed her words, the trans-Pacific maglev line, spanning four continents, suddenly appeared:
Starting from the tunnel entrance in the Andes Mountains, the train skims along the coastline past the observation station on Easter Island; when crossing the Bering Strait, a transparent protective dome, hundreds of meters high, is specially erected to allow passengers to enjoy the aurora borealis dancing with glaciers.

Three branches diverge from the Siberian permafrost zone: the northern branch goes through Murmansk to the Arctic research city, the central branch crosses the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and connects to the Far East industrial city, and the southern branch meanders along the Great Wall ruins to the Sichuan Basin.

"The Europe-Africa corridor should become a bond of civilization."

With a light tap of her fingertip, another silver light trail emerged from the Pamir Plateau.

This maglev network, spanning Eurasia, blossoms like steel flowers at its Middle Eastern hub: the main westward branch forks in Istanbul, with the northern branch connecting Vienna, Berlin, and the maglev station under the Tower Bridge in London via the Danube River; the southern branch runs along the Nile Delta, raising twelve honeycomb shield stations in the middle of the Sahara Desert, and finally connecting with the South Atlantic Tunnel at the Cape of Good Hope.

The most ingenious part is the design of the branch network—every 300 kilometers along each main line, an octopus-like intelligent track extends out.

These adaptive magnetic tracks can adjust their angles in real time according to geological changes: some drill into glaciers to form spiral elevators, some build transparent ecological corridors above the Amazon rainforest, and others lay vacuum tubes along the Mariana Trench, allowing trains to travel through the deep ocean at speeds of 2000 kilometers per hour.

When Li Xiang opened his star-studded eyes, the entire Earth emitted a deep rumble.

The permafrost of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau automatically rolled up to form radiation-proof roadbeds, the magma of the East African Rift Valley was sculpted into a natural shock-absorbing layer, and even the ice caps of the North and South Poles solidified into superconducting orbits at absolute zero. What would normally require decades of geological transformation was transformed into fleeting spacetime folds under the will of the planet's ruler.

With Li Shen's intervention, the entire foundation of the network was transformed in just ten minutes.

Within ten minutes, the entire design was precisely "manifested" on Earth and became a reality.

As for the subsequent construction and operation, that will be handled by Jiang Cai'er. That's her forte.

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Once completed, the maglev train will allow ordinary people to travel across the entire globe in a single day, reaching almost every underground city under the C Country Federation.

Over 95% of the world's underground cities are truly interconnected. Moreover, with countless robotic dogs, robotic police, robotic spiders, automated heavy machine gun turrets, and automated laser cannons along the way, there's no need to worry about security.

In addition to the AI ​​devices controlled by Jiang Cai'er, each place also has a special team of superhumans, which are organized and specifically responsible for maintaining order, dealing with emergencies, and protecting the peace of the area.

These teams of extraordinary individuals are now all under Shen Wenqian's command.

She was originally the "old leader" of these extraordinary individuals, but now she has a different identity. In addition, her strength is at the 26th level (high-level Saint rank), and she is also Li Xiang's cousin, which is enough to convince everyone.

She's even incredibly popular. Yes, Shen Wenqian is now a super celebrity with over a billion followers. Countless men pursue her every day, but Shen Wenqian doesn't fancy any of them.

Li Xiang's aunt and uncle weren't in a hurry or pressuring him to get married, because Shen Wenqian was a Saint-level being with a lifespan of hundreds of years, and this was nothing compared to her.

Once they reach the divine level, they will have a lifespan of thousands of years. Although they would love to hold their grandchildren, if they don't have them, so be it. In this extraordinary era, views on marriage and love are naturally different from before, including among some elderly people whose thinking has changed with the times.

With such a massive project underway, it's no surprise that netizens around the world are buzzing with discussion. Even before the Maglev train is open, many are already planning their routes and destinations.

Because traveling underground offers little scenery and is quite boring, while this surface maglev offers endless views along the way.

The blueprint details the plans to create various tourist areas along the route, including artificial suns and moons to simulate sunlight and moonlight, illuminating the surrounding attractions beautifully.

They will also build some surface cities with distinctive regional characteristics, gradually restoring the former prosperity of the surface.

Such a massive project is nothing to China, a country known for its infrastructure prowess.

With ample energy and machinery, construction began almost simultaneously across the entire line, progressing rapidly at a visible pace. This also spawned a number of online influencers who gained fame by documenting the construction progress on-site.

After the project was completed, they transformed into travel bloggers to continue gaining traffic.

Those who joined the C Country Federation instantly became "advanced civilizations," while those who did not join were still struggling at the "World War II level," and even artificial starch could only be obtained by exporting a large number of eligible women from their own country to marry into other countries.

Now, with the interconnectedness of the C-country Federation, the original C-country men have a much wider selection pool, and the shortage in this area is decreasing daily. In the future, even "marriage alliances with women" may no longer be enough to secure aid. Those countries and underground cities are increasingly anxious; when one takes the lead in submitting and applying to join, the others scramble to do so.

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The Earth fleet arrived on Mars and began constructing a base. Their journey wasn't without its challenges; they encountered several malfunctions and even repelled an invasion by alien space creatures. Fortunately, they arrived on Mars safely.

Videos of the base being built have been sent back, sparking another wave of excitement around the world.

In fact, the interest in colonizing Mars has remained strong and enduring.

Among the terrestrial planets in our solar system, Mars is the closest to Earth. There have long been various popular theories that Mars was once humanity's old home.

Mars has an atmosphere, primarily composed of carbon dioxide, followed by nitrogen and argon, with trace amounts of oxygen and water vapor. Both Mars and Earth's atmospheres contain nitrogen, which is the most striking similarity between the two. However, the density of Mars' atmosphere is less than one percent of Earth's, and its surface atmospheric pressure is approximately 500–700 Pa.

However, these are no problem in the face of an artificial base. Once Chiba Yukio becomes the ruler of Mars, the various conditions on the Martian surface will gradually change.

The ruler of a planet inherently possesses the ability to regulate atmospheric composition and environmental climate.

Along with the fleet arrived, a large number of agricultural and ecological restoration research teams under Zhao Xueqing's command also arrived. Although Zhao Xueqing did not come in person, these research teams were all experienced and battle-hardened, and would have no problem handling the underground farms on Mars.

The team also includes many exceptional individuals who excel in agriculture and communicating with plants. For example, Lin Wanwan, a researcher formerly under Zhao Xueqing, has also come along as one of the key members.

Researchers in public research institutions in Country C are equivalent to professors in universities, while associate researchers are equivalent to associate professors. Lin Wanwan, as a senior researcher, has a certain academic standing and is also a doctoral supervisor who has mentored many doctoral students.

Her specialty is insect pollination, and her mission here is to breed bees and butterflies on Mars. Although artificial pollination is possible, it ultimately doesn't align with the natural order of things as well as insect pollination.

Moreover, bees and butterflies are a very important link in the entire food chain.

People joked that they'd be able to drink locally produced honey on Mars in the future.

With the construction of the Mars base underway, Jiang Cai'er's "supercomputing center" has also moved to Mars. However, Chiba Yukio has not yet fully integrated with the Heart of Mars, so the first few phases of the supercomputing center project are concentrated in an underground base, buried deep within Mars, which is the ground-based computing center.

The Martian version of the "Sky Computing Center" will have to wait until Chiba Yukio has fully taken control of Mars and dispelled the black fog. However, the initial production of quantum computers and nuclear fuel cells is already underway on Martian soil, with inventories piling up. They will all be launched into space when the time is right, and a network will be formed in an instant.

In addition, many other weapons, such as space orbital cannons and the Spirit Shield Defense Matrix, are also being produced on Mars.

...While construction was in full swing on Earth and Mars, turmoil broke out again in space.

Earth has changed hands, the alien beast army that invaded the Earth-Moon system has been completely wiped out, Mars has been taken over by the natives of Earth, and they have even made a large-scale migration, shaking the entire solar system.

After all, the truth will eventually come out.

There are only eight major planets in the solar system. This means two have been lost.

This was an unbearable burden for the Black Mist Starfield alien beast legion that had invaded the solar system. Although they were divided into many factions and competed with each other, they would never allow the human natives to take advantage of them.

On various planets, the roars of beasts echoed continuously, especially the roars of those divine king-level beasts and the mental fluctuations they carried, which reverberated endlessly in space, spreading for tens of millions of kilometers with lingering aftershocks.

At this point, the other six planets have basically decided their victories, but it will take decades for the "winner" to merge with the planet's heart. As for the sun, it is still being fought over by several powerful space beasts at the planetary dominion level.

Some defeated God-Kings formed an alliance, leading their God-rank, Saint-rank, and countless space beasts below the Saint-rank level to launch wave after wave of attacks.

Upon receiving the news, Li Xiang had no choice but to rush to Mars again to provide support. He hadn't originally intended to go, but he had no other option.
The Earth-Moon system's main base is impregnable and the most powerful base, so there's not much to worry about. However, on Mars, Chiba Yukio has not yet completed her integration, and several bases are still in their early stages of construction, making them relatively weak in all aspects.

Originally, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui, and Ai Lin had been staying at home and preparing for pregnancy, but now they had to temporarily put their plans on hold and follow Li Xiang on his expedition.

As for Jiang Cai'er, she naturally guarded the Earth-Moon System's main base.

However, Jiang Cai'er is quite special, as she has digital life clones almost everywhere, so she is essentially on the front line of the battlefield.

Mars.

An endless stream of alien space beasts swept in, but the human base was already on high alert.

On the surface of Mars, some hidden entrances opened, illuminating hundreds of eerie blue light trails. Jiang Cai'er's digital life clone opened billions of electronic pupils in the quantum matrix of the supercomputing center.

Hundreds of thousands of quantum computers simultaneously vibrate slightly, compressing battlefield data streams into nanosecond-level decision commands.

"The Hive Shield Matrix is ​​activated, and the energy gap will be filled by Zone B7."

"Orbital electromagnetic railgun array charging countdown: 3, 2, 1—"

As the supercomputing center operates, commands are issued one after another, sometimes hundreds of thousands of commands per second, controlling all automated weapons and equipment on the entire battlefield.

For example, the twelve "Heavenly Punishment-class" high-energy particle cannons suspended in Mars' synchronous orbit suddenly turned around, and the blazing, dazzling beams of light pierced through the black mist and penetrated the atmosphere, precisely piercing the core of the compound eyes of the three-headed Star-Eating Scorpion. The corrosive liquid it sprayed exploded into purple mist in mid-air.

Inside the underground bunker, three thousand "Xuan Niao-9" unmanned combat aircraft took off from vertical launch silos.

The ground shook, and the first, second, and third heavy combined arms brigades of the Mars base rushed out from the Red Rock Passage.

……

"Superhuman Squad, launch!"

"Third, fourth, and fifth squads, make a flanking maneuver; first and second squads, follow us and strike straight at the heart of the enemy's lair!"

The Twin Magatama, leading their elite team, also charged out.

In an instant, blood and fire intertwined.

This great battle lasted for an unknown period of time, but ultimately the Mars base, lacking sufficient resources, was overwhelmed by the beast tide and suffered heavy losses.

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On the Martian plains swept by a crimson storm, the twin Magatama stood back to back at the edge of a crater rift, with the wreckage of several Xuan Bird fighters still emitting blue smoke not far away.

The two were surrounded by the starlight unique to the God-King Realm, but it appeared dim and not as bright as usual. Crimson blood beads floated in the thin atmosphere, forming a strange blood mist.

"Yugiri, can you still hold on?" Asahi wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Sister, I can hold on. We must hold on until Mother succeeds, or until Father arrives!" Xiwu gritted her teeth, her gaze resolute, her armor tattered and her body covered in blood.

"Yes, sisters united are invincible! Three more Divine King Realm beasts have arrived. Let's fight to our hearts' content!"

"Three heads..." Yugiri was terrified, but she gritted her teeth and followed her sister.

Among the swarming alien beast legion were three "Star-Eating Demon Scorpions" at the God-King level. The dark purple corrosive liquid sprayed from their tails melted a huge hole in the energy shield of the human base. Several underground ecological domes collapsed in the acid mist. The space wheat fields painstakingly cultivated by the agricultural team and Lin Wanwan's Martian bee breeding pods were all reduced to scorched earth.

The silver-white armor of the Twin Magatama was already covered with cracks. After an hour of fierce fighting, Asahi's left shoulder was pierced by the scorpion's pincers, and the little spiritual power she had left was fiercely fighting against the beast's poison at the wound. Yuugiri supported her body with a broken blade, with half of the wing wreckage of the Xuan Bird drone under her feet.

They created hundreds of mirror images on the battlefield using spatial folding techniques, but their true forms were still seen through by the scorpion's compound eyes. When the two scorpions simultaneously activated their "Meteorite Armor Shattering" innate divine power, the sisters' protective shields shattered like glass, and the blood mist condensed into a poignant crimson bead in the low-gravity environment.

"Am I going to die?"

"However, we've already killed a nine-headed god-king, so it was worth it!"

At the critical moment, five streaks of light tore through the Martian atmosphere.

Li Xiang wielded the Star Pill Mountain Collapse Staff and slashed down from mid-air. The staff's shadow transformed into the "Nine Hells Mountain Collapse" inscription, which stretched for thousands of miles, smashing the two demonic scorpions into a deep pit.

Yao Yao's phantom phoenix spread its wings to cover the sky, and the holy light cleansed and repaired the damaged shield; Zhao Xueqing waved her hand and scattered the space wheat seedlings, and the green energy field instantly purified the corrosive acid mist, and the destroyed ecological farm actually sprouted tender shoots from the scorched soil.

Lei Xiaohui and Eileen transformed into golden and silver lightning bolts, and roared fire dragons, instantly clearing a vacuum zone a hundred meters wide in the beast tide.

Li Xiang let out a long roar, and the pressure of the Planetary Dominator Realm slowed down the alien beast army. He joined forces with Yao Yao, Lei Xiaohui and Eileen to set up the "Starry Sky Forbidden Domain". The remaining alien beasts were annihilated in the collapse of space.

Zhao Xueqing held the jade pendants in her arms, and the budding vines peeked out, dripping spiritual dew into the mouths of the two women.

The spiritual dew secreted by the God-King realm is an unparalleled healing elixir. Soon, the two women's injuries stabilized and they gradually recovered. However, the spiritual energy they had exhausted would need time to replenish.

Li Xiang asked the women to help guard the base and rescue the wounded. He transformed into a streak of light, traversing the surface of Mars, sweeping back and forth. As a planetary overlord, he moved as if he were in an empty land. In just one day, he cleared out the space monsters on Mars.

After the battle, the statistics from Jiang Cai'er's supercomputing center also came out: 73% of the facilities at the three Mars bases were damaged, but the core quantum computer array was preserved because it was buried deep underground.

However, there were also gains, the most valuable of which were the remains of thirty-six God-King level beings that had perished on the Martian battlefield.

This will add thirty-six God-King-class starships to the Mars base. However, the conversion will take at least a year.

During this period, Li Xiang needs to guard Mars to buy time for the transformation of the God-King-class starship.

(End of this chapter)