Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 148: Spatial Adjustment Ability, Wanjin Pavilion Completed
"This time... my spatial ability has been upgraded!"

Zhou Ming sensed carefully and soon noticed something.

He now has four abilities, namely portable space, perfect energy, imprint, and projection.

And these four abilities have been upgraded respectively. The decomposition of perfect energy, the viral spread of the mark, and the overlapping projection are all extended abilities obtained after the upgrade of these four abilities.

As for the ability of portable space, the last time Zhou Ming upgraded it, he gained internal force.

This ability can be said to be quite incredible. It works outside of space and allows Zhou Ming's attacks to appear within the range of space at any time.

When it acts inside the portable space, its power can be exerted on all objects inside at the same time.

It was after Zhou Ming acquired this ability that he began to continuously collect resources from the outside world, and then directly built blast furnaces and weapons factories in his personal space. With his own strength, he transformed himself into countless craftsmen and carried out large-scale construction.

This time, the ability of portable space has been upgraded again.

Although at the moment, we don’t know what kind of ability it is.

But the abilities related to portable space must be spatial characteristics.

There is no one who is weak in this ability.

"After the effects of the Perfect Qi dissipate, we'll begin our research..."

Two days later.

"This ability... is really hard to understand!"

Zhou Ming pressed his eyebrows.

Fortunately, after two days, he finally figured out some uses of this new ability.

Zhou Ming named the new ability "Spatial Adjustment".

This ability allows Zhou Ming to adjust the spatial fluctuations within a certain range, making them gradually close to, or even completely consistent with, the spatial fluctuations in his personal space.

Judging from the effect, this ability cannot directly help Zhou Ming, and it may require some development.

For now, Zhou Ming has only figured out two uses.

The first is the ability to coordinate with 'internal forces'.

The internal force allows Zhou Ming to exert his full strength within the space, but if it goes outside the space, there will be a certain loss.

However, as long as space adjustment is used to make the fluctuations of external space and portable space consistent, this loss can be directly eliminated.

As long as it is within the coverage of the space, even at the edge, Zhou Ming can directly exert 100% of his strength.

You know, after another upgrade, the diameter of the portable space has reached five kilometers.

Radius 2,500 meters.

Before this, if Zhou Ming wanted to send his attack to 2,500 meters, he would lose 99% of his strength, leaving only 1%.

But by adjusting the space, the loss can be avoided directly.

Two thousand five hundred meters!
That's a solid five-mile piece of land!
Within this range, it can truly be said that he is below the Grand Master and can kill anyone he wants.

After all, even the Grandmaster of the Three Flowers cannot defend against a sudden attack from his side.

The second is to use it in conjunction with the 'Mark' and 'Projection' abilities.

The projection and the main body use space adjustment at the same time. When the space fluctuations reach consistency, they can simultaneously create a space door connecting to the portable space.

At this time, Zhou Ming can directly use his personal space as a transfer station, cross the two space gates, and directly reach the location of the projection with his real body!

In short, space teleportation!
This will greatly improve Zhou Ming's mobility!
But for Zhou Ming, the most important thing is not this, but...

He can enter the portable space in his real body!

This means safety!

Zhou Ming has so many powerful abilities, and the power under his command is constantly growing, but if there is any flaw, it is his essence.

Although he can now basically ignore and crush the Three Flowers Grandmaster, he is still no match for the Grandmaster.

If at this time, a great master really came to assassinate him.

His life would still be in danger.

But the ability to adjust space gave Zhou Ming an extremely safe retreat!
When danger comes, just escape into the space you carry with you.

Not to mention the Grand Master, even a celestial being, as long as he does not master the ability of space, cannot hurt Zhou Ming!

This is an almost absolutely safe retreat, far more important than the portal!
"With this ability, can I be more extravagant?"

Zhou Ming raised his head and looked towards the northwest: "There's something I've been wanting to find for a long time."

In the northwest, in the desert on the border of Qin State.

A caravan, all of whose members were wrapped in gauze, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed, rode camels on the hot sand.

A flash of light appeared on the body of the last person in the team, and a shadow had enveloped him without him noticing when.

He urged the camel to walk a few quick steps and came to the side of the caravan manager.

The caravan manager thought he was here to rush them, so he said, "Don't worry, there's still some distance to go. It will take at least two more days to reach the next town, which is also the last town on the northern border of Qin."

Zhou Ming said, "Boss, I'm not here to rush the progress. I'm just here to inquire about something. I heard that there's a legendary fairyland in the desert called the ancient kingdom of Loulan. Is that true?"

"The ancient kingdom of Loulan? Why? You want to go there?"

"Hehe...I want to go."

"You're dreaming. There's everything in the dream, even the ancient kingdom of Loulan... hehe!"

The caravan leader scoffed and said no more.

Zhou Ming also shut up wisely.

After all, the Qin State is too far away from the Ming State, one is to the west and the other is to the east, with Zhongzhou in between.

As a result, the mark of the Qin State has not yet spread too widely.

It is rare to have a mark and come to this northern border.

What is even more difficult is the spread of the mark in the Western Regions.

Just looking at the terrain, we can see that with large tracts of desert and uninhabited areas, the spread of imprints will be greatly hindered.

The legendary ancient fairyland - Loulan, is a place that no mark can reach at all.

"Take your time. There will be a chance sooner or later. If that doesn't work, just wait for the plot to unfold!"

Zhou Ming withdrew his thoughts and continued to study the changes brought about by this upgrade.

In addition to the new capabilities, the biggest change at present is that the diameter of the portable space has increased to five kilometers.

But there are some small changes.

For example, Zhou Ming has a higher degree of integration with space, and can use various abilities more easily, especially in terms of the mutual coordination of various abilities.

Before, it was necessary to leave an object with a mark on the projection, but now with the increasing degree of fusion, he can directly control the projection through the mark without having to use these means.

He quickly sorted out these small changes.

"Then the next step is to quickly learn the art of deification."

Zhou Ming took out the jade tablet and began to study it.

A few days later. "The ceiling... looks familiar..."

Lu Xiaofeng opened his eyes, stood up and stretched, looked around, and then slapped his forehead: "I remember, I was drinking at Lao Zhou's place before and got drunk."

He walked out of the room and asked the maid, and finally saw Zhou Ming playing bone throwing with three stupid dogs in the garden.

As soon as they saw him coming, the three dogs immediately turned to look at him, with a momentary look of ferocity on their faces.

But his eyes flashed twice, as if he recognized him, and he didn't care.

"what?"

Lu Xiaofeng had always been extremely observant, and he immediately noticed something different: "Old Zhou, why do these three dogs you raise seem so much more lively than before?"

"Of course!"

Zhou Ming smiled and said that this was the result of his special enlightenment after he learned the enlightenment technique.

But of course he couldn't tell Lu Xiaofeng the truth, so he said, "I haven't been home for a long time, and these dogs have grown wild. I spent a lot of effort these days to train them well."

"These days?" Lu Xiaofeng rubbed his head: "How long have I slept?"

"It's been ten days and ten nights!"

Zhou Mingdao: "Congratulations, you have successfully broken your previous record of sleeping for seven days and seven nights."

"Really? Ten days and ten nights?" Lu Xiaofeng was also a little surprised: "I actually slept for so long, no wonder I feel that my true energy has increased a lot..."

He has always been like this.

Eat, drink, play and sleep a lot.

When nothing happens, it is normal to sleep for several days in a row.

Although he did not come from a prominent family, he had some extraordinary experiences and his cultivation method was particularly special. Once he mastered it, he could operate it on its own.

Moreover, when sleeping, because there are no other activities, the efficiency of exercising is even several times that of normal activities.

This is also the reason why Lu Xiaofeng, who plays around all day, makes friends everywhere, and meddles in other people's affairs, and seems to have no time to practice martial arts at all, is still the best among his peers in terms of martial arts skills.

"I slept for ten days? Then tomorrow would be..."

"That's right, tomorrow is the first of September. You woke up at the perfect time. Otherwise, if you had slept until tomorrow, I would have called you."

"Haha, what a coincidence. In that case, I might as well stay at your house for two more days."

"You bastard... you've already been here for ten days, and you're still staying!"

"Hey! We've already been here for ten days, so what's the big deal about an extra day or two?"

September st.

Zhou Ming invited a few friends to come over to celebrate the end of his house arrest and the completion of Wanjin Pavilion.

He said there were only a few people, but in fact, many people were invited, including the Four Great Constables, the Four Famous Constables, Yang Guo, the Big and Small Wu, Guo Fu, Yue Lingshan, Linghu Chong, and even Li Xunhuan and Sikong Zhaixing...

Anyone he knew who was currently in the capital was invited.

Although the four great detectives had some conflicts with Zhou Ming before, Zhuge Wuwo later came to apologize in person, so Zhou Ming naturally would not refuse them face.

Guo Fu and the others came along to meet Yang Guo when he came to visit.

morning.

A group of people came to Pei Mansion one after another. Under the guidance of the maid, they came to Qianjin Pavilion, then stepped onto the corridor bridge, which twists and turns, and finally arrived at Wanjin Pavilion.

"Thousand Gold Pavilion, Two Thousand Gold Pavilion, Three Thousand Gold Pavilion... This Master Zhou's naming style is truly unique."

Iron Hand pushed Wuqing's wheelchair across the corridor bridge and whispered, "The last attic we arrived at is called Wanjin Pavilion. It's just... pure counting!"

Zhui Ming laughed beside him and said, "I'm more concerned about how much gold and silver it cost to build this water pavilion!"

Wuqing said, "Why do you care so much? No matter how much gold and silver they spend, they earned it themselves."

Upon hearing this, Zhui Ming was filled with envy and said, "This Master Zhou is truly a capable man. He earned so much money just by writing a book. Even if Prime Minister Pei was angry and confined him to his home and cut off his spending, he was still able to build such a water pavilion with just the gold and silver he earned."

"I've heard about this as well," Tie Shou said, "but this water pavilion isn't on the water's edge, it's in the water. Can he really build it with the money he earned from just one book?"

Wuqing said: "The construction of the water pavilion is not something else. The transportation of materials is a major problem. If you pay attention to the information in this area, you can naturally calculate a number.

It is said that Master Zhou invited Yue Qing and Zhu Ting from the Luban Divine Axe Sect to jointly build this water pavilion. Therefore, although few materials were used, it was built with numerous mechanisms to successfully complete it.

"Zhu Ting... the capital's number one mechanical master. If he makes a move, I'm afraid he'll ask for a high price."

"We're almost there, shut up!"

Zhou Ming had been waiting for a long time. He clasped his fists and said, "The four great detectives are all here. Welcome!"

Wuqing said, "Mr. Zhou invited us, how could we not come?"

The fully built Wanjin Pavilion has many mechanisms added secretly, but they are not visible from the outside.

All that can be seen directly are the many decorations, especially the various aquatic flowers planted around, which are all in full bloom and surround the entire Wanjin Pavilion.

On the water, in addition to several boats, there are also various water entertainment facilities, all designed by Zhou Ming. They were built with various mechanical techniques learned from Lu Ban's Divine Axe Sect, Mohism, Gongshu School, and even other countries, combined with Zhou Ming's special abilities.

These include various modern and ancient entertainment facilities.

Including water slides, water courts, water aircraft, etc., it can be said to be a small water park!
Those who came earlier are now having a great time playing these projects.

Such a water pavilion was truly beyond the imagination of the four great detectives.

"How on earth was this built?" Zhui Ming was surprised. "How could Zhu Ting have such a skill?"

The Four Famous Constables, Lu Xiaofeng and other older ones did not go into the water to play like the others, but just toured on the wooden board.

Seeing the four great detectives arrive, they naturally gathered around to say hello.

Hearing this, Lu Xiaofeng laughed and said, "That guy Zhu Ting doesn't have such ability. You should ask Lao Zhou how he built it!"

Although he was knowledgeable, he was still shocked by this water pavilion.

But at the same time, he quickly realized that after such a water pavilion was built, countless dignitaries would follow suit, and Zhu Ting, as the builder, would probably be in trouble.

As a friend who grew up together, he instinctively wanted to protect him, so he said this immediately to avoid those dignitaries coming to Zhu Ting in the future and Zhu Ting being unable to build it.

And he was telling the truth.

Zhu Ting is indeed not at this level.

"Mr. Zhou?" Zhui Ming didn't think too much about it and looked at Zhou Ming curiously.

Zhou Ming laughed heartily and said, "I've learned mechanical engineering, don't you know?"

"..."

Everyone was speechless. Not to mention your identity, why do you want to learn mechanical engineering? Have you ever demonstrated such skills before?

Why did you suddenly say that you had learned mechanical engineering?

Want to play with us?
Zhou Ming understood their intentions as soon as he saw their expressions. He shrugged without further explanation and said, "I meticulously designed this water pavilion. Many of the key features were created by me. Of course, I also want to thank Zhu Ting and Yue Qing for their efforts."

"Hahaha, Master Zhou has given us enough gold and silver. My two brothers and I have received payment for our work, so why should we thank you?"

Zhu Ting and Yue Qing also came here, and upon hearing this, they hurriedly spoke modestly.

(End of this chapter)