Pursued by the Heavenly Dao, first level up in the courtyard.

After staying in Beicheng for two days, Qi Bing and Liu Yongfeng drove back along the same route.

Previously, when northern regions entered the snow and ice season, snowplows and ice removers were needed every day.

Starting last year, an additional layer of pavement was laid on the roads in the north, with the addition of road surface heating function.

With the road surface heating function activated, the roads can still be used normally even in heavy snow.

The cost of generating electricity from a controlled reactor is negligible, and the excess electricity can be used for road de-icing, which is entirely beneficial.

"In a while, the underground high-speed rail from Chongqing to Beicheng will be open to traffic."

"In the future, taking the high-speed rail to the northern part of the city will be faster and more convenient, so there will be no need to drive."

Half an hour later, Qi Bing drove the car to a service area.

The highway service areas throughout Xia Kingdom are all owned by Yucheng Industrial Group.

The newly built main roads and branch roads are also managed by Chongqing Industrial Group.

Apart from rural roads and urban roads, all other roads are managed by Chongqing Industrial Group.

The quality and price of the goods at the service area are the same as in other places nearby.

After eating and resting, we continued our journey and arrived back in Chongqing safely at 2 PM the next day.

Time flies by, and before we know it, a new year has arrived.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, around 7 a.m., Qi Bing, who was home alone, silently signed in.

"Congratulations on acquiring master-level directing skills."

With a calm mind, Qi Bing entered the Xuanhuang World and practiced his spear techniques, moving from one battlefield to another.

At 1 p.m., he returned to the world of the courtyard house and used his divine sense to explore the entire Blue Star.

"Many factories in Baizhou, Nanxingzhou, and Heizhou have serious pollution problems."

"The pollution of the air, rivers, lakes, and oceans will eventually affect Daxia."

After pondering for a moment, Qi Bing decided to construct a barrier to contain the industrial pollution from Baizhou, Nanxingzhou, and Heizhou within those three continents. In this way, pollution from overseas would not affect Daxia.

Using his immense divine sense, Qi Bing mobilized the power of his intent to set up barriers for Black Continent, Southern Star Continent, and White Continent.

The sins committed by the wealthy in their past lives are now being borne by the poor, such as the loss of freshwater resources and rare flora and fauna...

There's no reason for Great Xia to share the burden of pollution from Baizhou, Nanxingzhou, and Heizhou.

The invisible barrier only seals off pollution and has no effect on anything else.

"The Xuanhuang Body Refining Technique is difficult to advance, and the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Technique has reached a bottleneck. The only technique that can improve my strength for now is the Three Talents Visualization Technique. Apart from that, I can also comprehend the Three Thousand Laws."

Qi Bing's understanding of the three thousand realms of artistic conception has long since reached the perfect state of the Lesser Thousand Worlds.

7:50 a.m., Beicheng Industrial and Agricultural Research Institute.

Ye Qiu said incredulously, "I heard that the five major shipyards are building super die-casting machines. Once the super die-casting machines are completed, they will be able to directly die-cast the hulls of cargo ships, fishing boats, submarines, destroyers, and aircraft carriers."

Su Hai laughed and said, "I've heard about this too. The fishing sightseeing boats built last year had their hulls and tops directly die-cast. Many things in the Siheyuan World are far superior to similar products from my previous life."

Lin Fan said, "In my past life, some car companies were keen on die casting, but compared to the die casting machines used to manufacture fishing boats, they were far inferior."

Li Kun said expectantly, "I really want to see the super die-casting machine manufacturing an aircraft carrier hull."

Chen Bo laughed and said, "The strength of a ship hull formed by die casting in one piece far exceeds that of a ship hull formed by riveting and welding."

Xiao Ze said, "I hope to buy a fishing sightseeing boat before I retire. After I retire, I will buy a fishing sightseeing boat and go fishing in the big rivers and seas."

Li Kun cautioned, "You can only retire at 65. By the time you retire, you'll be too old."

Xiao Ze disagreed: "When I'm sixty-five, I'll definitely be much stronger than a young person in their thirties."

Lin Fan laughed and said, "You're only thirty years old this year, and you're already thinking about what you'll be like when you retire at sixty-five. You have a car, a house, a wife, and children now, and life couldn't be more comfortable. There's no need to think so much."

Xiao Ze laughed heartily: "I'm so tired of eating big yellow croaker, I wouldn't have even dared to dream of it in my past life."

Li Kun nodded: "A six-pound yellow croaker only costs three yuan. With my monthly salary, I can buy more than a hundred six-pound yellow croakers."

Lin Fan wholeheartedly agreed: "I love durian. It only costs two yuan a durian, and the price will definitely go down in the future."

Ye Qiu said, "The ingredients from this era not only have no drug residues, but they also taste very good. Even without adding any other seasonings, just a little salt, the pork cooked in them tastes delicious."

Chen Bo asked, "Where would you like to go for your trip this year?"

Lin Fan replied, "I also want to go to Chongqing."

Su Hai said, "I've seen the sea, and I don't find it very interesting. I also want to go to Chongqing."

Xiao Ze chimed in, "I also want to go to Chongqing. The hot pot, Sichuan-style chicken, spicy hot pot... the local cuisine there is delicious."

Ye Qiu said irritably, "The cooking skills of all of you have reached the master level. It's not like you can't make the delicious food in Chongqing yourselves."

Lin Fan laughed and said, "Old Ye, you don't understand. No matter how delicious the food you make yourself is, it just doesn't feel the same as eating out."

Li Kun said, "It's been a long time since we had a meal together. We have tomorrow off, so how about we go buy some groceries and have a get-together?"

Xiao Ze laughed and said, "We work at the same research institute and eat in the same cafeteria every day, isn't that a group meal?"

Ye Qiu said, "I agree to have dinner together tomorrow."

Lin Fan, Xiao Ze, Chen Bo, and Su Hai all agreed.

The six time travelers, along with their wives and children, made up three tables of people.

If we invite Liu Haizhong, Xu Damao, He Yuzhu and their families, even five tables wouldn't be enough to accommodate them.

Lin Fan's wife, He Yushui, is He Yuzhu's younger sister.

Su Hai's wife, Xu Fengling, is Xu Damao's younger sister.

Li Kun's wife, Yu Haitang, is also the younger sister of Xu Damao's wife, Yu Li.

Living in the same courtyard house, it would be inappropriate for them to have a meal together without inviting Xu Damao and He Yuzhu.

Ye Qiu and Lin Fan have known Liu Haizhong for many years and have a good relationship. They can't have a meal together in the courtyard without Liu Haizhong.

"It's eight o'clock, let's get to work first, we'll talk after lunch."

Lin Fan glanced at his watch, then got up and left the office.

As soon as it was time to leave work, Ye Qiu returned to the courtyard house and went to find Liu Haizhong to talk about the dinner party the next day.

Su Hai informed Xu Damao, and Lin Fan went to find He Yuzhu.

The next morning, everyone went to buy groceries and then cooked at Lin Fan's house.

Lin Fan and He Yushui have a total of seven houses: three rear rooms and one side room in the backyard, and three houses in the west courtyard.

Seeing that Liu Guangfu was sincerely trying to help, Lin Fan took the opportunity to give him a few pointers.

Lin Fan, who possesses an unparalleled comprehension system, has already honed his culinary skills to the master level.

Liu Guangfu, a graduate of a culinary school, is now an eighth-level cook at the No. 1 Steel Rolling Mill.

Qin Youde, who lived in the front yard, felt uneasy seeing the nine families in the yard having a meal together without inviting him.

Each person cooks two or three dishes, and quickly prepares meals for several tables.

Liu Haizhong, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Lin Fan, Ye Qiu... Liu Guangfu sat around a large round table.

"Old Lin, your braised pork is even better than Sha Zhu's."

"Sha Mao, I admire Lao Lin's cooking skills. Your cooking skills are far inferior to mine."

"Silly Zhu, I work in the publicity department, not the cafeteria. Why don't you compete with me in showing movies?"

"Zhu Zi, Da Mao, you two stop arguing, eat your food and drink your wine."

"Silly Zhu, I'm giving Second Uncle face and won't stoop to your level."

"Silly Mao, stop talking nonsense and drink your wine."

In the Xuanhuang world, within the mountain villa.

After teaching You Fengxia a lesson, Qi Bing soaked in the hot spring for a while and changed his clothes.

After eating lunch prepared by Zheng Juan, Qi Bing sat beside the Chaos Tree Sapling and studied the Three Thousand Laws Stele.

Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Qi Bing left the Xuanhuang World.