You became an emperor by letting me AFK.

miracle!

Feng Tianyin cannot achieve this through sheer strength alone; it requires precise calculations, and fortunately, she possesses both essential elements.

From the air, Xiahe's internal ruins are clearly visible and well-protected.

"Not bad, it can be studied long-term."

There's no rush to enter directly. After all, acting rashly outside of turn-based operations could easily cause psionic aftershocks, potentially disrupting the fragile balance of this ruin. Wouldn't that be a loss?

So, as always, she used possession to enter the perspective of a priest.

Archaeological work has begun.

As soon as the high priests announced it, the inner sanctuary sprang into action. Always efficient, they dispatched their best scholars, researchers, and warriors to the outskirts of the ancient city.

It doesn't look very big from above, but once you're inside, it feels enormous, like an underwater city.

When it was submerged, countless people died or were injured, leaving behind piles of bones.

"It seems that Lost Island was the highest point of the city, where a sacrificial site was built. Later, some civilizations that fled from the New World also occupied the island for a time, but they too could not escape death..."

It has changed hands several times over the years.

What remains unchanged is the pervasive death here, which has extinguished countless sparks of civilization.

While Xia He was observing, a priest next to her had already concluded that "the stable spatial rift is actually transporting pollution, which is why outbreaks of kin, plagues, and even tsunamis often occur here."

"All we need to do is keep it clean."

"Yes, and the High Priest's power is also there, so this level is not a problem."

"Instead of thinking about how the enemy will attack, we should think about how we have created another spatial rift to attack the warp."

"Great news! I can't wait!"

A group of priests rubbed their hands together, pondering what seemed astonishing to other countries but was actually commonplace and nothing special to the Great Qian Dynasty.

This isn't the first time the Empire has stirred up trouble in the Warp; it's already used it as a training ground.

Xia He could see that the other side of the spatial rift was also on high alert.

The material universe has invaded.

It sounds like a joke, but the demons aren't laughing. Despite the Empire's seemingly calm psionic power, its expansion is primarily in the warp. Wars have raged in the inner sanctums and spiritual academies, resulting in the acquisition of vast amounts of psionic resources to create various materials, weapons, tokens, and even to cultivate crops there.

Do you think this is a space experiment on a high-altitude space station?

Of course, the priests of the Great Qian Dynasty were not so radical as to directly attack the enemy; instead, they maintained the seal on the spatial rift.

However, Xia He could pass through easily.

She entered through mental projection, and a series of passages flashed before her eyes.

These are roads that connect the corners of a once-lost empire. Although I had expected it, seeing them in person was still breathtaking, amazing, and incredibly beautiful.

"I knew it would be like the Lost Empire, and I was right."

The key point, according to veteran players, is that it wasn't even destroyed; on the contrary, it was shut down.

cool down?

The answer is more inclined to be cooled down than to be sealed or destroyed.

The superports, no longer supported by psionic energy, are obviously unusable. But in other words, they can be used directly when a new, massive energy supply becomes available, allowing the empire to expand its vast territory across great distances.

This is its most crucial legacy.

Xia He looked along the passage, her gaze reaching the edge of the map that had not yet been refreshed. The vast starry sea seemed to be inviting a new and powerful civilization.

"In the future, the Great Qian Empire can directly use the Lost Empire's passage."

"It is a cosmic-scale infrastructure project."

Xia He immediately took a liking to the near-perfect highway, which could accelerate the interstellar era in the future... Moreover, it should be able to be used in advance, for example, to spread faith.

Feng Tianyin had previously mentioned that she hoped to use spiritual energy signals to transmit information about the Heavenly Dao Sect.

broadcast.

That's how she described it.

Now that we have a suitable medium, information can be transmitted through spatial rifts, allowing information to be received in more distant parts of the universe.

As the saying goes, "You never know when it might come in handy."

The spiritual projection of the Heavenly Dao gradually withdrew from the subspace passage and returned to the forbidden zone. The priests' main task around the ruins was simply cleaning. They painstakingly cleaned the ancient ruins with brushes.

Because it used to be underwater in moist seawater, a lot of sponges had to be used to absorb the water.

Countless cleaning supplies are repeatedly transported along the shore.

Handmade.

They hadn't worried about the seabed being soaked in seawater before, but now that it had finally seen the light of day again, they had to be careful, afraid of breaking any bottles or jars. So the priests in the inner sanctuary cleaned the seabed with piety and caution, clearing away the impurities little by little to reveal a clear expanse of seabed.

The ancient buildings have gradually shed their long-standing appearance, revealing the vicissitudes of time.

Even Xia He was shocked.

Having experienced an underwater city firsthand, it is probably no less impressive than the legendary Atlantis. This is a testament left by a resilient civilization from an ancient era, and now the torch has been passed to the Great Qian Empire.

"Please be careful when you clean, and be sure to cherish it."

The priests moved with extreme care, and since there was little room for using machines for this task, it had to be cleared away bit by bit by manpower.

The most crucial items are stone tablets and murals.

All inscriptions were to be copied and collected, but this soon brought about a serious problem:

translate.

Without a comparison table with the Great Qian script, translation would rely entirely on guesswork, often resulting in inaccurate wording. If a misuse were used, it could trigger a subspace accident, which would be truly terrifying.

"So the Rosetta Stone is missing?"

Xia He certainly understood the importance of translation, but fortunately, her vision came with its own translation function, and the entire Terra world would not have any secrets about the Heavenly Dao.

She looked down at the ground.

Above, in the area of ​​the lost island, there is a huge stone tablet covered with dense foreign characters.

At this time, the priests were already trying to translate it. The simplest and most direct method was to use the spiritual energy of the "divine writing" to resonate with it and interpret it directly from a mystical perspective, but unfortunately, progress was slow.

Xia He snapped her fingers at the readily available treasure.

The scattered psionic marks from a moment ago gradually reassembled, causing the Great Qian script, translated in sync with the ancient lost empire script on the stone tablet, to float on the ground, like butterflies fluttering about—a scene both sacred and dreamlike.

"It must be a revelation from Heaven."

"Take notes quickly, don't miss a single detail, it will help us reveal history."

"Praise be to Your Majesty, this has saved a lot of time."

"Report this to the High Priest; she will surely be pleased with the news. Our investigation has always been under the protection and watchful eye of Heaven."

"Pay attention to the maintenance work on site, and be careful not to break any bottles or jars."

Everyone in the inner palace was extremely busy.

They became even more excited upon learning of the Heavenly Dao's attention, and their efficiency increased significantly. Seeing this, Xia He stopped looking down and gradually withdrew her gaze, deciding that her help was no longer needed for the time being.

Maintaining an overlooking perspective can actually slow down the flow of time.

Whether she or the little machine defines the period from 120 to 130 years as a transitional period.

Results include the commencement of numerous projects.

Xia He's time flow dictates that it's impossible to observe its development step by step; it's better to quickly skip ahead and wait to see the outcome, since the true industrial age is coming. Based on the fundamental increase in psionic energy, it's estimated that psionic events will frequently occur in this ruin and even worldwide.

She glanced one last time at Feng Tianyin, who was far away inland. The latter sensed her presence and bowed slightly, as did her two companions.

"See you."

After saying goodbye, Xia He withdrew her gaze from the viewpoint.

The current state of Daqian is like an idle game; you can check it every few rounds and see significant changes.

The inland expedition continues, with the delegation led by the High Priest visiting the areas of influence of the Great Qian in the New World to date, that is, the areas covered by the transportation network.

It is true that Xinxiang is the first major city-level city in the new continent.

However, there are still numerous small towns, villages, and even county towns scattered along the coastline from north to south, or extending into inland areas.

She needs to see it with her own eyes.

Or, to put it another way, "scanning through" the natural endowments to determine whether they are suitable for establishing a main city.

Feng Tianyin's goal for this trip is to "prepare to submit the next round of homework to the Heavenly Dao" and see where is suitable to build a city. In addition to the coastline, there also needs to be an inland city. Otherwise, the control of the coastline will be weak. It is necessary to form a competitive situation with the countries of the Western Continent through a series of interconnected links.

Seize the initiative.

Only by personally investigating can one be certain, and besides, her work involves more than just this; there is another aspect: missionary work.

There are many camps, settlements and city-states on the east side of the coast.

Their combined population exceeds one million, which is indeed not many compared to the current population of over one hundred million in the Great Qian Dynasty. However, they have the advantage of being familiar with the New World and are readily available labor, even if they are just believers.

Do you believe it if the high priest himself preaches to you?

However, Feng Tianyin is not good at theological or propaganda-related plots. What she does most often is perform miracles to heal people and make them bow down in worship.

It's that simple.

Of course, that won't work now. Fortunately, Gegentana and Zhuang Qing are quite good at it, so we can leave the publicity to them. All the High Priest needs to do is emit light, heal, and perform other special effects, which is quite efficient.

“We should have done this a long time ago. It’s too slow to have the priests preach little by little. You have to take the lead.”

As Gegentana watched the scene of thousands of people converting to Christianity in a certain city-state, it felt as if she had returned to the past.

It's the same art style as before.

The deeper a city-state goes inland, the more primitive it is, and it has no resistance to this tactic.

Zhuang Qing chimed in, "Since this place intersects with the Western Continent Diocese, we should spread believers even more. Let this land believe in the Way of Heaven, and in the future, it can be developed into a major city."

"I think so too. Aside from the will of Heaven, the most effective way to spread the word is for me to do it myself."

The scene before her inspired Feng Tianyin.