Chapter 472 - 186: Xuanwu Cannon

Chapter 472: Chapter 186: Xuanwu Cannon

The Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line was a Level 6 defense line.

Under normal circumstances, that would have been enough.

After all, according to the Eternal Night Hall’s projections, the Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line was an inland defense line. Its primary purpose was to hold back the Ghost Tide after it had overrun West Desolate Island.

Reaching Level 7 for a defense line was a major hurdle.

To upgrade to a Level 7 defense line, every section of the City Wall required an Exotic Treasure, a type of Heavenly and Earthly Treasure like the Monkey Head Fruit, for each level up. The cost was significant.

Normally, it should have been enough.

But last time, when a Ghost Tide snuck through and attacked from the heartland, the defense line failed to hold.

There was nothing to be done about it.

You couldn’t just build every defense line up to a Level 10 Defense Line to handle every possible contingency. The Eternal Night Hall didn’t have that kind of power.

And yet, in just a few short moments...

They watched as the Mortal Realm erected a Level 7 defense line right before their eyes, out of thin air.

"..."

Every member responsible for defending the city, along with the Architects stationed there, climbed atop the Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line’s City Wall and stared blankly at the scene before them.

What they were witnessing was a shock to their system.

It was a completely paradigm-shattering display of power.

...

Chen Fan was on an upgrading high.

Standing atop the City Wall, he watched as Ghost Stone Transformed into Liquid flowed rapidly through the Copper Pipes and into the wall. At the same time, Monkey Head Fruits, delivered by High-speed Rail, continuously melted and streamed into the City Wall’s interior.

The Mortal Realm Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line upgraded again!

Level 8!

Level 9!

Level 10!

In the blink of an eye.

After consuming 2.58 billion Ghost Stones and 243,000 Monkey Head Fruits, the 27-kilometer-long Mortal Realm Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line was instantly raised to Level 10!

It towered 200 meters high, standing right in front of the original defense line.

The original 30-meter-tall Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line, now situated behind it, looked as quaint as a desktop ornament.

"..."

The defense line’s upgrades were complete.

But there was still other work to be done.

Chen Fan stood on the City Wall and looked at the Copper Pipes laid across it. With a thought, he turned most of the Copper Pipes into an Illusion, making them float on the City Wall’s surface.

They were responsible for connecting the Ghost Fire Altars to the City Wall.

Before this, all the work of laying Copper Pipes in the Mortal Realm could only be done by him. But that was far too inefficient. The Mortal Realm’s operations were expanding, and if he had to lay all the pipes himself, it would take forever.

And so—

He had crafted a large number of Copper Pipes in the Warehouse, and for the past six months, he had the Mortal Realm Members laying High-speed Rail tracks.

When he laid tracks, a single thought could make the Copper Pipes sink a meter into the ground, no digging required.

The Mortal Realm Members, on the other hand, had to dig a trench, bury the Copper Pipe, and then fill the trench back in. Their method seemed much less efficient than his.

But...

...the Mortal Realm had strength in numbers.

They could take a section of track that needed to be laid, divide it into multiple segments, and have different teams work on them simultaneously before connecting them all at the end. All things considered, their overall efficiency wasn’t that much lower than his.

When he laid Copper Pipes, he could freely customize their shape, creating curves or right angles at will. The Mortal Realm Members couldn’t do that.

His solution was to pre-fabricate a batch of special Copper Pipes in various shapes—curves, right angles, and so on—in the Mortal Realm Warehouse. They could just take whatever shape they needed.

This way—

—he had freed himself up. Only projects like the Sky Rails, which required the use of Illusion on the Copper Pipes, had to be personally laid by him. All other pipe-laying projects could essentially be delegated to the Mortal Realm Members.

This even applied to the Copper Pipes laid on the City Walls.

Before, the Copper Pipes had to be buried inside the City Wall for protection. Now that they could be turned into an Illusion, what was the point of protecting them?

On top of that...

...structures like the altars, Ghost Fires, Soul-Devouring Sculptures, and Celestial Pillars were all movable, so he had already crafted a batch of them in the Mortal Realm Warehouse.

The result was what was happening right now.

To build a defense line, he only needed to create the basic framework. Then, a continuous stream of Mortal Realm Members from the Logistics Pavilion would arrive via High-speed Rail to help him complete the entire structure.

’It’s kind of like building a prefabricated defense line,’ he thought.

’Everything is built back home, then brought over for on-site assembly.’

’It’s not like arriving and then building everything from scratch.’

When he built the Jiangbei Defense Line, for example, it had been incredibly time-consuming. He had to work on the entire 170-kilometer line all by himself. His arms were sore by the time he finished.

’Back then, I realized that had to be the wrong way to work,’ he mused.

So, over the past six months, he had refined his methods.

’Looking at it now,’ he thought, ’the results... are pretty good.’

"..."

Chen Fan watched the members of the Logistics Pavilion as they began marking out areas on and around the defense line. He nodded in satisfaction and began creating the City Defense Buildings.

’Same old routine.’

The Mortal Realm had its own distinct style for outfitting its defense lines.

One Godslaying Cannon every 20 meters, for a total of 1,350.

One Anti-Aircraft Cannon every 100 meters, for a total of 270.

The total cost to build the Godslaying Cannons was 51 million Ghost Stones.

The total cost to build the Anti-Aircraft Cannons was 10 million Ghost Stones.

The entire process was as smooth as flowing water. Before long, all the City Defense Buildings on the 27-kilometer-long Mortal Realm Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line were complete.

And now—

...for the main event.

Chen Fan looked at the somewhat extravagantly designed Xuanwu Cannon on his Eternal Night Lord Panel and smiled. His greatest reward from visiting the Western Eternal Night Xuanwu No. 1 Frontline half a year ago was obtaining this Blue Level City Defense Building!

The Xuanwu Cannon!

Over the past six months, his main task had been to collect the Exotic Treasures needed to upgrade this building. They were difficult to find, but he had already established a connection with the Eternal Night Hall, and with Elder Qiu’s help, he had managed to acquire quite a few.

The next moment, a Xuanwu Cannon composed of white lines materialized high in the sky. The sight was like a divine weapon descending from the heavens. The cannon’s form was even larger than the Giant Turtle.