Chapter 480 - 187: "Jiangbei Mortal Realm’s Chen Fan... Ranks First.

Chapter 480: Chapter 187: "Jiangbei Mortal Realm’s Chen Fan... Ranks First.

It was enough.

He had been given 9 billion Ghost Stones for free.

This instantly brought the Mortal Realm’s Ghost Stone reserves to 16.2 billion. By opening three Fortune Bags in a row, he had gained as many Ghost Stones as the Mortal Realm had accumulated over a very long time.

It was enough to build the No. 7 Defense Line.

All that was missing was the Monkey Head Fruit.

He didn’t dare open the resource Fortune Bag in his hand. He just stuffed it into his clothes and muttered under his breath, "Can’t it just be visualized?"

He didn’t know how much fortune he had left.

The Celestial Dao Blessing from that day had given him an additional effect: an endowment of fortune.

He had no idea how much fortune opening those three resource Fortune Bags had consumed. If he still had over a dozen strands of it, he could open several more.

"But this is enough."

Chen Fan looked at the High Level Ghost Stones covering the ground beside him and smiled. It was like he’d picked up 9 billion Ghost Stones for free, no mining required—just free for the taking.

He liked resource Fortune Bags.

And he liked the Celestial Dao Blessing even more.

It was great.

...

Members of the Mortal Realm’s Celestial Granary Pavilion arrived at the back of Nameless Mountain and hauled the vast expanse of Ghost Stones back to the Warehouse. No one knew where so many Ghost Stones had come from.

They only knew the order came from the Domain Lord.

But since it involved the Domain Lord, it somehow didn’t seem so strange anymore.

Chen Fan then built three Max Level Brick Kilns.

After batches of Mortal Realm Logistics Pavilion members settled into the Brick Kilns and figured out the entire process...

「The next day.」

A conveyor belt made from a Mortal Realm High-speed Rail transported stone bricks one by one from the Brick Kilns located behind Nameless Mountain to Mortal City.

And in Mortal City, enormous Giant Ghosts were lifting Giant Bricks from the conveyor belt, following blueprints carved into the ground and placing them in an empty plot of land under direction.

Just like stacking building blocks.

In no time at all—

A skyscraper about 14 stories high shot up from the ground!

And it was still rising rapidly.

In his past life, a building like this would have taken a year, or even more than ten years, to complete. But now, in the Mortal Realm, it only took half a day.

The Giant Ghosts were huge, standing dozens of meters tall, and could easily erect a high-rise building.

"..."

Standing on the Mortal City Wall, Chen Fan smiled as he watched the scene before him. He had been in this world for over six years.

His experiences from his past life were already starting to blur.

But seeing this scene brought back that familiar feeling.

’Let’s build a city full of skyscrapers. It would be better for housing the Mortal Realm Members, and it would also bring a different feel to this world.’

Soon—

The skyscraper before him began to be topped off after reaching 18 stories.

A dozen or so Logistics Pavilion members, carrying large and small bags, entered the skyscraper and began the detailed installations, such as laying Copper Pipes for the water supply.

They also did some simple finishing work to smooth out the interior of the building.

"Domain Lord."

Wang Kui, standing to the side, looked at the skyscraper and said, dumbfounded, "I’ve never heard of such a tall building before. If a strong wind blows, will it really not collapse?"

"It won’t."

Chen Fan shook his head without explaining further. The Max Level Effect of the Brick Kiln was extremely high wind and earthquake resistance. To be safe, he had also built a two-layer foundation, so there was almost no risk of natural collapse.

Of course, if it were hit head-on by a Godslaying Cannon, that would be a different story.

The Giant Ghost, this great new Vehicle, was incredibly useful. Not only did it show its might harvesting wheat on the New Continent, but it was also a master at building houses here.

With dozens of Giant Ghosts hard at work, skyscrapers rose one after another.

From the outside, Mortal City was already beginning to take on the faint look of a modern city.

This kind of high-rise building wouldn’t be feasible for other factions.

Their Ghost Fire didn’t reach that high. An 18-story skyscraper would already extend beyond the range of their Ghost Fire. Anyone living on the top floor would be plunged into the eternal night as soon as darkness fell.

But in the Mortal Realm, all the Ghost Fire was Max Level, with an extremely high range. Coupled with the Jiangbei Defense Line right in front, the safety factor was maxed out. Living here, one hardly had to worry about security issues.

And the Suspended Basket was finally being put to its true use.

It was installed in the high-rises to serve as an elevator.

A house built from bricks wasn’t considered a "building," so the Suspended Basket couldn’t operate on its surface. But that wasn’t a major issue; they just needed to lay down a Copper Pipe.

The interaction logic between various structures was a subject in the Mortal Realm Private School. The people in charge of logistics were required to learn this knowledge, so he didn’t need to give any extra orders; they already knew what to do.

"Oh, right—"

Chen Fan suddenly turned his head to Wang Kui beside him. "How is the management training class progressing recently?"

More than half a year ago, the Mortal Realm had opened a new Private School, primarily to train management personnel. It specifically selected more senior Mortal Realm Members for training, and upon graduation, they could directly assume management positions.

"The first class has already graduated successfully and they’ve all taken up their management posts."

"Mm."

Chen Fan nodded lightly. "We still need to focus on training the younger generation. This world ultimately belongs to them. Add knowledge related to the defense lines to the curriculum as well. We will definitely have more defense lines in the future, and it will be more reassuring to have them run by people we’ve trained ourselves."

"Understood."

Wang Kui nodded with a serious expression. He thought for a moment but decided not to bring up the matter of the Treasure Pavilion. The Domain Lord didn’t seem to have any plans to build it.

He just wanted him to serve as the Pavilion Master for both the Treasure Pavilion and the Celestial Granary Pavilion simultaneously.

He felt a bit helpless about this.

Because...

...the reason he had been a station chief for 13 years was that he had been too good at his job.