Chapter 1489: Grid

With this plan now in mind, Michael gave Castelle the green light. She was to deploy every single one of their workers on getting started with the construction of the electric lines.

Thanks to the Chasm Bridge, this would be a lot easier than before. Transportation of materials would be a lot smoother, making their constructions a lot faster.

"Now, let’s talk about where to put our Power Plants..."

Michael met up with Kong, the Chief Engineer of Reborn. The Yellow Mankey had been a lot busier than before, despite having literally transcended mortality and unlocked increased mental capacity.

"I’m sorry, boss. I should have been working on the Power Plants even before this..."

Michael told him not to worry. "It’s fine. But are you fine? You look a little stressed?"

Kong scratched his head. "It’s nothing to worry about, boss. It’s just a little bet with the others that has me a little troubled. Managing a territory is harder than I thought."

Michael did hear about their little bet. He thought it was a good thing to keep them motivated. But it seemed to have stressed Kong.

"If you need help, you can always ask me," Michael offered.

"It’s fine, boss. I can handle it," Kong said, looking all determined.

This made Michael feel assured. It was stressful, he had to admit. After all, Kong was the only Nascent Spirit cultivator in their company who was a non-combatant. He didn’t have any military prowess, so protecting territories was not his greatest strength.

While Sheina, Jaku, and the others simply had to use their Nascent Influence to scare off any potential threats, Kong had no such thing.

The demi-human’s Nascent Influence was still a work in progress. And from what Kong told him, it seemed to only work on territories and alike. It didn’t work on humans or anything alive.

So, it made sense why Kong was so stressed.

"You know, you could always create more defensive measures in our territories," he said to him.

Immediately, Kong froze and looked up at Michael. He seemed to have realized that this was actually a viable option that he had never thought of before.

"Boss... can you please elaborate?"

Michael immediately painted him a picture of his old world. Despite not having magic or cultivators there, modern humans actually found a way to make sure that their territories was safe.

It came to a point where they didn’t even have to use humans as a defense. They could use different kinds of tactics and constructions that would allow them to easily demolish an army without even lifting a single finger.

"I see... I see! Why haven’t I thought of that before?!" Kong said to himself. "HAHAHAHA! I could just build that!"

With that thought brewing in his mind, Kong couldn’t help but go into his own mind and began his plans. Michael had no idea what, but it seemed to be good based on his expressions.

"Oh, sorry about that boss. Now, I’m ready to talk with you about anything!"

Kong seemed a lot more revitalized than before, which was a good sign.

"You were talking about the Power Plants boss? I actually have a new plan for that."

The Yellow Mankey then conjured up a 3D landscape projection of the Elite Society made entirely out of Nascent Influence.

It looked real. It felt real. Michael found out that he could rotate and zoom into the map as if it was a real diorama.

"Thankfully boss, we have territories here and here and here. This will allow us to create nexus points for our electric grid lines and power plants."

Kong pointed towards the territories that Reborn owned. These were the very same ones that they obtained from their battle with the Western Pole company and the Ease of Vindication company.

There, they had free reign to build power plants and electric lines without problem.

However, these territories only occupied the lower half of the Elite Society. There was no way for them to extend it up to the other territories without getting the express permission of the owners of those territories.

That could be a different problem altogether, but for now, they focused on something else entirely.

"But our problem would be this territory over here," Kong said. "This place is primarily owned by Sinclair’s Elixirs. According to what Castelle told me, it would be hard to get their permission because they have apothecaries set up in that territory."

Apothecaries were very sensitive. They wouldn’t appreciate having electricity just running somewhere in their territory.

"With our new plan, we don’t have to do that!" Kong said enthusiastically. "I was able to analyze the landscape of this territory and figured out that we could build it straight underground, bypassing the Apothecaries entirely!

This would allow us just enough leeway for the electric lines to spread to the other territories."

Kong waved his hand, and the map projection right in front of them changed with his new plan.

Now, there was a Power Plant underground, with electric lines running under the other territories. It allowed a sizable chunk of the Elite Society to be lit up by the lights of Reborn.

"You’re certain you can create this?" Michael asked Kong.

"Of course, boss! Something like this is a piece of cake, especially now that I’ve become a Nascent Spirit cultivator."

"The construction, I’m not worried about. It’s the maintenance and security. You’ll be placing the Power Plant directly under the other territories. It may become subject to attacks in the future. Are you sure you can protect it?"

Kong smiled at him. "Hehehe, don’t worry boss. Your advice has enlightened me with a lot of new and crazy ideas that would help us with the security problems. Hehehehehehehehehehehe. "

Michael was starting to get worried that Kong was spending too much time with Fudge. They were starting to have the same mischievous smile.

Eventually, Kong made the finally preparations and Michael gave the green light for it to be done. In terms of skill, he trusted his Chief Engineer. He just wasn’t sure about his ’crazy’ plans...