Wanjie Shop 33 Two plans

"Two plans?"

Li Wangruo was shocked. He didn't have any idea at all. How could Xie Yunsui come up with two plans in such a short time?

He said anxiously, "Tell me quickly."

Time was running out, and Xie Yunsui manipulated the light to simulate a global underground plate model while explaining why he had just fallen into a coma.

"...I sensed the impact of underground energy, like being hit on the head with a club. Luckily, I have the Myriad Worlds Shop. This magical supernatural power transformed and upgraded my body while I was unconscious."

All the inexplicable things were pushed to the Wanjie Shop. Sure enough, although everyone was a little surprised, they soon showed understanding.

The Wanjie Shop cannot be explained by common sense. It is normal to be able to predict crises, and it is also normal to do something to prevent the host from disappearing.

Xie Yunsui continued, looking at the holographic sphere before him, "I can now sense the underground energy field. Simply put, my spiritual consciousness is like invisible radar waves, able to penetrate the earth's strata, penetrate deep underground, and directly 'see' the movement of the earth's veins and plates."

He lit up several intersections of the plates, and then marked a few more points where the energy was most violent and restless.

"The energy in these areas is the most complex, like a blocked blood vessel. Once the ground stress index exceeds the limit, these will be the first earthquake sources to strike."

The brightest one among them is obviously the sub-sodium trench mentioned by Xiguang before.

Li Wangruo stared at the other earthquake sources, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a fly.

"There are three earthquake sources in our country."

Those three epicenters were also areas where earthquakes had frequently occurred in the past.

If it weren't for the crops from the Jade Pendant Farm in recent years that have restored his health, half of his hair would have turned white just by the time he learned about the super earthquake.

The faces of the other people present were also ashen.

Xie Yunsui's fingertips quickly moved across the holographic sphere, outlining several winding energy streamlines. "This is their path. If we release the energy of the plate movement before the two plates collide, can we dissipate the ground stress of level ten or more?"

"Early release? What does that mean?" Fang Xiheng didn't understand.

Li Wangruo immediately recognized Xie Yunsui's line of thought. "You're saying that we should artificially induce one or several small or moderate earthquakes, using these small earthquakes as 'foreshocks' to release most of the accumulated stress, depriving the energy base for a super earthquake that could eventually reach magnitude 10 or above? And thus resolve this crisis?"

It's like two huge rocks moving at full speed and about to collide. If no intervention is made, they will end up being smashed to pieces.

But if it is broken down into several small stones while moving forward, there will be some buffering and friction between them, thereby consuming most of the kinetic energy, and the destructive power of the final impact will be greatly reduced.

Xie Yunsui nodded and used Xiguang's model to simulate the results of early release.

Plate movement is still going on, but it is no longer a one-time destructive impact, but has turned into a relatively mild buffering shock.

It’s just that the subsequent scattered small plates will bring continuous collisions, which means they will have to experience a long period of earthquake pain.

"Brilliant!" One expert, after seeing the simulation model, couldn't help but applaud. "This idea is similar to 'planned burning' in forests, using small, controllable disasters to avoid a catastrophic total eruption! Even if there's a minor earthquake lasting for several years afterwards, it's better than a complete catastrophe!"

Geologist Quan Feng calmly questioned: "How can we ensure that we trigger 'controllable' small to medium-sized earthquakes, rather than prematurely detonating a massive powder keg? Furthermore, triggering an earthquake itself can also cause damage. How can we strike the right balance?"

"Protective shield." Xie Yunsui reminded.

Quan Feng was stunned. "Our shelter does have a protective shield, but the shield's range is only..."

"No, with just a few minor changes, it can become a national defense formation." Xie Yunsui stood up and said, "Xiguang, switch to the national shelter location map."

The holographic sphere on the conference table transformed into a map of China, and the locations of 36 shelters in various provinces and cities were lit up.

When preparing to build shelters, voices from all walks of life in the country initially said that the more the better, all for the purpose of evacuating people as quickly and conveniently as possible when disaster strikes.

But Xie Yunsui stopped him and strongly demanded that the largest protective shelter be built as possible according to the location he provided.

At that time, Xie Yunsui's reason was that if the disaster was so serious that they had to survive in the shelter for a long time, it would be better to make it bigger and build it into an underground city so that they could be self-sufficient no matter how long they lived in it.

The senior leaders considered that if too many shelters were built, it would be difficult to manage, and finally agreed to Xie Yunsui's request.

Each of the 36 shelters was completed under the supervision of Xie Yunsui.

Xie Yunsui prepared for a rainy day and stacked several formations inside the walls of each shelter. He only needed to place a spirit stone at the center of the formation to activate it.

These 36 shelters are also the core of the national defense formation.

Using formations to support formations and forming formations within formations has always been his forte.

"The National Protection Formation...why haven't I heard of it?" Several experts asked in confusion.

Xie Yunsui was startled. He had never taken out this formation in the Wanjie Shop. With his current identity, he should not know about this thing.

The main reason was that there were too many things in the Wanjie Store, and he always felt that it would be best to research the technological aspects first, and those things on the cultivation side could be taken out little by little when there was more spiritual energy on the planet. As a result, it was delayed for several years.

Li Wangruo saw a flicker of hesitation in his expression. After a moment's hesitation, he turned sideways and replied, "I know that the information about the National Defense Formation is top secret."

Fang Xiheng followed up, "I know that too."

Several experts immediately shut up. It turned out to be top secret, which meant it was a project known only to a few people. No wonder they had never heard of it.

Xie Yunsui breathed a sigh of relief, met his teacher's gaze, and received an encouraging smile.

Perhaps during their nearly ten years of working together, this insightful old academician had already seen through all the irregularities he was trying to hide.

The teacher chose to be inclusive.

Xie Yunsui chuckled, no longer hesitated, stretched out his hand and drew a complex trajectory in the 36 light points. Energy lines crisscrossed and eventually formed a huge network covering the entire territory of China.

"This is the Great National Defense Formation." Xie Yunsui said in a steady voice, "It uses thirty-six super-large shelters as its base, connecting the earth veins to form a huge protective shield."

"As the name suggests, once the formation is activated, it will protect all living beings within it. It can absorb and disperse the energy of seismic waves to a great extent. No matter how many earthquakes we induce, the final effect will be weakened by two to three levels."

"It's just that this formation must be activated with spirit stones."

"Spirit Stone?"

"There are shops in all realms."

"Is that enough?"

Xie Yunsui nodded. "That's enough. I'm just worried that the 36 shelters won't be able to be activated simultaneously, or that they won't be replenished with spirit stones in time, causing the formation to be unable to exert its full strength."

There are currently no spirit stones in reserve in the shelter, so we can only wait for Xie Yunsui to purchase all of them and then deliver them to the 36 shelters.

Shanxia City is located at the geographical center of China. It is almost the same distance from the farthest shelters in the east, south, west and north. At the fastest speed, they can all arrive at the same time within about six hours.

Time and materials are not a problem, Xie Yunsui is just afraid of failing at the critical moment.

As long as the supply of spirit stones to one array eye fails to connect, the earthquake may destroy the shelter into pieces, and even damage the array diagram, and it will be useless even if the spirit stones are connected again.

Jiang Xueyi gritted his teeth and asked, "Is it just a matter of constantly replacing the discarded spirit stones with new ones?"

Xie Yunsui looked up at him and said, "Yes, once the energy of the spirit stone is exhausted, it will turn into powder. We need to replace it with a new one before it turns into powder. The stronger the impact of the outside world on the formation, the more energy it consumes. We may need to replace it with a new spirit stone every second."

China's territory is too vast, and activating the national defense formation consumes a lot of spirit stones.

Jiang Xueyi glanced at the others and said firmly, "I'm not a geologist. If you suggest inducing an earthquake, I'm afraid I can't help. Instead of leaving me at the base waiting for disaster to strike, why not send me to the shelter? I promise that as long as I'm still alive, the spirit stone supply to the shelter I'm in charge of will never be interrupted!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, several other experts who felt they could not participate in the task of inducing earthquakes stood up and expressed the same opinion as Jiang Xueyi.

They can carry space backpacks filled with spirit stones and board planes to the farthest refuge, ensuring that there are no problems at any stage in between.

Xie Yunsui looked at the teacher, then at Xiaoxi: "What do you think?"

Xiguang issued a cold countdown reminder at the right time——

"The first super shock wave is predicted to occur in twenty-two hours and fifty-nine minutes."

Another hour passed.

Time is passing by and there is no time for hesitation.

Fang Xiheng instantly weighed all the factors in his mind. Indeed, there was no more suitable candidate than the expert group members present.

They are the core insiders, knowing better than anyone the weight of every spirit stone in their hands, and understanding better than anyone the significance of the existence of the National Defense Formation.

"Okay! Then I'll leave it to you all!" Fang Xiheng made a prompt decision.

In less than half an hour, the 36 experts who signed up for the competition each brought two researchers, carried space backpacks filled with spirit stones, boarded the urgently dispatched helicopters, and headed for their respective destinations.

In the conference room, Li Wangruo glanced at the empty seats and looked at Xie Yunsui: "You mentioned two plans. Besides inducing foreshocks, what about your other plan?"

"Super earthquakes are global. No matter how comprehensive our response is, they will still affect us here... We cannot remain immune."

Li Wangruo nodded. "The fact that we were able to agree to the induced earthquake plan is entirely due to the preparations we've made over the past few years. For many places abroad, there's no difference between a moderate earthquake and a super earthquake. They won't agree to our inducing an earthquake there. Besides, with less than 24 hours left, we don't have enough time to prepare overseas."

Xie Yunsui took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind. "There's another way. I can... use the energy of the Myriad Worlds Shop to try to guide the violent energy accumulated underground to an uninhabited area and release it."

Li Wangruo and the remaining experts: "Huh?"

Xie Yunsui closed his eyes and transferred all the energy of the Wanjie Shop to his body.

Li Wangruo was waiting for him to explain further, but he was caught off guard when he saw that Xie Yunsui's hair was growing wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, it spread from neat short hair to waist length!

???

This scene stunned everyone except Fang Xiheng.

The vast energy transformed into tangible spiritual energy, pouring into and washing every inch of Xie Yunsui's body.

When he opened his eyes again, they were already full of spiritual light and overwhelming power. He gently clenched his right hand, and a spiritual sword appeared.

For a moment, you could hear a pin drop in the conference room.

All that was left was gasping for air one after another.

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