Zhao Laosi felt like he was living in a dream every day.

Since his family got their first "Shuguang" brand television, his quality of life has skyrocketed.

Now, his large villa with a garden has not only been equipped with a 75-inch ultra-thin wall-mounted LCD TV, but also central air conditioning and underfloor heating throughout the house.

The shelter's energy problem was fundamentally solved after Lin Feng used telekinesis to directly draw thermal energy from deep within the Earth's core and built several geothermal power plants—named "Heart of the Sun."

Cheap and virtually unlimited electricity has made what was once a luxury of the old days accessible to ordinary people.

Heating, a luxury once a luxury on a cold alien planet, now warms every household through underground pipes that cover the new city.

His wives are now the happiest women in the kingdom.

They don't need to work; their daily tasks are simply to rest during pregnancy, take care of their children, and watch television. Kingdom Television's "Voice of the Kingdom" has now expanded to eight channels, broadcasting various programs from morning till night.

"The Descent of the God King," a large-scale epic TV series that praises the great deeds of the leader and was personally supervised by Su Wanqing.

There is a talent show called "Kingdom Idol" that has driven the entire nation crazy.

There is a popular science program called "The Light of Industry" in which Wang Dachui occasionally makes a guest appearance and explains various mechanical principles.

There was even a dedicated children's channel that played classic cartoons from the Blue Star era that Lin Feng remembered.

The abundance of food was beyond imagination. Meat, eggs, and dairy products were no longer rationed luxuries, but ordinary commodities that could be purchased at any time in department stores.

With the technology provided by Lin Feng, the kingdom's agricultural sector has cultivated high-yield crops that can adapt to the alien environment.

On the farm, harvesters roared day and night, and huge granaries were already piled high with grain.

Zhao Laosi's favorite thing to do after get off work is to take out a large piece of "Snowflake Bull" meat, a specialty of aliens, from the freezer, and enjoy a barbecue with his wife and children in his garden using his newly bought electric grill, while drinking "Pioneer Beer" brewed by the local brewery.

He often gazed at the brightly lit shelter city in the distance and the "Chengtian Palace" floating in the sky like a miracle, and exclaimed from the bottom of his heart: "This life is more comfortable than being an emperor on Earth! All of this is a gift from the leader!"

His idea represented the sentiments of the vast majority of the kingdom's people.

Faced with such a comfortable and affluent life, the monster in the remote valley seemed to be just a distant and vague symbol in the television news, something for leaders and the army to worry about, and none of their business.

All they needed to do was enjoy life, try to reproduce, increase the kingdom's population, and... worship the God who gave them everything with the most fervent devotion.

Looking down from the top of Chengtian Hall, the sanctuary has expanded from a fortress in a valley into a real steel city.

Centered around Chengtian Hall, the city was planned in an orderly manner.

"Dawn District" is a newly built residential area with rows of villas with gardens and well-designed apartment buildings, and complete supporting facilities such as schools, hospitals, parks, and commercial streets.

On the wide roads, buses and trams manufactured by "Shuguang Electronics" shuttle quietly and efficiently, taking people to every corner of the city.

The "Furnace District" is the industrial heart of the kingdom. It is filled with factories and towering chimneys.

Wang Dachui, the Minister of Industry, is now more like the CEO of a vast industrial empire. He manages thousands of workers and engineers, as well as thousands of fully automated production lines personally "designed" by Lin Feng.

Steel, non-ferrous metals, composite materials, polymers... all kinds of industrial raw materials are mined, smelted, and processed like a tide, and then continuously transported to various factories.

The kingdom's infrastructure boom extends far beyond the shelters themselves.

Wide, flat alloy highways, like the veins of a dragon, extend from the shelter, connecting newly built mining cities and agricultural bases.

Furthermore, the foundation for a maglev railway running from north to south has already been laid. Once completed, the travel time from the southernmost farm to the shelter will be reduced to less than half an hour.

All these miracles stemmed from Lin Feng's godlike telekinetic abilities.

He was like a top-of-the-line supercomputer, macroscopically controlling the allocation of resources and engineering plans across the entire kingdom.

Where a piece of ore is discovered, which smelter it should be sent to, what parts it will eventually become, and which tank it will be assembled on—all of this is calculated clearly in his mind.

However, Lin Feng rarely goes to the front lines these days.

He preferred to lie in the bathtub of Chengtian Hall and casually point out the state of the country through a huge holographic projection sand table.

His orders will be swiftly relayed and carried out by countless people without fail.

Beneath the surface of peace and prosperity, the kingdom's war machine never ceased for a moment. In fact, it was expanding at a more terrifying pace than ever before.

Wang Dachui's office is less of an office and more of a huge weapons model exhibition hall.

At this moment, he was enthusiastically introducing his latest masterpiece to Qin Lan.

"General Qin, come and see!"

He pointed to a tank model over a meter tall, built to a 1:10 scale, his face glowing with excitement: "Code name 'Ice Wolf,' the T-99G main battle tank! Our kingdom's first domestically developed main battle tank!"

Qin Lan's gaze was also drawn to this model, which was full of violent aesthetics.

The "Ice Wolf" has a rugged and ferocious appearance, reminiscent of the armored designs of northern Earth, but its details also carry a futuristic and sci-fi feel.

The sloping composite armor surface is covered with a special dark blue coating that absorbs radar waves and heat signals. The wide tracks are specifically designed for snow and permafrost environments.

"Weighing 55 tons and powered by a compact fusion engine with 1,800 horsepower, can you believe it?"

Wang Dachui slapped his thigh: "The top speed can reach 90 kilometers per hour! The main gun is a 140mm electrothermal-chemical gun, which fires special alloy armor-piercing shells that can easily penetrate a meter-thick homogeneous steel plate from two kilometers away! With this firepower, any tank in the Blue Star era would have to call him grandpa!"

"besides,"

He picked up a baton and pointed at the model turret: "It is also equipped with an active protection system, a quadruple smoke/flare launcher, and a remote-controlled 15.5mm heavy machine gun. The crew consists of three people, all in a safe compartment with an independent oxygen supply and temperature control system."

Qin Lan listened to Wang Dachui's introduction, her eyes sparkling.

As a soldier, she understands best the powerful combat capability represented behind these cold statistics.

"How is the mass production going?" she asked.

"The production line at the First Military Factory has been fully commissioned! With the blessing of the Leader's telekinetic power, we have skipped all the complex mold manufacturing and welding processes, and many key components are now integrally molded! The current production capacity is three vehicles per day!"

"We can assemble a full-strength heavy armored regiment for you in just one month!" Wang Dachui's voice was full of pride.

The "Ice Wolf" is just a microcosm of the Kingdom's frenzied expansion of its arsenal.

The 155mm self-propelled howitzer, codenamed "Thor," has a terrifying range of over 70 kilometers.

The armed helicopter codenamed "Storm," carrying a dense array of rocket pods and air-to-ground missiles, became the Ironblood Legion's aerial fist.

Individual soldier equipment has been upgraded dramatically. New exoskeleton armor has been deployed to elite units on a small scale, and the automatic rifles carried by soldiers are now all equipped with advanced optical sights and night vision modules.

Qin Lan's Iron-Blooded Legion has expanded from a light infantry force of 5,000 men to a standing army of 30,000 men in just a few months.

This army consists of a heavy armored division, two mechanized infantry divisions, an air assault brigade, and several independent artillery regiments and special operations battalions.

Its equipment level and troop size are enough to make any medium-sized power in the Blue Star era feel ashamed.

This heavily armed army is Lin Feng's greatest source of security and the foundation for his confidence to indulge in pleasure.

In his view, with such great power, the monsters in the valley were nothing more than a minor nuisance that could be crushed at any time.

The taste of power is addictive. But prolonged comfort can erode even the strongest will.

Lin Feng is being deeply corrupted by these two poisons.

Chengtian Palace is no longer the political center of the kingdom, but has been completely reduced to Lin Feng's private palace, a prison of extreme pleasure.

He summoned his ministers less and less, and the daily operation of the kingdom had been completely handed over to the cabinet led by Su Wanqing and a set of cold and efficient legal provisions drafted by him. His signatures were becoming more and more of a formality.

His lifestyle was so extravagant it was outrageous.

He was no longer satisfied with just playing in the bath.

He ordered Wang Dachui to use a huge amount of precious resources to directly flatten a mountain behind Chengtian Hall using telekinesis, and build a huge indoor ecological park that completely simulates the tropical island style of Earth.

Here you'll find pristine white sand beaches, azure waters that are automatically filtered and circulated, and exotic flowers and plants transplanted from various alien worlds, exuding a strange fragrance.

He often lay alone on the golden deck chair on this "private beach," looking at the blue sky and white clouds of Earth simulated by holographic technology above his head, without saying a word, and stayed there for a whole day.

The competition among the three women has intensified.

Su Wanqing's power grew daily thanks to the success of the celebration and her absolute control over the field of cultural promotion.

She was no longer content with just the title of "First Lady" and began to get more and more involved in politics.

She established her own think tank and cultivated her own confidants; her name carried increasing weight among the kingdom's upper echelons.

When she met with Lin Feng, she no longer discussed program planning, but rather the kingdom's taxes, the appointment and removal of officials, and... plans for the future. She was trying to portray herself as a true "Queen," someone who could rule the world alongside Lin Feng.

Qin Lan, on the other hand, is that iron-blooded general.

She seemed to have no interest in politics, but she keenly sensed Su Wanqing's ambition.

Her way of defending her power was simple and direct—constantly expanding the army and flexing her muscles.

She would personally drive the "Ice Wolf" tank, achieve amazing results on the training field, and then send the video to Lin Feng.

She would wear the tightest combat suit and show off her powerful and agile figure in front of Lin Feng, using the most primal charm of the strong to prove her worth.

She believed that as long as she held the gun, she would never lose.

Qian Xiaoxiao, the seemingly most harmless woman, carved out a place for herself in this war in her own way.

She understood Lin Feng better than anyone else. She knew that when a man possessed the whole world, what he needed most was not a partner who could give him advice, nor a comrade-in-arms to fight alongside him, but a haven where he could completely relax and forget all his troubles.

She developed her "serving" into an art.

She learned all the massage techniques on Earth, the finest cooking, and how to blend the most relaxing aromatherapy.

She never discussed any important matters concerning the kingdom with Lin Feng; her world revolved solely around him. Her tenderness, her obedience, and her meticulous care were like a warm, airtight net, tightly enveloping Lin Feng within it.

Lin Feng enjoyed their competition and even liked to stir up conflicts between them.

He would praise Su Wanqing's political foresight one day, approve Qin Lan's military expansion plan the next, and then indulge in Qian Xiaoxiao's gentle embrace at night.

He watched with amusement these women who had once amazed him, trying their best to win his favor, like a god on high.

This thrill of being in control of everything made him increasingly intoxicated.