Chapter 276 The Dilemma of Humanity

"Light curtain!"

“Bang, bang, bang!”

The red light on the surface of Li Jun's skin is enough to withstand small-caliber pistols.

Of course, this requires him to be extremely focused.

The light curtain is difficult to maintain for a long time. If someone launches a sneak attack, it still cannot withstand the bullets.

"I wonder what the effect of level 4 will be..." Many researchers discussed it.

"According to the information passed back by Instructor Lu, there is a huge hurdle from level three to level four. No matter how talented one is, without a lot of resources, it will take several years or even decades to reach level four."

“That was a long time.”

"If everyone can improve their level, the legendary high-level martial arts world will be like this..."

There are still mostly young people in the institute, and everyone is starting to imagine the future.

However, some are happy while others are sad.

Young people can let their imagination run wild, but those who are in charge of the family are simply worrying until their hair turns gray.

Zhang Hui, the general manager of the institute, sighed in his heart: "From level 2 to level 3, a lot of resources have been consumed."

"But the resources in the institute cannot support one person indefinitely..."

What's more, the extraordinary level is related to life expectancy. The truth that what is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth is the same in every society.

"The qualifications of ordinary people are not high enough. Even if they cultivate to level 2, they still need some extraordinary resources... Alas... If the level gap is too big, everyone may have conflicts."

He looked at the peach tree in the institute...

Well, about the thickness of an arm.

A tree wants to support the cultivation resources of an entire city? That's a wild idea! …

After testing for more than an hour, Li Jun was a little tired. He wiped the sweat off his face, with an indescribable excitement on his face.

Of course, he knew that his statistics were still not as good as Lu Yuan's.

When Lu Yuan was in contact with the Lizardmen, humans already knew that Lu Yuan was a Level 3 Transcendent Master.

Now...it should be at least level 4.

From a certain perspective, having a stronger person suppressing you is not necessarily a bad thing.

At least, it gives everyone the motivation to catch up.

"I will continue to work hard and move towards higher goals. I will strive to reach level 4 as quickly as possible!"

"What a great ambition." Zhang Hui gave a bitter smile. "Level 4 requires the opening of meridians. We have to find a way to study this as well."

With the information sent by Lu Yuan, the road ahead is almost smooth. They just need to practice step by step.

The only problem is resources...

The resources are really too few and too poor.

After resting for a while, Li Jun suddenly stood up and said seriously: "Professor Zhang, now that I have reached level 3, I must organize people as soon as possible to conquer that sycamore tree!"

"I will find a way to solve the problem of insufficient extraordinary resources."

Zhang Hui nodded: "Go ahead."

Yunhai City selected the strongest talents from 10 million people and invested a lot of resources. It is certainly not possible that this was done just to save face.

Twin sycamore trees, a mysterious big tree - Yunhai City’s biggest opportunity and also its biggest challenge!

…

After Li Jun left, the screen of the communicator lit up and made a buzzing sound.

Contacting international friends is also a basic daily routine in the research institute.

"Hello, friends. We have good news today." Zhang Hui briefly revealed that the progress in Yunhai City has aroused envy and jealousy from other cities.

The gap between cities has widened rapidly in the past six months.

For example, spreading the extraordinary fire requires organizational skills, and Yunhai City took more than a month to complete the full popularization of the population.

But most cities, even after half a year, have not fully popularized it. Some cities with serious corruption still regard spreading the fire as a privilege.

Other cities...

No fire...

Several professors in Dongjincheng felt heartbroken when they thought that others could live for hundreds of years while they themselves would die of old age in just a few decades.

Seeing others getting ahead while I’m still standing still...it’s really painful.

Of course, there are also a few cities that can keep up with Yunhai City.

"Congratulations... Captain Smith of our side has also reached the limit of the second-level fire. He should be able to break through to level 3 in the next few days." Professor Edward from the sixth civilization branch, Newyue City, said with a smile.

"It seems that six months is about the maximum speed for humans to cultivate to level three if they invest a lot of resources."

"That's right."

"Since even the most gifted will need six months, those with less talent may need to wait for decades, or even until death, and there is no way to break through to level 3."

Zhang Hui nodded: "Yes, the resource problem is imminent."

Level 3 warriors, using resources to build one, is actually not a very technical thing - after all, the road ahead is smooth, what difficulty can there be? It is difficult to popularize it among the whole people. After 6 months, there are only about 100 level 2 warriors, all of whom are top talents.

But they only have talent but no resources to enjoy, so their progress is naturally slow.

At this rate of development, even if it takes a few hundred years, the limit would be to produce a dozen level three warriors and one or two level four warriors - this outcome would be no different from that of the Meda civilization.

"If humans want to develop rapidly, they must leave the safe zone and enter the Pangaea Continent."

But to leave the safe zone, you must first defeat the dark cloud, which is the "monster".

Then, everyone discussed the recent industrial development and resource conditions.

This is considered a daily routine. Everyone supervises each other and the crusade plan must be carried out as scheduled! Things are actually going quite smoothly in Yunhai City. In just half a year, several power stations have been built to provide a steady supply of electricity.

Large-scale hydropower stations are also being built steadily.

After industrial production capacity gradually recovered, it began to lean towards the military direction.

The quality of life of the people can be a little worse, but it’s fine as long as it’s acceptable.

As for other cities...there is actually no way to conduct on-site investigations, so it’s hard to tell what’s true and what’s false.

Like Ping An City, the war has not ended yet, and there are only sporadic news so far.

The minimum requirement that humans have for them is: Don't rescind the safe zone at random! As long as you don't lure the [monsters] over there, you can fight as long as you want.

For example, cities like Cape Town are still plagued by warlords.

But Cape Town is also very important. A mineral vein called "diamond crystal" was discovered there. It is a kind of spiritual energy that can be used in industry!

And the old city of Derry...

"We in India are well-trained and experienced in restoring production capacity. Whether it is 40 degrees Celsius or minus 20 degrees Celsius, our workers are highly professional and determined in any situation."

"So you don't have to worry! We are developing a large missile with high precision that can produce a huge explosion." The brown-skinned old man kept boasting and making guarantees.

"We are confident that we will defeat our opponents within 24 hours."

Professor Zhang Hui always feels that he is bragging.

Alas, will this missile explode midway? Even God knows the answer.

Of course, there are also a few cities that have actually done practical things.

For example, the most enthusiastic Dongjin City is building a "super floating fortress". They have sent detailed videos and photos - a war weapon that uses extraordinary items to float in the air.

Its tonnage reached five million tons!

A veritable behemoth.

Zhang Hui actually doesn’t like the people of Dongjin City very much, but this floating fortress is indeed very important.

The city of Sini is doing something similar, with a smaller fortress as a tool for future warfare.

The main force against the [monsters], Zero Wave City, is also frantically producing weapons and equipment.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The spokesperson of Zero Wave City, Digdit, said: "We are engraving temperature control glyphs on a large scale. We also hope that all friends can implement the next plan down to earth! This concerns the future of all mankind!"

As for glyph technology...it has also made good progress.

After all, mathematics is ready-made knowledge for all scientists and there is no need to learn it from scratch.

In major cities, there are also a few talented people who are good at seal carving and inscriptions.

The most important glyph is indeed "temperature regulation".

Although this function is simple, it can effectively restrain the ability of [Demon·Frost Mist].

…

…

The exchange meeting ended like this. True news and false news were mixed together, making it impossible to tell how each city was developing.

Zhang Hui seriously suspects that many cities are actually unwilling to abolish the safety zones and are just pretending to do so.

But...so what?

Humanity cannot be trapped in a safe zone.

There is always someone who wants to fight, break out of the prison, and move towards the future!

"But we still have to plan carefully how to rush into the future. We must prepare for the worst-case scenario where only a few cities participate in the war."

"Ding-ling-ling", the cell phone on the table rang.

It was a call from Li Chunhong, the top leader of Yunhai City.

Zhang Hui did not dare to delay and answered the call immediately.

The other party's voice sounded a little tired: "How was the international conference?"

"Hey, it's the same old story. Togane City and Zero City are the most enthusiastic, and the other cities are lukewarm... There's nothing special."

"Where's Li Jun? Did he make a breakthrough?"

"I just broke through to level three, and I'm in a hurry to challenge the twin phoenix trees."

"Okay, I hope he can succeed." Li Chunhong asked another routine question, "Any news from Lu Yuan?"

"No, unfortunately."

Everyone was a busy person, so after a brief chat, they hung up the phone.

Zhang Hui was in a daze for a while. Ever since the "pillar of mankind" Lu Yuan disappeared, he could no longer see the direction to move forward.

It’s not that there aren’t enough things left behind by Lu Yuan. These materials are enough for human development for a long time. At least within ten or twenty years, humans will still be able to use them. However, as time goes by, he increasingly doubts whether humans can live in Pangu Continent for a long time.

Be it strange phenomena or other hostile civilizations...without predecessors leading the way, humans have to rely on themselves to explore, and the tolerance rate for mistakes is indeed low.

Zhang Hui sighed and asked Li Ran, the person in charge of the "Pathfinding Project".

"Did you get any results from contacting Lu Yuan?"

"Since the last time he captured his sister into a dream, there has been no news. At that time, he said that he met some natives who were of the same origin as humans there and became the chief of the tribe."

Zhang Hui laughed, this was understandable.

Being alone is still too lonely. If you meet a human of the same species, becoming a chief is also a good choice.

"Oh, by the way, he also found time to return to the Rize civilization, bought a lot of weapons, and then left in a hurry. He never showed up again after that."

"Converted to outside time, it has been exactly 30 years."

Thirty years...

The outside world has changed dramatically.

It is conceivable that this time ratio will continue.

Zhang Hui asked a series of questions: "Can we still contact him? It would be nice to ask about his recent situation."

"He will lead the natives and maybe settle down in one place for a long time? Will he never... come back again?"

"This kind of connection is difficult." Li Ran shook her head.

The more you know, the more you don’t know. The water in Pangu Continent is too deep.

In the beginning, when humans knew nothing, they still dared to send a little information in their dreams.

But now, as time passes quickly, the monsters are getting stronger.

The joint operation of the "Pathfinding Project" has been completely terminated.

Especially for foreign dream workers, they are not willing to take big risks and make some meaningless dream contacts.

Humans are indeed very realistic creatures. Although the value of contacting Lu Yuan may be very high, if it is too difficult and may even kill themselves, no one would be willing to do it.

"But... there is another way." Li Ran smiled and crossed her fingers. "If you are willing, you can use the milestone reward..."

"Spreading the Extraordinary Spark" may be a milestone that "God" values ​​more, and the rewards are relatively rich.

The reward for those who are over 100 is a mysterious supernatural creature - "Twin Paulownia Tree"! [Twin Paulownia Tree is a high-level supernatural life form that absorbs the power of dreams to grow. The more people in the city, the faster it grows.]

【Ability: Twin Dreams.】

This is a tree the size of a bowl, with a diameter of 20 centimeters and a height of about 8.7 meters. Its emerald green leaves block out the sun, and its tree is tall and straight, with a unique charm of the legendary "Phoenix roosting on the Wutong tree".

The ability of "twin dreams" is very magical. Its general function is: in dreams, humans can connect with this paulownia tree and resonate with it.

Human beings’ “dream energy” will be transformed into nutrients for the growth of paulownia trees.

At the same time, a small number of people will gain its favor.

These people are called "Phoenix Tree Favored Ones" and receive a significant bonus to their cultivation speed! This milestone reward is indeed quite excellent, and can continuously cultivate talents without consuming any additional resources.

Of course, for now, there is still a big problem.

It is quite difficult to gain the "favor" of the Wutong tree. Only a small number of people with dream ability have established initial contact with the twin Wutong trees. No one else can use the power of the Wutong tree.

(End of this chapter)