Chapter 331: Holy Ranks! "The Great Void Spiritual Journey: The Heavenly Star Track"!
It is chilly in spring, and the weather is still cold, especially in the Northeast, where it is still covered with ice and snow.
Songhua River.
Ice dam congestion in spring leads to ice floods. This year's ice dam in Harbin is exceptionally high, breaking the historical record and reaching a terrifying 15 meters.
Fortunately, there is Luo Feifei, who has the water-derived ice element.
Li Xiang constructed a "magma channel" on the riverbed in the Jiamusi section, drawing in a "ground furnace" from deep underground, releasing boiling heat to melt the ice; while Luo Feifei used her ice-related abilities to precisely control the timing of the ice fracture.
Afterwards, Li Xiang used his earth-related abilities to widen the river channel in the Qiqihar-Tongjiang section from 300 meters to 600 meters, optimized the slope to 0.8‰, and accelerated the discharge of floating ice.
The operation was as fierce as a tiger, and the ice flood disaster was completely eliminated. The winter ice tourism period was extended by 40 days. The cold water resources helped the coastal area to build Asia's largest cold chain logistics base.
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Tarim River, Sea of Death.
The difficulty here is that the middle and lower reaches have been dry for more than 30 years, the Taitema Lake at the tail end has dried up, and a large area of Populus euphratica forest has died.
Li Xiang used an extra-dimensional warehouse to divert 20 billion cubic meters of water from southern Tibet and injected it into the river, and simultaneously built an "underground crystal vein reservoir" in the Aksu section to store water.
Zhao Xueqing activated the "ancient genes" of poplar seeds, allowing their roots to penetrate 200 meters underground to absorb water; Jiang Caier designed an "intelligent drip irrigation grid" in her plan, which can achieve a water-saving efficiency of 95%.
Particularly worth mentioning is the "dune solidification".
Li Xiang used "Star Meteoric Sand" to compress the flowing sand dunes into sandstone platforms. Of course, it was just a simple pressure to make the sand dunes more solid and compact, not to the point where a grain of star sand weighed hundreds of tons. That would be too time-consuming and impractical.
Then, the silt from other water systems was transported and "shaken off" on the sandstone platform to form a soil layer three to five meters thick. Zhao Xueqing led the ecological restoration team to plant various vegetation to form an oasis.
Li Xiang had previously stored 100,000 tons of sand from the Yellow River for condensing "star sand", but the rest was dumped into the depths of the Pacific Ocean to save trouble. That was because the sand of the Yellow River was small and smooth and of little use, while the silt from other water systems, such as the Yangtze River, Qiantang River, Fuchun River, Gan River, Pearl River, Heilongjiang River, Huangpu River, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake...was almost all rich in organic matter and was very fertile soil. It would have been a pity to throw it all away, so later an expert proposed, and after discussion by everyone, they transported it to the Northwest to fix the sand.
Turning the desert into an oasis is a miracle.
After a series of operations, the water area of Taitema Lake returned to the level of the 1970s, more than 300,000 square kilometers of oases were added, and the Taklimakan Desert disappeared.
There are eight other deserts that have also disappeared, such as the Gurbantunggut Desert, Badain Jaran Desert, Tengger Desert, Kumtag Desert, etc.
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Dust and sand rose from the gullies on the Loess Plateau, and Li Xiang's giant whale holy armor reflected a cold blue light under the scorching sun.
Earthy yellow ripples spread out in all directions with him as the center. A continuous circular mountain range suddenly rose up on the distant horizon, and the roar startled herds of wild camels, causing them to flee in panic.
In the middle, a super-large reservoir has been formed with a central water depth of about 100 meters, shallow water areas on the edges (<5 meters), and a diameter of about 80 kilometers. The capacity is preliminarily estimated to be around 120 billion cubic meters.
Of course, the reservoir is empty at this moment, just a huge bowl-shaped pit.
Don’t worry, Li Xiang and Luo Feifei arrived at Lake Baikal.
The total water volume of Lake Baikal is 23.6 trillion cubic meters, which is equivalent to one-fifth of the world's fresh water resources. It is not only the deepest lake in the world, but also a huge treasure trove of global fresh water. It is located in the southern part of East and West Siberia, not far from China. At Li Xiang's speed, it only takes minutes.
The two jumped into the lake. Li Xiang opened the entrance to the warehouse in the other dimension, and blue ripples appeared on Luo Feifei's body.
She stretched out her arms like a swan, and the endless clear lake water flowed along her fingertips, rushing rapidly towards the warehouse in the other dimension.
Afterwards, the two returned to the large reservoir and poured the water of Lake Baikal into it like the Milky Way pouring down, creating a colorful rainbow halo on the crystal vein filter layer at the bottom of the reservoir.
Engineer Lao Wang, who was setting up the monitoring equipment, had a tremor in his hand and the total station almost fell into the reservoir. He looked at the reservoir capacity display screen where the water level was rising rapidly and muttered, "It's only been ten minutes... It's equivalent to how many years of water transfer we have. I'm old and my brain is not good. I have to calculate it carefully."
There is not just one reservoir, but 18 in total. This is the "Xingxiu Sea" plan in the plan.
After all the water systems were dredged, Li Xiang used his earth-related abilities to build 18 large reservoirs at locations circled in the plan in water-scarce provinces, Northwest China, North China and other places. The water storage capacity of a single reservoir exceeded 120 billion cubic meters, and the total storage capacity exceeded 2.16 trillion cubic meters.
With the help of Luo Feifei, a large amount of fresh water was transported from Lake Baikal to fill these reservoirs with the help of the other-dimensional warehouse. This coincides with the Hongqi River Project and has the same purpose.
The eighteen large reservoirs not only solve the current water problem, but also solve the water source problem in the end times.
Because, at the end of the world, the ground and the sea will be frozen. It will snow in the first year or so, but later it will stop snowing and the water cycle will be interrupted. Northwest China, North China and other areas have always been short of water, and this will be even more serious at the end of the world.
There is no need to worry near Li Xiang's home because there is abundant groundwater and the Yangtze River is nearby. Even if the Yangtze River is frozen, ice can be taken from the river and melted into water.
However, the western region is already short of water, so what should we do?
In addition to storing water now, these 18 reservoirs can also store water when a flood comes. Because Li Xiang and his team have not filled the reservoirs to capacity, but only about half of them.
Then, in the area where the 18 reservoirs are located, Li Xiang built many channels that are higher than the water level of the reservoirs. These channels are of no use now, but when heavy rains pour down next summer, they can alleviate flood disasters and divert flood water into the reservoirs.
Later, at the end of the world, these "big reservoirs" will freeze, and the people in the underground city in that area can take ice from the nearby "big reservoirs" for use.
It's a masterpiece of nature and amazing.
Around the reservoir, Zhao Xueqing is leading an ecological restoration team to scatter camel thorn seeds on the moist slopes of the dam. Wherever the light green spiritual power sweeps past, drought-resistant vegetation weaves a wind-proof and sand-fixing net at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A few sand lizards tentatively touched the new grass leaves, but were immediately frightened by the rising waves and jumped back into the cave.
Infrared images sent back by monitoring satellites show that these 18 super reservoirs with a diameter of more than 80 kilometers are like sapphires inlaid in the earth.
Such abundant strategic water reserves are enough to support the water needs of 200 to 300 million people in the water-scarce areas of Northwest China and North China for about 20 years. If there is a water shortage in the future, Li Xiang can also get ice from other places to fill the gap. In addition to Lake Baikal, there are many large rivers. If there is time in the future, the reservoir can be further expanded.
Over a year had passed, and Li Xiang had benefited greatly from such a large project. He retreated at home, sorting out his gains and insights from the past year. Finally, on a full-moon night, he broke through to the Saint level! There were originally eighteen spiritual power vortices in his body. At this moment, the eighteen spiritual power vortices merged into one, forming a "spiritual pool", a pool of liquid spiritual power.
If we still use the original level to calculate, it is equivalent to the nineteenth level.
Li Xiang's "extreme speed" also reached a terrifying 30 Mach, and his "huge force" was 500,000 kilograms. These were purely due to the increase in realm, and he did not use achievement points to improve his attributes later.
As his realm improved and he reached the Saint level, he could withstand faster speed and strength, and he had plenty of achievement points, so Li Xiang tried to continue adding points.
Finally, the "extreme speed" was increased to Mach 40 and the "huge force" was increased to 700,000 kilograms, which were already the limits of the body. If one wanted to increase it again, he had to break through the realm.
The speed of 40 Mach (about 13.6 km/s) has exceeded the second cosmic speed of 11.2 km/s.
When he was promoted to the 15th level, he was accompanied by an "Invisibility" inscription. At this moment, as he stepped onto the Holy Stage, the "Invisibility" inscription also transformed into its second form "Group Concealment".
The holy level allows one to fly in and out of the blue sky with the physical body.
Therefore, Li Xiang's "divine travel" inscription also transformed into a "flying" inscription with a title, called "Taixu Divine Travel·Zhoutian Star Track".
Li Xiang came to the backyard and looked at the bright night sky. The Giant Whale Saint Armor appeared on his body. He took a deep breath and activated the "Taixu Shenyou Zhoutian Xinggui". His body suddenly soared into the sky, but in a flash, he broke through the atmosphere and came to space! Saint level, the body has its own circulation and no leakage, and no longer needs to take in oxygen from the outside world to survive.
Li Xiang stretched his limbs and floated freely in the space. The feeling was extremely mysterious.
He looked at the earth below. The blue and white arcs of light cut through the darkness. There was silence all around. He could clearly hear the blood flowing in his body. When he turned his neck, he could hear extremely subtle clicking sounds from his cervical vertebrae.
He could see hurricanes spinning silver-grey whorls across the Pacific Ocean, and the Siberian aurora was like splashed emerald paint - when he was at the seventeenth and eighteenth levels, he was accompanied by two more supernatural inscriptions, namely "Clairvoyance" and "Beast Taming·Canglin Yin", respectively.
"Clairvoyance" was merged with the previous "Night Vision" and "Pupil of the Void" to form a new major inscription of the natal star, called "Nine Netherworlds Breaking Delusion Eyes".
The "Beast Taming·Canglin Yin" has the ability of "Heavenly Beast Command" (commanding a hundred beasts). In simple terms, it means that it can conclude soul contracts with 108 powerful exotic beasts and rule over them.
As for the extra-dimensional warehouse, its side length has now expanded to 524,288 meters, in the shape of a cube, and its spatial volume has expanded to: 524,288 meters × 524,288 meters × 524,288 meters, totaling 144,115 trillion cubic meters (about 140 million cubic kilometers).
The ability to sense the earth veins has been expanded to a radius of one thousand kilometers. All other abilities have been significantly improved.
It is particularly worth mentioning that the spiritual power can be released to control spiritual weapons through the air.
He snapped his fingers and three grains of "star sand" weighing hundreds of tons flew out of the air. He had nurtured these three grains of star sand for a long time and refined them several times with the "Crystal Gold Armor" ability. Naturally, they had already turned into spiritual weapons. Their weight alone was enough to make them powerful.
When the three grains of spiritual sand reached a hundred meters away, they were about to get out of control. Li Xiang then realized the distance at which he could control the spiritual soldiers through the air.
There was no air in space. Three grains of spiritual sand broke through the air silently and rotated around him in all directions within a hundred meters.
Li Xiang flashed and arrived tens of thousands of miles away. Seeing several meteorites with diameters of hundreds of meters like small hills, he controlled the star sand and smashed towards the largest one.
The manipulation of this star sand mainly relies on earth-related abilities rather than pure strength. Moreover, in space, it is in a state of weightlessness, making it easier to control.
Three hundred-ton star sand particles hit the mountain-like meteorite, causing it to sway a few times and retreat dozens of meters, but only a few small dents were left at the impact site.
Li Xiang immediately knew that this meteorite was probably of astonishing mass, weighing at least ten thousand tons, and was extremely hard. If it could be refined into "star sand" in the future, its power would far exceed the current three grains of star sand.
So, all the meteorites were stored in the warehouse of the other dimension. After counting, there were as many as seven of them, big and small.
"space station!"
When Li Xiang returned to Earth, he saw many satellites and a space station. He wanted to go to the space station and knock on the door, but he gave up this prank. It would be inappropriate if he scared the astronauts on mission inside.
Just imagine, in the endless darkness and space, if someone suddenly knocks on the door, the astronauts would be scared to death.
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At the same time, the reward for dredging thousands of water systems in the world also came. With such a great achievement, the country would naturally not treat him unfairly. In addition to being recorded in the history books, various treatments and titles were also improved.
Li Xiang was promoted to "Major General". He can be said to be the youngest major general. Although he has no real power, his status is there.
Luo Feifei also participated and made a lot of contributions, and was promoted to "lieutenant colonel".
Zhao Xueqing was promoted to "Major" because of her outstanding contributions as a leader in ecological construction.
Yao Yao: “…”
Lei Xiaohui: “…” I’m so envious.
As spring comes and flowers bloom, it is time for another election. Li Xiang was elected as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a representative of the National People's Congress because of his outstanding achievements and amazing contributions in "promoting major special tasks."
Although CPPCC members and NPC deputies can hold both positions concurrently, generally speaking, this is extremely rare.
According to current Chinese regulations, members of the CPPCC and NPC deputies can serve as both at the same time, but the central government has explicitly prohibited such cross-appointment arrangements. Currently, less than 1% of deputies and committee members are in this situation.
And Li Xiang belongs to that 1%.
Of course, this kind of position has basically no real power, and Li Xiang does not need real power. Just the title and convenience are enough. After all, if he holds a real position, he will have a boss and a lot of work to do.
After all, he is old and may not be able to hold on until the end of the world. Even if he does, he may not be able to take care of it, so it is common sense to consider the next candidate early.
It’s just that Li Xiang’s prestige is not enough at the moment, but that person believes that if Li Xiang is given a few years, he may be able to grow.
Moreover, different eras require different styles of leaders. In the end times, many systems and rules of peacetime may not be applicable, and the standards for selecting talents must naturally keep pace with the times.
When the crabapple flowers were in full bloom, Li Xiang and Jiang Caier got married and held a grand wedding in Lijia Village.
Because Jiang Caier was pregnant with twins. Li Xiang used his spiritual power to investigate and found that she had two sons. If she didn't get married soon, it would be inconvenient when her belly got bigger.
Not only would it be unpleasant to hear that you're pregnant before marriage, but your wedding dress and wedding gown would also look ugly.
The wedding day was naturally extremely lively. The Li family, the Jiang family, and various relatives and friends gathered together, and some fans also came to show their support. He Zhixiang from Yunnan Province, Xu Xuan and Zhang Youyou from the provincial capital brought their children, Chen Huanhuan, who had been promoted to the manager of a jade jewelry store and was doing a very successful job, some senior engineers and professors who were involved in the dredging of the water system, and all kinds of leaders from the county, province, and even the imperial capital came to show their support.
Luo Feifei was furious. She appeared on a hill near Lijia Village holding the White Tiger Sword, but after looking from afar for a few minutes... she still walked away angrily.
"Hmph! I never want to see you again!" Luo Feifei returned home in tears, staggering and distraught.
The next day, Luo Feifei's agent, who is also her mother, officially announced that Luo Feifei was tired of life in the entertainment industry and would retire from the film industry.
Luo Feifei told her mother the truth. After all, she had been promoted to "lieutenant colonel", the end of the world was only a few years away, and the family had made enough money, so there was no need to hide the truth anymore.
She began to practice in seclusion, rarely going out, and not caring about worldly affairs.
Li Xiang was a little depressed when he saw the news. He naturally couldn't confide in Jiang Caier, because that would be asking for trouble. Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui knew what he was thinking, so they came to comfort him privately: "Brother, we are still here."
It was natural that the three of them were sad about Li Xiang's marriage, but this was something they had expected. They had also prepared themselves mentally early on, so not only did they quickly get over their negative emotions, they also enthusiastically helped with Jiang Caier's wedding, running around so fast that Li Xiang felt very guilty.
Yao Yao took Li Xiang's arm and said, "Brother, if you can get me to the Saint level, then I will take care of the three of them while Sister Cai'er is in confinement after giving birth."
Lei Xiaohui quickly said, "I'll come too. Yaoer won't be able to handle it alone."
Zhao Xueqing blinked her eyes, not wanting to be left behind, and said, "How can I be left out?"
Li Xiang had entered the Saint level and had been to space to play, so he naturally did not hide it from them. The three of them were so envious, but their aptitude was limited. After practicing dual cultivation with Li Xiang for so long, they were only at the tenth level now.
However, it is already very powerful. If they rely on themselves alone, they may not have the confidence to reach the tenth level, let alone the saint level.
But if I practice dual cultivation with Li Xiang, there is this hope.
When one reaches the Saint level, the essence of life will undergo a transformation, and the lifespan will be greatly increased, with one being able to live for at least two to three hundred years.
Not to mention that they were obsessed with Li Xiang, just talking about the benefits, the temptation of life transformation, what's wrong with being mistresses? Li Xiang never treated them unfairly, with high salaries, huge bonuses, dividends, company shares, various gold jewelry, precious extraordinary items, elixirs, and the secular wealth of the three of them alone has exceeded 100 million.
Isn't there a topic like this on the Internet: "Would you be willing if your husband gave you 100,000 yuan and didn't come home for a month?"
Many women replied: "Don't even mention 100,000, I'd be willing to pay 50,000."
"If you hesitate for even a second, it would be disrespectful to the 100,000 yuan."
"If I make a phone call and ask proactively, it would be ignorant."
"If I see you with another woman on the street, I have to take a detour."
"If you have a conflict with the third sister, I will help you to comfort her and I guarantee that she will be comforted. If you really can't comfort her, we can find a fourth or fifth sister."
(End of this chapter)
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