area51novel Chapter 232 Arrival in the New World
Chapter 232 Arrival in the New World
"Yes, most of the things are done, but both assembly and testing will take time."
"However, if you, Dean, are willing to accompany me on a trip to the far north, then leaving the academy now is perfectly fine."
"Don't try to sway me here. You'd better just wait at the academy for a while longer. According to you, the turtle in that frozen lake in the far north is probably a hundred thousand years old, and one with extremely special abilities."
This old tortoise isn't someone I, the dean, can handle alone. At the very least, we'll need your help, Dean Xian. If possible, Xiao You, you should also call Brother Guozhang along. I don't need to emphasize why you went to the far north, do I?
"Alright, alright. You're the dean, so you call the shots."
Long You was simply bored. When Qian Duoduo asked, Long You immediately realized that the academy was planning to cast its line longer and wasn't ready to take action against the evil soul masters and soul masters appearing around the academy for the time being. Since that was the case, and he was just idling around anyway, if he could take a ride on the "Strong One" train for a trip and satisfy his curiosity, Long You wouldn't refuse at all.
However, now that Qian Duoduo has clearly refused, Long You will not persist. Although a vague feeling makes Long You quite concerned about that icy lake valley, he will not be in a hurry if he cannot ascertain its depth in a short time.
After returning to the dormitory to rest for the night, and seeing that the construction of the large aircraft had indeed entered the final stage, Long You stopped being a hands-off boss and instead worked with the entire team to tackle the final construction challenges.
Two weeks later, late at night, the miniature energy-detecting soul tools that Long You had secretly placed around Shrek Academy woke him from his deep sleep. Sitting up with his eyes still closed, Long You silently circulated his soul power before finally waking up. The thoughtful Byrne had already projected the images fed back by the soul tools onto the wall; the images captured by the upgraded soul tools were remarkably clear.
"They've finally made their move! Now that they've started, I should get going too. Although the large aircraft hasn't undergone test flights yet, the academy doesn't have a suitable location for me to complete one. Anyway, there's no chance of me crashing to my death, so I'll just fly."
In any case, if I want to truly disappear from the enemy's sight, then I must first be able to disappear from the sight of my own people.
Yes, Long You wasn't going to wait any longer. He wanted to take advantage of the moment when the academy was dealing with the people from the Sun Moon Empire who had ulterior motives in the surrounding area and leave directly.
The people of the Sun Moon Empire aren't fools. Since Long You dared to openly tell Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen about his plans to travel, Shrek Academy must have a corresponding plan. The Sun Moon Empire can easily understand that this message is actually bait; they will definitely try to take all the bait without taking the bait. However, as "rational people," the Sun Moon Empire must also be prepared to be caught by the fisherman.
Long You didn't know what this preparation was, but he knew that as long as he didn't give the Sun Moon Empire the opportunity to launch this preparation, he would be safe.
It was expected that Shrek Academy would be able to locate the people of the Sun Moon Empire in the surrounding area and take action against them, but it was absolutely impossible for Shrek Academy to take action within the Sun Moon Empire's control. Therefore, the moment the two sides started fighting, everyone's attention, both internal and external, would be focused on the point of engagement.
Perhaps there are still some spies watching the academy, or even loopholes within the academy itself, but with the intention to catch the unintentional, Long You is confident he can disappear silently. This new Soul Guidance Department base in Sea God Lake is definitely not a good place to rest, but the reason Long You has been staying here all this time is for this moment.
Poseidon Lake is an artificial lake, but it does have an outlet. This outlet is very well hidden; unless someone deliberately investigates, it will never be noticed.
Under the cover of night, underwater, with the upgraded Dragon Abyss Boat (a Soul Guide Ship that Long You built after the competition to travel by water to the Heavenly Soul Empire), and the waterway route that had long been reopened using the drainage outlet, Long You's departure was silent.
The Dragon Abyss Boat passed silently through the waterway. Under the cover of the deep night, a faint, earthy-yellow light shone from its stern. This light, like a magical cloth, severed the water flow wherever it passed, and the entire newly opened, hidden waterway vanished without a trace, returning to its original state.
As dawn broke, the all-night battle came to an end. Shrek Academy, well-prepared and playing on home turf, undoubtedly emerged victorious, capturing an unprecedented double-digit number of evil spirit masters. However, even in the face of this cause for celebration, Qian Duoduo, the vice-dean of the Soul Guidance Department, was far from happy. Having been a tank all night, finally over the battle and passed the mental evaluation, Qian Duoduo was just about to go and brag to Long You, perhaps even getting the kid to be his guide for a trip to the far north, when he discovered the kid had run away! Run away! He actually ran away!
"Damn, this kid is really clever. I was fighting tooth and nail up front, and he just seized the opportunity to run away. Was it really necessary to be in such a hurry?"
"Alright, stop complaining. This kid's approach is the one of true intelligence. Even though our investigation has been very thorough, no one can guarantee that there haven't been any stragglers. Judging from last night's battle, Xiao You is quite tempting to the Sun Moon Empire."
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On the boundless ocean, a massive and imposing figure plunged down onto the undulating waves.
Taking advantage of the existence of soul tools, a kind of advanced technology, in the world of Douluo Continent, Long You had a very creative idea when designing the vehicle for this trip. Although it was a large aircraft, which was mainly designed for high speed and long range, Long You ingeniously added the function of water take-off and landing to this large aircraft.
The large Airbus aircraft, bobbing with the waves, seemed to transform into a yacht at this moment. After confirming that no powerful sea monsters were occupying or passing through the surrounding waters, Long You in the cockpit stretched and got up to walk towards the cabin.
It had been a full week since Long You left Shrek Academy—no, it should be said that he left Douluo Continent. Long You felt utterly listless. Although he had a general idea of where he was going and his goal was to find a continent, that coveted land was incredibly difficult to find in the vast ocean.
"Shrek Academy is no good! They have such overpowered soul tool technology, and their individual strength is enough to break through the void, so why do they only have synchronous satellites and not global satellites? If there were a space station in the sky, why would I need to go through so much trouble to find a continent!"
"Although if Shrek Academy had global satellites, it seems like I wouldn't be involved in the discovery of this continent anymore."
Slumped back in the comfortable space chair in the airplane cabin, Long You instructed Bourne to keep a close eye on the surroundings and run away immediately if anything went wrong, while talking to himself to relieve the fatigue in his mind.
"But it was all worth it. According to the feedback from the soul-guided probe, I should be able to see the edge of the continent in about a day. This flight really took a lot of detours!"
Speaking of space stations, I seem to have some ideas about creating a virtual universe. If the resources on this new continent are indeed abundant enough, many attempts could be started as soon as possible, regardless of cost!
A day later, taking advantage of the abundant midday sunlight, Long You piloted the Airbus at low altitude and slow speed along the coastline of this new continent. According to Long You's memory, this continent should be one where human civilization had not yet developed, but memories are often unreliable. When arriving in a completely unfamiliar environment, no matter how cautiously one explores, it is not an overreaction; it is a responsible act towards one's own life.
He had been circling around from noon until sunset. Although he hadn't yet completed his continental flight, he decided to land. Based on his half-day of exploration, Long You was certain that this continent was indeed the one where human civilization had not yet developed, so the remaining exploration work could be left to the automatic soul tool.
Considering the lack of established runways on land, Longyou chose to land the "Airbus" on the sea. After landing, Longyou took off directly from the sea and flew towards a natural cave that had been selected during the previous high-altitude reconnaissance. This was Longyou's chosen temporary residence, and it would be his primary base until he completed a map scan of the entire continent.
It's getting late, and there's no need to rush the renovations. We can make do with the deluxe ball for now. The first thing Long You needs to do is take Xiao Muyang out to patrol the territory. Xiao Muyang is indeed young, but with the resources of Shrek Academy and a wealthy caretaker like Long You, Xiao Muyang's current strength is comparable to that of a seasoned hundred-year-old soul beast.
According to what Long You had previously investigated, this valley was roughly the outermost area of the Star Dou Great Forest. With Xiao Muyang's current strength, it was enough to deter those "little animals" who had ill intentions.
While leaving a scent mark with Xiao Muyang, Long You also densely deployed numerous detection and automatic counterattack soul tools around the area. As the last ray of sunlight completely disappeared, Long You finally returned to the cave with Xiao Muyang. If nothing unexpected happened, these measures would be sufficient to defend against any potential dangers in the area.
A week later, Long You had successfully completed part of the map-scanning work on this new continent. Long You had never seen the rare metal reserves of the Sun Moon Empire, but the rare metal resources on this continent were clearly much richer than those of the original Douluo Continent's three kingdoms.
Standing before a reserve of elemental magnetic crystal ore veins, Long You knew very well that the industrial power of this new continent would rapidly develop and replicate itself in this location. The pre-prepared automated mining robots allowed Long You to find an ideal long-term settlement in just one day. The elemental magnetic crystals, perfectly suited for crafting precision soul tools, were used by Long You to create CNC soul tool manufacturing machines after initial forging.
The previous disagreement with Shrek Academy over the production of the virtual reality headset made Long You realize that each academy elite's growth follows a relatively independent path. Even He Caitou, who also follows the Soul Master path, cannot always keep up with Long You's pace. This means that Long You will not have a sufficient pool of human resources for this trip to the New World.
The lack of manpower was a major drawback for Longyou, which urgently needed to accelerate its progress. Therefore, Longyou had no choice but to turn its attention to intelligent robots. In any case, with the mature auxiliary AI, Bourne, Longyou only needed to design a suitable robot shape, and Bourne alone could completely control all the mining robots.
The only thing Longyou needs to do now is to build the CNC soul-guided machine tool that can produce intelligent robots. Once there are enough intelligent robots, Longyou can enjoy the days of waiting for resources at home without leaving the house. Moreover, as long as the program is set, these smart enough robots can also complete the preliminary refining and processing of rare metals.
Another half month passed, and the Soul Guiding Mother Bed was freshly made. With the large-scale energy-gathering array completed, Longyou could look forward to fully automated production. After a month of hardship and frugality, Longyou, who had rather refined requirements for the quality of life, was determined to improve his living standards.
This is a continent untouched by humans, inhabited solely by spirit beasts. Based on recent explorations, the spirit beasts on this continent possess a profound and well-developed power; at least, judging from the energy responses of the spirit tools, there are more than a few spirit beasts at the 100,000-year level. Undoubtedly, the areas inhabited by these 100,000-year-old, and even 50,000-year-old, spirit beasts are all forbidden zones that Long You must avoid at all costs. However, aside from these forbidden zones, the entire area is within Long You's sphere of influence.
Within these freely roaming areas, many spirit beasts became Long You's prey. Of course, being a target didn't mean Long You would hunt them down for food.
Long You is currently looking for some suitable soul beasts to tame and establish a soul beast ranch. The pursuit of high-quality protein can be considered a basic human need, but the growth cycle of a soul beast is too long. In the absence of a racial war, Long You is unwilling to engage in indiscriminate killing just to satisfy his own appetite.