Chapter 96 - 94: The Caravan Sets Out!

Near the military base, on a spacious flat land.Although it’s currently nighttime in the Damo Realm.

Under the strong floodlights around, the visibility up close is not much different from daytime.

On the flat land.

Lin Li at this moment is raising his head high, with an expression of awe and admiration, deeply staring at the gigantic object in front of him.

It is a large antenna array with both length and width exceeding fifty meters and a vertical height of forty meters, with a silver-white exterior that appears grand and full of technological flair.

Although Lin Li is one of the top-tier scholars in high-end technology, his main field of study is biology, and he hasn’t had many opportunities to see such large equipment.

This antenna array was originally located in Jiaoao, built in 2012, and completed in 17 days by 400 workers. It was dismantled and sealed in 2020 for various reasons.

After its dismantling, the antenna array was sealed locally in Jiaoao, and when the Rabbits decided to transport a large antenna device, this antenna array naturally became the first choice.

Although the technology of this antenna array might be a generation or a generation and a half behind, in a place like the Damo Realm, free of radio interference, it is good enough to last for a while.

Since Jiaoao Port is the world’s sixth-largest port and Huaxia’s second-largest foreign trade port, there are almost no difficulties in the sea transport route.

Thus, in less than a day, this equipment was transported to the Damo Realm.

With the day-and-night efforts of thousands of engineering soldiers, this antenna array was assembled in only 152 hours—by the way, due to limited tower crane facilities at the construction site, some high-altitude tasks were assisted by cultivators from the Wei Mansion.

More than ten cultivators above the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer wore work uniforms and safety helmets, relying on their own power or magical artifacts, carrying objects and flying to the forty-meter high altitude, and you can imagine the relevant scenes.

There’s a saying in behavioral psychology that people easily become sentimental and profound under the starry sky, an environment that induces humans to involuntarily reminisce about the past.

At this moment, Lin Li seems to be such a person. He seemed to have remembered something and said with emotion to Ye Jinyan beside him:

"Speaking of which, when I was little, there was also an antenna in the town’s commune. It was around the sixties, specifically used to receive broadcasts, probably not even one square meter in size, about this big."

He stretched his hand and drew a square in the air in front of his chest, and continued:

"Who would have thought that after decades, we even have antenna equipment over two thousand square meters, well, the times have indeed changed, to use Little Wang’s words."

Ye Jinyan smiled at him and said:

"Captain Lin, don’t mention two thousand square meters, I’ve led a team to work on an array over twenty thousand square meters.

First, let me clarify that I’m not showing industry discrimination here, those of you in biological research really don’t realize how strong our infrastructure field is nowadays."

Lin Li lightly pointed his finger at Ye Jinyan a few times, then exhaled and his expression gradually became solemn:

"Engineer Ye, this equipment has been debugged, right?"

Talking about serious business, Ye Jinyan also stopped joking, he pointed at a flashing node on the antenna and said:

"Captain Lin, after more than 40 hours of test debugging by the information engineering team, the antenna equipment is currently functioning normally.

Due to the excellent communication conditions in the Damo Realm, the longest wave extreme range is even a bit higher than on Earth, reaching up to 4300 kilometers."

The Wei Mansion trade group this time aims for Ziqiong City which is two thousand li—about one thousand kilometers away, far less than the antenna array’s extreme range.

As long as Lin Ziming and others do not fall into ’mystic realms’ or ’space-time rifts’ unique zones in Xianxia novels, communication and image transmission should not encounter significant issues.

After clearing up the relevant situation, Lin Li glanced at the antenna array beside him and then waved his hand:

"Then notify Wei Qiangsheng, the trade group can start gathering!"

......

Three hours later.

A group of people gathered at the edge of the camp.

This time, the trade group totaled 147 members.

Among them, 107 people are from the Wei Mansion, led by Wei Qiangsheng, with Wei Niandong assisting translation.

The Wei Mansion cultivators traveling with the group are approximately twenty in number, with the lowest realm being Third-Layer Qi Cultivation, and the rest are carefully selected servants from the Wei Mansion, most of whose parents or even grandparents have long been Wei Mansion’s long-term workers.

Perhaps many people have a poor perception of the term "long-term worker."

But in fact, during such chaotic times, signing a lifetime contract with a reputable and kind-hearted master family is actually a very fortunate thing.

In addition to the 107 people from the Wei Mansion, the remaining 40 are members of the Huaxia Trade Group.

Among them, four trade representatives, six accompanying team members, and thirty security team members, led by Colonel Lin Ziming as the chief leader.

Moreover, considering the stylistic differences between Huaxia People and Damo natives.

The accompanying forty people are all dressed in traditional ancient-style attire from the Damo Realm—of course, only the external appearance varies, internally everyone still wears various casual clothes, and their luggage is also well-prepared with various emergency supplies.

This time, the Wei Mansion brought a large amount of materials, totaling nearly twenty tons, including monster materials and local specialties.

Most of it was placed inside spatial bags, and the remainder was packed into some boxes.

Regarding Huaxia.

For this trade group’s journey, the Rabbits were nearly working three shifts extracting Spirit Stone mines.

In the end, a total of over fourteen thousand sprout stolen bases were excavated, exceeding the expected number by over two thousand.

However, unfortunately, perhaps because everything had gone too smoothly previously.

This time the Rabbits’ luck wasn’t very good, turned out to be big black luck.

Of the fourteen thousand sprout stolen bases, only twenty-five thousand Spirit Stones were produced, a nearly three thousand-stone difference from normal valuation.

Three thousand Spirit Stones, at six thousand Huaxia currency per stone, that’s close to twenty million...

So after this sprout stolen bases excavation, the command center was already considering whether to reposition Comrade Fei Qiu.

Ahem...

In total, the Rabbits this time don’t have much capital on hand.

After all, the variety of materials to be purchased this time is extensive, with some being high-priced, and twenty-five thousand Spirit Stones might not withstand several rounds of procurement.

The main base had anticipated this shortfall in funds long ago.

Thus, a batch of small items were transported early, specifically those small mallet kind with wood handles.

This time the trade group carries fifteen thousand of these small items, weighing just over nine tons.

A box with a 1.5x1.5x1.5 specification can store 1200 of these small items, so fifteen thousand of them only amount to about a dozen boxes.

Upon arrival at Ziqiong City, this batch of small items will be sold under the name of ’Spiritless Detonator Talisman.’

In the Damo Realm, tier one Detonator Talisman prices range from 2-4 Spirit Stones, depending on the effectiveness.

The cheapest Detonator Talisman can create a small pit thirty centimeters deep on flat land, with an explosion range of about five meters.

After all, the Damo Realm is a Cultivation World, where extraordinary power stands at the pinnacle, being without gunpowder basics is quite normal.

Like back when Wei Siming could even sell distillation alcohol technology for a large sum, earning enough resources for spiritual awakening, demonstrating the industrial poverty in the Damo Realm.

Of course, it is not excluded that some large families might have developed related technology but chose to consume it internally for various reasons.

Overall.

In most parts of the Damo Realm, Detonator Talismans are still the main method of blasting.

So, taking the cheapest Detonator Talisman’s effects as a reference.

The Rabbits have priced the wooden-handled small items at one Spirit Stone per unit, equivalent to about six thousand Huaxia currency, not too exploitative, right?

After all, these are our family’s generational little gadgets.

Larger quantities even come with discounts~ dear~

If everything goes smoothly.

Ziqiong City might even become the Rabbits’ inventory liquidation place... um, trade cooperation partner.

Since the larger the city, the stronger the beast tide it might face.

A city with over two million people, if a beast tide strikes, it would be massive, at least hundreds of thousands or millions in scale.

Frankly speaking, this size of battle would still be painful for the Rabbits.

Let alone Ziqiong City.

So the counterpart will definitely have related resource needs, also known as buyer’s demand.

If these small items become popular enough.

The Rabbits would say we still have a tiny bit under the backyard, you can take them all if you want.

Well, this time we mean more than a bit, originally made tens of billions of them.

Aside from these wooden-handled small items.

The Rabbits also brought a few mass-produced clothes and some special materials, intending to test the waters for market feedback in Ziqiong City.

After all, Chixian City has a cotton textile factory ready to start, attempting to expand outlets certainly won’t hurt.

Once everything was ready, Lin Li issued the order:

"Depart!"