246: Chengdu, the City of Abundance

"Use the city founding token!"

Zhang Xile's Shelter instantly transformed. A huge foundation of blue bricks extended from beneath the Shelter.

At this moment, Zhang Xile's Shelter was just one kilometer away from Taoshan. As the foundation formed, a barrier slowly appeared in the next second. Everyone saw something like a water curtain slowly rising in the distant sky, finally forming a semi-circular dome that completely merged at the top.

At the same time, a pure force swept in like a tide, blending perfectly with the mysterious power of Taoshan. Many miraculous changes were born throughout Taoshan, especially in the small secret realms and the Heavenly Mansion Grotto-heaven, which Tang Ping had used a small world fragment on and was still nurturing.

This force was the Barrier Power, formed by the barrier converting external contamination power. It was continuously pouring into the foundation, being stored, and along the way, it constantly cleansed everything within the barrier. Perhaps, in the near future, some special treasures would be born.

Zhang Xile looked at the dome above his head, which was a full five thousand meters high. Standing on the peak of Taoshan, it was still over two thousand meters from the very top. The dense Barrier Power in the sky, like an invisible waterfall, first washed over the summit of Taoshan, where the Heavenly Mansion Grotto-heaven was located. The Barrier Power was actually actively absorbed by it.

Besides the Heavenly Mansion Grotto-heaven, the various small secret realms on Taoshan were also continuously absorbing Barrier Power, as if this power was some kind of great tonic for these small secret realms.

The more than twenty thousand people in the base were also incredibly surprised and delighted by this event. Everyone had already been notified, but seeing it with their own eyes was another matter entirely.

"There really is a barrier, and it's so big! This barrier is too big!" A woman excitedly came out, holding her child. Although the residents inside the base all knew that a barrier would soon appear and they would live in a safer environment, they had no idea how big the barrier would be, what it would be like, or what it would look like.

"I estimate this barrier is probably several kilometers in size! At least over five kilometers. I just saw the clouds in the sky being enveloped by it."

"Five kilometers? Your guess is still too conservative. To tell you the truth, I used to be a sailor, and my eyesight is excellent. I guess this barrier should cover an area of ten kilometers!"

"Ten kilometers in radius! This, this is too big, bigger than my hometown's urban area. How many people can live here!"

"How many people? If there's enough food, a barrier this big could house one to two million people, it'd be like nothing."

"What do you think about the strength of this barrier?"

"Who knows, but looking at this commotion, I guess Level Three Pollution Beasts won't be able to break in."

"In short, it should be very strong, that's all. It wouldn't make such a big fuss just to be a decoration."

"Oh, did you see that huge foundation? Just now, some high-level Talent Users from the base went there. I heard that place will be used to build modern buildings!"

"Modern buildings? It couldn't be that they're going to build skyscrapers there, could it?"

"It's not impossible."

"Can that work? You know, in the apocalypse now, you can't get those building materials, or various Supporting facilities."

"You're stupid, aren't there still Talent Users? With Level Four Earth and Metal Talent Users, how tall of a building can't be built!"

"I just heard those people say something about Barrier Power, using these things, combined with some fragments, to build houses. They said that what looks like a small few hundred square meters from the outside can be tens of thousands of square meters inside!"

"That's fake, how is that possible? How can such a house be built!"

"Heh, you don't understand that, do you? Don't you know about the Hidden Fragments?"

"Right, right, it's those Hidden Fragments!"

Tens of thousands of people in the base were discussing heatedly.

But just when everyone thought it was stable, the barrier expanded again. Only this time, it was very difficult for everyone's naked eyes to observe, because the barrier was expanding outwards like a balloon being inflated. Only Zhang Xile perceived all of this.

"As Brother Tang guessed, the barrier really expanded by twenty-four times again!" Zhang Xile's eyes held surprise as he calculated in his mind. Currently, his level five shelter's estate was a thousand mu. After twenty-four times, it was below the city founding barrier range, so he wouldn't count it for now.

However, once he reached a Level Seven Shelter, his original estate of one hundred thousand mu would become two million four hundred thousand mu after twenty-four times! This is approximately 1600 square kilometers, an area that already exceeds the city founding barrier range, meaning that at that time, the barrier would expand again, covering a full 1600 square kilometers!

The land within these ranges could not only be cultivated but also had a very safe environment, with no need to worry about the invasion of Pollution Beasts.

Even now, there probably weren't any Pollution Beasts that could break the barrier, because to make the barrier's power consumption greater than its recovery, over a thousand Level Five A-grade Pollution Beasts would need to attack with full force. But a thousand Level Five A-grade Pollution Beasts... Zhang Xile smiled, that was completely a joke. Let alone a thousand, right now, even one Level Five Contaminated Beast was hard to encounter.

As for beast tides, Zhang Xile was confident that even a million-beast tide could not break the barrier.

"Where did Brother Tang get such a good thing? With this thing in the future, there will be no external worries at all, and the base can be developed with peace of mind. It's just that there are too few people now. It seems a new rescue operation can be launched." Zhang Xile pondered for a moment, then ordered his subordinates to prepare to pilot the White Sail Ship and head to the city to collect survivors again.

Before dawn, a huge floating sailboat had already set off for the city.

On that newly expanded foundation, modern high-rise buildings began to slowly rise from the ground. Among them were also buildings constructed from architectural facility blueprints that the Heavenly Mansion Base had acquired at great expense.

Ancient Era Mini-Game

"Finally, I've gathered enough bloodline. I can complete the transaction tomorrow." Tang Ping now had a total of five ancient creature bloodlines in his hand, four of which he had painstakingly acquired today.

Through the mini-game, Tang Ping left this Another world and returned to the River Valley Plain.

At this time, bonfires had already been lit here.

Tomorrow, Miao Qingshi should also arrive with new strong reinforcements to resist the White-Haired People who could arrive at any time.