Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 152 [Forging Light City]

At the end of the horizon, a ray of dazzling sunlight gradually began to emerge.

But in the biting cold wind that seemed to never stop, this ray of sunlight could not bring the slightest warmth, but instead made people feel even colder.

Standing on the edge of a rugged cliff, facing the howling cold wind, Song Shi raised his eyes and stared ahead.

The whole earth, or the world, was only a dull pale color. Thick frost covered the earth, but it was not crystal clear.

That's right.

[Nanyu Heavy Industry] has built a large number of manufacturing plants and mining facilities here as part of a huge industrial chain. These industrial creations work day and night, releasing a large amount of industrial waste every moment. They mix into people's lungs, rise into the sky, and disperse into the atmosphere. In the cycle of nature, they turn into frost and snow that submerge the earth.

This is poisonous "snow" and "frost".

Some people cannot afford the water fees from the water and electricity bureau, so they can only use simple water purification devices to melt ice and snow for use. Some people do not even have the money to buy cheap water purification devices, so they choose to drink the water directly, and then die in the torment of various diseases.

The sun rose a little higher.

The bright sunlight slowly shone over the earth, adding a little brilliance to the dim world. An unfamiliar warmth gently blew by, as if trying to smooth out the cold wind.

Then everything came to an abrupt end.

It was like there was a sudden power outage in the room in the middle of the night and the bright lights went out. At that moment, the whole world suddenly became dark - even the sun at the end of the sky completely disappeared!

Song Shi was still standing on the cliff, watching everything quietly without moving.

Only in his eyes, at this moment, there was a hint of coldness.

About ten minutes later, the world lit up again.

——To be precise, it is "the sky".

If someone looks up at the sky, they will be surprised to find that the sky, which was originally dark, begins to light up in patches.

Yes, “piece by piece”.

It was as if someone had divided the sky, and after countless carefully calculated and verified divisions and reorganizations, the sky above appeared in a grid, lighting up piece by piece.

[Fubo Energy] has invested a huge amount of resources to build this man-made wonder, which has monopolized the "sun" within hundreds of miles of this land, turning it into a private resource that can be held in the palm of your hand. It has quietly put a price on the "sunshine" and put it on the shelf.

——Giant structure·[Macro-state light energy matrix].

If it goes one step further in the future, it can be transformed into a technological prototype of a stellar superstructure called a "Dyson sphere".

Song Shi raised his head and looked straight at the sky.

The dazzling sunlight flickered in its pupils, then dimmed again, until finally, the entire world remained in a delicate state that could barely be called "bright".

But it's just "brightness".

The "heat energy" that originally came with the sunlight has been absorbed by the "macro-light energy matrix" outside the atmosphere, and very little is left. The little residue that leaked out from the gaps in the [Fubo Energy] is obviously unable to bring people the so-called warmth.

But it was not like this before. Located at 30 degrees north latitude, this land has abundant sunlight resources, and the fertile soil and water brought by this natural resource are valued. In ancient times, prosperous dynasties were born here.

They spent a long time using psychic power to transform the environment to a certain extent, and made the solar resources go from "abundant" to even more so that they could be called "terrifying".

Even though the former dynasty has long collapsed in the erosion of time, this gift has been preserved.

Throughout history, this place - the Rockall Plain - has always been known as "fertile land with abundant water". Even though it has sometimes been devastated by wars, once the chaos fades away, it will quickly recover its abundance at a tenacious speed.

During the abundant rainy season, great rivers meander through the plains, pastures grow again, markets and trade are established, and buildings representing prosperity stand quietly.

Then, just like in the past, in the "Seven Land War" that swept almost the entire world, everything here fell into destruction again.

Only this time, when the "Seven Lands War" that lasted for twenty years ended, the Rokar Plain no longer had a future.

As the victor of the Seven Lands War and one of the first giant companies in the Corporate Alliance, Fubo Energy turned its attention to the Rokar Plain and began to enjoy the fruits of its well-deserved victory.

Sixty-five years ago, it commissioned and joined forces with another giant enterprise specializing in wasteland development, environmental transformation and land engineering construction, [Fugu Development], to carry out preliminary development and planning of the Rokar Plain. A huge engineering force razed the remains of the past, built a new city, and stamped everything with the mark of Fubo Energy.

This is the original "Casting Light City".

Immediately afterwards, Fubo Energy invested a huge amount of resources and time to build a [Macro-State Light Energy Matrix] covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles and most of the Rokar Plain, plundering all the sunlight projected here - then, everything changed.

There is no such thing as "fertile soil" anymore.

The cold wind that howled all day replaced the sunlight, and the perpetually frozen frost covered the earth and solidified the rivers. With the drastic population decline caused by the Seven Lands War and the continuous advancement of agricultural technology, the fertile soil that produced food and forage was no longer important.

Compared with the huge profits brought by plundering the sun, everything seems insignificant.

Song Shi turned his gaze to another direction.

Zhuguang City is divided into two urban areas, inner and outer. Under the precise control of the "macro-state light energy matrix", although only separated by a wall, the worlds are completely different - the bright and mild subtropical climate and the biting wind and frost that never melt have achieved an amazing balance.

In the outer city areas, or even outside the outer city areas.

In the midst of the snow, white warehouses stand indifferently on the ground, like a carefully built, densely packed beehive. If you look through the outer walls and protective facilities and into the interior of these warehouses, you can see this scene:

The black host computers are placed in rows of tall cabinets, and the transparent bulletproof glass isolates all possible dust.

Computing terminals, storage hardware and control equipment are carefully integrated together. Each line is laid underground to ensure that there will be no interference with operations. The emergency power supply and fire-fighting systems to deal with emergencies operate day and night. Everything operates under the precise control of the intelligent control center.

Thanks to the unique geographical environment, [Zero Degree Network] built a large number of data and server centers here to reduce the high cost of heat dissipation and maintenance. For some people, the harsh environment is a heart-warming gift for others.

The sun is not eternal.

Profits are eternal.

This is the City of Forged Light.

This is... the Light Forging City of the Corporate Alliance.

(End of this chapter)