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Chapter 809 An Amazing Deal

On May 27, 4167 AD, the medical battleship "Divine Physician," which was inhabited by Sima Lin's alternate body, slowly entered the Great Song Star Port under the guidance of the navigator.

As the ship drew closer, the enormous modern city, sprawling like a behemoth on the plain ahead, slowly came into Sima Lin's view.

At this moment, the skyline of Da Song Xinggang stretches out in the morning light, and countless skyscrapers with green tiles and flying eaves stand tall and cold, their holographic screens playing all kinds of advertisements, which complement the gilded reliefs on the eaves and brackets.

The bluestone streets of the trade and financial districts extend to the Star Harbor Wharf. The streets are filled with a dense flow of vehicles consisting of maglev flying cars and heavy-duty trucks. Above, a giant holographic screen scrolls through transaction information and real-time exchange rates between the five Celestial Kingdoms and the Earth Federation.

The industrial park's factories, like giant steel beasts, occupy the eastern suburbs. Thousands of towering fusion reactors and heavy machinery can be seen within them, along with magnificent and exquisitely designed churches of light.

What's even more breathtaking is the Starport's dock area, where the blue-purple light of quantum leaps rises and falls, and million-ton cargo starships, like steel whales, slowly glide into their berths or take off from the ground.

Sima Lin also saw hundreds of streamlined frigates like agile fish, shuttling around the starport. High in the sky, there was a 20-kilometer-diameter aerial fortress, and a huge protective shield hung down from above the fortress, covering the starport like a dome.

The fortress's thick alloy walls and densely packed planet-destroying heavy artillery were terrifying and deterred all villains from daring to act recklessly.

Sima Lin looked at the scene before him, but his eyes remained completely unmoved.

The scenery of Da Song Xinggang was indeed magnificent and ever-changing, but he had been living and working here for fifty or sixty days a year, so he had long been used to it and was no longer surprised by it.

However, behind him, several academicians from East Asia and the Federation were amazed by this modern city built on the planet Celestial Pole.

"This is the Great Song Star Port? Seeing it with my own eyes is far more shocking than the videos and photos in the news."

"It's really changing rapidly! When I came here two months ago, that piece of land to the south was still empty, but now it's all high-rise buildings."

"—The daily throughput of this starport is astonishing. The number of merchant ships taking off and landing in a single day must exceed 4500, right?"

"It is said that the daily tax revenue of Starport has reached 820 million taels of divine gold. The trade tax of Starport in the Great Song Dynasty is one-tenth, which means a daily trade volume of 8200 million taels of divine gold. In terms of Federal currency, it is 82000 trillion Federal currency. In addition, the quantum entanglement channel bandwidth between the Great Song Dynasty and the Earth Federation has been expanded three times this year."

"There are so many?"

"Actually, it's more than that. The trade volume of the Church of Light is calculated separately and is not included in this 82 million taels. The governance ability of that Song Dynasty regent is indeed very impressive. The Central Continent and the Liao and Wei countries are also developing trade ports, but neither has taken off. Only the Central Continent is doing a little better. Its monthly tax revenue is only more than 50 million taels of divine gold, which is far less than that of the Song Dynasty."

"Firstly, we have the advantage of being a first mover. Secondly, the Great Song Star Port has a moat. Look at the trade and processing zone over there. Merchants from all over the country now like to send all kinds of agricultural products and minerals here for refining and processing before transporting them to major base cities. This way, the goods are more valuable, and we can save on warehousing and reduce costs."

"Yes! Other countries are also engaged in trade and processing, but they lack the courage and vision to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in education every year, which has produced so many native workers and engineers."

"The key is that the yields of their various crops have also increased. That regent is very enlightened and has cooperated with several of our Federation's top agricultural research institutions. The harvests of many spiritual plants have increased several times over. For example, the trade volume of Jade Rice this year has increased eleven times compared to last year, but the unit price has decreased by 40%. The Song Dynasty has indeed seen a significant increase in national strength in recent years."

One of the academicians, with gray hair, frowned and looked worried: "I don't object to the exchange of goods with Tianji Star, but shouldn't we pay attention to the diffusion of technology? Look at those satellite escort ships, some of them are said to be produced by the Song Dynasty."

These starships' warp cores are only the size of old-fashioned nuclear reactors, yet their energy fluctuations remain relatively stable at 0.03 Planck units.

"More than that. Look at the antimatter reactors in those power plants over there. They should be using the Federation's fifth-generation antimatter confinement technology. And those golden patterns on the top are the dynamic and static divine patterns of the Eastern Abyss. The energy conversion efficiency of these antimatter reactors should be able to reach the level of the 7th generation, which is almost close to the Federation's."

Another academician, wearing holographic glasses, pressed against the porthole, tracing the data flow trajectory on the glass with his finger: "Their technology is indeed not to be underestimated. I heard that the precision of the magnetohydrodynamic confinement rings in their fusion reactor clusters has reached the nanometer level. And look at the liquid neutron degenerate material flowing on the surface of those transport pipes. They have solved the quantum tunneling effect using runes. Some of their self-made mechanical equipment is even impacting the Federation's precision instrument market."

"What's even more terrifying is the planet-destroying heavy artillery of that floating fortress, which is also domestically produced. Did you notice the dark patterns on the surface of the cannon barrel? Those are rune amplification arrays carved using picometer-level processing technology!"

"I know our Lord of Light has a good relationship with Lin Hao, but isn't this level of technology leak a bit too much? Didn't the Federation have a technology proliferation prevention plan? Why isn't it doing anything about it?"

"You've got it wrong. The Forest Group and Ruifang Group under the Lord of Light do indeed account for 20% of the trade volume of the Great Song Star Port, 70% of the bio-equipment and drug market, and 40% of the processing. However, according to the Federal Security Bureau's investigation, this technology diffusion did not originate from them, but from several heavy industry companies related to the Longevity Society. They want to compete with Forest Heavy Industry for the market."

"Hmph! These capitalists in the Federation are even willing to sell the noose that strangles them, as long as there is enough profit."

Sima Lin listened to the discussion of the academicians behind him without any expression on his face.

As one of the key figures at Ruifang Pharmaceutical, he knew that Forest Heavy Industry, under Lin Rui's control, was far from being as innocent as these people claimed.

The Longevity Society is indeed the main force behind the spread of federal machinery, electronics and biotechnology; however, Forest Heavy Industry and Ruifang Pharmaceutical are also the culprits behind many technology leaks.

It's just that with the deity 'Lord of Light' overseeing both conglomerates, the Federal Security Service can't conduct a thorough investigation.

Moreover, their actions were relatively covert, mostly utilizing alien travelers from Tianji Star. Even if they were discovered, it would be due to espionage leading to the leak, and the two conglomerates themselves would bear no legal responsibility.

The federal leadership was well aware of the situation, but they didn't pay much attention. With the Longevity Society as an internal traitor and the gods, led by the Dream Celestial Venerable, exerting influence, the technology leak was simply uncontrollable. It was better to exchange some outdated technology for some benefits.

The so-called "Technology Proliferation Prevention Act" is actually a way to increase leverage in exchange for benefits.

Furthermore, the regent of the Song Dynasty is actually their BOSS, namely the current Prince Lin Rui of the 'Abyss of Heaven'.

This person used some unknown method to keep the Song Dynasty and the Eastern Abyss completely unaware of his true identity, granting Lin Hao the authority of an emperor.

No! It was the power that surpassed even the emperor that allowed Lin Hao to boldly reform the corrupt politics of the Song Dynasty.

At that very moment, the medical battleship, the Divine Doctor, beneath their feet had already entered a giant dock platform that was three thousand meters high.

At this moment, dozens of massive robotic arms extended out and lifted and gripped the one-kilometer-long battleship, causing the ship to shudder slightly.

Sima Lin stood up from his seat: "Let's go, I saw the Grand Astrologer of the Eastern Continent at the dock."

As he said this, a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Sima Lin had actually shifted the focus of his alien work to the first underground city on Tianji Star, which the Earth Federation was building beneath the surface, more than half a year ago. It was the first underground city built by the Earth Federation by pooling the resources of various states, imitating the underground farms of the Church of Light, and located 10,000 kilometers below the surface. It was also the first colonial city within Tianji Star.

This was unimaginable before. Building a colonial city deep underground would be a huge problem, not to mention dealing with the pollution and demonic transformation of the 'Light of Purgatory'. They would also have to contend with the suppression and attacks from the gods.

Therefore, in 800 years, the Federation has only managed to develop one island overseas, Shenji Island, which is guarded by the Divine Eagle Brigade and has only land equivalent to two counties in the Eastern Continent.

Now, they not only have the Earth Federation's own god, the Lord of Light, for protection, but they can also resist the erosion of the Light of Purgatory by building the Glorious Altar and introducing priests of the Church of Light.

Their Lord of Light has always suppressed the Earth Federation's colonization of the surface of Tianji Star, but has strongly supported the Federation's plan to develop underground no-man's-land.

The Federation has built 22 magnificent altars near the farm of the Church of Light, opened up an underground farm with a diameter of 3,000 kilometers and a height of about 200 kilometers, divided into ten levels, and the urban area has a population of 2.2 million.

Therefore, for the past six months, Sima Lin has spent most of his time in the First Underground City.

Although the Great Song Star Port is also very developed, no different from the fourteen base cities, Sima Lin still feels more comfortable living in the human's own urban area.

The key advantage is that over there, one can directly access and study the Light of Purgatory and the demons of Purgatory; the research conditions are much better than those on Starport.

The reason his alternate body returned to the starport today with many biological scholars on the ship was actually because he was entrusted by Lin Rui to carry out an important transaction related to the Eastern Abyss.

As Sima Lin thought about the details of the deal, a wave of emotions surged within him.

He just couldn't understand how Lin Rui had gained the trust of the Eastern Abyss.
When Sima Lin reached the battleship's hatch, the alloy hatches connecting the battleship to the dock platform had already been opened one after another.

But at that very moment, a red light suddenly flashed inside the warship, a piercing alarm sounded, and a screeching sound of metal tearing came from the direction of the trade zone.

At this moment, the Grand Celestial of the Eastern Continent, who was standing alone on the dock waiting, frowned slightly and looked into the distance where the ethereal energy was bursting out intensely.

His pupils instantly reflected distorted spatial ripples, and seventeen dark purple cracks suddenly bloomed at an altitude of ten thousand meters, like wounds torn open by invisible claws.

"Attention! Attention! Space anchor overload!" An alarm blared over the loudspeaker: "High-dimensional energy is interfering. All personnel are advised to evacuate."

The Grand Master of the Eastern Continent's face instantly turned extremely ugly. He had already seen twelve dockworkers unloading cargo at the nearby No. 9 high-altitude dock suddenly freeze.

At this moment, the skin beneath their work clothes showed spiderweb-like golden lines, and their spines crackled like popping beans.

One of them suddenly looked up, his eyes blazing with dark red flames, and six bone wings emanating flowing lava pierced his back.

The containers that were originally loaded with crystal ore exploded, and hundreds of tons of high-purity energy crystals converged into a scarlet spear of light at the demonized claws.

Several others had festering skin, their fingernails grew out of shape like swords, their spines pierced their backs and grew into barbs, and their hands scratched black cracks in the air.

"—Attention! It's the Eighth Realm Corrupting Soul Demon!"

Some guards in the distance exclaimed in surprise, and they all put on their exoskeleton armor and assumed a defensive posture.

To the Grand Astrologer's slight relief, although the incident was sudden, the Starport Defense Force responded swiftly and in an orderly manner.

First, the force field shields of each high-altitude dock unfolded layer upon layer, and the star-destroying cannon array of the air fortress responded immediately. 288 blue and white beams pierced through the clouds, instantly vaporizing the three-headed demon that was wantonly destroying the port facilities, as if divine punishment had descended upon the world.

Just a breath later, more than twenty experts at the Dragon Transformation level gathered near the dock and surrounded the mutated demons.

The protective shield, with a diameter of 560 kilometers in the air, also closed at this moment, firmly suppressing the spatial rift.

The Grand Master of the Eastern Continent's expression softened slightly. He was both satisfied with the Starport troops' good training and extremely annoyed by the mastermind behind this demonic change.

He let out a barely audible snort of anger, turned around and extended his hand to Sima Lin: "Welcome, Professor Sima and all the academicians! Our department has long been impressed by your expertise in biotechnology and bioengineering, and we have high expectations for you."

He paused, then asked, "Regarding the deal between my deity and the Lord of Light, I wonder if Professor Sima and the other academicians are aware of the details?"

The academicians behind them were discussing the matter in a temporary group chat they had created using quantum communication.

"This must be the work of the Undying Dragon Lord, right?"

"Who else could it be? Only the Undying Dragon Lord has the ability to transform an ordinary dockworker into an eighth-realm demon."

"This has become the norm. It is said that the Undying Dragon Lord will harass the Great Song Star Port and major cities in the Eastern Continent every two or three days. Now the troops on the Great Song Star Port side have also been trained."

"Currently, the Lord of Darkness and the Celestial Venerable of Hope, two of the three gods of Purgatory, are fighting with the Lord of Devouring for control of the Southern Continent. They are fighting fiercely there, with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The Purgatory army below the Abyss is mainly commanded by the Undying Dragon Venerable. Since He cannot push forward from above, He has no choice but to harass them in this way."

"It is actually a good strategy. It is said that the Eastern Abyss and the Song Dynasty's regent are having a lot of trouble. They need to keep a large number of elite troops and experts stationed in major locations. The Song Dynasty's growing national strength is all being spent on this."

"It can't be said that all the losses are on this. This year, the entire Song Dynasty has reduced taxes three times and has completely eliminated the fire tax. The lives of the people of the Song Dynasty are much better, so there are fewer demons. The Undying Heavenly Venerable can only use His power to forcibly stimulate them."

“Not bad! In the past three years, the number of martial arts practitioners in the Song Dynasty has nearly doubled, and many demonic transformations can be easily dealt with by the local authorities.”

Just then, they heard Sima Lin reply to the Grand Astrologer with a solemn expression: "Before setting off, the Lord of Light instructed me to create alien bodies for His Highness the Eastern Abyss, to design and create human alien body suits for Him."

At that moment, all the accompanying academicians looked at Sima Lin with astonishment and shock.

They were sent to Starport by the Lord of Light and the Academy of Sciences to carry out a major scientific research mission. However, none of them expected that this mission would be to create an alien body for the gods!
(End of this chapter)