Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

"God of Holy Light, this is insane!" Kyle was also shocked and murmured.

He had seen Terra's tallest magic tower, the magnificent holy city, and the splendor of the Elven World Tree.

But no matter how magnificent those miracles were, they were ultimately for the purpose of protecting a city, a piece of land, and a race.

The purpose of this machine is to propel a planet!

That's no longer on the scale of a city, a country, or even a continent.

That's the measure of civilization!

This is insane!

The vehicle slowed down as it approached the construction area.

After the outer sentry completed the identity verification, the heavy isolation door slowly opened.

The moment they entered the construction area, everyone immediately felt an atmosphere completely different from that of their home city.

The roaring robotic arms, the flashing warning lights, the constantly moving track-mounted hoisting platform, and the endless steel components.

Heavy engineering robots, ranging from six to over ten meters tall, are distributed in different areas.

Some were responsible for welding the giant skeleton, some for laying energy pipelines, and some used robotic arms to lift components weighing hundreds of tons and then precisely embed them into the predetermined positions.

In the distance, several tracked drilling rigs are working around the engine base, driving fixed structures into deeper strata.

Human engineers, dressed in protective suits with purification features, moved back and forth between the various control consoles.

Although they were few in number, they firmly controlled the rhythm of the entire construction site.

A multi-functional factory can produce, and robots can build, but what truly determines the direction and quality of an engineering project is still people.

Otherwise, if the robot accidentally holds the blueprints upside down, it would be a complete disaster.

No matter how intelligent AI is now, as long as it hasn't reached the level of strong artificial intelligence, it will have bugs to some extent, and many aspects still require human control.

"Commander Lin has arrived!"

An engineering manager in charge of reception quickly came over, and was about to salute when Lin Mo raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't mention it, we're just here to take a look."

"clear!"

The project manager immediately stepped aside, making way for the best position in the observation area.

After everyone stood on the high platform, the scene in front of them unfolded completely.

The bottom of that planetary engine resembled a circular continent covered in steel.

The 30-kilometer-diameter foundation was divided into numerous construction zones, each densely packed with engineering equipment.

Closer to the center is a huge, already formed ring platform, above which a giant load-bearing ring is slowly rising.

The diameter of that load-bearing ring is large enough to cover a medium-sized stadium.

Dozens of engineering robots simultaneously extended their robotic arms, working in conjunction with a track-mounted hoisting system to gradually transport it to the main frame, which is two thousand meters high.

The whole process was extremely slow, yet precise.

"The fourth load-bearing ring is being installed."

The project manager looked at the control panel, his voice brimming with barely suppressed excitement.

"Once this part is completed, the main structure will officially enter the next stage."

"The energy conduit layer, cooling pipe network, and heavy nuclear fusion-related modules will be laid later, but those are all projects that will be completed later."

Thorin stared at the giant load-bearing ring in mid-air, but couldn't see where it was pieced together.

He opened his mouth for a long time, but finally only managed to utter one sentence.

"How did you manage to build something so big?"

The project manager smiled.

"It was through the cooperation of many people and even larger factories that this project came to be today."

The giant load-bearing ring slowly rose until it finally reached the predetermined height and connected with the main frame.

"Click—"

Even from a distance, everyone could still hear a deep yet powerful metallic closing sound.

The surrounding engineers immediately burst into cheers.

Many people looked up at the colossal structure they had helped build, their faces filled with pride.

Fendona stood beside Lin Mo, looking up at the sea of ​​steel lights that kept lighting up, and whispered:

"It looks like a tree without leaves."

Lin Mo was slightly taken aback.

"Tree?"

"Mm." Fendona nodded.

"The World Tree takes root in the earth, spreading out the place of life."

"It also takes root in the earth, but not to grow leaves, but to carry you away from here."

Lin Mo smiled gently.

"When you put it that way, it does seem quite similar."

Thorin, however, had no time for sentimentality.

He stretched out his hand, as if gesturing the size of the engine, and the more he gestured, the more exaggerated his facial expression became.

"The base is 30 kilometers long, and a complete loop is nearly 100 kilometers!"

"Our dwarven race only has its largest mountain city to compare with it, and you actually want to build more than ten thousand of these legendary creations? You Great Xia lunatics..."

Grom listened, completely bewildered.

"One hundred kilometers? How much is one kilometer of the Great Xia Dynasty again?"

He counted on his fingers, finally figured it out, and then his eyes widened in surprise.

Holy crap!!!

Having interacted with netizens on DaXia for a long time using his mobile phone, he also started using this catchphrase.

Upon seeing this, Chen Jianguo's face showed a hint of pride.

I love how naive and unworldly these aliens are.

Fendona suddenly asked curiously:

"By the way, Lin Mo, is my phone broken?"

Lin Mo was puzzled.

"What do you mean? I don't understand."

Fendona took out her phone and pointed at the screen.

The screen displays two times: one is the time in Terra, and the other is the time on Earth.

"I've noticed that the time limit on your Earth keeps increasing, it seems to be a few seconds longer each night?"

Lin Mo was taken aback, but immediately realized what was happening.

Yes! He immediately took out his phone and found that the current time limit had reached 26 hours and 54 minutes.

He was aware of the daily increase in the limit, including the 27-hour time limit.

But now that Fendona has spoken, he realizes that he has been slowly boiled like a frog in lukewarm water, without even realizing it.

Not to mention the 24 hours per day before the cataclysm, after Earth slowed down its rotation again, it became 26 hours per day.

It's only been a year, and it's already almost an hour longer?

He looked at Chen Jianguo, who immediately understood Lin Mo's meaning and explained:

"The rotational deceleration is increasing, and to reflect the urgency of time, our time will be adjusted in real time."

Lin Mo frowned.

"Does that mean that in the future, our days might be 48 hours long, or even longer?"

Chen Jianguo nodded.

"That's right, and what's even more deadly is that we'll be getting closer and closer to the sun, and the temperature will undergo a complex change."

Lin Mo was puzzled.

"Complex? Isn't it just getting hotter?"

Chen Jianguo shook his head and said:

"That's how it is normally, but our atmosphere isn't stable; it's constantly in a process of loss."

"Atmosphere loss will reduce the greenhouse effect."

"This is why Venus is much farther from the sun than Earth, yet it is much hotter."