Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

Lin Mo read the report from beginning to end and formed a general judgment in his mind.

The World Tree brought magical elements from Terra to Earth, and it's not surprising that humans, having lived in this environment for so long, have undergone subtle physical adaptations.

Whether these children will awaken their magical talents or follow a completely different path from the Terra magicians remains to be seen.

Ancient martial arts, superpowers, and even the cultivation of immortality that people often talk about online are all just labels that humans have attached to themselves according to their own culture.

What really matters is whether this change can grow steadily, whether it can be repeatedly verified, and whether it will have any impact on the child's health!

The oldest sample member was less than six months old, so it's too early to draw conclusions.

Lin Mo closed the profile page and casually added a "long-term follow" tag to the project.

Later, I will need to investigate the changes in Terra myself to see if the number of talented geniuses among their various races has increased.

Terra has planted many World Trees now, so it's unreasonable that only Earth has changed; they must have changed too.

Lin Mo looked up and saw that the trees above the commercial street were intertwined, cutting the gray-white sky into irregular areas.

A pale green glow flowed slowly along the veins of the leaves, shielding the entire block from radioactive dust falling from the sky.

Just recently, the World Tree Ecosystem in the Arctic was closed.

The first hundred or so World Trees planted produced a thousand mature seeds, which Daxia planted in the Arctic.

Each tree is equipped with a nuclear power supply device, which allows it to grow rapidly by continuously inputting a large amount of energy.

Looking down from high above, the Arctic surface appears as a network of green dots.

The purification areas of thousands of World Trees are interconnected and have covered most of the city's activity areas.

The surface of the ecological security zone has been officially opened to ordinary residents, who can move freely as long as they wear environmental monitoring and positioning devices.

However, outside the World Tree's coverage area, superstorms, high-radiation zones, and geological disasters still exist.

The so-called openness of the Earth's surface currently only applies to the Arctic ecosystem, and it is still a long way from the point where humans can once again explore the entire blue planet.

After finishing the last bite of the roasted sweet potato, Lin Mo threw the wrapper into the recycling bin next to him.

Just then, the terminal on his wrist vibrated.

A red border appeared; click on it.

[Expeditionary Readiness Order for the Kona Theater]

The Kona civilization's Watchers have requested to continue the mission, and Great Xia has agreed to enter the counter-offensive phase on the Kona civilization's colonies.

[Please have Lin Mo direct and coordinate the high-ranking mages of the Holy Human Race to arrive at the Kona Satellite Base and activate the interplanetary portal.]

Lin Mo stopped in his tracks, his face grave.

Two plainclothes guards behind him noticed his movements, immediately stopped loitering, and quickly approached.

"Sir, what happened?"

Lin Mo lowered his hand, looked up at the bustling commercial street beneath the World Tree, and said:

"We are about to launch a new offensive against the Kona civilization."

"Let's go to Terra first, and ask the Holy Humans to go there as well."

.......

Kona Base.

When the Kona civilization's fleet appeared, the entire starry sky seemed to be filled with steel.

Ten main warships with a length of over three kilometers are distributed around the perimeter of the formation, while a hundred frigates with a length of over one kilometer form the second line of defense.

Thousands of spaceships, each over 100 meters long, shuttled through the area, guarding a five-kilometer-long flagship in the very center.

Views from Kona Satellite's high-orbit observations show dense shadows of ships obscuring a large portion of the starry sky.

The shadow cast by the flagship's bow alone was enough to cover the entire ground defense zone of the Great Xia base.

"Total fleet size confirmed: 1,111 ships."

"No signs of weapon system lock-on were detected. The other side is slowing down according to the agreed route and is expected to enter Kona satellite's outer orbit in thirteen minutes."

Inside the Kona base command center, reconnaissance personnel gave continuous reports.

Zheng Jinren stood in front of the main screen, looking at the Kona flagship that occupied almost a third of the screen, and remained silent for a long time.

The five kilometers on paper is just a number.

Only by seeing the actual object can one understand what these five kilometers mean.

The largest spaceship that Daxia can currently build independently is just over one kilometer in length.

That would require large space docks to produce, and the total length of the internal pipelines and equipment lines alone would exceed tens of thousands of kilometers.

Expanding the spacecraft from one kilometer to five kilometers is not simply a matter of lengthening the hull five times.

The ship's hull materials, structural strength, energy transmission, engine power, heat dissipation capacity, internal communication and control systems all need to overcome new technological hurdles.

With its length increased fivefold, the amount of equipment that can be accommodated inside the ship could potentially increase by tens or even hundreds of times.

If the energy and propulsion systems cannot keep up, such a massive hull will only become an immobile metal castle.

But the Kona flagship in front of us is not only mobile, its maneuverability is even comparable to that of the surrounding kilometer-class warships.

"No wonder the Watchers dared to propose an independent counterattack if we didn't continue to cooperate."

A operations staff officer sighed softly.

"If this fleet had appeared when we landed on Kona Satellite, the base probably wouldn't have lasted even half a day."

He was telling the truth, and no one could refute it.

The Kona civilization was suppressed by the Demon Race for two hundred years and lost most of its colonies and orbital facilities, yet it still retained the ability to build this kind of fleet.

According to the current civilization classification standards of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Kona civilization is already a Level 2 civilization, and its strong artificial intelligence has even reached the threshold of a Level 3 civilization.

If it weren't for the demons' utterly unreasonable high-level combat power, the Kona civilization might not have been driven to the brink of extinction.

The fleet's complete flight path quickly pops up on the right side of the main screen.

According to records from the probes deployed by the Great Xia in deep space, the fleet reached a peak speed of five percent of the speed of light during its journey between the home planet Kona and its satellites.

Before entering the satellite's gravitational field, they began to decelerate over a long distance, and their relative speed has now dropped to within safe limits.

"Five percent of the speed of light, which is about 15,000 kilometers per second."

The technical advisor looked at the data, his tone complex.

"And this may not even be their limit, as the satellites are too close to their home planet."

"If the acceleration distance is increased, the opponent should be able to reach a higher speed."

The current spaceship of Daxia, under ideal conditions without load, can only accelerate to a maximum speed of three percent of the speed of light, which is about nine thousand kilometers per second.

In actual missions, factors such as fuel, deceleration distance, ship load, and steering sensitivity must also be considered, making it impossible to maintain the theoretical maximum speed at all times.

This comparison alone shows that the Great Xia Dynasty is still quite far from being able to truly travel freely in the Heng star system.

However, no one in the command center was discouraged by this.

How long has it been since the Great Xia began developing its interstellar fleet?

It hasn't been many years since the first spacecraft was launched.

Being able to catch up to about 60% of the theoretical speed of the Kona civilization is enough to prove the development potential of the Great Xia.

"The enemy has changed course," the reconnaissance crew suddenly reported.

"The fleet is circling the Kona satellite and will establish an orbit on the back of the satellite. The closest route is 12,000 kilometers away from our independent defense zone."

Zheng Jinren nodded.

The Kona civilization did not forget the agreement between the two parties.

Daxia only transferred control of most of the Kona satellite area; the Kona base and surrounding defense zones remained independent.

No Kona unit may approach the Great Wall facility without permission.

The fact that the Watchers deliberately had the fleet detour indicates that they were not prepared to test the Great Xia's bottom line over such trivial matters.