LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 234 Sky City - Takeoff!
The tense two months had quietly passed.
The day when Sky City was about to ascend had finally arrived!
It was an ordinary day, filled with sandstorms.
At the crack of dawn, everyone was awakened by the urgent ringing of alarms.
The spicy sand blasted against faces, unable to extinguish the fervor within their hearts.
The propulsion system of Sky City was actually quite ordinary, and the electricity supplied by humans was severely insufficient, causing the flight speed of the city to be very slow.
The force of the sandstorm, on the other hand, was a good supplement.
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Before four o'clock, Lu Yuan got up early, his mood quite good. He wore an exquisite suit left by the Green Grass Civilization, a bit like a tailcoat, with intricate leaf patterns that added a sense of grandeur.
Miss Conch also dressed up nicely, wearing a knitted top with lace around the neck, matched with a floral skirt, outlining her slender waist and full bust.
She even wore a pink flower from the opium poppy on her head, which made her look playful and cute.
"You're not showing your face, so why dress up so nicely?" Lu Yuan glanced several times, as pretty girls were indeed a pleasing sight.
"This scene will be recorded in the Green Grass Paradise for educating future generations!" Miss Conch hopped about, took a small flower and placed it on Lu Yuan's chest, and said with a smile, "Great Commander, let's hope the city won't fall down!"
Lu Yuan immediately reached out with his salty pig hand and messed up her hair, then ran off happily amidst the girl's angry chiding.
Five o'clock in the morning.
All the work groups had already eaten breakfast in the canteen.
Today's canteen lady didn't tremble, and the portions of food were generous.
Everyone was talking and laughing, the air filled with a passionate sense of anticipation.
At five thirty in the morning, the main force had also assembled, old and young alike, all dressed in their best clothes.
Lu Yuan spoke loudly, "Friends, today is the day to check the fruits of our labor. Let us all look forward to the bountiful harvest after our hard work."
"Today, Sky City, officially takes off!"
A wave of cheers spread throughout the city.
The winding vines of the opium poppy extended to every nook and cranny of the city, sprouting green leaves and emitting a faint green luminescence.
The entire legacy of Sky City was piled up in the inner ring.
Whether useful or not, the warehouses were full.
Some large items simply couldn't fit and had to be left in the open.
"Oil reserves, totaling 1.68 million cubic meters."
"Power units running normally!"
"Metal warehouse reserves total 21.82 million tons of metal."
Lu Yuan tallied the assets, which were truly packed to the brim, with no room to spare.
The moment to check the final results had arrived; everyone had worked hard for this day for a year and six months, but whether they could succeed was still an unknown...
"I command that all civilians, except for the work groups, leave Sky City! Temporarily evacuate to the surrounding villages."
"Led by Sha Kan'er, do not leave any people behind on the way!"
"Understood!" Sha Kan'er saluted and rode on the giant insect "Absorber."
Each "Absorber" carried more than a thousand villagers on its back, a mighty sight, moving towards the direction of the village.
This was naturally for safety.
In case the ascension of Sky City failed and it fell from midair, they would have a chance of survival.
"You three follow and watch over them to prevent any accidents."
"I have the ability to protect myself here."
The three Worm Kings bowed slightly: "Yes!"
They flapped their wings and departed.
The "Absorber's" speed in the desert was very fast; in less than half an hour, it had run over thirty kilometers.
The dark mass of people stood on the insects' backs, staring eagerly in the direction of the horizon.
People were nervous yet full of expectation.
Suddenly, Lu Yuan's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "I command... Sky City, Green City, officially ascends!!"
"Countdown, ten seconds..."
"Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
As the countdown ended, this city that had been dormant for four thousand years, at this moment, was fully revived!
"Boom!"
Heaven and earth shattered, the ground trembled.
Vast clouds of dust rose, forming a massive wave of air, spreading out in all directions like a tsunami.
People heard the intermittent conversations of various work groups through the intercom.
"Report! Electrical grid stable... Generator unit, normal!"
"Opium poppy remains stable, energy circuit system, normal."
"Pandora Crystal Stone·Anti-gravity System, officially activated, the gravity of the rocks is being neutralized... Minor abnormal floating phenomena occurred, the ascent speed is a bit unusual."
People's hearts clenched; they didn't understand what "abnormal floating" meant, but they were all anxiously holding their breath.
...
Lu Yuan and the others in the city center were also sweating profusely. It might have been because the energy output was a bit high, causing the city's ascent to be quite rapid, soaring upward like a bird, causing many to collapse on the ground!
The construction of Sky City was a systematic project.
Once the gravity of the rocks was neutralized, the city would be lifted by atmospheric pressure, floating up like a balloon. (Non-rock parts could not be neutralized.)
It was now required to retain a bit of gravity, to keep the city's gravitational force and atmospheric buoyancy relatively stable.
"There was some miscalculation in the original tonnage of the city, reducing the energy output of the anti-gravity system."
"Abnormal floating phenomena are disappearing, current altitude 250 meters... 260 meters... 270 meters."
"The city is now stable."