Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 410 365: Da Xuan’s Black Technology
The temperature of the entire city gradually dropped.
But the battle also damaged a large number of engines, and the harsh cold from the high altitudes was the first to seep into the city. A layer of frost formed on the roads, while the underground districts turned warm.
Following the battle, the ultimate ruler of that land was determined—Steel Eagle City had completely lost its qualifications to hunt and mine in that territory.
Not quite a stray dog, but similar to an eagle plucked of its feathers.
Steel City was fleeing the land, flying towards a tranquil central sea area.
Like a perfect jade disc, it was nestled in a pale blue plain, with countless large and small silver streams dividing the plain into irregular areas, pumping vitality to the jade heart in the center like veins.
By the coast of Jade Heart, there was Falling Flower Swamp.
Steel Eagle City finally settled in the wetland full of strange flowers, with the city's foundations embedded deep in the thick mud.
The people of the underground districts had just spent a few more comfortable days than the upper-class due to the temperature difference when a great deal of mud seeped into the city's underground areas. It caused their living and work zones to be permeated with the stench of decay, as if they were a nation inhabiting a swamp tribe.
"This is infuriating, have they taken us for Lizard People? Choosing such a place to land, they never considered people like us," an old lady from the towntown vehemently cursed.
The villagers from Huaguo Village had also gathered, sighing and moaning. They yearned ever more for their former farming days, now they lived in a colossal, swamp-drenched, scrap-iron house, enduring not just industrial pollution but also being forced to accept the rot of the swamp.
"After all, we were defeated. Many functions of the city are damaged, and there will be plenty of work ahead. Even getting a few good nights' sleep would be a luxury," someone said.
"Thankfully our Mayor is wise and valiant, helping Steel Eagle City out of its predicament. Had we been devoured by that terrifying Hell City, our fate would have been even more dismal," another person remarked.
While the towntown residents were talking, a team of uniformed sheriffs arrived. One of the officers, who had a blue feather on his head, took out a document and read it earnestly.
"Due to the outstanding contributions made by your administration in this battle, everyone will be promoted to the surface, allowed to establish your own town in the new district, and manage the supply of agricultural products to the city. Workers with technical skills can work in Feather Tower."
Once the reading was over, smiles appeared on the faces of the towntown residents.
They had just been praising the Mayor's wisdom and bravery, and now, because of his performance, all of them had been promoted.
They would no longer have to work in the dim underground factories and could now bathe in sunshine and breathe fresh air!
The people immediately packed up and left the district with the sheriffs.
Reconstructing a small town is a very quick process; the dark matter ripple is like a super-space 3D printer. After entering the virtual data of the original Prison Town, the scale and layout of the entire town would be instantly holographically projected onto that land.
The holographically projected town model looked like an intricate module. Next, you just needed to inject the corresponding materials into the module.
Dark matter ripple would carry all the material particles, each having a fixed formula—how much soil, how much rocky particles, how much metal, how much wood, how much mixture...
This is why larger cities are constantly devouring the smaller villages and towns. Villages and towns have inhabitants, and where there are people, there you find a concentration of these processed material particles. They might contain metallic mineral substances, or have a wealth of timber, or have solid rocks and stones. All civil engineering under their current technology turns into a kind of computing power, a kind of energy. There's no need to build manually, to lay roads, or to erect structures.
And often, people are engaged in the blind spots where these technologies have not reached—roles that cannot be contaminated, cannot have industrial viruses or dark matter radiation exposure. Of course, when dark energy is not abundant, it relies on a massive workforce to output energy.
Most of the work in the underground factory districts can actually be solved with dark energy, but dark energy is not infinite. When it's time to rely on manpower, the city also conserves energy.
Clearly, the residents of Prison Town being able to gain new, planned land wasn't because they worked hard, but simply because the Mayor, Levi, had made a significant contribution in the battle.
Seeing familiar houses, familiar streets, and familiar people, the residents of the small town were moved to tears. Although they could not be as free as before, being dependent on this steel giant city, at least they finally returned to the original life environment and could engage in the work they liked and were familiar with.
"These two lads, they really do have some skill," Ding Di said with a hint of a smile on his face as he returned to his Herbal Garden and plant-based house.
Little Fengfeng and her mother could continue making their jam.
The villagers who had toiled in agriculture all their lives could finally pick up their hoes, bathe in the sunlight, and breathe in the sweet fragrance of wildflowers. As soon as the day darkened, they could head home to rest.
The town was revived, but the towering prison was no more.
With a large chunk missing in the middle, it had become a vast empty space in the town, leaving the subordinates of Mayor Levi out of a job, bereft of corresponding work.
The prison could not be restored for the time being, as all the prisoners had been detained in the biological battery factory.
Wu Hen and Levi hadn't returned to the rebuilt town right away because they needed to visit the biological battery factory and fight to retrieve the prisoner resources as well.
All the prisoners were on the Da Xuan wanted list with internal bounties. Levi had painstakingly accumulated a prison full of prisoners, about to receive a large sum of rewards from his superiors and apply for a higher law enforcement position. However, the interference from Steel Eagle City meant his years of hard work were in vain.
"This biological battery is also a dark technology of Da Xuan that has met with a ban from the entire Cang Chu Divine Realm, but it's undeniable that this technology can have miraculous effects at critical moments," Levi told Wu Hen.
"Is there a power that can make your Da Xuan Dynasty bow its head?" Wu Hen asked.
"It's not a matter of bowing down, but every ruler who attains a position of power within the Cang Chu Divine Realm must maintain a facade of love, benevolence, and nobility befitting a high-dimensional civilization. The biological battery technology, being unsuitable for public view, and the living cities that rose to power utilizing it, are doomed to never compete in the wider cosmos," Levi said.
"So, are we now going to get our prisoners back?" Wu Hen inquired.
"Those who are still alive, we bring back if we can. After all, some prisoners' circumstances are similar to yours; they are just unfamiliar with Da Xuan's laws. I promised them a fair trial once we reach the city... Plus, my main occupation is still the prison; it's the field I excel in. The Prison City is actually very strong, as long as my system can be perfectly implemented and obtain sufficient resources," Levi said.
Wu Hen nodded; if the Prison Town were to develop into Prison City, its combat capability would not be inferior to that of Steel Eagle City, after all, those prisoners needing reformation often possess abundant energy, which is also a precious resource.
"But isn't this technology perfect for you? You control the prison, and for those excessively cruel criminals to repay everything with just a single peanut, isn't that letting them off too easily? The biological battery technology could let them experience the pain of their crimes and also benefit the living law-abiding citizens. I think this technology could replace the death penalty," Wu Hen said.
"Yes, this technology could indeed replace the death penalty, even gain popular support, as some criminals truly deserve to die. However, there's a prerequisite; the prerequisite is that the technology's controller must be a Saint Judge—a person capable of delivering judgments without the slightest error, able to guarantee no one is wrongfully convicted. Such Saint Judges are rare in the world, but those who are intent on using this technology for personal gain, deliberately causing wrongful convictions, imprisoning competitors, and exploiting the public for benefit are as numerous as hairs on a cow... For the extremely vicious criminals, we can come up with more ways to punish them. To make innocent people who have suffered undeserved calamities endure such inhuman punishment is indeed the greatest sin we prison managers can commit, even using the biological battery to carry it out would be too lenient," Levi articulated his philosophy with great sincerity.
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He had his own philosophy of prison management; even though the biological battery technology could, in fact, be the most advantageous invention for him as the Prison Director, Da Xuan's laws didn't have much about prisoners' rights, and he could use it to quickly strengthen his Prison Town.
But as a mature ruler, he could not just consider himself and the present.
Wu Hen silently nodded as he followed behind Levi.
This old man was indeed a rare person in the otherworldly realm with his own convictions and could be a very reliable cosmic ally.
"Prison Director... Prison Director!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice came through, compressed by something, yet still conveying a strong urgency.
Wu Hen and Levi looked over to find a man, gaunt as a skeleton, soaked in cyan liquid within a transparent tank, looking like a zombie under research with a clear crystalline tube inserted into the back of his skull!
Wu Hen recognized after a long look that this man was the principled killer!
The prisoner from Cell No. 7.
"Execute me now! Prison Director, execute me now!" pleaded the killer from Cell No. 7.
Levi frowned.
Steel Eagle City had been defeated, the entire city encountering massive damage, and with the inability to hunt after sustaining injuries, they would soon enter an energy depletion period.
The residents of the upper sanctuary districts would not tolerate Steel Eagle City's energy reserves running low, so the biological battery factory would certainly have to start up at this time!
This meant that all the prisoners previously detained in Prison Town had become the most humiliating biological batteries, paying the price for the entire Steel Eagle City's defeat!
