My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 634: Chapter 379: ”Moon Palace Dream-Building”, ”Celestial Calculation Energy Technology Group

The environment was clean now, but it was impossible to even cook with an open flame at home.

Then, some overseas Shelters would post videos of people burning firewood in fireplaces, their homes filled with neatly stacked logs. People back home would watch these with great envy.

In reality, those Shelters couldn’t even guarantee a stable power supply at times, still relying on antiquated diesel or gasoline generators left over from the past.

Such relics were nowhere to be found in City No. 03. If any existed, they might turn up in the corner of a museum.

People often froze to death abroad, but that was virtually impossible here. Every Underground City had central heating; even the streets were temperature-controlled with precision.

If not for the need to simulate the changing of the seasons, the Underground Cities could have even maintained a constant year-round temperature.

Then there was the holographic ecological dome.

The residents of many cities had previously envied City No. 03 for its advanced technology, which allowed them to enjoy blue skies, white clouds, and the changing weather of all four seasons. Now, every city was implementing this technology.

At the same time, controlling this equipment required each city to build an ”Earth Calculation Center” to process the massive amounts of data. This was a textbook case of leveraging public works for private gain; Jiang Cai’Er was using the opportunity to build her ”Clones” in every Underground City.

Although her influence had already managed to permeate other cities, the available Computing Power there was insufficient, unable to compare with Supercomputing Centers like City No. 03 and the Moon.

For a Digital Life, what was most important? Naturally, it was the amount of available Computing Power.

Additionally, the ”Li Family Treasure Vault” was made to benefit all the Underground Cities, and Li Xiang had also taken the time to personally forge a large quantity of Extraordinary Weapons and Battle Armor.

After all, Extraordinary Items were incredibly difficult to come by.

It was also worth mentioning that upon her return, Luo Feifei had brought him some ”local specialties” from the Cyan Spirit Star Realm: a collection of ancient texts she had gathered there using the influence of the Frost Ash Alliance.

Among them was the Artifact Refining Technique, which primarily involved using special metals—as well as the limbs, organs, carapaces, and claws of Space Exotic Beasts—to craft Extraordinary Items.

It just wasn’t as quick as Li Xiang’s Crystal Gold Armor.

Li Xiang absorbed the best parts, drew parallels, and came to understand the secrets of using Exotic Beast parts to craft Extraordinary Items. His Crystal Gold Armor technique reached a new level, and his selection of materials became far more diverse.

Furthermore, artifact refining courses were added to high school and university curricula to cultivate specialized Artifact Refiners. The moment this major was announced, it was instantly sought after by students everywhere.

There were many other new, popular majors as well, such as Spirit Plant Cultivation led by Zhao Xueqing, Shipborne Weapons Engineering led by Jiang Cai’Er, and Controllable Nuclear Fusion and Materials Science. These were all top-ten majors with excellent employment prospects.

Not only was the pay generous and job placement guaranteed, but the work was also prestigious and conferred high social status.

Li Xiang summoned the leader of each Underground City for an individual meeting.

Following these meetings, he made appropriate adjustments to the personnel appointments and dismissals in each Underground City.

This was only to be expected.

A new ruler brings in their own court. It has been this way since ancient times.

Having dealt with these miscellaneous affairs, Li Xiang entered seclusion to cultivate.

「Three months later.」

He achieved new insights in his cultivation, and with his help, Erin, Chiba Yuki, the Twin Gouyu, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui all stepped into the Divine Tier one after another.

However, to reach the Divine King Realm, they would first need to reach the Peak of Divine Tier at Tier Thirty-Eight. Once they did, Li Xiang would take them into space one by one to find suitable asteroids or moons to facilitate their advancement.

As for Jiang Cai’Er, he didn’t need to worry about her too much.

Jiang Cai’Er had already begun a massive construction campaign. With one Supercomputing Center being built after another, her ascension to the Divine King Realm was only a matter of time.

She planned to build three new production lines for Quantum Computers in every Underground City, including Guanghan City and Jade Rabbit City on the Moon. This pulsed, fully automated production would eliminate the need for transportation.

This was an intelligent production method based on digital technology, capable of integrating, coordinating, and optimizing every process on the production line to improve both efficiency and quality.

The entire production line had not a single human worker—it was run completely by robots and robotic arms.

These automated production lines would operate at full capacity, day and night. Any surplus of the resulting ground-based Quantum Computers and Space-Based Computing Satellites would be stored as reserves.

After all, safe locations were currently limited. The demand would truly explode once Li Xiang became the Master of Earth. If they didn’t ramp up production now, they feared they wouldn’t be able to keep up when the time was right.

Of course, production was happening in parallel with iteration. Nearly every three months, the performance of the Quantum Computers improved significantly. They became smaller, their Computing Power grew stronger, and their energy consumption was further optimized.

Li Xiang always made sure to share his attention equally, so he also took the time to visit Luo Feifei on Ceres. He spent a day with her, updating her on the events on Earth and the recent news about her mother. However, Luo Feifei was busy with her Fusion with the Heart of Ceres, so Li Xiang didn’t stay long.

The journey there had taken him five or six days of Flying on his own, but for his return, Luo Feifei tore open a Space Passage and sent him back, allowing him to reach Earth in an instant.