Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm-Chapter 697 - 402, World Core_3
The Super Crystal Battery made from Energy Copper is a prime example, with electric cars using it able to drive thousands of kilometers on a single charge.
However, Great Xia cannot even meet domestic demand, let alone export it, or rather can only export a very small portion.
So many factories in Dongli Kingdom can continue to "survive" for a while.
The factory Yang Fan is observing now precisely manufactures automobile parts.
Due to the city-wide blackout, this company was also not spared, and then the frost disaster struck, freezing everyone inside into corpses stiff as boards.
But not everyone died.
Yang Fan's gaze locked beyond space onto a corpse in the office.
The body was curled up in the corner, clutching a heater closely, with hands wrapped around a conspicuously raised abdomen, covered entirely in a thin layer of frost.
This was clearly a pregnant woman.
A few seconds passed.
The corpse's abdomen suddenly moved slightly, seemingly imperceptibly.
Yang Fan's expression turned a bit peculiar: "Is this possible?"
He immediately activated the Star Mark and contacted Wen Zehan remotely.
Wen Zehan took one look and was shocked: "Is the fetus about to mutate into a monster?"
Yang Fan spoke more precisely: "Before the pregnant woman was about to die, she harbored an extremely strong willingness to protect the fetus, her soul even merged with it, then they were cursed and transformed into a monster together."
Wen Zehan was startled: "Is this even possible?"
The senior researcher watched for another moment, drawing a sharp breath: "This monster seems quite formidable."
Yang Fan nodded with a "Hmm".
One minute later.
The pregnant woman's physical structure underwent a massive change.
Her limbs became exceedingly thin, only skin and bones were left, while her belly grew disproportionately large.
Her legs twitched a few times, and she somehow shakily stood up.
"Poof!"
Her belly burst open.
But no blood flowed out, only a completely white monster emerged.
Its body favored a human shape, its features were intensely twisted, covered in a layer of frost-like fur.
Its abdomen jutted out, exposing an upside-down small head, appearing extremely creepy.
Wen Zehan's voice changed: "What is this monster?"
Yang Fan shook his head: "I don't know."
He shifted his tone: "But I know this mother-baby monster will spawn offspring, and it spawns incredibly well."
Wen Zehan was somewhat puzzled: "Spawn offspring?"
The senior researcher soon understood the meaning of "spawning offspring."
He watched as the mother-baby monster approached another corpse, its abdomen swelling suddenly.
The upside-down small head opened its mouth, ejecting a slick and ultra-long tongue, piercing the corpse's belly at once.
Within a breath.
The corpse twitched slightly, rapidly sprouting white fur all over, stiffly standing up incredibly.
For the first time, Wen Zehan saw such an eerie beast, involuntarily bursting out with profanity: "Holy!"
He immediately realized it was improper to act this way before the bigwig, quickly apologizing: "Sorry, Mr. Ghost."
Yang Fan chuckled: "It's okay."
Five minutes later.
All the hundreds of bodies in the factory were transformed into white-furred monsters.
Seemingly guided by the mother-baby monster's will, they didn't wander about but quietly lurked within the factory.
Yang Fan softly said: "I can sense them hating all living things."
Wen Zehan swallowed hard, his tone tinged with shock: "Dongli People might have big trouble on their hands."
Yang Fan smiled: "I think this is not a bad thing."
From Dongli Kingdom's perspective, it's a very bad thing.
But from Great Xia's perspective, it's actually a good thing.
How many Dongli People die has nothing to do with the Great Xia People.
The more serious Dongli Kingdom's event becomes, the more justification Great Xia has to intervene.
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Great Xia Capital.
Great Xia National Museum.
The final stop of Yang Fan and Ling Shuiling's visit to the capital is the Great Xia National Museum.
This museum is the largest in Great Xia, covering an area of over 200,000 square meters.
The museum houses more than 1.5 million items, spanning from ancient times to modernity.
Before the Age of Calamity, Great Xia National Museum was an extremely popular tourist destination; however, it was very difficult to book a ticket without fast hands.
After the calamity era struck, the Great Xia National Museum was briefly closed for two months.
But Great Xia, relying on its super organization skills, soon restored domestic order, and the Great Xia National Museum reopened to the public.
The reopened museum catered to historical trends, adding a new exhibition hall named "Supernatural Era".
This hall houses numerous exhibits related to supernatural events, currently numbering over three thousand items.
For instance, the most significant exhibit is an original stone from the Celestial Mountain, weighing a ton.
The stone is placed in a separate small hall, along with an explanation—this stone fundamentally changed Great Xia's industrial process and its history.
Thus, the Great Xia National Museum remains a popular tourist attraction.
However, with tourism greatly declining, most people are unwilling to travel.
Therefore, those visiting the Great Xia National Museum are mostly from the capital and surrounding regions, with few outside tourists, and the one-ticket-difficult-to-get phenomenon has faded away.
At this moment.
Yang Fan and his girlfriend stand before a rather large ancient Great Xia artifact.
Due to his special status, the Great Xia National Museum has arranged a dedicated female guide for him.
Quite a few visitors followed along, "hitching a ride" on the guide's explanations.
"Mr. Yang, we previously saw the Four Rams Square Zun there, its exquisite level is beyond imagination, but its historical research value isn't considered great, merely one among several treasures of the museum."
The "one among several" was deliberately emphasized.
The female guide paused for a second, then gave the answer: "The reason is that the Four Rams Square Zun doesn't have any writing on its surface."
She pointed to the bronze Furnace in front of them: "The Houmuwu Furnace is different, its inner wall is inscribed with the characters 'Houmuwu', so its status in the cultural relic circle surpasses the Four Rams Square Zun.
"Furthermore, it's the largest and heaviest bronze artifact unearthed so far, 'Muwu' in Houmuwu refers to the posthumous name of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty's consort Fu Jing, whose status is significant, hence it's honored as a national treasure."
The guide concluded with a smile: "In summary, as long as there's inscription on copper, its value becomes extraordinary."
Yang Fan nodded lightly.
The side-by-side listening tourists collectively uttered "Oh," "Is that so?" sounds.
The guide further introduced the origin of the bronze Furnace: "The Houmuwu Furnace underwent quite a complex experience after being unearthed..."
As Yang Fan listened to the explanation, a hint of unusual color appeared in his eyes.
The night when Great Xia Will, Xiaoya, awakened, he vaguely sensed a call from Great Xia's north.
Standing next to the Houmuwu Furnace now, he fully confirmed this as the origin of the calling.
Undoubtedly, this relic is the "World Core" of Great Xia.
Which serves as the repository for Great Xia World Will, possibly one of several.
Considering Xiaoya's current strength, it wouldn't rely on a single repository only, because that's too risky.
If the World Core is destroyed, Great Xia World Will's strength would be affected.
If all World Cores were destroyed, Great Xia World Will would suffer a severe blow.
One crucial condition for Xiaoya becoming the sole World Will of Canglan Star is to destroy the World Cores of other world wills.
Yang Fan was genuinely surprised that Xiaoya chose the Houmuwu Furnace as the World Core.
At this moment.
Two males in black uniforms entered the small hall, quickly striding towards Yang Fan.
Yang Fan promptly noticed, looking towards the two men.
One of the men smiled slightly, lips moved subtly.
Yang Fan heard a sound instantly by his ear: "Chairman Yang, hello! I'm 'Shang Yifeng' of the Jiuzhou Legion."
Shang Yifeng paused, adding: "Your judgment on the frost disaster in Guangren City was entirely confirmed.
"Guangren City produced a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object named Frost Ganoderma, and a rather terrifying monster has recently appeared."
