Time is like sand, passing quietly in the smoke of war.

It is the beginning of May in the fourth year of the wasteland calendar.

The eastern front finally ushered in a rare period of rest and recuperation. After withdrawing its troops for 200 kilometers, the aliens retreated another 50 kilometers, completely hiding their effective forces in the layers of mountains and canyons.

Taking this opportunity, the Nova Corps also chose to retreat, and the two sides opened a 100-kilometer front as a buffer zone.

It must be said that the intensive war that lasted for eighty days was a difficult test for both sides.

But fortunately, humans finally resisted the pressure and had the last laugh.

The battle report statistics were compiled on the fifth day after the truce.

In this super war named 'Battle of Foothold', the alien race paid an extremely heavy price, with battle losses reaching an exaggerated 2.7 million.

On average, nearly 35,000 aliens died on the front line every day, and this number was almost the total number of alien tribes in the rear.

On the human side, the battle damage figures are much better, but 230,000 people still died.

The list of victims was sent back to the General Administration of Humanity in Longqi on the same day, and officials began to pay condolences one by one.

Those who still have family members in the wasteland will be sent to live in Yusanjia territory or Tianyuan territory, with generous subsidies.

If the family is not around, a corresponding foundation will be established in the hero’s name to provide poverty relief and leave his name in history.

With such perfect protection, the third large-scale conscription was launched again.

Responders gathered.

In less than half a month, nearly three million people were recruited from all over the wasteland to join the army.

The number of soldiers of the Nova Corps also jumped from 5 million to 8 million. Even compared to the 12 million soldiers of the alien race, there is not much difference in paper strength.

Same day.

A piece of news that shocked the wasteland came again from Tianyuan, instantly igniting heated discussions in all territories of the wasteland.

"Have you heard that the fourth industrial revolution press conference hosted by Su Shen will be held at the end of the month!"

"I've known it for a long time. My good friend is from the Tianyuan Territory. He told me about a press conference more than ten days ago, but he didn't say what new technology would be released specifically."

"I heard that they are going to release a super weapon, the kind that can kill aliens with one shot."

"Weapons? Are weapons considered the fourth industrial revolution?"

"I don't know. After we fight the aliens, don't we still have to fight those alien ancestors? We must have weapons."

"Nonsense, why did I hear that it's pure technology? Where did you all get this gossip?"

As the largest connecting terminal in the wasteland, the Dragon Flag Territory's leading terminal, with a daily throughput of tens of thousands of ships, has always been the most well-informed place.

However, today, it was rare that no dock workers discussed those gossips, and everyone focused on the press conference.

Especially when the ship flying the Tianyuan flag docked, dozens or hundreds of people immediately surrounded it.

While helping to unload the goods, I also asked for first-hand information.

It's a pity that it's late in the evening and there is still no definite news. No one knows what kind of new technology will be released at the press conference.

It lasted until mid-May, when major territories with a population of more than half a million people started to get wind of it.

All the broadcast equipment shipped from Tianyuan Territory to various territories has been put in place and will soon enter the installation and debugging phase.

When the press conference is held, the broadcast equipment will simultaneously receive the picture signal from Tianyuan.

By then, you only need to attend this grand event to witness the outbreak of mankind's fourth industrial revolution!

As soon as this news was released, the discussion that stayed at the gossip level was immediately pushed to meaningful analysis.

Every day, countless experts pop up on the World Channel, trying to analyze the existing information and guess in advance what kind of new technology will be launched in the Tianyuan Territory.

As more and more "experts" speculated, Tianyuan Territory simply joined forces with large territories to hold a guessing game.

Everyone has a chance.

As long as you guess the answer correctly, you will have a chance to receive a physical reward personally issued by the Tianyuan Territory and the human God Su.

Damn it, is this even a big deal?

Some of the lords who were watching the fun couldn't help but feel excited when they were treated like this.

Especially those territories with a population of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands were plunged into madness.

Tianyuan Academy of Sciences.

"Are we being too aggressive? The new equipment has not been tested on such a scale yet?"

Lu Kuan looked over hesitantly, but what he received was Sumo shaking his head decisively.

In front of the two people was a huge wall of monitors, which recorded the status of server installation in each territory.

Yes, this grand event must not only be made public to the world, but also be made public in a virtual way.

As long as you are within the influence of the virtual realm, you can directly enter the press conference and watch it on the same frequency.

Considering the huge pressure brought by the entry of more than one billion people at the same time, Lu Kuanchou could not sleep well for many days and had been leading people to conduct crazy tests.

But as the person who proposed this idea, Sumo didn't have too many worries.

This is Virtual Realm 3.0 that he upgraded with a total of 240,000 technology survival points. If it cannot withstand the concurrent pressure brought by more than one billion people, it will be too rubbish!

In fact, according to the identification results, Virtual Realm 3.0 is fully sufficient to support mergers with a scale of less than 20 billion.

In other words, even if the population of the earth were ten times larger, there would be no problem.

"Don't worry, even if there are any unexpected problems, at most it will be invisible to the press conference, and it will not cause any substantial impact. The harm is completely controllable."

Sumo comforted, "But such a large-scale test environment is rare. We need to seize the opportunity to collect as much data as possible to improve it. The virtual realm in the future will be one of the most important technologies for humans on earth."

A single virtual realm can at most become a distribution center for human beings to communicate around the world.

However, with the addition of extremely powerful real world technology, humans can be completely transformed into real players.

Enter virtuality through reality, and then project reality through virtuality.

Under the double cycle, human beings will completely avoid the greatest disadvantages and convert them into advantages.

Lu Kuan was helpless.

As a researcher, it is absolutely impossible for him to agree to such a test with an even success and failure rate.

But as the dean of Tianyuan Territory Academy of Sciences, he understands the significance of this test to mankind better than anyone else, so naturally he cannot say a word "no".

"You are the lord, it's up to you to decide."

"Isn't that right? Human God Su will be responsible for any consequences. If they want to scold me, they can scold me."

Sumo smiled freely.

The so-called industrial revolution will naturally completely change the current way of life of mankind and reverse the development path.

To some extent, it is not an exaggeration to say that it has directly changed the technological tree of mankind.

Such a sudden and great progress, with some innocuous episodes in the middle, may actually form a good story in the eyes of later generations and be passed down through the ages.

Lu Kuan didn't answer and pointed out the window, "The venue was set up yesterday. Let's go and take a look later?"

"Okay, I just want to warm up in front of you in advance so that I don't get into trouble by then."

puff.

Lu Kuan couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

Who would have thought that human Su Shen would still be worried about his poor performance in the press conference at this critical juncture?

"Don't worry. This is a moment that changes everyone's destiny. Even if you stand there and read the manuscript, they won't care."

"That's so insincere. I can't go to the battlefield. I always have to give my best in a place like this."

Sumo waved his hand, lowered his head and continued to polish the speech for the day of the press conference.

At noon, after having lunch in the cafeteria of the Academy of Sciences, the two of them walked to the so-called "main venue".

The main venue was built above Tianyuan Underground City.

The original first floor of the underground city was moved underground by Somo through the shelter upgrade, freeing up the construction location.

After much discussion, the architectural form of the venue was determined to be a spiral tower.

Twenty floors have been built so far, with a height of 100 meters. From a distance, it looks like a giant dragon winding and circling, pointing straight into the sky. Its 100-meter-long body shines with a soft and mysterious luster in the sun.

"The construction bubble that can be rated as an interstellar system is expensive to build and cost me 80,000 technology survival points to upgrade, but the effect is really worth it!"

Sumo squinted his eyes and looked at this tall tower that was about to be built into the third wonder of civilization.

One hundred meters is just the beginning of this "Tower of Babel".

In the future, it will be expanded all the way up until it reaches the upper limit of the interstellar bubble of 5,000 meters.

As a wonder of civilization, with such an exaggerated foundation, Soma could already imagine what powerful attributes the Babel Tower would be endowed with.

Perhaps this can truly be called a wonder of civilization.

As the two people gradually approached, the grandeur and detail of the tower began to be fully visible.
To be continued...