Chapter 739: New Midtown

Directly north of Zhongcheng, the colorful light was in full bloom over the Xinghe Manor, where Lin Zaishan lived, and the dazzling light flickered for several hours before gradually stopping.

Afterwards, Lin Zaishan and Wu Chaoqun walked out of the cultivation room hand in hand with a spring breeze on their faces, and came to a spacious courtyard where the strong and heavily guarded were gathered. Ye Jingying, Zhang Sanheng and others immediately surrounded them.

Lin Zaishan said with a smile: "I'm very happy, I have successfully promoted to the seventh level!" ”

“Yeah！” Everyone applauded warmly and congratulated one after another, all of them couldn't hide their envy.

Promoted to the seventh level of Star Soul, it is equivalent to crossing the most important threshold that restricts the evolution of human beings in the last days, and opening up endless high-level abilities, which can be described as a step to the sky; Advancing to level 7 also means that you are no longer a helpless lamb to the slaughter when facing powerful enemies such as the Fire Thief, Star Soul Shepherd, and Randa the Witch alone; The seventh-level Star Soul powerhouse is a top person among the human beings in the last days, and he can enjoy infinite privileges and high-quality resources, and he is no longer a mortal, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a subgod or a demigod.

It is extremely difficult to advance to level seven, and it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky. More than 99% of the survivors of the end times, no matter how shrewd, capable, clever, and "decisive" you are, there is no chance at all. But now Lin Zaishan is like an advanced figure, saying that whoever is promoted can be promoted, no wonder everyone is hot.

Lin Zaishan continued: "Wu Chaoqun is my most loyal and reliable brother, and he is also the most powerful and outstanding figure among the survivors of the end times. He was wise, courageous, fearless, pioneering, sacrificing himself to save others, fighting countless times in the most dangerous circumstances, saving thousands of survivors. What's even more rare is: excellent discipline, noble conduct, good style, no bad habits and scandals, which can be called a model of morality in the last days! Chaoqun's promotion to the seventh-level powerhouse this time is due to personal efforts and fruitful contributions, and it is also expected. I hope that everyone will take the excellence as an example in the future, cultivate internally and externally, and strive for self-improvement. I believe that each of you will also have the day to become a seventh-level Star Soul powerhouse! ”

"Good!" Everyone applauded warmly, and then came to congratulate Wu Chaoqun. The latter maintained his usual low-key style and politely returned the salute to everyone.

Ye Jingying waited for everyone to disperse, and asked Lin Zaishan in a whisper: "My dear, when will you promote me to the seventh level?" ”

"Upgrading to a seventh-level Star Soul is not trivial, and if the timing is not right, it will trigger a serious curse. You're not there yet. ”

If an ordinary woman sees that her man does not share this great benefit to herself, she must be furious, and tricks such as "one crying, two troubles, and three hangings" emerge in endlessly, so as not to make the chickens and dogs restless, and the man bows his head and swears not to give up. But Ye Jingying is the type of Bing Xue who is smart, and knowing that Sappo is the next step, will only lower the impression score in Lin Zaishan's mind, so that she will be at a disadvantage in the competition with Caroline, He Annie and other women; Moreover, her nature is more innocent, kind, and pleasant, and she does not like the philosophy of struggle; What's more, if she takes 10,000 steps back, with Lin Zaishan's current ability and status, even if she refuses her request, or even ruthlessly abandons her to find a new love, she is helpless.

With Lin Zaishan, it's not a matter of time before you are promoted to a seventh-level star soul? But in addition to Ye Jingying and He Annie, there are thousands of women waiting in line for Lin Zaishan to be "lucky" and willing to do anything for him. The sensitive Ye Jingying realized this, and couldn't help but be anxious.

There are too many big facts that Lin Zaishan has to worry about, and he doesn't care about the women's careful thoughts at all. At this moment, in his mind, it was completely a set of promotion list sequences considered according to personal cultivation, contribution, and timing. In his opinion, as of now, except for Wu Chaoqun, no one has met the conditions for promotion to a seventh-level Star Soul powerhouse; However, there are many candidates who have reached the critical point of promoting to the sixth level of Star Soul.

The difficulty and cost of upgrading from level 5 to level 6 is much lower, and Lin Zaishan can be carried out uninterrupted and in small batches. According to the list recommended by Lin Fuzi, he successively promoted more than 10 people, including Qin Huanchang, Zhao Feiyan, Gao Dawei, Zhang Sanheng, Luo Weiming, Ai Qishi, Du Zihong, Xiao Sa, Su Ya, and Adele, to the sixth level of star souls.

As for the upgrading and transformation of the fourth to fifth levels, it was completely handed over to Lin Fuzi and Xu Yuxin to implement.

In this way, only on the third day after the victory in the defense of Midtown, the composition and strength of the star soul of the Midtown personnel made a qualitative leap. The mental outlook of the citizens has also changed dramatically, the siege of the city has become a historical topic, and the killing of insects has changed from the previous horrific suicide operation to the daily work of winning military achievements.

In addition to Lin Zaishan busy upgrading and transforming everyone, the sixth-level plus death squad led by Wu Chaoqun would go deep into the territory of the insect swarm every day to kill a large number of insects. After a short rest, the dreadnought team, with more than 100 fifth-level plus star soul people as the backbone, also rushed to the Zerg-controlled area in the outskirts of the city with stronger combat power to launch an attack. The battle front is constantly expanding, and the area actually controlled by Midtown is rapidly increasing.

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In stark contrast to the fierce fighting outside the city, there is an idyllic, thriving and peaceful scene inside the city. Citizens are still immersed in the surprise of the city's overnight transformation, and they linger for a long time looking at the gorgeous buildings and public facilities in the streets, squares, and residences. The new living conditions and working environment have become the biggest topics and topics to talk about besides Lin Zaishan's return, the great victory in the defense of Zhongcheng, Wu Chaoqun's promotion to the seventh level, and the upgrading of a large number of meritorious personnel.

The newly built homes are spacious, sturdy, and ornate enough to accommodate a million people. Of course, the dwellings are not evenly distributed, and the Star Soul level and contribution are the first considerations. Most people can only live in high-rise apartments - although the apartment belongs to the lowest level of housing, but the conditions are really good, each apartment has more than 100 square meters, bedrooms, toilets, living rooms, storage rooms, etc., all kinds of facilities and public services are uniformly deployed by the Lin Fu subsystem, the degree of intelligence is extremely high, and it is completely free.

Of course, the conditions of commercial housing are better, with a living area of about 300 square meters, but applicants are required to be fourth-fifth level star souls.

The single-family villa was only allocated to sixth-level star souls and dignitaries, which exceeded the current expectations of the vast majority of citizens.

And the compound manor is reserved for the seventh-level star soul person, and at present, only Lin Zaishan and Wu Chaoqun have each selected one set, and the rest are all vacant.

There are still a large number of facilities such as the Midtown network port, the residential smart code subnet, the energy injection and supply system, etc., which are not yet fully in place, but the residents of Midtown are already excited, and after appeals and requests, the housing allocation has been completed in a short period of time, and everyone has moved into the matching new houses. Occupancy satisfaction is close to a perfect score.

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The forestry, agricultural, animal husbandry, industrial, and commercial areas of Midtown were also up and running in less than a week.

The forestry area focuses on cultivating two types of intelligent trees: one is the combat type, which is mainly transformed from the original shelterbelt and renamed "Guardian Type I"; The other is the ornamental type, which was created by Lin Zaishan after synthesizing the opinions of all parties with the most advanced star soul technology and abilities, imitating the forms and habits of various ornamental plants familiar to humans before the end of the world, such as pines, willows, palms, chrysanthemums, orchids, lotuses, etc.

The residents of Zhongcheng City are interested in proposing to set up a special kind of "city flower", which should not only be beautiful but also have strong vitality and high practical value, and should be able to be intelligent and friendly with people in ordinary times, and can also defend their homes at critical moments. After Lin Zaishan created this flower, the citizens unanimously named it "Angel Tree". Angel tree grows up to 10 meters high, the flowers are like chrysanthemums, colorful, the temperature is fragrant, it can automatically kill the air, the soil in the pathogens and toxins, can bear fruit all year round, the fruit is big and round, sweet and delicious, rich in nutrients, the kernel is a natural high-energy crystal.

The focus of the agricultural area is on the cultivation of special crops, which are both medicinal and industrial. Medicinal crops can be extracted to make medicines, which can assist the Star Soul technique to cure diseases and save people, and can also make medicinal tea to refresh the mind and improve work efficiency. Industrial crops are mainly used to artificially craft various high-energy crystals, which are the raw materials used to power mechs and many weapons and equipment, and their status has replaced the pre-apocalyptic fuel.

The responsibility of the pastoral area is to raise large livestock, which includes three categories: combat, ornamental and practical. Fighting animals mainly include insects and birds of prey; Ornamental types include pet dogs, pet cats and pet horses; Practical ones include Laborer Horse, Laborer Ox, etc. Minister of Animal Husbandry Wang Chengba himself is extremely fond of pigs, and under his repeated requests, Lin Zaishan has transformed a kind of "smart pig" with moderate size, very low feeding cost and high degree of intelligence, which is included in the ornamental category and can be used as a mount. Due to the 49-day catastrophe, almost all the original livestock in Midtown were wiped out, so the work of the Animal Husbandry Department had to start from scratch, and it had to go through a short period of preparation and growth.

Originally, the main industries set up in the industrial zone were steel processing, new material production, mecha manufacturing, and the production of weapons and ammunition, but after argumentation, the Zhongcheng authorities believed that the industrial application of the latest star soul technology and supernatural abilities could effectively combine the above four types of industries into one system, and collectively called the new mecha industry. In addition to the new mecha industry, it is also necessary to develop new energy industries (such as synthetic crystals) and new medicine industries, and in the near future, the marine industry and space industry should be included in the system.

At present, the commercial area has begun to operate normally, mainly for the retail of weapons and equipment, flowers and trees, livestock, etc. It can be expected that as Midtown becomes more prosperous, more industries will settle in. Health care was originally intended to be classified as commercial, but after discussion, the Midtown authorities decided that universal free health care should be implemented as a basic guarantee, so instead of commercializing health care, it was included in the administrative center.

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Among the planned districts, the administrative center area is undoubtedly the most lively. After the citizens were allocated housing, the crowd that had gathered in the central square for many days was finally evacuated, and Lin Zaishan was able to make room for the renovation of the district.

The renovated town hall is taller, spacious, sturdy and more splendid, with many new buildings and functions. The area of the central square has been expanded several times, and landscape facilities such as flowers, statues, fountains, and lighting have been added to the square, making it the favorite public place for residents of Zhongcheng.

The office buildings of the Ministry of Forestry, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda and other departments are also magnificent, gorgeous and functional. Taking into account the characteristics of each department, the structure and shape of the buildings are different. Wang Chengba, Cao Dacheng, Li Junshuang, Zhou Ruyi, Du Lili and other ministers worked hard to install various accessories and facilities for their office buildings for the sake of the "decency" of the headquarters, which invisibly set off a wave of face competition.

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The military zone is a very special existence. In order to meet the functions of garrisoning and training in peacetime, commanding in wartime and fighting fortresses in critical times, Lin Zaishan is particularly attentive to the construction of military districts.

The Military District is located on the inner side of the Guardian Forest in the northern part of Midtown, next to the Star River Manor. There is a separate fence around the perimeter of the area, and behind the wall is a special combat type wisdom plant. There are dormitories with a capacity of 3,000 people, a comprehensive training ground for joint exercises of multiple medium-sized mecha teams, and an independent air-space integrated monitoring system and combat command system.

Lin Zaishan, as the consul of Zhongcheng, is the commander of the entire army in Zhongcheng, and is also the supreme commander of the military district and the dreadnought. In order to improve efficiency and avoid hidden dangers caused by monopoly of power, Lin Zaishan appointed Sun Zhenghong as the commander of the military district, and moved his office from the Zhongcheng City Hall to the military district headquarters, and gave Sun Zhenghong the main responsibility to be responsible for the management and training of various branches of the military in Zhongcheng, as well as directing the anti-insect battle.

The Dreadnought Squadron was reformed, positioning it as a top armed force directly under the direct command of the consul, reducing the size of the Dreadnought Clan, raising the threshold for joining the Clan, streamlining the administration of the army, selecting and appointing talents, abandoning the original all-encompassing structural system, eliminating logistical support and technical support departments such as diet, clothing, mechas, chariots, medical care, maintenance, propaganda, and reconnaissance, and retaining only the most powerful combatants.

Wu Chaoqun was appointed as the captain of the dreadnought team, the total size of the team was controlled at about 100 people, and there were 10 combat squads under its jurisdiction, and the captain of each squad must be a sixth-level plus star soul, and the members were at least fifth-level strengtheners with rich combat experience and powerful abilities. The dreadnought team is trained in an almost brutal manner, emphasizing self-growth through actual combat and accumulating combat experience on the front line of insect resistance.

In addition to the 3,000 fighters (1,000 in elite units, 1,000 in regular units, and 1,000 in alternate units) and 100 top combat elites in the Dreadnought Corps, the Ministry of Public Security is allowed to maintain a city security force of about 1,000 people.

Under the strong leadership of Lin Zaishan, the authorities in Midtown abolished the slavery and private military system that had prevailed after the end of the world, and forbade any individual or civil society to raise slaves and private armed forces. Wang Chengba, Cao Dacheng, Li Junshuang, Zhou Ruyi and others are not without opinions, but they are all good at judging the situation and knowing that under the current situation in Zhongcheng, the private armed forces and slave forces dominated by fourth- and fifth-level star souls cannot play the slightest role in "guarding the family and nursing home" and "being rampant", so they simply put on a single appearance, and took the initiative to cater to Lin Zaishan and cooperate with the authorities in Zhongcheng.

The Zhongcheng authorities retained and revised the civil team system, requiring each team to be registered, responsible for its own profits and losses, and operated in accordance with the law like a company or social organization, and to accept strict review and management, and strictly prohibit the team from evolving into a private army. For those teams for profit, high taxes are levied, and for teams for public welfare, all aspects of support are given.

Under the new protection system in Midtown, the safety of the city has been better guaranteed. Lin Fuzi's code subnet covers all corners of Midtown, and people in danger only need to walk a short distance in any direction to enter the code subnet and get temporary shelter. Some people even take the initiative to apply for this subnet to be installed in their homes, so that they don't have to worry about being hurt even if they sleep well.

In addition to the code, there are nearly 1,000 vigilantes and more and more intelligent mechs standing guard and patrolling the city. In addition to dealing with external threats such as the Zerg and the Witch Landa, these 1,000 security officers are usually more responsible for coordinating traffic, mediating disputes, or providing citizens with life services such as information consultation and finding objects. Midtown has never been safer and more peaceful than it is now.