Zhou Yi traveled all the way to the artificial land area.

Previously, Wu Yi had constructed a 100-meter mud road along the coast, with its endpoint being the relocated elevator building.

Now, using the rooftop of the elevator building as the central plane, a square plot of land had been extended in all directions.

The plot was already filled with soil and some green plants had been planted, making it very noticeable in the snowy weather.

On this square enclave, Bone Man Wu Yi and Minister of Agriculture Zheng Tao were discussing something.

Zhou Yi walked up the stairs all the way.

It was only now that he noticed that Red Kestrel was also there, circling below this suspended plot to inspect.

Zhou Yi found Bone Man Wu Yi: "What's going on here?"

The Minister of Land chuckled: "Chairman, I've moved the soil layer up here."

"During the expansion of the mud road below, I saw the structure of the Wuhu Elevated Bridge and thought, could we model this after the bridge."

"Then I found Nemo. It specializes in tunnels and pipelines, and understands the structure of soil layers best."

Bone Man pointed at his shoulder.

The electromechanical mouse was also there.

"Nemo said, as long as there is sufficient support, the road will not collapse. Later I discussed with it, and we created support columns and bridge piers under the road surface. This way, even heavy vehicles can travel without causing instability."

"We tested it, and it's not much different from the load bearing capacity of Jade Avenue."

"Then a new problem emerged, ultimately, roads are meant to connect different areas, this place would only lead to the Dead Sea, which is of no use. My past life on Floating Island gave me inspiration—Floating Island would be repaired, it is very light, but not only can it bear weight, it can also support the planting of various trees."

Bone Man pointed to the surroundings: "I found Sun Chonglai, it had an idea."

"It said that Mushroom Forest wanted to treat Jade City as a mobile home, planting mushrooms inside it, saving soil layer because each layer can be covered with soil for planting. So, I thought, that's it, this is the purpose of artificial land!"

Wu Yi spread his arms, fingers fluttering: "Using the support island as the core, expanding the suspended soil layer."

"Land is limited, but if we could add new strata high in the sky, it would resolve the issue of insufficient land area. We performed a series of experiments and finally confirmed there were no issues."

"I first created many basic mud tablets, roughly 2 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 10 centimeters thick, and then let them soak in a natural Light Film covering in the Dead Sea. This process was quick."

"Then I moved them out one by one, assembled them on the rooftop, and connected them with Sand Control. Afterwards, I repaired the Light Film connections and assembled a small suspended layer."

He stepped on the suspended layer beneath his feet: "Chairman, its structure is very stable. The Light Film provides strong Death Light support protection, connected with the Dead Sea, and can be continuously expanded."

"Red Kestrel helped me test it, and finally calculated the safety specifications of a suspended layer, which is about 300 meters long and wide, with the height controlled under 100 meters. Converted, such a suspended layer is approximately 10 acres."

"Covering the mud tablet layer with suitable soil, we can proceed with planting. We utilized the silt from the seabed of the Dead Sea, which just needs to be sun-dried to turn into high-quality soil."

"Currently, the thorny grass and papyrus we planted are growing well, faster than those on the surface. Later, we can build more suspended layers above to plant more crops."

"If we encounter a dry season, we can enlist Mechanical City for targeted artificial rainfall, or purchase specialized sprinklers. As for the fertility of the soil layer, the Agricultural Machinery Brothers said they can handle it."

Bone Man spoke with a joyful tone about the development progress here.

Zhou Yi was extremely delighted.

It's like printing land and then connecting it in a modular fashion.

This is exactly what you were born to do!

Speaking of which, Wu Yi used to handle repairs back in his Floating Island hometown, so it's like resuming his old profession.

"Chairman, right now we are mainly discussing one issue."

Bone Man continued: "How exactly to construct the suspended layer, for which we currently have two plans."

"The first plan is to continue expanding independently, by transporting seabed buildings to create support islands, each capable of expanding by 10 acres. This method is the most reliable."

"The second plan involves linking, which is to connect the different suspended layers together, forming an entire high-altitude shallow land."

"However, as the expansion area continuously grows, more supports will be needed later, which carries some risk. The benefit is that it's on the same plane, making it convenient for farmers or workers to operate."

Zhou Yi made a quick decision: "Choose plan one, we can try connections later. This project is just starting, and we prioritize safety. Also, we need to build a wall around the boundary of the suspended layer to prevent workers from falling off."

Bone Man nodded: "Understood. Also, Chairman, regarding the structural connection between the two layers of mud roads, I plan to create a spiral bridge to access the suspended layer."

"This way, the company's vehicles can drive to the upper layer to load the harvested crops. The lower layer can also be transformed into the Guangtai Dam, absolutely no issues with support."

"That's a great idea."

Zhou Yi commended.

Running agriculture above, and mining extraction below. Vehicles can pass through from above, transporting grain and Light Soot Sand without error, centralized production also enhances efficiency.

Zhou Yi discussed many related detailed issues with Bone Man, Zheng Tao, Nemo, and Red Kestrel.

He is most concerned about safety and stability.

The suspended layer that resembles giant thin-stemmed mushrooms gives a visual sense of fragility.

Red Kestrel provided technical support: "I have processed this construction model with simulations in the Recursive City's database, and an area of 300 meters by 300 meters is very safe."

"The strength and toughness of the Light Film are very high, enough to provide stable support for the suspended layer. However, the higher it is from the Dead Sea standard surface, the strength of the Light Film decreases. Currently, we are maintaining a height within 30 meters above sea level, with sufficient Light Film support."

"Many lighthouses in Mechanical Cities are about 30 meters tall. Practice has proven that this height is very safe."

"Zhou Yi, please trust the city's years of practical experience."

Zhou Yi knew. The past common sense still influences some of his judgments.

He always felt that gravity would cause the overly large suspended layer of land to collapse.

But above the Dead Sea in the Wasteland World, it was extremely stable.

What's most important is,

This new artificial land creation method can greatly reduce material costs.

In the conventional sense, land reclamation such as in United City involves transporting soil and rocks by barge and dumping them directly into the sea and then building coastal protection facilities.

This engineering consumes a lot of sand, soil, and rocks and can only expand the continental shelf area; it has to stop at the continental slope, because further consumption would be unsustainable.

Therefore, land reclamation itself is not only costly, but also limited.

But the suspended layer land method invented by Wu Yi is less limited by the environment, and requires only a small amount of sand, soil, and mud to assemble and build a complete plain-like land.

Building it is fast, cheap, and stable.

What's most lacking in the Wasteland Age is land.

Wu Yi, under the collective wisdom and strategy of everyone, continuously revises and optimizes the construction method of the entire suspended layer project.

Then it got busy again.

Zhou Yi also spoke till he was dry-mouthed, still feeling somewhat unfulfilled.

He came back to his senses only to realize there was someone else beside him.

The Cloud Mud Man was still quietly floating beside him.

Others seemed unable to see it.

Zhou Yi said to it: "You've heard all we've talked about, that's the situation."

"These floating layers of land are fragile, I can use 'Sealing Soil' on them."

The Mud Man suddenly said: "Sealing Soil will accelerate the soil's turnover, speeding up the exchange of energy and matter, producing more than twice the amount of food as before. However, this can only last for one year, after which it will need to be reapplied."

Zhou Yi suddenly realized.

So its power is of the BUFF type, perfectly suited for farming.

"However, my Sealing Soil ability will also cause an additional effect."

It said: "The land sealed by my power may cause a certain degree of mutation in life within it, leading to unpredictable outcomes."

Zhou Yi was surprised: "Will it produce monsters?"

"It might produce monsters with aggression, or just purely mutated species, this is a random result of the natural combination of various substances and energies."

"How strong would they be?"

"If it's the Guangna Species, initially it would be around grades E to D."

That's no problem.

After all, the samurai crabs need actual combat training, so why not let them handle the mutated monsters born in the suspended layer farmland?

Zhou Yi immediately stated: "Please, feel free to apply Sealing Soil to our suspended layer."

The Mud Man said: "This world needs more land, and so do I."

Zhou Yi understood its intention.

That meant to create more suspended layers.

"I'll call you Land God then. In my hometown, that's the name of the god of land."

"That is acceptable. The name is not important."

The Mud Man looked toward the Bone Man: "It's a pity it's too weak, building suspended layers too slowly."

Zhou Yi immediately understood.

Land God considered the Level A Wu Yi weak, so it seems that it is also a Light Core Body.

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