703 stated: "The Talent Introduction Act explicitly sets a standard, allowing each Mechanical City to permit 15% immigration of foreign ethnic groups, granting them the same formal resident status and all legitimate civic rights."

Zhou Yi touched his chin as he listened.

The most scarce resources in the Wasteland era were land and people.

Land is non-renewable, but people are a critically important renewable resource.

In the past, Mechanical Cities did not lack people because their manufacturing, processing, scientific research, mineral development, and bulk trade were all completed by mechanical life and machines.

Now that Legal Front has risen to power, many cities have transformed and started to open up to bring in external talents.

As long as residents' welfare can be guaranteed, Mechanical Cities, with their convenience, standardization, efficiency, and variety of commodities, won't be much less attractive than Heavenly Kingdom.

Various thoughts flashed through Zhou Yi's mind, and he looked at the robot dog: "In terms of military affairs, has the Legal Front made any moves?"

"There have been no external military actions carried out yet."

703 replied, "However, each Mechanical City has established its professional armies. The armies regularly engage in drills and actual combat exercises, and the quantity of military equipment and facilities is continuously increasing. Centered around the advanced machine stacks service, the production of enhanced ships and drones is still growing, and their patrolling range is also becoming increasingly larger."

"There's also information indicating that the Mechanical Cities have initiated new weaponry and are currently testing them."

"Due to the replacement of new energy sources, some have adopted modified hearts, but the vast majority continue to use our first-generation hearts, with purchase volumes significantly increasing."

"Just looking at transaction volumes, Mechanical Cities have now become our largest clients. So far, they have purchased over 410,000 Floating Hearts, which have brought nearly a million Light Seeds in profit shares to our company. This income has already reached Red Kestrel, but they are still auditing, so they have not officially reported to you yet."

The robot dog paused.

"Moreover, the Legal Front has begun external negotiations, aiming to reclaim Mechanical Cities taken by force."

"They have already redeemed two small cities. But for those sea lords who are unwilling to give up their cities, negotiations continue through various resource trades to reclaim them."

Zhou Yi became cautious in his heart.

This seemed more like allowing Mechanical Cities more time to compete for the development of agriculture and the military industry.

Perhaps after preparations are mature, a new round of military offenses will be launched.

…

As Zhou Yi closely monitored the movements of the Legal Front, an old friend arrived belatedly.

"You're late this year."

The visitor was a featureless dark shadow with no face or arms, its lower half shrouded in mist.

Land God returned to Jade City once again.

Zhou Yi said with a smile, "It's good to be resurrected. I was surprised when Night God told me you had been killed; I hadn't expected Concept Life to have such sharp contradictions."

"Concept Life is also life, and life originates from contradictions and conflicts."

Land God woodenly stated, "As per our agreement, I have come to perform Sealing Soil."

"Good."

Zhou Yi immediately went with it to the suspended layer area, also summoning Wu Yi to accompany them.

"In one year, to actually build such an extensive suspended layer... almost encircling the entire Sand Port Region."

After observing, Land God expressed, "The expansion scale of land here is the largest in nearly fifty years."

Zhou Yi also took pride in this.

The suspended layer was no longer what it used to be.

Once the Wuhu Elevated Bridge connected several suspended layers, Wu Yi suggested expanding the scale and surrounding the entire Sand Port Region with suspended layers.

There were two advantages to this.

One was to maximize the utilization of Sand Port's continental shelf, as building suspended layers was most stable on the continental shelf. The further out you expand, the more difficult it gets, so it's better to utilize the surrounding area completely.

The second was that the elevated bridge could construct a ring island highway, connecting this layer together and using it as external agricultural land.

Hearing this, Land God's voice also grew cheerful: "Good, very good."

"You are earnestly creating new land."

"The growth of land is a delight to the heart!"

Bone Man Wu Yi said with hands on hips, "This is just the beginning."

"The chairman spoke to me about increasing efforts. What we are building now is part of the ring road of the Sand Port loop, and in the future, there will be a second and third ring."

"Moreover, it's no longer just me building it alone, but now with the cooperation of factories and workers."

Land God was perplexed, "How does this involve factories?"

Zhou Yi gestured with a raised hand, "Come and see for yourself."

The group then visited a large factory outside of Yalong Bay.

Inside, it was bustling with activity.

The workers included both ordinary New Humans and Bone People.

They filled square molds with a semi-solid mixture of mud and sand, and after air-drying and ventilating to remove the molds naturally, the pieces were then fired in a high-temperature kiln on the other side.

Zhou Yi explained to Land God, "Since it was too hard for Wu Yi to handle these tasks alone, I discussed with it and approached the manufacturing department to work on this."

"We borrowed the techniques used in brick and cooling coal production, mixing sea floor silt and clay into a mold to create special Mud Tablets."

"Using Old Humans structures from the Dead Sea as support piles, Wu Yi would build the basic framework, cover it with Light Film, and then the rest of the Mud Tablets installation and soil filling would be finished by our workers."

"This would greatly reduce Wu Yi's workload, allowing it to focus on the main body and covering process and to direct workers in the entire engineering project."

"With the involvement of factories and workers, the efficiency of building suspended layers is ten times what it used to be, which is why we've managed to create the suspended loop around the entire Sand Port. This has brought us an additional 75,000 mu of land, equivalent to the area of a city."

Zhou Yi raised his hand and pointed to the ring of artificial land, "The entire loop will be used as agricultural land."

"Assuming 250 kilograms of grain yield per mu per year, and the standard of 200 kilograms of grain needed per person per year, these 75,000 mu of land will produce 18,750 tons of grain, enough to sustain 93,750 people. This is a conservative estimate; if your Sealing Soil could unlock these lands, doubling the grain production, then they could support 180,000 people."

Land God was momentarily stunned.

"…You cherish the land a lot."

Zhou Yi seized the moment to say, "Of course. You see, we are genuinely operating and expanding the land, so I sincerely hope, Land God, that you can be a permanent resident here."

"It's not just your Sealing Soil capability that we need. You are a specialist in land affairs. We are expanding the land area, but how to keep the land active, how to ensure they are not eroded by the Dead Sea, we need to seek your professional advice and guidance."

"…"

"I sincerely invite you to become our company's land consultant, to help us further expand and solidify the suspended layers, which is of great significance to both of us."

Land God was silent for a long time.

"…I shall not involve myself in battles or unrelated matters, only in land affairs."

"Of course, Land God's specialty is land."

Zhou Yi was in high spirits, "Then welcome onboard, let's work together to reclaim land covered by the Dead Sea and bring more land back to light!"

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