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On the military front, industrial capacity and the ability to wage large-scale wars represent a substantial strength where Yunhai City has the upper hand.

The mother civilization certainly has its unique advantages.

General Li continued, "Additionally, the distance between cities is quite far, and even airplanes require 18-20 hours of travel."

"Moreover, the carrying capacity of airplanes is only a few hundred tons, so we have to rely on the floating fortresses built by the other two cities."

"The key to victory in this war is the unity of all humankind."

As soon as Lu Yuan heard the plan of uniting all humankind to jointly combat the Anomaly, he felt... the plan was somewhat unreliable.

It was essentially a "gentlemen's agreement," guarding against honorable men but not the deceitful.

He frowned and said, "What if some cities renege once the war starts? Won't that spell doom for us all?"

General Li replied, "The plan that's been discussed is for Xini City and East Gold City to dismantle their Safe Zones first and bring their floating fortresses over as soon as possible."

"Only when their fortresses reach the vicinity of our city will we dismantle our Safe Zone and transport all weapons and equipment onto the fortress."

Although these two fortresses are not quite comparable to the real Sky City, they still have the capacity of a million tons, able to support a vast amount of manpower and resources.

"From our side, we are primarily responsible for producing weapons."

"Then as the Sky Fortress passes a city, that city will dismantle its Safe Zone and move the materials produced in recent years... Even if there are fewer materials, it's not a problem."

He clenched his teeth: "Even if they don't open their Safe Zones, it doesn't matter! Yunhai City, New York City, Lingbo City, and the two cities producing the fortresses—these five cities are the most critical."

Lu Yuan understood that if the war was won, these five cities would obviously assume the status of the permanent members, and the cities that did not open their Safe Zones would face retribution.

If they lost, with the [Demon] having consumed so many people, the other cities would merely struggle to survive until the end of the Ninth Epoch.

In such a plight, cooperation is indeed the best option.

"The plan to dismantle the Safe Zone secondarily on the part of Yunhai City... the risk is indeed acceptable," Lu Yuan nodded in agreement.

In his heart, he was extremely puzzled: why would Xini City and East Gold City dare to take the lead? Were these two cities so bold?!

What if that "dark cloud" swooped down on these two cities? Wouldn't they be massacred?

Here we go again, gambling with the fate of the nation.

On the other hand, Lu Tiantian and someone in the Sha Mo were feeling a surge of excitement.

Their first thought was: what would we do if we encountered such an enemy?

Could we... build such a "Sky Fortress"?

This is like a miniature version of Sky City, with its advantage in mobility, which is suitable for long-distance transportation.

But on second thought, they already had a "Sky Fortress"—the flying Insect Soldier—which seemed to make the idea unnecessary.

After all, the industrial capabilities of the 18 human civilizations were truly inadequate.

Others could build a floating fortress within a few years, while they struggled even to produce cement—best not to entertain unrealistic aspirations.

General Li stated, "Another point is, we don't know the range of the [Demon]'s surveillance. If it can detect humans tens of thousands of kilometers away, it means that the cities dismantling their Safe Zones first would be subjected to attacks."

"This is our biggest concern. Instructor Lu, do you have any intelligence on this?"

"This... it's really hard to say."

Lu Yuan tapped lightly on the tabletop, thinking about the Anomalies he had fought against in the past.

The Monster·Spirit Eye was capable of detecting life forms tens of thousands of kilometers away, an extremely exaggerated range.

If you dismantle the Safe Zone, it will immediately sense it and pull you into Different Space.

But as for the other Anomalies...

It seems they don't have such exaggerated sensing capabilities.

Demons are divided into many categories, with varying abilities.

Animal categories' sensing abilities are definitely higher than those of plants.

"Give me a moment. I need to conduct some tests," he said.

"Please, take your time."

Lu Yuan conducted a brief investigation, and it turned out that the perception ability of the Tree of Life was quite ordinary, about twenty kilometers.

Standing high allows one to see far, and only now, at an elevation of a hundred meters, was it possible to see for twenty kilometers.

"This is my first time realizing that your perceptual domain is so weak."

Well, twenty kilometers, actually isn't that small.

The perception ability of the Opium poppy was slightly greater, but it only extended a bit beyond the vines.

Beyond the range of the vines, perception quickly became impossible.

As for "Painted skin"...

He had entered the Virtual Space where "Painted skin" was located.

This green-faced, fanged existence, resembling a ghost, was imprisoned as a Soul Body in a vast, uninhabited grassland under a blue sky with white clouds.

"Roar!" It ran wildly, pursuing the small animals on the grassland — such a huge Anomaly had turned into a zoo animal.

Living on the grassland were the most "ordinary" "virtual rabbits" and "virtual mice."

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Lu Yuan kept adjusting the distance from "Painted skin" and finally, within a thirty-kilometer range, "Painted skin" sensed him!

The hideous monster let out a heaven-shaking roar, charging swiftly towards Lu Yuan, eyes blazing with enmity, and uttered a peculiar syllable.

"Thunder!"

That was a Spirit Word capable of triggering lightning!

However, no matter how powerful the Spirit Word was, in the Dream world, it was still constrained by the Opium poppy, transformed into the purest form of Ideal Energy.

The ability of "True Dreams" was indeed terrifying.

Having obtained valuable information, Lu Yuan did not entangle with it any longer and promptly retreated from the prison.

He pondered, "Even an extremely weakened 'Devil·Painted Skin' has a perception ability of only thirty kilometers, which really isn't high."

A decline in strength does indeed lead to a decrease in perception, but it doesn't result in an order of magnitude difference.

This means that even at its peak, "Painted skin" could only perceive up to a hundred kilometers at the most.

Its rules dictate that its perception ability is hard to exceed that of a 'Monster.'

Lu Yuan returned to his seat and summed up the data he had acquired.

"According to this reasoning, 'Monsters' have the highest range of perception. This is greatly related to their 'Multiple Alternative Spaces' rule."

"For most Anomalies, relying on vision, smell, and hearing, a few dozen kilometers of perception is the limit, and to further enhance it, one must depend on some extraordinary rules."

"The current performance of the 'Frost Mist Demon' doesn't seem to possess a spatial rule."

"Considering its ability to fly in the sky, at an altitude of approximately 3000 meters to 10000 meters, and the fact that it stays in one place without moving for a long period."

"I think a perception ability of one to two thousand kilometers is quite a conservative estimate."

"Of course, we should err on the side of caution, and we need to observe for a long time to reach a more accurate conclusion."

This reasoning greatly lifted everyone's spirits.

It meant that the plan to vanquish the 'Frost Mist Demon' had a significant chance of success!

Especially after hearing that Lu Yuan had once again defeated an Anomaly 'Devil·Painted Skin,' people were becoming somewhat numb; could Catastrophe Level Anomalies really be that easy to defeat?

It felt like slaughtering chickens...

Lu Yuan humbly said a few words, shaking his head, "Ah, each Anomaly is different... we've also been very lucky to encounter one that we just happened to be able to beat."

"If that dark cloud from your side came here, it might massacre us in minutes."

Every generation has its own long march to undertake, and over in Yunhai City, the main focus is still on developing Physical Technology, and there's not much he could help with.

Their technology tree, relying on the Opium poppy, Painted Skin, and the Insect Race, truly could not be shared with humans.

When the discussion turned to the technological line "Spirit Language Technology" derived from 'Devil·Painted Skin,' the atmosphere gradually heated up.