The colossal steel structures pierced the clouds, standing on either side of a broad concrete platform as vast as a plain. From afar, they looked like a double-edged steel spear thrusting from the seabed into the sky!
It was an artificially constructed valley, right in the middle of the turbulent southern sea!
Dora's eyes widened in shock as she stood frozen in place. Even Ye Shi, who had just climbed out of the lift cabin, was thoroughly stunned and involuntarily opened his mouth.
He seemed to be standing at the center of a massive tower shaped like the Chinese character for "eight."
When he looked up, sheer cliffs stretched endlessly overhead, leaving only a sliver of sky at the very top, small enough to block with one fist!
This was The Alliance's space elevator!
It was nowhere near ninety thousand kilometers long, but it was still enough to leave him awestruck.
"Holy shit..." Ye Shi muttered without thinking.
Damn.
He had only been gone for a little over three months, and The Alliance had already become this freaking incredible?!
Jiang Xuezhou was equally stunned. She rubbed her eyes and looked again.
"...Is that ceramic steel?"
Having finally recognized the material of those steel structures, she took a deep breath—only to inhale a mouthful of sea wind. She coughed several times before finally calming down.
Ye Shi reached out and patted her back, asking with concern.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine..." Having steadied her ragged breathing, Jiang Xuezhou raised her head and muttered, "Isn't this a little over the top? Did you build a starship on the ocean?"
Or rather, two aircraft carriers standing upright.
Either way, it was more than shocking for someone like her, who had only ever seen similar structures in ruins from the Human Alliance era.
Ye Shi