Lu PingAn's new life began unpleasantly. This world had been hostile from the very start.
"If ordinary people stayed here too long, they'd probably be cooked alive." The outdoor temperature alone prevented most Earth animals from reproducing naturally, and also drove up the price of local "Earth meat and vegetables."
In fact, even in the lowest regions, mortals needed all kinds of facilities, tools, and even Divine Grace to ensure their habitability.
If they left the towns built at the bottom of the world, they would be like ants in an anthill set ablaze by a forest fire, dying without any worth.
The "technology" and "local specialties" Lu PingAn cared most about were also rather subtle, judging from the results.
"Most industries and products are on the higher levels?" The research institutions were higher up as well.
Lu PingAn was in no hurry to head up. He had always believed that research had to begin with the basics.
Compared to the chaotic world above, he believed they should first complete their foundational research. The ordinary warriors, logistics staff, and researchers in his courtyard also needed time to adapt to the environment. Various materials needed to await research reports, while basic data on sociology, geography, elemental theory, and many other fields needed to be accumulated.
Lu PingAn felt that if he truly wanted to analyze something, the basic samples at the edges would probably make it easier to spot trends.
The highest he had gone was around the tenth level.
The levels here were not floors, but more like a concept of altitude. One moment, you could be in the mountains of the tenth level; the next, you might climb onto the plateau of the eleventh, then accidentally slip into a lava lake on the ninth.
What frustrated Lu PingAn even