Meanwhile, all living beings in the Southern Hemisphere raised their heads and looked south.
A distinct white ball of light appeared in the sky far to the south. It rapidly expanded, gradually spreading into a ring.
The ring slowly elongated, extending upward into space.
"Mom, it's so pretty!" In Wind Valley City, a human little boy pointed at the southern sky and shouted.
"Yes, it is." The boy's mother picked him up.
But her face was filled with worry.
"Honey, did something big happen at the South Pole again?" the boy's mother worriedly asked her husband beside her.
"Probably." The boy's father sighed. "Sigh, that's the direction of the Antarctic. I don't know whether something happened to Lady Lai Ya or if something else occurred... but I hope she breaks through successfully."
All awake beings in the Southern Hemisphere turned their eyes toward the South Pole.
But what they did not know was that if not for this phenomenon at the South Pole, and the reflection array Su Yu had set up, the shockwave would likely have ravaged the entire Southern Hemisphere beyond recognition.
Meanwhile, Lai Ya, having completed her breakthrough, drifted downward. She passed through the atmosphere and became a streak of light, arriving above everyone's heads.
Seeing this godlike being, the intelligent lifeforms at the South Pole immediately erupted in thunderous cheers:
"Lady Lai Ya, congratulations on your successful breakthrough!"
"You are the only king of all us Carbon-based life!"
"Congratulations on Lady Lai Ya's breakthrough! The northern machine intelligences' good days are numbered!"
More and more high-ranking intelligent lifeforms had gathered at the South Pole. A rough estimate put their astonishing number at several hundred thousand.
Precisely because there were so many of them, the South Pole became a sea of celebration, with everyone waving