From the establishment of civilization in 3500 BC to before the transmigration, humanity had spent a full 5,500 years developing.
A mere year in the Wasteland seemed unlikely to leave any obvious mark on a civilization spanning such a vast stretch of time.
Yet everything that happened in reality was completely contrary to expectations.
No destruction, no construction.
After all accumulated achievements were destroyed, the old rules that restricted rapid development were abolished along with them.
Civilization's resilience was displayed to the fullest at this moment.
Countless sparks of thought collided, countless flashes of genius intertwined, and together they forged an entirely new era.
Central New Continent.
Tian Yuan Territory.
The Tian Yuan Research Institute, covering nearly three hundred mu, had grown increasingly close in scale to the one Su Mo had seen in the future ruins.
However, in the future ruins, Tian Yuan Territory had faced powerful enemies on all sides and had been forced to build a safer barbican.
The Tian Yuan of the present, by contrast, stood at the summit of the Wasteland. Its more stable environment had also brought about changes in its architectural style.
Here, it was difficult to find skyscrapers in the traditional sense. Instead, there were clusters of low-rise buildings filled with a futuristic feel.
At the center of the Research Institute stood a massive circular building, approximately thirty meters tall. Its roof featured a transparent dome, allowing sunlight to freely spill into the internal research space.
Under the Dome, the interior was divided into five experimental zones.
Emerging materials, war weapons, civilian technology, energy exploration, and biotechnology.
Various precision research instruments conducted experiments in orderly fashion under the control of automated systems. Researchers in specially designed research suits moved between the instruments, using virtual-realm technology to communicate and verify data in real