Wherever the airship passed, the earth writhed.
This was no exaggeration. The ground really was writhing. The wandering Oddities standing on it looked around in bewilderment when they felt the tremors beneath them.
But soon, branches reached out from underground and dragged them down, turning them entirely into nourishment for some creature.
Xu Le stood aboard the airship with his eyes closed, observing everything through his Guyinduo Vision.
They were already some distance from Lighthouse. Xu Le twitched his fingers, his expression turning somewhat regretful.
"Looks like this is as far as I can go..."
"Meow? What's as far as you can go?" Ding Ke asked, puzzled.
Xu Le smiled, stroked Ding Ke's head, and pointed toward Lighthouse.
"I'm marking out territory for myself. Human strength really does have its limits. To expand further, I'll need a group."
Ding Ke was rather baffled, but didn't dwell on it and turned away to eat.
The next morning, Ai Li brought over the agreement Xu Le had requested.
"Xu Le, the resource requisition agreement is ready, but isn't the distribution a little too uneven? Zion already produces steel. What do we need so much steel for?"
"Only with enough steel can we build a sturdy city. We need a sturdy city, so we need to collect enough steel."
Xu Le's tongue-twister-like words left Ai Li bewildered.
She took his hand. She had seen the changes in him over the past few days, so she had been very accommodating in their daily life.
Xu Le had never revealed what was on his mind, and she hadn't pressed him about it.
Now that they were about to return to Zion, she naturally hoped he could settle down.
"Although Lighthouse has suffered many incidents, Zhou Bi and Jin Mingzhu recognize the trade agreement, and