This tiny pebble, with its simple inscription of a soundproof array, has such an effect; the array's power far exceeds Li Xingkong's expectations.
He had only tested the effect of the simplest formation, and even the material he used was just a random stone he picked up. Wouldn't the effect be even stronger if he set up a proper, large-scale formation?
Thinking about this, Li Xingkong felt a little itchy. He had been resting for a few days and was getting a bit bored. Why not think about trying out a larger formation?
So, what aspect should this larger formation focus on? Since he had decided to go for something big, Li Xingkong looked at recent news reports from Divine Land and various industry news articles about technological development.
Encircle the Divine Land's defensive array? Li Xingkong's first thought was to add a lid to the Divine Land, creating a super defensive array that would cover the entire Divine Land. However, he quickly abandoned this idea; the workload was simply too immense.
Divine Land is no small place. To create an array that encompasses the entire Divine Land is not something he can do alone. In fact, the workload for him to do it would be far greater than refining those hundreds of Earth Vein.
Moreover, setting up an array requires not only refining the Magic Power structure but also surveying the entire terrain of the Divine Land. Although Li Xingkong is currently at the Foundation Establishment, leveling a mountain is only a matter of time. However, time is extremely precious, and he doesn't have much time to waste on this matter.
If you use this time to cultivate yourself and improve your cultivation, then doing this will be a piece of cake.
The defensive array encircling the Divine Land was too much work, so Li Xingkong decided to abandon it. He then turned his attention to the aerospace field, which he was relatively familiar with.
He had been involved in the entire Guanghan City Plan before. Although he had spent a lot of time on Earth Star after returning, the related actions in Divine Land had not stopped. After all, the Moon was truly isolated from Earth Star world, and many things that were difficult to handle or leak on Earth could be done on the Moon.
This also meant that although Li Xingkong was delayed on Earth Star for a long time, the construction speed of Guanghan City did not fall behind much. It is said that Guanghan City has officially transformed from the industrial base when Li Xingkong left into a space city that ordinary people can apply to visit.
Nowadays, Earth-Moon transportation still relies on rockets, since something like Moon-Chasing Island is hard to replicate once Li Xingkong is gone.
Although cultivation has been promoted, it has not been of much help to the development of rockets. Apart from some breakthroughs in materials science, cultivation has not brought much help to other basic disciplines, such as rocket fuel.
This has led to the biggest problem facing aviation today: the carrying capacity is far from meeting the development needs of Guanghan City.
Seeing the problems in the aerospace field, Li Xingkong laughed. "Isn't this just in time?"
By using an array to create a large floating platform, you don't need to do anything else. Just let it rise and fall between the ground and its orbit, creating a space elevator like the one used in cultivation novels. That solves the problem.
Moreover, the workload wouldn't be too large, since it's just a large platform. Compared to the previous idea, the workload is much smaller. Furthermore, he's quite experienced in gravity, with the Moonlight Qi Refining Method as a precedent. His mastery of gravity can be described as proficient. From this perspective, creating an array to realize a space elevator is a perfect fit for Li Xingkong's expertise.
It's not even that difficult; at most, it's like a homework assignment.
This is indeed a good idea, so we've decided on this one.
Li Xingkong didn't look at any other content and decided on this project.
Before even telling anyone else, just having this idea, Li Xingkong's mind was already filled with numerous related designs. Although the project location had not yet been selected, the relevant formations had already begun to be designed in his mind.
Designing the formation is one thing, but the actual execution may be another. However, it doesn't matter. With a prototype in place, it can be modified slightly according to the on-site environment, which won't take much time.
While his mind raced, unconsciously activating the Qian Hexagram and his Divine Sense power, Li Xingkong also contacted Old Tang.
After all, this is a huge project. Let Divine Land deal with the site selection problem. Anyway, Divine Land is so big that Li Xingkong would have a hard time finding a specific area to build the floating elevator.
" Xingkong? Have you had a good rest these past few days?"
Li Xingkong heard Old Tang's voice. Just from his voice, he could tell that Old Tang was in much better spirits than before.
"I was getting a little bored at home, so I was looking for something to do. I happened to hear that the space transportation capacity was a bit behind, so I thought I'd try building a space elevator."
Li Xingkong straight to the point and told Old Tang what he was planning to do.
"Hiss!"
On the other end of the phone, Old Tang made a strange noise, as if something had been knocked over.
After about ten seconds, the commotion finally subsided.
"No problem, just tell us what you need, and we'll do our best to cooperate."
You could tell that Old Tang was indeed quite excited when he said that.
"I do have a favor to ask you. Our space elevator is only associated with elevators in name; it's actually powered by an array, so its size can be made a little larger. Therefore, I'll need your help in choosing the location for the elevator and clearing out the area."
When Li Xingkong mentioned this, he even went to check it out. The novel didn't mention the carrying capacity or size of the space elevator, but he figured the carrying capacity wouldn't be very large. It would be good if it were about the same level as Moon-Chasing Island, considering its own mass.
"I think this elevator could be placed in any of the major rocket launch sites. Clearing out a space in one of those sites wouldn't be a problem at all."
After thinking it over, Old Tang came up with a solution. Since it was related to aerospace, it would be better to place it near an existing aerospace base.
"By the way, the space elevator you mentioned that's a little bigger, you mean..."
"Hmm, it's not very big, maybe 500 square kilometers."
Li Xingkong estimated that, based on the formation he had designed, its range of effect was more than enough to cover this size. As for making it larger, that wouldn't be impossible, but it might take longer.
As for load capacity, this formation itself uses gravity to achieve lifting and lowering, so the concept of load capacity is inappropriate for it. In other words, as long as it can be stuffed in, it can be pulled.
"Puff!"
Li Xingkong heard another commotion coming from Old Tang's side.
"What's going on, Uncle Tang? This doesn't sound like you."
Li Xingkong couldn't help but ask, after all, in his impression, Old Tang had always been a calm and composed person, and would never have such a loss of composure.
"It's nothing. Everyone's started cultivating, so naturally I can't fall behind. I'm currently organizing the cadres of the Earthly Capital to cultivate together."
Old Tang gave a brief explanation, and then turned the conversation back to the formation that Li Xingkong had mentioned.
"You mean, your space elevator can cover 500 square kilometers? And it can even make round trips between the ground and space?"
"Yes, is there a problem?"
Li Xingkong didn't think this thing was that exaggerated. After all, with his current flying sword technique, it only takes him a few minutes to circle Earth Star once, and 500 square kilometers is just a matter of a few seconds.
"Then we can't proceed with this site selection process. I'll give you the detailed plan after I convene a meeting with the relevant personnel."
If it were only 500 square meters, Old Tang could easily handle it with a single sentence, since Earthly Capital is short of that size. But 500 square kilometers is a huge problem, and it's not something he can decide on his own.
It's important to understand that the Xichang and Wenchang Launch Center are only about 1,000 square kilometers in size. If an elevator takes up half of that area, there's simply no room for it.