"Alright, come on then, it's not a secret anyway."
Li Xingkong didn't care how many people came. After all, if it was a matter of secrecy, it was Divine Land that was having a headache. As for Li Xingkong himself, he just wanted to demonstrate the function, so it didn't matter how many people came.
Following Ma Buxiu into the venue, Li Xingkong immediately saw an acquaintance.
What wind blew you here?
A few people were standing and chatting at the entrance. Li Xingkong spotted Old Tang in the crowd at a glance. Li Xingkong and Ma Buxiu exchanged a few words, and then Li Xingkong walked up to Old Tang.
"Since you've launched such a big project, I definitely have to come and take a look myself."
This time, Old Tang looked even better than before. His hair was now a mix of black and white, and it was clear that he was transforming back to his younger self.
"It's not a big project, just a trial run."
"Well, a new generation replaces the old. Such a big scene is nothing to you. We're just getting old."
A man in military uniform standing next to Old Tang spoke up. He seemed to know Old Tang quite well; they appeared to be around the same age.
"Oh, right, come here, let me introduce you."
Old Tang pointed at the military uniformed man who had just spoken and said to Li Xingkong.
"This is Commander Wang, the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Theater Command."
Then, pointing at Commander Wang, Li Xingkong said, " Li Xingkong, the founder of cultivation in our Divine Land, and currently the comrade with the highest cultivation level."
"I've heard so much about you. I was really envious of your feat of walking on the moon."
Commander Wang knew Li Xingkong quite well. After all, everyone had witnessed the changes Li Xingkong had brought since cooperating with Divine Land. Anyone who knew him would naturally pay attention to him.
"You flatter me, it's nothing."
Li Xingkong touched his nose, feeling as if his parents had dragged him into the living room to perform for guests, praising him in front of everyone, which made him quite uncomfortable.
"There are quite a few people here this time; basically, people from most of the relevant fields across Divine Land are here."
After introducing the two, Old Tang looked around at the people and then said...
"The military, the space institute, local representatives, official media, and official representatives from Divine Land —so many people, only the commotion you caused could gather them all here in just a few days."
"Let's not talk about anything else. You're incredibly capable, kid. Just one thing: with so many people here, you absolutely mustn't let us down."
Old Tang's words were true. After all, every person who came here was a treasure in Divine Land, and gathering them all here was a very difficult task in itself. If Li Xingkong failed at this point, it would be a huge embarrassment.
"No problem, I'm confident."
Li Xingkong was quite confident in his skills in formations.
"Now that Xingkong is here, can we start demonstrating the space elevator?"
After chatting for a while, Commander Wang made a suggestion.
"It's about time, let's begin. Xingkong, is there anything we need to prepare?"
Old Tang looked at Li Xingkong.
"There might be some noise later, so don't panic. Also, there might be a lot of sand and dust, so you might need to prepare some masks and such."
Li Xingkong had never activated this formation before, so he could only give some general instructions.
"Okay, then please wait a few minutes."
Old Tang beckoned, and the young man beside him approached. After listening to a few words of advice from Old Tang, he quickly disappeared to do something else.
However, five minutes later, Li Xingkong learned that everyone present had been given masks and sunglasses for dust protection and to watch the ceremony.
"Okay, then I'll start it."
Seeing that everyone was ready, Li Xingkong took two steps forward and then rose into the air.
Li Xingkong took out the black and white chess piece that served as the key, and channeled his magic Magic Power into it. After the piece came into contact with the Magic Power, it emitted a burst of blue light.
"Go."
Li Xingkong threw the chess piece toward the location of the formation. As soon as the piece landed in the area, it seemed to trigger some mechanism, and hundreds of golden rays shot into the sky from the ground.
Then the golden beam of light rapidly expanded, like a fountain, encircling the entire Earthly Capital. People watching from the edge of the venue were dazzled, and even those wearing sunglasses couldn't see clearly, only endless light shining down, as if they were standing right in front of the sun.
"Boom!"
As the golden light shot out, the ground began to tremble. Many people who were standing to watch lost their footing and fell to the ground under the tremors. If they hadn't known that the tremors were caused by the formation in front of them, Jidu have started issuing earthquake warnings.
Especially for those standing right in front of the formation, the tremor was particularly strong, almost as if it were about to lift them up.
Li Xingkong immediately activated his Qi Refining Method, enveloping the area where the onlookers were located, so that they could experience a feeling of weightlessness under the influence of gravity, floating in the air and avoiding the effects of vibration.
As time passed, the tremors did not stop; instead, they intensified. Finally, when the tremors became visible to the naked eye, the situation changed.
The entire area, bathed in golden light, seemed to have risen slightly in mid-air.
Many people initially thought it was their imagination, but after exchanging ideas, they were all convinced that the entire venue had indeed risen. As they were talking, the speed at which the venue rose accelerated, and they also noticed that, without them realizing it, the space elevator venue, shrouded in golden light, had become noticeably half a meter higher than the surrounding terrain. The edges of the entire venue seemed to have been shaken open by something, with very obvious cracks on the cut surfaces.
The ground tremors subsided, not because the formation had failed, but because the entire space elevator, along with a large part of the ground and underground, had been suspended in mid-air. It had completely separated from the ground and therefore could no longer affect the ground.
Right before everyone's eyes, this enormous arena slowly rose at a gentle pace, until it reached a height of over ten meters in the air, where everyone could see the distant sky through the arena below.
Such a huge area slowly rose into the air, its vastness causing the shadows cast on the ground to envelop the entire Earthly Capital as if it were night.
"Hiss~~"
Gasps of surprise rippled through the crowd, and many people began to remove their sunglasses and rub their eyes.
Although the dust kicked up when the elevator separated from the ground was so thick that they could barely breathe, what did that dust matter compared to what was right in front of them?