After exchanging glances for a while, the scholars slowly stepped forward.
They flew to Li Xingkong's left and right, but found that they still couldn't see through his Li Xingkong, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and come forward to greet him.
"Greetings, monk. Did you cause this earthquake?"
As soon as he said those words, he felt a chill on his neck.
Li Xingkong looked at the newcomer and immediately noticed the name tag in front of him, which read "Hedong Geological Disaster Research Institute ".
Well, it turns out the earthquake was caused by the activation of the grand formation.
"I was testing a formation; the commotion should be over soon."
Li Xingkong replied, "Judging from the way these people are acting, just standing here would frighten them quite a bit."
"Can we observe from here for a bit...?"
Seeing that Li Xingkong was easy to talk to, the man asked again, while also breathing a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was a reasonable person.
"Go ahead and look, it's no big deal."
Just as they were talking, the small hill that Li Xingkong had erased in the formation began to change as the ground beneath their feet trembled.
As the vibrations occurred, a crack about the width of a fist appeared on the hill, stretching from the foot of the hill all the way to the top.
Then, based on this crack, it began to spread in all directions of the hill, like a tattered spider web falling on the mountain, and cracks of all sizes appeared on the surface of the entire hill.
Just as the ground stopped vibrating and the geologists thought the commotion was about to end, the ground suddenly deformed like waves.
It was as if a slingshot had been pulled back; the ground around the hill caved in, and before they could figure out what had happened, the ground suddenly bounced back up.
The entire hill instantly shattered into a pile of rubble, and the moment it bounced up from the ground, it was as if a bomb had exploded below, sending the entire hill soaring into the sky.
The rocks and soil mingled together, falling in all directions like a rain of stones.
The debris lay there for quite a while before finally stopping.
What was originally a small hill has now become a flat wasteland. The rocks and soil that made up the hill were completely filled in by the explosion.
What was originally a hilly landscape has been transformed into a plain in just a short moment.
This method left the arriving geologists completely dumbfounded.
It's not like we've never seen anything like this before. You know, Divine Land is known for its penchant for creating spectacles, and such large-scale events have been organized at the national level many times. But this is the first time we've seen an individual cause such a huge commotion.
Although Li Xingkong had caused even bigger commotions before, no one actually witnessed it in person back then.
"Not bad, this formation is complete."
Li Xingkong, brought up the model of the formation, and compared it with the changed terrain.
Exactly the same.
He used a relatively quick geological modification method this time to observe the effects. Although this method can quickly change the terrain, it is very disruptive and has a great impact. Moreover, the modification process is too brutal. If there are any houses or other creatures nearby, they will suffer an undeserved disaster.
Fortunately, the use of this formation can be much more gradual under normal circumstances. By taking several years to achieve the same effect, the modification of this formation can be made much more gradual over a longer period of time.
Not only would the people living nearby not notice it, but even the wild animals living here would hardly notice the slow changes in the terrain.
Seeing that the ground had stopped moving, the geologists were about to ask Li Xingkong for his contact information and register him when they turned around to look for him, only to find that Li Xingkong had already disappeared.
Although these people were all Qi Refining cultivators, they had no sense of Li Xingkong's actions at all, which made them break out in a cold sweat again.
The moment Li Xingkong completed the array experiment, his mind was no longer on those few people.
The successful formation experiment meant that his Foundation Establishment Stage assessment was about to be completed, and Li Xingkong was now focused entirely on the system.
"System, the second part of the assessment is now available for testing. Tell me your question."
"You're pretty quick, aren't you? What, are you aiming for the Golden Core stage?"
The system understood Li Xingkong's thoughts perfectly and said with a smile.
"Aren't you going to refine it a bit more? You haven't learned many Foundation Establishment Stage stage spells, and you haven't been here long either."
"No, no, I can't wait to see what it's like to be in the Golden Core Stage stage."
Li Xingkong smiled. He had already laid a solid foundation for his Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, which was practically flawless. As for spells, a single Sword Control Technique could solve 90% of the problems. Currently, on Earth Star, he didn't need any other spells.
As for honing his skills, Li Xingkong felt that he had already spent enough time cultivating at the Foundation Establishment Stage. In his life, Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation had taken up nearly one-third of his entire career.
"That's fine. But listen carefully to the second part of the Foundation Establishment Stage stage assessment."
The system cleared its throat, even though it probably didn't have a throat at all.
"The second assessment task involves merging North and North America into one continent and reassembling them according to the continental drift hypothesis."
"Ah?"
Li Xingkong thought the second assessment would be the same as the previous ones, at most leveling a mountain or filling a lake, but he didn't expect the content of the assessment to be so hardcore.
The grand formation can achieve this, but it involves moving the entire continent, not just a small area, so its modification naturally takes time.
If it were to merge rapidly without any regard for the consequences, just like in his previous experiment, the entire continent would be turned upside down, and there might not even be many living creatures left after the merger.
If a more moderate approach were used, the unification of this continent would likely take hundreds, even close to thousands of years to complete. But to drag out the assessment for so long, and then Foundation Establishment Stage? He couldn't bear that.
Regardless of the circumstances, this assessment still needs to be conducted.
Li Xingkong took out the corresponding Nine Tripod Cauldrons and manually pieced the two continents together.
Although he wanted to resolve the issue quickly, these were two continents, not two toys, and Li Xingkong couldn't bring himself to implement the plan immediately.
He released his Divine Sense, performed some calculations using Hexagram, and then changed the formation's operating time to 500 years.
In other words, the effects of this assessment will not be fully realized for another 500 years.
Having made this decision, Li Xingkong somewhat helpless. What could he possibly do over the next 500 years?
"Ding, assessment complete."
Just when Li Xingkong thought he was going to wait foolishly for 500 years, the system suddenly beeped.
"Um?"
Li Xingkong looked puzzled.