Chapter 653: Chapter 654: Arriving at the Empire
At this moment, in front of both clans, lined up across the sea surface, were the gigantic figures of the Sky Soaring Battleships!
The heavy metal behemoths floated silently above the coastal waters, and underneath the sunlight, the Sky Soaring Battleships appeared to the people of the two clans like colossal primordial beasts that devoured men.
“Is this a Cloud Boat, but it doesn’t quite look like one, does it?” Zhu Dingtian swallowed his saliva as he looked at the massive object ahead, speaking to Cui Bailin beside him with evident astonishment.
However, Cui Bailin was too frightened by the Sky Soaring Battleships to speak and was unable to respond to Zhu Dingtian’s words.
Members of the Green Spirit Clan and the Earth Spirit Clan that had arrived at the coast, upon seeing the Sky Soaring Battleships suspended midair, were shocked and began discussing with those next to them.
“Could it be, are we really going to ride these to the Huaxia Empire?”
“Isn’t this way too big? Is this the legendary Cloud Boat, but have Cloud Boats ever been this huge?”
“This all feels like a dream, do we even deserve to board such a thing?”
The people of the Green Spirit Clan and the Earth Spirit Clan couldn’t help but wonder if they were dreaming, incredulously lifting their gaze to the steel behemoth above, clicking their tongues in amazement.
“Each Sky Soaring Battleship can carry a maximum of one million people. Arrange your clansmen and prepare to board the battleships in batches,” Lin Qian instructed as he approached the two Clan Leaders at this moment.
“Ah… Yes, Your Majesty, we will go right away.” The sudden appearance and words of Lin Qian jolted them back to reality, and they swiftly turned around, leaving with Zhu Dingtian toward their people to arrange as instructed.
At that time, the three elders also came to Lin Qian’s side, staring at the massive warship, “Your Majesty, this battleship, it seems much larger than the ones we saw before.”
The astonished query of the elders made Lin Qian smile and say, “This is a C-level Sky Soaring Battleship, a higher grade than the earlier ones, with much improved defenses, speed, and capacity.”
“In fact, the Heavenly Art Department recently developed an Aeronautic Cloud Boat specifically for transporting passengers, capable of accommodating two million people at once. However, the upcoming journey through the Chaotic Star Sea will be somewhat disorderly, hence the use of the Sky Soaring Battleships is much safer.”
An Aeronautic Cloud Boat?
After hearing Lin Qian’s words, the elders sighed deeply. What exactly had happened during the time of their absence, making the Huaxia Empire evolve so rapidly?
With this in mind, the elders felt an urgent eagerness to return to the Huaxia Empire to witness the changes that had taken place over the years.
After receiving instructions from Lin Qian, Cui Bailin and Zhu Dingtian quickly turned around facing their clansmen, starting to arrange for them to orderly board the Sky Soaring Battleships.
Upon boarding the Sky Soaring Battleships, each member of the Green Spirit Clan and the Earth Spirit Clan was given comfortable rooms, typically allowing a family to stay together in one room.
These Sky Soaring Battleships had been summoned by Lin Qian. From a thousand li away, he was already able to call forth the Sky Soaring Battleships in advance.
Moreover, before being summoned, these Battleships had undergone modifications by the Fire Department. Compared to ordinary Sky Soaring Battleships, their combat strength was slightly inferior.
However, as a consequence, these Sky Soaring Battleships were more suited for living, allowing the Green Spirit Clan and Earth Spirit Clan members to enjoy a comfortable journey to the Huaxia Empire.
This was Lin Qian’s deliberate consideration, wishing to have the Green Spirit Clan and Earth Spirit Clan wholeheartedly pledge allegiance by experiencing the generosity of the Huaxia Empire from the very start and grow to love the Huaxia Empire.
Only in this way could the will of the people be directed, allowing the Huaxia Empire’s national fortune to continuously strengthen.
Once every member of the Green Spirit Clan and the Earth Spirit Clan had boarded the Sky Soaring Battleships, the huge dark warships all rose high into the air, traveling towards the Eastern Continent.
The high-rising Sky Soaring Battleships moved at an unbelievably swift pace, like arrows shot from the bow, speeding towards the Eastern Continent with great haste.
A protective Array Barrier enveloped the entire battleship, so that the fast-moving vessel would not cause any discomfort to those onboard.
“How fast this speed is!” At this moment, many members of the Green Spirit Clan and the Earth Spirit Clan showed faces full of curiosity. They came to the railings of the battleship, looking down carefully in all directions, eager to take in the details.
Cui Bailin, in particular, was extremely shocked by the speed of the battleships; such speed suggested that reaching the Huaxia Empire would take hardly any time at all.
Indeed, as Cui Bailin thought, the battleships traveled unimpeded in the high skies, making the journey to the Eastern Continent in just a day and a half.
Even a Soul Martial Artist at the Transcendence Realm would need at least half a year to fly from the Western Continent to the Eastern Continent, not to mention the fatigue to mind and body from such a journey.
Therefore, within the Huaxia Empire, with the establishment of the Transportation Department, Soul Martial Artists who weren’t pressed for time would choose to take various means of transportation, enjoying the comfortable journey without the hassle of travelling on their own.
Countless people within the Huaxia Empire felt grateful for the Transportation Department created by Lin Qian and were extremely proud of it.
They believed that besides the Huaxia Empire, there likely wasn’t any other force whose people could live as comfortably as they did.
To not lose this way of life, nearly every person was working hard at Cultivation or contributing their strength to make the Empire even better!
Doing one’s best was the greatest help to the Empire, they remembered Lin Qian’s words well.
And these words, Lin Qian also conveyed to Cui Bailin and Zhu Dingtian, asking them to pass it on to every member of their tribes.
After arriving in the Huaxia Empire in the future, they just needed to do their best and play to their greatest strengths.
Lin Qian briefly explained the situation in the Huaxia Empire to the two of them: things like processing identity documents, taking vows against inner demons, mandatory schooling for children of school age, and the necessity for Soul Martial Artists to obtain flight permits, among other matters.
En route, the Sky Soaring Battleships flew at great heights, concealed by clouds, and thus went undetected, arriving unobstructed in the Southern Domain of the Eastern Continent, now part of the Huaxia Empire.
Once the Sky Soaring Battleships entered the territory of the Huaxia Empire, the stationed personnel of the Empire, knowing that the passengers aboard were the Emperor’s men, naturally did not obstruct their passage.
At this moment, the Green Spirit Clan and the Earth Spirit Clan could no longer contain their curiosity. They ran to the edges of the Sky Soaring Battleship’s railings, peering down at the surroundings below, wanting to behold for themselves what the Huaxia Empire really looked like.
The Sky Soaring Battleship, carrying members of the Green Spirit Clan and the Earth Spirit Clan, proceeded towards the residence of the Muling Clan within the terrains of the Huaxia Empire.
Throughout the journey, they clearly saw what the Huaxia Empire was like.
Exclamations of admiration sounded continuously from their lips.