binnovel Chapter 372 True Identity
Chapter 372 True Identity
At 1 PM on May 29th, Fiona and her 15-person group, having finished their speeches at other theater command headquarters, arrived at the Dawn City civilian airport aboard the X2 spaceship. With the development of Dawn City, for the sake of secrecy and security, the original airport in Dawn City was converted into a military airport. Li Chenglong specifically designated a vacant plot of land, approximately 16 square kilometers, for conversion into a civilian airport.
Li Chenglong smiled and said to Yunlan, "We need to try to upgrade Dawn City to Level 4, the highest level, before the aliens arrive. We're almost there." Yunlan said, "I remember the conditions for upgrading to Level 4 are that the people bound to Dawn City must be level 12, there must be 100 level 11 crystals, and there must be 2000 level 9 or higher ability users in the city. Do we have that now?"
Li Chenglong nodded: "We're still short a dozen or so level 11 crystals. Yesterday, our Dawn City finally reached 2000 level 9 or higher ability users. Tomorrow morning, I'll go to the Qianyun Base to deliver their order, and that'll be enough crystals." Yun Lan's eyes lit up: "That's great! According to Lilith, she has a lot of new weapons in her space, but they haven't been unlocked yet because they haven't been upgraded to the highest level."
Li Chenglong couldn't help but sigh, "Mera is truly rich. According to Miss Erica, on the night before Merar was to be conquered, Erica and Cecily's father, King Hinaps, used space technology to stuff all the good things they could collect into Dawn City and Sky City. Now Dawn City is mine, and Sky City is with Miss Cecily."
A short while later, Fiona and Sofia, along with 15 others, slowly disembarked from the X2 passenger spaceship. As Fiona had requested, there weren't many people there to greet them, but there were quite a few media personnel present. Reporters from media outlets such as Dawn City TV, Dawn City People's Daily, and Dawn City Economic Daily were taking photos and videos with their cameras and microphones.
After the two sides shook hands and introduced themselves, Fiona accepted an interview with the media present and answered more than a dozen questions before boarding a modified bus with the others and heading towards the Dawn Building.
The Europeans peered curiously through the glass at everything along the way. Fiona, somewhat excited, said in broken Chinese, "Li, I didn't expect that in such a short time, your Dawn City has been built into such a wonderful modern city. Of all the places I've been, only your Dawn City can make me forget that we are still in the apocalypse."
Wang Jie, the secretary of the city lord's office of Dawn City, explained the facilities and places along the way to everyone present in fluent British English. Everyone nodded from time to time, amazed by the achievements of Dawn City.
In reality, only Fiona and Sophia were responsible for explaining the European Dark Alliance. Aside from the five Round Table Knights responsible for security, the rest were there to conduct business with Dawn City. Li Chenglong was currently short of crystals, and upon hearing that they planned to trade with him, he immediately became interested.
He immediately summoned Pei Ji and told him to bring those who wanted to trade with Dawn City to Shen Menghua and Yun Qian. He said that once the negotiations were completed and the contracts were signed, he could take a look at them.
At 3 PM, managers at the department head level and above from all departments of Dawn City, along with officers at the battalion and deputy battalion levels of the Dawn Army, gathered in the large conference room on the second floor of the Dawn Building to listen to Fiona and Sophia introduce the Western Dark Alliance. Simultaneously, the situation was being broadcast live to the Flying Cloud Base, Clear Water Base, and Qianyun Base. Currently, the Qianyun Base in Tianjin has been assigned to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Theater Command after this theater reorganization, but its headquarters has not yet moved there, so it is temporarily still under the Eastern Theater Command.
Fiona and Sophia first praised Dawn City and the Dawnbreaker Army from the platform, then began their explanation. Everyone present listened very attentively, especially the members of the Dawnbreaker Army and the city's defense forces. After all, they would inevitably have to fight these dark races in the future, and knowing one's enemy is the key to victory; they needed to understand them thoroughly now.
The two women's explanation lasted from 3 PM to 6 PM, giving everyone present a clearer understanding of the Dark Races and the Dark Alliance. After the meeting, Fiona gave Li Chenglong a beautifully crafted book of only a little over a hundred pages.
Sophia smiled and said, "Lord Li, this is a book that our European Union just published, and it's a hardcover edition with the code '001' on the back, indicating that it's the first edition, the first copy. This book records all the dark races, detailing their history, habits, fighting styles, countermeasures, and so on, and it's also accompanied by a large number of color illustrations and photographs. Even our European Union has only just begun printing it, and only a few people have it."
Li Chenglong opened the book and flipped through it, finding that the contents were indeed as Sophia had described. He believed that if Dawn City and China had this book, their future battles against the Dark Races would be much smoother. He repeatedly thanked Fiona, saying, "Thank you so much, Miss Fiona, for giving me such a precious gift. To express my gratitude, please accept this box."
Fiona opened the box and was surprised to find a small box of storage capsules, at least thirty or forty in number. Currently, Li Chenglong's space factory's storage capsule production line, with sufficient materials, can produce 500 capsules a day, more than enough to send out these thirty or forty.
Li Chenglong glanced at Fiona, who was already a Level 11 late-stage A-rank Spirit Cat Awakener, and then at Sophia, a Level 11 early-stage Water-type Speed-type Ability User. He immediately smiled and said, "Miss Fiona, you must be more than just an international journalist, right?" Fiona clapped her hands and laughed, "Oh, Li, you finally noticed?" Sophia said from the side, "This is Wilson's only daughter, the current leader of the European Human Alliance."
Li Chenglong suddenly realized, "No wonder, how come such a team needs five level 12 ability users to protect them?" Fiona laughed and said, "My dad is making a mountain out of a molehill, actually sending five Knights of the Round Table. But it's precisely because of them that we were able to come to China so quickly, and I was able to come to your Dawn City so quickly."
For dinner, Li Chenglong specially hosted the European delegation at a hotel next to the Dawn Building, a place reserved for foreign guests. During the ball, Shen Menghua and Yun Qian gave him a brief report on the trade with the European representatives. The trade involved over twenty kinds of goods, including super-powered anti-aircraft guns, energy rifles, energy pistols, super crystal generators, and storage capsules.
They hadn't originally planned to buy so much, but after witnessing the ingenious uses of storage capsules elsewhere in China, they decided to increase the quantity and variety of items they purchased this time. Li Chenglong looked at the list of goods and said, "These can all be sold, but the price must be 20% higher than the price sold to other bases in China. As for the quantity, you can decide for yourselves—not too much and not too little. Also, you two should inform all bases in China that have trade relations with us that if they try to sell to people in other countries at a low price, then Dawn City will prohibit them from buying anything from us again."
Shen Menghua and Yun Qian nodded in agreement, agreeing that Li Chenglong's actions were entirely reasonable. Now that they had his approval, they could freely engage in trade negotiations. Both women were now level 11 ability users; they were originally late-stage level 10, but Li Chenglong used two level 11 crystals to help them reach level 11. Fortunately, they had C-level potential; if they had D-level potential, reaching level 11 would have been far more difficult, and the probability of failure would have increased significantly.
Based on Li Chenglong's long-term statistics, even with his help, the probability of a D-level potential ability user advancing from level 10 to level 11 is only 30%, the probability of a C-level potential ability user advancing to level 11 is 60%, and a B-level potential ability user can almost advance to level 11 on their own without Li Chenglong's help.
Fiona, Sophia, and the others stayed in Dawn City for a week before leaving, taking with them various supplies filled with dozens of storage capsules. Li Chenglong also obtained a large amount of crystals. After reuniting at the Anxi Base, they returned to Western Europe aboard the X2 passenger spaceship provided by Dawn City.