Chapter 196 New News

Just as Li Tianran was furious about McGero's planning project, new news arrived.

The Yanhuang Federation was willing to help Kyrat Island construct an intercontinental weapon and second-generation nuclear warhead research, development, and launch program!

Hearing this news, the other four major powers of the Allied Council were extremely angered. They could see that the Yanhuang Federation was determined to bind itself to Kyrat Island, at all costs.

It was like the example that had been given before: five listed companies dividing up the market in a city. Now, facing Li Tianran, this newly emerged upstart, the Federation actually chose to lead the entire company to invest in him, even preparing to accept this upstart into their own company in the future and hand over all power to him!

Li Tianran himself was silent for a long time.

In the construction plan that McGero had previously shown Li Tianran, all resources, manpower, and equipment involved were funded by the five major powers of the Allied Council. In other words, the expenses for helping Li Tianran build ports, airports, and detection stations were shared equally by the five major powers after a resolution by the Allied Council!

However, the intercontinental weapon and second-generation nuclear weapon arsenal were not included in this plan, meaning that no matter how much resources and manpower this plan required, the Yanhuang Federation would have to bear it all themselves!

How much would it cost to build a powerful intercontinental weapon launch program and arsenal?

Li Tianran hadn't calculated it in detail, but he knew some rough figures.

The manufacturing cost of an intercontinental weapon is about one hundred million euros, and with the addition of a second-generation nuclear fission warhead, its price would triple or quadruple. And this is just the manufacturing cost; the research and development costs are inestimable. It could be said that every step of its creation is built with gold!

Powerful countries treat intercontinental missiles and second-generation nuclear fission weapons as treasures, block technology, and monopolize materials. Now, the Federation is willing to publicly and freely help Kyrat Island build an intercontinental weapon program, despite the pressure from the other four countries...

The attitude shown by the Federation this time, combined with the previous air force support, made Li Tianran feel a sense of unease.

Li Tianran was not afraid of others showing him hostility, nor was he afraid of powerful enemies pressing him step by step!

But he was afraid of others showing him unlimited kindness, because, as he had said before, favors are hard to repay.

He always liked to keep everything clear-cut: a transaction is a transaction, and cooperation is cooperation!

But at this time, he had no reason to refuse the Federation, because he desperately needed intercontinental weapons and second-generation nuclear technology!

"It seems I have no choice but to owe this favor..." Li Tianran touched his nose helplessly.

He could roughly guess what the Federation was thinking.

He didn't mind forming an alliance with the Federation, but his only concern was whether the Federation would change its attitude towards him in future cooperation due to reasons of self-interest.

After all, politicians are the most changeable creatures in this world, and not everyone is like Bai Jingyan, who can regard a country's resources and power as dung and sincerely make friends with Li Tianran.

It couldn't be blamed on Li Tianran for being too worried or too cautious. In this day and age, when dealing with powerful countries, any misjudgment could lead to a crisis of extinction.

"..." Li Tianran was silent, his eyes complex, as if he had made a decision in a short period of time.

...

The Yanhuang Federation's team of experts arrived at Kyrat Island three hours later. This was a huge team; the group responsible for just one aspect of site selection had more than fifty members. They would build sea-based, land-based, and vehicle-mounted launch programs with three different capacity levels. Including construction personnel, the team had more than thirty thousand members.

Li Tianran warmly welcomed them and discussed with them overnight. In the end, they named Kyrat Island's future intercontinental weapon the "New World."

Corresponding to the Pioneers.

The name Pioneers came from "expanding the future in a cataclysmic world, building civilization in the wilderness."

The meaning of Kyrat Island's intercontinental weapon "New World" was obvious. When it was completed, it would bring about a completely new change in the current world situation.

After the Yanhuang Federation's team of experts arrived, the number of people and equipment working around Kyrat Island reached an extremely terrifying level. If one looked down from the sky, it would be almost impossible to see the sea around Kyrat Island. All that could be seen were large cargo ships, heavy machinery, and large transport vehicles.

Faced with the Yanhuang Federation's intercontinental weapon support program, the other four countries ultimately didn't dare to break off relations and directly stop or interfere, because they knew very well that both Li Tianran and the Yanhuang Federation were extremely important in the Human Alliance at this time. This was not the time for internal strife. Moreover, through several sanctions against Li Tianran, the powerful countries had also discovered that the more they tried to contain Li Tianran, the more they wanted to target him, the more likely their goals would fail...

Li Tianran was like a spring: the more pressure you put on him, the greater the force of his rebound.

Moreover, the Allied Council's most important task now was to eliminate those beast nest cities scattered around the world and gather as many resources as possible before the human defense line was established.

Under these circumstances, a rare state of harmony emerged among the major powers of the Allied Council, which had been constantly fighting internally. The construction progress on Kyrat Island was advancing by leaps and bounds...

...

This was the third day since the construction of Kyrat Island began. There were still thirteen days until the Fourth Cataclysmic Era arrived.

At this time, Kyrat Island and the surrounding islands had completely changed their appearance. It had to be said that the combined construction speed of the five major powers was definitely world-class.

Li Tianran was about to check the construction progress in detail when the satellite communicator suddenly rang, with an urgent voice coming from inside.

"Boss, we've discovered some anomalies at sea. We're transferring the feed to you now."

Soon, some images appeared on the satellite communicator in Li Tianran's hand. They were sent by the Pioneer Corps, who were responsible for patrolling the sea and searching for survivors.

Li Tianran narrowed his eyes.

The images showed a vast expanse of sea, which was now churning.

Large numbers of beast tides were gathering at sea, but they were not attacking human cities. Instead, they were killing and attacking each other. Blood stained the sea red, and giant beast kings tore apart the sea beasts in front of them, which were also beast kings, mercilessly devouring them before roaring at the sky.

This scene was not only happening in one area of the sea; such scenes of self-destruction were everywhere in the current seas!

"The beast king groups are starting to fall into chaos..." Li Tianran muttered to himself, "Could it be that the sea demon is really dead?"

"I always feel like something is not quite right..."