sbdcsierra Chapter 1: Tak Desert - Hand over to the nation at the start!
Chapter 1: Tak Desert - Hand over to the nation at the start!
A lone plume of smoke rises straight from the desert, a thousand miles of yellow sand stretching white.
The Taklamakan Desert, located in southern Xinjiang, stretches for thousands of kilometers, with its golden sand dunes undulating like a golden ocean. At this moment, five off-road vehicles are speeding along the desert highway.
Looking out the car window at the unique desert highway, one feels a sense of desolate grandeur and vastness.
On one of the SUVs.
Zhao Qing, sitting in the back row, was flipping through documents.
He is the city lord of Alar City, bearing the heavy responsibility of the city's development.
As the city closest to Tucker.
Zhao Qing is heading to the heart of the desert today, mainly to conduct relevant research.
While pondering.
A gentle breeze blew through the carriage.
Some fine sand blew onto Zhao Qing's documents.
Seeing this, Zhao Qing was not surprised at all.
The off-road vehicle he was in often traveled in the desert, and small amounts of sand would frequently seep into the cabin through the gaps.
Just as he was about to brush away the fine sand from the document, a surprising scene unfolded.
The tiny grains of sand on the document automatically arranged themselves into a clear line of text: "Dear Leader, I apologize for contacting you in this way. I hope I haven't startled you."
"this……"
Zhao Qing frowned slightly.
He looked around. Inside the SUV, besides the driver, there was only the secretary sitting in the passenger seat.
Clearly, there was no one else in the carriage.
As the lord of a city.
Zhao Qing never believed in any supernatural power in the world.
After a moment of silence, he took out a pen and wrote a line on the paper: "Who are you? Why are you making such a joke?"
Not long after I wrote the words.
The tiny grains of sand shifted and rearranged into a long string of words: "Leader, my name is Li Zhou, this is my name from my previous life."
Of course, that's not important. What's important is... after my rebirth, I unexpectedly became the embodiment of the Tak Desert, or rather, I am the Tak Desert now, possessing the ability to control the entire desert.
Manipulating sand grains to form words and communicate with you is just one of my abilities.
See here.
Zhao Qing remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was experiencing a tremendous surge of emotions.
Reborn?
A desert incarnation?
He himself doesn't like watching TV dramas about time travel and reincarnation, nor does he like reading various fantasy-themed online novels.
However, his daughter really enjoys watching time-travel and reincarnation dramas, which Zhao Qing has also heard about.
But he has always been an atheist.
Seeing this incredible supernatural phenomenon suddenly gave his worldview, which he had cultivated for over forty years, a real shock!
Zhao Qing took a deep breath to calm his complicated thoughts.
He wrote on the paper with a pen: "Li Zhou, what do you want to see me about today?"
Zhao Qing knew this in his heart.
Li Zhou must have something to discuss with him, otherwise he wouldn't have contacted him for no reason.
The grains of sand then formed a passage of text once more.
"Leadership, I now possess the abilities to help the country. And what I want to do now... is to dedicate myself to the country!"
"Hand it over to the state?"
Zhao Qing's heart stirred.
Although Li Zhou is a citizen of the Xia Kingdom, he has now transformed into the Tak Desert, becoming an inconceivable life form that can no longer be measured by human standards.
In this situation.
Li Zhou's continued willingness to help the country truly impressed him.
Zhao Qing wrote on paper and pen: "What abilities do you possess?"
The characters formed from grains of sand transform once more.
"Leader, my first ability is called [Desert Control]. It allows me to alter the climate and weather patterns of the Tak Desert and to locate its mineral resources."
"I know that the country has been working to prevent and control desertification and turn deserts into oases. I can help the country in this regard, so that deserts can truly become oases, and assist the country in extracting rare resources such as natural gas and oil."
"My second ability is called [Agricultural Growth Acceleration], which means that crops planted in the Tak Desert grow at twice the speed of those grown in the outside world."
"My third ability is called [Agricultural Output Boost], which means that crops grown in the Tak Desert can yield twice the amount of crops grown in the outside world."
"My fourth ability is called [Accelerated Livestock Growth], which means that livestock such as cattle and sheep living in the Tak Desert grow at twice the rate of those in the outside world."
"These four abilities should be able to effectively help the country!"
Seeing these strings of text.
Zhao Qing subconsciously gasped.
As the lord of a city, he was very clear about the situation in the country's agricultural sector.
The Xia Kingdom was a major agricultural country, and also a major importer of agricultural products.
In 2013, China's total agricultural product imports amounted to US$1188.7 billion.
Wheat imports totaled 553 million tons.
Corn imports totaled 326 million tons.
China imported 227 million tons of rice.
Barley imports totaled 233 million tons.
Cotton imports totaled 450 million tons.
Sugar imports totaled 454 million tons.
China imported 6783 million tons of edible oilseeds.
Soybean imports totaled 6337 million tons.
China imported 922 million tons of edible vegetable oil.
Beef imports totaled 29.4 tons.
25.9 tons of mutton were imported.
Pork imports totaled 58.4 tons.
86.4 tons of milk powder were imported.
Seafood imports totaled US$86.4 billion.
If the climate and weather in the Taklamakan Desert change, it will become suitable for growing and raising various crops.
Then Xia Kingdom would no longer need to import hundreds of billions of dollars in the agricultural sector every year, achieving complete self-sufficiency in agriculture and transforming itself from a major agricultural importer into a major agricultural exporter!
Think about it too.
The Taklamakan Desert covers an area of 33 square kilometers, equivalent to 4.95 million mu of land.
If all of it were converted into arable land suitable for growing crops, the Xia Kingdom would undergo a dramatic transformation in the agricultural sector!
At this moment...
The sand-like text reappeared.
"Leader, my current abilities are mainly in the agricultural field. If the country can help me build a city in the desert, I can awaken even more abilities."
"Simply put, the more economically developed this desert city is, the more abilities I can awaken."
"For example, medical capabilities, industrial capabilities, technological capabilities, sports capabilities, educational capabilities, mining capabilities, and so on."
"Judging from the current agricultural capabilities, we can be confident that future capabilities will not disappoint the country!"
As Li Zhou recounted the story...
Zhao Qing finally understood Li Zhou's current predicament.
In other words.
To fully unlock Li Zhou's abilities, a city must be built in the Tak Desert.
The more developed the city, the more abilities Li Zhou possesses.
The greater the assistance the country will receive at that time.
After figuring this out.
Zhao Qing immediately notified the accompanying off-road vehicle team to cancel the research activity.
He needed to go back immediately and give his superiors a detailed report on what he had seen and heard that day.
……
The five off-road vehicles returned.
The Taklamakan Desert has returned to peace.
The desert transformed into Li Zhou, and he felt exceptionally cheerful.
At the beginning of his rebirth, when he found himself in the Tak Desert, he was actually in a very bad mood.
No one can easily accept the fact that a perfectly healthy person has turned into a desert.
Fortunately, good fortune may be a harbinger of misfortune, and misfortune may be a harbinger of good
He awakened the [City Atlas] system. As long as he develops his city, he can light up the atlas and gain various abilities.
If relying solely on oneself.
Perhaps even after many years, the desert city will not be able to develop into a metropolis.
Conversely, if they choose to hand over the city to the state and let the state help develop it, the desert city might be able to develop into a super-first-tier city comparable to New York and London in just a few years, benefiting the entire country.
The [City Atlas] system possesses immense power.
Perhaps the desert city will develop into a top-tier city.
He, the embodiment of the desert, has the chance to become human again!