"Currently, the number of people who have reached gene recombination totals seven, namely myself, Zhao Kai, Li Qinghua, Tu Long, Han Xiangman, Wu Ying, and Li Xiangyang."

"The total number of Genetic Species is 372 people, and this number is still increasing."

"The total number of awakened Superpower Users is 3,923, which accounts for four-fifths of the entire Yangshan population."

"It is expected that the remaining people will gradually break through soon."

"The above population data of Genetic Species and awakened Superpower Users is limited to our Yangshan, Jueyun Slope, and Meishan bases. The Floating Island has not been counted yet."

Ding Yan quickly responded to Liang Yuan.

After hearing this, Liang Yuan was slightly surprised and glanced toward Li Xiangyang, who was sitting not far away and in charge of Meishan affairs.

Among the seven experts in gene recombination, he had predicted Li Qinghua, Zhao Kai, Tu Long, and a few others.

And Wu Ying and Han Xiangman, after being tempered at the Dark Abyss Mouth, their breakthrough was also expected.

But Li Xiangyang suddenly breaking through silently took Liang Yuan by surprise.

Li Xiangyang noticed Liang Yuan looking at him and smiled slightly, nodding to him.

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "Xiangyang, it seems you’ve been working hard during this stage."

Li Xiangyang quickly replied, "I was also fortunate, thanks to Yangshan’s blessings. With the presence of the Spirit Gathering Tower and the Spiritual Power Gene Warning Device, I had the opportunity to break through gene recombination."

"Of course, the one to thank the most is still you, Mr. Liang. Without you, there would be no Yangshan today, nor would there be my Li Xiangyang today."

Liang Yuan smiled, "Alright, save the pleasantries. You are a native of Meishan. It’s delightful to have a gene recombination expert among you."

"You’re also a relatively rare Light Attribute Superpower User. You will undoubtedly shine brightly among us in the future."

Li Xiangyang modestly responded with a few words.

Liang Yuan instructed Yang Mei, "Summarize the situation on the Floating Islands as well, including population registration, the number of Superpower Users, etc., all to be recorded in the book."

At this point, Yang Mei spoke up, "I have already notified Li Qinghua and Zhao Kai. They should soon deliver the data."

Liang Yuan nodded slightly, "When the ice and snow melt, the several Floating Islands will gather together, making everyone’s travel more convenient."

The meeting continued, also discussing the upcoming warming weather and the potential problem of rising floods.

This meeting also focused on discussing the Yangshan aviation program.

With the emergence of Yangshan No. 2, Yangshan’s aircraft are already being rapidly produced.

It is believed that soon, Yangshan will have a large number of flying devices.

At that time, having just the equipment is not enough; at least pilots are needed to operate these spaceships.

Thus, training pilots is also urgent.

Regarding the training of pilots, priority is given to Spirit Ability Users or Elemental Ability Users.

This type of Superpower User has a high adaptability. In case of any issue with the spacecraft, they can fly off the ground in a timely manner.

It was at this time that Xu Huang and others who initially joined the flight testing program took a big advantage.

It must be known that among Xu Huang and his group, no one has gathered a Genetic Species.

Some are not even Spirit or Elemental Superpower Users.

But this is something others cannot envy. Their career was forged with their lives.

Now, these few people are all training newcomers at Yangshan’s first pilot base.

Yangshan’s development plan proceeds meticulously.

This meeting lasted until the afternoon before concluding.

The main agenda of the meeting was set by Liang Yuan in terms of the big picture, while the details were for various departments to hold sub-meetings and formulate plans.

After the meeting ended, Liang Yuan returned to the Leader’s Mansion, intending to review some materials submitted by the various departments.

At this moment, Monsoon hurried in.

He is the captain of the Gale Team of the patrol team, specializing in handling urgent military matters.

Seeing his anxious expression, Liang Yuan couldn’t help but feel a stir in his heart and asked, "What’s happened?"

"Mr. Liang, there’s a serious problem. The people from Beichen Island have gone mad again. An urgent report from the Dark Abyss Mouth states that the people from Beichen Island, after being driven out by Mist City, are now assaulting our Dark Abyss Mouth."

Liang Yuan’s heart skipped a beat, immediately asking, "Did the people from Mist City make a move?"

"No, it’s just the refugees from Beichen Island for now."

Liang Yuan had already learned from Zhuang Shuyuan that after the Ice Crystal Palace on Mist City was completed, Ling Yurong completely abandoned Beichen Island.

Originally connected by the ice plains, the two islands had been severed by her.

Liang Yuan initially speculated that the other party might have already exhausted Beichen Island’s resources and hence no longer needed the island.

However, he didn’t expect that Ling Yurong would even abandon the people on Beichen Island.

Directly expelling them off the island.

But suddenly, Liang Yuan noticed something was off.

"Something’s not right. If Ling Yurong merely wanted to abandon these people, she could have just left them on Beichen Island to fend for themselves. Why expel them from Beichen Island?"

"Why do these expelled people head towards the Dark Abyss Mouth instead of going to Yang Baoshan?"

Liang Yuan instantly became alert, detecting a whiff of conspiracy.

"Is she trying to force me to take in these people, and then seize the opportunity to capture the Dark Abyss Mouth?"

"Are there insiders planted among these people by her?"

"No, Ling Yurong, an Ancient Superpower User, only cares about herself. When did she ever care about territory and such?"

"She couldn’t possibly be interested in the Floating Island of the Abyssal Mouth; one Mist City is enough to secure her place."

"Her real objective is to force me over!"

Liang Yuan rapidly deduced Ling Yurong’s real intent from various clues!

What does the other party want by forcing him over?

"Could she have a surefire way to defeat me?"

"No, her target might not be me!"

Liang Yuan’s eyes flickered: "Her target is still Sister Mei!"

"Once I leave Yangshan, she could directly bypass the Dark Abyss Mouth to attack Yangshan. With her strength, there’s truly no one here who could match her."

Although there are now seven gene recombination experts here in Yangshan.

But Li Qinghua, Zhao Kai, and the others are far away in Guangfu District.

After Han Xiangman and Wu Ying made their breakthroughs, they both returned to the Floating Island of the Abyssal Mouth to guard it.

Currently, Yangshan only has Tu Long, Li Xiangyang, and Ding Yan as gene recombination level superpower users.

The three of them haven’t been in the gene recombination phase for long; their progress is all under 10%.

Even if they join forces, they might not be a match for Ling Yurong.

Liang Yuan knows well how strong Ling Yurong is, having fought against him before.

This person is estimated to have a gene recombination progress of nearly 20%, but after such a long time, he must have advanced further.

I’ve already advanced to 30%, and as an ancient superpower user, he once stood at the pinnacle.

Now that he’s starting over in cultivation, his speed will definitely be fast.

"The process of gene recombination relies heavily on experience. Those who are skilled can quickly recombine the same genes, speeding up the process."

"These ancient superpower users decompose their genes, hiding their split minds among countless genes, passing them on to countless living beings."

"Their understanding of genes must far exceed that of modern people."

"Now they’ve reawakened, and all they need to do is constantly gather their former split minds and practice according to the old routines to quickly improve."

"Our cultivation, however, requires constant experimentation with gene sequences to rearrange them correctly."

"One has past successful experience, and the other is just starting out, so the speed of cultivation will naturally be different."

Liang Yuan thought to himself, never underestimating any enemy.

Especially superpower users who survived from the ancient era, they should not be underestimated.

"Ignore them, protect Sister Mei, and let her quickly break through gene recombination to erase Ling Yurong’s spiritual split thought!"

Thinking of this, Liang Yuan immediately said to Monsoon: "Inform Han Xiangman and Wu Ying not to worry about those people, let them charge."

"The range of the Floating Island of the Abyssal Mouth is not small, and without any other superpower energy inside, even if they enter, they can only grope in the darkness."

"If the people from Mist City attack, just let them withdraw from the Floating Island of the Abyssal Mouth, leaving is enough."

Monsoon was surprised to hear this, but though he didn’t understand Liang Yuan’s intentions, he nodded and said, "Yes, I’ll go inform the Floating Island of the Abyssal Mouth now."

With that, he turned to leave.

Liang Yuan suddenly said, "Wait, do they still have enough supplies over there?"

"After the last incident, Captain Wu Ying transported a large amount of supplies from Yangshan."

Liang Yuan nodded slightly, "That’s good, let them prepare for a long-term shutdown."

Watching Monsoon leave, Liang Yuan pondered slightly.

"It’s still not safe enough, might as well let Sister Mei and the baby move into the Sumeru Space."

With this thought, Liang Yuan went home without further ado.

He explained this to Yang Mei.

Upon hearing that the Ice Queen had taken action, Yang Mei immediately became frightened.

She promptly said, "I’ll do as you say, I’ll move with Dudu into the Sumeru Space."

"Should Lin Ya move in too?"

Liang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Yes, all of you move in. Except for the time you need to cultivate in the Spirit Gathering Tower, stay in the Sumeru Space until you break through the gene recombination."

Yang Mei nodded, "Okay!"

She quickly handed over her administrative duties at the complex to others and focused on moving with her child and Lin Ya into Liang Yuan’s Sumeru Space.

Time flew by, another week passed.

Liang Yuan felt the weather warming up.

The snowflakes in the air had thinned, replaced by icy particles mixed with icy rain.

Meanwhile, the Floating Island of the Abyssal Mouth repeatedly sent urgent military news.

However, Wu Ying and the others continued to follow Liang Yuan’s instructions and didn’t interact with the people of Beichen Island at all.

People from Beichen Island entering the Floating Island of the Abyssal Mouth were like blind men, groping aimlessly, unable to see their surroundings.

It took a full week before someone discovered Fanshan Town.

However, by the time they rushed to Fanshan Town, Wu Ying and his team had already given up the town and moved to the underground canyon where Shadow Dragon resided.

In this way, the people from Beichen Island were even less likely to find them.

Currently, over a thousand people were gathered in Fanshan Town.

The crowd was bustling, engaging in fierce arguments.

"Boss Li, why did we come to this godforsaken place? There’s nothing here, it’s pitch black everywhere, just rocks, no food at all!"

"Yeah, coming here, we might as well have gone to Yang Baoshan."

"If worse comes to worst, we could have settled on Fanshan Island that Gu Jianye and his group took over back then, I hear you can even catch a Mutant Beast there."

"Damn it, that crazy woman from Mist City, what right does she have to drive us away!"

"Damn it, I can’t stay in this place, I’m going somewhere else!"

People were arguing noisily.

The man called Boss Li looked gloomy and suddenly shouted angrily, "Quiet!"

"This town clearly has been inhabited before, they must be on the island, find them and we’ll naturally find food!"

His authority seemed relatively high, his angry shout silenced quite a few people.

But soon there was more muttering and murmuring.

"Crazy, why insist on staying here."

"Exactly, damn it, if he hadn’t insisted on bringing us here, we might be living it up on Yang Baoshan now."

...

Voices continuously drifted through, though not loud, they were filled with resentment.

Boss Li felt a chill in his heart, cursed a few times, and quickly headed into a room.