No matter what the cost!

For some reason, when he heard this sentence, even though the heater was on in the room, the chief scholar still felt his hands and feet suddenly cold.

"What are you going to do?" He opened his mouth and asked.

"Create a powerful super weapon to blow open the borders!" The emperor waved his hand, "In my early years, I established a weapons research institute and supporting military factories in Xizhou.

The firearms and artillery produced are more sophisticated than those of the old dynasty's army.

I plan to upgrade it to the Xizhou Special Research Institute, mobilize a group of top scientists there, develop super weapons, and create a new world, what do you... think?"

"this……"

After hearing these words, the chief scholar Rao had some vague guesses, but was still shocked in his heart.

Blast open the borders of the world!

What a crazy idea is this? You must know that during the Chi Kingdom period, since the discovery of the "border", although successive emperors have never stopped exploring, no one has ever made such a decision.

Maybe some people thought about it in their hearts, but they never actually ordered it to be implemented.

After all, this must be a terribly expensive project that is likely to fail, and there are always rumors among the people that beyond the border is the residence of the gods.

No emperor dared to brave the disapproval of the world and invade the divine realm.

But the new emperor dares!

As for whether he wants to accept it...whether as a top scientific worker or as the emperor's "favorite", he seems to have no reason to refuse.

"...obey."

…

…

"boom!!"

Lishan Martial Arts School, in the study room.

As Lin Tuo clicked the mouse, the last gunshot echoed in the headphones.

On the screen, the last enemy fell neatly on the edge of the poisonous circle.

"Huh, does improving physical fitness also help playing games?" Lin Tuo leaned on the back of his chair, slowly took off his headphones, and muttered in his heart.

After working, he rarely plays games, maybe one or two games a month.

His marksmanship also declined drastically.

Unexpectedly, I won three games in a row easily.

Although it is also due to the low level of his account and the Fish Pond Bureau...

"Well, it should be that the ether tempers the body and improves the speed of nerve response. My concentration is also more concentrated than before."

I got up and took out a can of Coke from the refrigerator in the next room. Just as I was about to open it, the alarm clock set on my phone rang again.

"It's time to collect ether again."

Lin Tuo was shocked and trotted back to the sand table. He lowered his head and looked down, and found that on the sand table continent, the scale of the city had expanded and the architectural style of the houses had also changed.

Changes have occurred in many areas.

The most obvious ones are the countless electric lights at night and the public trams in the city. In addition to bicycles, there are also a few cars starting to appear on the streets.

It's just that it's still bulky and rare, and seems to be in the early stages of development.

"It's developing very quickly..."

Lin Tuo sighed with emotion, then used the "breathing method" again, took a deep breath, and then turned around and had a simple lunch with satisfaction.

Then I was immersed in the game again.

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…

Inside the Sandbox Empire.

In the blink of an eye, it has been ten years since the founding of the new dynasty.

Compared with the ever-changing Kyoto and many industrial cities.

Far away in Daxizhou, the Xizhou Special Research Institute hidden among the mountains does not seem to have changed much.

Looking from a distance, there are just a few more buildings, and a lot of equipment has been updated inside.

But the entire area is still desolate and sparsely populated.

Especially at night, it seems particularly cold, with only the howling of wolves for company.

Only through the accounts of the Kyoto treasury and the continuous and terrifying inflow of cash can people pay attention to this borderland.

"We are a group of pioneers who shoulder a mission and have to endure bitter cold and loneliness."

For ten years, the chief scientist has been inspiring others with these words.

And with the emperor's extravagant investment and the dividends of the times, the research on super weapons has also gone smoothly, which is surprising.

Levels were cleared one by one, and super weapons evolved from ideas in the mind and sketches on the drawing board into real entities.

And conducted several small-scale detonation experiments.

This once made the chief scientist very excited. However, as the level of research improved and as the detection and understanding of the "boundary" deepened, he began to waver.

I started to wonder, can the "boundaries" really be broken?

then.

One late autumn, when His Majesty the Emperor came here for inspection again, he finally mustered up the courage to express his concerns.

"So, you want to tell me that the study failed?"

Research institute, in a certain room.

The emperor, who was ten years older, asked with cold eyes.

Ten years have passed, probably because he was worried about national affairs. The middle-aged man who was high-spirited at the beginning has already shown his age, his beard and hair are graying, but his majesty is growing day by day.

Officials in Kyoto are particularly aware of this.

When the country was stabilized, the emperor began to extend his hand to the entire society, highly centralizing power, adopting an iron-fist ruling style, tightening public opinion, and gradually deepening his control over the country.

In the first few years, he could at least listen to the opinions of his ministers. Recently, he has become even more arbitrary, and the atmosphere in the entire court has become increasingly tense.

"No, Your Majesty, the research is going well. It's just that the border is much stronger than we originally imagined. So much so that even the shock wave created by the super warhead that we originally envisioned may not be able to shake it."

The chief scholar trembled and hurriedly explained.

"Hard to shake?" After repeating the word, the emperor looked dimly and said in a stern tone, "There is nothing in this world that cannot be destroyed.

If there is, it can only mean that the weapon is not powerful enough and the determination to destroy it is not strong enough."

"Yes... I have no doubts about your determination. As for the power of weapons... it cannot be increased without limit. There is a ceiling to the power of a single warhead..."

"If one is not enough, then add a few more!" The emperor's eyes were firm. "If one cannot explode, then make a thousand or ten thousand! If the funds are not enough, I will raise them from the empire for you."

"This is not a matter of funds..." the chief scientist said with a wry smile, "We have also thought about this plan. In theory, it is indeed possible to increase the destructive power through stacking.

But once the power caused by the explosion exceeds a certain value.

It will have a serious impact on the ecology of the entire continent...or even worse, may lead to the destruction of the world."

"Destruction?" As he chewed the word, the old emperor suddenly had a strange look on his face, his eyes staring straight as if he was brewing some kind of madness.

But his tone was unusually calm: "After this year, I will be sixty years old."

"Ah?" The chief scholar was a little confused.

"Some time ago, the imperial doctor told me that I had a tumor in my brain. With current medical technology, it would be very risky to operate on it, so I won't be able to live for long."

"Your Majesty...you don't have to be like this..."

As soon as the chief scholar opened his mouth, the other party raised his hand to stop him:

"I spent the first half of my life in the army and served as emperor for ten years. I should be satisfied when I think about it, but I am still unwilling to do so. I just want to see with my own eyes what it is like outside the border before I die."

After a pause, he continued:

"Do you remember what I said when I first talked about this experiment with you that winter ten years ago? I said, I will conquer it, no matter what the cost."

"this……"

"Okay, you go out first and help me call all the core leaders of this project. I want to hold a meeting." The emperor suddenly changed the subject and said.

"Ah...yes."

The chief scholar walked out of the door in a daze. Although he felt vaguely that something was wrong, he did not dare to disobey.

Soon, he returned here with more than a dozen core leaders of the project.

Because the project is top secret, most of the researchers below don't know the details of the plan. Only these people know.

"Your Majesty? Everyone is here." When a group of people entered the conference room, the chief scholar saw the old emperor sitting on the main seat in the conference room with his back to everyone.
To be continued...