Different World Card Master: Change the World with Cards

242: undergroundTwo days later, Xu Bai finalized all arrangements, then, accompanied by another person, boarded the military-arranged vehicle and left the Thunderbolt Company complex.

Although Xu Bai was departing with someone else this time, it was not Xu Le who would be accompanying him.

He entrusted Xu Le to Wu Zijin, and at the same time, granted Wu Zijin and Liu Mengyan a period of leave, allowing them to rest for a while.

After all, they had been researching the thermal power generator cards for a while, and currently, there weren’t many new ideas for making generators. Moreover, existing generators only differed in form and temporarily met people’s electricity needs, so a period of rest was in order.

However, during this resting period, they weren’t entirely idle; they needed to take time to guide the Government’s Card Makers in producing generator cardss. Currently, these generators were still in short supply, and people were still without electricity. Meanwhile, other countries were also contacting the Tianlong Republic, seeking to purchase these cardss.

In short, demand far exceeded supply, and production needed to be scaled up... If Wu Zijin wasn’t going, then who was Xu Bai taking with him?

The answer was Fang Mu.

This answer was quite surprising. At first, Mr. Number Three, upon hearing the name, wondered if he had misheard, or if there was another genius Card Maker named Fang Mu.

But when he questioned Xu Bai again, the answer he received was exactly what he had in mind, so he knew he hadn’t misheard; it was indeed the Fang Mu he knew.

Of course, he knew who Fang Mu was, as he had reviewed some of Xu Bai’s information.

However, from what he understood, Fang Mu was merely a 17-year-old boy. 17 years old—what a young age! Xu Bai, at 23, had achieved such results, which already astonished him. He hadn’t expected Xu Bai to now say that Fang Mu possessed this capability.

Currently, the best cards Fang Mu had made seemed to be the electric vehicle cards, the one created for the ”Innovation Cup.” This cards was also made with Xu Bai’s guidance.

Although Mr. Number Three still had doubts about this, due to the reliability of Xu Bai’s current endeavors, he still nodded in agreement for Fang Mu to join. However, Fang Mu would, of course, be in Xu Bai’s team and would not be leading it.

Xu Bai had thought he would need to expend more effort to persuade the other party, but he hadn’t expected Mr. Number Three to agree so quickly. He also assured the other party that he would not betray their trust.

The matter was thus settled.

That evening, Xu Bai wrote a letter to Fang Mu, though the letter didn’t specify what he wanted to research with Fang Mu. Instead, it directly asked if he wanted to research cardss with him, and then told him to pack his luggage, as he would return to pick him up two days later.

Fang Mu didn’t hesitate at all; he immediately wrote back to Xu Bai, saying he was willing, and packed his luggage that very day, waiting for Xu Bai to come pick him up... The vehicle carrying Xu Bai slowly pulled up to Fang Mu’s house.

Fang Mu was standing at his doorstep, holding his luggage and waiting.

Although Fang Mu’s emotions weren’t outwardly expressed, and he wasn’t jumping or waving in welcome, the curve of his lips revealed his happiness.

He himself was very surprised that Xu Bai would take him along for research.

However, he didn’t have much confidence in himself, but he had great confidence in Xu Bai. If Xu Bai said he could do it, then he definitely could. He would work hard, striving not to disappoint Brother Xu.

After picking him up, the car headed out of the city.

Everyone remained silent throughout the journey, as both the driver and the people who picked them up knew that weapon research was a confidential project, so they couldn’t speak carelessly to avoid being overheard.

Fang Mu only spoke at the very beginning to greet them, then huddled in a corner like a quail.

The journey was very quiet, with only the sound of the car moving.

Accompanied by this sound, Xu Bai’s eyelids grew heavy, and then he fell asleep, leaving Fang Mu wide-eyed. However, he didn’t dare to disturb Xu Bai and could only silently look out the window.

His heart was still pounding because he had just realized something: Xu Bai had only called him.

He had been a bit disheartened during the training camp. Before, he had Zhao Zixuan and Li Baoyu by his side, and he had always been better than them at cards making, so he hadn’t felt any sense of crisis.

But during the training camp, a genius like Ji Jingping appeared, and he was also noticed by Xu Bai, which gave him a sense of crisis.

However, seeing that Xu Bai only brought him, it showed that he still had the ability to be valued by Xu Bai.

The sleeping Xu Bai was unaware of the complexities in Fang Mu’s mind. Although he would consider a person’s ability, he would focus more on their research direction. Ji Jingping’s research direction had little to do with the current research, so he didn’t seek him out... Soon, the car arrived at its destination, and Xu Bai was also woken up.

Xu Bai rubbed his blurry eyes and showed no surprise at the scene before him.

As Xu Bai had guessed, the destination was underground, with no sky visible above.

He felt that this world’s architectural skills had gone awry, not building upwards like in his previous life.

In his previous life, buildings of over ten stories were basic; many residential buildings were fifteen stories high, and many commercial towers soared into the sky, as if to prove that only the wealthy could reach the heavens.

The most iconic building was the Shanghai Tower, with a total height of 632 meters; anyone with acrophobia standing on it would likely have trembling legs.

This world’s architectural direction was to build continuously underground, or perhaps into mountains—in short, the more secluded, the better. It always felt as if the surface could be destroyed at any moment. He wondered if people in this world would all live underground in the future.

In fact, Xu Bai had initially proposed building a 20-story structure for the Thunderbolt Company building. In his view, a commercial building of that height was considered basic, but he hadn’t expected the proposal to be met with strong opposition from everyone.

Through their explanations, Xu Bai learned that buildings that were too tall couldn’t be covered by protective shields, making them vulnerable to attacks from flying alien beasts. Additionally, due to construction material limitations, high structures were unstable, so the maximum height they could build was six stories.

Therefore, due to multiple reasons, Xu Bai had no solution for this.

Perhaps only when the alien beasts are eliminated will humans consider building upwards.

For now, it’s out of the question; underground is much safer. Many research institutions or bases choose to be underground.

So, Xu Bai was not surprised by the scene before him. As for Fang Mu, he was still just a child, silently following behind Xu Bai.

However, the young man still had courage; he soon returned to his previous demeanor.