Chapter 1436: 565 Chapter: Development Plan

After returning to the surface of Dream Island, the first thing Yan Fei did was to enhance its defenses. He summoned a large squad of two hundred fully armed Guard Squad members to establish a solid defensive fortress here. Yan Fei also planned to upgrade the security of this passage, deploying the powerful weapons invented by Yang Qi’s laboratory inside, considering it as the last line of defense to protect the secret of Cave Heaven Paradise.

Yan Fei would also use the Artificial Intelligence “Dream” to strengthen surveillance here, absolutely forbidding unauthorized personnel from entering. Even if suspicious individuals were found loitering nearby, they would be immediately expelled by the Guard Squad members.

Considering that this place would be the only passage between two worlds in the future, and that a large number of people and items would be transported through this tunnel between the two worlds, Yan Fei planned to expand the entrance to the underground Warehouse. Through this expansion, he would increase the goods and personnel transportation capacity and improve work efficiency. However, this task was time-consuming, and even with Yan Fei’s resolve, it couldn’t be completed in the short term.

After ensuring the security measures were in place, it was still three o’clock in the afternoon local time on Dream Island. The time was neither too early nor too late, and not easy to schedule. Hesitating for a moment, Yan Fei still went to Lu Pingping’s office to discuss matters related to Cave Heaven Paradise with her.

Although Lu Pingping had unwittingly traveled through time and space last time, causing significant troubles, she also realized what her misunderstanding with Yan Fei was, which is why she left key items in the past to wait for the right time to return to Shanghai’s Zhendan University with Yan Fei. The thought of Yan Fei’s possible reaction to seeing that Stone Stele made Lu Pingping’s heart race because this was the bravest thing she had ever done for her own happiness.

Although Lu Pingping was looking forward to Yan Fei digging up that stele himself, her mood had been soured recently. This was not only because Yan Fei had completely disappeared, leaving her worried that she might not find him when the time came, but also because she saw many discussions about Xia Fan’s public affection for Yan Fei on the Internet.

Xia Fan, despite seeming childish, would persist once she set her mind to something. She had been repeatedly rejected by Yan Fei and even kicked out of Dream Island, but she was not discouraged at all. Instead, she rallied her fanatic fans to stir up the hype about her love for Yan Fei, making it well-known to everyone.

Xia Fan’s objective was simple: to dominate the public discourse, misleading people into thinking that she and Yan Fei were in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. After much such discussion, everyone would start to believe that Xia Fan and Yan Fei were indeed a couple. At the same time, Xia Fan also launched a public opinion attack, using her fanatic fans to fabricate negative stories about Lu Pingping, focusing on exposing Lu Pingping’s unethical behavior in seducing Yan Fei…

Discovering the frenzy of Xia Fan’s fans leading the public opinion online, Lu Pingping became very angry. She immediately used her authority to have the Artificial Intelligence “Dream” delete those posts discussing Xia Fan and Yan Fei’s love, as well as those intending to smear her own reputation. However, among Xia Fan’s fan group were several top internet experts who kept developing new technologies. As soon as they found their posts deleted by “Dream,” they moved battlefields, starting threads elsewhere. Thus, the two sides engaged back and forth, ending up in a stalemate.

Originally, Lu Pingping would have been very happy to see Yan Fei appearing here. However, remembering that she was being slandered by Xia Fan made her somewhat angry at Yan Fei, unwilling to engage with him. But Yan Fei’s next actions left her quite perplexed. He first sent Lu Pingping’s personal secretary away, and then sneakily closed the office curtains, turning the whole office into an enclosed room.

Not only that, Yan Fei kept looking out of the door stealthily, afraid someone would enter and interrupt the discussion he was about to have with Lu Pingping.

Lu Pingping coughed to cover her embarrassment and said, “Fei, what kind of big secret do you have that you must discuss it now?”

Yan Fei proudly replied, “Pingping, do you know? I’ve discovered a huge space deep beneath our Dream Island.”

Lu Pingping asked with curiosity, “A huge space? How huge exactly?”

Yan Fei gestured with his hands, but then realized he couldn’t convey the enormity of Cave Heaven Paradise with just his hands. He simply gave up gesturing and spoke in numbers: “That space contains a land area that exceeds 10 million square kilometers. If we calculate the volume of this space, it’s not much smaller than the Moon.”

Lu Pingping was stunned, finding it somewhat unbelievable, and said, “Fei, are you joking with me? How could there be such a vast space deep beneath the Earth’s surface? Could this space be situated within the magma?”

Yan Fei, excited in his heart upon acquiring a Cave Heaven Paradise, came to Lu Pingping to boast. However, he immediately realized that he hadn’t made himself clear, causing Lu Pingping to misunderstand. He stopped showing off and explained in detail how he had excavated deep beneath Dream Island and then discovered the Cave Heaven Paradise.

Of course, all the parts involving Drones were still kept secret from Lu Pingping. Drone Avatars were Yan Fei’s ultimate secret, something he absolutely couldn’t reveal, but Cave Heaven Paradise was different. To develop Cave Heaven Paradise massively, he couldn’t do it without Lu Pingping’s central coordination and management, which is why Yan Fei decided to tell Lu Pingping about it at the first opportunity.