Seeing Keqing and the others enveloped by vines, peacefully lying in dreamland,
Jack knew that his skill experiment this time was very successful.
"The MC system is truly generous. It gives authority when it says it will. I wonder how far this dream manipulation ability has reached compared to Nahida, the Grass God?"
"This method of increasing strength feels somewhat similar to Sumeru's unique canned knowledge, and perhaps even surpasses it."
Jean heard Jack's muttering and replied, "Just with this, Jack, you've already done something even the Grass God couldn't."
"Jean, you also know a lot about Sumeru?"
"Lisa told me everything. The Grass God has re-assumed her authority, but in saving the world, she over-expended her power, causing her body to become child-sized. Her power, I imagine, still can't create non-existent 'knowledge' out of thin air to make people stronger like you can."
"Re-assuming authority… That's right, Jean, you are also a Teyvat person. You must have forgotten The Greater Lord Rukkhadevata's name, haven't you?"
Jean tilted her head in confusion, her golden hair sliding from her shoulder. "Jack, what did you say? A few words just now sounded a bit strange."
Jack rubbed Jean, who had triggered a cute action.
"Teyvat people shouldn't delve into these matters. Once you become my person and break free from Teyvat's cycle and destiny, you will naturally remember what you should remember."
Jack pulled her and Shen He into his embrace.
"Now, it's time for us to get down to business."
...
Jack was a seasoned civil engineer.
He had a clear understanding of how to construct a single-unit structure.
The most important part of which was laying the foundation.
As the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A pair of good jade feet helps to boost an engineer's work enthusiasm.
Especially since Teyvat's women live in a magical world, possessing convenient things like elemental power.
Their bodies, long cleansed by elemental power, would not cause their feet to smell, even when frequently wrapped in various stockings and tights, due to the developed sweat glands in women's feet.
If one were to sniff closely, there would instead be a maiden's fragrance.
Jean's elegance was like a Cecilia flower on a high mountain.
Shen He's coolness was like a snow lotus blooming on the dome.
The two pairs of crystal-clear, jade-like toes were laid out before him, like two delicious dishes pleasing to the eye.
"I'll dig in."
Engineer Jack said so.
And then he began his diligent labor.
The first step was clearing the site.
To ensure there was space for temporary facilities and engineering equipment, he needed to remove excess clutter.
A Knights of Favonius standard uniform and a set of ethereal, flowing brocade clothes were taken off and placed aside.
Leaving behind two pure white, well-proportioned clean areas.
After clearing the site, came leveling.
This step was to level the clean ground, bringing its elevation difference to a single horizontal line. All elevation differences marked on the later architectural construction design drawings originated from this.
Engineer Jack, adhering to the principle of hands-on involvement, began the leveling work.
From feet to head.
Overcoming mountains, opening paths through rivers, clearing grass from forests.
After a series of actions, he found that flipping them over made it flat instantly.
Thus, this second step was completed.
Next was the most core part of the entire building: the pile foundation.
Pile foundations require point selection.
Because it bears the largest moment of the entire building, it generally adopts a proportion biased towards the golden ratio, with the area below the Guanyuan acupoint being the best.
After selecting the pile point, a few steel bars are inserted. When they reach a certain depth, they may penetrate groundwater due to geological reasons, leading to water inundation.
At this time, there is no need to worry.
These are normal phenomena during piling.
After the water inundation is cleared, the pile body is formally implanted into the selected acupoint. Following the path of the previous few steel bars, it precisely squeezes out the air within the selected point, and the pile body perfectly fits the entrance.
Once the pile body and steel bars are fully prepared, the final step is pouring.
Gelatinous cement with hydraulic properties is introduced into the hollow pile, mixing with the steel bars, which maintains better hardness, thereby making the pile foundation increasingly stable.
...
Civil engineering is indeed a tiring job.
Look, Jack, this seasoned old civil engineer, was already drenched in sweat after just completing the first step of piling.
Also drenched in sweat was his first assistant, Miss Jean.
And because it was her first time working,
Miss Jean didn't manage her stamina well, plus Jack's grass element divine power gave her even more drive.
So, even after exhausting her own stamina, she was still diligently cooperating with Jack's construction.
This resulted in her body now experiencing symptoms of spasms from exhaustion. Her jade feet curled up, clinging to Jack's body, and even moving an inch more would make her foam at the mouth from fatigue.
"This effect is a bit too good!"
Jack held the trembling Jean and gently laid her on a bed.
Even though Jean was still restlessly moving while he held her,
Jack remained unperturbed, maintaining a sage-like demeanor, and bestowed upon her a natural blessing.
Buzz~
A fluorescent green elemental power glowed.
Jean's body gradually stopped twitching.
"Hmm… What am I…?"
Jean sat up, clutching her forehead. She looked at Jack.
She saw several distinct claw marks and bite marks on Jack's clearly defined pectoral muscles.
Their shape perfectly matched her own.
"I-I'm sorry, Jack! At the time, it was too… too comfortable, I… I couldn't control myself!"
Jack gently cupped Jean's face.
Jean seemed to still feel an afterglow, her body trembled, and a pair of eyes like a little lamb looked at Jack.
"It's alright, you know my body, these minor injuries are nothing. Now, you should rest for a while."
With that said, the diligent civil engineering master Jack went to the second construction site.
Shen He, who had already become a clean area, looked at Jack in a daze.
The scenes just now had been quite a shock to her worldview, so even now, she was still disconnected.
Jack pinched Shen He's nose.
Shen He wrinkled her exquisite nose, "Is it really… as enjoyable as she said?"
"Why don't you try it and find out?"
"You're right."
So, Shen He actively cooperated with Jack in the civil engineering construction.
...
The first few steps were pretty similar.
However, unlike the first construction point, the geological conditions here were extremely special.
If the first point was a typical inland geological feature in a temperate subtropical zone,
then what Jack was now tackling was a permafrost geological structure located in a frigid zone.
Affected by the cold, a few ice spikes would occasionally precipitate.
Though they wouldn't cause harm when they scraped against his body, they still left a few white marks.
Jack didn't care about these minor pains.
After all, an engineer's conviction was there.
He had his mission to complete.
So he sped up and increased his force. Even millennium-old ice was broken through its ice layer, and as expected, he still encountered groundwater.
Groundwater, residing deep underground year-round, actually has a temperature above 0 degrees, so it doesn't exist in a solid state.
However, upon connecting with the atmosphere, the temperature rapidly dropped and froze into ice.
There was no other way, Jack had to activate his pyro element to warm himself.
Fire and ice evaporated.
His and Shen He's construction scene was like a battle, appearing terrifying, but in reality, the hot and cold balanced out, and the entire situation contained a profound principle of yin-yang balance.
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