Ultragenic Warlord

Chapter 1097: The Merger Conundrum

Zhang Lie warned, "There'll be major issues if you try to combine the white world with the Zongming world."

Sun Mengmeng nodded. "The Zongming world's climate and environmental conditions will be adversely affected."

Sun Xiaowu added, "Although the temperature of the white world is rising and returning to normalcy after our fight and because the ice queen has been defeated—"

Sun Mengmeng continued, "—the white world's currently in an ice age, and that permafrost has persisted for millennia. It won't melt so easily."

Fang Yi added, "The world of blazing sun's in a similar condition, though in the opposite direction. The entire world's filled with lava veins, and it's frighteningly hot. If someone without sufficient strength were to enter, they'd burn to a crisp. The environment is far too inhospitable for weaker genetic lifeforms and aliens—and Zhou Ying dealt with the most prevalent lifeform on that world already."

These were the golden birds of the golden mulberry tree. After Zhou Ying absorbed the vital energy of that golden mulberry tree, no more golden birds spawned in the world of blazing sun, and the golden mulberry tree itself had consumed all present golden birds during its confrontation with Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying grumbled, "Don't make it sound like I deliberately killed off all those golden birds! I only did it because of the battle."

Fang Yi shrugged. "Regardless, my answer's the same as Sun Mengmeng's. If the Zongming king's willing to have temperatures on this world rise across the board by a few hundred degrees, there shouldn't be an issue."

A few hundred degrees?! The aliens and genetic lifeforms of the Zongming world were far from those of the world of blazing sun, which had adapted to the ridiculous heat.

If the world's temperature were to rise by a few hundred degrees, the aliens and genetic lifeforms of the Zongming world would all be cooked alive. At least 90% of biological life would disappear—and likely more.

The Zongming world's reserves of water would all be boiled away.

Li Zongming suddenly asked, "What if we combine both of the worlds simultaneously?"

The white world was icy-cold, and the world of blazing sun was blazing-hot. If both could be simultaneously combined into the Zongming world, wouldn't their contradictory attributes average out?

The draconian world and the scaleman world wouldn't mind, he was certain. After all, he had plenty of superior world's energy, and he would be able to buy both those other worlds off with it. He was certain the draconian and scaleman worlds would agree.

Both those worlds were newly evolved superior worlds which lacked a superior world's energy, and he had established a rapport with their superior kings.

Even so, Zhang Lie and the members of Team Zenith looked at him as though he were an idiot.

"What's the matter?" Li Zongming asked, perplexed.

Sun Mengmeng sighed. "I've informed you about the white world already, haven't I?"

Li Zongming replied, "I know of the name, of course."

Sun Mengmeng continued, "The reason the white world is known as the white world is because over ninety percent of the world is sealed in ice. The remaining ten percent is seawater."

Li Zongming nodded. "And so?"

Sun Mengmeng continued, "Once that ice melts, it'll turn into water."

Sun Xiaowu added, "And how do you intend on dealing with all that meltwater?"

Zhang Hanxiang murmured, "Once all the ice in the white world melts, the Zongming world shall have to be renamed the superior ocean world..."

Only then did Li Zongming understand what he was missing. His face fell.

Li Zongming had focused too much on thinking about the merger of these worlds instead of the side effects of doing so.

Zhang Lie continued, "Unless you invoke your authority as superior king to freeze all that water. It might work in the short term, but it'll cost a lot to maintain long-term."

Fang Yi shook his head. "No, it's not as simple as that. Don't forget the lava veins deep within the world of blazing sun."

Li Feng continued, "If the white world and the world of blazing sun are to be combined, a huge quantity of water vapor will be released when the ice and lava veins come into contact with each other."

Fang Yi took over. "That water vapor will turn into rain—in other words, if the white world and the world of blazing sun were to merge, the Zongming world would have to become known as the superior world of rain and sea."

Zhou Ying summarized, "Merging the two worlds together would be less than meaningless—it would be a waste of superior world's energy."

Li Zongming's face turned dark. "Alright, then. I won't continue pursuing this idea, lest my Zongming world suddenly needs a new name."

Everyone shrugged.

Li Zongming sighed. "In that case, it's back to the world of black rain again..."

They had circled around the problem all the way back to the start.

Zhang Lie shrugged. "Think about it yourself. I'll be leaving with the rest of them."

Li Zongming replied, "Give me some ideas, won't you?"

Zhang Lie rolled his eyes. "You're the king of the Zongming world—this should be your decision! I just returned after a long fight with a few superior kings, and I'm weary and exhausted."

Only then did Li Zongming recall that Zhang Lie and Team Zenith had just performed an incredible feat, dealing with four superior kings of antiquity in a short span of time, and it truly was embarrassing for him to keep them here. "You're right. Go rest—I'll think about this myself."

Zhang Lie and the others waved, just about ready to depart, before Li Zongming suddenly thought of something and called Zhang Lie back. "Ah, wait, I forgot something!"

Zhang Lie turned back. "What's the matter? If it isn't too urgent, don't mention it."

Li Zongming replied, "It's not that important, but I think I had better tell you about it now."

Zhang Lie looked impatient, but he paid attention to what Li Zongming was about to say.

"What's the matter?"

Li Zongming replied, "Because of how difficult it was to deal with the king of black fog's avatar and the king of keys' subordinate, we activated the death spirits' battleships."

Zhang Lie's eyes widened. "You can activate it already?"

Was the Zongming world so developed in terms of technology?

Li Zongming shook his head. "No. We were able to make use of the main cannon once, but in this unstable state, it self-destructed after that one use."

Zhang Lie shook his head. "Then it's not an issue." There wasn't anything to discuss if the death spirits' battleships couldn't be used. If they could, then it might be a crucial ace when fighting the king of keys, but if they couldn't...

Zhang Lie and the members of Team Zenith walked away.