Courtyard Houses: From Bronze Compasses to Global Reach

Chapter 426 A Net of Heaven and Earth

With his sword hovering over the Middle East, Lin Yan's gaze pierced through the lingering smoke and burning oil clouds, looking down at the land of Iraq, riddled with holes by the "high-tech lesson."

A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips as he silently chuckled, "The Bush family's connection with this place is truly... inexplicable."

Amidst the irony, a deeper understanding arose in my heart.

The "multipolar world" concept he proposed a few years ago, if it can be gradually realized by relying solely on Albert's deconstruction of public opinion and rules, and Alexander's infiltration of finance and politics, will be an exceptionally long and unpredictable process.

Human greed and intricate networks of interests mean you can never fully calculate all the games and betrayals.

"The slowest thing to do is to change people's hearts; the fastest thing to do is to change the very foundation upon which power exists."

Lin Yan murmured to himself.

"To break an eagle's wings, why fight it on every branch? Just make every branch a territory it can't stand on."

He raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the atmosphere and reaching the dark, deep universe.

When he first ventured into space in his Nascent Soul form, the feeling of being both insignificant and vast in the face of the universe, along with that vague idea, resurfaced and instantly formed his ultimate goal for being born into this world.

A grand blueprint, large enough to astound any country or institution, took complete shape in his mind.

"Project Skynet," he named the "miracle" he was about to create.

This plan is divided into two layers, heaven and earth, which are complementary to each other, and its ultimate goal is to "define peace"—a new set of peace rules that he unilaterally defines and enforces.

He plans to launch a total of 108,000 special "satellites" into low Earth orbit and even higher orbits in the coming years.

These are by no means ordinary metal creations.

The main structure of the satellite will be made entirely of "Star Pattern Steel" and "Void Jade Marrow," which are mined deep within the Wanyan Mountains and have excellent affinity and stability with spiritual energy.

And spiritual materials nurtured by certain giant shellfish in the endless sea, which can naturally isolate and regulate various energy radiations, such as "Sea Abyss Sinking Silver" and "Rainbow Mother Shell".

These materials contain natural Dao patterns.

The "brain" of each satellite will no longer be a pure silicon chip.

Lin Yan plans to use a mixture of star sand and mithril, along with other materials, and his divine sense as a carving tool, to directly etch a miniature composite spirit pattern array with storage, calculation, and logical judgment functions onto it.

Its operation mode not only needs to be compatible with binary, but also more similar to the generating and restraining flow of array formations, and its efficiency and anti-interference ability far exceed those of the times.

Each satellite will be an independent array disk and energy node. They are arranged according to the laws of the movement of stars in the celestial sphere and are connected to each other by encrypted spiritual waves, forming a three-dimensional array network covering the entire globe - "The Great Celestial Array (Simplified Version)".

Skynet's primary mission is absolute defense.

When the formation is activated, it can instantly form multiple, adjustable spiritual energy deflection shields and directional energy annihilation fields in the outer space of the Earth.

It is capable of harmlessly deflecting or destroying incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles during their boost or mid-course phases, and is also effective in intercepting impacts from meteorites or even small planets from outer space.

The so-called "nuclear deterrence" will be reduced to an expensive firework in the face of this net.

With 108,000 "eyes" covering the entire globe without blind spots, and combined with the information processing capabilities of the spirit rune array, it can monitor all macroscopic dynamics from the Earth's surface to near-Earth space in real time.

This means that global military movements, major engineering projects, and even weather changes will all be under the "watchful eye" of this network. Information is transparent in one direction, enabling a disruptive, one-dimensional attack.

When necessary, the spiritual power of some satellites can be pooled to conduct precise meteorological interventions in local areas (such as dispersing typhoons and inducing rainfall), or to form small-scale energy suppression zones (causing all precision electronic equipment in the area to fail).

Corresponding to the Skynet, on the ground, Lin Yan plans to deploy a giant complex array deep underground along the borders and coastlines of every sovereign nation.

This formation does not violate airspace or territory; it is only distributed along the border.

This formation uses top-grade spirit stones as its energy source and the border as its natural "array pattern." The buried array base will guide the spiritual power of the array plate to form an invisible yet tangible "defensive barrier" that closely follows the border and extends upwards to at least 50 kilometers in the sky.

Once the barrier is activated, it will be in a state of "absolute physical defense".

Any external physical attack—including but not limited to artillery shells, missiles, aircraft, and even nuclear warheads—will have its kinetic and explosive energy instantly channeled into the vast earth upon contact with the barrier, unable to penetrate it even slightly. Internal attacks also cannot be launched outwards.

The barrier is not an inanimate object; it can allow civilian aircraft, ships, and other peaceful means of transportation to pass through fixed channels via pre-set "beacons."

However, unauthorized military vehicles will be absolutely blocked.

This formation is purely defensive and has no ability to attack outwards. Its existence simply makes "invasion" and "cross-border attacks" physically impossible.

Once the "net of heaven and earth" is fully built and put into operation, the rules of the world will be completely rewritten:

With military bases spread across the globe, massive carrier battle groups, and a triad of nuclear strike capabilities, its core deterrent power is based on the principle that "I can hit you, and it will be very difficult for you to stop or retaliate against me."

When the "sky net" renders all strategic projection and nuclear deterrence ineffective, and the "ground net" renders all cross-border military operations futile, this eagle will have its claws and beak instantly removed.

It may still have powerful muscles—economic and technological.

But having lost the teeth of force to compel others to submit, it will have to retreat from being a "world policeman" to a "regional power," forced to learn genuine negotiation and coexistence.

Conflicts between nations will be largely confined to the political, economic, and diplomatic levels.

Any attempt to change borders by force or invade other countries will be ruthlessly nipped in the bud by "Ground Net".

The cost of war becomes infinitely high, while the benefits are zero.

This is not a peace based on morality or treaties, but a peace based on absolute physical isolation.

The control center of the "Heavenly Net" must, and can only, be in Lin Yan's hands.

He doesn't need to claim world domination; he only needs to control the ultimate switch that defines "whether war is permissible." Then, he will become a "peacekeeper" and "rule arbiter" above all nations—a true "god" hidden behind the scenes.

A multipolar world?

No, this will be a new stable world with "the peace defined by Lin" as the sole pole.

While the idea was grand, Lin Yan immediately realized just how terrifying the amount of work involved was.

Exploring spirit mines, mining and transporting them, refining materials, inscribing spirit patterns, assembling and testing them, launching and deploying them, and coordinating array formations... every step requires a massive amount of resources and manpower, especially a large number of cultivators who are proficient in refining artifacts and array formations.

He rubbed his temples, but a smile appeared on his lips. His gaze seemed to pierce through space, landing on someone who was busy at work.

"Wow, this plan... is a huge undertaking."

He murmured to himself, but there was little worry in his tone; instead, there was a sense of certainty in entrusting a heavy responsibility to the most reliable person.

"Xiao Zenian is going to have to work hard again. It seems that those pampered Nascent Soul cultivators in the space will have to go all out this time and become top-notch 'engineers' and 'space project directors'."

With his mind made up, Lin Yan didn't linger. He glanced one last time at Iraq below, which was beginning to fall into a long period of sanctions and suffering, then turned, his sword flashing across the sky as he sped eastward.

The gears of the largest "weapons" system in history, designed to make the world "lay down its arms," ​​are about to begin turning silently.

The fate of the world is sliding onto an inconceivable course that has never been recorded in any history textbook.