Crossing the small half of Canglan Star.

Delint Kingdom.

As one of the core members of the Southern Cross Alliance, Delint is the most economically developed and powerful member of the entire alliance.

Once upon a time, Delint manufacturing was a symbol of the most advanced technology and highest quality worldwide.

Even a set of kitchen knives produced by Delint could fetch a high price in the Eastern Great Xia.

However.

As Great Xia gradually rose to become the world's leading industrial nation, the reputation of Delint manufacturing dimmed.

Great Xia Time three o'clock in the afternoon.

Delint Time nine o'clock in the morning.

Meisite Industrial Company.

The entire core management team of the company sat solemnly in the conference room.

These white men were watching a live broadcast from the Eastern Great Xia.

The broadcast's theme is the long-distance test of a newly developed electric heavy-duty truck by Great Xia.

Meisite Industry is the world's largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks, although their sales in Great Xia are not high.

However, globally, Meisite's brand is more prominent, and its sales have consistently overshadowed the heavy trucks from Great Xia.

Even though Meisite heavy trucks are more expensive, and maintenance costs are higher.

The so-called "rivals in the trade," that's why Meisite Industry is paying close attention to Great Xia's electric trucks.

At this moment.

The camera shifted to focus on the interior of a heavy truck, aiming at the LCD dashboard behind the steering wheel.

A few lines of driving data immediately caught the eyes of the white men.

Mileage: 1652km

Remaining Range: 2183km

Average Consumption per 100km: 79.5kwh/100km

An old white man took out a calculator and tapped a few keys, saying, "The driving mileage and remaining range add up to 3835 kilometers, Great Xia has marked the range as 3750 kilometers, which is 85 kilometers more."

Another bespectacled white man sighed, "The super crystal battery of Great Xia people is too powerful, even if the range is 200 kilometers less, Meisite Industry is doomed."

Silence enveloped the conference room instantly.

The new electric heavy-duty truck from the Great Xia people and the fuel heavy-duty trucks from Meisite Industry are products from entirely different eras.

In the recent year or so.

Global disasters have been frequent, severely impacting the world economy, and Meisite Industry has also suffered significantly.

The company has conducted several rounds of large-scale layoffs, closed a few production lines, barely managing to survive.

Now that Great Xia has developed a new electric heavy-duty truck, traditional heavy-duty trucks were rendered obsolete overnight.

This is simply a dimensional reduction strike.

After a while.

A voice broke the silence: "Everyone, do you think Meisite Industry has a way out?"

This immediately sparked a discussion.

"Diesel engine heavy-duty trucks are outdated products; unless Meisite Industry transforms, we are doomed."

"For Meisite Industry to transform, we must acquire the technology of the super crystal battery."

"We once obstructed Great Xia from developing their own heavy-duty truck technology; we fear the Great Xia people will not sell the technology to us. We have no choice but to develop the super crystal battery ourselves."

"Great Xia people have clearly stated that the key to the super crystal battery is primordial matter; we don't have primordial matter, and the Great Xia people won't sell it to us."

"Meisite Industry can request the official to organize exploration teams to explore the Primordial World to acquire primordial matter."

"But the Primordial World is full of warrior-level monsters; even Great Xia, possessing the Great Xia Ghost, dare not explore the Primordial World easily. Delint doesn't even have warriors; entering the Primordial World is impossible within five years."

"If Delint can truly enter the Primordial World in five years, can Meisite Industry hold on for five years?"

"Great Xia people have said that they will at least produce 50 million heavy trucks within the next five years, and the actual number may be even higher."

"Great Xia is the world's leading industrial nation, with a comprehensive range of industrial categories and a large number of highly skilled industrial personnel. If they fully commit to production, even 100 million heavy trucks wouldn't be a problem."

"It's projected that in two years, Great Xia can meet domestic demand, and then they will definitely sell electric heavy trucks abroad. By then, Meisite Industry won't be able to sell a single truck."

The more these white men discussed, the more hopeless they felt.

As top management, they are tightly bound to the company; if Meisite Industry collapses, their good days are over.

Just then.

The live broadcast screen suddenly changed.

The electric heavy truck convoy began to decelerate, uniformly stopping at the emergency lane.

A senior executive glanced at it and speculated, "Could there be a malfunction?"

Another executive, somewhat gleeful, said, "Very likely, after all, both the electric heavy trucks and the super crystal battery are immature products."

Another executive, inspired, had a brainstorm: "Perhaps we can identify the flaws in electric heavy trucks and use the media to promote the idea that 'electric heavy trucks are unsafe products' to the public."

This idea immediately received approval from many managers.

"I think it's worth a try."

"Many people have a bias that 'electric vehicles are prone to fires'; we can exploit this aspect."

"If done well, this might prevent Great Xia's heavy trucks from entering foreign markets, buying more time for Meisite Industry."

But some remained skeptical.

Electric heavy trucks lack complex engines and transmissions, replaced by electric motors and battery packs, making them inherently simpler in structure.

Especially the electric motor, which is far simpler than a diesel engine, resulting in a significantly lower failure rate.

Given Great Xia's current industrial level, the likelihood of a malfunction in the electric heavy trucks is small.

At this moment.

The live broadcast commentary began.

Although the commentary was in Xia Language, they had arranged for a translator in advance to provide real-time translation of the live broadcast.

"Dear viewers, the fleet recently received a warning; there may be danger ahead.

"The proposer of the warning is another strong figure from Great Xia, named Mr. Spirit Crows; many probably have heard of Mr. Spirit Crows.

"Out of safety concerns, the convoy has decided to stop temporarily to check the situation ahead."

The executives listened up to this point, showing expressions of disappointment.

After a dozen or so seconds passed.

The white people witnessed a strange scene.

The door of an electric heavy-duty truck opened, and two drivers jumped down, then entered other heavy-duty trucks.

The commentary voice timely emerged: "Ladies and gentlemen, the new electric heavy-duty trucks are equipped with an intelligent driving system that can drive automatically and be remotely controlled.

"After discussion, the fleet proposed a plan to remotely operate an electric heavy-duty truck to advance, to ascertain the situation ahead.

"Allow me to say a bit more.

"Based on our information, this new electric heavy-duty truck will be equipped with an intelligent driving system.

"This system also has a very interesting feature called convoy follow autonomous driving.

"Simply put, it's about setting several heavy-duty trucks into a convoy, with the first truck driven by a driver, while other trucks automatically follow.

"This method allows other drivers to rest inside the truck while the first heavy-duty truck is driven by drivers in rotation, greatly reducing the fatigue of long-distance driving.

"The logistics revolution that Great Xia is about to undertake includes not only fully launching electric heavy-duty trucks but also intelligent logistics, with the Great Xia People leading a new generation of technological revolution."

The executives looked at each other in disbelief.

Can the Great Xia People really play at this level?

A few seconds later.

Only to see a driverless heavy-duty truck slowly start and move forward.

A white person couldn't help but say, "We're truly falling behind."

Another white person countered, "These fancy things are simply useless; human-driven is the most reliable and safest way of driving."

As soon as the words fell.

The explanation voice provided clarification: "As Canglan Star goes deeper into the Primordial World, disasters are bound to become more frequent in the future.

"Great Xia officials believe that large-scale adoption of intelligent logistics can significantly reduce casualties at crucial times.

"For example, on certain dangerous road sections, heavy-duty trucks can be fully autonomously driven without personnel."

The executive who just claimed that human-driven is the most reliable way immediately shut his mouth, his face a bit awkward.

This slap in the face came too quickly.

Because the Great Xia People were right.

Even though the reliability of intelligent logistics may not match that of humans, as long as it can save more drivers' lives, then it's an impeccable system.

An executive softly remarked: "Although I don't like Great Xia, this concept of theirs is commendable."

Many others nodded upon hearing.

Quickly.

A drone took off, closely following the driverless heavy-duty truck.

The truck drove faster and faster, traveling quite smoothly.

The executives watched very attentively.

One kilometer passed, nothing happened.

Two kilometers, still no movement.

Three kilometers, still calm and unremarkable.

In the drone's footage, snow lay thick among the forests on both sides of the highway.

Someone questioned: "Could the Great Xia People be wrong, it seems like there's no danger?"

Others quickly agreed.

"The snowy forest looks calm, not like hiding mutated creatures."

"The Great Xia People might have wrongly predicted this time, they are about to lose face."

Fourth kilometer.

An abrupt mutation occurred.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion was heard.

A large cloud of snow dust suddenly rose from an area more than a hundred meters to the right of the overpass.

In the next moment.

Hundreds of dark tree roots, resembling spirit snakes, drilled out from the snow dust.

They rapidly stretched towards the overpass, climbed directly onto the bridge road, and deftly coiled around the electric heavy-duty truck.

The white executives were dumbfounded.

No one had expected that plants would turn into a highly aggressive mutated species.

For Canglan Star, it was definitely the first time such a sight was recorded.

From now on, not just animals, but plants also became dangerous.

Soon after.

The roots swung fiercely.

A heavy truck weighing dozens of tons was actually thrown high, tracing a trajectory of several hundred meters before crashing heavily into the snowy forest.

"Boom!"

A louder explosion echoed.

Large swathes of the snowy forest were smashed down, with bigger dust clouds rising.

The first appearing mutated plant showcased terrifying power.

The executives issued voices of astonishment.

"Oh my!"

"It's horrifying!"

"The Great Xia People's prediction was extremely accurate!"

Some executives noticed another aspect.

"Heavy-duty truck fell from such height yet didn't catch fire."

A white executive who tried to tarnish electric trucks by saying "they catch fire easily" couldn't utter a single word now.

In front of the entire world, this truck, which fell from great heights, served as a living advertisement.

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