Franchise God - Chapter 1602



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Franchise God Episode 1602

Chapter 344 Landmark Rush (1)

In Russia, it’s not people who move, it’s houses.

This term originated from the great migration that took place during the Soviet era, when entire buildings were moved from Moscow to other regions by putting them on rails.

Even in modern times, China has moved a thousand-ton building of conservation value 60 meters in 18 days using 198 hydraulically operated platforms.

The entire building was raised onto 198 mechanical feet by digging into the ground little by little and pushing the folded mechanical feet underneath.

“Once you get it up and onto the rail or cart, the rest is easy. The biggest problem is getting it up and down safely.”

When the expeditionary force commander first heard the outline of Operation No Hands, he was worried.

When will we lay rails, raise buildings onto them and transport them to the coast?

And there are more than one or two targets, so would it be possible to successfully transport even 10?

But those concerns were quickly put to rest when the Goliath unit arrived and got to work.

Because it was top secret, even the expeditionary force could not witness the process of Goliath placing the landmark on the mobile device.

But Goliath entered Paris and placed all of its landmarks on its mobile device in just one night.

“Loading is complete?”

The commander of the expeditionary force, who received the report as soon as he woke up in the morning, could not believe it and went out to inspect it himself.

He first headed to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The symbol of Paris, also called an eyesore, but which can inflict the most fatal blow to the pride of the French.

A structure weighing 10,000 tons and 330 meters tall was proudly placed on top of the mobile device.

He couldn’t believe his eyes, so he rubbed them and looked again several times.

The CEO of Suyeong Mobile (a comprehensive heavy equipment agricultural machinery manufacturer: offshore farms are also made here), who had come to Paris on a business trip, explained to the commander.

“The building-moving device is made by placing a flat support plate on the caterpillar tracks used for unmanned tanks. It is 7.5 meters long, 3.6 meters wide, and uses wide tracks. Each one can withstand a weight of 1,000 tons and move at 25 kilometers per hour.”

“Wouldn’t it fall over if it were to pass over an uneven surface? The Eiffel Tower is narrow horizontally and tall vertically, so its center of gravity would easily shake while it’s moving.”

“So, we leveled the ground all the way to the harbor.”

“You finished leveling the harbor in one night?”

The distance from here to the port is 180km.

Not only did they place all the landmarks on the orbiter, they also paved the way to the port.

‘Is this possible in one night?’

It’s unbelievable, but it really happened.

I never thought that the landmark transport operation, which I thought would take a long time, would be accomplished so quickly.

“We will proceed with transportation according to priority.”

“Yes, please do so.”

Buildings that are tall relative to their area, like the Eiffel Tower, are prone to falling over when transported.

No matter how much you level the ground, it won’t be easy to find the center of gravity.

The expeditionary force commander watched for himself, curious to see how the problem was solved.

“Ah, you’re moving while maintaining your balance so that you don’t fall over like a drone.”

“Yes.”

“But the Eiffel Tower weighs 10,000 tons. Can those two small drones lift it?”

To the commander, no matter how he looked at it, it looked like two sparrows were supporting an elephant.

“I heard that that drone is a special drone with incredible power but no combat capabilities. I don’t know the details, but I was told that there shouldn’t be any problems.”

“This one, it looks like it would be impossible because of the physical weight class… … .”

Neither the commander nor the CEO of Swimmobile knew.

In fact, just one drone could lift and transport the entire Eiffel Tower into the air without the help of an orbital transporter.

Although it looks like an ordinary drone, it is actually equipped with the same anti-gravity device as the one used in Goliath.

And the anti-gravity device is basically built to control a weight of at least 100 million tons.

They’re just putting on a show to make up for it.

If you show too much overwhelming power, the enemy country will be scared and will not move, and then it will be difficult to create a justification for war.

“Wow… … That huge Eiffel Tower moves really steadily.”

“I also found it amazing when I saw it in person. As expected, Dr. Rohan is a genius that has never been seen before in human history and will never be seen again in the future.”

The landmarks did not move in order of proximity to the port, but rather in order of transport order.

Starting with the Eiffel Tower, which is in first place, we moved to the entire Montmartre hill, the only highland in Paris where the Louvre Palace, Notre Dame Cathedral, Arc de Triomphe, and Sacré-Cœur Basilica are located, then to Palais Garnier, Sainte-Chapelle, Pont Alexandre III, the Marais district, etc.

The commander of the expeditionary force was simply astonished at the sight of the buildings being moved and transported on their own, even to areas where buildings were grouped together.

‘Is this something that can be done with modern technology?’

An era where hotels are built on the moon and people can travel to Mars in just one month.

But to the commander, the sight of the orbital transporter moving steadily, carrying the ‘neighborhood’, was even more impressive.

* * *

The Eiffel Tower has moved to the port of Le Havre.

The smooth road was connected to a hastily built iron bridge all the way to the middle of the sea.

At the end of the bridge, large barges were waiting.

The orbiter lifted the Eiffel Tower onto the barge, with two drones still attached to the tower to keep it from falling over.

“Is that okay? This is not a river, but a sea with waves. If the center of gravity is that high, won’t it capsize?”

“I don’t know. I guess they’ll figure it out. I don’t think the swimming group would have even thought about that.”

“Wow, it’s really moving?”

As the Eiffel Tower was fully erected, the barge left its temporary dock and began to head out to sea.

“Wow, look at that thing, it doesn’t shake at all.”

“Really? There’s barely any shaking?”

The naval officers who checked it through binoculars repeatedly expressed their admiration.

“Next is the Louvre Palace.”

Not only the building, but the entire garden was also loaded onto a barge, as it was completely torn down from the ground.

As expected, it was not a single ship, but a fleet of several barges connected together.

“If those barges were tossed around and lost their level with each other, wouldn’t the foundation of the Louvre be distorted?”

“I don’t know. I guess they did it on their own. I don’t think the swimming group thought about what we were worried about.”

“I find it even more unbelievable that the barges don’t sink. How can they stay afloat carrying such a large palace? They must lack buoyancy.”

“You probably did it on your own.”

The Louvre Palace was slightly suspended above the barge, thanks to the anti-gravity drone attached to it, exerting almost no weight load.

Because the connected barges are rocked by the waves and become uneven, there is no need to worry about the ground from warping.

Next, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Arc de Triomphe were loaded onto barges one after another.

When the sailors boarded the barge that ran along the entire hill of Montmartre, they were met with a standing ovation and thunderous cheers.

“Now, they are carrying mountains, loading them onto ships, and transporting them to the sea? This is crazy.”

“It’s not a mountain. It’s just a big hill.”

“To my eyes, it just looks like a mountain. Honestly, it should be treated as a mountain.”

There is a famous story about a general pointing to a mountain and saying, ‘It’s blocking your view,’ and the next day, that mountain disappeared.

It’s a physically impossible story, but it means that a general’s trivial orders cause his subordinates to die.

However, Ha Soo-young was making the impossible possible with just one order: ‘I will move all of Paris’ landmarks.’

“Where did they all go? To the Taklamakan, or was it The Sand?”

“Ultimately, I know that is the case.”

“Ultimately? So there are other intermediate destinations?”

“The Sand is so big. I heard that since it is still under construction, they are going to put it on display in China so that tourists can easily visit it.”

“Hmm. Well, even if we put it in The Sand now, the surrounding area is not ready at all, so it would be difficult for tourists to come.”

“Yes. By the way, even if The Sand is completed, if you want to carry those things back to The Sand, you’ll have to go through North Korea and China. I’m also worried about what will happen with that.”

“Haha, wouldn’t it be easy if we collapse North Korea and annex Manchuria before that?”

“Hey, I heard that The Sand is only a few years away from completion. Do you think that’s possible?”

“Ahhh! Look at that! There are a ton of rats running out of Montmartre right now!”

“What? Rats?”

“Yes! The rats are jumping into the sea in a group!”

The officers, startled by the report, quickly took up their binoculars and looked at the distant hill of Montmartre.

Indeed, as the saying goes, a huge number of rats were jumping into the sea.

“Oh my! Even the cockroaches are jumping into the sea?”

“What, really?”

Not only cockroaches, but even bugs that were hard to see through binoculars were flying around and jumping into the sea.

It was scary to think where on earth all those rats and bugs were hiding.

“I was already worried that rats and bugs would spread to China. They are invasive species. But this was resolved.”

“How on earth did you do that?”

“Me too… … .”

“Could it be that that ship did something?”

The object of suspicion is a vessel that was stopped near the route long before the landmarks left the dock.

“Come to think of it, I don’t even know what that boat is doing, but it just floats there the whole time.”

“I see that every time that ship passes, rats and bugs jump out and jump into the sea.”

“I think that large facility over there must have caused harmful animals and pests to jump into the sea.”

A lieutenant pointed to a large, unidentified piece of equipment on board the stationary ship and offered his own guess.

Other officers also gave credence to the lieutenant’s guess.

“Maybe they emit something like infrasound to make rats and vermin jump into the sea and commit suicide.”

“I’m not sure if that’s true.”

Before long, the ship earned the nickname ‘the whistling cargo ship’.

As the landmark passed near the ship, rats and vermin would repeatedly rush into the sea, confirming the Navy’s suspicions.

“What on earth is that? Is it okay for people to come near it?”

“If the sailors are fine, wouldn’t it be harmless to people?”

“If it was harmful to humans in the first place, His Majesty the Marshal would not have used it. Or he would have taken safety measures.”

The identity of the ‘large whistle’ that the Navy was curious about was none other than a slaughterhouse facility.

Originally a planet-destroying weapon, it is now the ultimate euthanasia device that puts the target to sleep and precisely destroys only the brain nerves, causing them to die without even realizing it.

Depending on the application, it can also repel harmful algae and pests.

After completing the extermination of rats and insects, Paris landmarks began their long journey to the Korean Peninsula via the Cape of Good Hope.