In a chaotic world, to create one’s own safe haven also entails a sense of achievement.
"My lord," watching the two brothers cheer and leave, Yafei met Bai E’s gaze with a slight nod.
"Any trouble?" As the stall expanded, Bai E had to pay attention to many things.
"Yes!" Yafei nodded firmly, "One bad news, one good news."
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"The food we brought out is running low, even with a 20% cut across the board, at most we can only last another month."
Although they still had plenty for now, as the logistics chief, Yafei had to possess a certain level of foresight.
One month was not enough for them to find a new source of food to bridge the gap.
Bai E’s brows furrowed lightly, "What about the good news?"
"We’ve found a type of spore bacteria colony that can be cultivated on a large scale. The colony is edible with a decent yield, but we only have a limited amount of seeds... They say it was you who gave them to us?"
Bai E looked puzzled, following Yafei’s gaze towards Kuang Xin and the others behind him, "I gave it to you?"
Kuang Xin, scratching his head, replied with a grin, "It’s that ’spore bacteria colony.’ We didn’t know what to do with it, so we just handed it to Yafei."
"Spore bacteria colony?"
Wasn’t that blasted off the beastmen?
Essentially, beastmen are a type of spore bacteria colony.
The beastman spore bacteria colony obtained from a lucky hit actually eliminated the "beastman vitality"? So that the grown colony could no longer turn into beastmen, but became food edible by humans?
Does a lucky hit also have this effect?
But it’s a pity that it only blasted once...
"2,500 portions, go to the warehouse to claim them."
"Yes!" Yafei accepted with excitement.
Standing in the bustling town, Bai E had an idea and set a new rule—
["Li Ming Town" restoration progress reaches 10%, unlocking the first process of the town restoration plan.]
[Official Position—Logistics Department technology column unlocked.]
[Technology—Industrialized Basic Planting, Redemption Requirement—300 points of "Li Ming Town" prestige.]
Although all the technology and knowledge related to the development of power were things Bai E originally planned to teach, after all, the eventual benefits would still belong to himself.
However, everything must have a price, Li Ming Town was his, not the players’.
Players today might serve as the logistics chief of Li Ming Town, and tomorrow they might serve another power as laborers.
If they were to receive one new technology after another without any cost, it would hardly make them take it seriously.
Investment breeds attachment.
The prestige system for powers is a standard of one’s contribution, only those who have made significant contributions to the power and hold a position can learn these abilities and, in turn, contribute to the construction of the power, continuing to accumulate prestige.
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A healthy feedback loop is thus established.
Bai E set a very low requirement for the initial major food production task.
Basically, any player involved in the reclamation already had over 200 points, so gathering 300 points was easy.
Bai E then waved his hand and summoned the leader of the convoy that came from Black Street.
The leader was a young lad with lively eyes, exuding cleverness.
And since he was selected by Gilder, he was surely trustworthy.
"Do you have an actual position in Black Street?"
"No!" The young man shook his head vigorously, excitement on his face.
"Good, then from now on you’ll be responsible for the communication between this town and Black Street, in charge of personnel exchanges and material swaps and so on. Any problem?"
"No problem!" The young man asserted with confidence, loudly responding.
He had witnessed with his own eyes how this lord single-handedly cleared out an entire Smart Machinery Factory.
Such formidable strength, even if looked at across the entire city, would be rare to find.
Truly worthy of the lord who had led them back to humanity from the hands of devils. To abandon such a lord for the embrace of the city would be nothing short of turning one’s back on the light and embracing the dark.
Leave the adult and return to the city? Hah! Not even a dog would go!
"Alright."
[You have invited "Kardi" to become the Minister of Foreign Affairs between your territory (Li Ming Town) and your ruled land (Black Street).]
[The target has accepted your invitation.]
"Nova?"
"Present!"
"From now on, when Kardi needs help with transporting important materials or personnel, you’ll have to lend him a hand." Black Street was probably already being watched, so having Nova run back and forth might actually help to avoid the enemy’s surveillance.
Before Bai E could lock down the doctor’s whereabouts and ascertain the opponent’s motives, he had to make some preparations of his own.
Even the group that had just been discovered and might be doing the surveillance wasn’t confirmed to be under the doctor’s orders.
"Alright!" Nova accepted Bai E’s request cheerfully, without the slightest bit of reluctance.
"Master! Master!" Wang Wenyan, who had left earlier, was calling out and running back.
"What happened?"
"Master…" Wang Wenyan was panting heavily, explaining while catching his breath, "Electricity… electricity…"
The folks who were eagerly unloading various machine tools and equipment just attempted to start one of the machines, only to realize a disappointing fact after much tinkering.
Damn, there’s no electricity!
How can the machines start without electricity?
"Electricity, huh…" Bai E chuckled, "Follow me."
As he walked, Bai E allocated his points directly.
Learning consumes less experience, the basics only require 100 points, and it’s on the same level as specialized abilities.
Now with plenty of experience in hand, Bai E did not hesitate to level up the required knowledge to max.
As for the necessary reactor materials… there were plenty just obtained from the looted Smart Machinery legacy.
[Knowledge – Miniaturized Kinetic Theory (Level 3/3): The finer the reactor, the higher-grade core materials are needed. Checking the resources currently owned by the character, you can now build a level 1 nuclear reactor.]
The so-called miniaturized power is the small nuclear reactor used by the Smart Machinery.
Their Dynamic Source Sword, Power Source Shield, and the like, all are powered by this core energy supply.
The smaller the power source, the smaller the structure it can be mounted on to support its function.
Now, they only needed to build a power station that could support the electricity needed by a fixed steel mill, so there was no need for such refined miniaturized power.
Even the most basic level 1 large nuclear reactor was enough for the current use of the small town.
The difficulty with this ability lies in the materials, not the knowledge.
With the seized materials at hand and countless pieces of knowledge in his mind to guide him, creating a nuclear reactor from scratch wasn’t a difficult task.
The technology of the Golden Age possesses such fascinating charm, with many steps simplified to the point where a single person could construct a technological legion.
After staying another two days in the town, which was being rebuilt, and ensuring that everything was on the right track, Bai E took his squad and set out on the road back home once again.
The deadline for the ban mentioned by the higher-ups the last time they left the base was approaching, and their special squad no longer had the privilege to carry out missions far from the camp at will.
…
Indeed, as soon as Bai E’s special squad returned to the base, the Mech Armored Corps instructor who heard of their arrival immediately came looking for them.
"Captain Bai, please don’t go out again in these next two days."
Even though your mech’s actual operation skill is stronger than mine, the instructor, you can’t be absent all the time, right?
Many of the newly selected official mech pilots want to witness the prowess of this star mech pilot, but the instructor’s reply to everyone was "can’t find the person"?
"Don’t worry, Instructor, there’s training tomorrow, right? I’ll definitely be there."
After many days, Bai E was somewhat missing his beloved mecha.
The last time he connected, the delay in converting Spiritual Energy into mechanic force was 2.03 seconds.
If he were to be fully prepared before really facing that terrifying sovereign, Bai E would have more confidence in defeating the horrific Bug Race behemoth.
"That’s a promise then, rawr!" Hearing Bai E’s commitment, the instructor was over the moon.
The young rookies nowadays are quite prickly, and it’s not easy to reign them in without pulling out a big gun.