Upon seeing the system prompt, Xu Zhengyang was momentarily stunned. He hadn't expected the reward for this mission to be a special structure called the Material Refinery!
Without hesitation, Xu Zhengyang immediately used the knowledge card. [You have used the Knowledge Card: Material Science]
[Your understanding of material science has deepened. You have unlocked the special structure: Material Refinery.]
As the system prompt appeared, Xu Zhengyang's mind was filled with the various resources required to build the Material Refinery: "Glass, gold, silver, copper, steel…"
After glancing at the construction requirements and confirming that he had all the necessary resources, Xu Zhengyang immediately instructed Da Bai, "Da Bai, carve out a 1,000-square-meter room in the open area and construct the Material Refinery!"
"Yes, Master," Da Bai replied, promptly directing the Engineering Robots to begin work.
At the same time, Xu Zhengyang noticed that after completing the Expansion II mission, his Hyperdimensional View skill had undergone some changes! When he had first accepted the Expansion II mission, a projection had appeared before his eyes to mark the areas he had occupied.
Now, after completely clearing out all the Blood Plague monsters within a 100-kilometer radius, the projection had merged with his Hyperdimensional View.
At this moment, Xu Zhengyang could now see everything within his occupied territory on a macro scale through this projection—landforms, soil composition, underground river flows, resource reserves…
Everything was laid bare before his eyes!
"So, there's a gold mine with a reserve of about 230 tons, 13 kilometers southeast of the shelter, 420 meters underground. There's a coal mine 30 kilometers northeast of the shelter, and limestone deposits 25 kilometers due west, though the reserves don't seem very large…"
Xu Zhengyang marveled at his newfound ability.
After a moment, he opened his mission list to check the latest main mission:
[Main Mission: Resource Integration (In Progress)]
[Your territory has completed its initial expansion. Next, you need to integrate all the resources within your territory to prepare for the upcoming challenges!]
[Mission Objective: Integrate all resources within your territory.]
[Mission Reward: One-time Material Converter.]
Seeing the mission reward, Xu Zhengyang was momentarily puzzled. What was this One-time Material Converter? But just from the name, he knew it had to be something extraordinary.
Without delay, Xu Zhengyang went to his computer and designed a new armed mining vehicle tailored to his needs for extracting various ores.
After completing the design blueprint for the armed mining vehicle, Xu Zhengyang packaged it and sent it to Da Bai, instructing, "Da Bai, allocate part of the production capacity and start mass-producing these armed mining vehicles! Then, reconfigure the Engineering Robots into drilling mode. Based on the actual geological conditions, dig out mining tunnels at each resource point in the most material-efficient way possible!"
"Yes, Master," Da Bai replied, meticulously carrying out Xu Zhengyang's orders.
…
Just as the mining tunnels began to be dug and the new mining machines started production, Da Bai suddenly reported to Xu Zhengyang, "Master, our first Focused Electromagnetic Cannon has been assembled! Where should we install it?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhengyang was thrilled and immediately said, "Bring it to the surface so I can take a look!"
The fully assembled Focused Electromagnetic Cannon resembled a U-shaped lock. But when activated, the surging currents gave it a uniquely violent aesthetic!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Xu Zhengyang test-fired two shots at a distant hill. The Focused Electromagnetic Cannon not only had an incredibly fast firing rate and long range, but its trajectory was almost perfectly straight, hitting exactly where it was aimed!
"Very impressive!" Xu Zhengyang was highly satisfied with the cannon's power.
However, as he began to consider its practical applications, he couldn't help but frown. "The only issue is that the Focused Electromagnetic Cannon is too bulky. It's fine for shelter defense, but if we want to use it outside… it'll have to be mounted on the Swift Falcon Aerospace Carrier."
With that, Xu Zhengyang immediately instructed Da Bai, "Da Bai, install the Focused Electromagnetic Cannon on the Swift Falcon for now! Then continue producing more of them!"
"Yes, Master," Da Bai replied, meticulously executing Xu Zhengyang's orders.
…
The next day, Da Bai had already installed the newly crafted Focused Electromagnetic Cannon into the weapon slot reserved on the Swift Falcon.
At the same time, the Material Refinery that Xu Zhengyang had instructed Da Bai to build the previous day was now complete! [You have constructed the special structure: Material Refinery.]
Seeing the system prompt, Xu Zhengyang immediately went to the Material Refinery and opened its building attributes:
[Material Refinery]
[Building Effect: Refinement – When your Material Refinery is operating normally, you can choose to consume an additional 50% of materials to enhance the performance of all materials produced by the shelter by 100%.]
"This building effect is fantastic!" Xu Zhengyang exclaimed. Consuming 50% more materials to boost performance by 100% was an offer too good to pass up. He immediately instructed Da Bai, "Use the Four-Dimensional Rubik's Cube to move the Material Refinery next to the Smelting Workshop. From now on, all materials produced by the Smelting Workshop must be refined by the Material Refinery!"
"Yes, Master," Da Bai replied, meticulously carrying out Xu Zhengyang's orders.
…
Outside the shelter, just as Da Bai was integrating all the resource points, a series of red system prompts suddenly appeared before Xu Zhengyang's eyes:
[Emergency Mission: Ambush (In Progress)]
[The Blood Plague Matriarch has perceived you as a threat. In its eyes, you have become its number one target that must be eliminated at all costs. As a result, a Blood Plague Behemoth specially trained by the Blood Plague Matriarch is leading a Blood Plague army toward your shelter!]
[Mission Objective: Eliminate the Blood Plague Behemoth (0/1)]
[Mission Reward: Skill Card: Magnetic Sensory Nerves.]
As these mission objectives appeared, Da Bai sent real-time satellite footage to Xu Zhengyang's Shadow Glasses, reporting, "Master, a group of Blood Plague monsters is rapidly approaching our shelter!"
In the footage, a massive electric eel over 100 meters long, crackling with electricity and evolved to crawl on land, was leading a horde of ferocious Blood Plague monsters charging toward the shelter!
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