Still Squeezing Them Dry
"Why did Ye Fan say he saw a ghost?"
In Zone 76, amidst a team working together to tow the Sanctuary was being moved, a man panted heavily and muttered to his companion.
"I don't know anything, maybe she's an ex-girlfriend." The bystander shrugged indifferently.
"She's some kind of ex-girlfriend... we're not even from the same world. But her Attribute are so high! My Main Attribute is only sixteen, and hers is already twenty-eight... it's so frustrating to compare yourself to others."
"One of a kind in the whole world, and you still want to compare yourself to others? Maybe it's Forbidden Existence in disguise? Move out of here, and stop talking nonsense!"
After saying that, the two continued with the other dozen or so people in the group, relying on the Mana levitation device and a large number of wheels that had been temporarily installed below, to move forward with difficulty on the rugged, Land of Darkness.
Beside the procession, dozens of Brass Magic Lanterns floated, providing illumination. Migration caravans like theirs were now a common sight in Zone 76.
From a higher perspective, looking at it from the angle of Mana, the distribution of Mana in Zone 76 is no longer as Chaos and disorderly as before. The once scattered Sanctuaries and Mana gathering places have now been replaced by a more predatory model.
Most notably, there is a vast area of approximately 10,000 square kilometers located in the southeastern part of the region.
There seemed to be a greedy Black Hole of energy there, Berserk devouring all the free Mana around it, even forming visible vortexes of Mana, forcibly drawing it in from the more distant dark Void.
Secondly, there are sixteen circular areas, each with a surface area of more than two hundred square kilometers, evenly distributed throughout the region. They are like sixteen steadily beating hearts, continuously and efficiently drawing in Mana. From within them, there are faint, regular mechanical humming and energy conversion fluctuations, as if they are gestating some kind of massive, systematic creation.
The Mana concentration in the entire Zone 76 was thus maintained at a relatively "thin" level, forcing the more Berserk Mana from the outer perimeter of the area to continuously replenish it inwards.
The source of all these changes was Su Luo's "Magical Industrial Foundation Plan," which she proposed to the Mutual Aid Association's leadership.
A radical attempt to combine some of the mature industrial concepts of the Yuncang Civilization with the environment of the Land of Darkness and the real needs of the Survivors.
At this point, the Monster Tide ends, and there are fewer monsters wandering around the area, making it convenient for all Survivors to team up and move their Sanctuary to the Safe Zone.
People's residences are concentrated in one area, which naturally facilitates centralized production.
This is a technological revolution.
"Damn it, you're cutting off my life! I just finished working on the reactor, haven't even had a sip of water, and you want me to build factories, lay pipelines, and install production lines?! Even the donkeys in the production team wouldn't dare to be used like this!"
Yun Xiaoxiao's exquisitely crafted figure floated in mid-air, its entire body flashing with intense light, expressing its dissatisfaction.
It had just successfully upgraded the energy core of the experimental zone into a small-scale Magical Fusion Hybrid Reactor as requested by Su Luo, and before it could even rest, it was given an even more arduous task—to travel to various Safe Zones and lead the construction of basic industrial facilities.
"Hurry up, hurry up. You'll be one of the most important figures in Zone 76 from now on. Everyone will have to watch their step when they go out."
Su Luo chased Yun Xiaoxiao out of the Laboratory like she was chasing a child.
"That sounds nice! You're just conscripting people! Exploiting bots! And it's completely pointless! The core logic of Survival Games is individual evolution and combat power improvement! Building these collective industries and infrastructure will only distract them and waste their precious development time!"
Yun Xiaoxiao shook her head frantically, then tried to walk into the Laboratory, but Su Luo blocked her at Laboratory door.
As you can see, a beam of light occasionally flashes in the Void around Su Luo, illuminating a vast expanse of densely packed Spell patterns. Yun Xiaoxiao simply cannot get within five meters of Su Luo.
But Yun Xiaoxiao had no intention of giving up and didn't want to build that so-called Magic Industry.
Ahead... is hell!
"Is the nuclear bomb in my hand part of my strength? Is the external Mana Pool part of my strength? Are the efficient and powerful vehicles part of my strength?"
Su Luo didn't tolerate Yun Xiaoxiao's attempt to slack off at all, and directly tossed her into one of the Safe Zones.
The Essence of the Land of Darkness' industry is to elevate the efficiency of the production, Storage, transportation, and application of 'power' to a new level. It allows individuals to acquire 'external forces' far exceeding what they can possess at their current stage of evolution in a shorter time, thereby using powerful external forces to accelerate their own growth in strength.
When Su Luo proposed this plan to the Mutual Aid Association a few days ago, almost all of the Mutual Aid Association's senior members came directly to the experimental zone.
This was also the first time Su Luo had met so many high-ranking members of the Mutual Aid Association.
The final proposed solution was as follows: Su Luo would provide the core technology blueprint and key design, while Yun Xiaoxiao would serve as the core intelligent construction and control hub. The Mutual Aid Association would be responsible for mobilizing manpower throughout the district for initial infrastructure work and selecting and training a group of technicians to be responsible for equipment operation, basic maintenance, and even simple modifications.
The primary goal of industry is Mana organs and biological enhancements. Survivors learn to install and modify them themselves. Even if they can't install them or install them incorrectly, it doesn't matter, as they are very resilient.
Next is the production of infrastructure, vehicles, and high-powered weapons.
Su Luo was mainly responsible for the technology and drawings. For him, the output of technology and drawings was also a process of organizing and verifying knowledge.
However, the technology and blueprints were mainly based on existing Yuncang Civilization and modified by Xiao Luo during his spare time.
What about Su Luo?
Su Luo was busy becoming stronger.
"Alright, mission accomplished."
In the Dream World, Su Luo stood beneath a vast sea of stars, pausing her final edits to the underlying rules.
The scene before me seemed no different from before: the Stars, symbols of knowledge, hung low, while the experimental planet, Library, and Calculation Zone floated Jingjing.
However, from Su Luo and Xiao Luo's perspective, which starts from the underlying structure of Dreamscape, the Dream World is already quite different.
The entire world was unevenly divided into fifty regions, among which the region with the least "Dream Weight" was the most prominent.
In that area, Su Luo's Dream Library floated. Su Luo went straight in, tested the acceleration, and was quite satisfied.
After a new round of renovations, the energy efficiency of the learning area has increased from thirty times to one hundred and fifty times.
In other words, Su Luo only needs to consume one-one-hundred-fiftieth of the energy required to accelerate the entire Dreamscape to accelerate the experimental area.
With the improvement in strength and energy conversion methods, Su Luo's acceleration duration reached ten times, and the Overclocking limit was fourteen times.
"What's next?"
Xiao Luo proactively emerged from the Calculation Zone, guessing what Su Luo was about to do next.
"I'll study, you go out. Use the Laboratory to find Exploration Quest and travel, while also conducting inheritance experiments... Oh, and also, take the materials, upgrade the Laboratory along the way, and collect samples while you're at it."
"I knew it." Xiao Luo kept flashing.