Solar Energy Absorption Umbrella

Black Rock Town was a small town beside Red Leaf Town, surrounded by several large mines. It was also the wealthiest of the thirty-eight villages and towns under Giant Stone City's jurisdiction.

A burly man with a tall build, blue hair, green eyes, a hooked nose, and sinister light flickering in his eyes sat in a luxurious room and sneered. "That piece of trash Zhao Jiang wants to use Red Leaf Town as collateral to borrow five thousand Gold Coins from me so he can redeem Miss Qian Qian? Hahaha! For the sake of a mere woman, he's even selling off the foundation left by his ancestors. What a useless fool!"

This tall white man was Baron Kirov, the lord of Black Rock Town. He ruled Black Rock Town with iron-blooded methods. Everyone in the town trembled in fear upon hearing his name.

"If I'd known he was such a worthless fool, I wouldn't have taken the risk of hiring Black Scorpion to assassinate him. Five hundred Gold Coins wasted for nothing." Baron Kirov frowned and muttered in confusion, "Black Scorpion said Zhao Jiang had already been killed. What's going on? Could they be trying to swindle me out of my reward?"

After pondering for a long while, Baron Kirov raised his head and said to the man standing nearby in a butler's uniform, "Jie Luo, tell Zhao Jiang that I will only lend him two thousand five hundred Gold Coins at an interest rate of four percent per month. Red Leaf Town is worth only two thousand five hundred Gold Coins. And he must repay the loan, principal and interest included, within two months."

Jie Luo answered respectfully and withdrew. "Yes, Master!"

Kirov revealed a smug smile. "In another two months, Red Leaf Town will be mine for the taking! If that treasure land of Red Leaf Town falls into my hands, it can bring me at least two thousand Gold Coins in income every year."

Red Leaf Town was a small town exceptionally suited for farming, with vast tracts of land surrounding it. Zhao Jiang's Lineage had long been suppressed jointly by Giant Stone City and Kirov, which was why they were in such straitened circumstances that the Lineage could not even produce a thousand Gold Coins.

If Kirov controlled Red Leaf Town, all he needed was a little management and a large-scale migration of people from elsewhere to reclaim the land, and he would reap enormous profits.

Red Leaf Town.

"Being a minor noble in this backward otherworld really isn't as comfortable as being an ordinary citizen in modern society!" Yang Feng walked along the streets of Red Leaf Town and let out a gloomy sigh.

There were no televisions, no internet, no beverages, and entertainment was barren to the extreme in this otherworld.

Breakfast was White Bread with Potato Soup, lunch was also White Bread with Potato Soup, while dinner was White Bread with meat soup. After eating this fare for several days, Yang Feng felt that even his stomach could no longer take it.

However, after seeing the other residents of Red Leaf Town eating the same unchanging hard Black Bread and plain water year after year, Yang Feng felt that his own meals were already quite good.

Although Yang Feng possessed enormous power in Red Leaf Town, and no law could restrain him even if he forcibly seized women from the common people, there were only a few dozen young girls in the town. Their looks were mediocre, and aside from being youthful and lively, it was difficult to find even one girl who could be called beautiful.

In truth, given Shen Lei's influence, every unattached girl in town would willingly climb into his bed with just a crook of his finger. Yet there was not a single one he fancied.

The reason Zhao Jiang had remained single all this time was that he could not find a girl he liked in Red Leaf Town.

All in all, the pleasures enjoyed by Yang Feng, Red Leaf Town's mayor and baron, were inferior even to those of an ordinary common citizen in modern-day Earth.

Yang Feng crossed Red Leaf Town and entered a small house in a stretch of wasteland to the north.

The moment Yang Feng entered the room, he shouted to No. 3796, "No. 3796, begin! I can't wait another moment!"

"Yes, Master. Please choose what you wish to create!" Rays of light bloomed from No. 3796's hand, and all kinds of modern-looking buildings and equipment appeared in the air.

Yang Feng swiftly made his choice. "The first thing we need to ensure is energy! Then build one hundred Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas first!"

No. 3796 could use energy to synthesize any substance, and its actions also consumed enormous amounts of energy. It could be said that energy was its life. Under the current relatively peaceful circumstances, Yang Feng chose to build units that absorbed energy.

The Solar Energy Absorption Umbrella was the most suitable unit for absorbing energy at present.

No. 3796 quickly walked outside, stretched out a hand, and fired a beam of blue light that shone onto the piles of iron ore.

Under the blue light, the piles of iron ore rapidly decomposed into steel ingots and various other materials.

The steel ingots and other materials twisted together, transforming in an instant into countless parts. Bathed in blue light, those countless parts automatically assembled into Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas shaped like umbrellas.

As soon as a Solar Energy Absorption Umbrella took shape, a thin line extended from No. 3796's body and pierced its base, absorbing the energy from the Solar Energy Absorption Umbrella.

Every half hour, another Solar Energy Absorption Umbrella appeared in that wasteland.

After one day, forty-eight Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas covered the wasteland.

After two days, ninety-six Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas appeared across the wasteland.

On the third day, an Engineering Robot suddenly appeared beside No. 3976. It stood three meters tall, cylindrical in shape, and possessed sixteen mechanical arms, each fitted with equipment such as drills, hammers, pliers, welding tools, and more.

On the fourth day, the number of Engineering Robots suddenly multiplied to three, while the Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas multiplied to two hundred.

On the fifth day, the number of Engineering Robots surged to nine, while the Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas multiplied to three hundred.

On the sixth day, the number of Engineering Robots surged to twenty-seven, while the Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas multiplied to four hundred.

On the seventh day, the number of Engineering Robots surged to eighty-one, while the Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas multiplied to five hundred.

On the eighth day, the number of Engineering Robots suddenly surged to two hundred and forty-three, while the Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas multiplied to six hundred.

On the ninth day, earth-shaking changes took place across the wasteland. Factory buildings seemed to rise from thin air, their interiors filled with unceasing roars.

On the tenth day, it was as though countless flowers had suddenly bloomed across the wasteland. Two thousand Solar Energy Absorption Umbrellas had appeared, madly absorbing all kinds of energy.

The barren land, once filled with rocks and impossible to cultivate, had now become a massive factory district. Factory after factory stood within it, emitting bursts of mechanical roaring.

"Greetings, Master!"

As soon as Yang Feng approached the massive factory district, two warriors carrying long blades on their backs immediately knelt in perfect unison at its entrance and spoke in cold, mechanical voices.

Yang Feng glanced at the two warriors, who looked almost exactly like humans, said nothing, and walked straight into the factory district.

Only after Yang Feng entered the district did the two blade-bearing warriors rise to their feet almost simultaneously, their movements identical.

Yang Feng headed directly into the largest factory.

Inside the largest factory hung a massive spherical metal orb. Countless mechanical tentacles extended from it, serving as various tools and directly assembling parts delivered by conveyor belts into robot after robot.

As soon as many robots stepped off the conveyor belts, they immediately left the factory and entered other factories, taking on the roles of workers to extract various metals and manufacture part after part.

No. 3796 came out of the factory, approached Yang Feng, and asked, "Master, what are your orders?"

Yang Feng said, "I came to inspect the factories' production. Give me a report."

No. 3796 said, "There are currently three hundred and seventy-eight production-type autonomous robots. If needed, another five hundred can be built within a day. However, I must remind you that iron ore is running low. A large quantity of iron ore is now required."