These past few days, the Horned Whale Alpha Star section of the game forum had been especially lively.
All kinds of posts kept flooding in, coming so fast that people could barely keep their eyes on them.
There was a distinct sense that a storm was brewing.
"Mechanical builds for the siege battle: Can space torpedoes be used as land mines?"
"One Hundred and Eighty Ingenious Uses for the Mechanical Platform: It Can Attack and Defend"
"The Feasibility of Using Large-Scale Biological Weapons During a Siege"
"Detailed Steps for Creating a 'Large Elevator Platform' to Raise the Mechanical City into the Air"
"Can We Attack the Enemy Base and Destroy the 'Planetary Tree's' Troop-Production Speed?"
Posts like these made up half of the forum's finest content during this period.
The other half consisted of "recruitment posts"—
"Zombie Empire sincerely seeks fellow villagers from Immortal Aura Star. Daily pay: 100 Faction Points, settled daily. Weapon and equipment repairs included."
"Seeking a Tier-Three Mechanic to repair Tier-Three Civilization weapons. I have a quest chain that can transform a 'High-Level Spark Lifeform' and am willing to share it."
"Don't miss this as you pass by. If you're human, you qualify. Whether Tier One, Tier Two, or Tier Three, our 'City of Stars' welcomes you all. No benefits, only brotherhood. If you're a brother, come to the 'City of Stars'!"
"Who has the contact information for a 'gold-farming team'? Offering a high price. There's a Medium Energy Mine within our Mechanical City's territory, and we can share the profits."
"Four 'Medium Robot Production Factories' have already been built. Mechanics who follow the armed-mechanical route can try out the sea-of-machines tactic in advance."
Compared to whether the Mechanical City could be defended, most spectators naturally cared more about the benefits. After all, the Mechanical City