Oceans covered 71% of the Earth's surface, and their resource reserves far exceeded those on land.
A great many of those resources remained beyond the reach of any organization or nation. To Shen Bing, the oceans were his own private reserve. He could empty the seabed of its resources without anyone noticing.
Of course, Shen Bing had no intention of draining the pond to catch the fish. He would never do anything that damaged the environment.
According to his plan, the resources he extracted from the oceans would only support Phantom Immortal Technology's development within the Solar System. When he wanted to venture farther, he could exploit resources on other planets in the Solar System. There was no need to keep fleecing Earth alone.
"Boss, there are still sixteen cruise missiles aboard this vessel. What should we do with them? The Tiger Shark No. 2 has the same problem," Tony said.
"Leave the missiles here for now!" Shen Bing said. "Just don't set them off like fireworks."
"Yes, Boss!"
Shen Bing then inspected the entire submarine and only left after making all the necessary arrangements.
The five Demon Puppet Artisans stayed aboard. Once they finished modifying this submarine, they would move on to the other one.
This was only the first step in Shen Bing's ocean plan: solving the transportation problem.
Next, he needed to solve the labor problem.
After all, the work would take place thousands of meters beneath the sea. Aside from an outrageously overpowered nonhuman like himself, no one could survive at those depths. For now, the only viable approach was to rely on machinery, such as Mining Robots and Production Robots.
Robots were not a particularly complicated project. With artificial intelligence already available, the researchers at the Underground Base only needed to solve the problems of