These boxes were not simple metal boxes. Inside them were highly complex structures and water supply and drainage systems.
They had a very formal name: Construction Units.
With Great Gold Island's current production capacity, it could produce over two hundred Construction Units a day, covering a building area of more than 0.01 square kilometers.
That might sound small, but consider that an island spanning over one square kilometer could be built in just over three months, and it was clear that this was anything but slow.
Moreover, this island-building method required neither waiting for the structure to stabilize nor hardening the ground. Once a unit was laid down, construction could begin on it.
Of course, these things still had drawbacks. High-rises could not be built on them, for instance, though six- or seven-story buildings made of lightweight materials were no problem.
Great Gold Island was mainly used for production anyway. Most of its buildings were single- or double-story factories, with no skyscrapers like the Headquarters Building, so this drawback could be ignored.
As the Construction Units gradually spread out, work began on new factory buildings, and even the production lines they needed were being manufactured.
Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
Yet none of this was known to outsiders. Even the fishing boats or other vessels that occasionally passed nearby had no idea what was happening on the island.
This was another advantage of building a base on an island: the chances of infiltration by commercial spies were much lower.
Standing on a patch of newly installed Construction Units, Wei Changjia gazed out over the sea, his eyes full of resolve and wisdom.
If not for his scruffy beard, he really would have had something of a heartthrob's air.
"Ten days at most! Our next batch of factory buildings will