In early October, Li Chen and the others remained in Golden Light City, answering the wartime summons as guest Puppet Masters.
Ten of them stayed behind, while Zhu Yishan and another group were reassigned to the Eastern Coast to follow other Grandmaster Artisans to various places and provide disaster relief.
Li Chen noticed that those who stayed were all Puppet Masters with prior achievements in intelligent machinery or low- to mid-tier puppets. They followed the legion fighting style.
Qi Maigu was also kept there. As a cultivator of the Solar Dao, he was a formidable weapon of mass destruction regardless of whether he personally excelled at controlling Mechanism Puppets.
"You will remain here and devote yourselves to supporting Golden Light City's logistics. Help repair Mecha, refine puppets, and produce various mechanisms and expendable supplies."
"Fellow Daoist Qi, go with Fellow Daoist Mo and Elder Feng to Storehouse A first."
"Fellow Daoist Lu, Fellow Daoist An, go with Elder Ling to Storehouse B."
"Fellow Daoist Li, Fellow Daoist Li Chongyang, come with me to Storehouse C."
He Changnian briefly assigned their duties, then personally led Li Chen and another newly promoted Grand Artisan named Li Chongyang to Storehouse C.
Golden Light City had six public storehouses in total. Storehouses A, B, and C were reserved for those ranked Puppet Master Grand Artisan or above. Grandmaster Artisans had separate stocks they could requisition, while Puppet Master Craftsmen and Master Artisans generally undertook assignments through assembly-line production in workshops. They needed bulk spirit materials with higher utilization rates; treasured materials and above were too valuable to entrust to them yet.
He Changnian spoke with the manager there and immediately granted Li Chen and Li Chongyang permission to enter the restricted storehouse grounds and requisition supplies. Then he led them elsewhere.
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