A little earlier.
Inside Steel Main City.
(System, how much steel are we producing now?) 一 一✧
"Around five hundred tons a day." →_→
(Hmm, not bad. How long until we reach ten thousand tons a day?) 一 一✧
"If we keep using each day's steel production to build Metal Transmuters, a little over half a year. It's like a snowball: the bigger it gets, the faster it grows." →_→
Cheng Yu rubbed his chin and nodded in understanding. A little over half a year. He could afford to wait; staying out here in space was just getting a little boring.
Then Cheng Yu went off to tease the black dog.
"Come on, Doggy. Do a little dance for Brother Yu."
Grete: ...
Seeing that the dog didn't seem particularly interested, Cheng Yu decided to find someone to shoot the breeze with instead.
That bootlicker? Forget it. I don't want our conversation turning into another argument. The Wisdoms? Nah, they're busy doing actual work.
What about the big shot? Haha. Big Sis? Forget it, forget it. I don't really have anything to chat about with her.
He looked around. Apparently, there was nobody to shoot the breeze with. Oh well. Browsing the shop and feasting his eyes wasn't a bad option either.
With that thought, Cheng Yu began browsing the system shop, just as he used to browse Taobao. Just because I can't afford it doesn't mean I can't look, right?
Cheng Yu spent several days killing time this way and even started getting a little hooked. Whenever an item caught his eye, he imagined how he would use it to crush everyone in his path.
Even the system was left speechless. This guy could get himself that excited just by daydreaming. The system really had seen it all