Super Factory

"Bilusi, go here and take over this mine!" Lin Xu gave the order to the Fallen Shaman.

He did not forget his goal. After losing the command of the Crystal Marrow People, the alchemical constructs continued to guard the entrance of the crystal mine, but no longer dug deeper into the mine.

"Yes, Master!" Bilusi bowed and led his people toward the next battlefield.

Having temporarily dealt with the situation, Lin Xu recovered from the intense battle and began to consider the aftermath.

"The sudden appearance of the Crystal Marrow Race nearby suggests that the relative distance between the two civilizations is not far?" he pondered silently.

There is no information about the Crystal Marrow Race on the Lords' Forum, so he was clearly the first human to discover the Crystal Marrow Civilization.

As required by the Lords' Council, any discovery of extraterrestrial civilization must be reported to the Night Watchers immediately.

"I'll write a report and upload it to the forum later, but it's just intelligence about extraterrestrial civilizations, so submitting it won't make much of a difference."

Thinking of the Lords' Council's attitude towards aliens, Lin Xu shook his head.

The Spirit Realm exists in this world, and humans are no longer surprised by all sorts of bizarre and fantastical things.

In particular, the constant crises within civilizations have kept the lords busy dealing with them, so extraterrestrial civilizations are not a high priority.

A few hours later, the factory had already interacted with the territory. Lin Xu spent some Source Fire to move the alchemy factory to the vicinity of the Daoist temple, not far from the blacksmith workshop.

According to the plan, this place will become the manufacturing center of the territory.

"Upgrade!" Looking at the alchemy factory in place, Lin Xu couldn't wait to choose to upgrade.

He discovered, through searching the consciousness of the captured Crystal Marrow People, that these uninvited guests were similar to human adventure groups. They had only occupied the building a week ago by adventuring and searching in the wilderness of the Spirit Realm, and had not yet had time to bring it back to the interior of civilization.

The alchemy plant trembled slightly, the building expanded rapidly, and its shape changed accordingly.

Soon, a three-story building covering an area of approximately 1,000 square meters appeared in front of Lin Xu.

He glanced at it briefly and chose to continue upgrading.

A few minutes later, the alchemy plant, having completed its second upgrade, finally took shape.

"The Crystal Marrow People can only upgrade this factory to Level 3..." Lin Xu checked the data panel. At this time, the factory's area had reached 3,000 square meters and was divided into five floors.

Production increased from twenty alchemical items per day at the beginning to five hundred, a 25-fold increase!

"Truly a building characteristic of our race! This one alone is enough to supply the needs of the entire territory!" His mood instantly soared.

Okay, let's go inside the alchemy factory for a more detailed look.

The upgraded Arcane Alchemy Matrix factory has a larger space and incorporates several types of previously unseen alchemy machinery. The production line design is also more compact and efficient.

The core control room was on the fifth floor. Lin Xu pushed open the door and quickly found the control core.

It was a crystal ball; touching it with your hand would connect you to the factory's thought matrix.

"Hello, Manager~" a vague consciousness called out, and Lin Xu immediately understood what "it" was.

It was a pseudo-soul created through alchemy, similar to an intelligent AI, capable of controlling the entire factory in a fully automated manner.

When the spiritual sense came into contact with the consciousness, a vast amount of information swept through the mind—the crystallized wisdom of the Crystal Marrow Race.

According to the original design, there were also permissions set up by the Crystal Marrow People that could not be used by non-Clan members, but these backup plans have been eliminated by the Source Fire. Now it only obeys Lin Xu's orders.

Before the upgrade, at least five Crystal Marrow People were needed to fully operate this alchemy factory, but after the upgrade, everything is fully automated.

"Just input the production drawings and put in the production materials, and everything can be fully automated." After a moment of observation, Lin Xu quickly figured out how to operate the factory.

"Good! The territory's mage corps can be formed now, without me having to forge them one by one~"

After a moment's thought, he decided to prepare a simplified version of the Sharp Wind Flag for the large number of Daoist priests.

"When we have enough time later, we'll prepare a spirit lamp ritual implement for the Daoist priests."

Lin Xu released his grip, severing the connection with the factory's core, his gaze intense. "The value of this alchemy factory lies not in generating a few constructs or alchemical equipment, but in being an industrial mother machine capable of significantly boosting the productivity of the entire territory!"

He quickly grasped the true purpose of this alchemy plant.

Compared to humans, who have only been in contact with the Spirit Realm for a hundred years, the Crystal Marrow Race has been in the Spirit Realm for tens of thousands of years.

Their understanding of the rules of the Spirit Realm, and their exploration of "technology," far surpasses that of humans.

Take alchemy for example. According to the information Lin Xu checked on the forum's internal network, human alchemy and weapon crafting are still at the level of creating tools, while the Crystal Marrow Race has already built a complete civilization system.

"For example, these constructs..." As he uttered these words, a phantom alchemical construct model was projected into the control room, and it was disassembled at will according to his thoughts, forming detailed data drawings.

With Thought Overclocking, massive amounts of data flashed through my mind, and the vast amounts of data stored in this building were retrieved.

Within the underground city, the Dungeon Heart pulses, analyzing and reconstructing the massive amount of consciousness received by Lin Xu, and reinterpreting it in the form of spiritual runes.

About an hour later, he stopped, still wanting more.

"Unfortunately, this is just a basic factory randomly generated by the Crystal Marrow Civilization, and the database only contains the most basic alchemical blueprints..." Lin Xu shook his head regretfully.

Just like a blacksmith's shop comes with blueprints for various farm tools and weapons, this Arcane Alchemy Matrix only contains a handful of alchemical creations.

Moreover, this factory lacks the most crucial element – Intelligent Manufacturing Core.

This is the brain of the alchemical construct, the core that enables it to automatically locate enemies and engage in combat. Without this, the construct is just a pile of scrap metal.

"Without the Intelligent Manufacturing Core, this factory loses its essence~" Lin Xu rubbed his temples in frustration.

The requirement for using spirit-patterned equipment is that the user is an adventurer with Source Power, that is, a level 1 extraordinary professional.

However, in his current territory, 90% of the residents are ordinary people, which greatly limits the application of spirit pattern equipment. For example, the series of spirit pattern farming tools he previously crafted must be operated by Daoist professionals.

Conversely, with Intelligent Manufacturing Core, alchemical constructs can operate on their own—this is the difference between steam-powered industrial civilization and intelligent industrial civilization, a difference of more than one era.

"Or you could simply craft enchanted equipment. Although the bonuses aren't as high as those from spirit-patterned equipment, ordinary people can still use it."

Even if all the tools in the territory were replaced with spirit-inscribed tools, it would still lead to a leap in productivity, which is equivalent to an industrial revolution!

Lin Xu thought to himself, but he tried to understand the Intelligent Manufacturing Core. However, he quickly stopped.

This is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Crystal Marrow Civilization, involving the civilization's most outstanding alchemical achievements. Without the support of a complete set of alchemical technologies, it is simply impossible to analyze.

"Those ten Crystal Marrow People might be a breakthrough point~" Lin Xu frowned slightly. Mind reading can only read surface information, while soul search can only obtain fragmented intelligence.

What he really wanted was the complete technology tree that the Crystal Marrow Civilization had built up over tens of thousands of years!

"I remember there's a torture chamber in the dungeon's legacy that can perfectly transform prisoners..." Lin Xu pondered, his eyes lighting up. "Unfortunately, we can only build it when the dungeon reaches level 5. After the territory war ends, we need to upgrade our territory as soon as possible. Then, with the full set of alchemy techniques, we can directly enter the intelligent era!"

According to his judgment, most lords on Earth are still in the "agricultural era," and commodity production is still small-scale handicraft industry.