261: Chapter 261 Rapid Development

[Low-Spec Modified engineering robot]

Durability: 1200 / 1200.

Energy Consumption: 0.0001 units / hour.

Modification Effects:

Wave Source Detection: Can detect energy mineral veins within a maximum diameter of 20 kilometers.

Multifunctional Mechanical Arm: Can freely transform into various forms, including but not limited to "mining, excavation, drilling, construction, repair," etc.

Detachable Kinetic Rifle: Weapon equipped with auto-aim and energy bullet generation effects.

"It seems this assessment tests not only knowledge but also the ability to flexibly apply it."

Inside the cave, Zhang Huaiyuan looked at the robot standing four or five meters tall in front of him, rubbing his temples with some fatigue, though his eyes revealed a hint of excitement.

Limited by materials and energy issues, many original designs had to be modified into low-spec versions.

Scientific research, in particular, isn't something where simple alternatives can be easily found. Even with his knowledge reserves, it took him three full days to complete the modification of this engineering robot.

"The only flaw is the intelligence issue. A low-spec engineering robot cannot effectively distinguish between resources that need to be collected and avoid danger. More importantly, without high-level intelligent control, it doesn't know how to adapt when building, which will cause huge energy waste."

Zhang Huaiyuan pondered quietly.

Having entered through a virtual pod, he naturally could not bring the Statue of Liberty or Asroth in with him.

Current conditions also made it impossible to build a high-level server or manufacture new intelligent terminals... Wait!

Zhang Huaiyuan's expression suddenly shifted.

He remembered his advanced profession: Fusion Artist.

Since advancing, he had been busy dealing with the Xuanjian Sect's crisis, then followed Brie Dawn to the Time Traveler Association, assessments, learning, and now participating in the competition. He had never had a chance to carefully experience the power after changing classes.

"The sacred consciousness will connect every warrior under one's command... sharing combat experience, sharing knowledge... becoming a massive whole..."

He recalled the introduction of this profession while searching for this power hidden deep in his brain.

"Even if suppressed by the rules of power, the strength of my brain region is still far beyond the operating speed of a Galaxy-level supercomputer..."

"Since there is no terminal, I will act as the terminal myself..."

"I will share my knowledge with this and future engineering robots..."

"This way, every robot will be able to choose the most correct and cost-effective plan when operating..."

"Then... the final question is, how to build my thoughts into a connection network... Hmm, perhaps I can draw inspiration from..."

The ideas in Zhang Huaiyuan's mind became clearer and clearer. The light of the empowerment stone in his hand rotated, and his vast consciousness transformed into complex rubbings.

Referencing the construction method of the spatial topology server, he began to lay them out in circles according to a certain pattern.

He had personally researched and tested this server countless times, so he was naturally very familiar with it. Soon, he manipulated his thought rubbings to construct smooth, complete Mobius strips with no reverse side.

He tentatively tried to spread the constructed thought network, only to find it was constantly suppressed by a strange force.

"It's not that simple after all... But..."

Zhang Huaiyuan gave up on expanding the thought network further and instead connected to the engineering robot nearby.

The next moment, the pale orange light in the eyes of the previously stationary engineering robot flashed, and it instantly started up.

"I thought correctly... A void network cannot be formed, but this form similar to a local area network is not suppressed by the rules..."

Zhang Huaiyuan's expression was calm; he was not surprised.

As an excellent Scholar, he was certain of his judgment.

"Begin operation."

Following the command, the wave source detector on the engineering robot's chest quickly emitted invisible ripples.

"Detected a small energy mineral vein five kilometers below at coordinates 326, 117, 93..."

"Detected a small iron ore vein 7.9 kilometers to the southeast..."

"..."

"Locking all coordinates, optimal route planned, executing task."

The next moment, the engineering robot's head retracted into its body, and its two mechanical arms lifted, reassembling into a huge drill, and it violently drilled into the ground.

Just two hours later.

Amidst a huge roar, the engineering robot broke back out of the ground.

The metal plate on its chest opened, pouring out all the collected energy minerals. Then, it transformed into drilling mode again and continued deep into the strata without looking back.

"The efficiency is even higher than I imagined. That's right, most resources under the earth's veins are not guarded by monsters, making them easy to obtain."

Zhang Huaiyuan activated the empowerment stone, absorbing the energy from the ore.

0.08 units... 0.09 units... 0.10 units...

Soon, the energy in the empowerment stone reached 0.20 units, enough to manifest one-fifth of an assault ship.

Of course, under the suppression of this world's power rules, relying purely on manifestation conversion, the consumption was far greater than this amount.

"Very good, I can manufacture the second engineering robot."

Zhang Huaiyuan did not stay idle and began to build with familiar ease.

This time, with a ready-made plan, it only took two hours to manifest the second engineering robot.

During this period, the first one returned three more times, bringing back resources.

The total resources did not decrease but increased, reaching 0.32 units.

With the second engineering robot put into use, the speed of resource collection became faster and faster.

The third... The fourth...

Twenty-four hours later.

The eleventh engineering robot was completed, and the total energy officially reached 1.01.

However, in contrast, resources within fifty kilometers under the earth's veins and on the relatively safe ground were about to be exhausted.

"Using the one-kilometer radius as the boundary, set up defensive works. In addition, except for energy minerals, other resources should be reserved for now, prioritized for the construction of defensive works."

After thinking, Zhang Huaiyuan kept three engineering robots to continue scavenging underground resources, while the rest executed new orders.

Eight engineering robots lined up and smashed through the cave entrance simultaneously, returning to the surface.

Two of them quickly disposed of the ogre corpses.

The rest quickly cut down the surrounding trees, clearing an open space with a radius of one kilometer.

Then, they built a defensive line on the edge.

For the engineering robots that shared part of Zhang Huaiyuan's knowledge, this was easy.

Soon, a defense line mixed with trees and metal rose quickly, followed by simple small turrets.

Just one day later, a small, modern base of considerable scale appeared.

After the initial defense was established, these engineering robots began to build assembly line automated production platforms.

Rows of complete production lines soon stood in the central open space.

These included those specifically for producing engineering robots and others for producing combat weapons...

Their ends led to the inside of the cave, where a resource classification system was set up to distribute the required resources to various production lines.

Now that the safe resource points had been exhausted, a powerful army had to be established as soon as possible to open up new territories.

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