490: Productivity

"You mean the materials needed to craft level seven armor only require one extra worker bee model compared to level six armor? Then level eight armor... wouldn't it cost only one coffee bean to make?"

The worker bee model was an item used to craft the six sets in the previous life's game, requiring the use of high-grade coffee beans to exchange at the Medical Department. One high-grade coffee bean could be exchanged for four worker bee models.

Whether it was a level six helmet or level six armor, the main materials required were two worker bee models, and the cost of other auxiliary materials was almost negligible. However, it required a 12-hour waiting period to complete the manufacturing process.

Therefore, in the previous life's game, the value of one bag of high-grade coffee beans was directly equivalent to a six sets, counting as the red-tier resource most loved by the game's rushers.

But in this world.

The GTI on Blue Star currently has not mastered the technology to manufacture the six sets. The six sets worn by GTI Professional Agents are all obtained from the Exclusion Zone. Therefore, high-grade coffee beans have not shown their due value in the current market. It is even possible that the GTI organization on Blue Star does not know that such resources exist.

Previously, Xiao Yun might have simply thought that the GTI technology in this world was underdeveloped.

But ever since he learned about the difference between GTI Headquarters and the Blue Star branch, whenever Xiao Yun encountered something unreasonable, he would start leaning toward conspiracy theories.

For example, the current situation on Blue Star is likely due to GTI Headquarters intentionally controlling the manufacturing of level six armor to restrict the combat power of the Blue Star Operators.

As long as the speed of Blue Star's technological development is controlled within a certain range, allowing Blue Star's technological level to gradually approach the world opposite the Exclusion Zone, but without catching up immediately, the benefits for GTI can be maximized.

This is just like the game planners from Xiao Yun's previous life.

They want players to earn some money, but not too much money.

Whenever players figured out ways to easily earn haifu coin, it was as if the planners' lives were at stake, leading to updates, fixes, and various restrictions being implemented to counter them.

Therefore.

Xiao Yun guessed that GTI Headquarters in this world had actually long mastered the methods for manufacturing the six sets, or even the level seven set and level eight set, and might even possess higher-grade equipment sets.

However, in order to restrict the development of Blue Star, they deliberately chose to hide these technologies, limiting the combat readiness of Blue Star Operators to within level five sets. Even the six sets could only be obtained in a worn or damaged state from Lao Tai.

Otherwise, given the strength of the six sets in the Exclusion Zone, if its manufacturing were made public, Xiao Yun could not believe that after more than a hundred years since the Exclusion Zone descended upon reality, people in this world would still only be in the initial stages of exploring it.

The protective capability of the six sets compared to the level five set is not just a small difference—it is nearly double!

Especially against level 4 bullet and lower, the protective capability of the six sets is even more terrifying. Aside from some guns that shatter armor particularly quickly, level 4 bullet might not have difficulty penetrating level five armor, but they can hardly penetrate the six sets, let alone lower-grade bullets.

Therefore.

What Xiao Yun never expected was that the materials required to manufacture the level seven set and level eight set, which perform better than the six sets, in the Heirloom Special Service Department were surprisingly easy to acquire!

In fact, the level seven set only requires an extra half bag of high-grade coffee beans, and the level eight set can be completed using just two bags of high-grade coffee beans!

"Wait! This Heirloom Special Service Department also has special abilities!"

Xiao Yun, who had just been surprised by the cheap manufacturing materials for the level seven set and level eight set, suddenly realized something that made him shudder upon closer thought.

That is, his Heirloom Special Service Department, which he had already leveled up to 100, possessed two special abilities!

First is rapid manufacturing, which allows him to instantly obtain the results of production. Second is 10x output, meaning he only needs to spend one set of materials to produce ten times the resources!

In other words, as long as the materials are abundant and he has enough high-grade coffee beans, Xiao Yun alone is equivalent to a super-large military factory. Moreover, it does not require any complex processes or operations; he only needs a thought to transform raw materials into the necessary Exclusion Zone equipment.

Whether it is weapons, bullets, or armor, Xiao Yun, possessing the Heirloom Special Service Department, can directly mass-produce them!

"This kind of ability... if I don't use it for mass production, it feels like a waste!"

After realizing how powerful the functions of his Heirloom Special Service Department were, a bold idea arose in Xiao Yun's heart.

Initially, his entry into the Exclusion Zone was merely for the sake of making money.

After all, even though this was a world where the Exclusion Zone had descended upon reality, perhaps due to the influence of GTI, this event did not destroy the world's existing financial system; instead, it made money increasingly important in this world.

However, as he delved deeper into the Exclusion Zone later on, Xiao Yun's purpose for entering was no longer as simple as making money.

After all, in just a few months, he had already accumulated wealth that a normal person could not gather in a lifetime.

The pile of big red resources in his warehouse had long ago given Xiao Yun financial freedom, especially the africa heart in his warehouse, which was an invaluable existence.

Under these circumstances, Xiao Yun entered the Exclusion Zone more often to uncover truths that ordinary people did not know.

He had already learned most of what there was to know about the Blue Star world, but regarding the high-tech world behind the Exclusion Zone, jointly ruled by GTI, Hafk, and Asala, Xiao Yun had only seen the tip of the iceberg so far.

"If I want to investigate the world on the other side, the Special Operations Department's powerful resource manufacturing capability... maybe it can help? ...Wait!"

Xiao Yun suddenly thought of a crucial matter.

It was the strange sight that suddenly appeared all over the world when he entered the Endless Night Dam for his assessment.

Within a single day, a large number of special Exclusion Zone entrances suddenly appeared across Blue Star, their quantity equivalent to about 70% of the original Exclusion Zones.

It should be noted that the original Exclusion Zone entrances on Blue Star had accumulated over more than a hundred years.

The sudden appearance of so many special Exclusion Zones definitely indicates that some kind of unimaginable change is about to occur.

"It seems to be called... Reverse Exclusion Zone."

Xiao Yun remembered that after completing the GTI Professional assessment, the examiner He Yan had approached him to discuss that special Exclusion Zone.

As he recalled the details about the Reverse Exclusion Zone, Xiao Yun's mind suddenly became clear!

The Heirloom Special Service Department, with such powerful functions, was definitely not meant to be simply used by him to manufacture the level seven set and level eight set to rush into the Exclusion Zone and withdraw money!

Furthermore, tomorrow morning was exactly the day He Yan would bring people to record the points Xiao Yun had previously earned.

When he moves out a warehouse full of the six sets tomorrow, he might be able to secure a cooperation opportunity with Dragon Country GTI Official.

Hakimi oh nanbei green beans, asiga ah hayaku~ oh majili ding dong ji... Just then, Xiao Yun's phone suddenly rang. It was a call from his childhood friend, Zhang Yu.

"Xiao Yun, they really do have the goods you mentioned at the trading house!"

Xiao Yun had just asked him to investigate the matter of high-grade coffee beans at the trading house, and he didn't expect to hear back so quickly.

"They really have it? What did they say? What's the price?"

"They said that stuff is useless. If you want it, they can give it to you for free."

"What!?"

Hearing Zhang Yu's reply, Xiao Yun couldn't help but be stunned.