164: Max-level defensive walls! Sugar refining workshop!

We're short on Little Skeletons at the mine, and we're short in the spirit fields too!

Su Lie left the basement, rubbing his mouth. He returned to the Solid Wood Bed, and as he lay down, he instructed Su Liya: "Liya! Go notify Keqing! We can temporarily postpone planting Sunlight Wheat, but the Vegetable Garden and Paddy Field can continue! The spirit fields should mainly produce sorghum and soybean!"

Originally, he planned for all 500 Dried Corpses scheduled for early tomorrow to be used in the spirit fields.

Now, upgrading the Shelter involves a second advancement quest.

He could only dedicate most of his efforts to mining.

After all. To obtain the heart of the ore vein, he could only mine.

After Su Lie figured this out, he opened the panel for the Shelter's defensive wall: "To complete the second quest, I also need to raise the defensive wall to its current highest rank!"

"What level is its highest rank?"

Su Lie's eyes narrowed, and he took out a large amount of materials and began upgrading the defensive wall.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Under his continuous upgrading and Enhance-ing.

The defensive wall's level rose to 10.

[Buzz!]

[Defensive Wall has been upgraded to the current highest level! Please continue upgrading this wall after completing the second advancement quest!]

Seeing this, Su Lie secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was truly afraid that this defensive wall could be upgraded to Level 100.

Currently. He had already consumed 63.5 million units of iron, 63.5 million units of Stone, and 635 million level 0 monster crystal.

If it really were Level 100, his materials would genuinely not be enough to upgrade the wall.

Following this. Su Lie looked at the wall's panel again.

[Defensive Wall]

[Type: Magic]

[Level: 10 (MAX)]

[Thickness: 1000 meters]

[Height: 1000 meters]

[Gate: Iron (Blue Rare)]

[Mist Defense Value: 5 million points (2 million points + 3 million points)]

[Defense Effects: 10 / 10]

[Effect—Thorns: All non-allied life forms that touch the wall will suffer 1,300 HP loss per second until the target dies or moves away from the wall.]

[Effect—Defense Doubling: The wall's defense value, durability value, and magic defense value receive a 50x increase.]

[Effect—Corrosion Defense: The defensive wall is immune to all corrosive Mist attacks.]

[Effect—Frost: All non-allied life forms that touch the wall will suffer 700 points of Frost damage per second, and will be frozen for 10 seconds after enduring 5 seconds of continuous damage.]

[Effect—Flowing Fire: All non-allied life forms that touch the wall will be ignited by Flowing Fire and continuously suffer 600 points of Fire damage per second.]

[Effect—Bleeding: All non-allied life forms that touch the wall continuously suffer Bleeding damage, losing 500 HP per second.]

[Effect—Exhaust Release: When the Shelter is invaded, the wall will continuously release Mist that can block the enemy's vision. Note: This Mist only obscures the enemy's line of sight.]

[Effect—Damage Absorption: The wall will absorb 10% of the enemy's Mist attacks and convert it into temporary defense power for the defensive wall.]

[Effect—Ten Thousand Vine Entanglement: The wall can conjure countless phantom vines to entangle climbing enemies, causing them to lose all ability to move for 60 seconds. (Can only be automatically activated 3 times per day)]

[Effect—Ghost Path: Any entity climbing the wall will never be able to reach the top.]

[Upgrade: Requires completion of the Shelter's second advancement quest before further upgrading is possible.]

[Description: Now possesses the defense capability to resist monsters with extraordinary power, but continued effort is still required.]

"Hmm? The wall's height and width have increased again?"

Su Lie's eyes lit up upon seeing this.

Just then, a burst of violent vibrations came from outside the Shelter.

They heard continuous, deafening roars.

Before long. A Little Skeleton from the Black Tortoise Army ran over, and upon reaching Su Lie, it knelt and reported: "Master! The Soul Spirit Tree outside the wall saw our wall become taller and wider, invading its territory once again, and vented its fury in a chaotic outburst!"

"It asked this subordinate to inform Master, please do not challenge its bottom line anymore! It has reached the limit of its patience, and requests that Master immediately agree to its demand to move the Shelter!"

Su Liya, who was beside Su Lie, translated the Little Skeleton's words.

Su Lie laughed heartily after hearing this.

The width of the Shelter's wall did not occupy the courtyard area but expanded outwards.

That is to say. Although the Shelter's diameter was 5 kilometers, it did not include the width of the wall.

The direction of the wall's width expansion was outward.

Now that the defensive wall had been upgraded. The Shelter's true diameter had reached 7 kilometers.

This sudden expansion would inevitably provoke the dissatisfaction of the Soul Spirit Tree.

Thinking this. Su Lie nodded: "Alright! I understand!"

He looked at the defensive wall's panel again, his gaze falling on Ghost Path: "With this one effect, I don't have to worry about monsters climbing the wall! Plus the control and multiple damage provided by the other effects!"

"Even without the Ghost Path effect, it's unlikely that monsters could climb this thousand-meter wall!"

"Good!"

Su Lie smiled excitedly.

Su Liya, who was standing beside him, then handed her fresh-keeping storage pouch to Su Lie: "Master! Here are the 1 billion strong acid red date you requested!"

"Hmm? Good!"

Su Lie took the storage pouch and bulk Enhance-ed the strong acid red date inside, turning all of them into corrosive red date.

Afterwards. He gave the storage pouch back to Su Liya and instructed: "Ask Xuxu if she finished the Backpacks! Distribute these strong acid red date evenly among all the Little Skeletons of the Black Tortoise Army! Tell Number 4 to assemble in front of the gate early tomorrow!"

"I understand!" Su Liya nodded.

She first went upstairs to check on Xuxu's work.

When she came down, she brought 450 Backpacks suitable for Little Skeletons to carry.

After Su Lie Enhance-ed all the Backpacks into Divine-grade Backpacks.

Su Liya then followed Su Lie's instructions and went up to the wall to find Number 4 and make arrangements.

At this moment. The Exploration Squad assisting Su Keqing in digging Divine-grade potatoes returned one after another.

Su Lie kept a few of them by his side and told the other Little Skeletons to notify Number 8's Chess Piece Squad to prepare for battle.

Only then did he have the Little Skeletons carry the bed outside.

By the bed. Su Liuhua gently squeezed Su Lie's hand, whispering: "Master! This... isn't very good, is it?"

"What are you afraid of! This Solid Wood Bed has many benefits, you'll know if you lie down for a bit longer!"

Su Lie chuckled mysteriously.

A blush bloomed on Su Liuhua's cheeks again, and she lowered her head and said: "But still... too many people are watching, aren't they?"

She could accept any request from Su Lie. But this kind of brazen behavior in the courtyard made her feel extremely ashamed and uncomfortable.

Su Lie laughed heartily, choosing not to enlighten Su Liuhua.

He directed the Little Skeletons to an empty space beside the Pigsty.

Only then did he take out the Sugar Refining Workshop blueprint.

This was an ordinary blueprint.

The workshop could produce 75 kilograms of white granulated sugar, 300 kilograms of bagasse, 40 kilograms of molasses, and 40 kilograms of filter mud per ton of sugarcane.

The bagasse could be used for papermaking.

The molasses could be used to produce alcohol, rum, yeast, feed, citric acid, and so on.

The filter mud could be used to make fertilizer and improve soil.

However, the Sugar Refining Workshop could only produce white granulated sugar.

The other three types of nutrient byproducts could be stored separately.

"Right now, this is just the first step. Later, I'll have to set up papermaking workshops and feed workshops too!"

Su Lie's eyes lit up upon seeing this.

He immediately took out the materials required to construct the workshop.

This included 10,000 units of wood, 5 units of Stone, 20,000 units of iron, and 10,000 units of monster crystal.

After these resources were piled together, Su Lie used the Sugar Refining Workshop blueprint.

Buzz! A chorus of construction sounds rang out.

The moment all the materials vanished. A white, single-story building materialized in the light.

The building was about 8 meters high, 20 meters long, and 20 meters wide. Overall, it looked roughly the same size as the Pigsty but had a few extra chimneys.

Su Lie pushed the door open and walked inside.

He saw various equipment stored in the room, including crushers and three-roller press units used for juice extraction, sedimentation tanks, membrane filters, and filter presses used for clarification, and five-effect falling film evaporators used for evaporation.

There were also vacuum crystallizers and crystallizing assistants used for boiling sugar, as well as centrifuges and fluidized bed dryers used for separation and drying, among many other pieces of equipment.

These pieces of equipment were a combination of electrical machinery and the power of Mist Runes.

Operation was also very simple.

It only required thirty Little Skeletons to operate the entire set of equipment.

There was also a Rune control panel that could be used to operate the equipment, but monster crystal needed to be inserted to run the machine.

After Su Lie briefly inspected the equipment, he said, feeling quite puzzled: "The combination of Runes and mechanical equipment is the basis for all automated facilities in the Mist World. How can I master this power?"

In his opinion, if he mastered this power. He could freely combine and manufacture any factory he wished to build.

Instead of using the modular factories provided by the mist rule.

Of course. He merely thought about it.

Following this. Su Lie used the Enhancement Talent on the workshop...