13: Chapter 13 The Establishment of the New Base of Mozi's Thousand Machine Tower

When planning the new base, Su Yang divided it into two areas: the Lords Area and the Production Area.

The lords residence was built in the Lords Area, with the Imperial Armor Camp and barracks placed around it as usual, leaving a large open space for future development.

There was a plan to separate the Lords Area and the Production Area with an additional wall.

This would effectively isolate the noise from the Steam-powered Mining Machine and the dust generated by mining.

The production facilities in the Production Area included two Steam-powered Mining Machines as well as the relocated high-pressure water pump.

In addition, there were solid-liquid resource warehouses and liquid compressors.

In short, all the equipment placed there was related to production and storage.

With this, the initial blueprint for the base was complete.

Once the surrounding walls were completed, the first base of Great Qin would be born.

After completing the tedious planning and relocation tasks, Su Yang opened the panel and navigated to the technology tab.

Resting quietly inside was the core building for technological production—the Research Station.

Lords of all nations would possess a technology building; it was the only building for upgrading and unlocking technologies.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces.

The level of technology largely determines the strength of a civilization.

The faster one climbs the technology tree, the more advantages they will have over others.

This was why Su Yang immediately wanted to build the technology core after planning the base.

Detecting the establishment of the Research Center, Great Qin Heavy Industry was triggered.

[Research Station] >>> [mozi thousand mechanisms tower]

Before construction, the heavy industry trait triggered again, upgrading the Research Station into the mozi thousand mechanisms tower!

Su Yang quickly opened the research panel to view the details.

[Technology Building: mozi thousand mechanisms tower]

[Construction Cost: None]

[Maintenance Cost: 5 units of fuel resources/day, 5 units of concentrated water resources/day]

mozi thousand mechanisms tower, the name really fits the cultural characteristics of Great Qin.

Mozi was a famous thinker, scientist, and military strategist during the pre-Qin period.

As the founder of the Mohist school, he created a complete set of scientific theories with universal love as the core.

He had outstanding achievements in geometry, physics, and optics.

Naming the technology core after the Mohist Thousand Mechanisms technique was simply perfect!

Su Yang took out the blueprint and built the mozi thousand mechanisms tower in the open space previously planned in the Lords Area.

As the blueprint was placed, segments of metal rods and metal gears connected to one another, gradually forming the first technology building of the territory.

It was a tower-shaped building about five meters high, with a wide and heavy base, and a metal device resembling a globe continuously rotating at the top.

The tower body, composed of bronze, shimmered with a cyan-gray luster.

Like the Armored Elite Soldiers, the Thousand Mechanism Tower was also powered by steam and required a large amount of fuel resources.

Therefore, Su Yang was not in a hurry to build it in the early stages; without fuel, the Thousand Mechanism Tower could not function.

But now, carbon mine resources had been unlocked, and it was a high-yield resource of 50 units/day.

Supplying the 5 units of resources/day required by the Thousand Mechanism Tower was more than enough.

After construction was complete, Su Yang opened the Thousand Mechanism Tower panel.

Except for the basic buildings and technologies provided for free in the early stages, all future technologies and buildings needed to be unlocked in the Thousand Mechanism Tower to be obtained and used.

The center of the panel, which was the main axis of the technology tree, was the Main Base Rank.

All building Ranks would be limited by the Main Base Rank.

Currently, his Main Base, the lords residence, was Rank 1, and everything that could be built had already been built.

If he wanted to upgrade existing buildings or unlock new ones, he had to prioritize upgrading the Main Base Rank.

Below the central main axis, five sub-axes extended out.

They were Resources, Defense, Troop Types, Technology, and Heroes, respectively.

The first four options corresponded to related buildings or facilities.

Resources corresponded to resource production facilities such as mining machines and warehouses.

Defense corresponded to base defense facilities such as walls and watchtowers.

Troop Types, as the name implied, were about the construction and upgrading of troop type buildings and soldiers.

Technology corresponded to a series of scientific technologies, such as radar detection technology, electricity, and so on.

The last item, the Heroes branch, was currently grayed out and could only be unlocked after the Main Base reached Rank 3.

After unlocking the Heroes option, one could summon famous hero units belonging to their civilization.

They would play a significant role in the Late Stage of the game, and Su Yang was looking forward to it.

Huaxia Civilization produces talented people in large numbers, and with the assistance of these talents, the road to hegemony would certainly be much smoother.

Currently, there were very few upgrades that could be performed with a Rank 1 Main Base.

The technology tree was all gray; only Troop Types and Technology had highlights.

Opening Troop Types, he discovered that the Rank 1 Imperial Armor Camp could upgrade soldiers.

However, it required unlocking a prerequisite technology—the High-Efficiency Converter.

[Technology: High-Efficiency Converter]

[Can improve the energy conversion efficiency of steam devices and reduce energy loss]

[command points: 500 points]

[Time: 5h]

Troop Types were the only source of combat power in the early stages, and their upgrade was very necessary.

Su Yang directly invested 500 command points to begin research on the High-Efficiency Converter.

However, in addition to the 500 command points, the research would also take 5 hours.

Time was precious in the early stages; Su Yang had neither the mood nor the time to wait.

With a flicker of his thought, he directly used the Heart of the Hive he had obtained earlier.

[Used item Heart of the Hive, shortening the required research time by 5h]

Once the item was used, the High-Efficiency Converter research was completed immediately.

He opened the Troop Types panel again; he could now upgrade the soldiers.

[Troop Type: Great Qin Armored Elite Soldier]

[Rank: Rank 1 >>> Rank 2]

[Effect: Increase steam conversion efficiency by 50%, increase Imperial Armor mobility by 50%]

[command points: 300 points]

Increasing steam conversion efficiency by 50% meant reducing energy consumption by 50%.

This meant that the endurance of the Elite Soldier in a mobile state could be increased from 6 hours to 9 hours.

And the Imperial Armor mobility increased the Elite Soldier's movement ability and combat capability.

Although the improvement was significant, the consumption of command points was also high.

Therefore, the objects for the upgrade had to be chosen carefully.

Su Yang chose the two Armored Elite Soldiers who were summoned first.

Because they had performed meritorious service in protecting their lord, Su Yang even bestowed names upon them.

Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang.

With a flicker of his thought, the two Armored Elite Soldiers were upgraded respectively.

After the upgrades were complete, Su Yang turned his attention back to the main axis.

If the territory wanted to advance further, the lords residence had to be upgraded.

[Main Base: lords residence]

[Rank: Rank 1 >>> Rank 2]

[Unlock Rank 2 resource devices, Rank 2 defense facilities, Rank 2 Imperial Armor Camp, and more technology branches]

[Required for upgrade]

[command points: 1000 points]

[Time: 1d]

The options for the Rank 1 base were all completed; only by upgrading the base could he enter the next stage of development.

Su Yang chose to upgrade without hesitation, consuming another 1000 command points.

The base and troop type upgrades consumed a total of 2100 command points, leaving 320 points remaining.

One must know that a lord's initial command points were only 1000; normally, base upgrades would occur after the one-week novice protection period.

Yet, Su Yang had finished the Rank 1 technology tree and started the base upgrade on the second day.

This was something other lords could not even imagine.

Not long after he started upgrading the base, an electronic sound rang out.

[Lords Hall has been opened; within the specified time, all lords can communicate with each other in the hall]

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