166: Chapter 167 Only the Weak Make Choices: The Newly Upgraded Scout Team

Advanced mineral mining is a technology that can only be unlocked after entering the Electrical Age.

The techniques and processes involved are more complex than those for mining common minerals like iron ore.

Ranking above all other technologies is Radar Detection, which is the stepping stone to electronic scanning technology.

Following that are the Advanced mineral scanners adapted for Scouts and the Advanced mineral analyzers essential for mining.

The scanners are responsible for discovering more sparsely distributed Advanced minerals, while the analyzers are responsible for parsing mineral structures to facilitate mining.

Furthermore, Advanced minerals cannot be extracted using shallow vein migration technology, as these minerals are, without exception, deep-layer minerals.

Moreover, Advanced minerals cannot be produced continuously like iron or copper ore; the yield from a single vein is extremely limited.

Using Advanced mining technology to extract the ore is just the beginning; subsequent research and modification are also a massive undertaking.

Fortunately, the Great Qin Smelting Center can support the synthesis of various alloy Materials, which saves the territory a great deal of effort.

After smelting Advanced minerals and steel into alloy steel, a series of methods for using these Materials must be unlocked at the Shennong Creation Institute.

Only after going through so many tedious processes can Advanced minerals be transformed into Imperial Armor or weapons for soldiers to use.

Compared to the Deflection Shield, which can be upgraded directly, Advanced mineral mining is truly a cumbersome process.

Su Yang does not intend to do everything at once; these technologies can be unlocked step by step.

First is the essential Radar Detection, which is one of the key technologies brought by a Level 5 territory.

Information is of the utmost importance; after installing radar, the reconnaissance capability of the troops will directly improve by a grade.

Su Yang's thoughts flickered, signaling the intelligent brain to display all technologies related to Radar Detection.

[Technology: Radar Detection]

["God never pays to watch, because while man acts, Heaven observes."]

[Deeply analyze the principles of electromagnetic wave detection to unlock Radar Detection technology.]

[command points: 12000]

[Time: 36h]

[Prerequisite technology: Electromagnetics, High-Efficiency Energy Tower]

[Technology: Advanced Mineral Scanner]

["A treasure map?"]

[Deeply analyze the principles of electromagnetic wave detection to unlock Advanced mineral scanning technology.]

[command points: 12000]

[Time: 36h]

[Prerequisite technology: Radar Detection, High-Efficiency Energy Tower]

[Technology: Advanced Mineral Analyzer]

["The road to a higher dimension."]

[Deeply analyze the principles of electromagnetic wave detection to unlock Advanced mineral analysis technology.]

[command points: 12000]

[Time: 36h]

[Prerequisite technology: Radar Detection, High-Efficiency Energy Tower]

[Technology: Titanium Ore Mining]

["Harder and stronger."]

[Deeply analyze titanium ore crystals to acquire Advanced devices and technology for mining titanium ore.]

[command points: 12000]

[Time: 36h]

[Prerequisite technology: Radar Detection, High-Efficiency Energy Tower]

[Technology: Biological Information Identification Device]

["Male, female, or helicopter?"]

[Upgrade unit: Great Qin Thousand-Mile Scout]

[Function: Deeply analyze the principles of electromagnetic wave detection to equip all Great Qin Scout units with devices capable of accurately identifying biological species.]

[Prerequisite technology: Radar Detection]

[Unlock cost: Heart of the Hive]

[command points: 30000]

[Time: 36h]

[Technology: Titanium Crystal Armor]

["Diamond! (It looks very similar.)"]

[Function: Deeply analyze the crystal shell structure of the Titanium Crystal Insect race to unlock Advanced Titanium Crystal Imperial Armor for soldiers, bolstering armor defense and increasing resistance to explosive impact and acidic corrosion.]

[Prerequisite technology: Advanced Mineral Analysis (This is a very scientific technology.)]

[Unlock cost: One Titanium Crystal / per modification]

[command points: 1000 command points / per modification]

It was another series of technology options, ranging from mineral mining to mineral usage and radar-derived technologies.

If this were in the past, Su Yang would definitely have had a headache deciding which technology to upgrade.

But now, he has everything he needs, whether it be command points or Advanced Heart of the Hive.

With a flicker of his thoughts, Su Yang invested the technologies one by one into the Thousand Mechanism Tower or the Shennong Creation Institute.

He then inserted the Heart of the Hive, which could reduce the time by a full five days.

There was no need to save command points, nor was there a need to carefully consider the order of technology deployment.

"Only the weak make choices; the winner always takes it all."

[command points - 90000]

[Technology Radar Detection in research...]

[Technology Advanced Mineral Scanner in research...]

[Technology Advanced Mineral Analyzer in research...]

[Technology Titanium Ore Mining technology in research...]

[Technology Biological Information Identification Device in research...]

[Technology Automation technology in research...]

[Used Legendary item Heart of the Hive, research time reduced by 5d]

[Technology Deflection Shield research completed, unlocked unit Level 5 Great Qin Armored Elite Soldier, unlocked vehicle Level 2 thousand-mile blazing horse]

[Technology Radar Detection research completed, unlocked vehicle Level 2 dark iron heavy armored vehicle, unlocked building Detection Radar Tower]

[Technology Advanced Mineral Scanner research completed, unlocked unit Level 5 Great Qin Thousand-Mile Scout]

[Technology Biological Information Identification Device research completed, all Scout units will receive an upgrade immediately upon returning to the barracks]

With the Heart of the Hive invested, more than half of the research was completed immediately.

What remained were the Advanced Mineral Analyzer, Titanium Ore Mining, and Automation technology, which still required one and a half days.

These were subsequent technologies; the shield upgrade and detection were technologies needed immediately.

A long string of upgrades was completed, directly costing ninety thousand command points, which would have been almost impossible in the past.

The first item was the shield for the Elite Soldiers, while the following three were all related to reconnaissance.

Among them, Radar Detection could allow the troops to improve their reconnaissance capability against enemy forces.

And the last two were all modifications targeting the Scouts.

Advanced mineral detection allowed them to better detect Advanced minerals.

And the Biological Information Identification allowed them to better detect the strength of enemies while performing reconnaissance missions, so that their own troops could make targeted strategies in advance.

After the Scouts underwent this round of upgrades, their reconnaissance capability would be elevated to a new stage!

After completing the upgrades, Su Yang opened the vassal state panel again.

Aside from command points, Spain had already met the requirements for upgrading the Main Base to Level 3 in all other resources.

Upgrading the Main Base would allow for the upgrade of production facilities, thereby bringing more resource income to the territory.

This was a very good deal for the Dragon country.

Su Yang's thoughts flickered, and he sent 10,000 command points to Leader Tang Ji...