Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 851 - 359: Black Candle Containment Holder
[Successfully manufactured, Mechanical Manufacturing Proficiency +20]
Current Mechanical Manufacturing Level LV.5 (2060/3000)
With the clinking of alloy components connecting and mechanical units forming, a ’Ant Worker-7’ construction robot was completed before Lin Xian. As the system booted up, the robot’s information screen lit up, the system began loading, and then the robot’s tracks started to turn, heading to the distance to join the other 10 neatly lined up.
"Build 50 more, and the Mechanical Manufacturing should level up to Level 6."
Inside the 13th weapons carriage, Lin Xian ramped up the power to upgrade manufacturing. At the same time, these robots would have significant use in the future. Every additional unit he built increased his controllable productivity and combat power, and this combat power, under the nuclear power energy combined with his Superstring Reactor Phase Rainbow Ring, was almost limitless.
Lin Xian looked up, and by now, 40 Thunder Falcon 2000 drones were already hovering in the air of the carriage, flying in an orderly manner following Lin Xian’s instructions. The pulse beam weapons were gradually concentrating energy, exuding a powerful aura.
"Let’s manufacture some more combinations with special functions like the ’Thunder Prison’ and ’Icefall 166’, it should make things more flexible. Oh, and also ’Iron Rain’ and ’Iron Curtain’ for physical attacks and defenses..."
"As for this ’Destroyer’... forget it."
Looking at the blueprint library, Lin Xian temporarily decided against building it mainly due to its hefty cost. At times like this, building more functional drones might offer a better cost-performance ratio than weaponized drones. The more robots he had, the more Grace could operate these construction, maintenance, and production robots according to his designs directly to modify both the inside and outside of the Infinity, even partially replacing him in some manufacturing tasks.
Focusing on manufacturing, Lin Xian set the sleeping KIKI aside to let her rest since having the little girl hanging on him distracted his mind quite a bit.
This was a great opportunity to enhance and upgrade manufacturing powers, but with this little lady clinging on, he occasionally got the urge to kiss her, which inevitably decreased his manufacturing efficiency!
"Let’s try manufacturing two different drones simultaneously..."
Enthusiastically, Lin Xian began manufacturing with both hands, immersing himself wholly in the operation of the Mechanical Heart, feeling as if his soul merged into the thousands of materials, dancing in the air, shaping according to blueprints: those computing units, integrated circuits, those ducted fans, miniature turbojet engines, those high-density battery arrays, laser radars...
An array of precision machinery and systems let Lin Xian’s mind wander, recalling the first time touching the No.1 Machine in the Trakama Ice Valley, feeling the awe that humanity’s mighty mechanical structures brought him, a romantically indescribable sensation that surged passionately within.
Ziz.
Just then, a familiar voice came through the communicator.
"Boss Lin, Boss Lin~"
Every time Hu Lushou called Lin Xian, it reminded Lin Xian of those old films with pimps cheerfully soliciting at the street corner. He immediately pressed the communication button to respond:
"What’s up?"
"I found something good for you, interested?"
"What is it?"
Ding ding~
An information pop-up sounded. Lin Xian glanced at the soundly sleeping KIKI, reached out, and opened it.
Hu Lushou appeared grinning with his big gold tooth in a small holographic screen, gesturing with his hand at what was behind him.
"See this big guy? Isn’t it gorgeous!?"
Lin Xian focused his gaze and saw the camera pan back, with Hu Lushou standing in some aircraft docking area, a large transport ship parked behind him.
Lin Xian recognized it immediately as a Dragon Transport Ship he had seen before in Qingshui Town, only this one was evidently intact.
"Did you get a Federation transport ship?" Lin Xian asked, furrowing his brow.
"No!" Hu Lushou introduced with a straight face: "Federation decommissioned, officially converted from military to civilian use, not a black market assembly! The ship’s frame is full titanium-tungsten alloy, withstands Star Abyss bombardment without falling apart! Of course, there are some minor scratches on the outer armor, but those are small issues. Federation standard ’Dragon’ MK-III heavy transport ship, 11,000 tons, genuinely solid, no false marking, the cargo hold can fit three football fields!"
"Decommissioned, has Dawn City gone mad to decommission such a heavy transport ship?" Lin Xian laughed and said, "Spit it out already; I don’t have time for your rambling."
"Wait, wait, wait..." Hu Lushou hurriedly stopped, getting closer to the holographic screen with a sneaky expression and whispered to Lin Xian: "Boss Lin, didn’t you ask me to find mechanical vehicles for recycling? The owner of this craft is a big shot and wants to use this flying device to trade with the Federation for an Underground City slot. Well, damn, I was dumbfounded at the time. I told him, boy, are you crazy? You’re trying to exchange a Federation’s item with the Federation; do you think you’re a fool, or do you think the Federation people are all fools? Then he just stayed silent. I found out their purpose is to trade this flying device for Blood Essence, but apart from the Phoenix Society and a few big organizations, who else dares to want this kind of thing? Who can afford to?"
"But then I thought, my boss Lin might just dare to, so here I came to find you... hehe."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xian paused, thinking didn’t he ask Mochizuki Masashi to help him, could it be Mochizuki Masashi outsourced it to this cunning Hu Lushou?
But he quickly realized, this Hu Lushou, upon entering Silent City, immediately acted like a delinquent on drugs, loudly promoting a bunch of stuff he scavenged from who knows where in White City, claiming they were treasures brought out from ’Star Abyss’. Under a torrent of flowery rhetoric, even the Gatling they brought out was hyped as a unique creation blessed by the Star Abyss Enchantment. He even organized auctions at several survivor gatherings in Silent City, raking in a few hundred Blood Essences within less than a night, making more than the tolls collected at Akse...
