Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 699 - 662 Expansion Planning

Chapter 699: Chapter 662 Expansion Planning Chapter 699: Chapter 662 Expansion Planning Upgrading a city is not a matter to be taken lightly; it requires a clear-headed person to undertake the master planning. Therefore, as soon as he made this decision, Rocky immediately got in touch with the Technician Guild and hired a group of designers—experts in this field.

For this, he spent no less than one million Gold Coins, and that was just to hire the technicians.

From this alone, it’s clear to see how much investment is needed to upgrade a city. In fact, despite there being so many Sky Cities, the vast majority will never have the chance to be upgraded because the costs are too enormous. An investment of tens of millions of Gold Coins is just the starting point, and there’s essentially no upper limit.

In other words, even with fifteen million Gold Coins in capital, Rocky couldn’t guarantee a complete upgrade of Thunderhawk City, but as he himself said, he now had the ability to earn money. Even if he spent all fifteen million Gold Coins, he could rely on his own income to finish the city upgrade.

So Rocky didn’t skimp at all on this matter. One million Gold Coins to hire technicians? Take it—as long as the technicians can arrive immediately.

In any world, money talks. After offering up a commission of one million, the Technician Guild in Eternal City dispatched technicians right away, and within less than a week, they arrived at Thunderhawk City.

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The technicians immediately demonstrated their professionalism upon arriving at Thunderhawk City. On the one hand, they sent people to survey the entire city; on the other hand, they found Rocky to ask about his specific requirements for the city upgrade.

“City Lord Rocky, do you plan to upgrade the city directly into a large Sky City or a medium Sky City?”

The one who came to see Rocky was an old man, appearing to be in his seventies or eighties. Whether by appearance or temperament, he seemed no different from an ordinary elder, but Rocky dared not treat him lightly. This old man was Master Wynn, a master in the field of urban construction. The reason Rocky spent a whole million Gold Coins to hire this group of technicians was partly due to the cost of inviting Master Wynn.

“A medium Sky City.”

In response to Wynn’s question, Rocky answered truthfully. He did not plan to upgrade Thunderhawk City in one go—for one thing, there was no need, and for another, he didn’t have the money or the time.

Wynn nodded at this answer and continued:

“Do you have plans for further upgrades in the future?”

“Yes, it will be upgraded to a large Sky City later on.”

“I see. Then City Lord, to what extent do you plan to expand the urban area and how many residents do you intend to accommodate?”

“Is there a difference?”

Since this was Rocky’s first time upgrading a city, he was not very familiar with the process and steps involved in upgrading a Sky City.

“There is.”

Wynn answered directly: “Currently, Thunderhawk City can accommodate five thousand residents. If City Lord Rocky wishes for convenience, I can directly expand it tenfold to the limit where it can accommodate fifty thousand people. This would save a lot of work in upgrading to a large Sky City later on, but it would also require more time and cost.”

“Of course, if City Lord Rocky does not see the need for such a large expansion, or wants to save some time, I can reduce the scale somewhat, say only to accommodate thirty thousand or even twenty thousand people. Either way would save time and cost, but once the city’s population exceeds the limit, another upgrade will be necessary.”

“I see.”

With Wynn’s explanation, Rocky understood what he meant. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Then upgrade it to the maximum.”

“You mean to expand to a capacity of fifty thousand residents?”

“Exactly.”

Nodding firmly, Rocky affirmed.

Upgrading a Sky City requires a substantial amount of time and a huge sum of Gold Coins; it’s certainly not something that can be done frequently. Therefore, it’s better to do it all at once. Although directly expanding the urban area tenfold would indeed be too large for the current Thunderhawk City, it would definitely be useful in the future. Rocky was very certain of this, so he preferred to get it done in one step.

Since he said so, Wynn naturally had no reason to refuse. He then asked further, “Besides the urban area, does City Lord require the construction of other new zones?”

“Needed, I hope to have barracks and research facilities built outside the city area. Additionally, the size of the Skyport needs to be expanded—no, rather build a new Skyport altogether specifically for docking fleets.”

“You mean to construct a separate military port?”

“Exactly! A separate military port.”

“No problem. Is there anything else you need? For instance, expanding the overall area of the city to include new farmland and such.”

“That… should not be necessary.”

After nodding, Wynn took note of Rocky’s requests. After asking a few more questions, he left. However, a few days later, to be exact, a week later, he met with Rocky once again.

During that week, the team brought by Wynn had surveyed the whole of Thunderhawk City and, following the survey, they designed and planned for the city’s new layout. Wynn’s meeting with Rocky this time was to let him personally review the planned proposal.

Of course, this was just a preliminary proposal, or one could also say it was merely a general direction for the upgrade. If Rocky agreed to this proposal, then Wynn and his team would proceed to plan in detail according to this direction and ultimately complete the entire upgrade proposal.

“That will do.”

After having a brief look at the plans, Rocky said, although the detailed proposal had not been released yet, all the various requirements he had previously made were already reflected in this plan, which naturally made him satisfied.

However, Rocky then brought up a new requirement: “Master Wynn, does upgrading the city require replacing the Super Crystal?”

“Indeed, it must be replaced.”

Wynn nodded affirmatively. The Super Crystal is the core of a Sky City, so it’s necessary to change it during the upgrade because the Super Crystal used by a small Sky City is not capable of sustaining a medium Sky City.

“What level of crystal do you plan to replace it with?”

“Of course, a medium Super Crystal.”

Rocky’s probing question left Wynn somewhat perplexed. Since Thunderhawk City was to be upgraded to a medium Sky City, it was natural to switch to a medium Super Crystal. Could it be they intended to use a high-level Super Crystal? That would only be required for a large Sky City.

“I need the large crystal.”

As Wynn was feeling confused, Rocky blurted out that he hoped to directly replace Thunderhawk City’s Super Crystal with a large one during this upgrade!

“City Lord Rocky, why?”

“I have my own plans.”

Faced with Wynn’s bewilderment, Rocky’s answer was quite enigmatic.