Chapter 112

In the equipment storage area on the basement floor of the villa, pale white energy-saving lights illuminated the entire area, where 10 advanced mining robots were neatly arranged in front of metal racks.

These are dungeon-compatible versions brought back from the previous "Alien Ore World" dungeon. The silver-gray bodies have a cold, hard metallic sheen, and the displays on the sides of the bodies are lit with a light blue standby light. There are anti-slip rubber pads under the tracks to prevent them from scratching the ground when moving.

As soon as Su Jing stepped down the stairs, her gaze fell on Robot No. 1 on the far left. She was still clutching the equipment detection terminal in her hand, preparing to check the status of each robot one by one to ensure that the villa would have sufficient security after she entered the instance.

"Let's start with number 1, since its mechanical arm was under the most load in the previous instance."

Su Jing walked up to Robot No. 1, raised her hand and pressed the detection button on the side of the machine. The display screen instantly switched to the "Device Status" interface: [Robot No. 1: Model - Copy Adapted Advanced Mining Machine,]

Current energy: 100% (fully charged)

Core components: robotic arm (98% joint flexibility), tracks (1% wear), detector (100% sensitivity).

Current status: In good condition, no fault codes.

She stretched out her finger and gently pushed the end of the robotic arm—where it had gotten stuck with gravel during mining before. Now the robotic arm could rotate smoothly up, down, left, and right, and the lubricating oil at the joints still had a fresh sheen, indicating that the system had automatically performed maintenance while charging.

Next, Su Jing checked robots 2 through 10, maintaining the same inspection rhythm: first, she checked the energy and fault prompts on the display screen, then manually tested the robotic arm and tracks, and occasionally used the testing terminal to connect to the robot's core interface to retrieve more detailed internal data.

When checking robot number 5, the display screen suddenly jumped, and the robotic arm slightly jerked when it rotated to 90 degrees. The terminal displayed a message: "Slight misalignment of robotic arm joint 2, calibration required."

She didn't panic. She took out a small calibration tool from her pocket, unscrewed the protective cover at the joint, gently adjusted the position of the internal gears with the tool, and pressed the "calibration confirmation" button on the display screen. Three seconds later, the robotic arm rotated smoothly, and the terminal displayed "[Calibration complete, current flexibility 99%]". Only then did she put the protective cover back on and check the box for number 5 on the checklist.

After inspecting all 10 robots, Su Jing's forehead was beaded with sweat—although the temperature in the underground level was only 15°C, bending over to test the robotic arms and squatting to inspect the tracks still took considerable effort. Leaning against the metal frame, she brought up the system's "robot control panel."

Prepare to set up automatic patrol commands: "The patrol route must cover the perimeter of the villa, especially the outer side of the moat, forming a double protection with the metal mesh."

She drew a route map on the panel: starting from the exit of the equipment storage area, going clockwise around the outside of the moat, passing the villa's main gate, the woods on the left, the hillside behind, the abandoned road on the right, and finally returning to the storage area, the whole route is about 2 kilometers long, and a patrol is set up every 30 minutes to ensure there are no blind spots in the monitoring.

"The conditions for triggering the alarm need to be set more precisely to avoid false alarms." Su Jing checked three items in the "Alarm Settings" section: 1. Detection of organisms with a body temperature ≥36℃ (excluding wild animals, mainly targeting humans/superhumans);

2. Energy fluctuation ≥ level 5 was detected (corresponding to the attack energy of a low-level ability user).

3. The metal mesh shall be subjected to a physical impact of ≥100 kg (to prevent forced damage).

She also added a "linkage setting"—after the robot triggers the alarm, it will simultaneously send real-time video to her communicator and activate the sound and light alarms around the villa to deter intruders. The system will then display a message: "Automatic patrol command settings complete. The 10 robots will patrol in two groups (5 robots per group) to ensure uninterrupted 24-hour protection."

"Start it up." Su Jing pressed the "confirm" button, and the displays of the 10 robots lit up at the same time with the words "Patrol mode activated". The tracks started to turn, emitting a slight "humming" sound, and they moved towards the storage area exit in two groups.

The first group of five vehicles drove out first, paused for one second in the infrared sensing area at the entrance to confirm their identities, and then slowly drove towards the moat. The detectors on the vehicles started working, and the pale green scanning light swept across the ground, like a moving defense line.

Su Jing stood at the exit, watching the robot's figure disappear at the end of the corridor, feeling much more at ease—with these 10 robots patrolling, plus the previous metal mesh and infrared alarms, the villa's security level was raised another level, and she could go to the dungeon with more peace of mind.

As Su Jing turned to leave the underground level, her gaze fell on the "Number One Shop Under Heaven" back-end tablet on the control panel—the tablet had been on the whole time for trading pills and ores, and now the screen was displaying an announcement that "pills are no longer available."

She suddenly remembered that she wouldn't have time to process transactions after the dungeon opened, and she had already suspended the trading of pills. She decided to close the shop and focus on the dungeon. Meanwhile, the supplies she had obtained from the transactions were still piled up in the space's "temporary storage area," especially perishable foods like beef, mutton, and seafood, which needed to be moved to the space's time-stopping zone as soon as possible to prevent spoilage.

She picked up her tablet, clicked the "Temporarily Closed" button in "Store Management," and set up a notice: "Due to the owner's temporary absence, the store is temporarily closed. The reopening time is to be determined. Orders already placed will be fulfilled as scheduled. Please do not urge us to place orders."

Then she put away her tablet and hurried up the stairs—she needed to organize supplies in the space, putting rice and flour into the food area, vacuum-packing beef, mutton, and seafood, and sending them into the time-stopping area (where the time flow rate is 0, and food placed there will always be fresh), and also putting gasoline and iron ore into the energy area, to finish up the final preparations before the dungeon.

Walking into the living room, the red light from the heater shone through the grille onto the floor. Looking at the green scanning light of the patrol robot outside the window, Su Jing knew in her heart that the villa's security was in place. Next, she just needed to organize the supplies and close the shop so she could focus on preparing for the "Savage Monster World" dungeon.