Then the call ended, and Liu Qi sat in his chair for a long while before he came to his senses.

He slammed his fist on the table and started cursing, but he was helpless. His men, seeing his furious state, dared not approach him.

After Liu Qi finished delivering the tasks, he calmed down. He smoked two cigarettes in the room to quell his anger. After leaving the room, he looked at the handrail standing outside the door with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

But he forced himself to remain calm and said coldly, "Go back and investigate for me to see if any other military units have launched joint operations recently. If they go to rob the Earthlings again, be sure to tell me in time. We can't miss this opportunity again."

The deputy quickly nodded in agreement, and Liu Qi left the office and went home. He was too ashamed to stay in the office any longer.

On the other side, Lu Yuan and the rest of the people in the underground city were all happily distributing their belongings.

With the ore in hand, everyone cheered. They could extract large amounts of catalyst elements to improve the soil.

Therefore, Lu Yuan and several experts in this field are working day and night to develop ore refining equipment for this catalyst.

However, Lu Yuan didn't look for Qiao Ya for this equipment; she only gave him a list, and they had to find the rest of the tools themselves.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan still had the data on his USB drive. After opening the system and inputting the information he needed into the computer, he finally found the relevant materials after some indexing.

So what Lu Yuan and his team are doing now is manufacturing the equipment for extracting catalyst ore.

This equipment uses thousands of parts, and many of them are not available locally and must be manufactured on-site.

For this purpose, Lu Yuan and his team specially sourced some coke and steel to manufacture equipment, setting up a steel mill and a casting plant.

This took a lot of effort, but finally, after half a month, everything was settled.

When a batch of parts rolled off the production line, everyone cheered. This marked the establishment of their first steel mill in the underground city, signifying that they would no longer need to use ordinary hand tools for forging and could now produce their own parts.

Lu Yuan suspected it was because although his face was blackened by the smoke, it still couldn't hide his smile.

"It's finally all sorted out. Looks like our lives can get better from now on!"

Anna, with a hint of heartache on her face, took a towel and helped Lu Yuan wipe the black ash off his face.

During this period, I stayed in the steel mill and the casting plant, spending every day waiting for the parts inside. The parts that did not meet the standards could not be used. After several days of testing, I finally got the parts I needed.

When all the parts were ready to be assembled, Lu Yuan pressed the start button.

The moment the power was turned on, the entire machine roared to life. Lu Yuan checked every step of the process and found it to be perfect, ready for ore refining.

So the ore in the remaining two hundred containers was ground and crushed, then fed into machines for refining and processing, and various chemicals were added in.

To prevent their water source from being polluted, they collected all the chemical residues and wastewater and transported them to the desert outside.

Those highly radioactive rays can quickly break down all the chemical residues and wastewater, making it a natural dumping ground that can remove all harmful substances.

Another two weeks have passed, and the first batch of catalyst fertilizer has finally been shipped out. This marks the beginning of their new life. The emergence of the new fertilizer can improve the soil condition and the growth rate of plants.

After the first generation of fertilizer was applied, the soil could be clearly seen to gradually change from black to grayish-black.

The soil of this color felt more like soil when you held it in your hand, and everyone jumped up excitedly. With these things, they could grow their own crops.

From now on, they will no longer have to worry about food crises.

So Lu Yuan immediately notified the people on the production line to produce everything.

The ore refining plant operates 24/7, grinding and crushing all the ores, and then feeding the ore fragments into machines for refining.

It took less than two weeks to refine all two hundred containers of catalyst ore.

Basically, 30 percent of the land in the entire camp area has been covered with this fertilizer.

Of course, the effects of fertilizer are not permanent. After some examination, Lu Yuan and the experts found that the energy contained in this catalyst could only last for about a year, so they needed to find more fertilizer and minerals.

When they received the news, everyone who was initially excited was now completely stunned.

The ore in the two hundred-plus containers can only be used for one year, and not all of it. They have only applied this fertilizer to a few hundred acres of land so far, and the rest has not been used at all.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Lu Yuan felt a really bad feeling.

Just then, the phone suddenly rang abruptly.

Lu Yuanyuan was somewhat taken aback, so he instructed his assistant to answer the phone. After the assistant picked up the phone and answered it, a look of astonishment immediately appeared on his face.

"What happened?"

Seeing his assistant standing there in a daze, Lu Yuan couldn't help but ask a question.

The assistant pointed to the phone and said, "It's Liu Qi calling. He said the resistance forces in the North are back. They've issued a notice for a joint operation, and this time they're going to pull off a big heist!"

They want to open a passage between the north and south, and launch a joint operation against the 77th Legion of Blue Star. They demand that we join them! The spoils will be split equally!

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and stared at him with gleaming eyes.

"Is what you just said true?"

Qiao Lin's eyes gleamed with excitement. Although their gains this time were not great, and they had been robbed on the way, they had learned a lesson: the people of the North were truly ruthless, and cooperating with them would greatly increase their chances of success.

Before the assistant could finish speaking, Qiao Lin rushed forward, grabbed the phone, and yelled into it, "Is what you just said true?"

Liu Qi's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Of course it's true. Don't you even believe me? If you don't believe me, you can send someone to me. They'll relay the signal they received to you!"