Chen Shaojie dropped a considerable number of books on cutting-edge technology.

The book covers a lot of technical aspects.

There are many records here, especially regarding production line and automatic control technologies.

Unfortunately, Chen Shaojie probably didn't have the opportunity to leverage the advantages of these technologies; at most, he only managed to set up production lines for artillery shells and machine guns.

Lin Xu gained a lot from reading these books.

However, the most valuable of these books on cutting-edge technology is the one about the manufacture of Thunder weapons.

For example, the dragon spear that generates electricity is one such technology.

Compared to the Thunder Tower and Thunder Node technology that Lin Xu had previously obtained, Chen Shaojie's technology book was of a lower grade.

However, this book on cutting-edge technology mentions a technique that allows different lightning weapons to be interconnected and then coordinate to unleash a lightning attack.

This method is also a relatively powerful way of attacking. The Dragon Spear was always able to hit Lin Xu because of this kind of technique.

After his research, Lin Xu discovered that his mastery of Thunder Technology had filled another gap. With these technologies, if he were to create a Thunder weapon in the future, even a basic model would be incredibly powerful.

However, manufacturing these Thunder Technologies requires Thunder Crystals, as well as a substance called concentrated hydrogel. These substances are quite precious, and Lin Xu does not have the means to produce them.

Therefore, he was still unable to manufacture large-scale Thunder Towers and Thunder Firearms.

However, after Lin Xu defeated Chen Shaojie, he gained a considerable amount of territory. Once the island's size increases, it's not just the edges that need defense; various weapons and equipment are also needed to defend the interior of the island.

Although Lin Xu did not have the materials to manufacture large Thunder Towers, he could process some small Thunder Towers by dismantling the Dragon Spears under Chen Shaojie's command.

This Thunder Tower combines the three major lightning technologies mastered by Lin Xu. It is not long enough to deal with enemies outside the island, but if an enemy invades his main island, it can be used to directly counterattack.

According to the description of Thunder Black Technology, this weapon is powerful enough that one would need to wear Lin Xu's layered noble armor to possibly withstand such an attack without taking damage.

Aside from the deployment of the small Thunder Towers, Lin Xu's most notable gain this time was, as expected, the territory.

Although the territorial gains are limited by the island's space, it is never possible to fully occupy the enemy's territory each time.

With such reductions, the increase in island territory becomes less noticeable.

But this time it's completely different.

Because Chen Shaojie's island is too big.

In addition, there are also many transport islands on the islands surrounding Chen Shaojie's servants, and these islands are also quite large.

In total, Lin Xu conquered at least seventy square kilometers of island area this time.

Even if these territories are reduced to only one-tenth, there will still be more than 7,000 blocks.

Even after multiplying by thirty, there are still more than 200 blocks.

Given the expansion rate of Linxu Island, this number of blocks represents a considerable increase.

More importantly, most of the blocks on Chen Shaojie's island are high-quality blocks. Lin Xu gathered these blocks together and clustered them around the Peach Blossom Block.

He finally succeeded in collecting 200 stacked blocks in a 3x3 area.

In particular, Lin Xu's foundation underwent another qualitative change.

The Peach Blossom Block's ability to nourish and reproduce peaches has been greatly enhanced once again.

Lin Xu himself also underwent another transformation as the island's owner.

He once again experienced an absolute transformation from soul to body, and his physical strength and mental power surged once more.

This fundamental change brings about a huge improvement.

Lin Xu discovered that not only had his life ability, golden ability, and two inheritances undergone a qualitative change, but also his soul ability and mechanical power had been enhanced due to the improvement of his spiritual power.

Although his talent for weaponry is not as good as Xiaoyu's, with his enhanced mental strength, his skill level is now only slightly inferior to Xiaoyu's.

Even without using his ability to grow larger, his physical strength is now on par with when he became a giant.

Lin Xu felt that this improvement was even more exaggerated than the two superpowers.

The island's foundation may be the island owner's fundamental power, no less than that of authority.

At this moment, Lin Xu looked at the two hundred layers of stacked blocks and began to think a lot.

He had such doubts when he first gained power and influence.

Are the very pillars of the island itself also a form of authority?

Therefore, this accumulation and qualitative change in authority leads to the enhancement of the island's spirit.

After all, the foundation of an island and the pillar of power have some similarities.

The authority involved in the island's foundation must be of a very high order; otherwise, it would be impossible to support the entire island world's structure.

If he continues to strengthen the island's foundation pillars, will he also gain access to the corresponding authority?

However, although Lin Xu had many guesses, the things involved in the island's foundation must be very important.

Let alone a nobleman like Chen Shaojie, even Xiao Xing might not know the inside story.

These fundamental laws governing islands are perhaps only understood by the true elites of those island worlds.

Lin Xu wasn't in a hurry to explore the secrets of the island's base; he only remembered that this power was very important and that he shouldn't ignore it later.

Besides these most important gains, eliminating Chen Shaojie also yielded a large number of weapons and facilities.

Chen Shaojie's defensive weapons on the island are actually quite formidable.

There's no need to calculate the number of heavy artillery pieces on this young master's island, because Chen Shaojie has actually established a heavy artillery production line and a shell production line in just over ten days.

Although this heavy artillery is not a standard type, and its power and size are somewhat lower, its production capacity is still quite terrifying.

The technology book Lin Xu obtained contained detailed explanations of these two production lines, and he and Xiaoyu quickly mastered their structure.

In addition to setting up the production line, Chen Shaojie also used five mineral vein seeds to create five corresponding mineral veins next to the production line to provide raw materials for the production line.

Because the island's area is insufficient, Lin Xu cannot directly use these two production lines, and the mineral seeds that have already been planted cannot be extracted again.

With Xiaoyu's help, Lin Xu successfully disassembled and scaled down the main facilities of the two production lines.

The two have now worked together on the island to build a miniature production line that can produce heavy artillery and shells at a low speed.

However, given Lin Xu and Xiao Yu's talent for machinery, improving this production line is only a matter of time.

With the heavy artillery production line in place, the island will never lack heavy artillery again.

Although Lin Xu will definitely change the defense setup to mainly Thunder Towers in the future, the heavy artillery is not useless and can always provide some firepower support.

In addition to the production line, Lin Xu also seized a large number of standard heavy artillery pieces directly from Chen Shaojie's island.

With these heavy cannons stacked together, Lin Xu's number of heavy cannons directly reached ten.

This number may seem small, but in reality, the number of layers of these heavy artillery pieces is no longer thirty, but sixty.

The combined heavy artillery finally acquired long-range firing capabilities.

These heavy artillery pieces now possess three major characteristics: scattering, long-range firing, and rapid firing, as well as an attribute that increases shell capacity.

Compared to thirty layers, sixty layers of stacked heavy artillery greatly enhances the characteristics of heavy artillery, increasing the combat power of a single heavy artillery piece by at least three times.

At this point, the range of the heavy artillery had greatly increased, making it completely capable of replacing the previous sniper cannon.

Lin Xu planned to keep the ordinary machine gun he had previously acquired, and in the future, if any of his subordinates performed well and could guarantee that the secret would be kept, he would reward them with the machine gun.

Lin Xu's island may not seem to have many heavy artillery pieces, but in reality, its firepower has increased dramatically, making it the absolute master of the battlefield and capable of handling sieges from many other islands.

If we also take into account the island's current speed increase, Lin Xu's island combat power has definitely increased to an extremely exaggerated level.