Chapter 115

A0 quickly replied: [The current energy points are insufficient to manufacture all the QW-1 modules. We recommend that you first go to the Dead Egg Pit to collect the accumulated obsidian ore. According to calculations, the additional obsidian ore collected will be sufficient to meet the manufacturing needs.]

Qi Heng listened to A0's words, turned around and left the underground mine and walked towards the ground.

On the ground.

Lei, who had been pacing back and forth, saw him come out and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Sir, I think the current smelting output of the metal mine is too low. Should we build another smelting furnace?"

Previously, Lei had always been perfunctory in completing his tasks, only doing what was within his responsibility in the schedule, and had no intention of actively working for the organization that controlled him. But now, driven by the space equipment, he began to take the initiative to think of better ways to complete the task.

Qi Heng was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that the space equipment would be so tempting to Lei Yi. It even induced Lei Yi to consider him actively.

But this is a good thing for me.

It's a good thing for employees to be motivated, but as a boss, you can't discourage them.

"Your idea is great." Qi Heng praised Lei Yi first, then changed the subject and said, "But there's no need to build too much. You should have read the industrial zone plan for this underground city, right?"

"As long as the smelting furnace produces enough metal to build a small underground metal smelter, it will be sufficient. The fewer man-made artifacts left on the surface, the better. You can decide the specific number yourself."

Lei was stunned for a moment, then realized something. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the "doctor" in front of him say to him.

"In half a month, I need to see enough resource reserves to build a small metal smelting plant. In addition, you need to erase all traces of the metal ore on the ground after smelting."

"This is a test, but also a mission, understand?"

Qi Heng had previously thought of letting Lei be responsible for the entire construction of the underground city. To put it more bluntly, Lei was the person he had chosen to be in charge of the construction.

Originally, he wasn't very satisfied with Lei's performance and had considered letting A0 take charge of this area. But now that Lei had expressed his loyalty to Gray Mist, giving him a qualification test in advance wasn't a big deal.

Ley: ...

As soon as the 'doctor' opened his mouth, the production volume that was originally scheduled to be completed in a month was reduced by half.

Can I really finish it in such a short time?

You have to know that even if it is just a small metal smelting plant at the level of a first-level civilization, it has reached the rated first-level industrial technology level... The units of various resources required to build a "first-level metal smelting plant" listed in detail on the plan are often calculated in tons.

Isn't this really just making fun of yourself?

Lei thought so in his heart but knew that this was impossible. After all, since the first time the 'Doctor' appeared in front of him, nothing he did was superfluous.

No matter how nervous you feel inside, you must always appear confident on the surface.

Lei gritted his teeth, the image of the space equipment waving at him appeared in his mind, and he nodded heavily and said, "I will definitely find a way to complete this mission!"

"Well, if you need help, you can apply to the 'Consul'. The process is the same as before."

The A0 algorithm is already the optimal solution for completing the task as quickly as possible, but even so, it will take a month to obtain sufficient construction resources.

But there may not be a better way.

While intelligent AI's logic and algorithms are undoubtedly powerful, don't underestimate human intelligence. Driven by desire, they can always make the impossible possible. The only thing left now is whether Lei has the ability to do so.

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In the vast wilderness, Lei, who had already entered the subordinate mode, respectfully escorted the "doctor" onto the aircraft and watched it take off.

Normally, he wouldn't be so flattering, ahem, but he said he would give himself space equipment! That's completely different!

As the saying goes, it's easier to get things done when you have someone in your corner. Since I've decided to follow Gray Mist, of course I have to cling to the leg of the Doctor, who's obviously a very important boss!

The aircraft was fully charged, and in an instant it rushed away into the distance, raising a cloud of dust that flew all over Lei.

"Ptah, pah, pah." Lei wiped his face and waved his sleeves to brush away the dust blowing in front of his eyes.

"It's a good thing I remembered to shut up. If I hadn't, I'd be eating dirt." He lowered his brows in thought, muttering to himself, "I should think about how to complete the task the 'doctor' gave me."

Report to the 'Consul'?

Lei's face fell unconsciously when he thought of this. If possible, he really didn't want to go to the 'Consul'.

Even though he had only communicated with the other person once, and it was a few words conveyed by the blue-tailed butterfly, he knew from those words that the other person was not someone who could get along well with. He must be a person who treated others sternly and acted decisively without dragging his feet.

How he saw it from others was just a feeling... Comparing them this way, although the 'doctor' didn't like to smile and was very serious, he was obviously more amiable.

——The pressure from the 'Consul' was too great.

And! The most important thing is that 'Consul' is obviously also a code name... Code name members are basically the highest-ranking members in the Gray Mist, and they are the ones you can't mess with.

Rye sighed.

He turned and stared at the insects working diligently, knowing full well that even if he didn't want to, he still had to go to the Archon. Besides, he was the only one who had the power to deploy these insects, so if he wanted more, he had to contact the Archon.

If we want to find a way... to speed up the progress... we can only start with them.

Lei's mind was working quickly, and all kinds of ideas and solutions came to his mind.

Gradually, the distressed expression on his face changed, and when he looked closely, he found that the smile on his face had become sinister at some point.

Lei stared at the armor bug and the engineer bug with eager eyes. In order to complete the task assigned by the "doctor" and meet the indicators assigned by the organization ahead of schedule, he needed more furnaces and tool bugs -!

There is no way to improve the efficiency of the steel furnace, but there are two things I brought from the base that can come in handy... As long as the tool bugs cooperate well, half a month will be enough.

…

If Lei was there, he would have seen with his own eyes that the 'doctor' who boarded the aircraft disappeared.

At this moment, there was no one in the cockpit of the aircraft, and the flight of the aircraft was completely automatic according to the set navigation.

In the lower right corner of the main screen, a palm-sized ghost wearing a white robe and with two small hands was facing a computer smaller than itself, typing away on the keyboard.

Where did Qi Heng go?

He was in the repaired folding space.

"This really opens my eyes. Even a level six civilization wouldn't be able to achieve such technology." Qi Heng looked around with an expression of surprise that was hard to conceal.

This was the first time he had stepped into this place after the folding space was repaired.

No, it should be said that the folded space can allow living people to step into it. He just found out about this not long ago - the folded space in the game is completely different from the repaired one now.

After reading the introduction of the current folding space, he realized that the folding space in the game was more like a castrated version with simpler functions compared to the current one.

It’s not that Qi Heng didn’t have the authority or the system deliberately didn’t mention it, but at that time he had no use for any other functions except resource storage.

His gaze fell on the right side in front of him.

The light screen projected directly into the brain by the system performed as stably as ever, displaying some basic information about this space.

【[Folding Space]：

Level: Level zero.

Area: 1,500 square kilometers.

Accommodate buildings: core tower, [item manufacturing] platform workshop, storage area.

Briefly: Holding items is just its most basic function. As for what else it can do? — Think about it yourself. Do you still expect me to tell you the correct answer?

Qi Heng looked at the last sentence. He had seen the same words once when the system showed that the repair of the folding space was completed.

This was also the first time he discovered that this system had some kind of personification.

If this sentence comes from the creator or real owner behind the system, then... it is really hard to tell whether the other party is good or bad. The only thing that can be felt is that the other party seems to be a little naughty.

Never mind, that's not important.

One thousand five hundred square kilometers, it's such a waste to use such a vast area as a warehouse.

Qi Heng looked at the bird's-eye view of the space displayed by the system. The zero-level space only occupied a small part of the entire space. Except for the most central position, the other areas were shrouded in white mist.

[Measurement of the elements within the space: Nitrogen, 78.1%; Oxygen, 20.9%; Argon, 0.93%... Small amounts of carbon dioxide... Helium... Neon...]

Qi Heng had been thinking about the environment inside this space long before A0 said that he, as a system-bound user, could enter it. Now that he saw the result, he felt that it was indeed the case.

This familiar array of atmospheric components wasn't just similar to Earth's; it was a clear replica of Earth's atmospheric composition. Even without the added power of star power, an ordinary person like me could still breathe here without any problems.

He looked up at the 'sky' and saw a bright light, but he didn't know where the light came from.

Qi Heng tapped the screen, not looking at the areas designated as storage areas and [Item Manufacturing] platform workshops, but directly enlarging the tower again and again.

[The core tower is one thousand meters tall, five hundred meters wide at its base, and five meters wide at its highest point...]

He paid no attention to the parameters of the 'core tower'. Instead, he stared at the magnified top of the tower, where a thirty-six-sided pure light golden crystal was suspended.

"A0, take me to the highest point of the core tower."

[Yes, Your Excellency.]

The next second, the scenery in front of Qi Heng changed instantly, and when he looked clearly again, he found that he appeared near the location of the thirty-six crystals.

The thirty-hexahedron crystal, about the size of a human head, was quietly suspended in front of his eyes, so close that he could touch it.

It is indeed within reach.

Qi Heng calmly raised his hand to touch it, but the next moment it passed through. It was as if the incredibly realistic crystal before him was just a holographic projection, but he knew it wasn't.

He didn't meet her, but he wasn't disappointed at all.

He had already known from the system that this crystal existed in an isolated space membrane, and it could not be touched in reality before the system was upgraded to the maximum level. He just wanted to give it a try.

Qi Heng glanced at the teleportation location displayed on the system panel, and without thinking of reading any further, he said, "Send me out."

[Coordinates being located... Positioning successful, transmission started.]

The next moment, Qi Heng suddenly appeared in the cockpit of the aircraft.

[Your Excellency, this entry into the folded space consumes a total of 1,100 energy points... You still have eight minutes to reach the Dead Egg Pit base.]

"Um."

He responded, walked to the chair and sat down, but his mind was thinking about folding space.

Compared with the space teleportation method that allows life to survive and is comparable to teleportation, the storage function is really insignificant, especially the 'space teleportation'... He asked the system and deduced from the system's answer something that no one would dare to believe.

When there are enough energy points and the coordinates of the destination are calculated, you can use this folded space, whose existence is unknown but is bound to the system, to teleport over long distances.

This long distance and energy point are quite intriguing. Usually when the system says that, it means "as long as the energy point is in place, everything will be fine."

In other words, theoretically, if you knew the location of the enemy's explosives depot, you could teleport directly in and set fire to it, blowing the enemy up to shoulder with the sun. Unlike wormholes, which require special generators, the two may seem similar, but they are actually completely different.

Is it the technology of an advanced civilization? Level seven... no, it's probably even higher.

Judging from the functions currently demonstrated by the system, if it is indeed a system created by an advanced civilization, that civilization can almost be regarded as a god-level civilization - the highest level that current interstellar civilizations imagine their technological civilizations can eventually reach.

"There's no use thinking so much..." Qi Heng rubbed his forehead and whispered to himself.

Not to mention that the system has not shown any ill will towards me at present. Even if it did, this malice would not appear now... There is nothing worth plotting against me now.

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The author has something to say: I feel more energetic today, so I'll write more (I've been suffering from insomnia lately, and I have no energy during the day... I woke up after five hours of sleep the day before yesterday, and stayed awake the rest of the day... But I slept for six hours last night, so I hope I can keep up the good work tonight and get at least six and a half hours of sleep.)

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