Chapter 975: Progress in the New World

Kao Qilin said that in order to improve the processing efficiency of the medium, one must enhance and transform one's own abilities.

But when it comes to individuals, the four members of the expedition team did not consume gears to exchange for these abilities. When arriving in an unfamiliar environment, conservatism is the instinct for survival.

These are the roads that Vandel has walked.

But as captain, he must make changes.

The higher priority [Inventor] and [Precision] are too expensive, and [Focus] is the only trait he can currently afford.

Fandel had come across Darkin with this ability in the past, and knew that it was indeed beneficial to crafting.

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【Focus】: Not easily affected, higher work efficiency.

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But how much benefit can be gained from "focus" when you first enter the field? Only through practice can we gain true knowledge.

After confirming the effect after a year, Vander told the other four members of the team.

"I only make LV1 Disaster Body. In the past, I could make and successfully launch 2 Disaster Body on average every day. With the help of [Focus], I can complete 5 Disaster Body in two days, which means a 25% increase in production efficiency. Converted into a standard cycle of 100 years, I can complete 18,250 more Disaster Body. This initial investment is very worthwhile."

"I suggest that everyone should equip one, the sooner the better. However, to upgrade [Focus] to level 2, you will need tens of thousands of gears, and the cost-effectiveness is still unclear."

The news greatly excited the team members.

"The effect is so good?! Then I have to change it quickly."

"I want to save more gear teeth to upgrade to [Precision]... but it seems I can't save them all. I'll improve the efficiency first."

The four members of the expedition team were all elites in their respective fields, and they had considered these things. It was just that everyone followed the team's rules, obeyed the captain's orders, did not rush ahead, and focused on exploration and intelligence collection.

The internal contradictions that Kao Qilin mentioned have no basis, at least for now.

Vandal had a different view from the governor.

The Yao clan maintained its strong cohesion through development.

Although it may sound a bit arrogant to say so.

But as long as the chariot of the Yao civilization continues to move forward at high speed and remains at the forefront of the group, the confidence and unity of the Yao people will continue.

Then everyone summarized the information left by Shuangwei and found that the production efficiency of this satellite was simply terrifying.

Puff, a member of the ghost team, said: "The sun disk of Twintails is spinning at high speed into a golden vortex, and a large number of disaster bodies are flying up from the sun disk like pinballs. It is very spectacular."

"I used to keep records in the mining area, so I habitually counted them and found that after releasing each round of the maggots, the two-tailed master would rest for a while. Later, the duration of the release became shorter and shorter, but the density of the maggots taking off became greater and greater, just like a swarm of insects leaving their nests."

"I asked him at the time, and Master Shuangwei said that he would make 10,000 scorpions as a group to better calculate the success rate."

"After the final adjustment, it only takes one hour for Twintails to release 10,000 maggots. In other words, Twintails can complete its 100-year quota in just 86 hours."

Everyone knows that satellite power is terrifying, but they are still amazed when they hear the specific data.

Puff continued, "Shuangwei-sama has been working on this project for several years without sleep, and his goal has already been achieved. He probably wants to test his own limits."

Another expedition member, Ken, also spoke up: "Friends, let me add one thing. After making the first Level 1 Disaster Body, I began to wonder why I should make something like this. I have worked in both the Bone Workshop and the Plastic Workshop for several years, and my job at that time was to do quality inspection."

"Whether it's a tool or a finished product, or chickens and sheep on a farm, they all have their functions and purposes. What is the purpose of the medium? This thing is alive, and there are so many of them. Every wheelwright has to make them in batches for hundreds of years. The demand is huge."

"We can make an assumption."

It spread out its bony fingers and gestured, "Suppose there is a creature that needs a medium, whether it's food or something else. According to what Master Shuangwei said, the sky connects different coordinate areas, and the medium will be diverted in the air and enter different areas, some with more, some with less."

"Can it be considered a kind of fish pond in the sky?"

"I told Master Shuangwei about my guess. He gave me a hint, saying that since these mesocosms are made up of a lot of raw materials, why not feed them directly?"

"Shuangwei-sama shared his judgment with me. He believes that the mediator has a specific function. This life form has a complex signal structure, and we, the wheelworkers who use the sun wheel, mainly use the different signal structures we carry to catalyze it one by one."

"It's like putting a layer of signal protection on the surface, so that the vectors have different characteristics and cannot be captured or eliminated in the same way."

Ken paused and clenched his fists. "Shuangwei-sama speculates that these intermediaries should be explorers or soldiers. They need to maintain sufficient diversity to make it difficult for the enemy to deal with them."

"The mission of the Disaster Ground is to create a continuous stream of Disaster Bodies. It is a hive or barracks. We are the uncertainty factor introduced, but in a higher-level confrontation, uncertainty factors can bring more variables, increasing the difficulty and intensity for the opponent."

After discussing with his team members, Vander came to a conclusion that everyone agreed with.

Master Shuangwei was so efficient in creating the disaster body, thousands of times more efficient than the established judgment, that he triggered a certain mechanism in the disaster site, causing him to be sent to another place - perhaps a more advanced disaster site.

Van der Lean also asked Kauchlin about this.

The one-eyed wheelworker said, "I have been here for 97 cycles and have never seen such a situation. It is unheard of. If the emperor comes here, he should be treated in the same way. As expected, a strong man is still a strong man even in a disaster area..."

After Kauchlin, Van der Meyer met another local.

That was a zombie named Theresa.

She had long hair and black veins all over her blue-gray skin, like some kind of strange tattoo. The eye sockets of her gray eyes were dark gray, as if they had been burned.

Theresa is a bit like the corrupt among the Yao tribe, but she does not use salt and rotten meat. There is a hole on her head - she said she opened it herself so that she can breathe more coolly. Otherwise, the brain will swell and overheat when it is used too much.

Kauchlin is an old governor who retains a bureaucratic mindset, while Theresa is a sharp businessman.

Apart from the basic task of creating the intermediary body, she mainly acts as a broker and middleman.

"Fan, the price and value of raw materials are sometimes not equal."

This female zombie holds a conical cane made of appendages, and the handle of the cane is a hand. When she holds the cane, the hand will gently cross her fingers.

“If you can find the fluctuations, you can gain pricing power for a short period of time and earn the difference.”

She said: "Generally speaking, 10 level 1 raw materials can be exchanged for 1 level 2 raw material. This is a convention, but because the demand is different, the price itself fluctuates."

"For example, some high-level gear workers want to strive for a higher-level medium body to obtain excess gear tooth rewards. The higher the medium body, the higher the reward. The value feedback is not as simple as ten times."

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"As long as they need it, high-quality raw materials will be valuable, and it doesn't matter if the price goes up. The key is immediate response and spot goods."

Theresa's pale purple gums were exposed when she smiled, and her teeth were stained with blood. "At this time, middlemen like me need to find those high-quality raw materials and sell them to these high-level workers immediately. Earn my service fees."

"Honestly, just from running around in business, I have no shortage of Level 1 ingredients. They are all neatly stacked in my house."

"Here, that's it."

Theresa pointed with her cane into the distance, where there was a two-story single-family house, but its structure was made of materials that looked like a mountain of raw materials.

Fandel was surprised: "Did you build it yourself?"

"How is that possible?"

Theresa shook her head. "Fan, stop joking. This is exchanged with gear teeth, but most people don't do this because they need a lot of gear teeth, which are already in the forging under the name of exchange."

"Although this is a big expense, the advantage is that the house we build cannot be disassembled. So it is equivalent to my independent kingdom, where I can store a lot of raw materials, especially some high-quality raw materials."

“Buy low and sell high, that is the core secret of doing business, everyone knows it.”

Fandel felt emotional.

In this disaster-stricken world, some people are wiped out for failing to complete their mission, while others can obtain a lot of wealth and live a comfortable and fulfilling life.

He couldn't help wondering, "Ms. Theresa, why don't other people learn from you and become a wheelwright?"

"Huh? Fan, it seems you have some misunderstandings. What I do is a very difficult business, especially here. It is much easier to live as a simple shift worker. All you need to do is collect raw materials, make them, and release them. You need to improve your efficiency as much as possible and measure the value of materials of different grades."

The zombie businesswoman sneered: "As for me, I have to ensure that the mission of Lifeline is completed while keeping an eye on the movements around me."

"Conservatism and panic are always the states of most people. So even though I have hoarded a lot of high-quality raw materials, they may be worthless in many years. They are assets that I have accumulated over cycles, and I can never sell them all."

"They are like a huge explosion, and I have to sleep with it every day. So I don't sleep, my head is always hot and red, and the pressure is flowing in my cranial cavity like red-hot iron and magma."

She pointed to the hole in her head, where smoke was still coming out. Very convincing.

"There are only two situations in business: either you make money or you lose money. You may switch between these two situations every day. There is no in between."

"I have some colleagues, but they are few in number. This is because the business cycle is long and the risks are huge. And there is another situation... the number of shift workers in the disaster-affected areas is decreasing. When I came here, there were about 300,000 people, but now there are only 230,000 people. The population loss is serious."

Theresa twisted her head and made a clicking sound. “This is not good for long-term business. Without population, there is no demand. More shift workers are leaving, but few are coming.”

“So I’ve been trying to find another way to share the risk.”

She stared at Fandel and said, "If you can get more people, I will invest in you."

"I will open my sales channels to you. As long as you need it, I will provide the cheapest raw materials. All I need is for me to become your exclusive merchant. The foreign food, drinks and candies you bring, in addition to those you sell yourself, will all be sold by me."

"As the leader of the Yao tribe here, can you accept it?"

Vander shook her hand. "Deal."

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Four years later.

When Fandel saw the satellite reappear in the sky, the first thing he thought of was that Lord Two-Tail had returned.

However, a voice came from the satellite.

"I'm Takumi, are you guys okay?"

Vander's heart was lifted.

The support from the Yao tribe has arrived!

(End of this chapter)