Gold production has become crucial for the island's development, but now, with the Golden Rose, this wondrous flower can directly produce gold.
Given the precedent of peach trees, it is foreseeable that the yield of golden roses will be quite high.
However, feeding the golden roses requires metallic minerals, so Lin Xu planned to find Xiao Yu and arrange for her to be in charge of distributing the minerals.
He first went to the iron ore vein he had previously visited.
Stepping into the mine shaft, he found that it had changed completely.
Xiaoyu acted very quickly; now many energy-saving lights have been installed in the mine, illuminating the mine with white light.
At this time, rows of mining machines were placed in front of the walls on both sides of the mine.
This machine has a humanoid shape, but its arms are small mining blades that can directly rotate and rub the ore off the mine shaft.
Originally, these kinds of machines were prepared by Wang En, probably to help the workers dig iron ore.
But now all the machines have been modified by Xiaoyu and turned into fully automatic tools.
After all, compared to Wang En's one-time mineral vein seed, Lin Xu's iron ore has now become an infinite mineral vein.
After the ore in this type of vein is mined for a period of time, it will gradually regenerate and form a new vein.
This process only requires a certain amount of ley line energy.
Now, thanks to Xiaoyu's modifications and enhancements, the earth's energy produces at least 100 points of energy per day.
One-tenth of it would be enough to use this iron ore vein.
With an infinitely regenerating ore vein, setting up mining machines is very easy. Just fix the location and set a fixed mining path and ore transfer path.
Therefore, these mining machines do not require constant fine-tuning by workers. As long as they are placed in a fixed position, they can mine all the regenerated ore every day.
In addition to mining robots on both sides of the mine shaft, a track has now been laid in the center.
There are two trains of ore transport cars on top.
These machines are also fully automated, transporting the ore directly outside the mine and into the smelting area for processing.
Since they are all products of infinite mineral veins, the laying of this ore is also very easy. As long as a fixed transportation method and standard transportation containers are provided, a stable and fixed output of minerals can be produced.
Lin Xu observed the production line and found that he could now obtain about 20 tons of iron ore per day, plus 5 tons of associated ore.
The appearance of these associated ores is somewhat random each time, but they generally cycle every 7 days, which can be considered as providing a stable output.
For a large island, this ore output isn't high, but for Lin Xu's current development needs, it's sufficient.
If he wants to expand production afterward, he either needs to increase the number of layers of iron ore veins or expand the size of the iron ore veins.
Adding layers allows for faster daily ore regeneration, while increasing the size of the vein simply increases the mine's scale, which also increases production.
Xiaoyu has now arranged the ore production quite perfectly, truly deserving of her title as a top-tier elf comparable to a supercomputer.
Lin Xu couldn't find Xiao Yu in the mine, so he went directly to the smelting area near the mine.
Some simple smelting equipment has been built there, all of which were seized from Wang En and can be used to refine metals.
However, these facilities will likely become obsolete after Lin Xu obtains the opportunity to build the Refinement Altar.
Xiaoyu was indeed in the smelting area, where she was setting up a modified small smelting furnace.
After she modified this furnace, it could use the earth's vein energy to smelt minerals, which was perfect for Lin Xu's island.
Xiaoyu's eyes lit up when she saw Lin Xu appear:
"Master, I'm almost done with what you asked me to do!"
Lin Xu reached out and stroked Xiao Yu, then told the elf about the Golden Rose, asking her to allocate some iron ore to the Golden Rose every day to ensure its rapid growth.
Xiaoyu was very curious about the golden rose and immediately nodded in agreement.
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For a period of time afterward, Lin Xu did not stray too far from this area.
However, as the beginner period progressed, various types of floating soil and some dark creatures appeared more frequently, and Lin Xu still managed to collect or hunt quite a few.
During this time, in addition to continuing to study mechanical knowledge, developing superpowers, and eating peaches on a large scale, he also specifically studied the matter of nourishing fish with the spring of life.
Through his experiments, he discovered that watering fish with the "Fountain of Life" during their growth did indeed give them a chance to undergo a quality mutation and become more advanced.
However, Lin Xu also realized that he was currently short-handed.
Although Tao Yao's life force is getting stronger and stronger, she can summon more and more peach spirits every day.
But the island is also expanding, and there is still a lot to be done.
For example, the peach tree has now split into more than twenty clones, all of which Lin Xu arranged for Tao Yao to be planted on more than twenty fertile soil blocks.
Under the influence of the Peach Mother Tree, those blocks have all changed their nature and have also become Peach Blossom blocks.
As these peach trees grew larger and larger, peach production naturally increased as well.
These days, the Peach Fairy spends most of her time picking peaches, so she's finding it a bit too much to take care of the fish.
After all, peach fairies are better at flying around in peach groves, so asking them to go into the sea to find schools of fish is a bit of a mismatch between their expertise and their abilities.
Lin Xu estimates that he will need to create a water-type spirit that can move freely in the water in order to better develop the fishery.
When Lin Xu wanted to create a water-type Pokémon, he immediately targeted the characteristic of the Fountain of Life.
The Fountain of Life can nourish water-based crystals, creating a special vortex of spring water.
This vortex is clearly a good object of enlightenment.
If you can successfully create a vortex, you will most likely obtain a top-tier spirit of the corresponding attribute.
Unfortunately, Wang En's loot did not include this type of crystal, so Lin Xu could not obtain suitable materials for nourishment for the time being.
Thinking of this, Lin Xu became even more eager to capture Chen Shaojie and seize his wealth.
Given Chen Shaojie's aristocratic background, he must possess a wide range of high-end resources, and there is a strong chance that he has this type of water-based crystal.
When the time comes, he will be able to obtain the spirit through enlightenment.
It was because of this purpose that Lin Xu stayed in this place and never left.
After all, Lin Xu currently has no means to find Chen Shaojie, but he has just destroyed one of Chen Shaojie's knight henchmen. Given Chen Shaojie's character, he certainly won't let things end like this.
Therefore, as long as he stays here, Chen Shaojie will definitely send people to track him down.
It's even possible that he might meet Chen Shaojie directly.
Then he can rob the nobleman again and teach him another profound lesson.
Lin Xu has now discovered that during the beginner phase, robbing other island owners is indeed much more enjoyable than developing on his own, and the rewards are simply too great.
No wonder those nobles, who already have abundant resources, still wouldn't let go of the commoner island owners.
However, this situation where you can rob at will only occur during the beginner phase.
Once you get past the novice stage and reach the area where the official island lord resides, the rules of the world will change. There will be suppression from higher-level island lords and threats from the dark creature legion. At that time, even if you want to rob and occupy other island lords, you will need to abide by some rules and you won't be able to do whatever you want as you do now.
With that in mind, Lin Xu was just waiting for Chen Shaojie to come knocking on his door again.
But just as he was reading and desperately absorbing the dozen or so large peaches in front of him, Xiaoyu suddenly appeared beside him:
"Master, I found an item where that human knight left. It seems to be a special map of ruins, which just suddenly fell from the void!"
Lin Xu's eyes flashed.
An archaeological map doesn't just appear out of nowhere in an island world.
Only the island owner can obtain this item; it's usually kept in their personal storage space.
Therefore, this thing is not some heavenly treasure, but rather something that Wang En left behind when he fled.
It's just that no one knows what method the knight used to conceal the map until now, when so much time has passed, the map has fallen out of the void and been noticed by Xiaoyu.
Lin Xu's interest was piqued, and he immediately gave the order:
"Move the island closer and bring that map over!"
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