With Carl's mecha leading the way, everyone quickly arrived outside the base.

At this time, V was controlling six engineering constructs to reinforce the base's outer shell.

The previous earth slope has disappeared, and in its place is an octagonal bastion made of cement mortar mixed and compacted in a certain proportion with soil, lime, sand and cooked glutinous rice porridge.

On the city wall, there are force field crossbows that Carl had left in the base. Any non-friendly character approaching will be subject to fire from several directions.

When Hope and the others saw that their originally normal base had turned into this, their first reaction was actually "Did I take the wrong road?" However, when they saw Carl go in without hesitation, they pretended not to care and followed him in.

"Welcome back, Master. While you and the other members were away, the base suffered a devastating blow. I activated the ultimate response plan you left behind."

In the lobby of the bastion, Carl took off his mecha uniform, and V slowly floated in front of him, reporting the situation to him.

This step was unnecessary for Carl, because when Carl just arrived at the entrance of the passage, the spiritual connection between the two had already transmitted V's experience during this period to Carl.

The reason I have to say it again is actually for Bain and the others to hear.

"Well done! I'll upgrade your machine in two days! I'll also give you a group of Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid Construct maids!"

As a mechanic who has accepted his own physical condition, Carl did not only learn the relevant knowledge of mechanics when he was studying in the academy.

There is a lot of auxiliary knowledge about the artificer, such as fire coverage, the bonus of bastion to thermal weapons and construction, which he also recorded one by one through the Dream World plug-in.

In order to prevent emergencies, Carl also specially developed different response plans.

V's ultimate response plan, in simple terms, is to install all the weapons that can be installed after the bastion is built.

This detailed response strategy is filled with Carl's blood and tears.

"So, our base was attacked by mutant zombies? I feel like our base is pretty well hidden."

Thinking back to the original appearance of the base that looked like a dirt slope, Hope couldn't understand why these zombies paid attention to that place.

But "hidden" is actually just what Hope thinks.

Carl and his team were not very secretive when they entered and exited. How could the other large adventure groups in the underground ruins not know about it? In fact, Carl and his team had tried to sneak into the replica of Kowloon Walled City when they were out exploring before, but their mediocre stealth skills were directly discovered by V equipped with heat sensors.

The mutated zombies that attacked the base might have been transformed from the people in Kowloon Walled City.

"Don't worry about it, V. Arrange some rooms for these people. There might be a tough battle to fight next."

Carl didn’t know who the highest-level professional was in Storm Bay, but this matter had not been resolved until now, which meant that the enemy’s methods were more sophisticated than those of the Storm Bay officials.

More importantly, the Druids of the Son of Winter have legendary warriors behind them, and it is hard to say how many of the ordinary pirates in the Council of Storms can defeat them.

Those legendary pirates who once roamed the seas had long been brought into the Dragonmark Family's camp through marriage with the Storm Dragonmark Family.

The current Storm Council is just a group of remaining great pirates.

But long-term enjoyment has consumed their original ambitions. In terms of bloodiness, they may not be as brave and daring as the group of pirates that Carl met when he just returned to the main plane.

Instead of expecting them to show courage, it is better to rely on yourself.

"Well, Senior, we don't have much money on us now, so for travel expenses..."

Blushing, the pastor girl spoke to Carl about the issue of remuneration in a low voice with some embarrassment.

"What you said is wrong. My girlfriend took the initiative to invite you to rest. How could I ask for your money? Just stay here first, and then you can return to the town after you have rested."

Waving his hand, Carl smiled and refused the pastor girl's offer of money.

"Then we'll help you prepare lunch later. We know a lot about cooking."

Perhaps because of her upbringing, the pastor girl has an eager desire to repay others for their free help.

Seeing her like this, Karl had no choice but to nod and agree.

Afterwards, V assigned rooms to the members of the young adventure group.

As the space inside the base expanded, V's newly built guest rooms also expanded and increased a lot.

There are 16 members in the youth adventure group, eight boys and eight girls, so it is more than enough for each person to have a room.

While everyone was preparing the meal, Carl took the elevator to the second floor of the base.

Similar to the upper level, the base of the lower level has also been remodeled.

The space is larger and more machines can be placed.

At this time, the production line is continuously producing magic compressors that can compress air to produce solid nitrogen.

This is not prepared for Carl's mecha, but a facility to strengthen the base's defense.

Although the zombies created by the Green Rain can evolve and seem to retain memories of their time as living beings, they have no special resistance to damage from acid, fire, ice, lightning, thunder, light, etc.

Although solid nitrogen is not magical damage, the freezing caused by ultra-low temperature also has a strong inhibitory effect on zombies.

If it is combined with force field crossbows and weapons capable of emitting hypersonic waves, it will be a massacre.

At the same time, he also released all the Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid stored in the base and transformed it into a construct.

About two hours later, Hope informed Carl that dinner was ready.

Carl then reluctantly put down the tools in his hands and returned to the upper area to eat.

The priest girl did not lie, there were indeed some with good skills among them.

"Hmm~, this dragon salmon is delicious! It tastes almost the same as the one made by the chef in our cafeteria."

Dragon salmon is a specialty of Aundair, and this dish is available all year round in the cafeteria of Arkanix, especially in the cafeteria of the Tower of Wonders.

Carl's mother sometimes cooks it, but her skills in making this dish are certainly not as good as those of the chef in the cafeteria.

"Eh? This is the recipe for Aundair's royal court dish!"

Hearing Carl's praise, the girl who made the dragon salmon seemed to be insulted. Her eyes widened, as if Carl's words were extremely unscrupulous.

The status of the dragon salmon dish in the common people of Aundair is like the dried tofu with spicy peppers in Northeastern restaurants, but even the nobles would use this dish as an appetizer.

Therefore, the upper and lower limits of this dish can really measure the level of an Aundair chef.

"Oh! No wonder the canteen chef speaks so arrogantly, it turns out he used to work in the Aundair Palace! Hey! I knew there must be something going on between our tower master and Queen Aundair! Only someone you trust can be a royal chef."

Hearing that the recipe actually came from the palace, Carl immediately nodded in understanding.

Then, he gossiped with Hope beside him about the stories that the Lord of the Mechanical Tower and Queen Andel had to tell.

These gossips were actually even more outrageous among the nobles of Aundair, but the two parties involved, the Queen and March, never came out to explain, and whenever the heat died down, they would always coincidentally have some intimate interactions.

Even if someone told Karl now that they even had a child, Karl would definitely believe it.

Because he had been to the main room of March's tower.

On the desk of the tower master, there is a photo of a girl who looks similar to Queen Aundair, but more youthful and beautiful.

Considering that the queen's husband had died thirty years ago and the queen had no children, Carl had reason to believe that the rumors outside were true.

"Wait, what you mean is... you are a student of Akanix?"

Upon hearing the title of Tower Master, the girl who made the dragon salmon was stunned.

Although there are some wizard towers on Khorvaire, the only one related to Queen Aundair is the master of the Arkanix Tower of Wonders.

As soon as these words were spoken, the originally quiet dining table suddenly became noisy with conversation.

Even the pastor girl couldn't help but listen to Yingda.

"Haha, didn't I tell you before? I'm Carl Iris, a sixth-year student at the Arcanix Tower of Wonders."

After introducing himself to everyone in a more formal manner, Carl learned the origins of these people as he wished.

"Hello, senior, we are sophomores at the Korranburg Library Affiliated Academy. I am Joanna Joestar."

"J——JOJO?"

Just as Karl was looking at Joanna in surprise because of the name, the remaining young boys also introduced their names.

This is very different from Carl's initial guess, but if you think about it carefully, it seems to be quite normal.

Morgrave University has a bad reputation due to the smuggling of cultural relics and other reasons.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but after learning that Carl was a student of Akanix, the boys and girls looked at him with much more eagerness.

Soon, everyone finished their meal and returned to their rooms to rest.

Carl continued to create Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid Constructs on the second floor of the base.

It is a delicate job to make the moon spirit's marrow fluid, as a symbiote, change according to the commands instilled into it by psychic energy, but fortunately, mistakes can be corrected.

Around dusk, Carl finally made the first Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid Construct Maid.

The appearance of the construct is based on the twin dancers in Carl's previous life game "Atomic Heart".

Even the attack mode was set by Carl in a similar way.

With the first finished product, the rest of the work becomes much easier.

When the base was preparing to turn off the lights and go to sleep, Carl had already used his psychic power to replicate twenty-four identical Moon Spirit constructs.

After adding the function of number identification to his spirit, Carl activated the construct and went back to his room to sleep.

(End of this chapter)