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Chapter 254 Advanced Resource Points

"One hundred? How about two hundred?" Qin Ziwen asked directly.

Li Tieshan was shocked, but quickly agreed, "Okay! I guarantee it will work!"

"Okay, I'll give you the man. Just make sure the iron sheet doesn't hold you back. Also, the iron sheet on the bottom of the ship should be thicker so it doesn't crack when it gets hit by a sea monster."

"Don't worry, sir, leave it to me!" Li Tieshan patted his chest and loudly assured him.

As for candidates, there are plenty of able-bodied young men in the Qin Alliance.

Anyway, they are now trapped on this island reef. Apart from picking up some small seafood when they go beachcombing, the rest of them have almost nothing to do on weekdays.

Most of the labor force is idle and wasted.

By having them join the Ordnance Bureau, we could give the young and strong men who had nowhere to put their energy to work, and at the same time, we could utilize their labor force to increase shipbuilding efficiency.

It was afternoon, and the weather at the beach was hot. The tide had slowly risen again, and the mudflats were submerged by the sea.

"Brother, I got some good stuff, wanna have a bite?" Qin Ziwu came back from outside carrying a basket.

"what is this?"

Qin Ziwen peeked out and his face turned horrified.

The contents of the basket would be a nightmare for someone with trypophobia.

They were densely packed, like the fingers of a monster.

Just one look at it completely killed my appetite.

"Don't let its ugly appearance fool you, I heard it tastes quite delicious. Someone gave it to me, but I didn't want it. I traded it for meat instead." Qin Ziwu said with a grin, lifting the basket.

Du Yu, who was passing by, peeked out, then frowned and silently quickened his pace.

"I think we should forget about it. If you like it, you can eat it yourself, but remember to test it for poison before you eat it."

Qin Ziwen politely declined.

"No, try it! This is goose barnacle. I heard it's quite expensive on Earth, a high-end ingredient. They found it on the rocks by the sea and collected it during low tide."

Qin Ziwen waved his hand, then suddenly asked, "Do you have sea cucumbers?"

"Yes, the biggest advantage of coming to the seaside is that you can eat seafood for free." Qin Ziwu chuckled, "The ecology here is excellent."

Moreover, it has never been developed and is almost entirely filled with all sorts of novel seafood.

However, due to the confinement of the islands and reefs and the lack of suitable diving equipment, they can only go beachcombing during low tide.

"And this one, a big mussel, as big as a shoehorn!" Qin Ziwu rummaged through the basket and finally found a mussel that was even bigger than a mango.

Qin Ziwen was shocked. This thing was almost sentient. He had eaten it before in China, but it was only the size of a palm. This one in front of him was about the size of a shoe.

"How heavy?"

"More than three jin."

"Go heat it up in the kitchen."

Qin Ziwen then went to his home and found a quiet spot.

Take out the card.

All things considered, this trip was quite fruitful.

Besides the advanced enhancement card, the other three cards are: [Resource Card] Level 1 Copper Ore, [Resource Card] Level 1 Iron Ore, and [Building Card] Level 1 Iron Ore.

In addition to the previously acquired level 2 residential buildings.

There are four cards in total.

It's a good time to upgrade my homestead.

First, find an open space, take out the Level 2 Residential Card and select to use it.

Next to the Grade 1 residential building, a building with a larger footprint has appeared.

The Class 1 residential building is a bit crowded, even though it can accommodate four people.

The second-level houses are much more spacious.

The footprint has changed from 4*3 to 4*5.

First, the appearance has changed; the wooden door has been replaced with a thick door panel covered with sheet metal.

The perforated windows on both sides were covered with rough hemp paper and hinged wooden sashes. The roof was covered with a layer of thatch and clay, and several neat bundles of firewood were piled in the corner. The chimney jutted out from the back of the house. Stepping inside, the kang (a heated brick bed) was widened and covered with a finely woven reed mat. Low wooden partitions were added between the four beds, creating semi-private spaces.

The number of beds has increased from four to five.

The bedding on each bed has been replaced with coarse cotton cloth with thick cotton padding, and the wooden pillows have been planed smooth and are padded with a small, brand-new square towel.

The whole house feels spacious and clean.

【2级民居：2级定居、2级防寒】（定居名额：0/5）

Five more spots have been added for the community.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Ziwen went to another spacious place nearby.

First, we used level 1 copper ore.

The location was chosen next to a stone quarry and an iron ore mine, which would connect these mined veins into one area.

Soon, a semi-open-pit, 10x10 level 1 copper mine appeared next to the original ore vein.

Qin Ziwen then combined the two level 1 iron ore cards into a level 2 one, built it next to the original level 2 iron ore, and then used an advanced resource enhancement card on it.

[After enhancement, this advanced resource point will occupy an area of ​​30*30. Please ensure you have sufficient empty space.]

"upgrade."

A massive beam of light enveloped and spread.

In its place, a huge, bunker-like building appeared.

Qin Ziwen was shocked.

Because this 30*30 area is entirely occupied by this bunker building that covers nearly 1,000 square meters.

It rises abruptly from the homeland like a small hill.

The surface looks like it's been poured with some kind of rough soil mixed with metal shavings.

The front is a dark entrance that is nearly five meters high and five meters wide.

[Advanced Resource Point - Level 1 Wailing Bunker: Level 2 Automatic Mining, Level 2 Increased Ore Hardness, Level 2 Reduced Ore Weight] (Special Effect: Metal ores mined from the Vampire Bunker can automatically heal by absorbing blood)

What the hell is this?

Qin Ziwen felt that these resource points were becoming increasingly abstract.

Isn't this a resource point? How did it turn into a building?
But considering that the Healing Fountain is also shaped like a fountain, I understand.

However, the enhancement effect of this Wailing Bunker is indeed simple and brutal. Ordinary iron ore is just ore purification, but here the ore is directly enhanced.

Increased hardness and reduced weight.

This is perfect for serving as the outer sheet metal of a ship.

Since the weight has been reduced, the same ship can be fitted with thicker armor, which can withstand more impacts from sea monsters.

Upon reaching the Wailing Bunker, one finds two heavy iron doors at its entrance, both tightly shut.

Place your palm on the iron gate and push gently; it opens with almost no force.

A smell mixed with earthy and metallic rust wafted towards us.

On both sides of the wall, every few meters there is a dim, yellowish mineral lamp.

As he went inside, he heard a clanging sound coming from deep within the cave.

It sounded like shovels and picks striking a rock wall.

Mixed in with it was a kind of suppressed, low sobbing.

Filled with curiosity, he walked several dozen meters down the sloping passage, and after turning a corner, he saw a square hall.

Dozens of "humanoid creatures," dressed in tattered clothes with only strips of cloth remaining and white skeletons standing on them, were holding up pickaxes and relentlessly striking the mineral vein.

Those low, mournful sobs came from their empty chests.

Even his arrival as the master of this homeland did not affect the work efficiency of these skeleton miners. They faced the ore vein and swung their picks without a care in the world.

Qin Ziwen was speechless. So, this is what "automatic mining" is all about!
Why is it that after arriving at this island map, the advanced buildings and resource points he activated were all such weird things?

One is a ghost, the other a skeleton. Can't we have something more human?

(End of this chapter)