Nobody told me this wasn't a game.

Ah this.

Why isn't this item in the game?

Is this a specialty of Sky City?

Zuo Chang hurriedly asked, "Do I have an SCV now?"

"No! The vast majority of mechanical creations have already become scrap metal, but..."

The professor kept it a secret.

Then, he shook his head and said, "However, in order to prevent possible disasters, we left a complete set of production equipment at the 'center' of Sky City, which is specifically used to produce basic machinery. SCV, as the foundation of the foundation, is naturally included in it!"

Upon hearing this, Zuo Chang opened the [Construction] interface.

A new button, previously unseen in the game, has appeared on the interface:

Production machinery is a living organism.

After clicking, Zuo Chang saw a list:

"Construction·SCV": The most basic mechanical life form in Sky City. Requires 1 basic material to construct.

"Build the Arsonist Chariot": A very weak, outdated chariot. Requires 5 basic materials to build.

"Construction - Big Belly Mining and Refining Integrated Device": A high-end product made with advanced technology from Sky City, integrating mining and refining into one device, used to collect 'basic materials' and 'energy crystals'. Requires 30 basic materials and 10 Z-type minerals to construct.

Zuo Chang was completely confused.

He asked, "One set of basic materials. How much is one set, and what are the basic materials?"

The doctor replied, "One unit means the amount needed to build one SCV. As for the basic materials, they are actually iron ore. The smelting technology of Sky City is epoch-making. The basic materials needed to manufacture mechanical life can all be extracted from iron ore."

Zuo Chang then asked, "Can I only manufacture three types of machines now?"

The doctor nodded: "Sky City has a complete production line and well-preserved design data. Lord Zuo, as long as you manufacture enough SCVs, all the paralyzed functional buildings in this city will be put back into operation. At that time, you can create more advanced mechanical life forms, and even create 'bionic adventurers' to run dungeons for you."

"My suggestion differs from the King of Glory system. 'A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime.'"

"You should indeed build SCVs to repair the city and activate all the functions of Sky City, which will give you a huge advantage! But recruiting immigrants... in all frankness, I do not recommend that you reveal the existence of Sky City until you have sufficient self-defense capabilities."

The PhD student spoke eloquently.

He looked at Zuo Chang with a hint of pride: "You should know that the technological capabilities of Sky City are beyond this era. If the technology you possess is exposed, not only will you be vulnerable to a dimensional reduction attack from the '1' community, but you might even be attacked by the '96511' community itself!"

"..."

Community 1 is now fragmented and probably has no strength left for expeditions.

However, the doctor's warning is indeed worth noting.

Putting everything else aside, the mere mention of "SCV" is enough to attract covetousness; SCVs can construct wonders!

If Zuo Chang had mastered this technology back then, a million laborers wouldn't have died from exhaustion, and so much manpower, material resources, and financial resources wouldn't have been wasted!

The unavoidable difficulties in upgrading the community, the construction of wonders that have caused countless generals great headaches, can now be easily solved by Zuo Chang!

Chapter 94 Adventure Datafication

Zuo Chang remained silent, glancing at the resource count in the upper left corner:

[Basic Materials]: 50 copies.

Everything else is zero.

He tried to build an SCV, and the interface changed, with four building slots appearing in front of him.

The next three construction slots are empty;

A progress bar appeared in the first construction slot:

[SCV under construction, time remaining: 5:59:59]

Zuo Chang was somewhat surprised.

The level of datafication in Sky City is so high that it's almost like playing Azur Lane!

Six hours, will a Bismarck appear?

Zuo Chang couldn't quite believe it. He turned to ask, "Doctor... why does this feel unreal? When I tapped it like that, did an SCV really start producing?"

The doctor remained calm: "Click on the progress bar."

Zuo Chang tried clicking it, and a sub-interface suddenly popped up.

This is footage from a surveillance camera.

During the monitoring, a large robotic arm moved a square metal block to the workbench, and a dozen smaller robotic arms extended to perform various operations on the metal block.

Sparks flew everywhere, and Zuo Chang was greatly shocked!

The doctor smiled and said, "See? This is the convenience of the King System. As long as you issue instructions to the operating system, all kinds of equipment in Sky City will act according to your instructions. In six hours, you will get the first SCV!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Chang immediately ramped up the speed, and four SCVs were under construction.

He asked, "Do the mechanical lifeforms of Sky City... require energy?"

The doctor smiled slightly: "Our Sky City's technological philosophy can be summed up in just four words—'energy conservation'! SCVs, the 'Big Belly' type of production machinery without combat capabilities, don't require additional energy. They are equipped with a unique energy system that can automatically absorb free mana from the air to recharge, making them extremely energy-efficient!"

He paused for a moment, then continued, "But combat units like the Arsonist and the Hammer Destroyer require additional 'Mana Crystals' for power. There's no way around it; combat definitely requires a lot of energy, and conserving energy is tantamount to suicide."

Zuo Chang remained silent upon hearing this.

Energy conservationism?

It's fresh enough.

SCVs and other household and production machines do not require energy, so once they are built, they don't need to be maintained?

Zuo Chang then asked, "What is the most powerful machine in Sky City?"

"The giant hammer destroyer in front of the Grand Plaza of the Mystic Ritual is the strongest combat unit."

"...That level?"

The doctor was dissatisfied with Zuo Chang's question!

He clicked his tongue and said, "What do you mean by 'just that level'? An adventurer below the fifth realm has almost no chance against our Giant Hammer Destroyer! Lord Zuo, machines can't cultivate or learn skills, so it's already pretty good that they can fight a fifth-realm adventurer! Do you expect us to fight seventh, tenth, or even twelfth-realm adventurers? That's not energy efficient!"

Zuo Chang remained silent.

From his perspective, he hoped that the robots under his command could be comparable to top-tier experts at the fifteenth level.

Then we'll mass produce a wave of units, and the entire million-strong AI will launch a collective attack to teach that god a lesson!

He also understood that, limited by materials and technology, robots were certainly inferior to advanced adventurers.

But the Giant Hammer Destroyer is actually the strongest force in Sky City? This...

It seems impossible to conquer 96511 with robots.

In the game, a community can upgrade by building more and better wonders than other communities; this is called a civilization victory.

Therefore, the help of the Sky City is still enormous, as it creates wonders without human intervention.

However, for the community to complete a "leap"—that is, to upgrade from five figures to four figures—it is not enough to just meet the spectacle criteria; two other conditions must also be met.

First: Within the community, the proportion of adventurers with the highest cultivation level has reached 10%;

Second: Engage in a "reversal of fortune" or "annihilation" battle with the community ranked 9999th.

With Sky City's capabilities, handling internal affairs shouldn't be a problem, but how to acquire 10% of the Seven Realms adventurers and still win the necessary wars is the issue that needs to be addressed.

Zuo Chang said, "Doctor, I only have fifty sets of basic materials, which is not enough."

The doctor smiled slightly: "I'll take you somewhere."

call out--

The Sky Throne flew past and finally came to rest at the edge of the first level.

Above the edge stood one hundred square steel coffins, each about three meters wide and seven meters high, which could be described as imposing.

Zuo Chang stood on the throne and looked down. He saw the coffins lined up neatly, like soldiers standing ready for battle, which was quite a sight.

Upon closer inspection, he saw the following information:

[Integrated Refining and Harvesting Device for the Belly]

These hundred coffins seem to contain robots specially designed for mining!

"Lord Zuo, what you see now are one hundred dormant Big Belly Machines. The Big Belly Machines integrate mining and refining. As long as they are deployed to the mining area, they can produce at least two sets of basic materials per day. This is also one of our backup plans, a specially arranged backup plan to accelerate the recovery."

The electronics PhD looked smug.

He continued, “Your task now is to manufacture as many SCVs as possible, then have the SCVs repair the ‘remote sensing satellite’ and the ‘delivery device.’ We’ll use the remote sensing satellite to locate the unexplored mine in 96511, and then use the delivery device to send the Bellyheads to mine. In this way, great things can be accomplished!”

Zuo Chang was amazed and exclaimed, "Your foresight and advanced technology are truly admirable!"

Dr. Electronics has already given a fairly comprehensive overview of Sky City's core capabilities.

There's one last one, which hasn't been explained yet.

The doctor said, "Lord Zuo, Sky City has a system that takes 'energy conservation' to the extreme, which we need to show you. I'd like to ask first—are you a general now?"

Zuo Chang shook his head: "Not yet, I'm missing a general's seal."

"Oh! Then you can't use this system for the time being, so I'll just tell you about it verbally! We call that system 'Adventure Datafication'."

"...What does 'datafication of adventure' mean?"

The doctor organized his thoughts and then said, "I don't know if you've ever played video games. If not, I really don't know how to explain it... What I consider common sense, you may not understand at all. That's the difference in technology!"

Electricity, video games.

Zuo Chang really wanted to say that he was ruined by video games, which is why he came here.

But he didn't say.

The doctor continued, "In short... adventuring digitization means that adventurers don't have to go through the adventures themselves. Guided by energy conservation principles, as long as an adventurer clears a dungeon once with the Record Stone, they can lie in a specific container and re-enter the dungeon in the form of 'data' to continue their adventure, which is not much different from entering the dungeon in person... Lord Zuo, do you understand what I mean?"

Zuo Chang didn't understand.

He asked, "Doctor, how will those 'data-driven' adventurers operate?"