This game is so weird!

"Beep beep beep—Hello everyone, this is Fang Fengxiao."

"Today we're going to play a game called Brave New World, which is a survival adventure game developed by an independent game team."

"It tells the story of pioneering and exploring an alien island in a future space age. You will play as an employee of an alien pioneering base, exploring, building, and then enjoying the beautiful alien scenery. The game's seawater and ocean depths are very realistic."

"Since it's SDM's new product festival again, I found this game to be quite fun during the trial, so I decided to make a video to share it with everyone."

"Without further ado, let's begin the game!"

……

The following day, a gameplay video of Brave New World appeared on Bilibili and Youku video websites. With the help of the content creator's loyal fans and the game's beautiful graphics, it quickly became a trending topic and attracted more viewers.

This has brought a lot of attention to the game, which has not been promoted at all, but due to the limited distribution of trial access, no new players have joined the game yet.

As the day passed, thanks to the efforts of 20 players who logged in one after another, they successfully brought back a sufficient amount of biomass and a small amount of mineral resources, mainly titanium, copper and silver, to the base.

SDM's ratings are gradually rising, and it is currently in a positive phase due to the small number of participants.

"Beep, the number of reservations has reached 500."

"Commander, should we initiate the second phase of the recruitment plan and construct signal enhancement towers?"

Reminded by the comical face, Li Anglai sat down at his desk and began studying the resources needed to build the signal tower.

The construction of large facilities cannot be accomplished by the construction guns at the workbench alone. A construction factory needs to be built first, and then drones within the factory are used for material extraction and 3D printing.

Based on the subsidies granted by the Empire to each expansion base, in addition to the core base, there are also templated facilities authorized for use, such as construction factories, exploration centers, primary signal enhancement towers, and dual-purpose solar and wind power generators.

Apart from building factories and signal towers, other facilities can be installed or expanded within the rooms after they are built.

Building the factory requires 30 units of titanium, copper, and some batteries. The signal tower requires 20 units of titanium, and 10 units of copper and lithium. In addition, the power generation equipment is planned to be installed on the top of the factory, which is expected to save some titanium consumption. These are all common near-shore minerals, and the materials mined by the players in the past two days are sufficient.

However, Li Ang is also planning to expand the ways to collect resources. The current gameplay that only relies on players to collect and submit resources to obtain contribution points is too monotonous and can easily make players feel bored.

Therefore, he plans to proceed from two aspects.

On one hand, he searched for opportunities in the mall and found two types of technological facilities: automated mining and biological cultivation rooms. However, they were not cheap, and even with his current amount of star coins, he could only afford one of them, let alone an automated transmission system.

On the other hand, Li Ang plans to increase the value of contribution points by building a shop within the base to provide players with access upgrades and technology unlocking services, in addition to...

Li Ang picked up the authorization key, which resembled a USB drive, from the table, and an idea popped into his mind.

It's a bit strange to let a player's virtual computing power generate a female companion.

But what if it's just a pet?

Player: I'll support myself!

As for the player's AI girlfriend/boyfriend, that will have to wait until resources are plentiful, and then they can purchase AI computing power or build an AI base.

Although we can't make it yet, it's fine to draw the pie chart first and use it as an event reward.

This will serve as the launch event in a couple of days.

……

Holding the construction gun printed from the workbench, Li Ang walked out of the base and headed towards the open space he had previously scouted.

Several players they encountered along the way also followed out of curiosity.

This open space is located on the side of the base, also between the beach and the woods. The tall trees can protect it from the sea breeze, and it is also within the base's coverage area, allowing for wireless power transmission and remote control from the base.

The silver-white construction gun pointed at the open space, and a blurry silhouette made of lines appeared on the ground in front of Li Ang, showing the shape of a construction factory.

After several adjustments, Li Ang finally pressed the trigger of the construction gun to confirm.

The minerals that had been retrieved from the base beforehand flew out of Li Ang's backpack and hovered in mid-air, enveloped in the blue light of the construction gun.

Li Ang was startled when he first put the minerals into the backpack, and even now, seeing minerals dozens of times the size of the backpack fly out of it, he still finds it hard to believe.

It can only be said that the Empire's development in electronic information and space technology has far exceeded expectations, reaching a point where it can be used at will, and corresponding modifications have been made to personal backpacks.

As the power of the construction gun is consumed, the minerals gradually melt into liquid and fly orderly into the building's phantom to become part of the building. As the materials are consumed, the building gradually takes shape.

Before long, a white building matching the color of the base stood tall on the ground.

The construction factory occupies an area of ​​approximately 40 square meters, which is not too large. It has a semi-enclosed structure and two floors. The first floor has a management office and a material warehouse, which can store building materials. After the management office is connected to the construction gun, it can support the printing of large buildings.

Within the base's boundaries, these operations can also be performed remotely via the base's AI, meaning that the management room's function is essentially zero.

The second floor is the heart of the factory, where three large printing drones are parked in a triangular formation on the second-floor helipad. They can travel to specific locations for construction within the base's signal range or under the guidance of construction guns.

The top of the building features several signal towers that gleam with mysterious light.

Wow!

Players nearby exclaimed in amazement, excitedly running around the factory. The ability to build structures simply by printing undoubtedly satisfied their fantasies of creation.

"I wonder when we'll unlock building abilities!"

Compared to players watching on a screen, Li Ang was undoubtedly more shocked. Although he had played many games, the feeling of a building standing in front of him was completely different from the experience of playing games.

Countless thoughts surged through Li Ang's mind, finally coalescing into a single sentence.

Time travel isn't so bad, is it?

Perhaps I can create one here too...

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Li Ang completed the expansion of the solar panels and energy storage facilities on the top of the factory as planned.

With a sufficient supply of power, the entire construction plant seemed to be awakened from its slumber.

The lights on the outside of the factory lit up one by one, flashing a wonderful melody. The drones also buzzed up and flew up, circling the factory before landing on the helipad.

"Beep! Factory construction capability is now in place."

The comical face caught the projection of the factory drone, which then appeared in the air and reported to the commander.

Li Ang came to his senses and smiled gently.

"Funny face, proceed with the second phase of construction as planned, and build a signal tower on the cliff at the cape."

At the edge of the view, at the very end of this beach, a 10-meter-high black rock wall rises slightly, shielding the lawn atop the cliff from the onslaught of the waves.