This game is so weird!

"So you mean you discovered an underground river of Im energy in an abandoned mine in the Lycia mining area?"

"Yes, but there's only mining equipment there," Muyu shook the Im Energy in the water bottle on the table, making it glow brighter. "There's no method for refining or using it. More importantly, we've discovered there's something wrong with this energy."

"After prolonged contact with it, both the enormous burrowing beasts and the small beastmen laborers showed signs of internal fluorescence, as if they had been assimilated by Im energy."

"Bard and the others say this is rust disease."

Er Miao frowned, thinking of the little girl Lia who had been in contact with her frequently these past few days. She had heard that her parents had died from rust disease.

"This is a bit dangerous. Let's find a separate place outside the nomadic camp to conduct the research."

"Yes, but that's not the most urgent matter."

Muyu nodded, put the Im Energy into his backpack, projected a map onto his headset, and pointed to a black area, saying, "When we came back, Marcus and Yeyu had already set off for Dongzha Military Academy. Intelligence indicates that it has been occupied by the main force of the Orcs. We need to bring more people there to assist them."

"Hehe, I know that," Er Miao blinked. "Miss Anya had already issued an emergency rescue mission before you came back, and quite a few players have signed up."

You'd never guess what we've prepared.

Er Miao led Mu Yu out of the hall and headed towards the back of the commercial area, near the Im Energy Plant.

This once desolate place was allocated to players for free development after the completion of the nomadic residential area. Apart from the designated main road, the land was purchased by players and used to build simple, square houses.

Walking along the deserted main road, Muyu asked curiously, "Why aren't there any houses built on this main road?"

"It's too expensive... The ruthless planner Zhou Bapi wants to use these construction sites to recoup the contribution points we worked so hard to earn. The surrounding auxiliary roads are okay, we can earn back the money by working at the guild for two or three days, and a few of us can pool our money to buy a few more plots of land and put them together."

"Main roads are a different story. Not only are the purchase costs and monthly taxes much higher, but they also have to be used for commercial purposes. Players or vagrants have to be hired to continuously operate the shops on the first floor, and they can't just close down at will."

"It was basically planned as a commercial street, but look at the current state of the site—there are hardly any people. Who are we going to sell to?"

At this point, Er Miao was a little speechless. They couldn't exactly make things and sell them to the players, could they?

Most players nowadays use blueprints provided by the base to craft items. What you can make, I can also make after unlocking with contribution points, so there's not much difference.

Without differences, there's naturally no demand.

In addition, everyone's usual tasks are to fight orcs and scavenge for junk, so there is basically no shortage of materials, and there is no way to monopolize any special resources.

Muyu nodded thoughtfully, glanced at the land marked by the virtual fence on the main road, and walked into the first side road with Er Miao.

It seems Dom wanted to buy some dresses? And some special resources...?

Turning onto a side road, a huge factory building covering an area of ​​over 500 square meters came into view.

Like other buildings, this factory building has a square shape, and the overall shape is a regular cuboid, similar to an IKEA store. A series of huge glass windows are installed on the third floor to ensure lighting and ventilation. You can tell from the curved edges of the glass windows that they are the same type of windows as those in the underwater room of the Scar Planet.

The first and second floors are made of solid concrete walls, which were created using concrete surfaces unlocked from Seraphim.

The roof also features a large sign that reads "Quantum Welding Weapon Manufacturing Plant".

As they walked through the open factory gate, a giant Raven helicopter appeared in front of them. The passenger cabin, which had no side doors, was packed full, and there were even several tubular objects extending from the sides.

If it weren't for the distinctive cockpit of the Giant Raven, Muyu would hardly have been able to identify what model this nearly square-shaped aircraft was.

Upon seeing someone enter, the Welding Emperor, who was adjusting equipment next to the Giant Raven helicopter, stood up, greeted the Quantum Saltfish inside, and walked over to Two Meows.

"How about our upgraded version of the Raven? It's equipped with a control terminal for the monitoring room and four upgraded, self-locking 6-barrel Gatling guns."

"Are you guys going to fight monsters?"

Muyu stared dumbfounded at the turrets on both sides. He hadn't been able to see them clearly from a distance, but now that he was closer, he realized that the tubular objects extending from the sides of the fuselage were the Gatling guns he had scanned earlier.

The four machine guns also have a universal joint at the bottom, which allows them to aim and attack targets autonomously under the guidance of the monitoring drone.

"Hehe, better safe than sorry."

"I can't even imagine how awesome it would be to crush the Orcs with our air force!"

Welding Emperor chuckled. To modify this aircraft, he and Quantum Saltfish had poured all their savings into it. Not only did they build this manufacturing plant, but they also spent a huge sum of money to purchase more advanced monitoring and identification technology from the guild. This technology could identify specific Orc units that were imported into the aircraft as locked targets with an error rate of less than 0.01%.

I'm just waiting to make a name for myself in this battle, and then sell it to NPCs and other players to make money and recoup my investment.

"emmmmm..."

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Muyu and Ermiao seemed hesitant, Hanwudi asked curiously, "Is there something you want to say?"

"An overwhelming air force victory might not be feasible..."

Er Miao carefully chose his words and took the initiative to say, "Mu Yu and the others discovered during their expedition that the Orcs also have aerial units, which are not only agile but also quite numerous..."

"Air units, huh!?"

The atmosphere in the factory suddenly became heavy. After confirming the importance of the news, Welding Emperor called Quantum Salty Fish and brought Two Cats, Two Dogs, Wooden Fish, and White Cat to the rest table next to them.

Welding Emperor pushed aside the screws, nuts, and various oddly shaped accessories scattered on the table, placed a projector identical to the one used in the base on the table, and gestured for Muyu to connect it and project the data.

After connecting, Muyu opened the scanned information about the Raiders. A 3D projection of the Raiders appeared on the desktop. To show it more clearly, he also brought up a projection of a Giant Raven helicopter for comparison.

"This is the Orc's air vehicle—the Reaver. The Reavers we've seen range in length from 3 to 4.6 meters, and are about 20 times the size of an Orc infantryman. They are highly mobile and can easily adjust their direction indoors."

"The scan data has been automatically synced to the guild since we got back, and the raider corpses have also been handed in. We should be able to find the relevant information in the database soon."

Looking at the menacing predator in the projection, and the bulky giant raven helicopter next to it, the Welding Emperor seemed to see several agile octopuses tearing a slow, sturdy turtle into pieces.

"The ideal size for gunships and transport vehicles..."

The quantum saltfish sitting next to him was also muttering to itself, its finger gently dragging across the projection of the predator beast to adjust the viewing angle.

"By the way, it also contains a flammable gas, which, in addition to accelerating its emission, can easily explode if hit by a firearm."

"It's over, it's over, there's a beast-like machine self-destructing in mid-air."

"So, the ultimate end of upgrading is self-destruction after all?"