This game is so weird!

Surrounded by a group of curious players, Li Ang led four cyborgs to the workbench and chose to use the base's inventory to produce five diving helmets.

The white, fully enclosed helmet features a transparent glass panel on the front, while the rest is made of titanium.

The helmet also has internal voice communication capabilities, allowing communication between users via the base's internal network. Meanwhile, the glass panel, similar to upgraded smart glasses, can provide information display and other functions.

After the headset communication terminal is embedded in the helmet, it can also provide a complete interplanetary network connection based on the headset.

Thinking about this, Li Ang suddenly felt that he had overpaid for the invasive assistance system he bought. Perhaps it would be better to wait for players to grind for this helmet?

The thought of a penguin smilingly stealing 99 Star Coins from his wallet still made him feel cheated, even though he was short of those coins now.

I'll have to earn it back when I get the chance!

After distributing helmets to the four cyborgs and waving to signal the onlookers to disperse, Li Ang and his group walked towards the beach and disappeared into the waves in the blink of an eye.

The clear seawater was sparkling and slightly warm under the sunlight.

The exploration suit began to play a role, insulating the seawater while also preventing heat loss.

As they descended deeper, the light began to dim. Li Ang and his companions took out flashlights and swam towards the location of the mineral deposits, which had been indicated by the Night Rain and Cups team, following the navigation markers.

Before long, we arrived at the top of the cave.

After a quick search of the surrounding area, Li Ang found a good spot.

A section of seabed rock that curves upwards.

The surrounding shallow slopes are covered with colorful corals and various anemones, and many small fish are active among the coral reefs.

After selecting the locations, Li Ang assigned tasks to the four cyborgs.

"Explore the area, report back if there is any danger or other special circumstances, and collect any minerals you find."

"Received." x4

The four people split into two groups. In each group, one bio-engineered human with a prospecting instrument was responsible for exploring the mineral vein, while the other person used a scanning gun to analyze and sample the biological minerals along the way.

Li Ang then took the construction gun and went above the rock formation. After selecting several angles, he found the location with the best view and built a large hall.

The square, fully enclosed hall gradually took shape under the imprint of the construction gun, and the seawater, drawn by the blue light, spread outwards, creating an undercurrent as they squeezed against each other.

Not long after, a completely enclosed square hall appeared on the seabed.

The exterior walls are as seamless as ever, a silver-white finish.

According to the construction gun's design, the large standard room has a height of 4 meters and a width of 10 meters, making it suitable as a workplace or a gathering place for employees.

As a base for exploring and developing the sea, a single hall is not enough.

Leon plans to build a functional building complex around the exploration base, focusing on mineral mining and player services, independent of the initial development base.

After reserving some expansion space, players are allowed to freely develop buildings nearby to form a player town.

The valuable beaches and shallow waters near the islands will be left for future tourism development.

After constructing three more rooms around the main hall, and adding a second-floor structure above the water and a glass observation room that submerges into the coral reef, the main structure of the exploration base was essentially complete.

Then Li Ang used up a lot of glass materials to install single-sided reinforced glass in the hall and three rooms. This type of glass can ensure privacy while also having a certain degree of protection.

A signal enhancement and communication connection to the development base was installed on the top of the second floor that emerged from the sea.

As for the 200 new employee slots brought by the signal tower, Li Ang plans to wait until the helmet sales cover the existing player base before proceeding.

Compared to the player's device, the computer's operating capabilities have many problems in terms of compatibility and usability, not to mention the crucial difference in virtualization computing power.

After receiving the mineral crystals collected by several bio-engineered humans, Li Ang installed an underwater access door on the front of the hall.

Afterwards, I simply arranged the interior according to the interior design drawings I found online, and a room that resembled a service hall appeared before my eyes.

In a fantasy world, it could be called an Adventurers' Guild.

In modern society, it can also be called a talent market.

And here, it serves as an exploration service center.

Ultimately, they all serve human resources, providing a platform for matching job tasks with talent.

In contrast, the cyborgs working here in the future will only be for show, with explanations provided through AI-generated comical faces at the development base and tasks manually designed by Li Ang.

Therefore, in addition to the bar counter with manual service, Li Ang also built a number of facilities for task distribution and delivery, including standing smart terminals and storage boxes.

It can be used by players who are impatient or do not like to interact with strangers.

The other three rooms, in Li Ang's plan, will be used as a research room, a trading area, and a personal dormitory, respectively, while the second floor will be used as temporary dormitories and a restaurant for the public.

Although the base currently has no chefs, Li Ang has high expectations for the players.

With 220 people, surely at least one can cook?

However, it was too early for all of this. Li Ang simply built a bed and a wall-mounted biological hibernation pod in his personal dormitory, set up access control, and then left.

Only one female cyborg remained in the lobby to prepare for business operations.

This will also be her workplace in the future.

By this time, quite a few curious players had swum over from the nearby waters, circling around the exploration base. Some players, frustrated by not being able to get in, even tried to make a few cuts with knives, only to be blocked by the underlying settings of the employee carrier.

Damaging company assets is prohibited.

Seeing the arrival of many players, and considering that the base was not yet completed, Li Ang had no intention of communicating with them.

Guided by the cyborg, they swam toward the gold vein discovered inside the underwater cave.

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the other side.

The lobby of the development base.

Players who had come out of curiosity and excitement to experience the Spirit Realm Helmet gradually dispersed.

Many players, though still online, have already logged in and opened the Xinghen Studio store on Taobao to prepare for tonight's shopping spree.

After a few cups of wine and several other helmeted players were finally freed, they squeezed through the gaps in the crowd and came to the outside of the base.

Looking at the beach and the boundless ocean in the distance, Ye Yu felt a little melancholy.

"Pikachu, it would be so great if you could dive..."

"Pikachu? Pikachu!"

Pikachu on Night Rain's head looked at the surging waves in the distance and shook its head fiercely.

Whose cute little squirrel is wandering around in the sea with nothing to do? There are such big sea fish, one bite and the squirrel's life is over!

After talking to Pikachu, who was unwilling to go into the water, Ye Yu and the other two decided to stay at the base and wait for them to return.

Just as I was about to go back and entrust Pikachu to my friend's care, a line of cyborgs ran back.

Eight of the cyborgs wore what appeared to be sturdy portable armor, with robust composite bulletproof plates fixed to their tactical clothing, fully enclosed tactical helmets with night vision and monitoring/analysis capabilities, and a metal short sword at their waist with a few metal protrusions of unknown function on the side of the sword.

The cyborgs quickly split into two lines, one of which ran along the beach toward the signal tower.

Another group walked to the base gate, with two armored figures standing on either side of the gate, while the other three walked to the entrance.

The woman, dressed in ordinary clothes, spoke slowly, her voice revealing a hint of gentleness.

"Excuse me, could you please move aside?"