This game is so weird!

As Ye Yu and the other two left, Li Ang came to his senses, took the gold nugget from the drone that hadn't yet flown away, and examined it in his hand.

So ugly, this is the legendary gold nugget...

These three are really lucky!

After carefully examining the gold nugget, Li Ang suppressed his reluctance and took it to the transport bay outside the base. He opened the hatch and threw the gold nugget inside.

【Carrier Container】

[Available Goods: Gold, 294.7g]

Send?

It's a gold nugget!

The first piece of gold I ever got!

Li Ang felt as if his heart was bleeding. It was too painful to let a hoarder sell his first high-value collectible.

In the past, when he played games, he would rather starve to death than sell the rare items in his warehouse. He would even struggle with his inventory space until he finished the game, reluctant to throw away the healing potions he found.

What is the backpack item limit?

That's my health bar!

Never mind, there will be more later. If all else fails, I'll buy it back when I'm rich.

Li Ang patted his chest and calmed himself down.

Finally, I clicked the OK button.

[This trade includes a green channel item: gold, weighing 294.7g, which is greater than the minimum weight of 200g. This trade will utilize the Empire's green channel; if you choose to trade with the Empire, the Empire will replenish your fuel.]

[Should we choose to trade with the Empire?]

[Do you choose to transfer your goods to the interstellar warehouse for self-trading? Note: The interstellar warehouse will charge a storage fee of 10 Star Coins/day, and replenishing fuel requires 500 Star Coins.]

Poverty left Li Ang with no choice but to trade with the Empire. He filled in the information left by Z and quickly completed the precious metal transaction with the Pioneer Bureau.

Watching the rocket thrusters extend from both sides of the launch vehicle and slowly fly away with a spray of flames, Li Ang withdrew his reluctant gaze and shifted his attention to the next stage of base construction.

It's time to find something for the family to do!

Star Coins Balance: 32419

Submit gold to the Development Bureau and receive 2947 Development Bureau contribution points.

The 32417 Star Coins obtained from selling his manhood, combined with his original inheritance of 2 Yuan, made Li Ang instantly wealthy.

The PC version limits the scope of the player's employees' work; it's time to find a kindred spirit on Earth and begin the next upgrade!

Li Ang first looked at the Pioneer Division's interface. With 2947 contribution points, he couldn't do anything for the time being. The next level upgrade required a full 10 contribution points. He then returned to the shop interface, preparing to place an order for the item he had been looking forward to for a long time.

It's such a waste for one player to do the work of half a person.

I want to do the work of five people all by myself!

Authorized for the [Youth-oriented Immersive Bio-computing Terminal], Star Coins -20000, Star Coin Balance 12419.

"Beep! The computing terminal technology blueprints have been obtained. You can develop the computing terminal equipment according to the blueprints and connect it to the Empire's computing resource network."

A simple set of equipment drawings appeared in the base's database. Most of the content was quite basic, such as monitoring of living organism information, cooling, ventilation, and power level reminders. There was basically no high-tech content. The only complex ones were the biological signal extraction and computing resource network connection modules. The materials were also quite expensive, with the core modules requiring a significant amount of gold alloy.

As planned, Li Ang began searching for a destined person on Earth's internet.

After his previous conversation with Z, Li Ang also searched for the concept of spacetime isotopes in the Pioneer Division's database.

After all, the suspected mastermind, Kaito Tsukasa, has said that he is a time-space counterpart, so it would be a shame not to learn more about him.

According to the description in the Pioneer's database, a spacetime isotope is an individual with the same biological information and state in a parallel spacetime. Because of the vastness of the universe, it is virtually impossible for isotopes to be on the same planet in different spacetimes.

Therefore, it is virtually impossible for Li Ang to have any acquaintances from his past on Earth. When it comes to choosing a suitable person, there are no alternatives to consider. He can only find whoever is suitable for him.

Currently, among the 18 players who have already started the game, no suitable candidate has been found yet. Li Ang will definitely try his luck on the forums and QQ groups of various universities.

Who could be easier to fool than a naive and innocent college student?

A forum of a certain university of post and telecommunications.

[Recruitment for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Project Members (Highly Recommended): Human-Computer Interactive Game Helmet, Limited to Engineering Students, Computer Science, Automation, Electronic Engineering...]

With the help of the base's AI, the "dimensional reduction attack" hacked into many school forums, and recruitment hot posts that were manually pinned and highlighted came into being.

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At the same time, in the hall, Ye Yu and her friends were gathered around a workbench, discussing the items that had been unlocked.

The workbench section simply categorizes the products into several types.

Processed products: mainly mineral extraction and material processing, which can extract pure metals from raw ores such as titanium ore and gold ore, or process seaweed leaves into textile fabrics, and even synthesize different metals and plant materials to make batteries, wires, electronic panel assembly packages, etc.

Food: Mainly grilled fish, grilled meat, and drinking water, with a limited variety.

Equipment: Mainly diving suits, helmets and masks, oxygen tanks, scanners, knives, etc., items that can be worn or carried on the body.

Props: Larger or independently deployable items, mainly small underwater thrusters and searchlights.

Er Miao tested the fish grilling function with the small fish she caught. Two laser arms extended from above the worktable, and after a simple removal of the scales, the fish was grilled and done. The last small fish, still steaming and with its internal organs still inside, was left on the worktable.

The taste of this fish is probably quite natural.

Two Cats tried it briefly, and found that the amount of hunger replenishment was relatively small, since the fish wasn't very big.

It's at least a supplementary channel, and it doesn't consume contribution points.

A single fish fillet at the bar costs 15 contribution points, which is the price of two fish! That's outrageous!

A shrewd merchant: This is the only way I can consume contribution points, so it has to be a bit more expensive.

In addition, the drinking water at the work station can only be extracted from a type of bubble fish that is rich in water, which is inconvenient, but still better than buying it at the bar.

It's the same principle; at least it doesn't cost money.

"Oxygen tanks, survival knives, scanners... what do you think we should build first?"

Oxygen cylinder: Titanium x3.

Scanner: Battery x1; Titanium x1.

Flashlight: 1 battery; 1 glass.

Fins: Silicone x2.

Survival Dagger: Silicone x1; Titanium x1.

Illumination flares x5: Cave sulfur x1.

Construction Gun: Junction Box X1; Smart Chip X1; Battery X1.

Portable backpack: Titanium x1; Silicone x1.

...The menu on the workbench simply lists the materials required for each item. These are available or alternative materials that were automatically scanned from the nearby land and sea surfaces according to the blueprints after the base was built.

Hearing Ye Yu's words, Mu Yu and Er Miao carefully looked at the items currently available for crafting in the equipment list and felt that they were all necessary. After some deliberation, they reached a consensus.

"Let's make the scanner, oxygen tank, and backpack first. We have the flashlight, so we're not in a hurry for now. We don't need the dagger right now either."

"Without a scanner, we can't even tell what kind of stones we find. We have to bring them back one by one for analysis, which is too time-consuming."

Ye Yu nodded; he thought so too.

Other things can be done slowly, but prioritizing these few will solve many problems.

Especially backpacks, otherwise you can only carry three or four things in your two hands and the side pockets of your leather pants, which is too difficult to move. Otherwise, you wouldn't need to use storage boxes to carry fish.

"Hey! Wait, where are our storage boxes?"

"Oh! I forgot, it's still at the beach. Remember to bring it back later."

"Let's set off then. The battery needs acid mushrooms and copper ore from the seabed, and the silica gel needs seaweed seeds, which should be the yellow lumps we saw on the seaweed before."

"oh!!"

The three of them rushed out of the hall excitedly and ran towards the beach not far away.