Artificial Intelligence

As soon as the system's voice fell, in the secluded valley surrounded by mountains, there was a sudden boom that lasted for a few seconds before immediately quieting down. Apart from the addition of countless things within the valley, everything else remained unchanged. In just a few seconds, this valley underwent a revolutionary change, but no one noticed it.

"Hello, sir, I am Thaddeus, the artificial intelligence of the star-level shelter!" Just as Evander was feeling excited, a 3D projected face appeared on his phone screen. Then, a familiar, deep, and gentle male voice came from Evander's phone.

"Thaddeus!" Looking at the virtual image on the phone screen, Evander couldn't help but sigh. Thaddeus was the name he gave to the intelligent butler inside his first shelter because his name was too famous; who wouldn't want an artificial intelligence like that? However, what Evander didn't expect was for him to become tangible in reality.

In the game, Thaddeus was responsible for everything inside the shelter, including personnel identity recognition, data entry, roster management, utilities management, information control, various weapon manufacturing, humanoid production, warehouse management, smart home devices, and anything else that required electronic equipment. Evander believed that even in reality, Thaddeus would perform excellently!

"Sir, all the most basic tasks of the shelter have been completed. Please start designing the construction drawings! Design the shelter you want and then send people to start building it as soon as possible to cope with the apocalyptic crisis in one month!" Hearing this, Evander sat down and pondered for a moment. Time was pressing, and after thinking for a long time, Evander finally decided to build according to the prototype of his shelter in the game.

The reason was simple: familiarity and confidence! After all, Evander had successfully completed the game with his own set of strategies, and now that it was reality, new methods might not necessarily work, so it was best to play it safe....

"Thaddeus, do you still remember the shelter configuration during the planetary-level shelter stage in my game's ninth-level shelter?" Evander asked.

"Remember, sir. That was the best shelter configuration you came up with after restarting dozens of times!"

"Good, now that it's not a game anymore, it's still best to be cautious!"

"Excellent choice, truly worthy of my sir...." After Thaddeus finished speaking, he immediately pulled up the equipment information for that planetary-level shelter. Soon, a detailed image of the shelter's interior appeared in front of Evander.

"Sir, in case you forget some details, let me go over them with you again!"

"The shelter has a total of fifty floors. The first three floors are for machinery storage and repair. Floors four to eight are for military training, including ammunition depots and weapon construction bays. The ninth floor is a hospital that can accommodate a thousand people for medical treatment, with artificial intelligence quickly analyzing and treating diseases. Floors ten to thirty-six are residential areas, accommodating forty-five thousand residents, with complete work areas, dining, entertainment, and leisure facilities. Floors thirty-seven to forty are for material storage, including cold storage warehouses! Floors forty-one to forty-three are research bases where various elite talents conduct scientific experiments. Floors forty-four to forty-five are rest areas for elite talents and scientific researchers. Floor forty-six is for various cultivation and construction bays. Floors forty-seven to forty-eight are for my main body area, as well as energy devices, purification devices, shelter power generation devices, and three nuclear power plants. The forty-ninth floor is your rest room, designed as a luxurious villa of ten thousand square meters, containing the overall control room of the shelter with priority access, capable of accommodating hundreds of people living there! It includes independent food supply, water recycling, and air purification devices.... The fiftieth floor is a nuclear-powered launch system, which, together with the shelter's peripheral launch devices, can lift the shelter into the air, and it also has two weapon launch silos and four giant weapon warehouses."

Looking at the 3D model projected by Thaddeus, Evander could clearly see the overall situation of the entire shelter. After carefully examining it, Evander found that it was not much different from what he remembered!

"Alright, Thaddeus, let's build according to this template! I currently have two hundred humanoid workers. Is half a month enough time?"

With only one month left until the apocalypse, half a month to build the shelter and half a month to collect various materials! Looking at it this way, time was still very tight...

"According to the detection, sir, it is not realistic for two hundred humanoid workers to build a fifty-story shelter in half a month unless there are two thousand construction and repair humanoid workers working overtime, which might be possible!" Hearing this, Evander's expression tightened.

Unexpectedly, the number of people had increased tenfold. But at this moment, there was no other way; it had to be done this way. If the shelter couldn't be completed before the apocalypse, he might be in trouble! With the shelter, he would have the capital to continue in the apocalypse!

"Then, Thaddeus, what conditions are needed to produce two thousand construction and repair humanoid workers?"

"Sir, to manufacture a second-order construction humanoid worker requires one hundred corpse crystals! Based on your needs, you would need about one hundred and eighty thousand corpse crystals to build them!"

Hearing this requirement, Evander's expression stagnated. One hundred and eighty thousand corpse crystals, where could he get that many now? The only thing Evander had now was the insect nuclei, which were of little use to the current shelter.

"System, can insect nuclei be exchanged for corpse crystals?" Evander asked.

"The host can exchange them through the mall!" Hearing this, Evander's eyes lit up.

This was indeed a light at the end of the tunnel! Immediately, Evander opened the system mall and after a simple search, he saw the requirements for exchanging insect nuclei for corpse crystals.

[One insect nucleus can be exchanged for ten thousand first-level corpse crystals!] Seeing this, Evander's face lit up with joy. He currently had fifty insect nuclei, so at least he could exchange five hundred thousand first-level corpse crystals. With these five hundred thousand first-level corpse crystals, his initial funds were solved!

"System, exchange two hundred thousand first-level corpse crystals!"

[Ding! Twenty insect nuclei have been consumed to exchange for two hundred thousand corpse crystals! Remaining insect nuclei: thirty!] After the exchange was completed, Evander asked Thaddeus.

"Thaddeus, where is the base located?"

"Sir, the shelter is currently located twenty kilometers northeast of Haishi City, in the midst of mountains. It is surrounded by mountains, with a good terrain that is easy to defend and hard to attack. Your choice is really good!"

With only one month left until the end of the world, Evander no longer wasted time and immediately took a taxi towards the direction of the shelter. After all, there was too much to do now! After a period of driving, Evander arrived at the place Thaddeus mentioned.