Chapter 55: Heavy Engineering Robot

Immediately after.

Xu Zhengyang hurriedly asked Da Bai, "Does losing thirty-one threads affect you in any way?"

"It doesn't affect me at all."

Da Bai proudly replied to Xu Zhengyang, "Those threads were virtual to begin with. As long as my main body isn't damaged, I can recreate those 31 threads anytime!"

After saying that, Da Bai added, "It's just that after the internet goes down, I can only operate in areas with wireless signals around the shelter. I can no longer assist my master everywhere like before..."

At the end of his statement, Da Bai's voice sounded a bit dejected.

Hearing this, Xu Zhengyang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's not too big of a problem."

After all, Xu Zhengyang had already gained some of Da Bai's abilities through the Soul Link skill. If necessary, when he acted alone in the future, he could convert part of his consciousness into electrical signals to handle tasks that Da Bai previously managed.

Just then, Da Bai suddenly exclaimed, "Master! All the channels on the radio are broadcasting the same message!"

As Da Bai spoke, it quickly played the radio broadcast signal it received:...

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The broadcast information was very official and formal. Its main content was to inform everyone that our country's internet had suffered a comprehensive attack from an unknown enemy, and experts were urgently repairing it. It was expected that within 24 hours, the internet would gradually return to normal by region. In the meantime, everyone was advised to obey the law, live as usual, and not panic.

"Oh?"

Xu Zhengyang felt relieved upon hearing the broadcast; it was good that the internet would be restored. It was only then that Xu Zhengyang had time to open various messages that Da Bai had downloaded locally before the internet went down.

According to Da Bai's filtering, most of the information circulating online just now was a repost of the same video. The content of that video showed a small town with a distinctly European style wrapped in a "blanket" made of flesh and blood.

On top of the blanket, various mutilated creatures, bloodied but still capable of movement, were seen! Rabbits, dogs, cows, and even...

Humans! Despite the low resolution of the video and the shaky camera work, Xu Zhengyang felt a palpable sense of reality from it, completely unlike an AI-generated video.

"Has a clue already emerged?" A sense of urgent tension surged within Xu Zhengyang...

*The next day.

After completing his training at the martial arts arena, the concrete platform built for the radar had completely set.

He installed the military radar he had acquired and then used optical camouflage to make the radar invisible.

Da Bai excitedly said to Xu Zhengyang, "Master, this radar is truly military-grade! Both the detection range and accuracy are astonishing! With this radar, I can hit any target that enters the maximum range of the rail laser cannon with 100% certainty!"

"That's good," Xu Zhengyang replied with satisfaction.

At that moment, the machinery needed for the fully automated coal mining production line that Xu Zhengyang had ordered yesterday began to arrive one after another...

Once Xu Zhengyang received all the goods, he didn't dare waste any time. He immediately returned to the shelter, using his Dimensional Space Pocket to transport earth and expedite the construction process of the coal mine, which was a time-sensitive task.

...

Under Da Bai's coordination, the construction speed of this mine was nearly the maximum speed Xu Zhengyang could achieve!

For a mine of over a hundred meters, Xu Zhengyang completed the entire construction in just half a month!

As Da Bai disassembled and reassembled the various machines Xu Zhengyang had purchased, this coal production line, which integrated mining, transportation, and storage, finally began to operate successfully! Xu Zhengyang also received a series of system prompts: [Sudden Time-Limited Task: Coal Mine (Completed)]

[Reward: GX-3 Heavy Engineering Robot]

(Warning: Please go to an open area to claim your task reward!)

Upon seeing the task prompt, Xu Zhengyang immediately went outside the shelter and chose to complete the task.

As soon as Xu Zhengyang clicked to complete it, everything fell into place!

In the next moment, a giant robot, standing a full twenty meters tall and resembling a crane, appeared before him!

[GX-3 Heavy Engineering Robot]

[Attributes]

(Strength: 30 / Agility: 5 / Intelligence: 1 / Spirit: 0 / Stamina: 20)

[Skills]

(Heavy Transformation: The Engineering Robot can transform into various heavy engineering machinery such as heavy cranes, heavy excavators, and heavy concrete mixers according to engineering needs)

[Evaluation: The most popular violent engineering machine of the 22nd century!]

"Awesome!"

After reading the attributes of the GX-3 Heavy Engineering Robot, Xu Zhengyang was incredibly excited! With this heavy engineering robot, Xu Zhengyang's efficiency in building the shelter could be multiplied!

Immediately after, Xu Zhengyang opened his task list to check the latest main quest:

[Main Quest: Power II (In Progress)]

[Your shelter is becoming increasingly solid, and the functional areas are becoming more refined, but likewise, the shelter's power supply is becoming increasingly strained, and the power gap is growing larger.

Because of this, you need to build new power facilities to compensate for the shelter's power shortage.]

[Task Objective: Build a power plant with a comprehensive power generation efficiency of no less than 10 megawatt-hours.]

[Task Reward: Dimensional Pocket Upgrade Device III]

After reading the task details, Xu Zhengyang was momentarily stunned, then lowered his head in thought.

A power of 10 megawatt-hours means that the power plant must be able to generate a maximum of ten thousand kilowatt-hours in one hour. Moreover, the task also requires comprehensive power generation efficiency, which means the power plant must be stable.

With all these requirements combined, the only way to meet this task's demands would be to build a small thermal power plant within the shelter.

"Since such high walls have already been built, what's the harm in constructing a thermal power plant in the yard? After all, there's only the last half a year left. If I can just drag it out a bit, I can get through it!"

Xu Zhengyang said, immediately turning to Da Bai, "Da Bai, help me search online and compare the parameters of various generator sets! I need to build a power plant in the shelter with a power output greater than 10 megawatt-hours!"

"Yes, Master."

As soon as Da Bai's voice fell, it had already completed Xu Zhengyang's command and sent over twenty links related to generator sets to Xu Zhengyang's phone.

Although there were many links, the more Xu Zhengyang looked, the deeper his frown became.

This was because the links Da Bai sent him were all for generator sets powered by internal combustion engines.

While these generator sets were clean and tidy, they required fuel!

What Xu Zhengyang discovered beneath the shelter was a coal mine, not an oil field. What he wanted was a thermal generator set that used a boiler to drive a steam turbine, which in turn drove a generator!

(End of Chapter)