Chapter 166: Chapter 166 Rare Materials
Inside the Shelter.
Lin Yi made the final decision.
The hospital will be recycled and replaced with an armored fortress, and a recovery center will be built.
Everyone agreed that building a fortress was a good idea.
It will be a large reinforced structure; if the walls are breached, it can still serve as a shelter.
All service facilities in town, along with important locations, will be relocated there.
Of course, this won’t be cheap...
The Shelter clearly can’t afford it right now, and it also needs to expand the farmland...
So Lin Yi temporarily installed the filter in the armory, limiting its effective range to 300 meters.
The space-time detection radius of the Shelter has increased from 10 kilometers to 40 kilometers.
Upon entering the Space-Time Beacon.
Lin Yi noticed two bright areas.
Their light even illuminated part of the floating island.
The island looked like scorched earth.
He saw gray soil, decayed trees, and sparse black and yellow weeds.
The island’s terrain was rugged and mountainous, with several large craters and shell holes...
But he could only see about half of the island.
The most critical part, the city occupied by the Zombie General and his army, was out of sight...
Dinner time arrived.
Solomon began to report the results of the scavenging operation.
"Boss! We’ve compiled all the data. The Beastmen collected 22,000 tons of steel, and the Recycler organization scavenged..."
"Great, didn’t expect so much stuff... Did the Beastmen receive their share?"
"Yes, they are very satisfied, but there’s still a problem..."
"Go ahead."
"The Beastmen only eat meat, and in large quantities... each of them has already eaten about ten pounds of rabbit meat. They could have eaten more, but their leader, Ter Liu, stopped them there..."
"That’s just a little scheme from the Beastman Lord, but it’s fine!"
Lin Yi turned to Sylvie.
"Is everything going well on your side?"
"Boss! I’ve successfully crafted a Level 2 Throwing Spear, Emmanuel was a big help; he brought someone with deep knowledge of medieval armor."
The red-haired girl looked satisfied; she finally felt that her small request was within reach.
Lin Yi focused, and found a long spear and a throwing spear in the armory.
[Sylvie’s Spear, Level 2]:
A weapon crafted by an amateur.
It’s not as bad as the previous one, thanks to the workbench and outside help, having such quality. It’s lightweight, well-balanced, and two and a half meters long.
[Main Attributes]:
Attack Power 13.
Durability 10/10.
Weight 1.7 pounds
[Value: 35 Coins].
[Sylvie’s Throwing Spear, Level 2]:
An unexpectedly outstanding weapon.
It’s lightweight and has strong lethality.
Length: 3 meters.
Effective Range: 300 square.
[Main Attributes]:
Attack Power 18,
Durability 6/6,
Weight 0.5 pounds,
Value: 70 Coins.
[Sylvie’s creation purely by luck, tell her not to be vain!]
Lin Yi’s mouth twitched but still said.
"Quite nice! Really quite nice! Start mass production. By the way, how are the other Weapon Smiths doing?"
"Including me and Camille, we now have four Weapon Smiths."
Sylvie quickly answered, then thought a bit and added.
"Emmanuel agreed to find some capable people among the new residents."
"Alright, but keep a Skill Book just in case. If any Weapon Smith gets into an accident, we don’t want to be left without a Skill Book, what about the recipes?"
"Boss... The recipes are extremely expensive! The Doomsday Warrior Armor requires 140,000 Coins and a large number of rare resources, some of which don’t exist on Earth.
We can substitute with Earth materials, but I can’t even imagine—like ’Crystal Rod’... We also need Gold. A lot of Gold!
Then there’s Diamond, titanium, lithium, tungsten, uranium, and many other strangely named things..."
Sylvie took a breath and continued.
"The AP-1 assault rifle requires 60,000 Coins, according to Louis, its operating principle is electromagnetic mass amplification. It’s mostly made of Earth materials but has a certain alien core, accounting for two-thirds of the price! The Doomsday Warhorse is a motorcycle and requires 220,000 Coins."
"How can a motorcycle be so expensive?!" Lin Yi almost shouted.
Hearing these prices, he nearly had a heart attack.
At this moment, Louis interjected, "Boss! Trust me, it’s worth it! It can transform into a robot! Really!"
"...Forget it, but where do we get so many rare resources..."
"Smartphones!"
Suddenly, the inconspicuous Zoe raised her hand.
"There are a bunch of rare materials inside smartphones, and computers and similar devices have them too. iPhone casings used to be made of titanium or similar materials!"
The crowd was dumbfounded as they looked at Zoe. She always made such a stunning entrance.
Zoe met everyone’s gaze calmly, but when her eyes met Lin Yi’s, her face blushed with shyness.
"Boss..."
"Well done! You’re truly my little strategist!"
Lin Yi laughed heartily and then looked at everyone.
"We need to dismantle all titanium alloy iPhone cases, as well as any unnecessary smartphones, and recycle them, and then..."
After dinner.
Everyone decided to gather all the gold jewelry previously distributed. They also needed to collect most of the smartphones and all unused computer equipment.
No one was allowed to reforge any rare metals into other materials during construction.
They didn’t discuss the level 4 recipes because each recipe would cost over a million Coins...
Nighttime.
For some reason, Lin Yi found it hard to sleep.
So he decided to take a walk around the community.
It was a bright night, with about two-thirds of the Shelter’s residents there...
There were even families with children taking a stroll, but most of the kids were gathered around the person making cotton candy, which he was giving away for free, of course.
Street vendors were making various delicacies, and someone organized a "Mortal Kombat" game tournament that was broadcast on a giant TV.
The number of spectators was astonishing...
The women’s courtyard was empty.
Thanks to the new "quota system," everyone had to sign up long in advance...
The stage was being used more frequently than before.
The members were mostly newcomers, walking around the new town, unable to believe their eyes.
Some were even moved to tears of joy, as they had long given up hope of returning to normal life...
Lin Yi listened to some music and even participated in the quarterfinals of the "Mortal Kombat" tournament, but was soundly defeated by a 12-year-old kid...
His combat reflexes were useless in the game, and he was eliminated in the third round.
After walking by the lake for a while.
Lin Yi suddenly stopped.
"The fish should have grown and reproduced by now... I can go fishing in a few days! I wonder if that little 12-year-old brat can beat me at fishing..."
...
It was a beautiful morning.
Lin Yi dreamed of going on a wonderful fishing trip, leading a group of fish-men to defeat his arch-nemesis—cat people...
The cat people suffered a humiliating defeat at his hands, and Lin Yi became a legendary general!
And then he fell into the water.
It was Chen Youyou...
The morning at the Shelter was fruitful.
After solving a few issues.
Lin Yi teleported to the Raon camp.
As a gesture of goodwill, he gave the old chief a barrel of Magical Lake Water and explained the medicinal value of the lake water in detail to him.
The old chief was moved to tears, expressing his deep gratitude.
Then, some beastmen continued dismantling the railway tracks, while others began dismantling houses.
A clever Mechanician came up with a new method using a mutated tractor to tear down small houses.
Louis used steam tank technology to modify the tractor’s engine.
These tractors looked bizarre and made unimaginable loud noises, aiding the beastmen in easily demolishing three-story buildings.
Louis’s cocktail also played a huge role; it could melt steel and turn concrete into dust, destroying all the load-bearing structures of the buildings.
Afterward, the tractor took over to complete the subsequent work.
Upon returning to the Shelter.
Lin Yi went to pick up the old Shaman and his apprentices.
They were waiting for him, already packed up, but the things they were bringing were incredibly numerous...
Lin Yi had built a wooden house in the central area of the Shelter specifically for the Shaman and his apprentices, with two bedrooms and a living room.
The Shaman had to be with his apprentices at all times, so that if he suddenly passed away, the young beastmen could immediately excavate his heart to eat?
Considering the Shaman’s age, Lin Yi knew he could kick the bucket at any time and agreed to it.
The old Shaman Teruo, seeing Lin Yi coming to pick him up, laughed heartily, with no trace of anger in his tone.
"Lord Lin Yi, you’re certainly not in a hurry!"
"I thought I’d let you sleep a little longer in the tribe, after all, in a year, you might not want to come back."
"Old Taru people like me go to bed early and rise early. We’ve waited for you for three cycles..."
"Alright, sit down!"
"What’s this?"
"It’s called a wheelchair, specifically for the elderly who have difficulty moving..."
"It’s truly amazing!"
The apprentices helped the old Shaman sit in the wheelchair, Lin Yi showed him how to use it, and pushed him around in a small circle.
The wheelchair also had an electric motor, so he could control it with just one finger.
The old Shaman quickly got accustomed to the wheelchair and was very pleased with the gift, smiling as he thanked him.
After arriving at the Shelter, the group of beasts.
Lin Yi pointed at Regina.
"My assistant will explain all our rules here to you, and she’ll also teach you how to use the electrical appliances in the house, but remember, she’s mine!"
"I understand..." The old Shaman nodded.
Regina picked up the Negotiation Board, introduced herself, then took the beastmen on a tour of the house, showing them how to use the television, laptop, bathroom, bathtub, and other things^
Meanwhile, Lin Yi and little girl Natasha tinkered with the laptop but ended up having to call in old Louis.
The three of them together sketched out their envisioned "Old Long Wall," and then designed a movable version...