Crawling out of the remote control cabin, Jiang Ye felt like he had just finished a long gaming session, exhausted yet exhilarated.
Outside the window, it was pitch black. Glancing at his watch, he realized it was already three in the morning.
Famished, he hurried to the kitchen to find something to eat.
The house was so quiet he could hear his own breathing. Other than that, the only sound was the faint whirring of the floor-cleaning robot downstairs, a rather lonely symphony.
Jiang Ye thought again that such a large house truly lacked a mistress; otherwise, it felt too desolate.
The war situation had improved. He wondered when the seed company's spaceship would arrive, but Jiang Ye had a premonition it would be soon.
He took out his phone to check his basic information.
The development index was climbing rapidly, having already broken through 8,000 points and currently standing at 8,018.
His account balance remained a meager few tens of millions. All the money earned had been poured into building factories. Factories were mushrooming around the cities, showing a trend of occupying more land than residential areas.
Jiang Ye sent a message to Feng Zhi Shuang: "Recently, we need a lot of money to buy remote control cabins. For now, don't build so many small factories. If there's a particularly profitable factory, you can build one and save some money."
It was already late at night, and he expected Feng Zhi Shuang to be asleep. To his surprise, a reply came as soon as he sent the message.
Feng Zhi Shuang: "Received. The military factory has a new major item. Do you want to consider building it?"
She also sent a screenshot, which clearly showed the newly unlocked military factory project.
Jiang Ye was stunned the moment he saw it – the nuclear weapons he had been longing for had finally appeared!
[Factory Type: Manufacturing - Integrated Silo Nuclear Missile Factory]
[Factory Description: Occupies an area of 50,000 square meters, with tight defenses. The main body is located underground, but it can also be built in shallow waters. A nuclear missile factory can produce one nuclear missile per week and move it into a silo for storage. The control room is located beneath the silo.]
[Weapon Parameters: Zao-type small nuclear missile. In plain areas, its destructive radius is approximately 500 square kilometers. Its range is 10,000 kilometers, with a landing error within a hundred meters. It is difficult to intercept and possesses considerable power, making it an inexpensive and effective long-range nuclear weapon.]
[Construction Cost: 8.75 billion yuan]
[Maintenance Cost: 1 billion per week]
Jiang Ye was naturally tempted. As the saying goes, explosions are art, and who wouldn't love such grand art?
However, the entire planet did not need such a thing at the moment. The Mill people's offensive had already weakened, and it was unlikely they would send any more troublesome war machines. Most of the population was under Jiang Ye's jurisdiction, with no significant hostile forces. There were also no indigenous creatures that needed to be wiped out on a large scale.
Even more critically, the maintenance cost was exorbitant. Spending a billion a week to maintain a nuclear missile would amount to over fifty billion a year. Wouldn't it be better to use so much money for infrastructure development?
Jiang Ye: "No need, not building it for now. We can consider it later when we have more spare money."
Feng Zhi Shuang: "Okay, I also meant not to build it for now, but many generals are fanatically obsessed with such weapons, so I came to ask you."
Jiang Ye: "Obsession is obsession, but an empty wallet can bring clarity."
After dealing with official matters, Jiang Ye went to bed and slept until noon the next day, only to be woken by a phone call.
Drowsily, he reached out from under the covers and pressed the answer button.
"Log in, log in! The first main city on Birong Star has been built!" Isabel's cheerful voice exclaimed. "A new big dragon has also been discovered, and everyone is fighting it. If you log in now, you might still be able to get a share of the spoils!"
"Wait a moment, let me get up and have some breakfast. About half an hour," Jiang Ye yawned.
"Half an hour? Are you eating breakfast or unwrapping a mummy? Log in within twenty minutes, or you won't even get warm pee to drink!" Isabel hung up decisively.
Jiang Ye's forehead was covered in black lines. Who would want to drink warm pee! What strange pronouncements!
He crawled out of bed, quickly grabbed some leftover rice from the kitchen, went upstairs, and got into the remote control cabin.
The same process followed. After a brief soul departure, subtitles appeared:
[Notification: As the first main city on Birong Star has been established, there are now two spawn points. Please choose.]
[Birong Star Orbital Station] [Birong Star First Main City]
Jiang Ye decisively chose the second option.
When he opened his eyes, he was still lying in a bathtub filled with ice, freezing cold.
But the scene in the room had changed. It was much smaller than the room in the orbital station. In the corner, there were discarded paint buckets and lumber. The faux porcelain on the ceiling was clearly newly painted. It looked like the room had just been rushed to completion, and the renovation workers hadn't gone far.
Sunlight streamed in through the window, and a cacophony of sounds came from the street – mechanical noises and shouts, with faint gunshots and explosions in the distance.
"Quick, quick! Come out and change!" Isabel's head appeared at the door, and then she closed it.
Jiang Ye climbed out and put on his clothes, then went out.
"Buy mechs first!" Isabel pushed him back into the room.
There was a display screen on the wooden table. Jiang Ye clicked to log in. After confirming his information, the weapon purchase interface popped up.
His level had risen to 2, giving him more options.
First, he needed to learn skills. All three professions had new skills. Jiang Ye and Isabel both chose Gunner.
[Leap: No charge required. Unleashes powerful jumping force, instantly lifting you five meters or more off the ground. Can help you dodge attacks or reach high places inaccessible by hand.]
[Wildfire: Greatly swings the gun barrel horizontally, increasing the attack area. Suitable for dealing with large groups of enemies.]
The cost to learn both skills was 100,000 yuan.
Jiang Ye decisively chose Leap, and Isabel also chose Leap. After all, being able to jump high seemed more practical. Skills like Wildfire could be done with the arm, albeit with less stability.
Next was purchasing the Level 2 Gunner mech.
The Level 2 mech had better performance, with a 100% increase in endurance, a carrying capacity of 10,000 rounds, sturdier armor, and more agile controls.
Of course, the price was also higher – two million per set, which was practically daylight robbery.
He clicked to purchase. While waiting for the mechs to arrive, Jiang Ye thought of a question and turned to look at Isabel.
"Why are you always in my room whenever I spawn?"
Isabel stared at him with the look of an idiot. "We're from the same planet. Spawn points will be close to each other. My room is right next to yours."
"After a few days, when I procure a large batch of remote control cabins and officially bring the troops over to participate in the war, will our spawn points also be close together?" Jiang Ye asked.
"That's right," Isabel nodded. "But spawn points of similar levels will be close together. So, our spawn points will always be together. Every time you spawn, you'll see me as soon as you open your eyes, just like a baby seeing its mother when it's born."
Jiang Ye rolled his eyes, too lazy to scold her.
The room door opened, and two dark mechs entered, one after the other.
Both of them skillfully climbed into their mechs, left the room, and went down the stairs.
Upon reaching the street, Jiang Ye froze, his eyes struggling to take it all in!