71: Chapter 71 The Secret Base on the Moon

Su Fan arrived at the first-floor bedroom.

The bedroom was unoccupied, so there were no clothes in the wardrobe.

"Red Queen, why did you choose the wardrobe for the entrance instead of under the bed or somewhere else?"

Su Fan opened the wardrobe door and immediately discovered a downward-sloping entrance. Inside the entrance were simple, clean stairs for easy descent.

"Master, according to internet data, wardrobes are more discreet and convenient for hiding people."

"Hiding people in wardrobes... can you be a bit more serious? If I go in, am I going to end up as 'Old Wang next door'?" Su Fan complained helplessly.

Following the downward-sloping stairs, Su Fan arrived inside the family shelter.

The entire shelter was very spacious, constructed entirely of materials with a silver-white metallic luster.

After walking around for a bit, Su Fan lost interest. After all, it was just an empty shell with nothing much to see.

Returning to the surface, Su Fan thought for a moment and decided it would be better to upgrade the Red Queen first.

So, he slowly made his way to the laboratory researching virtual reality technology.

Putting on the helmet connected to the virtual reality world, he began to organize and output the information about intermediate artificial intelligence from his mind.

Actually, the current primary virtual reality technology was in a bit of an awkward spot.

It was stronger than the brainwave output Su Fan had developed before, but it couldn't compare to advanced virtual reality technology.

Now that the system had upgraded, he could completely exchange for advanced virtual reality technology.

Furthermore, it could be manifested directly, without the need for research and development.

This left Su Fan quite speechless. Had he known the system upgrade would include a manifestation function, why would he have bothered staying up late and grinding so hard to develop those black technologies?

Soon, the data for the intermediate artificial intelligence was organized.

He spent another half hour writing an intermediate AI core engine based on this data, adding a few restrictions to the artificial intelligence.

Then he tossed these things to the Red Queen, letting her perform a self-iterative upgrade. With the restrictions in the core code, he wasn't worried about her rebelling.

After settling the Red Queen's matters, the next step was to upgrade the virtual reality technology.

"System, exchange for advanced virtual reality technology."

"Respected host, advanced virtual reality technology is worth 720,000 influence points. Do you confirm the exchange?"

"Exchange." Su Fan did not hesitate.

"Do you wish to manifest it?"

Su Fan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can I manifest a production line?"

"If I only manifest the finished products, I'll still need a production line for mass production."

The system was quiet for a moment.

"Yes, but it will cost extra influence points!"

"How much extra?" Su Fan almost spat out a mouthful of saliva aged since 1995.

"A Virtual Helmet production line plus a Virtual cabin production line; manifesting two production lines costs double the influence points!"

"Meaning 7.2 million multiplied by two?"

"Correct." The system's voice was mechanical and emotionless.

"14.4 million! Why don't you just go commit a robbery!" Su Fan's voice rose.

"You get what you pay for. Buy it or leave it!"

"System, you've really changed!" Su Fan wailed.

"I'll buy it, I'll buy it! If I hadn't had enough of staying up late to grind, I definitely wouldn't buy it!"

Virtual reality technology was different from artificial intelligence. AI was pure software technology, while virtual reality involved not only software but also biology and machine bionics, requiring immense energy to research and produce Virtual Helmets and cabins.

"Respected host, a total of 14.4 million influence points. Do you wish to pay for manifestation now?"

"No rush, no rush. There's currently no place to manifest the production lines."

Su Fan planned to find a secret and safe place first to manifest the e-class doomsday survival base, and then manifest the production lines inside the base. It would be both safe and confidential.

Though he knew that this so-called safety and confidentiality was only what he perceived it to be.

After waiting patiently for the Red Queen for a while, Su Fan left.

The Red Queen had finished her upgrade. Compared to the previous primary AI, she had become more intelligent, and her computing efficiency was stronger!

Arriving at the docking site of kunpeng no. 1, the first kunpeng no. 1 was quietly parked there.

It was now November, a month since the delivery of the third kunpeng no. 1, so the fourth kunpeng no. 1 had already been produced.

Besides the one delivered to Xia Country and the two used by Super God Group staff for missions between Earth and the Moon, the remaining one became Su Fan's exclusive ride.

Entering the interior of the spacecraft, there was no one else inside.

"Red Queen, target Moon, depart now," Su Fan ordered.

"Understood, Captain!" Generally, the Red Queen called Su Fan 'Master' outside the ship and 'Captain' inside.

Along the way, Su Fan saw the Space Military Factory being built in Earth's outer space. Once the military factory was completed, it could rapidly produce spaceships and other facilities.

Su Fan did not stop near the military factory but flew straight to the Moon.

In the center of a massive mountain range on the Moon, Su Fan arrived aboard kunpeng no. 1.

He had been wandering above the Moon for a long time just to find a hidden place to build the base.

The terrain here belonged to a highland area and was entirely composed of mountain ranges, offering excellent concealment.

Where Su Fan docked was in front of the highest peak in the mountain range.

He intended to use Bionic Nano-Ants to excavate a space beneath the mountains that could accommodate the e-class doomsday survival base without damaging the surface.

Without the Bionic Nano-Ants, relying solely on engineering machinery or tunnel boring machines for this volume of work would take an eternity.

If he used explosives, it would be easy to damage the surface.

Wearing his Aerospace Armor, Su Fan stepped off the ship and released the Bionic Ant Queen.

Countless nano-mechanical ants crawled out of the Ant Queen's body and slowly permeated the ground.

The doomsday survival base required a space 10 kilometers long, 10 kilometers wide, and 3 kilometers high. More detailed parameters had already been sent to the Ant Queen via the Red Queen.

According to the Red Queen's calculations, this project would last an entire day.

Su Fan couldn't be bothered to calculate it himself; he wasn't a nitpicker and didn't need to dwell on the issue.

A day later, the underground cavern was dug. Su Fan flew kunpeng no. 1 down through the massive entrance of the cavern.

The cavern was dug three kilometers beneath the mountain range, very deep.

Consequently, the entrance tunnel was also very long, calculated at a 30-degree downward slope.

According to the principles of a right-angled triangle, the side opposite a 30-degree angle is half the hypotenuse.

Therefore, the length of the downward-sloping passage was approximately 6 kilometers.

Arriving underground, Su Fan stepped off the ship and stared blankly at the massive space.

The cavern was empty and clean, surrounded on all sides by neat walls made of silver metal, which were very smooth.

Su Fan shouted a couple of times and, as expected, heard his own echo.

Business first. He opened the system, paid 9.9 million influence points directly, and chose to manifest the e-class doomsday survival base.

After making the selection, he hurriedly boarded the ship and quickly returned to the surface through the passage.

The doomsday survival base was about to manifest; he didn't want to be crushed into meat paste down there!

After waiting a while, the downward passage was suddenly blocked by a massive piece of metal.

Seeing this, Su Fan knew that his secret survival base had been successfully manifested.

This massive piece of metal was the base's gate!

With excitement and trepidation, Su Fan walked to the front of the gate. After a series of initial identity registrations, he opened the massive base gate!

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