165: Chapter 165 Old Man Huang, you should learn it.

That player pointed at the bucket, looking heartbroken:

"Are you stupid? You take 100-degree boiling water and pour it into this 10-degree dirty water. If you add the temperatures together, won't that bucket of water become over a hundred degrees?! Aren't you afraid of scalding your intestines to death if you drink it?!"

Zhou Qiunan realized the truth and slapped his thigh:

"Holy crap! That makes sense! I almost scalded myself to death!"

The onlookers exclaimed: "Are there experts here too?"

Lin Li, standing not far away, had an NPC cold face that was already as black as the bottom of a pot.

"This bunch of idiots..."

He sighed heavily, feeling helpless.

He couldn't bear to watch any longer, turned around, and quickened his pace toward Kane's workshop.

He walked quickly across the plaza and went straight into Kane's personal mechanical workshop.

Nowadays, with the massive industrial resources poured into Shelter, this workshop had become extremely sci-fi.

Precision instruments and servo-arms emitting a faint glow were displayed all around, and holographic data projections floated in mid-air.

At this moment, Kane was standing in front of a complex machine tool, huddled with a player, discussing some blueprints in low voices.

Lin Li recognized that player.

His ID was [Qianlong Wuyong].

It was said that in the real world, this kid was the youngest genius engineer at the Academy of Sciences.

As a true genius, he naturally carried an air of arrogance, rarely mingling with the silly players who only knew how to mess around and grind monsters.

But he happened to get along very well with Kane, that tech-priest.

The two of them often holed up in the workshop, researching blueprints for the entire day.

Hearing the heavy metal door open, the two stopped what they were doing.

"Lord."

Kane turned around, his mechanical prosthetic eye flickering, "You came here personally, is there anything you need to instruct me on?"

Lin Li said casually with his hands behind his back: "Oh, nothing, just wandering around."

But he quickly realized he had come with information, "Wait, no, I have real business."

Lin Li coughed twice and pulled up a chair to sit:

"It's like this. I just received news that an armed rebellion against the governor and high-ranking priests has occurred on the Gorgon industrial planet not far from us. The mastermind behind it shows signs of the Logic Sect's involvement."

"You happen to be a conservative who drifted over from that direction, so I came to ask you. Do you have any acquaintances over there?"

Hearing this, Kane's half-mechanical face, hidden under his red robe, showed no emotion.

"The Logic Sect? Impossible."

Kane answered very decisively, denying the speculation without hesitation,

"In this star sector, besides me, there are absolutely no other Logic Sect members."

"Why are you so sure?" Lin Li asked.

"Because decades ago, when the Warp in this sector first began to fluctuate, I tried using my sect's highest-level encrypted frequency to call out within this region."

Kane shook his head, "There was no response. If there were really any members lurking on Gorgon, it would be impossible for them not to respond to me."

Lin Li nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.

"Not your people? Then it's fine."

Lin Li stood up, "Probably some other ambitious person causing trouble. I'll head back first."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Just then, Kane suddenly spoke up again, his synthesized electronic voice revealing a rare trace of urgency.

"My Lord, please wait! You just said... a full-scale rebellion occurred on that industrial planet? The governor and the priests responsible for production are all dead?"

"Yeah, they're all dead. Right now, it's just gangs and rebel armies fighting each other." Lin Li turned his head.

"Praise the Omnissiah! This is a god-sent opportunity for us to acquire lost technology!"

Kane's red mechanical prosthetic eye instantly lit up like a searchlight,

"Every Forge World or industrial planet is usually controlled by local high-ranking tech-priests who hold the core production technology archives!"

"Now that they are in internal turmoil and the upper management is paralyzed, the temple's security system will definitely have vulnerabilities!"

Kane walked forward, somewhat excited,

"My Lord, this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! But I must remind you: although your immortal clones are brave in battle, they don't know what valuable technology is! If you let them explore, I fear they will sell precious forge templates as scrap metal, which would be highly inefficient!"

Lin Li rubbed his chin: "So?"

"So I request that you authorize me to lead the team!"

Kane bowed with his hand on his chest,

"I can personally lead a squad of clone soldiers to Gorgon for deep exploration. Perhaps I can bring back some industrial manufacturing templates that Shelter urgently needs!"

Lin Li looked at this elderly red-robed guy whose body was mostly made of metal and couldn't help but frown.

"Do you really have to go yourself?"

Lin Li was a bit worried,

"That place is currently full of street fighting; it's a total mess. It's not safe at all. Can't you just honestly stay home and do logistics research?"

Kane seemed to hear the doubt in Lin Li's words regarding his combat strength.

He did not refute it.

Instead, he turned around silently and walked to a weapon rack next to the machine tool.

"Hummm—!"

Kane pulled out a giant battle-axe with one hand, which had just been reforged using Shelter's resources!

The design of this axe was extremely wild.

On the massive gear-shaped axe blade, blue light from a high-frequency disruption field flickered.

The heavy handle was even taller than Kane himself!

Kane held this Omnissiah's Axe, weighing several hundred jin, in one hand and swung it casually in the air, creating a heart-stopping whistling sound.

"My Lord."

Kane turned his head, his half-mechanical face revealing a cold, murderous intent,

"You seem to have forgotten that as a Tech-Priest, in order to pursue the lost knowledge of the Machine God, I am always prepared to fight for the truth. This body itself is a weapon of slaughter."

Looking at that gear-shaped axe capable of splitting an armored vehicle in half.

Lin Li swallowed his saliva and immediately retracted his earlier disdain.

The NPCs in this Warhammer world are truly not to be trifled with!

"Ah... alright. You're awesome."

Lin Li nodded and generously delegated authority, "Go publish the recruitment mission yourself to pick your people. Be careful, stay safe."

...

Half an hour later.

Lin Li stood at the edge of the plaza, watching old Kane, along with Qianlong Wuyong and a dozen fully armed, high-combat-power players, board a small shuttle and quickly disappear into the clouds.

Withdrawing his gaze, Lin Li turned and walked back to the underground main control room.

"The industrial foundation of Gorgon is important, but that is a long-term plan after all."

Lin Li sat on the wide command chair, looking at the star map,

"You have to eat one bite at a time. The top priority right now is to first resolve the major threat of Mobius Prime!"

Now.

The Mobius expeditionary fleet has been completely annihilated in boarding battles.

In the hands of Governor Cromwell, there is now only a lone capital Hive City left.

Next, it is time for the Spark Alliance to take the initiative and attack!

The battle plan is simple.

Lin Li drew two red lines on the star map,

"First, send the player fleet over to take the orbital defense platform above the Hive City. Cut off their air superiority. Then, air-drop directly to conduct street fighting in the Hive City!"

Although Lin Li failed to get explicit support from the Ecclesiarchy bishop.

This means the process of overthrowing the governor might face some resistance from civilians, and progress will be a bit slower.

But Lin Li was not worried.

"As long as we use absolute force to completely eliminate those upper-class nobles, the remaining gangs and Adeptus Arbites will basically be no problem."

This is the common ailment of a feudal slave society.

The people at the bottom are just tools to be exploited; they will never truly support this social system."

They do indeed believe in the Emperor on the Golden Throne and are willing to serve the Emperor.

"But you, Governor Cromwell, are not the Emperor!"

"As long as you can give the people at the bottom a bite to eat, in their eyes, is there any difference who serves as the governor?"

"As long as we crush this bloodsucker Cromwell, the hearts of the people in the entire Mobius galaxy can be pacified instantly!"

And once the Spark Alliance completely takes Mobius Prime.

Then occupying the remaining peripheral planets in this galaxy will just be a matter of time.

By then, The Fire Seed Shelter, whether in terms of population base or industrial productivity, will usher in a terrifying explosive growth!

Lin Li immediately connected to Ushtan's communication channel.

"Old Wu, work's here."

Lin Li issued battle instructions into the communicator,

"You immediately take the lead in establishing a General Staff Headquarters and draw up three different tactical plans for the landing battle on Mobius Prime for me."

"This battle is different from the past; the scale is unprecedented. You incorporate all the The Fourth Calamity, those dozen or so Thunder Warriors of ours, and the guard in Shelter's basement—these three core forces—into this battle sequence!"

Lin Li specifically instructed:

"Remember, except for these three forces, do not use a single one of the local Defense Force from Coastal City or Shahe Town! Let them all stay where they are to maintain public order."

This decision had a deeper meaning.

Although the native soldiers of Coastal City and Shahe Town had already surrendered to the Spark Alliance.

But the cruel ruling authority of the galaxy governor had left a deep-seated fear in their bones.

Taking this group of awe-struck soldiers to attack the governor's capital.

Once the battle situation suffers a setback, they will easily experience a large-scale collapse of morale.

This kind of siege warfare can only be gnawed through by the hard-headed The Fourth Calamity!

After solving the military deployment for the expedition.

Lin Li opened the computer and checked the progress bar of the main quest again.

Currently.

The players' footprints have already traversed most of the planets in this galaxy through various missions and trading.

The star map of the entire Yuanwang Star System has only two gray, unknown areas left that haven't been lit up. One is an agricultural planet called Ceres;

The other is a smaller, unknown planet located in the same orbit as the Gorgon industrial world.

As long as the fog of war over these two places is cleared.

The main exploration quest of the entire galaxy will be considered completely finished.

He was very curious: if the main quest is completed, what kind of black technology will be unlocked on level B7 of Shelter?

Moreover, with the expansion of the territory.

The 100,000 closed beta player slots currently released by Shelter are already clearly stretched thin.

"If level B7 unlocks and the clone production capacity doubles, at the very least, it should give me another 100,000 new player extradition slots, right?"

Lin Li rubbed his chin and suddenly had a question.

"But... are there really that many hardcore players on Earth who meet the system's screening criteria? 200,000 holographic simulation players—that's not a small base."

"Oh, I remember now. 73 said that this thing pulls souls from across the multiverse. It's not just our Earth!"

Lin Li then wore the smile of a capitalist harvesting leeks.

"Hehe, then there won't be a shortage of people. I don't care which parallel universe you're from on Earth; pull them all over here to be free labor!"

"Old Man Huang, you just need to learn."