Chapter 229 "Gold Devouring Beast"

One night passed, and a new day began. Everyone, whether familiar with the route or new to the mission, entered into intense work. A month is neither long nor short. No one knows which world the next mission will go to, and what kind of crisis will be encountered. Everyone must improve themselves as much as possible and be prepared to face all the unknowns.

Fleet, Huang, Argureas, Wang Liumei, and Jehart came to the conference room early in the morning to discuss the rules of the merit system, class system, and promotion system. Now the authority of Promise Fortress is too low, and many functions have not been opened, but according to the current actual conditions, a complete system must be formulated.

Otherwise, when will the authority of Promise Fortress be fully opened? It will be too late to formulate rules at that time.

As for the impact of the new function on the existing rules... just change it according to the new function. With a general outline, the remaining work is simple work such as modification and addition.

Full-time pilots such as Graham did not attend the meeting. They could be said to be heartless or to trust others. Anyway, they did not care much. They just needed to know the final result.

Everyone was not good at what everyone was good at. Everyone had their own division of labor. As combat members, all they had to do was to work hard to improve themselves and become stronger.

But then again, the battle for seats yesterday also had a result, exactly as Yang Hui predicted. The three selected were Asem, Wolf and Fram Nara. Dol Frost was indeed shortlisted, but in the end he was willing to give way to his sister and gave her the opportunity.

On the other side, Yang Hui and Graham came to the research institute together to find the [Skill Imprinter] mentioned by Mephis.

Graham's skill extraction and enhancement times were both 3 times, and he used them all. I don't know if he was punished for often taking away the body. None of the skills he drew could be used, and all needed to be copied.

"Let me see..."

Clicking on the technology tree panel of the research institute, a new page was added, which was the complete tree diagram of the Gundam AGE world, including all the technologies researched by the Federation, VEGAN, EXA-DB, and Yang Hui himself. And unlike the technology tree of the Gundam OO world, the technology tree of the Gundam AGE world has been fully lit up.

"... It's so complicated, it makes me dizzy." Graham complained.

"Don't say you, I feel the same way..."

It's not Graham's fault. Even Yang Hui, a professional scientific researcher, felt dizzy when looking at the intricate tree diagram. It was really too messy. Moreover, when each icon was clicked, branch technologies such as materials, armor, engines, radars, systems, and weapons would appear. Many of these branches were repeated.

If you are a science idiot, this is quite convenient. Just select the body you like for research, and the whole set of technology will be in hand. There is no need to study it in detail. Just hand it over to the production area for manufacturing.

But Yang Hui is different. He is a scientist. He not only needs to learn the basic technology of each world, but also integrate, merge, transform, and upgrade the technology of each world to develop better and more complete technology.

So the current tree diagram is not suitable.

"Mephis, can the technology tree panel be readjusted? Instead of classifying each world, each technology can be extracted to form a separate tree diagram?"

[Yes. ]

The next second after getting the answer, the technology tree panel changed, with more pages, but the content of each page is a single technology, which is much simpler and clearer.

Yang Hui chose the last page and found the [Skill Imprinter] that Mephis mentioned. It consumes very few resources, so Yang Hui lit it up directly.

Not only [Skill Imprinter], but there are also many very practical technologies in other pages, such as [Emergency Escape Device], which is an auxiliary device combined with the driving device. A coordinate can be set in advance. When the body is broken, the transmission device will be activated urgently to safely transmit the driver to the set coordinate, absolutely guaranteeing the driver's safety.

Moreover...

"Space teleportation technology! So cheap?" Yang Hui frowned. [Emergency Escape Device] already involves high-level space teleportation technology, which is a higher-level technology than VEDA and solar furnace. The price of this kind of science and technology is actually a little cheaper than [Skill Imprinter]. How is this possible?

With curiosity, Yang Hui lit up the [Emergency Escape Device] without hesitation and immediately made a set of them, as well as ten [Skill Imprinters].

After imprinting the useless skills, Yang Hui began to tinker with the [Emergency Escape Device], and then...

"... Mephis, can you tell me, how can a palm-sized chip have space teleportation technology? Is the pinnacle of science really magic?" Yang Hui looked at the chip in his hand with a complicated expression and asked Mephis. This thing has exceeded his understanding and is even about to destroy his worldview.

[Please rest assured, Commander, there are no concepts of anthropology such as metaphysics, theology, and magic in this fortress. This technology is not considered space teleportation technology. It is a consumable, and the technology in it cannot be studied. It is one of the benefits given to the commander by the fortress. 】

"Then how did this thing get logged into the tech tree panel?"

[Insufficient authority. 】

"Okay..."

Infinite worlds, infinite possibilities. Yang Hui certainly wouldn't take it for granted that all worlds are developing science and technology. There are no fantasy or magical worlds. Even many super-worlds have concepts like magic. But let's not talk about the fact that Mephis told him that all the worlds with mandatory tasks are based on his memory, and they are all worlds that add science and technology to Promise Fortress. Promise Fortress itself is a product of science and technology, and naturally there will be no magic in the traditional sense, at least after they have the ability to fight against unknown organizations and let Promise Fortress escape from hiding in the void.

But... every time Mephis told him that his authority was insufficient, he felt like he was stabbed in the heart, and there was nothing he could do. The development of the fortress must be gradual and can't be rushed.

"Then I'll go to train." After solving the problem of redundant skills, Graham naturally wouldn't stay in this place that gave him a headache. He also had to see how other people's training was going. As the second combat force of the fortress, he naturally had to take on the task of guiding others to become stronger.

Graham left, and Yang Hui stayed alone in the research area to familiarize himself with the new technology tree panel, and integrated the various technologies of the two worlds, taking the essence and removing the dross, and merging them into a unified standard technology.

…

Unconsciously, a week passed quietly, and the discussion of Huang and others temporarily came to a conclusion, and a series of rules and regulations had a preliminary framework. It was definitely not detailed enough, but it was enough for the current situation.

Yang Hui, who had been in the research area for a whole week, finally established the entire research area panel smoothly, and combined it with the current technology, and all technologies met the standard.

A quarter of the rest time has passed, and the rest of the time still cannot be relaxed, because the next mission will have twelve people participating at the same time. Excluding Huang and Wang Liumei, ten people's bodies need to be prepared. Yang Hui, Graham, Fleet, Asem, and Jehart all have their own bodies, but all need to be transformed and upgraded, and all the original things will be replaced with the summarized standard technology, and they also need to be specialized according to their respective driving styles.

And the bodies of Setsuna, Lyle, and Tieria need to be tailored again.

The rules of the production area have not changed, but have become more complicated. You can design the appearance, skeleton, structure, etc. of the machine by yourself, add various technologies and weapons, and after the design drawings are completed, the terminal in the production area will judge the integrity and rating, and finally give the resources and time required for manufacturing, and then start manufacturing.

This is more in line with Yang Hui's wishes. As an MS designer, he naturally prefers to design MS bit by bit according to the needs, and then manufacture and mass produce that kind of thing... Although it is necessary, he still doesn't like it. Before the scale of Promise Fortress expands and there is enough demand for standard equipment, he does not plan to use the production area to manufacture mass-produced MS.

Of course, the current technological level of Promise Fortress is not low. Among the black technologies obtained from EXA-DB, there are many parts and systems rated as A, which means that now it has the conditions to directly manufacture A-level machines.

But...

No one's driving skills have reached A-level!

The strongest Yang Hui and Graham have only recently entered B+. Flit, Asem, Gerhart, and Lyle are all B-level. Further down, Wolf, Setsuna, Tieria and others are only at the B-level. Even if they can make an A-level machine, no one can perfectly exert its ability, and it can only be used as a decoration.

Moreover, there is a very serious problem...

"Alas, it is not durable." Yang Hui looked at the few remaining resources and wanted to cry without tears. After opening three material gift packs, the resources that were originally very abundant were exhausted again in just half a month. The cost of a B-level machine and two B-machines is still very painful for the current Promise Fortress.

Fortunately, the machines of Yang Hui and others were only modified and strengthened instead of re-manufactured, otherwise the materials would really be insufficient.

Originally, I planned to use the assault landing mode of the Songstress as a sample to manufacture two battleships, but... the mines at home are not strong ε(┬┬﹏┬┬)3.

"Supplies are too scarce. I thought the research area was a gold-eating beast, but I didn't expect the production area to be the same." Huang complained, holding his painful forehead.

"There's nothing I can do. This is the first time I use it, and... I have a hunch that no matter how many mining areas we have and how advanced they are, supplies will be in short supply." Yang Hui sighed and said.

Yang Hui knew the operating mode of Promise Fortress too well. Now there are only research areas and production areas, but he has a hunch that there will be more and more gold-eating beasts in the future, and there will be upgrades to buildings... If I'm not wrong, it will definitely increase exponentially.