Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 771: Chapter 733: Rich!

Having earned a hefty profit from the sale of Armor, Rocky naturally wouldn’t let this huge sum rust in the vault; he immediately spent all the Gold Coins.

Making money is hard, spending it is easy—everyone understands this principle, and it’s even more applicable to Rocky, who now governs two Sky Cities and one land-based hub, meaning there are not only numerous places to spend money, it practically disappears into an endless pit.

Take Thunderhawk City, for example, which was undergoing a city upgrade. Although Rocky had already allocated tens of millions of Gold Coins for this major project months ago, this was now ancient history, and those millions had already been almost entirely spent within a few months.

It’s undeniable that the rate of spending was incredibly high, yet it was to be expected. Consider that just one large Super Crystal could cost close to ten million Gold Coins, and expanding city districts, enlarging the Skyport, building new Skyports, and reconstructing research facilities—all of these are major projects, so tens of millions of Gold Coins are spent the moment they are spoken for.

Luckily, Rocky had anticipated this, preparing for a prolonged campaign even before upgrading. Now, benefiting directly from the booming Armor sales, he put the regular income directly into city upgrades.

While these inputs weren’t as massive initially, not reaching tens of millions of Gold Coins, their value lay in their sustainability. At least before the war officially began, the sales of Tank Armor and Thunderhawk Armor remained brisk. Thus, Rocky could persistently channel substantial amounts of Gold Coins into city upgrades and, once the war truly erupted, he believed Armor sales would surge even more, allowing the situation to sustain until the city upgrade was completely achieved.

Of course, Rocky’s investment in city upgrades wasn’t his only focus; he only used general income for that purpose while using the other portion to strengthen his forces.

Just like the other City Lords in the skies, facing the three major forces targeting him, Rocky also needed to make ample preparations for the third counterattack war. So, aside from waiting for the Apple Tree Corporation to deliver more Rune Battleships, he also began gradually expanding his Armor force.

Although Thunderhawk City now had two armories, ever since the first one was operational, he hardly had them produce Armor for himself, aside from the initial push to breach the blockade of City of Fury. They were primarily used to fulfill orders.

Now, with two armories in Thunderhawk City doubling the output, Rocky finally had some opportunity to profit for himself. Therefore, once he finished some large orders, he allocated the order completion tasks to one armory temporarily while the other began producing Tank-type Armors in large quantities for Backhill Village.

According to Rocky’s judgment, once the counterattack war erupted, world peace would end completely. At that time, the enraged Demons would inevitably counterattack furiously, and their primary targets would naturally be the various industries and bases on land. Then, all land industries would become extremely precarious, with Backhill Village being no exception.

Therefore, it was essential for Rocky to enhance the defensive capabilities of Backhill Village. Although the village’s defenses currently seemed strong, this was only by present standards. If these standards were raised, one would realize that Backhill Village’s defenses were still very fragile.

Rocky had once asked Aniye and Athena about the scenes of the previous two counterattack wars. According to Aniye, once the war erupted, the number of demons would increase exponentially. The number of demons currently harassing Backhill Village might be only a few hundred, or at most a few thousand, but during the wartime, the number faced by Backhill Village could easily be several thousand, or even tens of thousands of demons.

Facing so many demons, with the current strength of Backhill Village, it was simply impossible to hold. They had to increase the input of defensive forces, and among these, the priority was naturally the Tank Armor.

Since the first version of Tank Armor had been designed, several years had passed, and it had undergone three generations of change. It could be said that the Tank-type Armor was now a very mature and practical armor. Deploying this mature armor en masse to the defensive forces of Backhill Village was the best choice. Moreover, the manufacturing cost of Tank-type Armor was not high, and training drivers was considerably easier than training traditional Void Magic Warriors. It was undeniably the most suitable option.

Besides massively producing Tank Armor, Rocky was also producing another major weapon, the Moving Fortress!

Ever since he had obtained the Moving Fortress, Rocky had witnessed its formidable combat power time and again in defense battles. It was no exaggeration to say that if the Wanzhong Kingdom had not failed to last until the end, which resulted in the research institute in Kasin City not obtaining the resources to fully construct the Moving Fortress, it would have been hard to say whether Kasin City could have been conquered by the demons!

Because the combat power of the Moving Fortress was simply too overwhelming. With its steel-built body and incredibly formidable attacking power, it was truly a nightmare for the demons. Also, let’s not forget that after obtaining the Moving Fortress, Thunderhawk City’s research team modernized this giant, thereby making the combat power of the Moving Fortress even stronger. It had now become an insurmountable barrier within the Defensive Net of Backhill Village. Not just a few hundred demons, even thousands of demons appearing together would not stand a chance to cross half a step past the fortress.

And of course, Rocky would not forget such a major weapon, so he planned to use this last bit of time before the war erupted to build another Moving Fortress.

This matter was not technically difficult for Rocky, as he not only possessed all the research materials to develop the Moving Fortress, but his research team had thoroughly understood this giant, inside and out, through the opportunity of its modernization, making its manufacture not difficult at all.

The only difficulty was production. A Moving Fortress, unlike Tank Armor, could not possibly be manufactured in a factory, as there simply were no factories capable of producing Moving Fortresses in the world today. Thus, Rocky had to find another way, and for this purpose, he specifically sought Orton, who was fully engaged in promoting Thunderhawk City’s armament plan. Orton, truly a master, immediately thought of a solution based on his experience leading various major projects and constructions—assembly.

Thunderhawk City now had its own arsenal, hence it could produce some of the parts needed for the Moving Fortress as far as possible. As for the original parts that Thunderhawk City could not produce, they could be purchased from external sources. With all the necessary parts procured, assembling the Moving Fortress in Backhill Village was then feasible.

It must be said, Orton was indeed cunning as Elder Jiang, solving a major problem with just one strategy. Naturally, Rocky immediately decided to implement this method and began to order a large number of parts needed for the Moving Fortress from external sources.

Of course, such a task was not as simple as just talking about it; it still required money, and a lot of money at that. But luckily, Rocky had money now.