Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

"The steel mill over there is being rebuilt. Who among you will go help?"

"Wen Yan, you go."

Wang Wenyan was a truthful person; letting him take control of production seemed quite appropriate.

"The supplies we brought are not overly abundant. The allocation for each person needs to be just right. Until we find a new stable source, we must tighten our belts. And even after we find a new acquisition channel, we can't waste resources at will. We must have enough control over the big picture."

"If the lord doesn't mind, I'd like to give it a try." Yafei volunteered.

Bai E chuckled and waved them off, "Go ahead, I await your good news."

Bai E was full of confidence in the players.

Although these guys were often unruly, when it came to achieving their goals, they were the most willing to work hard in the world.

Because... he was also a player.

After handing over the daily task qualifications that originally belonged to Kuang Xin and the others to these three players, Bai E waited with ease.

If these three players proved to be competitive enough, then the overall framework for the town's development would be basically established.

Before waiting for the good news to arrive, in order to prepare to teach these players, Bai E first leveled up his own skills. After all, how could he teach others if he didn't know it himself?

Basic Steel Smelting Process... maxed out!

Basic Parts Forging Process... maxed out!

Advanced Steel Smelting Process... maxed out!

Advanced Parts Forging Process... maxed out!

[Technology — Basic Steel Smelting Process (3/3 level): You have mastered the basic steel smelting processes and can forge most common ores. From now on, you can oversee the construction of steel production furnaces, producing most conventional steel and somewhat increasing production efficiency. Production rate +30%, and qualification to learn "Advanced Technology — Advanced Steel Smelting Process" unlocked.]

[Technology — Advanced Steel Smelting Process (1/1 level): You have mastered even more advanced steel smelting processes, capable of producing special high-grade steel with a small probability. From now on, there is a certain probability to produce advanced steel materials in the steel you smelt, with advanced steel completion rate +10%.]

[Technology — Basic Parts Forging Process (3/3 level): You have mastered the basic parts forging processes... Production rate +30%, and qualification to learn "Advanced Technology — Advanced Parts Forging Process" unlocked.]

[Technology — Advanced Parts Forging Process (1/1 level): More advanced materials require more advanced forging processes... The advanced parts forging completion rate +10%.]

These skills were all dropped from the smart machines last time, and once you have the skill books, you just need to spend the experience to unlock the actual levels, just like the "Knowledge — Firearm Maintenance" that I initially acquired.

The only difference is that these abilities are "technology", and according to Bai E's own understanding of technology and knowledge, technology can be mass-produced repeatedly, so the experience required for these skills is also far greater than knowledge.

Basic technology level one needs 1000, and to max out three levels in total requires 9000 experience points.

Advanced technology has only one level, which also requires 1000 experience, and maxing out all four technologies cost Bai E a total of 20,000 experience points.

Bai E upgraded the four technologies almost without hesitation, fearing that any hesitation would make him regret the hard-earned experience.

After all, it was a significant expenditure of experience; previously, Bai E was unwilling to use his universal experience to level up, and if not for having just harvested a large sum of experience from the players, even if he wanted to, he would be powerless.

But now, since he wanted to develop the force seriously, he either wouldn't do it at all or he would do it to the best of his ability.

Developing the town always required an initial core pillar industry, and steel was a very good business.

Black Street had received orders and he had the basic technology in hand. Stay updated with My Virtual Library Empire

Both external and internal conditions were satisfied, and starting with steel also offered considerable future development potential.

The basis of all modern facilities is steel; it's the steel that opens the possibility of building one's own Cosmic Legion.

As for parts forging, it was the foundation of development.

Being able to smelt qualified steel could only make one a merchant supplying "raw materials", but only a force that can utilize the steel can really develop and grow stronger.

One day...

Two days...

"Captain, we should head back." You glanced at the bustling construction site in the distance and then at the time on his wrist, reminding Bai E by his side.

They had been out for quite some time. Although the military camp offered a degree of flexibility in terms of the duration of special squads' missions, they couldn't stretch it too far...

If it went on much longer, it wouldn't be so easy to gloss over upon returning.

"I know." Bai E nodded, shifting his gaze from the pioneering players who were winding down from chasing various residual wild threats in the depths of the town's hidden corners.

After the initial two days of frenzy, the frequency at which players came to learn in the last half had dropped significantly.

The lack of monsters providing experience was one factor; having learned most of what they needed to learn was another.

Bai E didn't offer them all of his capabilities, only roughly equivalent to what the Faction Shop provided on the first and second floor, so Kuang Xin and the others wouldn't feel their previous efforts were in vain.