Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

When Knight followed Yu Yuan through the transmission portal and arrived at the Mechanical Scrapyard World,

His expression was absolutely priceless.

"This... this..."

Stepping out of the fortress square, he stared at the gray sky and the massive alloy walls towering several meters high around him.

And inside those walls, the [M-Type Source Core Mechanical Titan] was continuously constructing basic buildings. Knight felt like his brain had short-circuited.

Yu Yuan, however, had already turned to look at Knight.

"I suspect this world also has an Orthodox Church, and even remnants of the cult are still present. Can you sense their presence now?"

This was why Yu Yuan had gone through the trouble of subduing Knight.

With a genuine Silver-tier Molten Believer like him, many things became much simpler.

He hadn't paid attention before, but when he calmed down and focused on sensing,

After about seven or eight minutes, Knight opened his eyes and looked toward the eastern side of the military camp.

"Master, there's a faint Molten aura in that direction. It's not just one spot—there are several locations with Molten aura. But only this direction has the strongest aura, which should also be a Silver-tier Molten Believer."

Yu Yuan wasn't surprised by Knight's discovery. If his own world had a Silver-tier creature like Knight, it was perfectly normal for this Bronze-rank world to have one too.

"Can you sense their approximate distance?"

Knight shook his head slightly.

"I can't tell exactly, but based on the intensity of the Molten aura, it's at least several hundred kilometers away."

Sometimes Yu Yuan really envied the power of genuine believers.

It was something a fake like him could never match.

His 'Faith Disguise' ability could only provide a surface-level disguise.

It couldn't achieve long-distance sensing of similar beings at all.

But now that he had Knight, it was the same result.

Not only had it confirmed his earlier speculation, but it had even pinpointed the opponent's location.

"So can they sense your presence too?"

Yu Yuan asked a critical question.

"Probably, but only if they enter a deep sensing state. After all, sensing over several hundred kilometers isn't easy."

Hearing Knight's words, Yu Yuan nodded lightly.

"Good. Then you'll stay here for now..."

Yu Yuan was just speaking when he saw Alpha walking over, and behind him... was Shadow!

That was unexpected.

Shadow had been conducting reconnaissance in the Freedom Tower World. The topographic maps of Freedom Tower Island and the distribution maps of other towers had all been drawn by Shadow's squad.

They had made significant contributions to the clearance and capture of Infected.

"Shadow? When did you get here?"

Shadow snapped to attention and saluted.

"Reporting. I just arrived as well."

With a smile, he took off his watch and handed it to Yu Yuan.

"King, these are all the Spirit Crystals the Pioneering Group has collected during this time. It's all here."

Seeing the watch, Yu Yuan remembered.

Before entering Freedom Tower, he had indeed made a few [Spirit Collectors] and given them to the group. But he had been so busy lately that he had somewhat forgotten.

Thinking about this, Yu Yuan grew interested.

Spirit Crystals!

This was something that was always better to have more of.

And given how long they had been clearing Infected, the harvest must have been substantial.

"How many?"

"Fourteen!"

Shadow explained, "It could have been more, but most of the Leader-tier Infected and the Swiftstriders among the Elite Infected were captured, which created a significant gap in Spiritual Energy.

Ordinary Infected drop very little Spiritual Energy when killed, so we only ended up with fourteen."

"This time, I gathered all the Spirit Crystals here. The Underground Colosseum and the Tower 2 assault group also have two Spirit Collectors. Once Tower 2 is taken, we should be able to harvest another batch of new Spirit Crystals."

Yu Yuan was naturally satisfied!

This was fourteen Spirit Crystals!

He connected Shadow's [Spirit Collector] to his Positioning Watch, transferred the Spirit Crystals, and then returned the [Spirit Collector] to Shadow.

Looking at the Positioning Watch, which now showed a total of 18 Spirit Crystals,

"The Rare Artifact enhancement can finally resume."

But clearly, now wasn't the best time to enhance Rare Artifacts.

Yu Yuan pointed at Alpha and said to Knight, "This is Alpha. He's in charge of all command matters for the Pioneering Group. You'll also take orders from Alpha here and be responsible for protecting his safety."

As for Knight, Alpha and the others already knew about him.

After all, as one of the few Silver-tier enforcers (captives) of the Ten Thousand Nations Pact Civilization, and a Silver-tier combat force personally brought back by Yu Yuan, his reputation was known to basically all the higher-ups.

Although Knight was a bit puzzled that Yu Yuan wanted him to protect a human who wasn't even Bronze-tier yet,

As a recently converted enforcer (slave) and former captive, he indicated that he had a strong professional ethic.

Don't ask what you shouldn't, just complete the tasks the master assigns—that was enough.

"Understood, Master!"

After that, Yu Yuan communicated his speculations about the several factions to Alpha.

Alpha also pinpointed the factions of those two individuals from the map data that had been sent earlier.

"King, based on the direction they left, we've basically confirmed they're from [Shadow Vulture]. However, we can't completely rule out [Ground Furnace Processing Plant], but [Shadow Vulture] is more likely."

"So I plan to send Shadow's squad to scout [Shadow Vulture]."

Hearing Alpha's plan, Yu Yuan had no objections.

"Fine. You arrange it..." Yu Yuan looked at Shadow.

"Keep your [Return Ticket] handy. If you encounter danger you can't handle, return immediately."

"Yes!"

The meeting adjourned. Yu Yuan injected Knight with the [Commander Subordinate Chip], and his stockpile was once again depleted.

But Yu Yuan, now holding a total of 18 Spirit Crystals, couldn't care less.

He'd just make another 10 when he got back.

And during the time he was away,

The equipment, instruments, and materials needed for Masier and the others' mechanical research had been transported over with Carmen's assistance.

Inside the Z007 Shelter at that moment, dozens of soldiers were constantly moving in and out, carrying supplies.

Masier and the other mechanical engineers were directing the soldiers to place the delivered equipment and materials in designated spots.

They were busy as could be.

On the other side,

Construction of the [Swiftstrider Power Plant] had already begun. With prior experience, the process was going quite smoothly.

Components like wheels, generators, transformers... were being rapidly assembled.

The Swiftstriders captured from Freedom Tower had already been delivered and were in a state of dormancy.

Once the power plant was completed, these Swiftstriders would be put to work.

They would contribute their energy to the growth of the Ten Thousand Nations Pact Civilization.

The military camp on the Mechanical Scrapyard Planet had finally taken shape. The framework was complete, and only the finer details needed to be filled in.

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