Virus King - Chapter 376

Chapter 376: Electricity Connected! The Factories Are Operational!

TL: YYang

Chen Bai didn’t know what had happened between Han Xiao and his sister, but to him, it wasn’t anything significant to begin with.

In comparison, the leveling up of his rank was undoubtedly far more important.

However, today, Chen Bai uncharacteristically refrained from hunting monsters or exploring dungeons.

The primary reason was that all the dungeons were on cooldown. If he wanted to venture forth, he would need to explore new secret realms around White Emperor City.

This kind of task—like searching for a needle in a haystack—was evidently not easy to accomplish.

And there was another matter, something much larger!

The area in front of East Mountain!

Originally, East Mountain Villa District was about ten kilometers away from the center of Jiangcheng.

But with the expansion of White Emperor City, this distance had also become part of the city.

Due to the proximity to East Mountain Villa District, a central location, this area became extremely valuable.

As many of the tall buildings in the city were demolished during the battles, the real estate in this area became all the more precious.

Naturally, the operation of White Emperor City wasn’t solely dependent on Chen Bai, nor even just Song Ziqiong.

The Dragon Nation never lacked capable individuals. After White Emperor City was established, Song Ziqiong had recruited a group of urban management think-tank personnel to handle city planning and strategic directions.

As White Emperor City continued to expand across the Jiangcheng area, most of the original high-rise buildings were flattened once they were incorporated into the city.

These buildings, with too many rooms, devalued and diminished the significance of the new-age real estate in White Emperor City.

Of course, that was the true reason. The official explanation, however, was that the tall buildings were demolished to prevent attacks from mutated birds, mosquitoes, and other flying creatures, which were difficult to defend against.

This reasoning was actually valid. Ever since the apocalypse began, mutated insects, birds, and various flying creatures had indeed become a significant threat to White Emperor City’s safety.

Thus, the area extending outward from East Mountain became highly valuable. With development, while the main roads were preserved, the houses built on either side for evolvers became extremely valuable.

That said, Chen Bai hadn’t come here today, wasting his precious leveling-up time, just to inspect White Emperor City’s urban planning.

In this part of East Mountain, beyond the urban expansions, what mattered most was that it housed the factories Chen Bai had obtained from the Biochemical Zombie World!

After several days of inspections and repairs, the power plant was finally fully operational.

At the same time, the Intelligent Core Module and Artificial Intelligence Motherboard had completed their control systems for the power plant. The power circuits were also connected.

Today marked the official operation of these factories!

A total of four factories.

Two of them were potion factories!

These factories could produce items like X-Mutation Potion, Cell Activity Potion, and Mental and Energy Recovery Potion, among others.

These items were all in extremely high demand.

In gaming terms, they were essentially the red and blue potions.

Additionally, there were plenty of other products.

The remaining two factories were for weapons and armor.

These factories could produce high-tech weapons from the Biochemical Zombie World, such as Gauss Pistols, Nano Armor, Precision Sniper Rifles, and even the Super Electric Whip—all high-grade technological weapons.

Although their levels weren’t high, the value of their output was indisputable.

For these reasons, Chen Bai had exchanged for equipment factories.

Potion factories required one million contribution points each, while equipment factories cost two million contribution points.

The few million contribution points Chen Bai had amassed were spent on these factories, which became the core of White Emperor City’s development!

And this was just the beginning. With the Artificial Intelligence Motherboard and Mechanical Core, White Emperor City could eventually rely on these facilities to develop its own unique industries. Thus, Chen Bai placed great importance on the outcome of today’s power-up.

However, powering the factories alone wasn’t enough for their operation.

The most critical issue was the lack of raw materials.

The materials for equipment weren’t difficult; they mainly required steel and metals, which could be processed directly from the workshops.

But the materials needed for potions were undoubtedly more challenging to obtain.

Fortunately, White Emperor City hadn’t been idle in recent days.

The potions required the most samples of zombie cells, biological tissues, and blood essence.

Thus, as long as a large number of corpses were collected, it would suffice.

Additionally, some advanced potions required specific plants, or even blood essence from certain creatures, which could be substituted with these plants. Naturally, such items weren’t readily available.

However, Chen Bai had exchanged a significant stockpile of materials from the Biochemical Zombie World.

Using the unlimited Secret Realm Dungeon Points, besides redeeming the mechanical workshops, a significant portion of the materials had been spent on raw resources.

In the future, White Emperor City could cultivate these materials, turning the area into plantations to prepare for what lay ahead.

All of this was incredibly important.

The four factories alone occupied a vast area spanning several kilometers.

Chen Bai stood inside one of the factories. As the electricity was connected, a faint light flickered on. Moments later, the pre-prepared raw materials started flowing into the production lines.

Following a series of complex steps, within approximately three minutes, the first bottle, then the second, and then the third Cell Activity Potion appeared before Chen Bai.

Finally, Chen Bai breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that beyond collecting taxes, selling real estate, secret realm tickets, and Return Scrolls, White Emperor City now had an industry capable of printing money continuously.

From this moment onward, his Golden Hand no longer had to worry about running out of coins to draw from!