Three days passed in a flash.
In Red Iron Town, the trenches for burying the sewers had been fully dug, and Coffee Cat and Mi Mang De Da Chui were discussing housing repairs with a woman named Susan.
Her house was hit by a 155mm shell and was completely destroyed, making repair unnecessary. The remaining walls and debris were directly torn down, and the house would be rebuilt.
"Auntie, our design is a small two-story building with a courtyard." Hammer Girl held a pad, explaining the design plan to the user with a proud expression.
"The preliminary plan is three bedrooms upstairs and living space downstairs. What other needs do you have?"
"Two stories?" Susan kept waving her hands. "No, no, one story is enough for us. We don't need a courtyard, and we don't need it to be taller than the neighbor's house. The roof and walls must be thick so we won't be afraid of the sun. If it's two stories, the upstairs will be too hot to live in."
Mi Mang De Da Chui: "Then, regarding the indoor layout..."
Susan: "Just one storage room and one large open room will do. During the day, it's used for eating and needlework, and at night, we open the windows and sleep on the floor; it's cool. Our ancestors have always done it this way."
"Alright... what about air conditioning and appliances?"
"Air conditioning? Isn't that something used by noble lords in the city? We don't use it, we're not that afraid of the heat!"
Sigh...
The two building experts increasingly felt it was difficult to communicate with the villagers.
They didn't really care much about the economic matters the Executive Officer mentioned. Having a construction site where they could fully display their skills made them very happy; they wished they could spend the whole day online.
For this aid construction, they referenced the agricultural production unit template and designed residential prefabricated panels. The walls were made by attaching polymer insulation and fireproof material onto sturdy steel plates, using a standard module width of 1.2 meters and a uniform floor height of 3 meters.
All building components could be prefabricated at the camp. Once the design plan was finalized, they could be transported and assembled into a beautiful house within a day.
They had originally intended to give the small town a complete makeover and surprise everyone, but they encountered difficulties right from the initial design stage.
On the other hand, in an idle underground cavern in the mining area, the project personally led by Lu Yuan was proceeding very smoothly.
The Town Chief sent the town's best Engineers. While helping to build the agricultural production units, they asked what soilless cultivation was, what genetically engineered crops were, and how the agricultural robots suspended on rails worked.
Nan Guo de Xue also answered patiently one by one.
After understanding the working principles, these experienced Engineers were full of praise.
A space large enough for one person to lie down, used for planting crops, was actually enough to feed that person!
Human technology truly contains infinite possibilities!
Lu Yuan watched all of this from the side, a smile on his face.
Having the Town Chief send people over, besides genuinely needing manpower, was also to take the opportunity to showcase Cangyuan's strong technical capabilities and generate goodwill and longing among more townspeople.
Leaving the underground mining area and heading towards the town district, he happened to meet Coffee Cat and Hammer Girl.
"What's wrong? You both look down in the dumps."
"Executive Officer..." Coffee Cat was feeling down. "I feel like the townspeople don't really approve of our abilities."
She told Lu Yuan about her recent encounter.
Lu Yuan listened and shook his head with a smile.
Idealists are truly adorable.
"Executive Officer, are we particularly unprofessional?"
"No, no, quite the opposite. You are very professional, and it's especially rare that you can fully consider the opinions of the indigenous people," Lu Yuan comforted.
"However, the houses you designed are essentially villas, completely beyond the living experience of the townspeople. They don't even have a concept of what's good about this type of house, let alone flush toilets, water heaters, air conditioners, and refrigerators. I estimate they might not even believe that living in a steel structure would be cool."
"You're right, they are extremely skeptical about the performance of the polymer insulation layer and are always afraid that metal houses will be very hot during the day. But they really won't be; the insulation effect is even better than a half-meter thick stone wall... Sigh, what should we do?"
"Simple, stop work," Lu Yuan said.
"Let's go build the sub-base first. As for the construction specifications, follow the residential houses you designed. Once built, let the townspeople visit and experience what it feels like to have air-conditioned rooms and running water. Let them see for themselves what makes a suite better than a large open room. By then, they will naturally have a new understanding of your design capabilities. If they still don't appreciate it, then let them be."
Coffee Cat and Hammer Girl exchanged glances.
This is a good idea!
"Got it~ We'll go now~"
Lu Yuan waved goodbye to them, then looked towards the smelting area next to the mining area.
In these three days, with the partial restoration of power and water supply, alloy production had resumed in small batches. He wondered what expression the City Lord would have after receiving this news.
After resolving a series of matters in Red Iron Town, he returned to Devil Mountain Camp under the escort of Caoyuan and Ma Lou, intending to play a game to relax.
However, if the Executive Officer's job became busy, there would be no opportunity for such enjoyment.
Before his chair was even warm, Jubian rushed into Lu Yuan's office in a hurry.
"Executive Officer, radar has detected an aerial target 120 kilometers to the east, flying towards us!"
Lu Yuan followed Jubian and quickly came to the panel screen displaying radar information.
At this time, the target was only 110 kilometers away from the camp.
Time was precious, and a decision on how to respond had to be made quickly.
He opened his communicator.
"Caoyuan, an aerial unit is approaching from 15 degrees north-east of the camp. Dispatch vehicles immediately, prepare to control the wreckage, and call Ye Xing as well."
"Understood!"
After issuing the order, Lu Yuan looked at Jubian.
"First, send a drone to scout and prepare for interception."
Five minutes later, the players who weren't grinding dungeons gathered behind Chang Kong, watching the ace pilot control the drone, quietly approaching the unidentified flying object from the side and rear.
The outline of the unidentified flying object on the screen gradually became visible.
It was a VTOL jet reconnaissance aircraft, similar in structure to a V-22 Osprey, with two tiltrotor jet engines at the ends of its short wings and a vector engine also installed at the upturned tail for extra agility. Its body was lean and agile, with a Desert camouflage coating, very aesthetically pleasing.
This was clearly not something Oasis City could produce; it undoubtedly came from Apollo.
Lu Yuan nodded silently, his heart approving of this aircraft.
Your plane is good, but unfortunately, it will be mine in a moment.
Suddenly, the tiltrotor aircraft turned its nose at an extremely fast speed, facing directly towards Chang Kong. Chang Kong immediately pulled the control stick to the side, performing an evasive maneuver.
The next instant, a white rod-shaped object trailing a fiery exhaust quickly flew towards them!
Missile!
Unfortunately, Chang Kong was controlling a slightly clunky civilian drone, not a flexible FPV drone, so there was no way to dodge. Two seconds later, the drone was hit by the enemy missile, exploded in mid-air, and the screen went static.
What the f*ck?!
The players were collectively silent for two seconds, then erupted in a barrage of friendly words.
What's going on?!
Flying towards us, and they even fired first?
Where do you get off?
