Following behind her neighbors, Susan saw the fully automatic water heater and washbasin in the independent bathroom.
She could actually take a shower in her own home? And with no time limit?
Was this real?
That appliance called a refrigerator could preserve food for a long time. Does this mean we'll have so much food in the future that we can't finish it?
At first, she thought this metal shack would be unbearably hot, but after coming inside, she found that even at noon, the indoor temperature was cooler than late at night.
Was this air conditioning...
The employee dormitory roofs were equipped with solar panels and high-energy batteries for energy storage. The power generated was enough for various appliances and could even feed back into the public grid.
Coffee Cat and Mi Mang De Da Chui stood in front of a window, enthusiastically explaining the building to everyone.
They weren't wearing combat suits but native residents' robes.
In the past, people living in this Desert would never dare to stand under a window for long during the day, as it was easy to get sunburned.
Most homes chose not to open windows on the sunny side, and even windows on the shaded side were tall and narrow, making the interior dark and cramped.
But now, through this method of the designer personally demonstrating, the townspeople were beginning to understand the excellent performance of anti-UV glass and realize that a bright indoor environment was not a pipe dream.
Susan had never been to Oasis City, but she was certain that even the nobles there could never live in a house like this!
At this moment, the surrounding neighbors were congratulating her, because they all knew that this lucky woman would also be able to live in a house like this soon.
That was truly too happy.
What kind of life was that? It was a life comparable to that of the Oasis City Lord.
Susan only felt a soreness in her nose, and all the sounds in her ears gradually became blurred.
Initially, on the morning of the second day after the great battle, when she came out of the mine and walked to her doorstep, looking at her house that was almost flattened by the bombing, she felt no sadness, shed no tears, and her emotions were even quite numb.
At that time, Susan felt that this was her fate, something determined by heaven before she was born. Just being alive and having her family still around was enough.
She would never have imagined on that day that fate had prepared such a surprise for her.
No, this wasn't fate...
Susan couldn't explain it clearly, but she knew that what could drive away the Stormwind Gang and allow her to live in a new house was definitely not fate!
Fate is a heartless bastard; only those who resist fate are worthy of being called heroes!
"Um, esteemed ladies, our house wasn't damaged. Can it also be rebuilt into a house like this in the future?"
Facing the inquiry from a stranger, Coffee Cat smiled apologetically.
"Sorry, Auntie, currently, according to the Executive Officer's instructions, we only provide housing reconstruction services for families affected by the war, and the sequence must strictly follow the severity of the damage."
"Then can we pay to hire you? Oh, a house like this must be very expensive, right? We don't have much money..."
"Um, it's okay... We actually don't accept Oasis Coins issued by Oasis City..."
Lu Yuan stood in the distance, quietly watching the long queue waiting to enter and visit the house.
Just as he had planned beforehand, Cangyuan's construction industry had taken the lead in "breaking the circle".
This was a good thing!
The money issued by Oasis City was pure waste paper. Currently, all urgently needed goods, such as heavy transport vehicles, were only sold in Oasis City, and the City Lord could not sell any supplies to Cangyuan. Oasis Coins were useless in hand.
If the townspeople wanted to buy houses and home appliances produced by Cangyuan, they would have to use the cangyuan coins that Cangyuan would issue in the future.
And to get these cangyuan coins, they would first have to work for Cangyuan.
As long as the native residents yearned for the life created by Cangyuan, this economic logic would form a closed loop.
...
Ten days passed in a flash.
Cangyuan's first industrial expansion concluded successfully!
When the eleventh and twelfth small 3D printers successfully came off the production line, Lu Yuan was running a dungeon with his good employees.
They had advanced to the BOSS.
"Put some effort into it, everyone!"
It turned out that Black Smoke's dungeon intuition was very accurate.
This time's final boss was more imposing than the previous twin bosses. It was larger, had eight thick legs, and was covered in heavy armor, resembling a giant rhinoceros beetle. Under the armor gaps were launch ports for various grenade and rocket weapons, armed to the teeth.
However, compared to the previous nest raid operation, the players had made great progress, and their numbers had increased to 25.
At this time, the two "horns" on the boss's head, which were equipped with lasers, had been severed by the melee group wielding plasma weapons.
Having lost its main weapon, its combat power was greatly reduced, and it was at the end of its rope.
"Begin the total assault!"
Lu Yuan took the lead, flashing out from behind cover and raising his plasma war crossbow.
Even now, the war crossbow in his hand was still one of the weapons with the strongest armor-piercing capability and the highest cost.
Firing behind Lu Yuan were the anti-tank rifle arrays of the power armor players. 17.8mm armor-piercing rounds continuously bombarded the boss, and heavy armor plates fell off one by one, clattering to the ground.
Finally, the armor on the boss's head was also breached.
"Victory Male God! Lend me a foot!"
"Alright!"
Lu Yuan took a stride, stepped onto the back of the exoskeleton-wearing Victory Male God, and used the leverage to leap into the air.
He was one step ahead of all players, being the first to reach level 5. His Strength and Agility had increased to 15 and 13 respectively, allowing him to easily perform such difficult movements. His Spirit, as high as 17, also allowed him to maintain focus in mid-air and complete his aim.
*Whoosh!*
The plasma arrow precisely hit the unprotected boss's spinal cord, severing the main bus.
Lu Yuan landed lightly. At the same time, the boss's huge body staggered back a few steps, then crashed down with a boom, raising a cloud of dust.
A wave of cheers immediately erupted around them.
"Good heavens, this boss looks like it weighs at least 100 tons! Executive Officer is awesome!"
"Killed with one arrow, so strong!!"
"That last arrow was too cool, we can screenshot it for the company's promotional photos."
"Right, right, right, put it on the official website's homepage!"
"Victory Male God, good human cushion!"
"Woohoo~ I'm a good human cushion!"
Lu Yuan now realized that Spirit was a good attribute.
Although its effects after increasing weren't as obvious as Strength, Agility, or Intelligence, it could subtly improve the stability of one's mental state, making a person calmer, more focused, patient, and also more fearless, and could also enhance on-the-spot reaction abilities. It was the attribute most suited for a leader.
Of course, it was hard to say how much of the employees' cheers were completely sincere and how much contained a bit of a business component.
This wasn't important either!
Being a leader means forgetting the awkwardness of being flattered. As long as I'm not awkward, the employees will be awkward.
The important thing was that the boss had fallen. Jubian immediately scanned and reported the results to Lu Yuan.
"We recovered a new type of laser cannon! It uses the blue visible light spectrum, and the beam spread is smaller than the previous infrared pulse laser cannon, thus having a longer effective range. At the same time, its damaging effect is more inclined towards directly destroying the chemical bonds of matter rather than heating it, so its cutting and penetration capabilities are also greatly improved. The disadvantages are its large size, high power consumption, and much higher cost. The raw material requires a large amount of mercury. With our current mercury reserves, it's estimated we only have enough to manufacture two units."
"Understood."
Lu Yuan nodded.
He had already seen that it used the blue light spectrum during the previous battle. The visible beam was simply very cool.
A total of 3 players unfortunately lost their lives under this beam, including one player wearing an exoskeleton.
It didn't matter.
With Cangyuan's current industrial capacity, the loss of one military exoskeleton was completely acceptable. This thing, like combat suits, would gradually become a consumable.
Due to the improvement in the players' combat skills, the integrity of the boss's remains was relatively high this time. Gunfire strike points were very concentrated, and the cuts made by plasma melee weapons were even flat and smooth, greatly reducing the difficulty of repair.
It is estimated that in just a few days, this nearly hundred-ton behemoth can be repaired and deployed to the future front lines.