"Including the expansion component, the upper area of the entire resource point has been renovated...... It's really amazing, it's just a piece of work, but it's almost 70% complete."

Even though it's been nearly a year since she first saw it, Shion still can't understand it with her own knowledge - after all, everything that is happening in front of her is completely contrary to the education she received.

"Tinder ......"

Looking at the half of the strange metal body suspended in the air, the girl watched with her own eyes how it transformed pieces of cold refined metal into delicate components that seemed to have life in the nearly a year since Rilan put it here.

There is no need for a long assembly line machine tool, nor does it need to consume any actual energy, and even the rough metal will automatically remove some impurities during the change...... This is completely beyond what she can explain about science.

Even an uncivilized civilization that has not even stepped into the age of steam, as long as they get this fragment and use it, they can even directly step into a medium-tech civilization that can conduct interstellar travel.

And why would a civilization with such a fragment hand over such an important thing?

Looking at the figure beside her, questions once again appeared in the girl's heart.

"Well, is there a problem?"

Sensing the sight behind him, Li Lan turned to Shiyin with an inquiring gaze and said, "If you're tired, you can go back and rest first, and I'll take care of the rest."

A smile overflowed Shiyin's eyes: "It's the twenty-seventh time you've said this to me this year, do you think I'm just a person who can only sleep and rest?" ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, because no one in the town guard is going to be proficient in this stuff anymore, and all of them can only put the whole project on you...... You must be tired too, right? ”

The girl shook her head slightly: "It's really tiring if it was before the appearance of this spark source fragment, after all, all the parts need to be transported from the mainland, but after having it, it's much easier."

Shiyin silently added a sentence in her heart: And. Isn't there still you......

After hearing Shiyin's explanation, Lilan didn't feel very happy, on the contrary, the worry in his heart was deeper.

Originally, according to Reiland's original idea, all the components needed for the transformation of resource points had to be traded from the Federation - using technology. resources, or military assistance...... Through the means that the town guard can provide to trade, during the period, it can also bring a lot of opportunities for the ship girl on the town guard house to exercise.

However, after receiving the first batch of retrofit components from the federal shipment, Reelan had to abandon the idea.

There is no other reason - backwardness.

In terms of precision, performance, and durability, more than 95 percent of the retrofit components shipped from the federal are non-conforming, and if you want to build a sea fort alone, you can barely make do with it. But the problem is that what Lilan wants to build is a "levitating fortress" that can resist most of the world's lethal weapons, and no part can be sloppy.

So, in a helpless situation, Li Lan could only hit the idea on the half of the fire source core in his hand.

Through the use of this half of the species core, Lilan successfully obtained most of the components, however, a hidden danger could not be avoided.

The core energy of the spark source is used to guide the transformation of metal parts, although it looks quite perfect at the moment. However, if one day encounters another Tinder Source Core, will it directly activate the entire Suspension Fortress? Turn into an oversized Transformer?

"Mr. Reilan?"

"Uh, sorry, I'm distracted" Smiled apologetically at Shiyin, Lilan changed the topic and said, "According to the current progress, how long will it take to complete the transformation of the entire resource point?" ”

The brow furrowed slightly, and he was stunned for a while. Shiyin hesitated and gave an uncertain answer: "About two years, right?" Although the upper part has been completed, the middle and stratum parts are the most difficult to complete, after all, the lower area needs to be carried out-"

Too slow!

Without waiting for Shiyin to finish, Li Lan directly interrupted: "If you don't start from above, but start from the surrounding underwater area?" ”

"Huh?" I don't understand what Lilan means, though. But after careful consideration, Shiyin still gave an answer: "Then the time will be shortened by at least half, after all, a certain amount of experience has been accumulated in the transformation of the upper layer, and the required components can also be completed by the fire source, and the middle and lower layers need to overcome the only problem of how to enter and how to transport the components in."

The girl's tone paused: "But, the ship's mother shouldn't be able to enter the sea, right?" ”

Sinking equals death.

For the ship's mother, above the sea and under the sea are completely two concepts, they can gallop on the sea, but they are no different from newborn babies under the sea, at best, they are a little stronger than ordinary people, but if you want to play the same strength as on the sea, it is absolutely impossible.

In the case of using the ship's mother as the main transformation labor, it seems a bit whimsical for Lilan to start directly from the area below the horizon of the resource point......

Regarding Shiyin's doubts, Li Lan just smiled mysteriously: "The group of ship mothers is not all who can only act on the sea."

―――――― Split ――――――

"Lord Admiral, King Kong and the others have returned."

Continuing to browse through the documents in his hand, Lilan nodded and said, "I see...... The resource inventory is still up to it, right? ”

"Yes, because the results of the third phase of the AG program have been handed over, the total resources of this transaction in the federation have reached 60,000 units, including 37,000 units from the previous inventory, which should be able to support half a month under normal circumstances."

The movement in his hand froze, and Li Lan leaned back on the back of the chair behind him, rubbing his eyebrows with a distressed expression: "Yamato is out again?" ”

The secretary's face was slightly red, but he still answered honestly: "...... Yes"

"That's enough, how many times have I said it, don't let her take half a step out of the town guard mansion without my order!" Looking at the secretary ship in front of him who "humbly accepted the teachings", Li Lan hated iron and said with hatred: "You know, you are a secretary ship, if even you are like this, then who can still control her!" ”

"Think about it, in the 12 months since a year ago, she's been out on average twice a month, and then?"

With his eyes twitching, Li Lan took out a stack of thick documents from the drawer and threw them on the desktop: "A total of 57,124 units of resources are consumed!" ”

"In the past year, nearly one-fifth of the resource income of the entire town guard has been consumed into this bottomless pit" (to be continued......