Technological advancement begins with devouring.

"Master, the losses have been tallied."

Jarvis projected a list onto the large screen, clearly outlining the losses the base had suffered during this beast tide.

Seeing these densely packed data points, Jiang Chen felt extremely uncomfortable, but he had no choice but to force himself to examine them carefully.

The greatest losses came from several earthquakes triggered by the 'Ironclad Earth Dragon', which damaged many buildings in the base.

The numerous cracks in the city wall alone reduced its overall defensive capabilities by nearly 40%.

Fortunately, the repair is not difficult as it only requires remelting and reforging some of the severely damaged alloy materials.

However, the losses in other areas were more severe.

Of the 180 Boxer mechs, nearly a third were damaged, and more than a dozen were completely scrapped and beyond repair, so only some of the materials could be salvaged.

The equipment on several production lines was also damaged to varying degrees in the earthquake, and many pieces of equipment need to be repaired or even replaced before they can be put back into use.

The most severe loss came from warehouse number 15.

This warehouse stored 5,000 tons of high-energy batteries. The fire during the earthquake rendered all 5,000 tons of batteries unusable, meaning the base lost almost half of its energy reserves.

Before the power plant was built, these batteries were the only source of energy for the site.

Upon seeing this news, Jiang Chen was only thankful that, thanks to Jarvis's planning, they hadn't put all their eggs in one basket. The batteries, being a flammable material, were all stored separately, preventing them from burning all at once.

Adding in other miscellaneous losses, if converted into monetary terms, Jiang Chen lost at least over one trillion Chinese yuan in this battle.

Of course, the actual losses weren't that great.

The main framework of the base has been preserved. After the repairs, many materials can be mined and processed locally. It will only take some time to get back on track.

After this battle, most of the high-level monsters in the rainforest of the eastern plateau were eliminated, and the low-level cannon fodder monsters also suffered heavy losses. For a long time to come, they will not be able to organize large-scale attacks, and the security of the base has been greatly improved.

As for the occasional minor disturbances, these are unavoidable and can be easily resolved by deploying a small number of troops for protection; there's no need to worry too much about them.

After giving Jiang Chen some time to review the data, Jarvis continued, "Based on the current supplies, it will take about two and a half months to return to the state before the beast tide. The main problem is that some resources that we cannot produce ourselves are severely damaged. If we can import these supplies, then it will only take about a week to fully recover."

As he spoke, Jarvis presented a list of supplies that needed to be purchased.

It mainly includes materials for high-energy batteries, chips, and high-precision sensors.

“This quantity isn’t too large; five large transport planes should be enough to deliver it.” Jiang Chen glanced at it and nodded, “Contact Jiangnan to make the purchase and have them send it over as soon as possible. By the way, first build a runway that can accommodate large transport planes; just find any open space outside the base.”

After a pause, Jiang Chen continued, "What are your thoughts on power generation facilities? We can't always rely on batteries to supply the energy for the entire base."

"There are only three options: thermal power, nuclear power, and solar power," Jarvis said. "I suggest thermal power. According to the data, there is a large coal mine that was developed before the Great Nirvana, about 100 kilometers away from the base. Although the coal grade is not high, it is more than enough for power generation. Moreover, thermal power generation is simple in technology, has low construction costs, and the power output can be adjusted according to our needs. Nuclear power and solar power generation would require more effort, and nuclear power materials would also need to be imported."

Jarvis didn't mention the environmental pollution caused by thermal power generation at all.

In this era where survival is so difficult, no one cares about environmental issues.

There's plenty of time to deal with the situation after the monsters are defeated.

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement with Jarvis's suggestion.

In theory, nuclear power is the most efficient, and all 52 existing base cities primarily use nuclear power.

However, the mainstream method on Earth currently uses deuterium and tritium as fuel to generate electricity through nuclear fusion.

The former is mainly extracted from the ocean, while the latter is almost non-existent in the Earth's natural environment and can only be synthesized artificially. Its production is extremely limited, and other base cities do not even have enough for their own use, making importing it very troublesome.

As for the more efficient and technically challenging helium-3 nuclear fusion, the system does have the relevant blueprints, and Jiang Chen has enough knowledge, but realizing it in reality would still be very troublesome.

Most importantly, given the current size of the base, it doesn't need such a large amount of power generation.

Thermal power generation is not technically difficult, and Jiang Chen was too lazy to look for any blueprints in the system, so he directly used the technology that was already available on Earth.

"I'm leaving the power plant to you. Calculate the priorities yourself and make sure the power plant is up and running before the energy reserves are depleted by half after this shipment." Jiang Chen directly handed the matter over to Jarvis.

Jarvis immediately responded: "Priority has been set to sixth, and two combat mech squads and one squadron of SCVs have been deployed to carry out the relevant mission, which is expected to be completed in 21 days."

"How many boxers have the factories in Jiangnan Base City accumulated?" Jiang Chen asked again.

When they moved, Jiang Chen didn't bring all the production lines from the Jiangnan Base City; he left one of the [Boxer] production lines there.

The raw materials for production are provided by the military and the HR alliance to ensure that the supply of materials will not be interrupted.

Jarvis could completely control the production there through the network.

“115 [Boxer] units have been produced, of which 95 need to be delivered to the eight major powers. We can intercept 20 of them.” Jarvis asked, “Master, should we transfer these 20 combat mechs over?”

"Transfer them over. Although the beast horde in the rainforest has been decimated, there are still quite a few monsters left. The resource gathering team is operating outside the base, so we still need enough troops to protect them." Jiang Chen thought for a moment and then instructed, "When delivering the next order, have them send an extra transport plane and bring the mech over as well."

"Yes, Master." Jarvis noted down the task, set its priority, and continued, "Master, after the base is repaired, should we continue with the previous plan, mainly expanding combat power, or should we change the resource allocation?"

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Under the premise of ensuring that the production capacity of [Boxer] does not decline, let's prioritize expanding the scale of SCVs and transport vehicles. This plateau is rich in resources, and we need to develop it as soon as possible. Many future plans will require massive amounts of resources to complete."