Wasteland for All: I Can Infinitely Upgrade My Vault

[Military Strategic Item - Quantum Shield: Wasteland technology is not just about archaeology, but also about innovation. The Quantum Shield is a miracle and glory of wasteland technology. Upon activation, it grants a small quantum field that can rapidly deflect and absorb attack energy, protecting targets behind it from all damage except holy damage for 5 seconds. Each point of psionic energy consumed extends the duration by 1 second, with a 60-second cooldown. (Activation can be forcibly renewed using psionic energy during the cooldown period. The cooldown time doubles upon next activation.)]

Zhong Li's eyes lit up instantly. What is a strategic item? This quantum shield's power was on full display.

It can withstand all attacks in front except for holy damage for 5 seconds, meaning that even in the face of a hail of bullets, your side can still advance strongly.

This is the force multiplier for heavily armored soldiers.

Zhongli handed the quantum shield directly to Hongluan, saying, "When we clear the ratman dungeon later, we'll rely on you and this shield to hold the line."

Hongluan took the quantum shield, placed it on her left arm, and solemnly declared, "I will be invincible, like the sword of divine punishment, like an indestructible shield."

"Is this the creed of your Red Dragon Knights? Not bad." Zhong Li smiled. She was truly a reassuring and perfect concubine, loyal and capable! She was every man's ideal type.

Zhongli then looked at the transaction template. After completing these transactions and paying the taxes, he still had 1303 runes left.

If all these runes can't be converted into strength, they're just a bunch of numbers. So Zhongli plans to select one or two more items to improve the shelter's development.

With over a thousand runes, there are still many things you can buy.

These elite shelters offer a wide variety of items, many of which are extremely powerful.

After a moment's consideration, Zhong Li decided to spend 1000 runes to purchase a production tool that would promote the development of his territory!

Such a large expense certainly doesn't mean it's something like the spears or stone axes found in ordinary doomsday maps.

Instead, it's a technologically advanced item: the Tiger Soul Laser Decomposer.

[Tiger Soul Laser Parser: A resource collection device designed by Tiger Soul Technology Research Institute, equipped with basic laser equipment. It completes the material pyrolysis and recovery process by inducing population reversal on the surface of the collected material. It is used for collecting basic materials such as trees, ores, and waste.]

With this tool, the cyber slaves will be able to collect scrap much faster, cutting it off from massive machines and steel pipes and sending it back to their territory for recycling and pyrolysis, producing crude steel and primary alloys.

The territory now needs a large amount of crude steel and alloys because Zhongli spent the last 200 runes to buy a building blueprint for the [Refuge Protective Wall - Iron Wall].

【避难所防护墙·铁壁：以钢铁铸造的避难所防护墙，可以抵御大部分武器甚至重炮的轰击。【防护：20】、【耐久：50】、【消耗：10卢恩、10原晶、10粗钢及1初级合金/米】、【建造时间：30分钟/n名奴隶】（可加修炮塔）】

With this iron-walled protective barrier, the shelter can have a slightly safer environment.

Now that we have resources and blueprints, what Zhongli lacks most is more slaves.

Basic tool kits such as axes, hammers, pliers, and saws can be produced directly from 3D printers.

However, relying solely on the current resource acquisition rate, it's likely that even if the shelter were to perish, these four iron walls would not be able to be rebuilt.

Zhongli was busy fighting and had no way to stay in the shelter for long to develop resource production.

So after thinking about it, he decided to activate the [Wildfire] system and use victory points to strengthen domestic affairs.

[Ding! First upgrade of the item [Basic Metal Scrap Extractor] has consumed 100 Victory Points. Confirm?]

【Sure!】

[Ding! The [Primary Metal Scrap Extractor] has been successfully upgraded and solidified into a [Smart Resource Recycling Station] for buildings.]

[Smart Recycling Station: In a desolate and ruined wasteland, resource scarcity is the norm, but waste is everywhere. Awakening the dying embers and rebuilding the resource ruins, the smart recycling station is a beacon of hope in this land of despair.]

The intelligent resource recycling station can deploy SCV Liberator automatic mining machines to collect waste near the territory and recycle it. By inputting waste, you will obtain primary materials such as crude steel, aluminum, primary alloys, plastics, and fibers, and there is a small chance to obtain mechanical products such as primary chips, recyclable batteries, and primary generators.

Current quantity of [SCV Liberator Automated Mining Machine]: 2

Waste collection speed: 4000 units/hour

With the enhancement completed, the originally bulky, heavy industrial-style [Primary Metal Scrap Extractor] underwent a significant change. Its structure became thicker and larger, but the black steel was transformed into an alloy building that now gleams with a silver-gray metallic luster.

The conveyor belt for recycling resources ran precisely and steadily on its tracks inside the building. The tall and spacious recycling station was filled with the pleasant sound of precise mechanical operation, and two [SCV Liberator Automatic Mining Machines] had already begun to run.

They are not small, standing over four meters tall, and their two tracks allow them to adapt to over 90% of the harsh terrain of the wasteland. Their left and right hands are a power drill and a utility chuck, respectively. The power drill can be used for mining, cutting mineral crystals into manageable sizes for easy transport. The utility chuck can be used to handle large quantities of materials, containers, or other items.

Their speed of 80 kilometers per hour makes their collection efficiency far higher than that of human labor. Mechanized production, in terms of both scale and speed, will always surpass manual labor.

With 4000 units of waste per hour, even at a ratio of 7:1, nearly 600 units of primary resources can be produced.

This resource recycling speed is already faster than the speed at which Zhongli and all the shelter members collect waste.

If you combine it with the [Tiger Soul Laser Decomposer], your territory will have almost no shortage of resources.

So Zhongli waved to Wu and said, "Wu, take the [Tiger Soul Laser Decomposer] and these two [SCV Liberator Automated Miners] to prioritize the collection of the scrap metal that the territory urgently needs, in order to increase the collection speed."

"With enough resources, we should first arrange for the cyber slaves to build the purification pool as soon as possible, and then build this shelter's protective wall, the Iron Wall."

"When I'm not around, ask the Holy Maiden about anything, and she will make all the decisions."

Wu immediately nodded emphatically and replied with great enthusiasm, "I will definitely complete all the arrangements made by the manager. I will take my men and start working now."

In the wasteland, human life is cheap as grass, yet the will to survive is as tenacious as wild grass. The shelter is now teeming with life, and the hope of survival has greatly increased, so he is naturally full of energy and working with great enthusiasm.