Chapter 55: Space Expansion
Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Space Expansion
However, Ye Yun quickly dismissed the idea.
The possibility certainly existed, but in his view, it wasn’t very likely.
His shelter’s combat strength, even if not the absolute strongest among all survivors, was definitely among the top tier.
Everyone was equipped with green-tier gear, and all three bionics had been upgraded.
If even he couldn’t handle it, it was even more unlikely that others could.
Judging from the first crisis, the danger might be difficult, but it wouldn’t be so overwhelming as to spell certain death for everyone.
Based on this speculation, the threat was likely a single, powerful, large-scale mutated creature.
If that was all, handling it with the shelter’s current combat power would be quite simple. Besides, there was still some time before the end of the second ten-day period.
If he was lucky over the next few days, the brothers Simon and Xisuo would complete his commission and bring him a sufficiently powerful wastelander.
Then the shelter’s combat power could be raised even further.
Thinking of Xisuo and Simon, an idea struck Ye Yun. ’That’s right, since they’re willing to take commissions, could I ask them to help in a fight?’
’Although that risks revealing the shelter’s location.’
’But if the enemy is really too strong, it might be worth the risk of exposure to ask for their help.’
Of course, based on the information he had so far, Ye Yun estimated that the situation wouldn’t deteriorate to that extent.
After seeing the four explorers off, Ye Yun returned inside the shelter. After 48 hours of hard work, the construction robots had finally completed the expansion task.
Used Space: 8
Idle Space: 1 [+]
Food Reserves: 52/100 [+]
Freshwater Reserves: 52/100 [+]
Power Reserves: 400/400 [+]
Medicine: 2/100 [+]
Construction Robots: 3/3
Advanced Bionic: 1/1
Bionics: 3/3
Normal Humans: 2/3
Shelter Members: 6
’Good, I can finally build the [Robot Storage Bay].’
Ye Yun immediately opened the construction list.
[Robot Storage Bay]
[Robot Capacity +1]
[Construction Requirements]:
[Power: 20] [20/20]
[Construction Robots: 1] [1/1]
[Upkeep]: [Power: 0.1/hour]
[Consume 30 minutes to complete this building?]
[Yes/No]
Without hesitation, Ye Yun chose yes.
Receiving the new order, a construction robot immediately got to work, starting to build the Robot Storage Bay in the newly cleared space.
Thirty minutes later, the [Robot Storage Bay] was complete.
Used Space: 8
Idle Space: 1 [+]
Food Reserves: 52/100 [+]
Freshwater Reserves: 52/100 [+]
Power Reserves: 400/400 [+]
Medicine: 2/100 [+]
Construction Robots: 3/4
Advanced Bionic: 1/1
Bionics: 3/3
Normal Humans: 2/3
Shelter Members: 6
’Excellent. After all that work, I can finally increase the number of construction robots again.’
[Severely Damaged Construction Robot (Green)]
[Description: A construction robot that is unusable due to severe damage. It may be possible to repair it using the relevant blueprints and parts.]
[Repair using parts without a blueprint?]
[Yes]
[Evaluation Type: Item Repair]
[Assessing repair risk...]
[Item to be repaired: [Severely Damaged Construction Robot (Green)]]
[Assessment: 100% probability of obtaining a Green item. Risk: 0%]
...
[Repair Successful]
[You have obtained [Construction Robot (Green)].
Looking at the four construction robots lined up neatly in the shelter, Ye Yun nodded with satisfaction.
’The gold-mining team has grown stronger again.’
However, just as the construction robot’s repair was complete, another choice presented itself to Ye Yun.
Should he continue expanding the shelter’s internal space, or should he immediately put the construction robots to work on production?
The former would allow for smoother development later on, while the latter would lead to a rapid accumulation of resources.
Expanding the shelter’s interior was crucial in itself. As the number of shelter members grew and more functional areas were needed, increasing the shelter’s available construction space became especially important.
More space meant more facilities could be built, which in turn would increase production capacity and enhance the shelter’s overall self-sufficiency.
On the other hand, putting the construction robots to work on production was also an attractive option.
The construction robots could quickly manufacture more items. Although the [Restorative Protective Vests (Green)] were selling well at the moment, he wasn’t blindly confident.
The BB gun was a perfect example. As everyone continued to develop, the once-mainstream white-tier gear was slowly being abandoned and replaced by green-tier gear. Eventually, green-tier gear would also become obsolete.
Whether he could find another cost-effective blueprint next time was anyone’s guess.
Having all the construction robots focus entirely on production was, in truth, also a very good choice.
However, after only a moment of thought, Ye Yun decided to prioritize expanding the shelter’s internal space.
He already had abundant resources on hand, so blindly hoarding more wasn’t really necessary.
On the contrary, as the shelter developed, more space would open up possibilities for future expansion and a greater variety of facilities.
Besides, he also considered that as he continued to develop and upgrade, expanding the space would only become more time-consuming. It was more efficient to plan for such things as early as possible.
Ye Yun immediately clicked the [+] next to Idle Space.
[Increase shelter space?]
[This expansion requires a construction robot to work continuously for 96 hours and will consume 400 power.]
Looking at the outrageous numbers, the corner of Ye Yun’s mouth twitched slightly before he pressed confirm.
’This growth rate is a bit too ridiculous. This upgrade takes 96 hours, so the next one will be 192 hours. That’s a full eight days!’
He looked at the construction robot that had just been repaired and was immediately put to work on the expansion.
Ye Yun couldn’t help but sigh. ’Robots really are great. They can work from the moment they’re created. Not like humans, who need long periods of nurturing and training before they can become workhor...’
Ye Yun quickly shook his head, banishing the absurd thought from his mind.
’When did I pick up this nasty, capitalist way of thinking?’
’I shouldn’t have. This is just wrong.’
After assigning the new construction robot to the expansion project, Ye Yun was about to have the robot that had worked on the previous one start producing [Restorative Protective Vests (Green)].
However, another idea came to him. The shelter expansion was too slow; he couldn’t rely solely on expanding the shelter’s total space to optimize its functions.
Recalling his experience upgrading the Shelter Entrance, he opened the construction list.
[Robot Storage Bay]
[Robot Capacity: +1]
[Upgradable]