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When Bai E arrived, the town was shrouded in gloom.

"When is the leader coming?"

"If he doesn't co soon, we'll all starve to death..."

It was not a lack of trees or rocks in the wilderness, but creating a city from scratch was still an insurmountable task for them.

The most important things—water and food—were difficult to ensure.

"Stop complaining, hasn't the leader taken care of us?"

"But even with the supplies from those who claim to be from Black Street, it's still not enough..."

"What about the mushrooms we planted in the back? They're enormous, you won't starve."

"Yue~ Don't ntion those mushrooms! I've been dreaming of them for days, I feel like I'm growing mushrooms on my own head."

"Didn't the leader bring us so ga at last ti? We're far from starving."

"How many good days have we had? Are you starting to pick and choose? Isn't being human here better than being a dog in that hellhole we ca from?"

"Heh~ That's true, but our leader is aweso, isn't he? It's been a while since we've seen Sheng Yan and the rest... I wonder what big things they're busy with, following the leader."

"Soone's coming!"

The watchful guards on the outermost periphery of the city ruins imdiately spotted a fast-moving line of dust in the distance.

It was like a shark in the desert, its dorsal fin breaking through the sea of sand.

"Is it the people from Black Street again?"

"They left just yesterday, they couldn't possibly be back already, could they?"

The leader, holding binoculars in his hand and standing on a high place, looked far into the distance, "Not a large group, at most one or two people."

"Let's initiate a level-one alert and see what happens."

"Yes!"

As the dust line approached, the guard leader with the binoculars could finally see clearly who was stirring up the dust.

The newcor hadn't thought of hiding.

His military uniform was starkly conspicuous.

The leader leaped up excitedly in an instant, "It's the leader!"

"The leader has co!"

"The leader has arrived!"

The news instantly spread among the entire population of the small town of over a thousand residents.

"Leader, we've been waiting for you, longing as we watched the stars and the moon!" Yafei, in charge of the town's logistics, looked at Bai E with a moved face, "During your absence, we were nearly driven to ruin."

"Yes, leader. We only have the supplies we had before. The last ti those smart machines attacked and smashed everything, even though we tried our best to recover, there's barely anything left that can be used. Recently, we've co to a complete standstill. Not to ntion the steel you wanted us to produce..."

The words of the players were as lively as ever, and Bai E looked at them with a chuckle, "I know... you've all worked hard during this ti."

With that, he waved his hand grandly, "I've co this ti to solve these problems."

To resolve the food issue, there was a porridge maker.

By strictly mixing various inedible raw materials together, they transford into a food that could barely satisfy hunger over a long period and provided enough nutrition.

In any era, food is always fundantal to survival.

Then there was energy... They dared not tamper with the nuclear reactor technology by themselves, waiting until Bai E returned to restart it.

The town also possessed many creations from the smart machines. Aside from forcefully disassembling them for parts, the townspeople had almost no way to make use of them.

Now with Bai E's arrival, those creations could be modified into models suitable for human use.

"It looks like I'll need to figure out how to make another trip to the Smart Machinery Factory," Bai E mumbled to himself as he busied himself with work.

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Previously, there wasn't the ti or the ability to haul all those smart machine creations back, but now that there's mature technology to modify smart machine creations for human use, there's the opportunity to source more stock from the smart machines.

After all, there's no better target for a heist than these smart machines.

The gadgets are not only practical but also don't belong to the human faction.

Gathering the key personnel of the town before him, Bai E spoke with a grave tone, "Build these basic things as quickly as possible; moreover, I will entrust you with even more critical matters later on."

From the Energy Gathering Rifle to the Dynamic Source Sword and including the artificial human production line and biochemical modifications for the human body, I can begin to try and develop them myself.

If you want to have the power to overturn the city's structure, first you must possess the power to confront the city itself.

"…So before that, you must have a force capable enough to protect yourselves. Choose the personnel yourselves; those responsible for training them will be Gong Yan and his team, whom I've already asked to be on their way here."

"Understood, my lord," the key personnel all watched Bai E with eyes full of curiosity and admiration.

"If there's nothing else to say, you can all go back to your duties. Yafei and the Wang brothers, stay back for a mont."

Teaching NPCs about various production and transformation technologies and science is too troubleso; NPCs definitely need talent and ti to excel in a certain field.

But players don't need it.

With experience, they can beco experts in any trade at any ti.

Moreover, during the process of teaching them, I can also gain quite a bit of experience feedback, truly killing two birds with one stone, a win-win!

["Teaching" finished, you have acquired a total of 8,000 universal experience points through the "teaching" feedback.]

The few players staying in the town didn't have much opportunity to fight; their experience mostly ca from daily interactions with NPCs.

A ga that was compatible with nurous developnt paths was played by them as a construction-type "My World," addicted to building and unable to extricate themselves.

These life and construction skills turned out to be their favorite; otherwise, they wouldn't be the ones to stay. The other players, who were less patient with solitude, had already followed Kuang Xin to the city, using Black Street as a springboard to gradually infiltrate every corner of Blackwater City.

After setting the future developnt tone for Li Ming Town, Bai E mounted his motorbike and swiftly headed back.

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Under the cover of night, conspiracy perated the shadows.

In the dim light, a secret eting in the battle gang avoided most of its mbers.

Wen Jie was dragged into the corner by Langxie who whispered a warning, "You are in charge of the technical side; don't ddle in the matters of the big shots, understand?"

Pressed against the wall corner, Wen Jie glanced at the towering figure before him and nodded blankly in response, "I understand."

"Also, warn your companions; I know they are very curious. But... don't pry into things you shouldn't," Langxie's face showed a rare glimpse of genuine ferocity, "I don't want to end up having to take out your companions."

Ever since the last ti their "doctor" made contact with "Black Street," a group of odd characters from Black Street had joined their organization.

Although their organization always had strict criteria for recruiting, those guys would agree to any demand; they would sign their lives away without hesitation.

And though these people hadn't shown any warmth towards Wen Jie, Langxie still instinctively knew they were essentially the sa.

They surely had so strange, hidden connections.

Wen Jie's face showed a touch of difficulty, "That... I can't guarantee."

Everyone is a player; forbidding other players from exploring ga content would be too overbearing. He couldn't do it, and besides, others wouldn't listen to him either...

"Don't you care about their wellbeing?"

"It's not that I don't care... it's that they don't care about themselves."

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Chì chú.

"I'm done with you all!" Langxie turned and left angrily.

Before Langxie had exchanged these words with Wen Jie, one of her own had already captured soone eavesdropping in the corner.

Langxie, rushing straight to the dungeon, receives an inquiry from her subordinates, "Langxie, he eavesdropped on the boss's conversation with... that person. What should we do?"

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