Through monitoring, Su Wu watched as the kayaks, now back in operation, began steadily transporting tons of salvaged materials back to the Jingyuan Refuge.
The incredible transport capacity had Su Wu feeling quite moved.
Exchanging human lives for resources was psychologically difficult.
But if only a mere 1-2% of resources were lost to get large amounts of materials back,
Then there was truly no obstacle left.
The future was promising indeed.
Facing the facts, Su Wu quickly made up his mind without much hesitation.
As long as no major issues arose during the next two to three days of testing,
He would immediately begin the second round of production expansion for the spider robots,
Increasing their numbers from 300 to 3,300.
All the newly produced robots would be assigned to the remote control center for use.
During this testing period, strictly speaking, no time had been wasted.
The manufacturing center was already operating at full capacity, producing medium-sized hovercraft.
Even if a production task was issued now,
It would take two or three days just to begin manufacturing the spider robots due to the production queue.
"Next, it's time to start repairing the Qingning Refuge."
This was a genuinely large-scale project.
The Qingning Refuge, in its full operational state, had 1.1 million cubic meters of space,
Divided into five floors, with each floor spanning over 30,000 square meters—roughly the size of ten football fields.
During the last super earthquake,
The entire first floor was thrown up from the ground and destroyed, with more than two-thirds of the building damaged.
The remaining four floors also had varying degrees of damage.
The very bottom layer was so compressed that it was reduced to only a few hundred square meters of space.
Even so,
If thoroughly repaired,
The usable space for survival could still reach around 700,000 cubic meters.
Furthermore, considering that the Qingning Refuge was only 7.5 kilometers away from Su Wu's farmer's small courtyard,
It was the closest of all the affiliated refuges.
Even if it were only used as an auxiliary warehouse,
Its repair would be immensely valuable.
However, before now,
Due to limited manpower and resources,
Even Su Wu's own farmer's small courtyard had lacked cement, making it impossible to provide much support.
For the Qingning Refuge, at most, minor repairs could have been made,
Just enough to create a space that could guarantee basic living conditions.
But now,
After receiving the legacies of dozens of refuges,
Salvaging cement that amounted to tens of thousands of tons, either rescued or temporarily stored in waterproof warehouses,
Su Wu now had the resources to carry out a large-scale renovation of the Qingning Refuge.
He could transform it into a fully functional refuge.
As for the labor required for repairs,
Su Wu was not lacking in that department.
Repairing the Qingning Refuge was not a burden; in fact, it provided an outlet for surplus labor.
"With the medium-sized hovercraft in place,"
"Transporting workers and materials over there, there's no need to worry about safety."
"We can recruit an additional 10,000 workers."
"They will rotate shifts for the repair work."
"We aim to complete the repairs within a week."
With the large-scale renovation of the Qingning Refuge planned,
Su Wu had cleared through most of the pressing matters at hand.
Next, he could focus his energy on the underground refuge of his farmer's small courtyard.
For this core refuge, where Su Wu himself resided,
Although he didn't want the remote control center's robots to operate inside,
He could send large quantities of building materials like cement and steel over.
With sufficient materials,
The construction team on the 9th underground floor could operate at full capacity.
This would push the construction progress to more than double its previous pace.
It was estimated that, in just three more days,
The 9th floor would be completed.
"It's almost there."
"Once the 9th floor is finished,"
"The refuge will reach the upper limit of a small refuge."
"Any further development will qualify it as a medium-sized refuge."
"At that point, there will definitely be a stage reward."
Su Wu's eyes held some expectation.
Based on his extensive research into the apocalypse system,
He knew that a huge reward was forthcoming.
And the reward would likely not be ordinary survival points or common items,
But an evolutionary breakthrough in the rules of the system.
Time continued to flow amidst the relentless floodwaters on the surface, the unchanging rain, and the labor of hundreds of thousands of people working and building underground.
Su Wu was now experiencing a rare period of stability and rapid development since entering the apocalypse.
August 30th.
Over 10,000 construction workers arrived at the Qingning Refuge by medium-sized hovercraft,
Beginning the repair work.
The first phase of dormitory construction in the Jingyuan Refuge was completed.
After the cement had initially set and some basic renovations were made,
That evening, the first batch of 10,000 people moved into the dormitories.
And the space they vacated was immediately repurposed for the construction of mushroom houses and earthworm farming factories,
Expanding the production of cheap food.
August 31st.
The medium-sized hovercraft, now numbering 30, began operating across the surface city ruins.
They could transport nearly 30,000 tons of materials daily.
On the same day,
After completing the production of the medium-sized hovercraft,
The manufacturing center at the farmer's small courtyard immediately began producing spider robots,
At a rate of 20 units per hour.
Once these spider robots came off the production line,
They were promptly transported by the ore-type transport vehicles to the Qingning Refuge,
Where they were immediately delivered, along with the kayaks and humanoid service robots, to the remote control center at the Jingyuan Refuge.
From there, the workers would remotely operate them,
Utilizing them for resource salvage and transport work in the flood zones.
The 1-2 million tons of supplies locked away in the underwater abandoned refuges
Began to rapidly dwindle,
As the medium-sized hovercraft and kayaks continuously transported the materials to the corresponding refuge warehouses.
Su Wu's capital steadily increased with each passing day,
Moving ever closer to the standards of an ultra-large refuge.
September 1st.
The remote control center adopted a shift rotation for the workers,
Who now controlled over a thousand spider robots and an equal number of kayaks, working tirelessly around the clock.
The efficiency of resource relocation reached a terrifying level of 30,000 tons per day.
And
this was not the limit.
With the spider robots still coming off the production line,
And the newly produced kayaks,
It wouldn't be long before the daily transport volume exceeded 70,000 tons.