The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 764 Achievements of the R&D Department
During the meal, Lin Ya's gaze would occasionally meet Liang Yuan's.

She immediately lowered her head, avoiding his strange gaze, her cheeks slightly flushed.

Liang Yuan knew that what he was doing was not good, so he avoided eye contact and tried to talk more with Yang Mei, Song Wen, and Dong Yan.

He would occasionally tease Xiao Lianghong.

"Brother Liang, does that mean Yangshan is the only refuge left in Linjiang now?" Dong Yan asked hurriedly.

Liang Yuan nodded slightly and smiled, "Yes, now Yangshan has truly unified Linjiang City."

"The next focus should be on developing rune technology and improving people's livelihoods."

"Of course, the floating islands in the air will become our new strategic target. In a short period of time, we must regain air superiority."

Song Wen asked, "So, in terms of air superiority, are our enemies Mengya Company and Kerry Technology Company right now?"

Liang Yuan nodded slightly: "The Sprout Company originally occupied Flying Manta Ray Island, but now we have taken it over."

"However, according to Zhou Haoran and Yu Wentao's instructions, they had to report to the headquarters of Mengya Company once a month."

"So within a month, the headquarters of Sprout Company will probably send someone over, and then the situation on Flying Manta Island will no longer be able to be concealed."

"The people from Kerry Technology have already occupied Hell Island and even stationed troops on Divine Tree Island. Next, we need to find a way to take down these two islands."

"In short, time is still very tight, but fortunately these are all battles on the floating islands, and have nothing to do with the floating islands."

"You guys help me guard our home and develop the floating island. Leave the aerial matters to me."

The meal lasted almost an hour, with everyone chatting and eating.

Lin Ya took the initiative to get up and clear the dishes, and the other girls didn't sit idle either; they all helped out.

Liang Yuan, a grown man with nothing to do, took little Liang Hong out for a walk.

Upon arriving at the complex's plaza, one finds numerous business stalls already set up, with people gathering in small groups to enjoy barbecue.

There was no alcohol available, mainly because alcohol was too expensive, especially grain-based liquor.

Food is a precious commodity now, and no one would use it to brew alcohol.

Liang Yuan walked around, and many people greeted him, making him seem quite awkward.

Liang Yuan simply left the square and went for a stroll in the R&D department.

The R&D department and the weapons factory were discussing the development of new spaceships and sentry robots.

Yu Wentao has been taken into Liang Yuan's control. Under the manipulation of the Soul Confinement Talisman, he cooperated fully and confessed his research results over the years.

They even came up with the design proposal for the Sentinel Robot.

So now the entire R&D department is extremely busy, sometimes even with the lights on all night.

The weapons factory was even busier, with all production lines running at full capacity.

It's not just about producing spacecraft parts, but also armored vehicles, various weapons, and so on.

With the emergence of Sentinel robots, the entire arsenal has grown several times larger.

Liang Yuan heard Yang Mei's report that a large portion of Yangshan's finances are now being invested in military factories.

Liang Yuan knew that there was nothing he could do about it.

If Yangshan wants to develop rapidly, it certainly cannot afford to neglect its military preparedness.

There are also other forces, such as Mengya Company and Kerry Technology Company, eyeing the market covetously.

Powerful mutated beasts occasionally appear in the deep sea.

On the floating island, various colossal beasts from the celestial abyss are also attacking.

Without a sufficiently strong military, it is impossible to defend the existing territory.

Therefore, it is essential to vigorously develop military strength.

"Mr. Liang, look, this is the Yangshan Sentinel Robot that we developed based on the materials provided by Yu Wentao."

Liang Yuan held Xiao Liang Hong in his arms, looking at the nearly 15-meter-tall Sentinel prototype standing in the R&D department room.

The Sentinel's overall form remains that of a giant, its entire body made of scale-like metal.

Each scale is engraved with special runes.

The overall design has a cold, metallic feel, much like a robot from the future.

"How powerful are these sentinel robots?"

Liang Yuan inquired.

"In terms of magnitude, if the power of the energy stones stored in its body were released all at once, it would be comparable to the intensity of a hundred thunderstorms."

"A single attack definitely surpasses that of an expert with about 30% more gene recombination progress. The specific experimental data is not yet available; this is our speculative data, and further experiments are needed."

Liang Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Can it be improved further?"

Liang Yuan was well aware that if the theoretical data was only this much, then the actual data generated would definitely be lower, and could not possibly be higher than the theoretical data.

Because during the operation of a machine, problems such as energy loss and insufficient utilization efficiency will inevitably occur.

Li Hanzhong said, "Theoretically, it can be further improved. As long as the array structure on its body can be further optimized, and even if a higher-level rune array can be found, then its power can naturally be improved again."

"However, among the rune arrays that have already been developed in our Yangshan rune reserve resource bank, there are no more powerful arrays."

Upon hearing this, Liang Yuan's heart stirred slightly.

Yangshan currently has a considerable amount of rune bones in reserve.

The slaughterhouse kills a large number of mutated beasts every day, including powerful mutated beasts from the flood.

Over the years, Yangshan has collected a large number of rune bones.

Each type of rune bone is sent to the rune resource library in the R&D department for research and analysis. Then, specialized researchers will study the rune combinations to see if they can create new formations.

This is already a well-established team.

However, the runes on rune bones also vary in strength.

If you study each rune carefully, you can even learn a skill from it.

However, these skills also vary in quality.

Just like the rune skills Liang Yuan obtained through a lottery, or the skills he comprehended on his own from the rune bones.

These skills, ranging from white to green to gold, represent the quality of this rune skill.

The higher the quality, the rarer the rune.

Of course, rarity does not necessarily equate to power.

However, in most cases, the principle still applies: the higher the quality, the more powerful the rune.

For example, the Soul Restraint Talisman in Liang Yuan's hand has reached the gold level in quality!

The effect of this rune is terrifyingly powerful; even if the target dies, their soul cannot escape the rune's control.

However, it's actually quite difficult to use it directly in combat.

Because the target won't be stupid enough to stand there and let you implant the runes into their body.

Therefore, just because runes are rare does not necessarily mean they can be used to increase combat power.

Currently, the Yangshan Rune Resource Library mainly contains white rune bones, with a small portion being green rune bones, and there are no gold rune bones at all.

Gold-quality rune bones are no longer something that ordinary mutated beasts can produce.

The current predicament for the R&D department is that they lack a high-quality rune array to inscribe runes on this Sentinel robot.

After a moment's thought, Liang Yuan said, "I'll figure out a way to deal with the rune formations."

"But how many sets of runes can this Sentinel robot inscribe?"

Li Hanzhong explained, "It depends on the number and structure of the runes contained in the rune array."

"The operating principle of the Sentinel Robot is essentially that of a mobile array base."

"According to the information Yu Wentao gave us, it is essentially equivalent to incorporating all the rune arrays into the scales of the Sentinel Robot."

"When encountering different enemies, we immediately activate different formation models to generate targeted tactics."

"Of course, in addition to the formation, we need to give the sentry robots a highly intelligent recognition and judgment system."

"Fortunately, the AI ​​system before the apocalypse was quite mature. We can use AI to identify targets and then let the sentry robots automatically activate the corresponding formation model to counter the opponent."

"For example, if the opponent is a fire-attribute ability user, when the opponent summons flames, the thermistor inside the Sentinel robot will sense this change in heat."

"Then it will automatically switch to the water attribute formation or the ice attribute formation to carry out targeted attacks."

"Doesn't that mean the Sentinel robots can only retaliate after the opponent makes a move?" Liang Yuan asked, frowning.

Li Hanzhong laughed and said, "No, the Sentinel Robots will be equipped with a regular combat mode, which is a combination of defensive and offensive formations."

"In this mode, one can ensure one's own defense while launching a powerful attack."

"Moreover, the Sentinel Robot has another advantage."

"They do not have a real brain structure and cannot be interfered with by psychic ability users."

"Unless the opponent is a telekinetic user, they are easily countered by the Sentinel Robot."

"Those with psychic abilities in the future should be careful when encountering Sentinel robots."

After listening, Liang Yuan couldn't help but nod in agreement, saying, "That's true. Sentinel robots will probably become the mainstream robots in future wars."

"When can we start mass production?" Liang Yuan asked.

Li Hanzhong shook his head and said, "The Sentinel Robots require a large amount of metal materials and a large amount of Psionic Stones as support."

"We currently have a good reserve of ability stones, but we are in a bit of a shortage of metal materials."

"I have already issued a mission to send treasure hunting teams and mercenary groups to salvage old world metals. We should see results soon."

Liang Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Are the metals from the Old World useful? Their defensive capabilities aren't much against ability users, are they?"

Li Hanzhong laughed and said, "You may not know this, but the metals of the old world have also undergone some mutations due to the corrosion of supernatural energy."

"Moreover, after we salvage the old metal, we don't use it directly; it still needs to be processed."

"Processing?"

"Yes, we need to melt these metals, add bone powder from mutated beasts, powder from supernatural stones, and even some blood crystal powder, then smelt them and cast them into molds."

"The metal obtained in this way has greater hardness and also performs exceptionally well in the conduction of supernatural energy."

"These technologies have now been widely applied in many fields, including the Yangshan-2 spacecraft, the Yangshan fleet, and submersibles."

Liang Yuan was taken aback. He realized that the R&D department he had been focusing on developing had made so many inventions and creations without him even noticing!

He couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, saying, "Well done."

Li Hanzhong laughed as well: "If it weren't for your strong support, the R&D department would have had a hard time surviving."

"By the way, I have another important project here that requires your personal approval."

Liang Yuan was surprised; it was rare for Li Hanzhong to be so cautious. He immediately asked, "What project?"

"Project No-Magic Sentinels!"

(End of this chapter)