Mechanic endlessly amassing troops in the apocalypse

It worked on the first try!

Li Fei breathed a sigh of relief, and then he spent another 20,000 experience points to upgrade the "Warhammer-I" blueprint to the maximum level.

You can start buying the necessary parts now.

However, this mecha has already deviated from the category of light mecha.

It requires a lot of parts, and they are quite expensive.

Upon closer inspection, Li Fei frowned. If he wasn't mistaken, the material costs alone would amount to one million star coins.

In other words, you would need to use all the crystals you have to afford it.

The cost is simply too high.

The original "Fortress" lightweight exoskeleton was actually quite useful.

The Perfect Parry skill is absolutely amazing; it would be a waste to replace the original mech now.

While hesitating, Li Fei suddenly had an idea.

If I remember correctly, two max-level blueprints can actually be fused together if they are compatible enough.

Is it possible that those two mecha blueprints are from the same source?

Thinking about it, he immediately looked at the panel.

"Fortress" Lightweight Exoskeleton Mech

He immediately looked at the panel.

[The "Fortress" lightweight exoskeleton mech and the Warhammer-I mech are undergoing compatibility testing...]

[Test passed. "Deep chimerism" criteria met.]

[It can perform "drawing fusion" simulations to generate composite drawings.]

[Estimated experience points required: 80000.]

It actually works! Li Fei was excited, but then he was stumped again.

Eighty thousand experience points... which means that all the remaining crystal cores need to be used to meet the requirement.

After a brief hesitation, Li Fei crushed all the remaining crystal cores.

Looking at the 80,000 experience points on the panel, he confirmed the fusion without hesitation.

[Drawings being integrated...]

[Fuse successful, obtained blueprint 'Warhammer-II Mech']

Whew… Li Fei let out a long breath, a little nervously.

Thankfully it worked, otherwise we would have suffered a huge loss.

He looked at the blueprints in his hand with great satisfaction.

Li Fei immediately called Fox.

"Beep—beep—" Two beeps, and the call was connected.

"Hey, Li Fei, what brings you calling me today?" Fox sounded like he was in a good mood.

"Mr. Fox, I've come to you to buy some parts."

"For such a small matter, you could have just asked Lao Wu. Why did you make a special call for me?" he asked, puzzled.

Li Fei didn't hide anything and went straight to the point: "To be honest, I actually have no money."

"But I have a mecha on hand. Let's see if it's enough. If not, I'd like to owe you one. Is that okay?" Li Fei hadn't forgotten that the other party still owed him a favor. This request wasn't unreasonable. Fox, such a big boss, couldn't possibly refuse to lend such a small amount of money.

"Hahaha..." A loud laugh came from the other end of the phone, followed by Fox's reply: "You're too kind, brother. I trust your reputation. There's no need for mecha or anything like that. If you have any blueprints, I can still take them."

Mech blueprints? Li Fei wasn't at his wit's end yet, especially since the Fortress Mech had such top-tier attributes, he was still reluctant to sell it, so he didn't answer.

After a moment of silence, Fox roughly guessed what Li Fei meant, and laughed, "Just kidding. If you have any blueprints to sell in the future, remember to contact me first. Let's skip this one. Just go directly to Old Wu, and I'll talk to him."

"No need?" Just as Li Fei was about to refuse, the other end of the phone hung up.

Li Fei was a little confused. Was Fox really such a good person? He just gave him millions of star coins like that?

However, after thinking about it carefully, he immediately realized that the adaptive suit had made Fox quite a bit of money last time.

To make money from those blueprints, you definitely need professional design, and I don't have any connections in design, so I'm not envious.

Without further thought, Li Fei called Lao Wu directly, told him what parts he needed, and then waited in the courtyard.

Before long, the delivery trucks from the Rennes Armory delivered the goods.

Li Fei, familiar with the place, handed a cigarette to Lao Wu as he got off the bus, saying, "Thanks for your hard work, Lao Wu."

Old Wu took the cigarette. "Don't mention it, Brother Fei, you're too kind."

The two had met several times and were already quite familiar with each other.

Watching the others move goods, Li Fei pulled Lao Wu aside, and while smoking, asked, "Lao Wu, I want to ask you something."

"Brother Fei, what's up? As long as it doesn't involve our company's secrets, feel free to ask."

"Don't worry, I won't pry into secrets." Li Fei waved his hand. "I just wanted to ask if you sell equipment for manufacturing spare parts?"

"Components?" Old Wu asked, puzzled for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Brother Fei, you mean the assembly line processing equipment, right?"

Yes, that's the one.

Old Wu looked up and thought for a moment: "Yes, we do have some, but they're all old, obsolete machines. They're mostly semi-automated, and most of the processes still require manual operation. Fei-ge, are you planning to buy them?"

Semi-automatic? Semi-automatic means that the program is pre-programmed and operates according to a specific process.

Li Fei quickly calculated in his mind. While semi-automation was troublesome, it wasn't worse than full automation when there was sufficient manpower. In fact, with manual calibration, the quality rate of semi-automation might even be higher. Moreover, full automation required far too much computing power.

If there isn't enough energy, the computing power can't be upgraded either. At first, Li Fei thought that faith points could be used to replace energy, but now it seems that it's not realistic. No machine can withstand the impact of faith points for a long time.

In the post-apocalyptic world, where there is no stable energy infrastructure, full automation is unreliable. Relatively speaking, semi-automation is the best option for most of the time to come.

Li Fei nodded and smiled, "Semi-automated machinery is no problem. I'll come back to buy it from you in a while. Remember to give me a discount then."

"Brother Fei, you're being too polite!" Old Wu waved his hands repeatedly, his tone earnest. "Our boss, Mr. Fox, has long instructed that whenever dealing with Brother Fei, the price should always be the lowest possible, and we will never make a single penny off you."

"Mr. Fox is quite generous."

After chatting for a while, and having finished unloading the goods, Old Wu said goodbye and left.

They watched as the other party's transport truck disappeared into the horizon.

Li Fei couldn't wait to get back inside.

Looking at the mechanical parts scattered all over the ground, he took a deep breath and teleported all the materials to an open area on the first floor of the mall. This area was now his exclusive production area, where no one else would come in to disturb him.

He rolled up his sleeves, flexed his fingers, and officially began making the product.

Time slipped by quietly, and outside the window, the sky gradually changed from the inky blackness of night to the faint light of dawn.

The last curved piece of head armor was securely fastened to the frame, and with a crisp "click" sound, the mech was officially assembled.

A humanoid mech with rigid lines and a matte dark gray finish stood in the center of the workshop. It was taller and heavier than the previous "Fortress," with broad shoulder armor and significantly more powerful arm and leg structures. The head sensors shimmered with a faint blue light, making it resemble a slumbering metal behemoth.

[The Warhammer II armored vehicle is now complete.]

[Upgrade requirements met. Return to the psionic world to achieve a perfect upgrade.]

Concise information appears on the panel at appropriate times.

Li Fei glanced at the panel in surprise. Did he really have to return to Cangnan Star to advance in rank?

Without thinking too much, he focused his gaze on the mecha, where a panel appeared: