The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

"Hey welder, isn't what we're doing just making substandard products?"

"Yes, won't that ruin our reputation?"

Upon hearing this, the amateur welder rolled his eyes at the player in annoyance.

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about? What kind of shoddy products do we make? As long as what we produce is usable and doesn't break at the slightest touch, that's fine, isn't it? What else do you expect?"

"Do you really expect our cars to never break down, or to be so difficult to break down, and to withstand the enemy's magical attacks? You're dreaming!"

"I've never heard of planned scrapping. There's a time frame from when our car is designed until it's scrapped."

"If this thing isn't scrapped, people will use it to play from the start of the game until it ends, and we won't make any money. We need to have a plan to scrap it so that they will keep buying new ones."

"That's how we can make big money."

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Unbeknownst to them, Lilith was listening to their plot outside, her face filled with shock.

Lilith's gaze then fell upon Jiang Chen, who was standing to the side.

To be honest, these remarks really shocked her.

Lilith felt that following this group of Pata, her worldview was being challenged every day.

"No, why are you staring at me like that?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled by Lilith's gaze.

"Jiang Chen, aren't you going to do anything about this? You're just letting them do this; they're making counterfeit goods."

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes at Lilith.

"You call yourself a demon? I don't expect you to be able to figure out the intricacies of this, you even think it's wrong to cheat people."

"Let me ask you this: if they build a car that can be used indefinitely, do you think that car is good or bad?"

"Of course it's good," Lilith replied.

"What a load of rubbish! This just means that people who buy a car won't buy another one."

"This person earns 40 gold coins from buying a car, but if the car breaks down after a while, then he will have to buy a new car."

"The new car may be the second or third generation, and the price may have risen to 50 gold coins, which means that his total expenditure on buying the car has reached nearly 100 gold coins."

"And this act of buying a car drives the workers in the factory behind it."

"Because there are buyers, these people have jobs, they can earn money, and then they can spend that money in other places, thus driving the economic cycle."

"But if a car never breaks down after you buy it, what are the factory workers supposed to do? What are they supposed to do if they don't have any orders? Without income, how are they supposed to stimulate consumption in other areas?"

Upon hearing what Jiang Chen said, Lilith blinked her innocent big eyes.

Although there were many things she couldn't understand, she was deeply moved.

These days, Lilith often asks Jiang Chen for various questions.

Because Lilith discovered that although Jiang Chen's management style had certain problems, and she couldn't even understand it, she had to admit that the Pata group was getting better and better under this management style.

Although she didn't understand the underlying principles, Lilith decided to memorize them first and then study them later.

However, Lilith soon seemed to have thought of a problem.

"Speaking of Jiang Chen, I remember you mentioned that you wanted to build a war fortress that belonged to your Pata."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen looked at her with some confusion, "Yes, we'll use that holy stone you mentioned. I've discovered that it's very suitable for forging large-scale war weapons."

"Use this as material, and then have Moses help me make a magic circle. Also, didn't I capture so many strong men? Have them all come over and inscribe magic circles for me. Forging a super war weapon shouldn't be a big problem."

Hearing this, Lilith nodded. "By the way, when they help you build it, will they also use this kind of planned obsolescence scheme?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen immediately flew into a rage, "They wouldn't dare! If I find out, I'll dock their pay!"

Lilith: .....

"So you're just being hypocritical, aren't you? You're fine with it when it applies to others, but when it applies to yourself, you react like this. It's so hypocritical."

"Ouch, why did you hit me!" Before she could finish speaking, Lilith covered her head and looked at Jiang Chen with a resentful expression.

"Are you stupid? You dare to plan to scrap war equipment? Do you believe the enemy will scrap you first?"

As he spoke, Jiang Chen abandoned Lilith and hopped over to the group of amateur welders.

"Hey! You bad pata, wait for me!"

Lilith quickly caught up from behind.

When Jiang Chen appeared, the amateur welders who were discussing how to operate the equipment immediately stopped.

"Why has the leader come over?"

"I don't know, it seems like there's some kind of mission involved."

Just as they were still wondering, Jiang Chen's voice came.

"Gentlemen, I am preparing to build a super weapon of war."

"We are still soliciting proposals."

Upon hearing what Jiang Chen said, the group exchanged glances.

They immediately understood what was going on.

"Chief, do you have any requirements for this war fortress? What functions do you need? You can tell us and we'll draw up the blueprints for you." The amateur welder quickly stepped forward to ask.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen pondered for a moment.

"First, the firepower must be strong enough, and it must have the ability to fly."

"Both offensive and defensive capabilities are indispensable."

"At the same time, there needs to be enough living space so that we can live there after we leave the underground city."

Jiang Chen briefly explained his thoughts to the group of people.

Currently, among the players in the manufacturing industry, Jiang Chen's side only has Sky Dome and Amateur Welder.

There are only two factories to choose from. Jiang Chen will inform other players later.

It will be done by issuing a task, but I happened to meet some amateur welders, so I went over in advance to let them know so they could make arrangements ahead of time.

Jiang Chen's idea was actually very simple, based on the current situation.

After leaving the dungeon, I will definitely need my own base.

He had also considered setting up a regular stronghold, such as occupying a piece of land and building a city.

However, Jiang Chen quickly dismissed the idea.

Not to mention that cities are very selective about their location.

Let's just talk about the function of building cities.

To put it bluntly, this thing is meant to provide a guarantee of one's own safety. A hastily built city simply doesn't offer such a guarantee.

Furthermore, in subsequent battles, various issues such as the transportation of supplies must also be considered.

It's impossible to fight a war while simultaneously transporting supplies back and forth from the dungeon.

Jiang Chen's idea was simple: to build a super fortress that could store a large amount of war supplies, be mobile, and have high defense and attack power, solving the problem once and for all.