Freeze the entire population, activate my Superman system?

At the same time, countless energy conduits, as thick as an arm, extend from the bottom of the energy furnace, sinking into the ground like tree roots.

These conduits spread automatically along the roads, manholes, and gaps in the underground garage of the community, precisely connecting to the inside of the walls of every residential building and every household.

A palm-sized energy interface plate automatically grew from the original heating pipe joint, with dark red light patterns slowly flowing on it.

A similar one appeared on the wall of the conference room.

Liu Yun tentatively reached out and touched him, feeling a steady, even warmth in her palm.

"If it's truly a miracle, then why would we need wood?" Her voice was filled with disbelief.

"It's not needed anymore." Zhang Mu stared at the new data that popped up on the panel, his voice trembling.

"The main city-level energy furnace uses fire crystals as its core fuel, and each standard fire crystal can maintain full power operation for fifteen days."

The coverage area... includes the entire Longmaofu residential community, including the back hill and artificial lake. If the safe zone is lifted, the boundary can be extended another 1.5 kilometers outwards.

"That's for later," Ling Shuang interrupted him. "Let's see if there are any new buildings first. That big guy outside is still there."

He didn't add unnecessary pressure to the group, simply saying that outside the breach, besides the Night Demon Mother, there was another enemy.

Zhang Mu turned the page, his expression suddenly froze, then he was overjoyed.

"Except for ordinary buildings, everything can be upgraded to a higher level."

A new building has been activated: the Research Institute, upgraded from the Armory.

Zhang Mu read out the building names on the panel, his voice audible with erratic breathing.

"Exclusive building for main city-level territories: Research Institute."

Function 1: Existing drawings can be converted into production formulas that the system can replicate.

Scope of compatibility: Mechanical structure drawings, weapon manufacturing drawings, vehicle assembly drawings, basic industrial process drawings

Function 2: Allows for specialized enhancements and upgrades to existing equipment within a certain scope.

Holy crap!

Zhang Mu couldn't help but swear, because another line of text popped up on the panel that shocked him even more.

[A multiple quantity of military blueprints have been detected in the lord's storage device. Batch import to the Research Institute?]

[After importing, the corresponding production formula will be automatically generated and matched with the production line of the existing industrial building.]

"Those blueprints from Nantianmen!" Jiang Xiaobei was the first to realize, "They can all be reproduced now!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tiejun could no longer contain himself and stared intently at Zhang Mu.

"They can make guns now?"

"Yes, we can currently unlock a large number of military parts lathes, but we definitely can't build something like an aerospace fighter right now."

Zhang Mu's voice was trembling, and his finger had already tapped the confirmation button.

With a light tap, two more fire crystals were consumed.

Through the window, everyone could see the research institute rising from the ground on the open space to the east of the smelting furnace.

It is not tall, only two stories, but it occupies a total area three times larger than a smelting furnace.

The exterior walls are made of gray-white metal with fine textures covering the surface, resembling the casing of some kind of precision instrument.

Ten minutes later, everyone rushed into the research institute's gate.

The most eye-catching feature is the huge holographic projection platform in the very center of the first floor.

At this moment, a weapon is slowly rotating above the projection table.

A mainstream weapon that everyone present was extremely familiar with.

The new version of the Type 95 automatic rifle.

On the 3D structural diagram, each part is disassembled and marked with dimensions and material requirements accurate to the millimeter.

A complete production process list was automatically generated on the recipe panel next to it.

There's even a separate workshop for manufacturing bullets.

"It really can be built... it can keep us alive." Guo Yueshan's voice seemed to be blocked by something.

Yesterday, the armory couldn't even make a homemade gun without black powder.

He turned around, his eyes already red.

Seemingly afraid of affecting everyone's mood, Guo Yueshan muttered a low sigh to himself,

"If Commander Gu and his men had been in our safe zone, the outcome would definitely have been different."

Shen Yuan put on his glasses and leaned over the projector to carefully review the recipe list.

"It's not just rifles."

"Pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles... The blueprint package from Nantianmen contains the complete manufacturing processes for at least six types of light weapons."

"But don't get too excited yet." Shen Yuan's finger stopped at the bottom line of the recipe list.

All the formulas specify the prerequisites; for example, rifles require the consumption of mineral resources and engineering plastics.

Furthermore, even with the help of research institutes, engineering plastics still require petroleum as their most basic raw material.

These workshops all require achievement points to activate, and there aren't any in the iron ore vein safe zone yet.

As for oil, we should try drilling in the safe zone.

Ling Shuang suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed.

"Then we can't wait," Ling Shuang said directly. "That cyclops outside is an inspector at the limit of a third-tier mature body."

It is currently using the Night Demon Mother to continuously induce the birth of offspring to attack our defenses and deplete our wood reserves.

Once the safe zone is lifted, we'll have to face this terrifying existence head-on.

"The limit of a third-tier mature form." Guo Yueshan repeated the term, his face pale. "How much stronger is it than you?"

"If I use all my cards, I can probably last five minutes in a head-on confrontation."

The air in the research institute's lobby suddenly froze.

"But it's not like I have no chance at all."

Ling Shuang raised her left hand, and silver-black scales spread from the back of her hand, covering her entire forearm.

"My second-tier ability has just been activated and is called 'Frost Flame'."

I haven't had a chance to test the specific effects yet. With the ghoul's Bloodlust talent added, my actual combat power should be able to reach the threshold of Tier 3.

But Night Owl is at the peak of a third-tier mature form. He's a whole major tier higher than me.

Hearing Ling Shuang's lack of confidence for the first time, Zhang Mu hurriedly began to look through the research institute.

"I refuse to believe that a major city-level territory doesn't have a single entity capable of dealing with a Tier 3 being!"

"Take another look. This is why I need to bring the Fire Crystal back to use immediately."

We must be absolutely certain of victory.

Once Zhang Mu became more focused, he flipped through the documents carefully and quickly found a military blueprint that met the requirements.

"Got it."

Everyone turned to look at Zhang Mu's lord panel.

"What?"

"Laser cannon".

At this moment, everyone was stunned.

"Laser cannon?"

Zhao Tiejun was the first to react, and his voice even changed tone.

"You mean laser cannons? You mean those buzzing ones in the movies?"

"This is just the original blueprint that the command headquarters gave us."

"The system can be upgraded to 'Fire Source Energy Cannon'."

Zhang Mu had already turned to that page in the building list.

"A defensive building exclusive to the main city. It uses high-density fire crystals as its energy core to emit focused energy beams with an effective range of 1200 meters."

The system's damage rating indicates that it can effectively kill Tier 3 targets, inflict penetrating damage on Tier 3 extreme targets, and deal partial damage to Tier 4 targets.

Zhang Mu raised his head, staring excitedly at Ling Shuang, his pupils dilating slightly.

"This thing could probably kill that Cyclops."

"And most importantly, it doesn't require a mineral vein as a prerequisite; it only consumes fire crystals."

He was finally able to solve some of Ling Shuang's problems.

"What about the cost?" Ling Shuang asked.

"8500 achievement points? We have plenty of resources, that's enough."

"We don't need any mines. Fire crystals are plentiful." Ling Shuang's lips curled up slightly.

"Let's build one first." Ling Shuang stood up, her gaze falling on the direction of the artificial lake.

After the beam of light dissipated, a turret made entirely of dark red metal and energy conduits slowly rose up.

The turret base is hexagonal and about three meters in diameter.

The barrel is not a traditional tubular structure of artillery, but rather two rows of parallel energy rails with red electric arcs jumping between them.

In the very center of the turret, a fist-sized fire crystal core was spinning at high speed.

The dark red light pulses inside had accelerated to a level that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

Aim in the direction,

It's right at the gap in the safe zone!