Stars, Players and Immortals

Chapter 78 [Resources] (Patch: Added a new resource overview map and modified some resource settings)

A week later, the engineering project at Kaul officially entered a phase of rapid progress.

Zhang Qiming also began to allocate resources, pouring them into the [Mars Standardized Destroyer Template] project, including the orbital dock in the Tharsis Plateau, the alloy foundry in the Mariner Valley canyon, and the fuel ice supply line in the polar ice cap.

The gap left by the destruction of the Fourth Fleet must be filled, and a batch of large destroyers that can be quickly built, repaired, and put into combat capability will be needed for future wars against Terra.

While heavy cruisers and aircraft carriers are also appealing, building destroyers is currently the most cost-effective option.

In order to advance the project, Zhang Qiming has spent very little time in the Supreme Commander's office these days.

The signing documents for the Olympus political hub were still delivered to him through Chisei, but he himself began to frequently appear at the orbital port, shipyard, military factory, research hub, and block government office.

His presence can be seen everywhere, from rail ports and shipyards to military factories, scientific research hubs, and district government offices.

This is not a simple staged photo op or a leader making a fuss. In the system logic of Gaia and Alaya, the supreme commander's personal presence on the front line is itself a special decision.

[Special Resolution: Administrative Inspection]

[Resolution Type: On-site supervision by the Supreme Commander/Enhancing Administrative Efficiency/Promoting Key Projects]

[Currently applicable target: Mars standardized destroyer template]

Alaya will generate inspection directions and key nodes based on current national priorities.

Upon completion of designated inspection milestones, the corresponding benefits include improved administrative efficiency in the relevant areas, optimized production scheduling, faster project completion, and reduced obstacles to implementation at the grassroots level.

[Recommended inspection areas: Propylaea Railway Port Dockyard, Tharsis Fleet Logistics Headquarters, Mariner Valley Alloy Foundry, Archimedes Engineering Hub.]

[Municipal Round Adjustments: Related engineering project progress speed +15%, target production line administrative efficiency +10%, dock renovation scheduling conflicts reduced, and the probability of delays and shirking at the grassroots level reduced.]

[Current remaining municipal turns: 20]

Yes, Lao Zhang is running municipal affairs. When conducting [administrative inspections], Mars can obtain corresponding municipal modification effects.

The management of Propylaea Shipyard experienced firsthand the true significance of this top-level administrative inspection that very day.

Zhang Qiming went straight into the main control hall of the dock and announced in public that the Port of Propilea would be fully converted to wartime production. He demanded that the dock unconditionally cooperate with the Archimedes Hub and accelerate the transformation of the production lines for [destroyer universal armor plates] and [shipborne SA rack standard interfaces].

As soon as he finished speaking, the accompanying executive committee inspector read out the disciplinary decision on the spot—three production officers who delayed scheduling, falsely reported inventory, and privately withheld spare parts for repairs were immediately dismissed from their posts, had all system permissions frozen, and their files were directly transferred to internal affairs for review.

This swift and decisive action instantly spread throughout the entire port.

During his time running around doing municipal work, Zhang Qiming barely had a break.

The Skydrive government's temporary Air Force One travels almost daily between the Olympus region, the Tharsis Plateau region, the Mariner Valley region, and the polar ice cap region.

Today, personnel appointments and dismissals will be conducted in the Olympus District. Tomorrow, we will go to the Tharsis Fleet Logistics Headquarters, the day after tomorrow to the Mariner Valley Alloy Foundry, and the day after that, we will fly to the fuel ice mining station and oxygen circulation tower on the polar ice cap.

Local officials have privately begun to describe the supreme commander's itinerary as "the King of Hell's roll call."

Nobody knows where Zhang Qiming will go next.

Wherever he went, Chishiro would upload the accounts, inventory, schedules, and personnel lists to the central control screen in advance. Ares would connect to the local military data link, and the Mars Committee inspectors would follow behind to calculate the final accounts.

In some places, he simply adjusted the schedule on the spot, and several production lines were immediately switched from civilian maintenance to the production of military standard parts.

In some places, however, things weren't so lucky. Several stubborn old bureaucrats who deliberately slacked off and delayed progress were immediately dismissed from their posts, their personal terminals were frozen, and all their office files were packed up and transferred to the internal affairs review department.

By the time this "administrative inspection" reached its third stage, the grassroots level of Mars had fully realized what was happening.

When the supreme commander comes to the front line, it's never just a simple matter of shaking hands, speaking, and taking photos. He comes with the power of life and death to supervise and dismiss officials, and he conducts a major inspection.

Before he had even finished twenty municipal rounds, he had already scanned through all the key nodes in the first round.

In the Tharsis Plateau region, Zhang Qiming visited the Propylea Orbital Port Dock, the Fleet Logistics Headquarters, and the SA Spacecraft Hangar.

In the Sailor Valley area, the alloy foundry, military assembly plant, and prosthetic manufacturing plant were re-added to the wartime production capacity list.

In polar ice cap regions, the transportation priority for fuel ice mining stations, water treatment centers, and oxygen circulation towers has been increased to ensure uninterrupted supply to shipyards, military factories, and urban life support systems.

After completing this round of Tharsis, Zhang Qiming returned to the local temporary government office to rest.

It was supposed to be a rest stop, but in reality, it just meant moving the office from the hovercraft to the conference room.

At this moment, outside the window is the plateau's rail lift, and in the distance, Propilea Port looks like a giant steel gate suspended in the sky, with cargo airships coming and going, and military transport tracks lit up with glaring red lights.

Zhang Qiming took a sip of the now-cold nutritional coffee and reached out to open the Gaia system's [Resource Overview].

The next second, a stream of resource data from the entire planet Mars unfolded before him.

【基础资源：能源额度15K+20、水冰储备58K+110、食物配给31K+95、民用消费品18K

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【工业资源：工业矿物10K+20、舰用合金15K+30、精密元件9.6K+14。】

[Science and Technology Resources: Physics Research 500, Social Research 500, Engineering Research 1.7K]

【国家资源：战略影响力620+14、文明凝聚力1.1K+42、经贸流通值7.8K+15。】

【生产力转换：军事重工业1.8K、能源生产1.4K、矿业开採1.3K、民生工业900（供给不足）、基础建设1.2K、精密製造800、深空工程500】

Zhang Qiming's attention first fell on basic resources.

Energy quotas are still growing, and water ice reserves and food rations are stable.

With the transportation lines in the polar ice cap area reopened, the chassis for fuel ice, water treatment, and oxygen circulation has been stabilized.

What Mars fears most now is not the lack of food and water, but the fact that after the vigorous development of heavy industry, civilian consumer goods are beginning to suffocate under the pressure.

[Consumer Goods 18K-25]

These numbers are glaring.

The negative growth isn't significant, but it indicates that Martian society is shifting most of its civilian production capacity to military equipment, shipyards, and precision manufacturing.

In the short term, the city can rely on its inventory to hold up the situation, but if this drags on for too long, the comfort level of the city and the satisfaction of its residents will inevitably plummet.