At the Survivors' Home, Ye Liangchen and the others had already chosen the location for their base.
The base for Sword·Extreme was located northwest of the main city. Although the geographical location wasn't ideal, it covered a vast area, allowing for the setup of many infrastructure facilities.
Lin Bei arrived at the base, directly used a spatial node to connect the base with the Survival World's passage, then Teleported away.
As for the remaining matters, he handed them all over to others.
These people would probably be very busy in the next few days.
However, Lin Bei wasn't the kind of unscrupulous boss who only knew how to exploit his employees. He still offered excellent incentive policies. If they worked hard for him, he couldn't promise much else, but he could provide some high-quality food that could enhance their strength.
It is said that food in the Interstellar Survival World is still a rare resource because many foods have been exposed to cosmic radiation and cannot be consumed directly.
If they wanted to fill their stomachs, most Survivors would choose to use some high-tech synthesis machines, adding basic raw materials to synthesize some unpalatable food.
Although it wasn't delicious, it was non-toxic and harmless, barely allowing for survival.
This is also why many Survivors are willing to stay in the Underworld, because here, as long as you have enough brave badge and kings medal, you can buy delicious food.
For those Survivors, life here, compared to the Interstellar Survival World, was simply like heaven!
Therefore, when Lin Bei brought out a large pile of high-quality food before these people, whether they were members of Tianjian Pavilion with their aloof persona or the extremely fanatical Jidao Crowd members, their eyes all lit up, saliva flowed, and they immediately swore to help Lin Bei improve the basic construction of the base... After returning to the Island, Lin Bei immediately saw a group of Disqualified Ones surrounding the outside of "Taibai Residence".
He went up to check and then realized that it seemed Hei Feng's main body had been making rapid progress in strength recently, so the Curse Power within him could no longer be suppressed and began to surge out, requiring these Disqualified Ones to help absorb and digest it.
This was a win-win situation for both parties, so Lin Bei naturally didn't say much.
Now, the Island Survival World was gradually entering dusk, and the afterglow of the setting sun spilled over the shimmering sea, creating a beautiful scene.
Lin Bei went directly to Qingqing, asked about Nilu and Anya, and learned that the two girls had fallen asleep on a bed after eating their fill. He couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.
"These two girls are truly carefree."
"But you must supervise them well at home. They must exercise properly, otherwise, if they continue to eat like this, they'll turn into two little chubby kids sooner or later!"
"Nilu is one thing, but Anya... I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to her sister."
Lin Bei said helplessly.
"Don't worry, Master, I will supervise them to complete their daily training plans."
Qingqing smiled upon hearing this.
"Alright, I just saw people from the Order Beacon preparing to dispatch an Excellent Grade Warship to attack my Island tomorrow morning, so I plan to upgrade our Island's defense system."
"Do you have any ideas?"
Lin Bei looked at Qingqing, getting straight to the point.
"Hmm, I've already upgraded the core, and my main body is now at the transcendent level."
"This upgrade has greatly improved my calculation speed and capabilities, and unlocked many weapon system designs and... new postures."
"So, as long as there are enough materials, I can directly upgrade our Island's defensive power to the transcendent level."
"Unless the enemy possesses over a million Combat Power, otherwise... there's almost no possibility of breaking through our defenses head-on."
Qingqing said earnestly.
"Very good. Specifically, how long will it take?"
Lin Bei's eyes lit up upon hearing this. He hadn't expected Qingqing's upgrade to bring him such a surprise.
This way, he wouldn't need to rack his brains looking for blueprints to set up the Island's defenses.
"The complete construction project will take about ten days."
Qingqing replied, "However, if it's just to defend against and counterattack an Excellent Grade Warship fleet, it can be set up in a maximum of three hours."
"Alright, list the specific materials you need for me. I'll give you the materials, and you can start preparing as soon as possible."
"Yes, Master."
"By the way, you just said... what new postures did you unlock?"
"Ah, that... nothing."
Qingqing blushed and lowered her head upon hearing this.
Lin Bei smiled without exposing her. He recalled that he had either been unconscious or busy these past few days, overlooking some of life's beautiful moments.
So, taking advantage of the twilight's afterglow, he pulled Qingqing back into the house and began to 'train'.
Time flew by, and two hours passed in a flash.
After leaving the materials needed to set up the Island's defense system, Lin Bei left the room feeling satisfied.
He opened the storage bag that City Lord Tianjian Hei Feng had given him and began to examine its contents.
Inside the storage bag were several scrolls and two thick books.
Lin Bei first looked at the two books.
One book was titled "From Shadow Basics to Shadow Mastery," and the other was titled "Shadow++."
He briefly scanned the table of contents. The former mainly explained some theoretical knowledge of Shadow, while the latter contained practical Shadow techniques.
As for the other scrolls, they were all for learning Shadow abilities.
Among them, Lin Bei immediately spotted the clone ability he had been longing for!
[Shadow Clone: After use, you can master the ability to create Shadow Clones. Usage Restriction: Shadow Points ≥ 1000.]
"As expected, there's a clone ability!"
A hint of pleasant surprise flashed in Lin Bei's eyes.
Afterward, he looked at the other scrolls. The Shadow abilities recorded on them were [Shadow Grip], [Shadow Stealth], [Shadow Mark], Shadow Slash, and [Shadow Teleport].
The first three Shadow abilities only required a Shadow Points limit of 100 to learn, while the latter two required 500 and 800 points respectively to learn.
Lin Bei frowned and pondered for a moment, not rushing to learn these scrolls.
Instead, he glanced at the remaining cooldown time of the Blessing of the Goddess of Luck on his lucky pendant.
Less than three days remained. If he spent all the upcoming time in the Underworld, he would soon be able to activate the Super Lucky State for the second time.
Using these scrolls then would surely trigger a high Critical Hit effect!
By then, the Shadow abilities he mastered would definitely be much stronger than the abilities recorded on the scrolls!
"I'll just endure it for now."
"Everything... is for maximizing profit!"
Lin Bei was itching with anticipation, but he forcefully stabilized his mindset, compelling himself not to look at the attributes on those scrolls again. Instead, he decided to start with the two thick books, hoping to gain some inspiration from them, which would also provide significant help for his use of Shadow Power... Order Beacon, headquarters.
Bohaus glanced at the people in front of him and asked with a frown, "How are the preparations coming along?"
"Reporting to the Leader, our Order Beacon currently has fewer than fifty thousand members remaining. We have already centralized most of the resources in their hands."
"According to our estimates, we will ultimately be able to produce fifty Excellent Grade Warships!"
"Hmm, fifty warships are enough."
Bohaus's furrowed brow relaxed slightly upon hearing his subordinate's report.
However, it quickly furrowed again. He scanned the crowd and asked in a deep voice, "That's not right. If I remember correctly, not long ago, our faction's Survivor count should have been close to one hundred thousand, right?"
"Why are there now fewer than fifty thousand?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces turned pale, cold sweat beaded on their foreheads, and they all lowered their heads in silence.