Chapter 180: Chapter 180 Slaughterer Power Armor
Shelter.
Lin Yi began to check.
[Your Vending Machines]:
[Vending Machine 1]
Balance: 22,990 Coins.
[Vending Machine 2]
Balance: 21,645 Coins.
The vending machine Lin Yi gave to Tatiana is No. 3, it seems she hasn’t found a place to set it up yet, or she hasn’t returned to her people.
For two days, no one has used the first vending machine, making Lin Yi a bit uneasy.
Could they all be dead?
"Oh, right, I have a box..."
Lin Yi took out a treasure chest from the warehouse, about the size of a jewelry box. It looked like a small box made of solid wood and some kind of light yellow metal.
It was a reward from the trial.
"But how exactly do you open this thing?"
[Would you like to open this treasure chest for Lin Yi?]
"Who do you think is Lin Yi, you fool!"
At Lin Yi’s scolding, the box began to glow.
After the light finally disappeared, the box turned into something resembling a plastic card.
[Exit Card from Trial Dungeon!]
[This card can be used to leave the trial at any time!]
"I’m not even sure what to say... To be honest, if I end up naked in the dungeon, with no way to teleport shelter items, what’s the use of this thing?"
[This is a special card; it will appear with you in the trial dungeon!]
"Okay, so I’ll be naked, but holding a small plastic card... You’re messing with me, aren’t you? If I had opened this box before entering the dungeon, I bet the reward wouldn’t be this!"
Without waiting for a response from the shelter, Lin Yi began to expand the fields and animal enclosures.
He started with the expansion of Xidi’s enclosure.
Since the enclosure was 4,000 square meters, and the reproduction of Xidi stopped when the number reached 128, it meant each Xidi required about 30 square meters of space.
In Lin Yi’s view, this wasn’t very economical—rabbits occupy 3 square meters on average and can produce 17 pounds of meat each.
However, Xidi could also produce decent leather and milk.
The roughness of the leather varied depending on the age of the animals.
Xidi leather could be used to make shoes, belts, clothes, and even armor, but its color... well, it was a light beige, which even the darker-skinned shelter residents thought looked like human skin.
In this aspect, the Beastmen were a big help—they taught humans how to make basic dyes and compounds that could change the characteristics of leather.
Some compounds made the leather softer, while others made it rougher, but... these compounds also reduced the lifespan of the items by dozens of times, so they would start falling apart in about six months.
The Xidi enclosure was expanded to 40,000 square meters, costing 28,800 Coins.
This left the shelter with 321,000 Coins.
After settling these Xidi, Lin Yi then went to the orchard. The current consumption of apples and pears in the shelter remained relatively low, but now the time had come to start making apple products, like wine...
So Lin Yi opened up a large area of nearly 84,000 square meters, which cost him as much as 64,000 Coins.
Fortunately, there was no need to purchase seeds because they only had to plant the apple cores.
In the more than 40,000 square meters of land, 90% was used for planting apples, and the remaining 10% for pears.
Lin Yi decided not to touch the rabbit farm for now since the factory also lacked butchers.
After completing the work on the fields, the boss went to the vineyard. At that time, the grapes should already be ready for harvest, which indeed they were.
The shelter now owned six acres of top-quality grapes!
Since Orianna took charge of the fieldwork, her eyes had become sharp.
As soon as Lin Yi arrived, she immediately noticed, "Boss! Are you here to oversee the harvest work?"
"That’s right, how does the situation look?"
"Very good! All the experts believe these grapes are fantastic, have a taste."
The girl took a small bunch of grapes from the basket and handed it to the boss, the grapes were deep blue and medium-sized.
"...The taste is really rich."
"Right?! The wine made from these will definitely be great, Immanuel has prepared everything. They will start winemaking soon."
"Hmm... Wine can make everyone quite happy, and it can earn us a decent amount of money."
The greedy Lin Yi smiled broadly.
For him, wine was just a commodity; this time about a hundred tons of grapes could be harvested.
"How many grapes are needed to make five liters of wine?"
"About half a pound!" Orianna answered.
Lin Yi thought for a moment.
Even if it takes a pound of grapes to make five liters of wine, this harvest could produce about 75,000 liters...
After the first batch of grapes matured, a new batch would mature every four days.
Unless he could find a large market willing to pay a good price, he would have to feed the grapes to the rabbits...
Orianna was very clever, she seemed to see what Lin Yi was thinking, so she smiled and said.
"Hmm... We could produce raisins, juice, table wine, and all kinds of other products. The population of the shelter will also increase, so demand will rise."
"You’re right... but where are we going to store so many grapes?"
"Perhaps we’ll need to build a warehouse..."
Orianna looked at the newly developed field of the boss, feeling a bit troubled.
Because she had to gather more workers to ensure everything was planted properly, along with a whole bunch of other things to do...
After the work in the vineyard was over.
Lin Yi came to the weapon craftsman’s workshop.
He saw two middle-aged men busy around some crates next to the workbench.
They held a 5.56mm bullet shell in their left hand, with their right hand empty, then with a blue flash, four more bullet shells appeared out of thin air.
Whoever finished first would throw the bullet shell into the box and then start making new ones.
This was an extremely tedious and monotonous job that required a lot of power and magic value...
In another room, four people sat at four large, futuristic workbenches.
There were two girls, a young guy, and a middle-aged man.
"Another girl?"
Lin Yi murmured to himself, clearly not expecting to see a female in the workshop.
After the incident with Sylvie, he was strongly against women becoming weapon craftsmen.
"Ahem, Sylvie, let me see what you’re so proud of?"
"Boss! Just a moment, I’m almost done."
Sylvie was focused on the things on the workbench.
A wooden rod was suspended in mid-air, and a mass of steel material gradually took shape, becoming a second level long spear.
A minute later, Sylvie exhaled, picked up the long spear, checked its description, nodded with satisfaction, and then sent it to the armory.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, let’s go to the testing ground."
The two walked to the next room, which was a large room resembling a gym.
"Look!" Sylvie said proudly.
Then she unveiled the item with a white sheet.
"What’s this... power armor? Wait, no... is it an exoskeleton?"
Lin Yi examined this huge armored suit with a protruding exoskeleton structure in some surprise.
He had recently fantasized about orcs wearing Space Marine armor, and what he saw now wasn’t far off... though on a smaller scale.
Several layers of sturdy steel armor were installed on the strong exoskeleton. The interior was covered with Xidi leather, and the chest and back were also significantly reinforced.
The exoskeleton was also connected to a thick helmet with a tinted flat glass visor. It was unclear how one could speak or breathe with the helmet on...
[Slaughterer Power Armor, Level 3]
This is a magical power armor jointly developed by the weapon craftsman team and a mechanician, representing a fusion of technologies from two worlds.
It’s extremely bulky, yet still immensely powerful.
This gear allows the wearer to run quickly and effortlessly carry heavy loads.
It’s incredibly durable but will fail if the key systems are damaged. One charge can run for three hours.
Main attributes: Defense 32, Weight 100 pounds, Value 350 coins.
"Cool... very cool. But has anyone tried wearing it?"
Lin Yi asked uncertainly, recalling Sylvie’s previous prototype equipment.
Sylvie blushed slightly, remembering being pinned and unable to get up by the armor.
But she still proudly announced.
"We have, Boss! We even let some soldiers try it out, and they were all amazed!"
"Well, let’s take a look..."
Lin Yi said, approaching the power armor.
Sylvie showed him how to wear it, opening the armor like the two doors of a wardrobe.
Lin Yi crawled into this massive "stone coffin."
He tried to fasten all the armor plates, but every motion required some effort.
"It’s a bit heavy for the soldiers..."
"Boss! That’s because you haven’t powered it yet; just give the armor system a command."
"Got it..."
Lin Yi issued a command, and the engine in the chest and back of the armor began to roar.
Sylvie explained while securing the armor’s left arm to prevent it from hindering a one-armed wearer.
"A water tank powers the steam engine at the front, with a diluted biofuel tank at the rear."
"Hmm, there’s even an air conditioner, I thought I’d roast in this tin can, but this feels proper... Now that I’m moving in it, I feel no resistance at all!"
With Sylvie’s help, Lin Yi easily fastened all the armor plates and put on the helmet.
The arms and legs of the armor felt very flexible and agile.
"How did you guys manage to build this thing in just four days?"
"The workbench handled some of the fine details... plus we used some of Louis’s designs..."
"I see, but you guys went above and beyond. Can I run in it?"
"Of course, Boss! There’s an obstacle course over there, even I can get through it."
Sylvie pointed to a track marked with small flags, with some obstacles that wearers must jump over, climb over, or go around.
Wearing the armor, Lin Yi made some simple moves, then more complex ones, finally trusting the armor’s flexibility and mobility.
He could even do jumping jacks in it.
The obstacle course was where this armor truly shone. He jumped high, ran fast, and wove through like a snake.
The armor creaked and hissed with steam emerging, quickly warming the room’s air...