’It’s a pity that Yang Long and his group were stripped of their Lord of the Homeland status after they failed, so they can’t join the guild. Otherwise, it would be much more convenient to periodically harvest materials from them, and I could even remotely control a world.’
As for Lords of the Homeland from other Tuiyuan—not from the Gated Community—there was a suitable target now: Cyan Stone Castle.
But Cyan Stone Castle had a unique structure. It was a Dock Fortress faction built on a caste-like foundation. Even after transmigrating, the class barriers between the honored and the lowly would be hard to break in a short time.
According to the intelligence gathered, the Lords of the Homeland within Cyan Stone Castle were almost all from the Bai clan.
Or they were house-born servants with extremely high loyalty.
So, even if he could successfully recruit other members in the short term, once they left this world, their unstable foundation would just lead to a purge.
He could only recruit members of the Bai clan.
Fortunately, there was still plenty of time. He could take his time observing and look for a suitable proxy in Cyan Stone Castle.
His thoughts shifted, and he took out another yellow Card.
[Building Enhancement Card] Effect: Empowers a production, manufacturing, or processing-type building with a special effect.
(Empowerment: Artisans/producers/production lines within the building have an extremely low chance of entering an "Inspired" state while working, creating a masterpiece that far exceeds their current level.)
Qin Ziwen fell into deep thought after reading it. This empowerment was truly a pleasant surprise.
But the Card was marked with an "extremely low chance." Based on the characteristics of these Cards, if it said "extremely low," then it was probably *really* low.
Therefore, it would be best to use the Card on a building with a huge number of artisans or an extremely high production volume.
This ruled out most buildings, like the Ghost Ship Dock. Although the Ghost Ship Dock had a fair number of workers, it paled in comparison to the Yanwu Military Equipment Supervisor. Besides, ships were large items, and it took several days just to launch one.
If he relied on shipbuilding to trigger an "Inspired" state, there was no telling how long he’d have to wait.
There were only two suitable buildings. One was the Yanwu Military Equipment Supervisor.
It contained eight workshops and over a thousand artisans, and the number of weapons and armor produced daily was quite high.
The other suitable building was the Giant Beast Feed Processing Plant!
It was a super-building capable of producing feed. With sufficient fresh meat, it could produce tens of thousands of cans a day!
More importantly, there was the function of these cans.
These cans already had the effect of assisting breakthroughs to the Extraordinary level. If they were enhanced further, wouldn’t that be an even bigger surprise?
Qin Ziwen’s eyes flickered. This was a gamble.
From a cost-effectiveness perspective, the Yanwu Military Equipment Supervisor was the better choice.
The feed processing plant, on the other hand, was a high-stakes bet.
"I’ll take that bet!"
Qin Ziwen arrived at Giant Beast Heavy Industry. The feed processing plant was still in operation.
The air was thick with the rich smell of blood as workers carried cut chunks of meat and tossed them into the intake.
They had obtained too much meat from the Gobi Desert; it was piled up like a mountain, but the intake opening for the processing line was limited in size.
Qin Ziwen took out the Card. The feed processing plant was now integrated into Giant Beast Heavy Industry. He wondered if using the Card would empower only the feed plant or the entire heavy industry complex.
’The latter would be fantastic.’
The Card vanished in a flash of light. A moment later, a humming sound came from the Giant Beast Feed Processing Plant up ahead, like the rumbling of a Giant Beast’s stomach.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Qin Ziwen’s eyes. Unfortunately, the empowerment effect was only applied to the feed processing plant.
It couldn’t affect the entire massive, ultimate building.
After being empowered, the Giant Beast Feed Processing Plant went into overdrive, letting out a low hum. The speed of the conveyor belt increased by several notches.
Consequently, the speed at which cans came out of the exit below also increased.
"Hurry, hurry, the machine sped up! Get two more helpers over here!" a shout came from the downstream exit.
At the downstream exit, the increased speed of the cans disrupted the original rhythm. The workers responsible for collecting the cans were in a frenzy, and several cans were knocked over and fell to the ground.
A hand reached out from the side, caught a can, and then placed it neatly into a nearby metal box.
"Thanks, buddy! I don’t know what’s up with this thing, it just suddenly got faster."
"You take this side. Just pack the cans from here into the boxes. Don’t mess things up, and don’t try to hide any. They’re all counted."
"Sure. Is this work tiring for you guys every day?"
"It’s alright. We work in three shifts, so it’s not actually that tiring. It gets busy during work, but it’s fine once you get used to it. The supervisor doesn’t care if we shoot the breeze, as long as we get the job done. I’ve been working here for a long time, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen the cans come out this fast. No idea what happened."
The person next to him gently nudged him with their elbow.
Liu Mang, who was working with his head down, turned his head in confusion and looked at his colleague. "What’s up?"
His colleague didn’t speak, just secretly winked and made facial gestures, not daring to make any large movements.
Liu Mang suddenly sensed that the atmosphere was off. Normally, this group of coworkers would be chatting and joking loudly, but now it seemed very quiet.
Liu Mang raised his head in confusion. The next second, his pupils contracted sharply.
"Pres... President!"
Qin Ziwen smiled and said, "It’s fine, don’t worry about it. I was just asking about your working conditions. We need to know what’s not working well so we can improve it. We all have to work together to survive here."
Hearing these words, whatever they thought in their hearts, they all put on smiling faces.
"Thank you for your concern, President."
A female worker said, "President, the working conditions and pay here are great. We don’t have to risk our lives going outside, and the daily wage is enough to feed my whole family."
Liu Mang gave an awkward laugh and quickly added, "Yeah, the pay is much better than I ever imagined. When we first transmigrated, I couldn’t have dreamed of having such a good job."
Xiao Xuemei came jogging over, followed by two female workers. Upon seeing Qin Ziwen, she quickly explained, "President, the speed of the cans at the exit suddenly increased, and we were a bit short-staffed, so I went to recruit a few more people."
Qin Ziwen smiled and said, "I just used a Card, so the processing plant’s efficiency has increased a bit. You can handle the staffing arrangements as you see fit."
Xiao Xuemei nodded hurriedly.
Qin Ziwen said, "Oh, right, Sister Xuemei. There might be some rare types among the cans from now on. If you find any, please pay close attention and keep a tally of the appearance rate of these special cans."
"Alright." Xiao Xuemei didn’t ask why.
Just as Qin Ziwen was about to turn and leave, Liu Mang’s surprised voice came from the side. "President, there’s a can here! I don’t know if it’s the special kind you mentioned!"
Curious, Qin Ziwen followed the voice with his gaze.
He saw Liu Mang holding an oversized can.
The can’s color and appearance were no different from the other, ordinary cans. The only difference was its enormous size.
It was a behemoth!
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