After confirming the cooperation, Jiu Jinshan stayed in Jade City as a full-time liaison officer. Along with it, the two assistants, the Red-eyed Vultures, flew back to Mechanical City with the blueprints.

The place is not too far from Sand Port, located on an island 800 kilometers to the northwest.

Lord Dominator's other controlled territory, the Hundred Schools Plateau, is even further north, and Mechanical City is an enclave under his control.

It was from Jiu Jinshan that Zhou Yi learned the origin of Mechanical City's name—it was originally a dumping ground for a large number of abandoned vehicles and essentially a garbage disposal site.

Logically speaking, scrapped vehicles could be disassembled for parts and metal to be sold for money.

The discarded ones were high-risk vehicles, either loaded with hazardous materials for a long time causing them to be radioactive, or they were half-civilized vehicles that were extremely unstable and prone to loss of control.

Mechanical City's original site was lacking in natural resources, and its water sources contained high levels of heavy metals and poisons which made it undrinkable.

"There's too much garbage accumulated there, with lots of plastic, chemical products, and some harmful substances sealed by cement buried deep underground, leading to water pollution," Jiu Jinshan explained the history.

"But it's also thanks to that, no one has been interested in the place, and all sorts of hazardous wastes have been dumped there. Especially the various harmful residues from the Mechanical and Electrical City, which virtually turned it into a mountain of trash."

Zhou Yi asked, "Why not dump those hazardous vehicles into the Dead Sea? Wouldn't that be simpler?"

"Death Light can cause unpredictable mutations."

The giant bird shook its wings: "Dumping the waste vehicles into the Dead Sea might cause explosions, sinking some ships, and potentially creating frenzy half-civilized creatures, or spreading toxic pollution and poisoning the land as well."

"It was a last resort after other methods failed. It's not easy to find a safe place to dispose of hazardous waste due to the scarcity of land resources; Mechanical City just happened to take on such a role."

The garbage continued to pile up.

Sixty years ago, Lord Dominator transformed a garbage mountain into a temporary settlement to house the slaves he captured.

To survive, the slaves continually modified the locality, slowly bringing about a transformation.

The various waste materials there were discovered and reclaimed by the slaves, who also reassembled the hazardous abandoned vehicles into new enhanced cars, thus earning the name Mechanical City.

In other words, Lord Dominator did not initially plan to build a city of slaves.

The birth of Mechanical City was a result of the ruler's whimsical actions, but more so the strong survival will of many slaves, with environmental adaptation paid for with blood and death, creating a unique collective system of slave cities.

Zhou Yi felt somewhat moved by this.

Even as slaves, one must show value and initiative in order to obtain a better environment and conditions.

Half a month later, a cargo ship from Mechanical City delivered all the parts for 300 single-person gliders to Sand Port. Yuan Tong led the team for thorough inspections, and all these goods met the established standards in the first acceptance check.

It took nearly another half month for this batch of gliders to be assembled and go through test flights.

The finished gliders were received by Duke Destructive's ships, and drivers from the Wasteland Company went there to provide technical guidance and teach the art of flying.

The results were quite well received.

Duke Destructive was satisfied: "The Jade City gliders are even simpler and easier to use than expected, and the manned gliders have a high military and deployment value, so I plan to purchase more."

But Zhou Yi could only tell him, "The production of manned gliders is insufficient at the moment; it will take some time."

"What a pity. Let me know when you have the stock; I plan to buy 100 units."

Duke Destructive openly stated, "This flying vehicle has a wide range of uses, and having the first-mover advantage is significant. Paired with my puppet legion, it could produce excellent results."

"You also know that the greatest advantage of the Shuanghe Region is aerial power. We have extensive experience in air combat and air raids, and the assistance and reconnaissance of a glider fleet will further expand our aerial superiority."

"I plan to have the air force units carry a glider fleet to patrol the area surrounding the Dead Sea for potential threats from the air. The glider will become an important part of regular patrols."

"Anyway, hurry it up. If I offer additional fees, could you deliver faster?"

"..."

Faced with Duke Destructive's urgency, Zhou Yi could only say, "Sorry, we can't do that, quality control comes first, please wait."

The production speed in the Sand Port Region also increased to 3 units per day.

This was the current limit.

The reason is that the entire process of weaving, installing, testing, and test flying of the core flying silk is a complete set of procedures.

Frames, wing cloths, scaffolds, and rudders can be produced by skilled workers, but flying silk is a precious new material, whose weaving requires patience and care, and methods to improve efficiency must be explored gradually.

As the Shuanghe Region began patrolling dominantly with the glider fleet, this new vehicle product from Jade City immediately became a cash cow in the eyes of merchants from everywhere.

A multitude of merchants flocked to Sand Port, trying to secure orders through various means from the company.

The production of Jade Soup and Flame Cup decreased, prices increased, combined with the sanctions from the Mechanical and Electrical City Group, which made many outsiders doubt and look down on the Wasteland Development Company for a time.

But the boom in refrigeration boxes restored the merchants' confidence in this place.

The birth and official presale of gliders completely shattered the previous doubts and once again made the area outside Jade City lively with voices. Merchants, workers, and craftsmen from various cities came one after another, looking for opportunities to get rich.

After a continuous decline throughout the summer, the company's business finally stopped the downturn and kicked off a rapid rise again.

Although the most profitable express center was hindered, and now the company's turnover and profits are far lower than before, they were gradually finding a new alternative model, which boosted the employees' confidence.

At this time, there was a small matter that made Zhou Yi headache.

Red Kestrel said, "I did not pass the review phase and was rejected from entering the Wisdom Cloud for further studies."

It had excellent results in the Zen Test, but the sanctions against the company led to a year of preparation ending in vain.

Zhou Yi felt a bit guilty.

"I've put you at a disadvantage."

"It's okay."

The drone said, "I predicted this would be the outcome. Nevertheless, I had been preparing for a long time, so I still tried, the test results were good, at least proving my computing and learning abilities aren't bad."

"Snow County often proclaims that knowledge has no boundaries, but unfortunately, those who hold knowledge do have stands and limits."

Zhou Yi said, "I'll find a way."

He first made contact with United City.

Kunming Station, upon hearing this, said: "The way to Mechanical City is now impassable. Star Axis actually also has a similar database and knowledge updates. Find the Star Core Elector, and through them, it can be done."

"Aren't you cooperating with the Beiyang Region? They can contact Star Axis and can also get it done."

Zhou Yi thought about it and still gave up on this direction.

He still knew too little about Star Axis.

According to descriptions from two satellites of Maria Hospital, Star Axis would transform various lifeforms into digital electors.

Should Red Kestrel be duped and end up becoming a data laborer inside a satellite, it would be a loss far outweighing the gain.

Then Zhou Yi thought of Hundred Schools Plateau.

Lord Dominator was just engaged in the educational training industry there.

"If it's about enrolling in a particular school, one just needs to pass an examination."

Jiu Jinshan said, "But Hundred Schools Plateau does not provide remote connections, you have to go there to enroll."

"There are no online courses?"

"None."

Red-eyed Vulture explained, "Because they do not have their own machine stack services, this is an entire suite of systems that needs to cover many cities. Moreover, there is a lot of sensitive information that's inconvenient to save. By conducting discussions through school courses, many unnecessary risks can also be avoided."

There, they did not provide opportunities for on-the-job further education.

Zhou Yi was somewhat at a loss.

Holding the thought of giving it a try, he contacted Qin Xie.

"This is simple."

Qin Xie said with an easy tone, "Mechanical Knights have exclusive access to machine stack services and also have their own independent database, along with regularly updated mind maps."

"However, Mechanical Knights are actually backed by Heavenly Kingdom. Do you mind this fact?"

"I don't mind."

"Then it's settled."

Qin Xie explained, "Mechanical Knights have an Alien Laboratory. Previously, it was their laboratory that went to various sites like Big Buddha and the prison in United City to conduct field investigations and tests."

"The simplest method is under the guise of your company cooperating with this laboratory to research a certain field of aliens. This way, there is a pretext to use the basic database of Mechanical Knights."

"I have connections on the side of Mechanical Knights, I can go and talk about it, but after all, it's cooperation at the organizational level, both parties must bring out some real valuable things."

He spoke very straightforwardly: "As long as there is something, I can get this matter done. If you're willing, some heavy-hitting intelligence would of course be best."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but remember.

Qin Xie was also from a notable background; his uncle was Yan Zibing, the commander of the second fleet of the Dead Sea Knights, and his father Qin Qiang was a high-ranking member of Mechanical Knights.

Family relations were enough to facilitate this.

Information on building life... there was some.

After a bit of thought, Zhou Yi said: "Then tell Mechanical Knights that I have a technique that can connect different aliens together and allow them to conduct internal exchanges."

There was a sound of surprise from the communicator.

"Are you bringing out such important technology?"

Qin Xie was shocked: "No, I was joking. It's fine to take out something less important."

He obviously grasped the value of this technology.

"Let's go with this."

Zhou Yi said: "I can share our successful experience and the approach to building the public areas with Mechanical Knights. However, we hope that they will also show sincerity."

In fact, this was already old technology.

It has been used by United City for many years, but Jade City had made certain improvements and deduced a public restroom pattern.

This was the part that could be disclosed.

"Wait for me for a second, I'll contact them right away."

Half an hour later, Qin Xie said somewhat tiredly: "It's settled, when they heard about it, they were like dogs smelling meat, couldn't be more excited. Two researchers have already taken an official aircraft to fly to Sand Port. You'll discuss the specifics."

"Also, let me tell you in advance."

"As a sincere response from the laboratory's side, they will exchange the technique for crafting public areas with [Alien Enhancement Technique]."

This change made Zhou Yi a bit stunned: "Alien Enhancement Technique? Aliens can be enhanced?"

"Yes."

Qin Xie smiled on the other end: "I'm not sure about the specific principles, but according to what they say, alien lifeforms can continuously enhance their strength, and each alien can reach an A+ level."

"This is an exclusive technology held by Mechanical Knights, trading it for your public area technique truly shows their sincerity."

"Indeed."

Zhou Yi also couldn't help but feel a bit of anticipation inside.

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