Chapter 537: Chapter 17: A Planet on the Verge of Lifelessness

A week later, Lin Yu and his team returned to Camp 1 after clearing out another large virus nest.

He then went to the command center at the launch site beside the camp.

The moment he walked in, Lin Yu asked, "Orentz, what’s the status of the satellite launch?"

Orentz Kent came to Lin Yu’s side at the sound of his voice. "My Lord, Satellite One has been successfully deployed and is already operational. We are hurrying to build new ones."

"However, we’re currently short on mining facilities, and the resources needed for satellite construction are scarce. It will still take a considerable amount of time to deploy satellites over the entire planet."

While Lin Yu was leading his team to clear out large virus nests, the dwarves had successfully built a satellite.

It took so long mainly because this planet lacks communications infrastructure. Right now, only Camp 1 has a communications base, so the satellites had to be upgraded and modified to include on-board data storage.

The modified satellites store any detected information until they pass over Camp 1, at which point they transmit the data.

In addition to modifying the satellites, the dwarves also used the latest Anti-Gravity Engine to create a low-altitude satellite deployment vehicle.

"Mining facilities, you say?"

"Forget it. Building mining facilities is too slow. I’ll give you a hand. Send me a list of the materials you need, and I’ll transfer them from the main territory."

"Also, give me the completed satellite manufacturing blueprints. I’ll have them built simultaneously back at the main territory."

"We’ll tackle this from both ends and try to get the satellite deployment finished sooner."

"Yes, My Lord!"

Orentz Kent immediately handed Lin Yu the pre-compiled list of materials needed for satellite manufacturing, as well as the construction blueprints.

Lin Yu immediately transferred these items to his main body via his personal inventory space.

...

Another month passed. Thanks to the combined efforts of the main territory and Glacier World, enough satellite components to monitor the entire planet were successfully manufactured.

Meanwhile, the camp had built an assembly workshop where all the technical personnel were assembling the manufactured components into satellites.

For the past month, Lin Yu hadn’t gone out to lead any nest-clearing teams. He’d stayed at the camp, constantly transferring the finished satellite components from the main territory.

There was no other way. He was the only one who could transfer resources from the main territory. Building a Teleportation Array would be expensive, but teleporting such a large volume of supplies would cost even more.

He had delegated the task of clearing out the large virus nests to Rose and Baining, giving them free rein.

The two of them were quite dedicated, and their progress was no slower than when Lin Yu had been leading the teams.

...

At the launch center, Lin Yu pulled the last satellite component from his personal inventory space and placed it on a nearby transport vehicle.

"Orentz, you have all the materials. How much longer until you complete the surveillance network for the entire planet?"

"My Lord, with the help of the spaceship, we’ve already completed monitoring for 65% of the planet. We only need one week to finish the rest!"

"No. That’s too long!"

"My Lord, all the technicians are working in shifts. One week is the absolute fastest we can go. Any faster, and we can’t guarantee the quality of the satellite assembly. They won’t last long-term!"

"They don’t need to last long-term. They just need to hold up in the sky for one month. With that in mind, can you speed things up?"

Orentz Kent mentally calculated for a moment. "My Lord, the satellites are already streamlined. We can’t reduce the number of components. However, if we do a rougher assembly, we can cut the time by one..."

Lin Yu glared at Orentz.

"...by two days."

Lin Yu just stared at Orentz, saying nothing.

"My Lord, we really can’t go any faster!"

Lin Yu stared into Orentz’s eyes, and Orentz met his gaze without backing down.

"Fine. Five days it is. Hurry up. We don’t have much time left!"

With that, Lin Yu left the launch center.

Orentz Kent watched Lin Yu’s retreating figure and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He turned and shouted orders to his subordinates, "Everyone, pick up the pace! All shift rotations are canceled starting now! Everyone on deck! If you get tired, drink a Recovery Potion and push through!"

"The Lord has commanded that all satellites must be assembled and deployed to space within three days!"

"Anyone who drags their feet and messes up the Lord’s important business will have me to answer to!"

...

Meanwhile, Lin Yu rushed to the monitoring room.

"What’s the status of the underground Molten River?"

"My Lord, the brightness of the Molten River has dimmed again! At night, the grayish-white lava is appearing for longer periods."

Lin Yu clicked his tongue. ’This underground lava is the planet’s lifeblood. Once the magma loses its heat, the planet will be well and truly dead.’

’At that point, even if I purify the entire planet of viruses, all I’ll have is a Death Star, worthless except for mining.’

Lin Yu looked through recent footage of the Molten River. He discovered that the rate at which its brightness was dimming was accelerating.

This indicated that the planet’s defense mechanism was losing the fight against the Ku Shu.

As the battle raged on, the planet’s defenses were weakening. Without intervention, it would soon fall into the Ku Shu’s grasp.

When that happened, the planet would no longer generate its own natural energy. Instead, it would constantly produce Undead Energy, transforming it into a Planet of the Undead.

"Expand the surveillance perimeter of the underground Molten River. Maintain constant monitoring. I need to know how much longer ’it’ can hold on!"

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