Chapter 285

He had been thinking about how to solve the two major defects of rune wizarding tools all along.

The first is the stability problem.

Traditional wizarding tools are stable but have limited usage counts; rune wizarding tools are theoretically sustainable, but they are extremely easily affected by the fluctuations of different plane laws, leading to failure.

His previous solution was modular design and rapid battlefield modification, but this was still low-efficiency and relied on advance preparation.

The other is the supply problem.

The manufacturing of rune wizarding tools is time-consuming and labor-intensive; storing a few thousand in a war is already the limit, and during the battle process, they only get fewer and fewer, making it difficult to sustain.

And now, with this automatic factory that can be stored in the body space, everything is easily solved!

He can produce rune wizarding tools in batches using the factory in his body space at any time.

After entering a new plane and determining the approximate parameters of the local elements, he can directly adjust the production line in the space to manufacture rune wizarding tools that are completely adapted to the current environment!

And in Gao Jie Ming's vision, in the future, after the body space further expands, he might be able to try moving the entire cannon fodder production line inside.

Realizing a true "portable legion," achieving production while fighting.

If the cannon fodder he researched has a high enough utilization rate of resources, he could even achieve a perfect cycle of fighting while utilizing battlefield resources for replenishment!

By that time, he alone could be called a swarm!

However, those are all things for a long time in the future.

Suppressing the excitement of longing in his heart, Gao Jie Ming began to study the operation methods, maintenance procedures, and the meanings of the core control runes of this complex machine in depth according to the attached manual.

After spending several days and initially mastering its basic operation, he took a deep breath and came under the hovering factory.

His consciousness sank into his dantian, communicating with the Jin Dan, and invoking the power of the space inside his body.

An invisible, massive suction force was generated with him as the center, enveloping the automatic factory above.

The protective magic array on the factory's surface sensed the sequence password Gao Jie Ming had prepared in advance and did not resist; instead, it lit up with a soft glow to echo with it.

Soon, under the wrapping of the spatial power, the massive factory began to become blurry and distorted.

It finally turned into a stream of light and was successfully stored by Gao Jie Ming into the space inside his body, which was already no longer what it used to be.

Next, it was time to find a suitable "settling" position for this behemoth in the body space, and then conduct preliminary debugging and installation.

After successfully incorporating the automatic factory into the body space and initially setting up the relevant production programs, Gao Jie Ming couldn't wait to conduct several experimental productions.

Rune wizarding tools completed basic shaping, rune engraving, and energy infusion from the preset production line like flowing water; the efficiency far exceeded manual production, which made him feel deeply satisfied.

However, problems also emerged along with it.

The first to bear the brunt was energy supply.

Relying on energy crystals or small portable elemental pools to power the factory not only resulted in unstable output power, affecting the processing quality of high-precision components, but its consumption speed was also shockingly fast.

After producing only a few batches of rune wizarding tools, the stored high-purity crystals had visibly decreased by a small pile.

At this rate, he would probably have to carry a crystal mine with him to support the consumption of sustained combat.

"Energy is the blood of industry; it really is the truth everywhere." Gao Jie Ming sighed, his consciousness exited the body space, and he connected to the magic network terminal.

He checked his current military merit balance; although the previous large-scale procurement had consumed quite a bit, the stable income brought by the "Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol" still made him feel full of confidence.

Without too much hesitation, he quickly placed an order in the internal mall of the Plane Nuolun Workshop and purchased a Tier 4 large elemental pool.

Unlike the Tier 5 or higher elemental pools that are often used to support the energy of an entire plane, the Tier 4 large elemental pool is specifically designed for large-scale war machinery, high-energy-consuming research equipment, or small and medium-sized production bases.

In order to be stuffed into war machinery, its volume is relatively controllable, and after being processed by precise spatial folding technology, it can be completely accommodated by Gao Jie Ming's current body space, and there is even a lot of room to spare.

The manufacturing process of the Tier 4 large elemental pool is not that complex, and the storage capacity is quite sufficient.

Not long after Gao Jie Ming placed the order, this elemental pool exuding stable and powerful energy fluctuations was delivered.

Gao Jie Ming carefully placed it next to the automatic factory and completed the docking of the energy interface.

With the official activation of the elemental pool, massive and pure energy instantly poured into the factory's energy network, and the stability and efficiency of all equipment operations were elevated by a level.

By estimation, this Tier 4 large elemental pool, without recharging, is enough to support this automatic factory to operate at full power continuously for over a hundred years!

The breakthrough in the energy problem made Gao Jie Ming's thinking active again.

"Since the body space can accommodate a factory, why can't it accommodate a mobile laboratory?" He rubbed his chin, his eyes shining.

Although when participating in plane expeditions, the headquarters will set up public laboratories in the camp.

But those facilities are often general-purpose, with limited precision, and are far less handy than the exclusive equipment he carefully configured and was used to.

Of course, with the capacity of his current body space, he still couldn't stuff in a full-featured large-scale comprehensive laboratory.

However, prioritizing moving some key, rare, or high-frequency core experimental instruments inside is completely feasible.

The energy provided by the Tier 4 large elemental pool is also enough to drive these precision devices.

"Hmm... I also need to plan out enough storage areas to store various raw materials, as well as store war loot and biological samples collected during the expedition process..." Gao Jie Ming planned the zoning of the body space in his consciousness while taking inventory of the items currently stored in the space.

Automatic factory, Tier 4 elemental pool, spare energy crystals, some commonly used magic materials, several black giant cores in a dormant state... His consciousness swept over these items like a scanner.

Suddenly, his consciousness paused abruptly when it swept over an inconspicuous metal sealed box in the corner!

An extremely wrong feeling surged into his heart.

He remembered very clearly that this box stored his most important assets—those twenty-nine hard-won plane origins!

When they were first put in, every test tube exuded a brilliant, intoxicating energy glow.

But at this moment, through consciousness perception, the test tubes in that box... seemed to have become abnormally "dim"?

Gao Jie Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately used his mind to control the opening of the metal box.

The scene before his eyes made his pupils shrink instantly, and his breathing even stagnated!

Inside the box, the twenty-nine crystal test tubes that should have been neatly arranged and flowing with light were now twenty-eight of them completely transparent!

The origin that looked like liquid light inside had disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.

For the last remaining test tube, the light inside had also become extremely weak, like a candle in the wind.

The volume had clearly shrunk by more than half, and it was still continuing to decrease at a speed that was difficult to perceive with the naked eye, but which Gao Jie Ming could clearly perceive!

"My... my origin?!!"

Shock, bewilderment, and even a trace of absurdity instantly gripped Gao Jie Ming.

He regarded these origins as treasures, prepared to exchange for key resources at critical moments; how could they disappear into thin air?!

And it was in the space inside his body; what difference is there between this and gold bars in a vault disappearing into thin air?!

The space inside his body is an independent area completely under his control; now, except for himself, there simply doesn't exist any other creature that possesses consciousness and can absorb origin!

Then, the answer seems to be only one left...

Gao Jie Ming's consciousness suddenly threw itself at the body space itself, which was opened by the "Internal Circulation" cultivation method and existed attached to the Jin Dan.

Could it be... that this space is "stealing and eating" his origin?!

To verify this conjecture, he suppressed the surging waves in his heart and spent several days highly concentrating his spirit to observe the condition of that last wisp of origin.

He clearly "saw" that the weak light was like being drawn by invisible roots, merging bit by bit into the "barrier" and "earth" of the space, and finally, completely disappeared.

And at the moment when the last wisp of origin was absorbed, Gao Jie Ming keenly perceived that the entire body space seemed to have undergone an extremely subtle, indescribable change.

The boundary of the space seemed to have become a bit more solid, the thin spiritual energy spontaneously born in the air seemed to have become a tiny bit more active, and the texture of the spatial barrier under his feet also vaguely became more "real."

This change was extremely subtle; if he weren't the master of the space and had been paying high attention throughout the process, he would have had no way to perceive it.

From the "cost-effectiveness" of input and output, using precious origin to exchange for this almost negligible "solidifying foundation" effect is simply a huge loss!

According to the most rational judgment, immediately stopping this "wasteful" behavior and firmly grasping the origin that might be obtained in the future is the optimal solution.

Gao Jie Ming fell silent.

On one hand, it is precious resources that can be seen and touched.

On the other hand, it is the ethereal spatial growth potential with unknown final effects.

However, this choice actually doesn't need to spend too much effort.

Almost without spending any time, Gao Jie Ming made a decision: from now on, he will regularly allocate a portion of his income to continuously purchase plane origin to "feed" this body space that seems to possess a unique "appetite"!

He doesn't know what this will eventually bring, but he has a strong intuition—this is definitely not a bad thing.

"It's nothing more than living a bit more frugally in the future, buying fewer unnecessary knowledge and research materials." Gao Jie Ming comforted himself, "But if because of being stingy with this little input now, it leads to the body space having some congenital defects at a critical moment in the future, or missing some crucial evolution opportunity... that would be the true regret!"

(End of chapter)