Chapter 3331: Doomsday Fortress (Revised)

The overall height of the Doomsday Fortress is 53 meters, nearly 20 stories high. The main control room is located on the top level of the fortress. The arc-shaped window nearly four meters long at the front makes the front unobstructed.

Looking down, the ground looks like a green carpet, and the nearby oxbow lake is refreshing. This is a good food source, and there should be quite a few fish in the lake.

After enjoying this natural beauty for a moment, Su Xiao's gaze turns to Li Xiniwei, the former leader of this fortress.

"How many Demi-humans can ensure the normal operation of this fortress?"

Su Xiao picks up the tableware, enjoying his dinner while having peace talks.

"At least more than 100 Demi-humans are needed, and this fortress will only listen to my instructions."

Li Xiniwei has already calmed down. He finds that Su Xiao seems to really want to have peace talks with him.

"Is it feasible to replace the Demi-humans with Pig-headed Men?"

"Impossible. Pig-headed Men have not received education. They can only do simple, rude work. Otherwise, I wouldn't need to hire workers to operate the washing equipment for active ore."

Li Xiniwei picks up a document while speaking, which is a statistical report on salary, proving he is not lying.

"I don't care about the origin of the Pig-headed Men, but I want to know how you Demi-humans ensure the number of Pig-headed Men."

Su Xiao must ensure one thing, which is that the Pig-headed Men have a huge base; otherwise, he can only change the plan.

According to Li Xiniwei's narration, Su Xiao knows the general situation. Both female and male Pig-headed Men have normal reproductive capabilities. Their reproductive cycle is similar to that of humans or Demi-humans. It takes 9 to 10 months for the mother to be pregnant before giving birth to offspring.

This is both long and unstable for the Demi-humans. "Life Factories" came into being. All Pig-headed Men are born in "Life Factories." Female Pig-headed Men are mostly responsible for work such as weaving, while male Pig-headed Men are mining, fighting, or other hard labor.

Initially, in order to be safer, the Demi-humans prepared to deprive most male Pig-headed Men of their reproductive capabilities. After experimenting on a dozen or so subjects, they found it didn't work. These Pig-headed Men, after losing their eggs, became powerless, listless when doing hard labor, like eggplants beaten by frost.

This significantly affected the interests of the Demi-humans. It was also because of this that the Pig-headed Men, although oppressed, retained their core dignity as males, even though they were all old virgins.

Li Xiniwei doesn't know the specific situation of the "Life Factory." He only knows that the output there is very sufficient.

The Demi-humans were worried that the Pig-headed Men would rise up in rebellion, and also thought about using biological chips as insurance, but all this was defeated by interests.

The benefits brought by the Pig-headed Men are too great. You only need to spend money once to buy them, and you can get a laborer who works 16 to 20 hours a day, during which you only need to pay the most inferior food.

Under the temptation of such an interest chain, control the number of Pig-headed Men? It can't be controlled. And implanting chips into the brains of Pig-headed Men—the price of one biological chip is about equal to the price of 12 to 19 Pig-headed Men.

Although implanting biological chips is safe, it causes the value of a Pig-headed Man to soar nearly 20 times. When this bill was introduced, the Demi-humans were almost blown up internally.

The entire interest chain of cultivating, selling, and buying Pig-headed Men all thought about hiring a few famous scavengers to get rid of those old men in the tribunal. This is not a matter of moving the cake, but of shitting on their cake.

After a round of saliva battles among all parties, the bill was amended. Pig-headed Men used for protection and fighting must have biological chips implanted, while Pig-headed Men engaged in hard labor do not need to be implanted.

Regarding the total number of Pig-headed Men, the Demi-humans also set limits, but that thing only has reference value.

The true number of Pig-headed Men has long exceeded the maximum limit set by the tribunal by thousands of times. This is the terrible consequence brought about by the combination of interests and greed.

Learning this information, Su Xiao knows that his plan is feasible. At present, he must stabilize the situation. Development is the most important thing. If he can develop, he can fight anyone. If he cannot develop, he will be driven out of this world.

Su Xiao puts down the tableware and asks seemingly unintentionally: "You just said that it takes more than 100 Demi-humans to maintain the normal operation of this fortress?"

"That's right."

Li Xiniwei's answer is not calm. This is the attitude he should show.

"You also just said that only you can control this fortress."

"Yes."

"In other words, if I want to control this fortress, I must spare your life?"

"If you understand it this way, I can't help it, but this is also a fact..."

"Hausman, take him out and kill him, take him far away."

Su Xiao speaks with an unchanging expression. Pig-headed Man Hausman, who was waiting outside the door, strides in. His height is about 2.6 meters, and his weight is over 240 kilograms. He is tall and strong, picking up Li Xiniwei like picking up a child.

Li Xiniwei's expression represents that he hasn't reacted yet. They were talking well just now, why did he suddenly turn his face? This is much faster than turning a book.

"Everything I said is true. If you don't believe me, why come to me for peace talks? Only I can control the Doomsday Fortress, and more than 100 Demi-humans are also necessary..."

Li Xiniwei tries to continue to explain. Unfortunately, in the situation where Su Xiao ignores him, Hausman is even less likely to ignore him. Hausman's only thought now is to go out and find a place to beat Li Xiniwei to death.

When he was picked out of the main control room, Li Xiniwei looked very panicked, but in fact, he was as steady as an old dog in his heart. He had a bargaining chip that could save his life, at least that's what he thought. But when Hausman tied him to the steam pipe, holding a pipe wrench nearly a meter long, and aimed at his head to knock, Li Xiniwei panicked.

A moment later, the terrified Li Xiniwei sits back at the large solid wood table. His slicked-back hair is soaked with sweat, and his legs are shaking non-stop.

Facts have proven that some seemingly cruel abusers, when they face death themselves, have their fierce outer skin torn off, revealing an inner heart trembling like a quail in the rain.

"Just joking with you just now, continue what you didn't finish saying."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Li Xiniwei's trembling hand reaches into his bosom and takes out a pocket watch-like ornament. After opening it, it is not a watch face, but dark red flesh tissue, with a ruby-like heart beating.

"This is the core of the fortress, the key to controlling the fortress."

Hearing this, Su Xiao takes the fortress core. As soon as he gets it, he receives a prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise.

【Prompt: The Hunter has obtained the core key of the Doomsday Fortress.】

【You will become the new commander of the Doomsday Fortress. The following is the data for this fortress.】

Name: Doomsday Fortress (Living).

Level: T5-tier (Fortress is T0-T5 tier).

Total population: 683 people (643 Pig-headed Men, 40 Demi-humans).

Active energy reserve: 750 points (can be converted into 750 kilograms of active ore).

Superior food: 50 units.

Inferior food: 142.7 units.

Fresh water: 25 units (can be replenished from nearby water sources through filtering devices).

There are a large number of fortress parameters further down. Su Xiao glances at them and ignores them. He is not a professional in this field and cannot understand them.

This fortress is evolvable and can evolve from T5-tier to T4-tier, but this requires consuming a large amount of active energy, which is active ore.

In addition to active ore, one must go to one of the three fortress cities of the Demi-humans to buy a type of 【Cataclysmic Solution】 that assists the fortress in metamorphosis.

A large amount of active ore + the corresponding model of cataclysmic solution can allow a T5-tier fortress to evolve into a T4-tier fortress, thereby possessing stronger external defense, larger size, and accommodating more population.

This will bring about a virtuous cycle. More population equals faster mining speed, equals more resources, equals the ability to develop to a higher level.

Whether it is to improve the scale of the fortress or to buy more Pig-headed Men from the "Demi-human Alliance," the most critical thing is active ore. Only by continuing to mine can one develop.

However, when the Pig-headed Men mine, although the main income is active ore, there are occasional unexpected gains.

Su Xiao suddenly realizes that he seems to have become a mine owner. Whether mining is happy or not, he doesn't know, as he hasn't mined himself, but the feeling of having someone mine for him is indeed refreshing. ===== CHAPTER 3332 =====