Chapter 212 Level 2 Star Gate! A New Battle Is About to Begin!

‘The difficulty of unlocking the giant enterprise template megastructure this time is really not small! ’

After learning that his current enterprise currency value is still far from exchanging for the [War Moon] megastructure, Li Ang suddenly felt a little stressed.

Fortunately, after exchanging the material decompressor, he did not rush to use up all the enterprise currency value in his hand for upgrading the megastructure or technology points.

Otherwise, he would be even more stretched now, and the time to unlock the War Moon would become even longer!

When the enterprise currency value is not enough, Li Ang cannot just save money, but allocate resources reasonably according to the existing situation, and find ways to open up sources and get more enterprise coins.

The source of enterprise coins is related to the expansion of the universe giant enterprise, the industrial zones occupied, and the various tasks completed in the heavens and the alien worlds.

So far, the planets and industrial zones occupied by the giant enterprise in this universe, as well as the 001 universe and the 002 universe, add up to just over a thousand.

At the current production speed of Ideal City, it will take at least 10 years to reach more than 10,000 planets occupied by clones.

Therefore, the only way for Li Ang to speed up the development of the giant enterprise is to continue to lead the troops across the star gate and complete more colonization of the heavens and alien worlds.

In short, self-development is definitely not as fast as free stuff!

‘But... can this star gate really refresh two heavens and alien worlds in succession, or simply refresh a high-difficulty copy. ’

‘The upper limit is close to the three bodies of the God-level civilization of the Creator? The war hammer of the demons? Or directly enter the star world where natural disasters are rampant...! ’

Looking at the far different enterprise currency values ​​on the system panel, Li Ang suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He was not afraid that he could not grasp the new world of the heavens.

He was just worried that the current level of the star gate was too low to open up a world with rich rewards for him.

Yes, the Star Gate also has the attribute of level upgrade, just like completing tasks and opening treasure chests. The level of the task or treasure chest will directly determine the richness of the reward.

Every time Li Ang completes the conquest of the heavens and the alien world, the experience bar of the Star Gate will rise a part until it is full and the upgrade is completed.

And now, after taking down the 001 universe "Netherworld" and the 002 universe "Pacific Rim", the experience bar of the Star Gate is still a little short before it can be upgraded to level 2.

This is quite a pity!

'If the experience bar of the Star Gate can be instantly filled up and upgraded to 2, wouldn't it be possible to refresh a higher level of alien world? ! '

At this moment, Li Ang's mind moved, and he suddenly had a bold idea, that is, to use all the only corporate currency value to add points to upgrade the Star Gate.

The settlement rewards of the Heavens Conquest task refreshed by the Level 2 Star Gate will definitely be more and richer than the tasks refreshed by the Level 1 Star Gate!

Maybe completing a task can be equivalent to the previous two colonization operations of the Heavens World.

Thinking of this, Li Ang immediately decided to "give it a try, and turn a bicycle into a Ferrari". Anyway, with the current level of the Star Gate, he had to complete at least two tasks to get enough Enterprise Coins.

After upgrading the Star Gate, at most he would complete two tasks to save enough Enterprise Coins to unlock the [War Moon].

After careful calculation, Li Ang would never lose much, but would most likely make a lot of money.

After all, the rewards obtained from completing two tasks, one level 1 Star Gate World Dungeon and one level 2 Star Gate World Dungeon, would definitely not be as good as two level 2 Star Gate Dungeons!

After planning the direction of using the last Enterprise Coin, Li Ang, like a bet, threw his only resources on the "Star Gate".

[Time required to upgrade the Star Gate: 10 minutes]

Looking at the prompt words that appeared on the system panel, Li Ang was idle, so he switched the interface directly and turned his attention back to the [War Moon] megastructure.

Although the construction materials of War Moon will be provided by the system after unlocking the fourth-stage mega-enterprise template, it is not ruled out that Li Ang will not build a few more War Moons in the later stage.

First understand the resources required for the construction of this megastructure and the construction time, so that Li Ang can weigh the priority of building more megastructures in the future.

Immediately, Li Ang saw the first phase of the construction project of War Moon - [War Moon Candidate] under the prompt on the system interface.

The main content of this project is to first select a planet as the base of the megastructure, and then carry out subsequent development and construction.

Simply put, it is to pick a "ball" first.

After all, the War Moon megastructure is the main structure that uses the planet as a weapon.

The primary War Moon megaship is about the size of the moon.

As for how large the full-level War Moon megaship can reach, it is not known for the time being.

However, Li Ang guessed that it would not be that big, because the bigger the starship is, the more powerful it is.

Once the physical limit is exceeded, the combat effectiveness of the starship will decline.

So in Li Ang's guess, he thinks that even if the War Moon Megastructure is at full level, its size will not exceed twice that of the Earth.

'Isn't this a coincidence? I really don't need those little broken balls now! '

Li Ang smiled. He just got a lot of gold coins from the alien Lao Deng pioneers in the 002 universe "Pacific Rim".

All the planets that they carefully selected and left behind were received.

At first, Li Ang thought that he would not be able to get many useful technological points on the earth in "Pacific Rim". At most, he would only get some genetic samples of pioneers and Kaiju beasts, and giant mecha data.

But he didn't expect that the planet he captured would come in handy.

Although there are many planets in this universe, there are actually not many planets that can serve as the base of [War Moon].

After all, most of the planets in the universe are just large rotten rocks. It is not that easy to pick a few suitable balls from the vast sea of ​​stars.

Just when Li Ang was thinking about whether to customize a planet and replace it with a different planet instead of using the sphere that comes with the system, a prompt came from the star gate that had been upgraded.

[The level 2 star gate has been upgraded! 】

As the beep fell, Li Ang immediately started a new alien world refresh, and a new prompt quickly appeared on the star gate interface.

【"Edge of Tomorrow" + (Unknown)】

‘Good guy, what’s going on? How could an unknown world appear? Is this a bug? ’

When he saw the newly appeared world of the heavens, Li Ang was obviously startled. He understood the world of "Edge of Tomorrow" that appeared in front of him.

But I don’t understand why, there is an inexplicable unknown world behind it.

Could it be that this so-called unknown world needs to wait until he completes the mission of "Edge of Tomorrow" before it can be unlocked?

With such questions, Li Ang immediately looked for answers from the system interface, and the results he got were quite different from what he had guessed.

The good news is that two conquest missions have indeed been refreshed this time, and the rewards obtained can basically unlock the [War Moon] giant structure at once.

Even the remaining enterprise currency value is enough for Li Ang to upgrade to other giant structures or other technological points.

But the bad news is that the two refreshed missions of the heavens share the same world view!

In other words, there are two worlds with similar planes that have been integrated into one.

Just like the universe where Li Ang lives, the universe under the cyberpunk worldview has the Pandora planet in "Avatar".

This is the world that Li Ang opened this time!

There is an alien civilization from other worlds, and it appears in "Edge of Tomorrow", which is also a "science fiction" plane.

What Li Ang has to do next is to catch up with the "unknown" alien civilization and handle the first task before it lands on the Earth in "Edge of Tomorrow".

Later, we will deal with the second alien force that is about to appear. This is quite a sense of déjà vu!

‘Why does the conquest of the heavens and other worlds include the second stage... I almost thought I was playing a wolf! ’

Li Ang shook his head dumbfounded. This system would really give him some trouble.

But that's fine, as it allows him to catch them all in one fell swoop, saving him from having to open star gates everywhere to fight on multiple fronts.

‘Speaking of which, the cosmology of some heavenly worlds is indeed the same. ’ Li Ang nodded thoughtfully.

The most classic cases are "Blade Runner" and "Alien", both of which use the same model of starship AI program interface.

After accepting such a task arrangement, Li Ang recalled the details about "Edge of Tomorrow" and asked what technological points or abilities were the most impressive in this world.

That's definitely an Omega!

Omega, which resembles a giant sea anemone, has a reset mechanism that can turn back time. This incredible technological point can no longer be called science fiction.

It is clearly fantasy and spiritual energy!

‘This thing… seems a bit redundant to me, but it seems to have some effect. ’

Li Ang carefully searched for information about the characteristics of "Omega" in his mind.

He knew that the system's built-in archiving function could also help him achieve this function of going back in time and starting over.

But once this function is used, an unknown punishment mechanism will be triggered for Li Ang, such as the deduction of resources, technology points, etc.

Therefore, this function can only be used as a key prop to guarantee the bottom line, and cannot be used as a common trial and error method.

But if he has the ability to go back in time without penalty, then Li Ang will be equivalent to having a special "power" that belongs only to him.

‘It seems that this time, I have to personally experience the frontline battlefield. ’

Since he wants to get Omega's time-traveling ability, it means that Leon has to imitate the male protagonist in "Edge of Tomorrow".

Go die with Omega and let the other person's blood mix with your own.

After gaining the ability to backtrack, he returned safely.

After determining the next target, Li Ang closed the system panel and looked towards the Night City outside.

…

Among the production areas spread across industrial factories and workshops, the area is large in scale, covers a wide area, and is the most heavily fortified area, which is the Astartes war zone.

As the sun gradually disappears over the horizon, it's time for the tens of thousands of workers in this war zone to get off work.

At this moment, the workers may return directly to their dormitories, preparing to spend their leisure time with video games and Mewtwo movies for entertainment.

Or you can take the convenient public transportation provided by giant companies, leave this war zone, go to the prosperous downtown area, and have a drink with your coworkers.

But located in the core of the war zone, there is a six-story Astartes Renovation Department building. The employees who are busy walking back and forth in this building continue to work tirelessly.

There are soldiers equipped with live ammunition at the main entrance and side entrance of the building. They are fully armed and guarding here, and there are a large number of AI turret sentries nearby.

When ordinary staff sign their employment agreement here, the first eye-catching regulation is that employees are strictly prohibited from entering the top-secret restricted area.

All rules and regulations in this area must be strictly followed, otherwise killing them on the spot will be the lightest result.

After all, this is the core area of ​​the Astartes War Zone, and contains many military secrets within giant companies.

Downstairs in the Renovation Department building, in a laboratory on the third underground floor, David Martinez is about to perform his 13th remodeling surgery.

"David, it seems that the 'artificial meninges' transplanted into your brain last time worked quite well, and your body did not experience any rejection reaction."

The person who spoke was Victor Victor, the chief reformer of the Astartes Chapter. Everyone here affectionately called him "Old Wei".

The so-called artificial meninges are an organ transplanted on the top of the cerebral cortex. Soldiers can use this organ to actively enter a state of suspended animation.

Astartes warriors in a state of suspended animation can survive for a few years even if they are seriously injured, and can escape from the hands of the Lord of Hell for a period of time.

This organ seems a bit useless, but at critical moments, it can still buy yourself time to save your teammates.

"What a gifted guy. In just over two years, he has already completed the 12th stage of organ transformation."

"This is the number one member of our Iron Hands Chapter, second only to V!"

Jack Wills, David's direct supervisor, couldn't help but click his tongue repeatedly, staring at David on the operating table as if admiring a treasure.

"Ha! Maybe it's just my luck."

David, who was lying on the multifunctional operating table with his neck, limbs, and waist fixed by metal chains, responded with a chuckle.

"Speaking of Lao Wei...why did they tie me to the operating table during this transformation surgery? This was not the case last time."

David asked confused.

"This is also for your safety. With these multi-purpose robotic arms, we don't need to operate at close range, which can greatly avoid contact infection."

Victor smiled and spoke to calm David's slightly nervous mood.

At this moment, there are red monitoring devices that are continuously lit in each of the four corners of the operating room, indicating that the surveillance video is in progress.

In addition, a one-way window is set up on the right side of the operating table to facilitate other personnel to observe the operation.

The reason why David Martinez was able to come here today to undergo the 13th surgical transformation was to add the [Skin Pigment Control Organ].

It is precisely due to his outstanding contributions to the giant companies in the world during the three conquests of the heavens and the world.

He has repeatedly made meritorious deeds and performed well, and has been listed as an important warrior member of the "Iron Hands" Astartes Chapter, numbered A369!

At this time, the transcendental AI Europa ejected a holographic screen to David Martinez on the operating table and asked David to sign the document.

[According to the files provided by the development department of the global giant company, you have outstanding achievements during your time on Pandora, the Nether World, and the Pacific Rim World. 】

[Now that you have been promoted to the leader of the 7th team of the Ace Advance Team, and are about to undergo the 13th organ modification surgery, please sign this agreement. 】

【……】

Without the slightest hesitation, David immediately verbally signed the surgical agreement through voice recognition, and then officially entered the transformation process.

"Boy, keep up your efforts and strive to take over the position of commander of the ace advance team from me."

Jack Wills smiled and encouraged David.

As early as when he was on Pandora, he knew that this kid David would be promising. Sure enough, now David has become a younger generation officer in the battle group.

"Sir, this is what I should do."

David smiled back.

"Sir, are my three new recruits also undergoing surgical transformation here?"

Before starting the operation, David couldn't help but ask one last question.

In last year's "Pacific Rim" campaign, among the new recruits under his command, Corey's team played a key role, which left a deep impression on him.

If possible, David hopes to bring Corey and others into his combat team to facilitate future combat missions.

"You mean the three new recruits Corey, Steve and Bruce? Don't worry, they are undergoing the ninth transformation surgery next door to transplant the third lung."

After the words fell, Jack asked AI Europa to call out the modified operating room next door for him. At this time, Corey and others were in a coma and receiving lung organ transplants.

"These three reserve soldiers have made meritorious service. After the decision of the Market Development Department, they have been listed as members of the Ace Advance Team."

"And you will serve as their direct commander."

How could Jack not understand David's little thoughts? Who doesn't want subordinates with excellent abilities?

With capable subordinates, as a leader, he can also be promoted and make a fortune. For example, Jack Wills has been promoted from the original captain of the ordinary advance team.

He rose to the rank of deputy commander of the Iron Hands Chapter and commander of the Ace Advance Team, ranking second only to V.

Even Li De could only help Jack.

"Have a good sleep."

"yes!"

Soon, David walked out of the operating room and came to the observation platform to wait for the 13th organ transformation.

This surgical transformation will give the warriors control over skin pigmentation.

Its function is to darken the skin color to avoid ultraviolet burns according to the surrounding environment through a series of internal chemical reactions.

Of course, it can also provide certain protection for other forms of radiation.

Although Astartes warriors are usually equipped with power armor for protection, there are not so many conditions in extreme combat environments.

Multiple powerful body functions can always make you feel more secure.

Puff!

The mechanical arm with a needle, under Victor's control, accurately pierced David's neck.

The transparent liquid in the syringe was quickly injected into David's body, and soon David fell into a coma.

…

At the same time, in the top floor lobby of the headquarters of the Universal Corporation, Leon met with his trusted warriors, V, Johnny Silverhand and Li De.

"Your regiment has dealt with many alien heretics in the past year, and even the remnants of the A1 wandering civilization on Pandora have been wiped out."

Leon said to V and others with a smile while looking at the work report recorded in the headquarters database.

"You have done a good job. Tell me if there is anything you want. I will try my best to arrange it for you."

Leon specially called V and his gang here to express his appreciation and affirmation for their work results and ask them what they want.

Of course, he didn't want to hear V answer that he wanted a salary increase or improvement in welfare benefits, or reward something else.

What he wanted was the work attitude of these three people!

In fact, when a boss asks his subordinates what reward they want, the best response is to use work as the content of the reply.

After all, if Leon really wanted to reward these three people with something, he would have prepared it for them long ago and would not have asked in vain.

How could V, Johnny Silverhand, and Li De, three old-fashioned people who know how to deal with people, not understand Leon's intentions.

So Johnny responded first:

"Boss, I heard that the research department headed by Zuma has recently developed a new antimatter shield. I wonder if this thing can be equipped to us first."

"This will also facilitate our future mission execution!"

Johnny's answer perfectly answered the question thrown by Leon, which not only showed their determination to work for the giant company, but also showed their attitude of not taking credit for themselves.

This made Leon nodded with satisfaction, which was the answer he wanted to hear.

"The antimatter shield device is undergoing the final mass production experiment. When the first batch of devices are available, I will arrange it for you first."

In fact, Johnny didn't need to take the initiative to speak, Leon would give priority to equipping the soldiers of the Ace Vanguard with this batch of shield devices.

On the anti-Hulk armor, put on an antimatter shield to absorb various damages, then this batch of vanguard soldiers can be called invincible!

Even if the Homelanders in "The Boys" came, they couldn't do anything to these Astartes soldiers.

"Haha, that's great!"

Johnny also smiled in cooperation. In fact, he prefers the newly developed anti-Hulk armor to the antimatter shield.

"Okay, I'm satisfied that you can focus on your work."

Leon no longer hid his intentions and directly expressed his intentions to the three people: "I will open the star gate again in a week. Before that, you and the soldiers of the advance team must be ready."

"Because I will go to the front line with you!"

After the voice fell, even Li De, who was the most calm, couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't understand why Li Ang, who was usually as steady as an old dog, suddenly took risks.

Could it be that there was something in the world of the heavens that Li Ang needed to get in person this time?

Faced with the questions of these three confidants, Li Ang frankly explained the reason to them. Until then, V and others were relieved with different expressions.

Although this kind of thing was a little difficult for them to understand, if the boss knew it, then they just had to carry out the task.

"That's it, go down and prepare."

"Yes!"

After saying that, Li Ang turned around calmly and walked to the other side of the hall, looking at the headquarters of the Wanjie Base, which he had not visited for a year.

A new battle is about to begin!