Under the scorching sun, the robotic dogs tirelessly gathered natural sulfur ore, continuously piling the ores under their feet.
Lin Yue spent six Shelter Design Maps to establish another large warehouse underground.
Although it’s temporarily useless, more ores still need to be collected, as there isn’t much left.
After the rounds of development by both giant creatures, him, and the Lizardmen, the total amount of ores here kept decreasing, and Lin Yue estimated that only about a quarter remained.
The total number of ores on Ore Mountain itself was not large, and compared to those on Earth that could be mined for decades or even centuries, it was rather pitiful. Although Lin Yue didn’t know if this situation was common throughout the Otherworld, he felt that if such ore deposits were too few, it wouldn’t be good for all of humanity.
He indeed was the leading Survivor ahead of everyone else now, even possessing a large amount of firearms, and this sulfur was about to come in handy.
But this does not mean that others won’t need it in the future.
If the mineral resources are too scarce, that’s indeed a big problem.
Various resources on Earth are also gradually depleting under human exploitation, but the reserves are still considerably large.
"Currently, the most abundant in the Otherworld is iron, but it doesn’t seem to be that abundant."
Lin Yue summarized and downed the iced cola in his cup in one go.
Next, there was the simple yet laborious task of transportation to be done.
Just like before, Lin Yue quickly stored the natural sulfur ore into the Storage Space, then made racks and wooden boxes to hold them, stacking them in the shelter.
It continued for a while, and only when he filled up the space of these six shelters did he finally stop.
The robotic dogs’ power was about to be exhausted as well, so Lin Yue went over and stored these little fellows who accomplished much today into the Storage Space too.
He glanced at the time, and it would be just about an hour and a half until the sun set.
But there was still one thing left to do.
"Bai, we need to go to one more place, and we’ll return to the shelter after that."
After securing and concealing the newly created shelters, Bai unfolded its wings, and Lin Yue quickly mounted onto its back.
Conveniently, he also used up all the Shelter Design Maps he had.
This trip was not in vain.
Not only did he eliminate many Lizardmen, but he also took down a large number of beggars.
"87 cubic meters, quite a lot." Lin Yue was satisfied with the significant increase in the Storage Space this time.
Including the original space, he now had 234 cubic meters of Storage Space!
This number has broken the limit once more!
Now, if possible, he would like to see if there’s anything collectible in the Secret Realm; with the total area of his current Storage Space, bringing back a large truck wouldn’t be a problem.
Indeed, while flying here, Lin Yue considered the Lizardmen might make a comeback.
And his mind quickly turned, thinking of ways to equip the robotic dogs with weapons to attack these annoying creatures.
As it turned out, just as he expected, the Lizardmen, leading nearly a hundred beggars, were stealing the resources he obtained by killing giant creatures in this area.
They did it again, and it’s estimated such events will happen in the future.
After establishing a shelter under the large rock, he immediately modified the robotic dogs. As modular technological products, they were successfully upgraded to armed mining robots under the role of the M19 Pistol and universal upgrade blueprints!
The programming was still as simple as before, plus they come with an aiming system; after being equipped with two guns, each had a decently sized magazine and could even reload automatically!
It felt like they were born for this purpose.
This thing isn’t actually a "guard robot", but a war robot...
If the enemy-friend identification was not set up properly, Lin Yue felt, the robotic dogs might become humanity’s most terrifying enemy.
Manufacturing them didn’t actually require too many materials, yet their functionality was real and solid.
When utilized reasonably, whether it be mining, guarding, or as weapons to defeat enemies like before, they performed extremely well.
In fact, if the modular components were more advanced, they could perform even better.
For instance, replacing their M19 with Sniper Rifles would make combat simpler and more brutal.
If the movement speed could be increased, and they were equipped with shotguns, they would be moving fortresses, frightening weapons for close-range slaughter!
Equipped with Diamond Iron Pickaxes, or mechanical hands, they would become excellent for mining and collecting.
Then they could be stationed around shelters or even guard mining sites, anywhere they could go would be a place they could be useful.
"Certainly if used wisely, neither Lizardmen nor mutated creatures would be a problem, but truly, being overly reliant isn’t too good either."
Lin Yue lay prone beside Bai’s wide wings, looking out at the vast desert, watching as the scenery on the ground kept changing.
Meanwhile, he noticed that on the area map, their position was already close enough to Liu Kai’s shelter.