Chapter 106: Science and Technology Are the Primary Productive Forces

Then, Ling Bo explained the rules for establishing the gathering point, as well as the sale of firearms and antidotes for the zombie toxin.

Firearms naturally had little to do with Qin Hao, but the zombie antidotes were closely related to him. Each bottle was sold externally for just 100 Star Energy Diamonds, which was a real bargain compared to the thousand diamonds in the hero store.

Moreover, even the most common Iron Chain Demons among level-one hunted creatures carried about thirty Star Energy Diamonds each.

Only three level-one hunted creatures were enough to exchange for one bottle of antidote. To prevent infection from voodoo demons or zombie attacks, this was unquestionably a worthwhile deal.

From each bottle sold, Qin Hao earned roughly 60 Star Energy Diamonds in profit.

With 10,000 buyers, that would be 600,000 diamonds. At 20,000 buyers, Qin Hao would break even.

As long as zombies remained, the antidote would continue to be sold—unless all humans reached the power level of a level-three Evolver.

Qin Hao was guaranteed steady profit.

Furthermore, since Qin Hao had publicly supported Ling Bo, he naturally held a place in the Qingbei Base once it was established.

Though Qin Hao might be less hands-on than Ling Bo, Ling Bo directly gave Qin Hao 50% of the funds earned by Qingbei Base.

This profit share exceeded that of the Tianqiong Base.

And Ling Bo truly was a prodigy.

After establishing Qingbei Base, Ling Bo swiftly restored many previously lost resources.

First, he revived the radio station originally belonging to Qingbei University, then produced simple radios and distributed them, enabling other factions near Qingbei Base to share information.

People had gone from an era where they rarely parted from their mobile phones to a world with no remote communication in just a month. Everyone felt stifled, though survival pressure kept them from dwelling on it.

Some survivors still had no idea why monsters had appeared.

The radio was undoubtedly an excellent means of communication and information dissemination.

Next, Ling Bo unveiled his trump card.

He modified vehicles.

But these modified vehicles no longer used engines; instead, they were powered by a type of alien technology, filled exclusively with Star Energy Diamonds.

Even the most skilled metal-elemental users would require specialists to painstakingly craft each part—something no other base could accomplish.

Only Ling Bo could create such marvels.

Transportation tools were vital for survivors. Having a truck meant large quantities of food and supplies could be transported back.

Not everyone had a spatial ring as large as Qin Hao’s, after all.

By broadcasting messages over the radio that steel scrap could be exchanged for Star Energy Diamonds, survivors eagerly gathered scrap metal and brought it to Qingbei Base.

Ling Bo then used the steel to manufacture firearms and vehicles to supply other major bases.

To develop further, those bases had no choice but to hunt down creatures and use Star Energy Diamonds to purchase these goods.

Ling Bo’s plan quickly formed an industrial chain that supported hundreds of thousands of survivors.

Qin Hao watched as Ling Bo skillfully united the once fragmented Kyoto, restoring order.

This was something Qin Hao alone could not have achieved.

But he could do things others could not.

That very night after the meeting, Qin Hao stood beneath the spatial black hole of the Claw Civilization and activated the butcher titles for Iron Chain Demons and Gnawers.

From then on, only one type of creature could appear from the spatial black hole: the Giant Maw Demon.

Like a mountain of flesh, the Giant Maw Demons were shredded into pieces by Qin Hao’s relentless metal elemental attacks.

That day, Qin Hao slaughtered hundreds of Giant Maw Demons until the spatial portal closed.

As a result, the number of Claw Civilization creatures in Kyoto not only ceased to increase but began to vanish.

If this continued, once Kyoto was cleared of these creatures, they would be completely driven off its territory.

However, Qin Hao had no intention of lingering here forever.

After four days of hunting, he had killed three thousand Giant Maw Demons.

This day marked the final one.

Only when the spatial black hole closed did Qin Hao absorb the blood of the Giant Maw Demons.

He absorbed the blood of hundreds of them into his body.

After several days of effort, Qin Hao finally mastered the divine-level gene fragments within the Giant Maw Demons.

He quickly shattered the genes, preserving a single divine-level gene fragment possessing a unique devouring ability.

Combined with Qin Hao’s Blood Sacrifice Demon Body, this granted him a stronger capacity to absorb life force from blood.

Having obtained another divine-level gene fragment, Qin Hao planned to return to Modu.

He had already been away for six days, and this day marked the opening of the Ancient Demon Civilization’s spatial black hole.

Kyoto already possessed light energy generators, so there was no fear of voodoo demons.

As Qin Hao’s first supported base, Modu was a place he naturally wanted to check on—along with Yangchuan Base, which he wasn’t sure still existed.

Before leaving, Qin Hao left the Eye of Ten Thousand Sects in Kyoto, greeted Ling Bo, and returned to Modu.

It was still late at night in Modu when Qin Hao precisely teleported into his room at Tianqiong Base.

As he landed, he immediately sensed the abundant Star Energy in the air.

He couldn’t help but take several deep breaths.

Approaching the bedside, he opened the lookout window and gazed out at the world beneath the moonlight.

In the next moment, Qin Hao was stunned.

Tianqiong Base had undergone a dramatic transformation.

The Tianqiong Tower stood a towering thirty-six stories tall.

From the rooftop to lower floors, one had to traverse many levels.

Qin Hao noticed that on the outside wall of the 30th floor, a massive two-meter-wide metal slide connected to a neighboring high-rise.

That high-rise was linked by another metal slide leading to the opposite side.

Qin Hao stepped out onto the rooftop and looked down over the entire base.

He realized that centered on Tianqiong Base was a spiderweb-like network of metal walkways connecting the skyscrapers, forming lofty pavilions in the air.

If humans lived here, they would have no need to descend to the ground, greatly increasing their survival chances.

Just then, the rooftop door behind Qin Hao opened once more.

“Back already? Admiring the changes to the base?” Purple Hui’s voice sounded behind him.

“Who came up with all this? They deserve praise,” Qin Hao exclaimed.

“It was all based on the information you relayed. You carried the Eye of Ten Thousand Sects, transmitting scenes from Kyoto. We watched Doctor Ling’s actions closely and were deeply impressed. These days, we’ve been gathering talent—metal-elemental users who built these passages, creating a safer survivor base.”

“Excellent.”

Qin Hao praised without reservation.