Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 449

Chapter 449: Chapter 219: 4th Upgrade Chapter 449: Chapter 219: 4th Upgrade Yan Fei stacked gold on Misty Island because he needed to use Universal Space to transport materials for the Drone Upgrade. However, he made a fatal oversight by not realizing that the smelted gold bricks were installed with position locators. Had it not been for the extremely amazing location of Misty Island, the locators in those gold bricks would have already relayed the position of the island. By then, not only would Yan Fei's drone upgrade be facing huge problems, but he himself would have been subjected to the US Forces' frenzied retaliation.

Yan Fei was unaware of what had happened domestically in The United States of America after leaving New York, nor did he know that due to some amazing phenomenon, the gold he stacked on Misty Island didn't expose its location, allowing him to escape a life-and-death calamity. At present, his full attention was on the drone upgrade, and on the second day after returning to Shanghai, Yan Fei started contacting domestic special metal production companies, placing an order for a staggering 12,000 tons of special alloy.

To ensure delivery in the shortest possible time, Yan Fei placed orders with three companies simultaneously, and offered a higher purchasing price so that they could deliver the special alloys he needed on time. As for the extra 2,000 tons of special alloy Yan Fei ordered, it was to guard against the possibility that these companies would deliver short on weight. The extra 2,000 tons were reserved by Yan Fei in case of any shortage discovered during the drone upgrade process.

Next, Yan Fei placed a large order with several timber dealers near Shanghai, again for 12,000 tons of timber, but this time he chose wood of inferior quality. The drone upgrade only needed bio-materials, without specifying the type. So as long as it was wood and the quantity was 10,000 tons, it would meet the upgrade requirements. After all, the drone upgrade had no particular quality requirement for bio-materials, and the price difference between ordinary wood and top-grade wood could be hundreds to thousands of times. To save costs, Yan Fei naturally chose the cheapest option. Similarly, the extra 2,000 tons of timber were also a precautionary surplus planned by Yan Fei in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

With these two large orders, Yan Fei's total material order amounted to 24,000 tons. The inferior timber was worthless, but the special alloy was expensive, costing Yan Fei a total of 650 million RMB. However, as long as it could enable another upgrade of the drone, greatly enhancing his strength, he felt the investment was completely worthwhile.

As the general manager of the company, Lu Pingping quickly noticed something off about these two purchases. However, when Yan Fei told her that these items were preparations for building on Misty Island, Lu Pingping let him be. She could not understand why Yan Fei was stubborn about buying and building on the island, especially given its harsh conditions that no amount of money could rectify. But even though Yan Fei was now quite wealthy, he didn't have any bad habits; it seemed his only interest was in developing Misty Island. Since it was Yan Fei's hobby, she decided to let him go all out! After all, Dream Technology's accounts had already accumulated a large sum of funds, and if they weren't spent, then making money ferociously would be meaningless.

Once Yan Fei placed the purchase orders and paid the deposit, the materials commenced their unceasing delivery to Dream Tower. Next to Dream Tower was the construction site of the Dream Research Centre, which was not yet completed, so it looked like a huge construction site. There were several temporary large warehouses built nearby, filled with massive amounts of construction materials that were constantly being moved in and out every day.

Yan Fei specifically cleared out one warehouse to store the purchased materials. Only Yan Fei had the key to this warehouse, and he was the sole knower of the inventory data. With the constant movement of materials on the construction site, nobody knew how many items Yan Fei had in this warehouse, nor their quantity.

With Yan Fei's efforts, this particular warehouse was soon filled with the delivered special alloy and timber. To be on the safe side, Yan Fei conducted a composition test on these alloys, and thankfully, their components fully met the standards for drone upgrade materials, easing his mind. However, these were not all the materials he had ordered; more would continuously arrive in the future.

After all, the special metal manufacturers and timber suppliers needed some time to prepare the supplies; the materials currently being delivered to Yan Fei were merely their existing stock in Shanghai's market. The rest of the materials would need to be assembled from across the country.

On the third night, Yan Fei went to this separate warehouse, beginning to collect the special alloy and timber using Universal Space. The special alloy was incredibly dense, weighing 8 tons per cubic meter. If Universal Space was used solely for transporting special alloy, only two round trips between Shanghai and Misty Island would be needed to transport all 12,000 tons of special alloy to the island.

On the other hand, timber was much less dense, even lighter than water. Utilizing 1,000 cubic meters of Universal Space for one shipment could only transport 800-900 tons of timber. Thus, to transfer all 12,000 tons of timber to Misty Island, it would require the drone to make 13 to 15 round trips.

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