World of Sandbox – Chapter 341

It has been three days since fled.

To monitor the inactive , deployed sensors.
They were drilling into the earth, embedding sensors up to 400 meters underground.
What they wanted to detect were vibrations, such as sound waves.
Multiple long sensors, consisting of fiber optic cables a few millimeters in diameter with vibration detection nodes at intervals, were buried around the area.

This would allow them to detect even the slightest movement in detail.

“Commencing the deployment of the boring devices.”

In the telescopic view, multiple boring devices, transported by aircraft, were released into the air.

In the past, such operations would have been carried out with extreme caution, but that was no longer the case.
With the movement of , the surrounding Threat Creatures, Monsters, and animals seemed to be in great disarray.
In some areas, there were even signs of a Stampede.

However, thanks to this chaos, could operate on a large scale without much danger.

Ideally, they would have liked to take this opportunity to establish a forward base, but the Demon Forest was not so lenient.
Although many Automated Machines had already been deployed, attacks were occurring in many locations.

It wasn’t just that was taking advantage of the chaos.
Large Threat Creatures with keen senses also seemed to be starting to move.

Moreover, there was the risk that even if a base were built on land where a giant Threat Creature was buried underground, it could be destroyed from the very foundation.
At best, they could only build a temporary fortress to temporarily gain control.

“For the time being, is fine as it is…”

“The distribution of Threat Creatures in the surrounding area has changed significantly. Consequently, attacks on the Fortress are also increasing.”

nodded at Eve’s gaze and displayed data summarizing the number of attacks.
The attacks by Monsters on the Gladiolus Fortress seemed to be increasing rapidly in both quality and quantity.

Apparently, they were moving significantly immediately after the activation of the Magical Barrier and with the approach of .
Of course, they could not grasp everything, but there was no doubt that the power map in the surrounding Demon Forest was being significantly disrupted.

“So, that’s why we’re increasing combat capabilities. Hmm…”

And what had passed on during this situation report meeting was a request for approval to increase the combat power of the Gladiolus Fortress.
The general content was the introduction of newly developed Multi-legged Tanks and the reinforcement of the Fortress Cannons.

“The Fortress Cannons are just being added normally. There’s no problem with reinforcing the transport routes either. And then, the new Multi-legged Tanks… Well, the ones we’ve been using so far were cheap versions, and they’ve been worn down quite a bit.”

In fact, the land forces possessed by had been significantly reduced due to the repeated combat operations.
This was partly because they had fought successively against powerful enemies such as the Prava Divine Nation and , but also because they had been limiting replenishment for the purpose of equipment renewal.

And the next generation of land forces would be the improved Multi-legged Tanks.

If this proposal was approved, it would be the first practical deployment of the new Multi-legged Tanks.

“…The mass production line for the Second Generation Multi-legged Tanks is operating smoothly… Because we’re using High-Performance Materials for the Energy Packs and the core components of the actuators, mass production is limited…”

Olive, who had become a manufacturing expert, was in charge of designing and mass-producing the new Multi-legged Tanks. She was assigned to be the explainer next to Eve for the unveiling of the new model.

“High-Performance Materials, you say… Is that related to Zero-Gravity?”

“Y-yes… And, we’ve also improved the performance of the ground furnace, so the overall functionality has been upgraded…”

Olive was not good at explaining things verbally, but Eve was used to it.
By asking Olive reasonably accurate questions, she was able to extract information effectively.

suspected that Eve’s coddling was delaying the development of Olive’s language skills, but it was also certain that this bias in growth was related to the improvement of Olive’s creativity, so it was left as it was.
In fact, there were no problems.
Information exchange between AIs was sufficiently covered by external modules.

Anyway, let’s get back to the topic of equipment updates.

To summarize Olive’s words, by using Zero-Gravity Alloy, energy efficiency had been improved, and mass production of superconducting materials had become possible. Various functional improvements had been made, and as a result, the performance of the materials and parts produced had dramatically improved.
Incidentally, there was a 30-minute incident where she continued to talk about Marangoni convection in zero-gravity and countermeasures, but Eve only ended up becoming more knowledgeable about the theory of zero-gravity furnaces.
It was a scratch.

“…Are there any other major movements in the Demon Forest area?”

“There are no other major events, Ma’am. Some equipment updates are being carried out, but there are no changes in the action guidelines.”

answered Eve, who was listening while patting the satisfied Olive.

“The Afrasia United Kingdom is continuing to collect and research various materials. The Prava Divine Nation is in the process of finalizing its borders.”

“Both are taking time… Hmm, it seems we have a little time to spare.”

Eve said, looking at the information displayed on the Projection Display.
The immediate policy decisions for and the allocation of resources and equipment had been completed, and , the biggest concern, was not moving.

In other words, to put it bluntly, they had become idle.

“Come to think of it, I’ve been intentionally ignoring it, but…”

Eve continued, tapping the world map in front of her with her finger.

“What about the information on the other continents? There haven’t been any reports, so I guess nothing strange has happened…”

“Yes, Ma’am. That’s right. It didn’t seem like there was any need to take immediate action, so everything was put on hold. Currently, resource acquisition was the top priority.”

“I see. I think we can assume that’s resolved for the time being… Then, the next goal is space…”

Currently, was expanding its large-scale production base on the Northern Continent. With the resources produced here, they expected to secure all the elements they currently needed.
All that remained was to aim for efficiency and increased production.

The fact that they had a prospect for raw materials that could be produced on the ground without special equipment meant that the next goal was a special furnace capable of manufacturing more advanced materials.
And special equipment should not be affected by the surrounding atmosphere, such as the atmosphere or gravity, and preferably a stable Lagrange point would be desirable.
However, they did not currently have the capacity to build large-scale facilities in such places.

“It is possible to formulate a strategy assuming that we are at war with some unknown force…”

“Wartime strategies are primarily aimed at annihilating enemy forces, so the damage to internal affairs is severe. It’s the opposite of expanding resource production.”

In any case, it was necessary to secure a safe base area and Air Superiority.

“We are on this Northern Continent. There are five other continents. We’re monitoring them with aerial photography, but we haven’t found any particularly developed civilizations. There are ships, but no large-scale fleets have been confirmed… I know nothing at all.”

“It might be a good time to start reconnaissance of other continents.”

“We also need to develop sea routes. Come to think of it, shouldn’t create a fake headquarters somewhere?”

“That’s right. Let’s start investigating, including that.”

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Space alloys have a certain Romance to them, don’t they?
It’s interesting how surface tension, which isn’t a problem under gravity, becomes an issue.

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