Chapter 567: Shelter Downsizing, Yu Yuan’s Final Trump Card, Teleportation

“Master, the follow-up tests on the subject are complete. After transformation into a bloodsucking werewolf, his genetic code has been fully modified and basically matches our prior gene-editing results. The vampire and werewolf codes have fused thoroughly, and there are no longer mutual aggression incidents.”

“Comparing before and after the experiment, the target’s pupils have completely turned scarlet, and the vampire fangs have stabilized into a normal state. In humanoid form, the skin is rather pale, but unlike a vampire it is not utterly photophobic; it has some ultraviolet resistance. Physical strength, attack speed, and mental resilience have all increased substantially.

This bloodsucking werewolf experiment can be considered a complete success.”

Yu Yuan withdrew his gaze from the message sent by Jiu Feng.

He looked toward the nearby crowd.

Zhou Yuan was directing people, moving all the mealworms into the Insect Breeding Research Institute.

They had just finished merging and building shelter facilities, and now this building’s output was terrifyingly strong.

Beside the high-energy automated breeding farm on the other side,

a brand-new building had already appeared.

Yu Yuan had just merged the Vertical Hydroponics Farm with it.

Between Giant Tree Valley and Seaway Lake, near the Giant Tree Forest, two more buildings had likewise appeared.

Those buildings had merged to form the Mammal Breeding Farm and the Poultry Breeding Farm.

Duckov’s Nest and all the incubation devices were relocated here.

The Cree Mountain sheep also arrived at their new home.

In short, all the planting and breeding facilities from the shelter’s fourth underground layer were combined and built here by Yu Yuan.

Even the Green-haired Seaweed he had obtained by accident was transplanted into Seaway Lake, and under the powerful ecosystem buff from the four little ones, it began to thrive.

The Green-haired Seaweed’s growth surpassed the previous cultivation tanks by far.

Yu Yuan had no hesitation.

He had already turned Giant Tree World into a true planting and breeding base, complete with food processing functions.

The busiest person here was probably Zhou Yuan.

He needed to coordinate personnel deployment and resources.

With the help of the Titan Constructor, it was manageable.

After settling the shelter’s fourth underground layer facilities, Yu Yuan used the Shelter Editing tool to downsize and remodel the entire shelter.

The shelter no longer needed many facilities; basic survival amenities alone were fully sufficient.

With Zhi Zhi’s stealth effects and the Shelter Restriction Lifted effect active,

the shelter’s role as a survival stronghold was fulfilled.

It now had only one function:

to serve as Yu Yuan’s personal hideout.

Although many people knew the shelter’s location, those who knew its true condition were Yu Yuan’s trusted confidants—either living in absolutely secure worlds or already possessing considerable strength.

As long as they didn’t have problems, this shelter was absolutely safe.

Of course, this was only Yu Yuan’s temporary expedient.

He was waiting and searching for an item that could relocate the shelter; once he found it,

he could transfer the shelter to a location known only to himself.

That was how Yu Yuan planned to reposition the shelter in the future.

A ‘tree hollow’ known only to him, his final trump card.

When Yu Yuan finished remodeling the shelter,

the previous five layers were reduced to three.

And those three layers had also been greatly shrunk.

The first layer contained the isolation airlock door and the shooting range, serving mainly as a transition area.

The second layer was Yu Yuan’s living area.

He kept only his rest area, Mie Mie’s rest area,

the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and the Hidden Library—only the necessary zones.

The previously built entertainment area and single-person living pods were all dismantled.

Although the footprint became smaller, it grew more compact.

As for the Epic facility Radio Station,

he built that facility in the Hunter Training Camp.

Only there could it be put to maximum use.

The remaining facilities—the Treadmill Generator Room, the Mechanical Material Sorting Warehouse, and the Containment Suppression Unit—were all moved to the basic infrastructure zone on underground level three.

They were placed together with the Geothermal Well Plate Heat Exchanger Room, the Underground Drinking Water Well Machine Room, the Beverage Generator, and so on.

The escape door that connected to the Safe House was transferred into Yu Yuan’s rest area.

Finally Yu Yuan’s gaze landed on the Sorting Recycling Trash Can.

This item was a Fate Cards reward; thanks to it, Yu Yuan successfully obtained the Promiz Virus, and the Sorting Recycling Trash Can deserved great credit.

Even in daily life, the Sorting Recycling Trash Can could turn much garbage into treasure.

An item like this would only gather dust left in the shelter, since Yu Yuan now spent most of his time outside.

After some thought, Yu Yuan decided two places were best for the trash can:

the Mechanical Scrap Planet or Johnck Zoo.

One was full of mechanical metal debris, the other handled biological gene experiment waste.

Both could yield high-value items.

While pondering, a new option popped into his mind and made him frown in surprise.

“Huh? How could I forget that place?”

Yu Yuan slapped his forehead.

He had been so busy these days he’d forgotten the most important thing.

“After this is settled, I need to check on those oil creatures.”

A couple of days ago Hans had sent a message: Fuel Town had confirmed complete collapse, no contact.

Victor had his people ready to fight at any time.

Apparently Victor was quite afraid of those oil creatures.

Yu Yuan thought that before inspecting the oil creatures, he might first go find Victor.

Under the Endless Cold Wave, the Northern Wilderness was a chasm of death for most people.

But for Yu Yuan, who had Mie Mie, coming and going was easy.

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Yu Yuan took Mie Mie and Zhi Zhi and teleported to the Civilization War Fortress Square.

He did not gather the Pioneering Group or others.

Alpha was still at Dead Mine Town, transporting materials from Reyes Town; although they were nearing the end, it still took time.

Plus the Mechanical Scrap Planet had only just established a military camp.

The newly surrendered Reyes Legion prisoners were only beginning their reeducation and civilizing.

Turning them into loyal, reliable, and truly capable forces required time.

At present there were simply no spare hands to dispatch.

“Fine, I’ll go take a look first!”

Thinking that, he opened the Virtual Light Screen—Civilization Focus—Expansionism.

His gaze landed on the exclusive world coordinates for Scorching Underground Castle.

[Detecting exclusive world coordinates for ‘Scorching Underground Castle’. Detection indicates this world is a Special Civilization world...]

[Please confirm items, troop types, and equipment to bring into this world...]

As prompt messages popped up on the Virtual Light Screen, Yu Yuan quickly checked options.

[Entering this world requires consuming 1,500,000 survival points. Confirm?]

—[Yes]

With that confirmation chosen, Yu Yuan vanished from the fortress square.