Chapter 125 10 Years Left
A few monthster...
"Is this Maximus Base?" Ss muttered, looking at the ce bustling with activity.
However, instead of people, there are various robots doing the job.
Suddenly, a drone hovered above.
[Human detected...]
[Warning... please state your purpose]
"Huh? Such a powerful warning device," Ss thought.
You know, he is in a tier 5 vehicle, and he has all kinds of istion, yet he was still spotted from far away.
"I''m here due to the recruitment of your base."
[Please provide your recruitment code...]
"09843-14872-3489108."
[Scanning...]
[Scanning Complete...]
[Wee to the Shadow Hunters Guild.]
The drone flew up and continued patrolling.
Ss manipted his vehicle toe to the core of the base.
After a while, he was weed by Andrew.
"Wee to our guild."
"Hmm, where are the others?"
"Uh, they are working," Andrew was embarrassed to say more.
Ss was the first toe here.
Andrew didn''t want Ss to leave after knowing the working conditions of the others.
"Then where is your leader?"
"He is also working. Do you need something?"
"I''m his friend. I want to talk to Maximus."
"Friend?"
"Are you sure?"
"Hmm, just tell him my name is Ss."
"Alright, you wait in the lobby. I will tell the boss about you."
While Andrew was away, Ss began to look around.
He scanned various factory buildings, piecesing in and out, and the materials being used.
Ss roughly knew that Maximus was trying to build a massive bomb.
"A bomb?"
"This is also fine." Ss couldn''t help but nod at Maximus'' inguety.
"But to make such a bomb, you need a massive amount of manpower and material..."
Ss scanned around, thinking about all the pros and cons of Maximus'' n.
"Ss, you are here."
"Maximus."
"Hey, you really are bold." Ss couldn''t help but sigh at the problem that Maximus had created.
"Why?"
"Don''t you know that you are the reason this world''s danger skyrocketed?"
"Really? Anyway, I''m sure I can pass this trial, so it doesn''t matter." Maximus shrugged.
"That seems to be right." Ss couldn''t help but nod.
He could see that Maximus didn''t seem to have given up and had great confidence in his heart.
"By the way, what are you doing here?"
"Of course, to help you."
"Hahaha, it seems like my recruitment notice caught a big fish."
"Oh, don''t be too happy..."
Ss then exined to him that he was already the core of this world.
As long as he recruited more people, the mutation of the tier 7 monster would be shortened.
"So that''s it!"
"No wonder, based on the wanderer''s estimate, there is only about 60 years before the tier 7 monster appears."
"Now you know, so stop the recruitment already," Ss persuaded.
"No, how can I?"
"Anyway, based on estimates, I can recruit up to 10,000 people, and it will only shorten the evolution of the tier 7 monster to 70 years."
"This way, I have 20 years more. It should be more than enough."
"You''re crazy. What use can these people be?"
"It will just lower your chances." Ss persuaded.
"Of course, they will be my future members."
"Furthermore, after they pass, they will have special student status, which will be a bargain."
Seeing that he could not persuade him, Ss sighed.
"Alright, just be sure to pass this trial."
"Hmm."
...
As time passed, various people joined Maximus'' guild after noticing that something was wrong in the world.
Unfortunately, Maximus'' recruitment had be more strict, leaving people in despair.
They could only do their best or quit.
However, as the Shadow Hunters Guild grew, so did the danger.
Initially, only tier 4 monsters chased them.
But now, there were tier 5 monsters, which intensified their despair.
Ten yearster, Maximus had recruited 10,000 people.
As for the rest, they either quit or died.
...
On top of a tform, Maximus overlooked the people busy with their work.
Maximus and his group no longer traveled to collect materials, as they could send collection ships all over the world.
After 10 years, the whole continent where he was had returned to its old prosperous state.
There were no monsters; instead, mechanical structures covered thend.
The continent had literally be a workshop solely to create a world-destroying weapon.
Maximus also tried to eliminate all the monsters, but it was not an easy task.
Whether underground or under the ocean, Maximus had no time to eliminate them one by one.
"Maximus, you should reduce the size of the guild," Ss suggested.
"See? We haven''t evenpleted one-fourth of the bomb," Ss, standing next to him, persuaded.
Indeed, even in these ten years when they hardly slept and ate, they had onlypleted one-fourth of the world-destroying weapon.
With ten thousand members their time is shortened, now they only have 10 years left.
"Not possible, what do you think I''ve been doing in these past couple of years?" Maximus smiled confidently.
"Uh, giving orders and having fun?" Ss didn''t know what to say.
He usually didn''t see Maximus much since he was always locked in his room.
Fortunately, Maximus was the leader, so the others weren''t too dissatisfied.
"What do you think is missing to finish our project?" Maximus didn''t get angry but asked.
"Of course, it''s manpower!"
"The materials are more than enough with all the collection ships going around the world."
"As for the technicalities, with your blueprint, which even amazed me, it''s more than enough."
"There''s only manpower left."
"Unfortunately, the robots are too clumsy and stupid."
"They can''t handle anything delicate."
Ss ranted, also venting his umted stress from working day and night nonstop.
"Hmm, that''s right."
"Do you have a solution?" Ss asked, seeing Maximus'' confidence.
"Here, look at this." Maximus tossed a bottle containing tiny metal particles that looked like scrap metal shavings.
"What is this?" Ss muttered as he opened the bottle and examined its contents.
"Huh?" Ss changed his expression and took out a small magnifying device.
"What is this?"
"Nanobots?" Ss looked at him, confused.
Indeed, nanobots were one of the solutions.
But without magic or spiritual power to urately control andmand them, they were useless.
"What do you think?"
"It''s useless," Ss shook his head.
If it were useful, Ss would have already manufactured them.
"Hahaha, I knew you would say that."
"Say hello, Wanderer."
[Hello, Sir Ss.]
Ss seemed to have thought of something when Maximus mentioned Wanderer.
"Impossible!"
"An ordinary artificial intelligence doesn''t have enoughputing power."
"It''s only been 10 years; there hasn''t been enough time to upgrade artificial intelligence to that level," Ss said in disbelief.
If it were merely about controlling the nanobots, he wouldn''t doubt it.
But seeing Maximus'' confident smile, he knew it was not simple.
What they were creating was a tier 6 world-destroying bomb made from tier 5 materials.
This was a cross-level task that couldn''t be aplished solely through calctions.
Even the other members here barely grasped it, needing Maximus and Ss to intervene from time to time.
"Of course, I know," Maximus rolled his eyes.
"Wanderer isn''t enough to fill the manpower gap."
Well, it''s mostly Ss, as Maximus was busy with other things.
Ss mastered all the material here through the information in the database.
"Of course, I know," Maximus rolled his eyes.
"Wanderer isn''t enough to fill the manpower gap."
"Why do you think we stillck manpower despite having 10,000 people?"
"It''s because we''re ordinary. Without magi—" Ss seemed to have thought of something.
"You mean that artificial intelligence of yours can help us control the nanobots?"
"Tsk, you really are a genius; you caught on quickly."
"How did you do that?" Ss wondered.
Ss didn''t know how to connect someone''s consciousness to something without using mana or spirit, so he was curious.
"It''s biology."
"With Wanderer, it can process the minute changes in people''s brainwaves, allowing them to control these nanobots."
"With it, we wouldn''t have limitations anymore."
"As long as there are enough nanobots and sufficient brain power, our work will be a hundred to a thousand times faster," Maximus said excitedly.
This was what he had been busy with for the past 10 years, almost passing all the work to Ss.
"Biology?"
"It''s indeed possible," Ss was stunned.
He hadn''t studied much biology.
After all, the mechanical profession mainly revolved around magic and mechanical items.
Moreover, even if he studied thebination of the two, only mortals could benefit from them.
More importantly, despite his millions of years of studying, it still wasn''t nearly enough for him to master one type of knowledge.
Ss could only me hisck of preparedness, underestimating the power of biology, in this type of world.
Who could have known that this world didn''t have mana, nor even spirit power?
After all, there were different golden trials every time, there were only a few of them without mana and spirit power.
"How is it?"
"Phenomenal. With this, passing this trial will be a breeze."
"Then cheers to our victory in advance," Maximus said, taking out a bottle of wine from apartment.
Ss poured himself a ss and clinked it with Maximus''.
"Cheers!"