Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 823 - 52: Preparations for Automation

Returning to her hotel, Perfikot arranged for Eri to stay in a guest room.

After settling that pink trouble, Perfikot sat at her desk in the study, pondering how to execute her own plan.

The plan she once conceived wasn't complicated, and could even be explained in a few sentences.

In summary, it involved fully employing Alchemy Puppets, automating everything to achieve liberation of the entire industrial production chain.

Even the machines from the First Industrial Revolution didn't fully utilize the steam engine's potential due to various reasons.

After all, the efficiency of manually shoveling coal is entirely different from that of a mechanical conveyor belt transporting coal.

Not to mention, Alchemy Puppets require no rest; with regular maintenance, machines can keep working continuously.

This liberation of productivity hasn't been fully achieved even in the original world, let alone in this world.

Although robotics research in the original world made incredible progress, it might still lag behind the level of Perfikot's Alchemy Puppets and large robots.

This gap isn't due to Perfikot's technology being more advanced, but because their approaches to problem-solving are different.

Perfikot possesses a mechanical logic that is almost like a cheat, allowing her to create micro-difference engines, which would be utterly shocking in the original world, and to write instruction sets that meet the operational needs of Alchemy Puppets. The complexity of this technology's black box is beyond normal comprehension.

Not to mention the scientists in the original world who have never encountered such technology, even the Alchemists in this world find decoding Perfikot's technology an unattainable dream. Very few can understand it!

In the past, these robots did have some issues with power supply and efficiency.

Moreover, Perfikot also didn't want Alchemy Puppets to steal human jobs.

But as she gradually unlocked the powers granted by the Jade Record, and in light of the current crisis humans face, Perfikot's thoughts changed.

A plan she had originally conceived was dug out from the old paper — to establish a fully automated shelter that would provide everything needed for survival in an apocalypse.

But now she wasn't just building a shelter; she was going to construct her Floating City.

Since workers can't handle long hours of intense labor, Alchemy Puppets would replace them. The speed and efficiency of automated robot construction far surpassed humans.

This would greatly shorten the construction time for the Floating City and better prepare for the war of the gods that Eri predicted.

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Perfikot wasted no time and quickly found an Alchemy Workshop in Beloburg, a property under the Brandlis Clan.

Although she didn't particularly like the people of the Brandlis Clan, these relatives of hers could still be useful when necessary.

"Starting today, I'll be taking over this Alchemy Workshop. Any objections?" Perfikot's words were blunt, yet the two Brandelis Clan members standing beside her were excessively deferential, as if being treated this way by Perfikot was an honor.

"Why, Master, you speak too severely! As long as you need it, the Brandlis Clan would do anything to meet your needs," one of them replied humbly, adopting an attitude of 'deplete our resources to win Perfikot's favor.'

Perfikot didn't say much, simply nodded and handed him a list, then said, "Get all the items on the list ready for me, then you can all leave and take everyone in this workshop with you. I don't like people watching while I work."

Although Perfikot's attitude was harsh, the Brandlis Clan members quickly carried out her orders to the letter.

Once everyone had left, she then activated her alchemy, beginning the transformation of this Alchemy Workshop.

This was the first prerequisite for liberating productivity, setting up an automated production line for Alchemy Puppets.

Once the production line was in place, with sufficient raw materials, it could continuously produce Alchemy Puppets, laying a solid foundation for the next phase of the plan.

As for constructing the Floating City, that was another step forward. She would convert other supporting facilities into automated production lines before starting the construction of the Floating City.

She didn't plan to tell anyone about this plan, partly for confidentiality and partly to avoid panic.

After all, in this era, there have been incidents of workers smashing machines to resist new technology; people's ignorance can be frightfully described.

Even Perfikot didn't want to be distracted by the troubles caused by those ignorant masses while she was fully focused on countering the divine threat.

It's best if they remained unaware.

"Am I being too arrogant?" Perfikot asked herself, questioning whether her attitude was wrong.

But she quickly realized, while indeed she was arrogant, there was nothing wrong with it.

If the public were already educated enough, informing them could lead to them independently thinking through issues and recognizing the crisis, thus showcasing greater enthusiasm.

But when the populace lacks that understanding, they only need to know what they must do; explaining the reasons would only complicate matters. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Perhaps others might consider enlightening the people first, but Perfikot didn't see herself as that noble, nor did she have the time or leisure.

Rather than enlightening the people, she preferred to solve the problem herself directly.

Anyway, ordinary people couldn't participate in this war, so why burden them with worries?

It's also possible that some might crumble under the threat and revert to siding with the gods.

This possibility is quite significant, given that the Northern Territory constantly investigates and apprehends individuals related to the cult of the gods, unearthing groups of them periodically.

To avoid such troubles, Perfikot believed it was best to resolve the issues herself.

As for other matters, her loyal White Bear Knight Order would handle them, not to mention she also had Autonomous Knights.

"Alright, first adjust the puppet production line, then tackle the steelworks and coal mines!" Perfikot took a deep breath; deploying a whole production line using alchemy was still somewhat taxing for her.

However, the production line was successfully established under her alchemy, with only the testing phase remaining.