Chapter 273

Chapter 273. Daily Life After Conquering the Fortress.

After a very deep moment of contemplation (5 seconds), I finally came to a conclusion.

<Option 3: Invite the complainers to the 'Nest of Life.' (???, Rebellion chance changed to 0%)>

“Even though I don’t know what effect it will have, the fact that the rebellion chance drops to 0% seems the most plausible.”

Unlike other options where the resistance probability is 50% or 20%, or even the possibility of a full-scale rebellion across the fortress, this option completely eliminates the chance of rebellion. Who wouldn’t choose this?

Thinking that, I relayed the option directly to Jessica.

“Then send all those guys to the ‘Nest of Life.'”

“Uh… really?”

“Of course.”

I then began to focus diligently on the next plan, ‘Reorganization of the Resource Fleet.’

However, not long after, I discovered what the ‘???’ hidden in option 3 was…

It turned out that it meant sending all those who had been resisting and rebelling against me to become Gryanarr’s biological test subjects.

-“Commander, what’s the occasion for sending so many test subjects?”

“…”

-“Well, I’m grateful, though.”

And after that, there wasn’t much to tell.

Those who were ‘invited’ to the Nest of Life, especially the hardcore rebels, became one with the Nest of Life, leading even more fulfilling lives for us.

The rest, depending on Gryanarr’s classification, either became materials for producing chimeras or monster soldiers, or ended up as real biological test subjects, brainwashed, and sent to forced labor camps.

Anyway, as the rebels turned into ‘former’ rebels, as if waiting for this moment, an event message popped up in front of me, indicating that the fortress and its defense power had been completely taken over.

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<Event>

<Complete Control of Avalon Fortress Achieved!>

<Details>

<All internal rebels have expressed satisfaction with their new lives, eliminating any chance of internal rebellion!>

<All combat fleets with resistance have completely surrendered!>

<All defense forces and combat fleets now obey the Commander!>

<Command of all fortress defense systems has been transferred!>

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‘Yummy.’

And unlike yesterday, since I had taken care of all urgent matters and had plenty of time today, I decided to take a screenshot of the event message and post it in the gallery as proof.

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Title: Combat Fleet Takeover Complete

Author: Icarus

Content: [Message about the combat fleets of Avalon Fortress surrendering]

ㅇㅇ

ㅋㅋ

The gate is already repaired, ㅅㄱ

Comments

-[Oh]

-[Repairs are done quickly, how?]

-[Must have removed the battleship stuck in the gate]

-[Congrats]

-[City Conqueror 추]

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Of course, posting this proof wasn’t just for bragging rights.

It was to make it clear early on that ‘I’m fine, and anyone who messes with me now definitely won’t return unscathed.’

In other words, it was a kind of ‘bluff.’

Along with the event message proof, I naturally wrote in the post that the spaceport gates, except for gates 2 and 5, were ‘fine.’

And perhaps because of how I wrote it.

Just a few minutes after posting in the gallery, I could see what is called a ‘pleading letter,’ a form of apology, being posted.

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And as the fortress’s defense posture was being normalized.

At this point, I noticed that the existing base system and the fortress system had significantly merged.

For example… the ‘Shipyard’ had expanded considerably.

Previously, there were only 4 docks in the ‘General Shipyard’ and just 1 in the ‘Large Ship Dedicated Shipyard.’

But as a result of the base docking and integrating with Avalon Fortress.

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<Shipyard Status>

–<Dock 1>

<Overseer-class Cruiser under repair...>

<Remaining time: 2 hours 1 minute 12 seconds>

–<Dock 2>

<Destroyer under repair...>

<Remaining Time: 2 minutes 35 seconds>

– <Dock 3>

<Waiting>

– <Dock 4>

<Waiting>

– <Dock 5> (Fortress-provided facility)

<Waiting>

– <Dock 6> (Fortress-provided facility)

<Waiting>

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<Large Ship Dedicated Shipyard Construction List>

– <Dock 1>

<Repairing Cruiser Battleship...>

<Remaining Time: 5 hours 5 minutes 5 seconds>

– <Dock 2> (Fortress-provided facility)

<Waiting>

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‘Whoaaaaa-!’

I could see that the regular shipyard and the large shipyard had each gained 2 and 1 additional docks.

Of course, as the description indicated, these facilities were only usable as long as our base remained ‘docked’ with this fortress…

‘But where else would I even go?’

Unlike other users, I had a habit of sticking to one spot for nearly two years, so I wasn’t going anywhere.

There was no reason to leave my newly acquired nest behind.

Such worries were hardly worth considering.

Anyway, putting aside those random thoughts, I went back to checking the base facilities.

Not just the shipyard, but the resource warehouse had also merged with the fortress’s resource warehouse.

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<‘Icarus’s Astral Base Resource Warehouse>

<Currently docked with ‘Avalon Fortress’ Resource Warehouse>

<Maximum Resource Storage: 16,500,000 (6,500,000 + 10,000,000)>

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The maximum resource storage capacity had skyrocketed by a whopping 10 million units.

Not to mention, the original base facilities like the ‘lounge’ and ‘training room’ had also merged with the fortress facilities.

They had become noticeably larger and more luxurious.

The lounge, in particular, was no longer just a ‘room’—it was practically a resort.

Inside, there was a restaurant, all sorts of entertainment facilities like an amusement park (?), a recreation area, an alien zoo…

There was even a virtual reality game. It was hard to wrap my head around what this place had become.

Additionally, the base’s ‘Resource Synthesis Production Facilities’ had also grown… no, massively expanded.

The ‘Astral Base’ had always grown larger with each level-up, so our resource synthesis facilities were already on par with real-world industrial complexes.

But now, merged with the fortress’s production facilities, they were even more colossal.

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“Hmm… so this is the current state of our resource synthesis production facilities… no, our production complex?”

“Yep, thanks to that, our base is on track to produce 30,000 resources per day.”

Now, calling it a ‘complex’ was an understatement.

By my past life’s standards, it was like covering the entire South Korean peninsula with factories.

Watching this massive factory facility churn out resources on the command center screen, I couldn’t help but nod in awe at the sheer SF-level scale.

And just as I was nodding in admiration…

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<<<Resource Warehouse Construction Complete!>>>

<Maximum Resource Storage: 6,500,000 ⇒ 7,500,000>

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Right after the Air Command construction finished, the resource warehouse construction I had queued up was also completed.

Finally, the last key to pushing our base beyond level 7 had arrived.

With great joy, I realized it was time to build the ‘Fleet Association’ and immediately proceeded with the next construction.