"Trash tanks... trash flamethrowers... trash snipers... trash subs..."
"Oh, the Brutes are okay. Uh, Genetic Mutator? That's a little too dangerous... Floating Discs, Magnetrons—yeah, those are useful. Psychic Towers! Yuri Prime! Now we're talking! This is the good stuff!"
"Holy crap! Crazy Ivans?! You possess Chrono technology, and you use it to make suicide bombers??"
Inside the core control room of the Yuri Construction Yard, Luca was flipping through the database, muttering complaints non-stop.
Next to him, the Aurantius Haro was already used to Luca's dramatic outbursts. It continued to download and copy data, completely ignoring him.
After a thorough review, Luca finally had a basic understanding of the so-called Yuri Tech Tree.
Overall, since it was a tech tree based on a Cold War blueprint, the composition of Yuri's technology was incredibly lopsided.
In terms of basic information technology and mechanics, it looked pretty backward to Luca—honestly, it wasn't even impressive by current real-world standards.
On the other hand, in core fields like psychic energy, genetic cloning, and electromagnetic anti-gravity, Yuri's tech was absurdly advanced. It was practically black magic.
There were even branches like 'Chrono Teleportation'—a miraculous field of science that stood completely on its own without any foundational logic.
However, this weird mix of "obsolete" and "futuristic" actually gave Luca a great entry point. Even the technology that looked like it was held together by duct tape and prayers became traceable.
With the complete technical data in hand, learning and replicating Yuri's tech would be much easier.
But as he dug deeper, the shock brought by the [Yuri Construction Yard] went far beyond just the blueprints.
Compared to the technology stored in the database, the most important attribute of the [Yuri Construction Yard]—which Luca had previously overlooked—was that it was a 'War Machine'!
It didn't store all this tech data for educational purposes.
Its true purpose was to arrive rapidly on the battlefield and deploy a complete military industrial complex.
In fact, as long as the [Yuri Construction Yard] was supplied with enough 'mineral resources,' the thing could rapidly produce any modular building from the Yuri Tech Tree on its own.
And these modular buildings could then consume more 'mineral resources' to churn out an endless stream of soldiers and war machines.
Rapid deployment of military structures—that was the core ability of the [Yuri Construction Yard].
And the key to all of this was 'mineral resources'!
When Luca read that part of the introduction, he almost blacked out from sheer joy.
The System is awesome!
He was so emotional because the Construction Yard and its derivative buildings didn't need complex supply chains to 'produce' things—they literally just needed minerals.
Under the influence of the System's conceptual power, Yuri's tech—which shouldn't have had this capability—could simply devour metal ores, gems, oil, and other core resources, converting them into a basic substance we'll tentatively call 'Funds.'
With this substance, everything could be manufactured instantly—buildings, tanks, cloned lifeforms, you name it.
If he later used the [Yuri Construction Yard] to build a structure called the 'Grinder,' he could even break down soldiers and mechanical units to reclaim 'Funds.'
Realistically, looking at the blueprints for the 'Grinder,' Luca was pretty sure the building was just a giant industrial shredder.
Without even trying it, Luca was certain that this 'conceptual power' came solely from the [Yuri Construction Yard].
If this item were destroyed, or if Luca tried to build a so-called 'Grinder' manually based on the blueprints, he'd probably just end up with a literal scrap yard.
No matter how many tanks he threw into a homemade version, he'd just get a pile of scrap metal, not 'Funds.'
"It looks like some buildings really can't be modified at will. I have to rely on the Construction Yard to build them exactly to spec."
Luca sighed with a hint of helplessness.
When he first looked at the data, he had planned to modify these messy buildings and units once he mastered the tech.
Partly because half of Yuri's tech was backward, but more importantly, the aesthetic of Yuri's buildings and units was just too abstract.
Things like the Barracks being shaped like a giant skull, or the Mastermind vehicle driving around with a giant biological brain inside a glass jar on the roof.
If Luca actually rolled out a bunch of buildings and units looking like that, he'd be instantly branded a supervillain.
And not just any villain—the "perverted evil scientist" kind.
But now, it seemed that if Luca redesigned the buildings himself, he wouldn't get the benefit of the shared 'Funds' resource via the conceptual power. Construction time and costs would skyrocket.
"Forget it. It's just a trade-off. Worst case scenario, I'll let the Construction Yard build the original structures, and then I'll just build a brand-new shell around them!"
Merging Yuri's tech into his own system and upgrading it was something Luca had to do regardless.
Even the Yuri units Luca liked would be much stronger if he spent time upgrading them compared to the original versions.
So, he would have to carefully decide later which things needed to be built by the Construction Yard and which could be redesigned using just the core technology.
"It's a pity the Red Alert buildings need to be within a fixed range of the base. I'll have to carefully plan a dedicated Yuri architectural zone later."
"I can set up the Psychic Sensors and Psychic Towers first. They don't take up much space, and they kill two birds with one stone by effectively detecting spies and defending against resistance forces."
"The Bio-Reactors can be built according to the blueprints... Even without the conceptual power, the efficiency of burning organic trash for electricity is insanely high. Sokovia shouldn't have any power shortages in the future."
"Huh? Why am I so naturally treating Sokovia as my own private property?"
"That's not good..."
"...But I still need to collect the electric bill!"
After a moment of deep self-reflection, Luca turned to look at the Aurantius Haro, which had finished copying the data.
He thought for a moment and gave an order.
"Haro, have Spot mobilize a batch of Engineering Haros to come over later. It should save us a lot of trouble during the expansion."
"By the way, remind me that the construction branch here in Sokovia can hire another batch of employees. We're going to have a lot of engineering projects coming up, so let's treat it as boosting local employment~"
"If these people don't have money in their pockets, nobody's going to buy anything from our new consumer goods company!"
"Speaking of which, how is the acquisition of the telecom company going?"
"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not thinking about controlling public opinion or anything. I just want to enrich the spiritual lives of the Sokovian people~"
"Hey! Why did you turn your head away?! Get back here!"