Jiang Ye checked the balance of his personal account.
5,879,500 yuan!
Now, there were two options.
First, upgrade the base directly to level 11, costing five million yuan, leaving over 870,000.
Second, buy an excavator and a mining truck, costing a total of 4.6 million yuan, leaving 1,279,500 yuan after the purchase.
If he upgraded, he didn't know what would be unlocked.
But buying an excavator and a mining truck would allow him to mine quickly and earn money.
Jiang Ye hesitated briefly, then opened the Galaxy Mall.
He selected [Excavator] and [Ore Transport Vehicle] and purchased them!
4.6 million yuan was instantly paid, and his balance dropped to 1,279,500 yuan.
Immediately, the logistics message appeared. It was the usual process.
Jiang Ye waited for a few seconds, and sure enough, a private message arrived.
Courier Isabel: Esteemed guest, please verify your order. You have just ordered an excavator and a mining truck to be delivered to your base, is that correct?
Jiang Ye: That's right. When will they arrive?
Courier Isabel: Approximately six hours later, which would be this afternoon.
Jiang Ye: Alright, I haven't slept all night. I'm going to bed to catch up on sleep. Just knock when you get here.
Courier Isabel: Did you go to kill someone? Are you injured? Was it smooth?
Jiang Ye: Smooth. Last night, I directly took my aircraft and bombed him. He was easily killed. Air superiority is truly crucial. When bombs fall from above, infantry has no way to fight back.
Courier Isabel: Understood, esteemed guest. We will send you a message one and a half hours before arrival. Please wait near your base at that time. You can contact me anytime if you have any questions.
Jiang Ye closed the chat channel, took off his cotton jacket, rekindled the extinguished stove fire, and fell onto the bed to sleep.
His whole body felt soft with exhaustion, his bones felt as if they had been stewed in a pot for three hours, and his head felt frozen, devoid of any thoughts.
In just over ten seconds, Jiang Ye fell into a deep sleep.
Bang bang bang! Violent knocking on the door.
Jiang Ye sat up reflexively, his hand grabbing the needle shotgun by the bed.
Then he relaxed, looking out the window. The person knocking at the door was none other than Isabel, dressed in a down jacket. She was also wearing a bear fur hat, making her look even more like a Russian woman.
He got up and opened the door.
Isabel shivered from the cold. Your two big machines have arrived. Shall I drive them over for you, or will you drive them yourself?
Jiang Ye grabbed his cotton jacket and put it on. You drive the excavator, and I'll drive the transport vehicle. We'll get it done in one trip.
The two of them advanced through the snow. The cruise ship-like delivery spaceship was docked in its usual spot. The rear cargo bay opened, and two machines had already been unloaded.
One was an excavator, much like what Jiang Ye had seen in his previous life, with tracks, a cockpit, and a mechanical arm.
The mining truck was astonishingly large, with tires that were each 1.8 meters high, almost as tall as Jiang Ye himself.
The ore truck bed was also thick and large, capable of holding several small cars, no doubt.
Jiang Ye climbed the four-step ladder and got into the cockpit.
The operation was simple: a steering wheel, accelerator and brake, controls for raising and lowering the truck bed, and an air conditioning function.
He decisively turned on the air conditioning and heater, and hot air blew into the cold cockpit.
He stepped on the accelerator and started the engine!
The rumbling sound indicated immense power.
The thick snow was no obstacle at all; the large tires rolled over it with ease, and the giant mining truck accelerated.
Looking in the rearview mirror, the snow where the mining truck had passed was completely flattened, leaving deep tire tracks.
Jiang Ye felt like he was driving a tank.
He also noticed that the windshield glass was exceptionally thick, probably three fingers wide, and certainly bulletproof.
The car's body was even thicker than the glass, especially the truck bed, which was visibly robust.
As long as he didn't encounter artillery, the vehicle's defense was almost invincible!
He drove to the base's perimeter wall and parked.
He checked the fuel gauge; it had dropped from 100% to 99%.
It truly was a gas guzzler. It had consumed a whole bar of fuel for such a short distance. He estimated that a full tank would only allow him to drive about two hundred kilometers.
Jiang Ye got out of the vehicle.
Isabel also jumped down from the excavator and took out a delivery receipt and a pen.
Jiang Ye obediently signed his name. Would he like to go inside for a drink before she left?
Isabel shook her head and smiled. No, I still have other deliveries to make, so I'll be going now. Oh, and also, check your base panel when you get back. The new functions should be unlocked.
Goodbye, I won't see you out!
Bye!
Jiang Ye stood beside the excavator, watching Isabel walk through the snow and return to the spaceship. The delivery spaceship lit up with a blue glow, then its engines spewed blinding flames, roaring as it ascended into the sky, quickly disappearing into the clouds.
Feeling hungry, Jiang Ye returned to the base and fried himself a piece of bear meat.
He also took some health supplements and injected a stamina enhancement serum.
He opened the base panel to check the function Isabel had mentioned.
Indeed, a new function had been unlocked: [Vehicle Group Bluetooth].
He clicked on it.
Several lines of prompts immediately appeared:
[Through Bluetooth connection, you can set your base vehicle and personal vehicles for automatic following.]
[For example, the excavator can follow the base vehicle. When you drive the base vehicle forward, the excavator can automatically navigate and follow your base vehicle, maintaining a distance of about fifty meters.]
[The connection can be disconnected or changed at any time.]
Jiang Ye nodded. This would be much more convenient.
In the future, when migrating to distant locations, he wouldn't have to drive these vehicles back and forth; he could just drive one, and the others would follow.
He immediately entered the settings.
He set the [Ore Transport Vehicle] to follow the [Excavator].
After completing the setup, Jiang Ye left the base and climbed into the excavator's cockpit.
This cockpit was more complex, as it had a mechanical arm, with several additional joysticks and buttons.
Fortunately, there was an accompanying "Excavator Operation Manual," a thin booklet that he quickly finished, mastering the basic operating methods.
Jiang Ye pulled the joystick and stepped on the accelerator!
The excavator started up with very little noise and moved forward.
The snow was thick, making it somewhat difficult for the tracks to advance, but the engine had enough power to move slowly.
Jiang Ye also extended the mechanical arm forward, using it to clear a path.
The excavator moved forward fifty meters, and the mining truck behind it also started up, its considerable noise shaking the ground as it followed.
After driving for a few minutes, they reached the edge of the borax mine pit.
Jiang Ye pulled back the joystick and stopped moving.
The mining truck behind him also stopped immediately, quietly resting in the snow.
Jiang Ye reviewed the operation manual again and began to operate.
He tentatively rotated the mechanical arm, extended it into the mine pit, and began to excavate!
His initial operations were clumsy, and after several bucketfuls, he hadn't dug up anything.
Jiang Ye adjusted the position of the tracks and lowered the bucket again.
Finally, as the mechanical arm was lifted again, the bucket was filled with transparent ore!
He rotated the cockpit and dumped the ore from the bucket onto the side.
Jiang Ye opened the door and got out to look at the newly dug ore.
It was almost half a sack's worth!
Previously, it would have taken at least twenty minutes to dig up this much.
Now, it only took one bucketful!
Work efficiency had increased by dozens of times!