I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.131Busy, Yet Not Busy. (2)

by fnovelpia

Anyway, through our three-stage recycling plan, we literally ground the pirates and monsters “down to the bone,” diligently gathered resources, and rapidly pushed construction. As a result…

About two weeks later.

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My pretty base has outgrown its newbie phase, when it was nothing more than a sprout.

It’s now taking on the appearance of an intermediate player who’s starting to play the game in earnest.

“Hmm, it took a little over two weeks for construction… If we add the teleport facility, that’ll take at least another month?”

“Still faster than mindlessly heading to the monsters’ headquarters.”

“You’re right, now that I think about it.”

Fortunately, Oxianor and the other monsters understood why we weren’t moving immediately and were dawdling at the base.

Of course, at first they were upset since we accepted the quest—essentially agreeing to listen to them—but then all we did was drain the surrounding mobs of resources and focus on base construction.

Oxianor’s gaze was gradually transforming into something like a rabbit-eared Usa-chan, but…

“So you can reach the target coordinates in one go through long-distance teleportation?”

“Yes.”

“But we’ll have to find our own way back.”

“And for that, base construction is essential?”

“Yeeeees.”

“Well then… I suppose it can’t be helped.”

After hearing our explanation of the situation, she even actively offered to help with the base construction.

Of course, no matter how much they helped, it wouldn’t add any buffs to the construction speed.

We politely declined Oxianor’s suddenly enthusiastic offers and leisurely continued gathering resources.

Given the situation, Marian also occasionally left for 2-3 days at a time to manage the pirate forces.

We were truly enjoying peaceful days.

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The next morning.

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Instead of my usual alarm, I was greeted by this refreshing base upgrade message.

I immediately headed to the command center, sat down at my dedicated command stone, and checked the base construction menu first.

But when I saw the list in the construction menu, I felt my breath catch in my throat…

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<Additional Docking Facility> (5,500)

<Resource Warehouse> (6,000)

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‘What the hell, was it always this expensive?’

It seemed like everything cost at least ten thousand more than I remembered.

I immediately ran to the gallery to search for information about base upgrade prices…

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Title: Read This If You’re Complaining About Insane Base Upgrade Prices

Author: Wiki Historian mk-9

Content: [Gallery Mark Image]

In case you’re wondering if it’s just you, I’m telling you this:

After rigorous cross-verification with other users since being possessed by this game,

I’ve discovered that while it might not be noticeable below level 5, beyond that,

the higher your base level, the more exponentially prices increase compared to the original game.

Especially those who’ve reached level 6 bases know that the prices are just insane.

Comments:

-[This is true;;;]

-[For real, I was saving resources thinking of the original game, then nearly had a heart attack when I saw it consuming hundreds of thousands]

-[Why does a tiny ant-sized radar facility eat up 150,000 minerals?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

-[Never thought they’d balance growth speed between veterans and newbies like this, for real]

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“Ah, I see.”

Learning that it was just the management implementing bizarre policies,

I gave the informative post a thumbs up, then…

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Title: Check Out This Sexy Furry Pic

Auth…

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<(Y)/N>

<(Y)/N>

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After naturally dealing with the troll post in one corner of the gallery,

I closed the gallery window and reopened the construction menu I had set aside.

‘Well, at least we have plenty of resources left.’

Newly appreciative of myself for not wasting resources over the past two weeks, I immediately clicked on the teleport system to begin construction.

However, as is always the case with such high-tier buildings, clicking “construct” didn’t mean it would be immediately available.

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‘Another two weeks.’

I checked the construction time displayed prominently before me, shook my head, and since there was nothing else to do immediately,

I decided to take Partia, Berial, and Pashtra—the personnel assigned to VIP escort—as well as Griyanar, who seemed on the verge of transforming into a child of darkness despite repeated research efforts but whose level lagged behind those regularly deployed in full-scale combat…

“Ahhh, Commander? I feel like I get stronger just by doing research, you know?”

“No way. People who stay cooped up inside get sick.”

“What?”

I forcibly dragged her out, deciding we should level up by hunting the pirates in the surrounding area.

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And while Icarus spent over a month simultaneously handling his authority and his quest in this manner,

All users, including those on the gallery, were increasingly showing signs of factional division along power lines.

The problem was that the “clans” that prided themselves on their size had accepted users from various backgrounds,

Resulting in extremely complex entanglements of user factions within the clans.

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Title: Today’s Clan Dissolution News

Author: Bringing You the News

Content: [Clan “Ring Collector” Dissolution Message]

It was a clan mainly composed of Earth Federation users and Elf faction users

When factional fighting among members became too severe, the clan leader, who belongs to the Pirate faction, disbanded the clanㅋㅋㅋㅋ

So the Earth faction and Elf faction members banded together and set up their own separate clan

The remaining members from other factions or neutral users chose to be absorbed into other nearby clans rather than create a new clan

Comments:

-[Wasn’t that a pretty big clan? Didn’t they have thousands of members?]

-˪[Seems like the two main factions grew too large, and the rest failed to reconcile]

-[Wow, I used to belong there, can’t believe it’s gone ㄲㅂ]

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Title: I Just Got Robbed By My Own Clanㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Mocking Message]

When Earth faction members became the majority in the clan

They threatened the existing clan leader until they drove him out, then took over the leadership position

Then they kicked out all members from other factions, damn it

When I confronted them about this absurdity, they responded with fleet diplomacy

Comments:

-[What the hell?]

-[Are they Islamic or something? As soon as their population grows, they try to devour the clan]

-[ㅋㅋㅋㅋThis is ridiculous]

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Existing clans were either collapsing or being taken over by factions from specific powers.

It seemed like a major tectonic shift was occurring in the users’ self-organized clan world.

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