Chapter 463 The Pinnacle of Technology! (Medium, 6000 Words Long Chapter)
One nuclear power plant is obviously not enough;
Not to mention the [Transporter], which is such a powerful power eater, even Shen Jin's strategic plan to equip all people with [Electric Jetpacks] cannot satisfy it.
That thing needs 30,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity to fly 1,000 kilometers on a full charge!
Without enough stored power, the high mobility of the Corpse Squad cannot be guaranteed.
"Yang Ao, go contact Tianluodiwang and find the nuclear fuel rod production factory. We will go directly to the factory to get it. The power generated by a nuclear power plant is far from enough for our consumption."
Yang Ao was a little surprised: "One nuclear power plant is not enough? We only have 70,000 people in total. We can't use so much electricity, right?"
"You will know later"
"All right."
Yang Ao was forced to do a round of experiments and continued to work.
Putting away the two big treasures [Transporter], Shen Jin returned to his workshop.
"The [Advanced Mining Machine] is a bit fierce. Equipped with a more advanced [OV Scanner], it can mine blocks under a 241*241m plane."
[OD scanner] has a scanning range of 60 meters and can cover a square plane of up to 121*121m.
The horizontal scanning range of the [OV Scanner] has been doubled to a full 120 meters!
The space that can be dug has been expanded by 4 times!
Moreover, the working mode of [Advanced Mining Machine] is also different from ordinary [Mining Machine].
It is no longer necessary to use the [Mining Pipeline] to go deeper step by step. Once a certain depth is reached, it becomes impossible to go down.
Instead, use [Teleporter] technology!
Synthetic formula:
[Conveyor]*1+[Mining Machine]*2+[MFE Storage Box]*1+[Advanced Mechanical Shell]*3+[Advanced Alloy]*12
Shen Jin once again spent a lot of materials to synthesize a [Teleporter].
[Advanced Mining Machine] Synthesis!
At the same time, an exclusive [OV scanner] was produced.
To be on the safe side, Shen Jin took this set of equipment to a deserted beach.
Put down the [Advanced Mining Machine] and put the [OV Scanner] in,
"Good guy, no pipes or drills are needed, it all depends on the [Conveyor]?"
The [Advanced Mining Machine] has a built-in [Conveyor], which uses transmission technology to dig up minerals from the ground.
Shen Jin used the [MFE power storage box] to power up the [advanced mining machine].
[Advanced mining machine] also has an LCD screen for operation,
There are two options above: [Black/White List], [Mining Depth],
If you activate the [Blacklist] mode, you can put several types of things into the sink, so that the [Mining Machine] will not mine these types of things, and all other things will be mined.
The [Whitelist] mode is the opposite. It puts in several types of minerals, and then the mining machine only mines these types.
[Excavation depth] can limit the maximum number of meters underground you can dig into.
If there are no restrictions.
"Damn it! Wouldn't it be possible to dig to the center of the earth?"
Shen Jin was excited for a moment, then calmed down and thought: "However, according to the power consumption of the [Transporter], the further down it is, the more power it will consume. If it is too deep, it may not be cost-effective."
It is said that there are 1,000 trillion tons of diamonds deep in the earth's core.
But it may take hundreds or even thousands of kilometers to dig there from the ground level.
The highest depth that humans could dig before the end of the world was 13,000 meters.
It's meters, not kilometers!
"Maybe in the future, if there is enough electricity, we can dig diamond mines and other sedimentary minerals deep underground."
As we all know, the resources on the earth are both limited and unlimited.
In the last century, various experts have made predictions about global resources, saying that within the next few years, such and such resources will be fully exploited, and mankind will be in a situation where there will be no such and such resources available.
But this prophecy has never been realized.
In 1950, world copper reserves were estimated at 100 million tons. Over the next 50 years, world copper producers mined 339 million tons of copper. By 1950 standards, we would have run out of copper three times.
For most minerals, supplies have actually increased during the 20th and 21st centuries, even though we are depleting them faster than ever.
Including oil.
At the end of the 20th century, experts tentatively set the "oil apocalypse" in 2030 based on the growth rate of consumption. That is to say, if the experts' predictions are correct and the apocalypse does not occur, in 10 years, humans on earth will face "no oil available" "embarrassing scene.
However, a new data report in 2019 shows that the currently known oil reserves in the world are enough for mankind for another half century. If clean energy is taken into account, at least within this century, the "oil apocalypse" will not come.
"So this illustrates a problem. The earth's resources are not insufficient, but the difficulty of detection and mining. If we can have the technology and equipment to mine 10,000 meters underground, the earth's resources will once again usher in a blowout period."
The [Advanced Mining Machine] in Shen Jin’s hands has such technology.
This is of epoch-making significance!
"Ahem. If the power is enough"
Shen Jin opens the [Advanced Mining Machine],
The [Blacklist] mode is selected, and nothing else is placed in it. The default is to mine all blocks.
"Zizzizi——"
The sound of fine current sounded inside the machine. Shen Jin keenly discovered that there was an extremely dense energy inside the [Advanced Mining Machine].
Then the space collapsed, forming a miniature wormhole similar to a teleporter.
However, the wormhole inside the [Advanced Mining Machine] is even smaller, only the size of a thumb.
Just the size of a reduced block model!
"Hey~"
The machine beeped slightly, and a piece of [sand] appeared inside.
"Hey~"
Another piece of [sand],
"Bah, bah, bah—"
A green progress bar on the machine rises rapidly, and a block will be dug out every time it is full.
"Hiss - this speed is so scary! The transmission efficiency is very high!"
Shen Jin watched as a piece of sand under his feet suddenly disappeared, and then another piece suddenly disappeared.
It's like being haunted!
After turning it on for a while, the [Advanced Mining Machine] mined all the blocks around it except for the blocks directly below it.
Maybe it's because the surrounding sand is closer,
It takes almost 3 seconds to mine a block, which is much more efficient than the [Mining Machine].
After the experiment is completed, Shen Jin turns off the [Advanced Mining Machine]. There are already 2 sets of sand inside.
Opening the [MFE storage box], I found that the power consumption was not large during the initial startup period.
A total of only 10128,
You need to know that it takes a fixed amount of 10,000 kilowatt-hours of power to start up.
That proves that the two sets of sand just dug consume only 1 kWh of electricity per square.
"According to the system introduction, it depends on the depth of excavation, the hardness of the minerals, and the quality of the minerals. Sand may be the simplest, right?"
Shen Jin put away the [Advanced Mining Machine] and later talked with Professor Kong Long to see if there were any intensive diamond mines in the country. He did not collect them because the excavation depth could not be reached, so he brought several [Advanced Mining Machines] with him. 】Get it out!
At present, the number of [diamonds] is still small. Counting the 512 pieces of [diamond ore] dug from Afghanistan, if refined, there will only be 3,000 pieces of [diamonds] sunk.
It may seem like a small amount, but you must know that each [diamond] weighs 0.68kg!
680g, 3400 carats!
There are all natural diamonds sinking here. One [diamond] can be broken into 3,400 1-carat diamond rings and sold.
But the [Industrial Module] really costs too much diamonds, and this amount of diamonds is simply not enough for sinking.
The biggest use of [Diamonds] is to make [Energy Crystals].
Each requires 4 [Diamonds],
It is a container that can store 100,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity and can be held to charge the electrical equipment on the body.
It is also necessary for synthesizing all equipment and power storage machines in [advanced industry].
Nano suit, [Mining Laser Gun], [OV Scanner], [Iridium Drill], [Energy Crystal Rechargeable Battery], [MFE Storage Box].
The advanced version of [Energy Crystal], [Lamberton Crystal], requires multiple [Energy Crystals] supplemented by other materials to synthesize.
[Lamberton Crystal] One can store 1 million kilowatt hours of electricity!
It is the material used to make [MFSU storage box] and quantum suit.
Thinking of this, Shen Jin couldn't help but sigh,
"Hey, 3,000 yuan of diamonds will soon be used up in front of [Advanced Industry]. Just to equip everyone in the extraordinary team with a [Mining Laser Gun] and an [Energy Crystal] for charging, 8,000 yuan will be needed." +【Diamonds】!”
Thinking of this, Shen Jin called the office of Kong Long, the director of the Tianluodiwang Resources Department.
"Hello? Professor Kong, are you busy?"
Kong Long heard Shen Jin's voice and immediately said politely: "Aren't you busy? Mr. Shen has something to ask me?"
Last time, Kong Long received the [Energy Serum] sent by Shen Jin from the Tianluo Diwang equipment department.
After taking it, I only felt a small increase in my body and abilities, which made Kong Long, who had no time to practice and fight, very happy.
If there are more, scientific researchers like him can even be promoted to second-level transcendent.
The lifespan of second-level extraordinary beings can be increased again.
Although you may not necessarily live to the end of your life,
But human beings' pursuit of life span is engraved in their bones. No one can refuse a longer life span, a stronger body, and a shorter time to be a sage.
Shen Jin smiled slightly, and this was the right attitude. He would ask someone to give Lao Kong some gifts later. I heard that Lao Kong was still a first-level junior transcendent, and [primary power advanced potion] was not impossible.
"Okay, then I won't beat around the bush. This time I want to ask about diamonds."
"Oh? Mr. Shen also has a hobby of collecting diamonds? Do you want to find those rare big diamonds?"
"No, diamonds are a material for the production of machinery here. What I need is not rarity, but quantity! A large number of diamonds is best, either industrially synthesized or natural."
"That's it. How many carats do you need?"
"A few thousand tons should be enough, right?"
Shen Jin is not sure, but the more the merrier.
"puff--"
The tea that Kong Long just put to his mouth spurted out,
"Thousands of tons?"
The word ‘ton’ is pronounced with an accent.
"That's right, if the quantity is too small, it won't be enough. Does our country store this stuff? It's of great use to me. If I can find it, I'm willing to donate a batch of [primary, uh, super genetic potions! Yes, it is." super"
"Well, this is not a matter of whether you donate or not. This is a very special kind. Let me tell you this. There are currently 6,000 tons of natural diamonds that have been proven to be mined in the world, all over the world! Attention , the whole world!”
"Uh, that's it, then..." Shen Jin felt a little uncomfortable.
Who knew that Kong Long would burst into hearty laughter: "Haha. But you happen to be in China. Do you know about artificial diamonds?"
"I know"
Shen Jin can also make artificial diamonds himself, but it requires a lot of coal and electricity to make them.
Shen Jin did not pay special attention to collecting coal. What is stored in the warehouse now is still a few warehouses found at the big port in Q City.
During the previous thermal power generation stage, part of it was used. If the rest were made into [diamonds], I wouldn't be able to get many. Maybe I could get 1,000?
Shen Jin didn't do any careful calculation, he was saving resources that he would use only when he had no other choice.
Compressing coal into diamonds also requires a lot of electricity, and Shenjin also has to solve the electricity demand.
It’s too much trouble, why not dig it out!
Kong Long continued: "Before the end of the world, China had been the world's largest producer of artificial diamonds for 15 consecutive years. At its peak, it even accounted for 90% of the world's diamond production. Before the end of the world, if we include those black micro-powder diamonds, If so, our country’s annual production of artificial diamonds is 2,000 tons! Most of them are micron powder, I wonder if you can use them?"
"Diamond powder?"
"Yes, it's just some diamond powder. In fact, we usually call it hard particles, which means they are very hard. The diamond tools you see in the hardware store are all made of this or slightly larger waste particles."
"Yes! I also want this kind! As long as its chemical formula is diamond!"
Shen Jin believes that the system will not mind.
As long as there are enough, placed on the [Workbench], a piece of 0.68kg [Diamond] can be synthesized.
Shen Jin took out the diamond synthesized by the system and looked at it. It was a large translucent crystal with blue color.
It’s definitely not as good-looking as those exquisite and gorgeous diamond jewelry in jewelry stores.
It doesn’t look good. It’s very big and shiny.
Anyway, it looks good, but it's definitely not a gem-quality diamond.
Kong Long smiled and said: "If you can use this kind of thing, then it will be no problem. Nowadays, a lot of this kind of hard granules are used in industry. I know a place where there are hundreds of small workshops that make this kind of stuff. You can at least find one. Hundreds of tons of diamond powder”
“Hiss—Old Kong Niubi!”
"Haha, if you are looking for gem-quality diamonds, I really don't know. They are the stuff of rich people. This kind of artificial industrial diamonds has been recorded and recorded in our department before."
"Okay! Professor Kong, thank you so much. You have helped me a lot. If I really can't find it, I will have to dig into the mantle."
"Hahaha, Mr. Shen is really good at joking, but there are indeed more natural diamonds stored in the mantle layer. If anyone can dig them out before the end of the world, the world's diamond industry will be hit and no one will be left."
I'm not kidding, Shen thought in his heart.
"Professor Kong, I want to thank you very much this time. When the people from the Dragnet Equipment Department come next time, I will ask them to bring you a bottle of good things and donate 100 bottles of super genetic medicine!"
"Damn, Mr. Shen is too polite. We are all helping each other. We are all dragnet people."
Professor Kong rubs his hands.jpg
"Then where is the place you mentioned?"
"Tuocheng County, Zhongzhou Province"
After hanging up the phone, Shen Jin just wanted to call Yang Ao over.
Suddenly realizing that Yang Ao had gone to find nuclear fuel rods, he called Sun Li.
"You take the people we went out this time and ask Yang Ao for 20 more people. Go to Tuocheng County, Zhongzhou Province, find a diamond processing factory there, and move all the diamonds back. By the way, most of them are Don’t mistake this kind of diamond powder for flour.”
Shen Jin pointed to the location and the picture of diamond powder transmitted by Professor Kong on the big screen in the satellite command room.
"Okay! I'll take the people there right now." Sun Li turned around and went out to order troops.
"etc!"
Now that there is no shortage of [Lapis Lazuli], Shen Jin directly made 20 [Power Jet Packs] and 20 [Energy Crystals] and put them in Sun Li's backpack.
"Go to the charging station to fill these up, and take the newcomers to familiarize themselves with the new equipment. When the [Energy Crystal] is full, you can recharge the [Electric Inflatable Backpack] 3.3 times. Be sure to keep the power returned. I don't I'll send someone to look for you when the time comes, and be careful on the way."
Shen Jin was heartbroken as he spoke. These equipments consume a lot of electricity. A full 2.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity were used just like this. The wind turbines at the base had accumulated electricity for a period of time and had to drain half of it. !
"Okay, boss!"
The mission location this time is a small county town, and there won't be many zombies. 30 people are enough, but too many will make it inflexible.
The main reason is that there are hundreds of factories that require more manpower, and you need to go to the local area to find them, otherwise 10 people will be more flexible.
Nowadays, Sun Li is fully capable of performing tasks alone, and Shen Jin does not need to do everything personally.
After arranging this matter, Shen Jin thought about it and felt that it was not safe.
He also made a satellite phone call to Li Zhe who was fighting in Hulu City.
"Take your team back and go dig coal in Province S."
Li Zhe is fighting with L1 zombies: (°ー°〃)
"Brother Jin, it's just. It's quite sudden."
The other four teams are still fighting in Hulu City,
After Li Zhe's tentacles exploded the L1 zombie, he took the people and flew back to Home No. 1.
Hold the sinking [Mining Machine], [Bronze Pipe], [MFE Storage Box], [Copper Insulated Wire], [Electric Wrench], [Mining Laser Gun], [Steel Storage Box].
After waiting for a series of props, I went to S Province to work as a coal digger.
Shen Jin is not afraid that Li Zhe will run away with the machine. First, he has passed the double psychological test by Lu Daizhen and himself, and there is a high probability that there will be no problems;
Second, these machines have no other uses except for mining and some combat capabilities, so it doesn’t matter if they are taken away;
Third, due to the durability limit of [Traveler's Gloves], if you dig and place a maximum of 10,000 blocks, it will be completely damaged. You must sink here to get new gloves to restore the block-forming ability. Without the gloves, you have lost one. These machines can no longer use most of the capabilities of Homeland.
Items cannot be taken out of the backpack/machine, blocks cannot be placed and dismantled, and you instantly become an ordinary transcendent.
Shen Jin was relieved to arrange for Li Zhe to do this.
I went to Province S to dig coal for the future. After these hundreds of tons of [diamonds] are used up, Sinking will still need a lot of coal. At that time, it will use a lot of electricity to make artificial diamonds to meet its own needs.
Shen·Hoard Rat·Jin always believes that hoarding resources is better than having none at all. If you hoard materials first, you won’t have the embarrassment of not being able to keep up with technology.
For example, when I went to Afghanistan this time, it was because I suddenly discovered that there was no more [Lapis Lazuli].
"Whether you have any use, just stock up."
After solving the future resource problem, Shen Jin began to study the next [Advanced Industrial III] machine.
No,
Not exactly a machine, but a whole set.
Shen Jin arranged the machines in order based on his previous gaming experience:
[Pattern Scanner], [Pattern Storage Machine], [Copier], [UU Substance Generator]
The four major machines constitute the last link of industry - material replication!
This is the most powerful set of machines in [Industrial Module], and it is also the most incredible machine.
Because it has violated the law of conservation of matter,
Ability to spend electricity to copy items,
Shen Jin doesn't know if in the real world, the capabilities of this machine can still be as abnormal as in the game.
"So. Let's make one set first!"
The synthetic formulas of several machines will not be described one by one.
Anyway, a lot of materials were consumed.
What is very interesting is that as the last link in the whole process - the synthetic material of [Replicator] actually contains 3 [Transporters].
This made Shen Jin wonder about how it works.
In addition, the shells of these machines are not only made of [high-grade alloy], synthetic materials include [explosion-proof stone] or [explosion-proof glass].
You must know that [explosion-proof stone] is a material used to prevent explosions in nuclear power plants.
This indirectly proves the terror of these machines,
There was definitely a violent reaction inside that Shen Jin could not imagine.
After everything is done, think deeply for a moment.
It was decided not to experiment in the villa. If something goes wrong with this kind of machine, the home would be gone.
Shen Jin placed the four machines on an empty high-rise building in the outer city.
32-story rooftop,
Put down the four machines in sequence according to the order of operation.
The first one is the [Pattern Scanner]. To copy an item, you must have a sample. The [Pattern Scanner] analyzes the characteristics of the substance, as well as the amount of [UU Substance] and electricity required for replication.
Then import the pattern of the item into the [Pattern Storage Machine] next to it and record it. You can copy this item at any time in the future.
If Shenjin has multiple [Pattern Storage Machines], you can use [Pattern Storage Crystal] to copy the analyzed data and import it into another [Pattern Storage Machine].
The [Copying Machine] connected to the [Pattern Storage Machine] can mobilize the material analysis information stored in it to copy items.
The raw material for replication is [UU substance],
Produced by [UU Substance Generation Machine],
So put it on the other side of the [Copying Machine], add a [Liquid Ejection Upgrade], and automatically import the produced [UU Substance] into the [Copying Machine] for replication.
"The production of [UU matter] requires a lot of electricity! A huge amount! Using [waste] can speed up the generation speed."
[Waste] is the product of [Recycling Machine], which can crush any organic matter into powdery [Waste],
The organic matter before sinking was used to ferment biogas, so the [Recycling Machine] has never been used. Now with the birth of the [UU Substance Generator], the status of [Waste] has increased, and the [Recycling Machine] has finally stood up!
"But electricity is the most important thing. Let's first try how much electricity is needed to generate 1ml of UU substance."
Shen Jin put down an [MFE storage box], which contained 400,000 kilowatt hours of electricity.
Use the most advanced [Glass Fiber Wire] to connect to the [UU Substance Generator],
Turn on,
"Zizzizi——"
A large number of arcs appeared on the machine, a purple triangular indicator light on the side of the machine began to flash, and the progress bar gradually increased.
Shen Jin felt his scalp numb even when he was next to the machine.
Being electrocuted!
"The current is so strong! If an ordinary person passed by, he would be electrocuted directly."
Shen Jin took a few steps back,
After waiting for a while, I saw that the purple progress bar on the machine was full.
[UU Substance] Synthesis successful!
PS: Get some monthly tickets, brothers, it’s not enough for 1,000.
Bang bang bang~