Volume 4: National Craftsmanship Chapter 146: Where is the [Lapis Lazuli]?
"Boss, I have laid the pipeline! Now all the things in the [Crop Harvester] can be brought directly to the villa through the pipeline!" Sun Li's excited voice came from outside the villa, "Oh? What a coincidence, double happiness!"
Shen Jin jumped down from the second-floor window sill and saw Sun Li's shadow holding an umbrella for him and following behind him. He was holding a [Bronze Pipe] model in his hand and standing under the nearest electric pole. Shen Jin looked up from the top of Sun Li's head and saw a yellow-green pipe next to the electric wire. This pipe went straight from the greenhouse crop area in the north to Shen Jin's villa, running through half of the base. "Boss, where is the final exit?"
"Connected to the warehouse on the first floor!"
"Okay!"
Wearing the [Traveler's Gloves ], Sun Li quickly threw out sections of [Bronze Pipes] and led the pipes from the electric poles to the warehouse on the first floor of the villa. Ever since the extraordinary people moved out of the first floor, Shen Jin's first floor has always been a place to store various commonly used resources for easy access. Now, with the pipes connected to the first floor of the villa, the 30,000-acre fully automated production base has been declared fully completed!
The [crop monitoring machine] will take care of the growth of crops, and the [crop harvester] will harvest the fruits of the crops and transport them to Shen Jin's villa through the [bronze pipe]. When Shen Jin sits at home, there will be a steady supply of vegetables and fruits delivered to him. This is the charm of technology!
"Great! This frees up a lot of labor, allowing the people in the base to do other work!"
At the end of the world, everything is revived and there is no shortage of jobs. According to Shang Qian's idea, in the No. 1 home with the ability to block, Q City must be built to be more glorious than before the end of the world!
At present, the inner city of No. 1 Home has completed the building upgrade. The self-service sales area, shops, recycling stations, schools and other buildings have been expanded and their respective areas have been planned. The original ordinary bungalow shops have now become magnificent shopping malls. The self-service sales area has also been renovated and turned into an indoor space similar to a 24-hour self-service bank, and it is private. Outsiders cannot see how many things the people inside have exchanged and how many crystal cores have been sold, which better protects the privacy of all personnel. Of course, there are cameras installed inside to facilitate inquiries by law enforcement officers.
The entire inner city is covered with cameras, and all major factories and residential areas in the outer city are also covered with cameras. Shen Jin does this not to monitor everyone, but to increase the cost of crime and let the citizens of Home No. 1 hide the sins in their hearts. In this way, the security team will have less work to do.
Otherwise, there would be petty thefts or... robbery and murders every day. Even if we could find out who did it and punish them, it would have wasted manpower, financial resources and material resources. The significance of cameras is to prevent crimes from the very beginning, making people lose their luck and dare not commit crimes.
"By the way, is my hybrid plant garden ready?"
"Don't worry about my work. Not only have I finished it, I have also sown the seeds according to your requirements. I saw on the [Crop Monitoring Machine] that the hybrid results of the first batch of crops will be visible in about a month!"
"Hmm... not bad, just arrange some people to do routine maintenance, we should do something else..."
"Yes! Boss!"
Sun Li and his shadow holding the umbrella walked away arm in arm.
Shen Jin looked at the warehouse on the first floor with a sign that said "Fruits and Vegetables". The [bronze pipes] inside were connected to various [boxes], and the entire room was full of [boxes]!
Even underground...
Opening the box next to the bronze pipe, spring greenhouse vegetables such as cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, and eggplants have already appeared inside. The fruits are not yet ripe, and more than 10 cherry orchards and vineyards are not yet harvest season. "It's great to have a pipe, automated transportation of goods..."
Looking at the pipeline in front of him, Shen Jin saw data flashing across his eyes, and remembered the time when [Advanced Industry] was activated...
A month ago, after arranging all the things, Shen Jin began to focus on how to use the two [World Lines] and nearly 20,000 [World Coins]. After a struggle in his mind, Shen Jin finally chose to open [Advanced Industry], spending [World Line × 1] and [World Coins × 5000], ["Intermediate Industry III" upgraded to "Advanced Industry I"]
[Unlock: geothermal generator, item buffer, electric sorter, fluid distributor, fluid flow regulator, induction furnace, batch workbench, MFSU power storage box, MFSU charging station, Lambert crystal, bronze pipe, steel pipe, electric jet backpack, nano sword, overclocking upgrade component, high voltage upgrade component, energy storage upgrade component, ejection upgrade component, extraction upgrade component, etc.]
Among them, the [geothermal generator] needs to consume high-temperature magma fluid to generate electricity. The power generation capacity is huge, but it is currently useless. It is difficult for Shen Jin to obtain magma, but... If Sun Can is willing to cooperate, Shen Jin thinks he can make a human body generator...
Next is a series of machines related to logistics and transportation, both for solids and liquids, including two types of pipes. There is not much difference between them. [Steel pipes] are more advantageous in transporting liquids, and the flow rate and temperature they can transport are higher than [bronze pipes].
Shen Jin uses [item buffer machines], [electric sorting machines], [fluid distribution machines], and [fluid flow regulators] in combination with pipelines to build a large fully automatic logistics center, which can complete the automatic transfer and classification of items in the base. It is very practical. Shen Jin's 30,000-acre vegetable and fruit base uses these equipment to integrate and manage items, and finally aggregate them into a large warehouse on the first floor of the villa.
At the same time, the materials of some factories in Q City have also been automatically transported through fully automatic logistics technology. The fertilizers produced by the fertilizer factory will be directly transported to the vegetable and fruit base, stored in the main warehouse there, and then automatically added to 50,000 [crop monitoring machines]. Similarly, groundwater is also transported to the vegetable and fruit base through pipelines, and supplied to the [crop monitoring machines] through [fluid distribution machines]. Pesticides from the herbicide factory will also enter the main warehouse and then be distributed to each [crop monitoring machine]. After such a supply chain is established, the fully automatic production of the vegetable and fruit base has been achieved.
The advanced industrial [induction furnace] can burn two groups of materials at the same time, and the burning speed is faster than the [electric furnace]. Moreover, as the temperature in the furnace continues to increase, the combustion efficiency will be further improved. Shen Jin has just upgraded his automated smelting production line. At present, all minerals cannot be directly burned after being dug out from the seabed. Instead, they must pass through an [ore washing machine] to wash out the various components. This trick is aimed at various sand mines and mud mixtures, but the ore is different!
The ore cannot be washed at all. Before washing, the ore needs to be crushed into powder, and then the ore components and other components are washed out, classified, and then burned into ingots.
Of course, some ingredients cannot be burned, such as... sulfides and uranium!
The [electric furnace] does not accept these two items, and it also wants to work for a few more years...
So, after having the logistics classification, Shen Jin spent some effort and used his skills as an old MC automation master to build a fully automated mineral ingot production chain!
[Mining machine] → [Steel storage box] → (Pipeline) [Electric sorting machine] → (Does it need to be pulverized? Yes) [Pulverizer] → [Ore washing machine] → (Can it be burned? Yes) [Induction furnace] → (Pipeline) The [box] in the warehouse on the first floor of the villa.
Among them, the [electric sorting machine] process filters out the sand ore that does not need to be pulverized, skips the "pulverization" step, and directly enters the [ore washing machine].
The [stone powder], [clay], [sand] and other items that cannot be burned washed out by the [ore washing machine] will directly enter the pipeline and be transported to a special warehouse. These things can be synthesized into [construction foam], which is the most important building material today.
The [mineral washing machine] will also wash out some [small handfuls of mineral powder] that are not enough to be sintered into ingots. After judgment, they will enter the [batch workbench] and automatically synthesize into the whole [mineral powder] according to the synthesis formula specified by Shen Jin. Then they will enter the [induction furnace] and be sintered into [mineral ingots].
[Batch workbench] is an important part of large-scale automated production. It can record synthesis formulas, put in the corresponding materials, and automatically synthesize by consuming electricity. This eliminates the step of manual synthesis that Shen Jin needs to do, and it is completely automated!
Among them, [Pop-up Upgrade Components] and [Pull-in Upgrade Components] are also utilized to ensure that the items are carried out in the direction and process specified by Shen Jin. Various components can be attached to the machine to provide the machine with expanded working efficiency. Among them, [Overclocking Upgrade Components] can increase the power consumption and working efficiency of the machine. For some machines with relatively low efficiency, you can put a few [Overclocking Upgrade Components], and the speed will increase soaring. Of course, the power consumption will also soar!
[High-voltage upgrade components] increase the voltage of the machine to facilitate line connection, and low-voltage electrical appliances can also be connected to high-voltage wires;
[Energy storage upgrade component] can increase the machine's own energy storage capacity. Even if there is no power supply, it can still use the stored energy to work for a period of time. Shen Jin's current electricity is more than enough, and the circuit of the entire base is very stable, so this component is not needed for the time being.
In order to improve the stability of the circuit, Shen Jin plans to make a new type of energy storage machine [MFSU energy storage box] with a storage capacity of up to 4 million kWh!
One [MFE power storage box] is equivalent to 10!
A full charge is enough for the entire base of Home No. 1 for 3 days.
This is because Shen Jin's current automated industrial base consumes too much electricity. Otherwise, if it is just for daily use, this value will have to be doubled, and it will not be a problem to use it for a week. To make this kind of storage box, you need to use [Lamberton Crystal], which is a more advanced energy storage battery than [Energy Crystal]. Each one can store 1 million degrees of electricity! Holding it in your hand is equivalent to a large plasma bomb...
But then, Shen Jin discovered something serious.
His materials are in urgent need!
"Something's wrong...very wrong!"
At this point, Shen Jin finally discovered a piece of material that he had been ignoring:
【lapis lazuli】!
He didn't get this material!
No, he had obtained it before. He had opened two sets of them from the [Resource Pack] given by daily tasks. In the past, the Industrial Module rarely used this material, and there was no use for this material in the Artisan Soul, which led Shen Jin to ignore the use of [Lapis Lazuli]. "No! In the game, [Lapis Lazuli] can enhance the tools of the Artisan Soul, gain the [Fortune] attribute, and get more when mining. Obviously, this enhancement effect was deleted because it did not conform to the world logic, so... there is no step to use [Lapis Lazuli] in the Artisan Soul module!"
This was also the biggest reason why he ignored this material. He had been working on the craftsman's soul for a long time, and his thinking was constrained by materials such as [Adit], [Cobalt], and [Mayulin].
But... in the [Advanced Industry] stage, [Lapis Lazuli] became a commonly used material, because... it is one of the raw materials for synthesizing [Advanced Circuit Boards]!
Advanced machines all require [Advanced Circuit Boards], including [Lamberton Crystal], [MFSU Power Storage Box], [Batch Workbench] and [Electric Jet Pack]. These are all advanced machines. Ordinary [Circuit Boards] can no longer constitute their core, and more powerful [Advanced Circuit Boards] are required!
Shen Jin calculated that one [MFSU power storage box] requires 13 [advanced circuit boards]!
That requires 26 [Lapis Lazuli]!
The [Batch Workbench] also requires 6 [Advanced Circuit Boards], which means 12 [Lapis Lazuli]. Shen Jin didn't feel anything when he was synthesizing it. Now when he is making the [MFSU Power Storage Box], Shen Jin finds that he only has 2 sets of [Lapis Lazuli] in total. If he makes the [MFSU Power Storage Box], 1/5 of it will be used up at once.
Then don't make the [Electric Jet Pack] at all. This one uses the least, but it also needs 3 [Advanced Circuit Boards] and a set of [Lapis Lazuli]. You can make up to 10 [Electric Jet Packs], which is a single-soldier flying device that can replace ordinary [Jet Packs]!
The flight speed, cruising range and lightness will be greatly improved!
Moreover... this [Electric Jet Pack] will get rid of the situation where everyone has to carry a set of [Biogas Units] with them. You only need to charge it and you can fly!
Carrying a rechargeable battery with you can keep flying all the time, which is extremely convenient!
Shen Jin wants to change the equipment for his entire team of a thousand extraordinary people!
But the remaining [Lapis Lazuli] can only make 19 pieces, which is not enough!
"Calm down... Think carefully, where is [Lapis Lazuli]!"
Shen Jin thought about it for a long time and found that he had no idea about the properties of this mineral in reality. He asked for advice!
There is a professor of geology at the Tianluodiwang headquarters. When he consulted about [Adit Ore] and [Cobalt Ore] last time, he gave him some advice. "Yes! I gave Tianluodiwang a resource demand table before, and [Lapis Lazuli] was on it. They may have obtained some!"
Shen Jin sent a message to the Tianluodiwang Laboratory, asking to talk to the professor of geology. He didn't even want to make the [Nano Sword] anymore, so he just wanted to ask:
Where is Lapis Lazuli?
If this issue is not clarified, there is no need for his advanced industry to develop further.
