Volume 5: The Destruction of the Gods Chapter 25: The pinnacle of technology! (Part 2)
One nuclear power plant is obviously not enough, not to mention such a powerful electricity-consuming device as the [Transporter]. Even Shen Jin's strategic plan to equip the entire population with [Electric Jet Packs] cannot meet the demand.
That thing needs 30,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity to fly 1,000 kilometers on a full charge!
Without sufficient stored power, the high mobility of the Corpse Squad cannot be guaranteed.
"Yang Ao, go contact Tianluodiwang and find the factory that produces nuclear fuel rods. We can go directly to the factory to get them. The electricity 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'll know later!"
"All right……"
Yang Ao was forced to do a round of experiments and then continue to work.
After putting away the two precious [Transporters], Shen Jin returned to his workshop. "The [Advanced Mining Machine] is a bit fierce... With the more advanced [OV Scanner], it can mine blocks under a 241×241m plane!"
The scanning range of the [OD scanner] is 60 meters, and it can cover a square plane of up to 121×121m. The horizontal scanning range of the [OV scanner] is directly doubled to a full 120 meters!
The excavable space has been expanded 4 times!
Moreover, the working mode of the [Advanced Mining Machine] is different from that of the ordinary [Mining Machine]. It no longer uses [Mining Pipelines] to go deeper step by step, and cannot go down after reaching a certain depth. Instead, it uses... [Transporter] technology!
Synthesis formula:
[Transporter] × 1 + [Mining Machine] × 2 + [MFE Power Storage Box] × 1 + [Advanced Mechanical Shell] × 3 + [Advanced Alloy] × 12
Shen Jin once again spent a lot of materials to synthesize a [Transporter] and an [Advanced Mining Machine]!
At the same time, a dedicated [OV scanner] was made. To be on the safe side, Shen Jin took this set of equipment to an uninhabited beach.
Put down the [Advanced Mining Machine] and put the [OV Scanner] in. "Wow, no pipes or drills are needed, all relying on the [Transporter]?"
The [Advanced Mining Machine] has a built-in [Transporter], which uses transmission technology to dig up the minerals from underground. Shen Jin uses the [MFE Power Storage Box] to power up the [Advanced Mining Machine]. The [Advanced Mining Machine] also has an LCD screen for operation. There are two options on it: [Black/White List] and [Digging Depth]. If the [Black List] mode is activated, Shen Jin can put in several types of things and let the [Mining Machine] not dig these types, and dig all the others. The [White List] mode is the opposite. You put in several types of minerals, and then the mining machine will only dig these types. The [Digging Depth] can limit the maximum number of meters underground to dig. If there is no limit...
"Shit! Doesn't that mean we can dig to the center of the earth?"
Shen Jin was excited for a moment, then calmed down and thought: "But... according to the power consumption of the [Transmitter], the deeper you go, the more power it consumes. If you go too deep, it may not be cost-effective!"
It is said that there are 100 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. Before the end of the world, the highest depth dug by humans was 13,000 meters, which is meters, not kilometers!
“Perhaps in the future, if there is enough electricity, we can dig into diamond mines and other sedimentary mines deep underground!”
As we all know, the resources on the earth are both limited and infinite.
In the last century, various experts had made predictions about global resources, saying that in a certain number of years, certain resources would be mined out and humanity would be left with no resources available. However, this prediction has never been realized. In 1950, the world's copper reserves were estimated to be 100 million tons. In the next 50 years, the world's copper producers mined 339 million tons of copper. If we follow the standards of 1950, we should have run out of copper three times.
For most minerals, supplies have actually increased in the 20th and 21st centuries, even though we are consuming them faster than ever before.
Including oil.
At the end of the 20th century, experts tentatively set the "oil doomsday" to 2030 based on the growth rate of consumption. That is to say, if the experts' predictions are correct and the doomsday does not break out, after 10 years, human beings on Earth will face the embarrassing situation of "no oil available".
But new data reports in 2019 show that the world's current known oil reserves are enough for humanity to use for another half a century. If clean energy is taken into account, the "oil doomsday" will not come, at least within this century.
"So this shows a problem. It's not that the earth's resources are insufficient, but... it's a problem of difficulty in exploration and mining. If we can have the technology and equipment to mine 10,000 meters underground, then the earth's resources will usher in a blowout period again!"
The [Advanced Mining Machine] in Shen Jin's hands has such technology.
This is of epoch-making significance!
"Ahem...if there's enough electricity!"
Shen Jin turned on the [Advanced Mining Machine] and selected the [Blacklist] mode. He didn't put anything else in it. The default mode was to mine all blocks. "Zizizizi——"
A fine electric current sound was heard inside the machine, and Shen Jin keenly discovered that an extremely dense energy appeared 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] was much smaller, only the size of a thumb, which was just the size of a reduced cube model!
“Shhhh!”
The machine made a slight sound, and a piece of sand appeared inside, "hiss!"
Another piece of [sand], "hiss, hiss, hiss——"
A green progress bar on the machine rose rapidly, and a block was dug out every time it was full. "Hiss—this speed is frighteningly fast! The efficiency of the transmission is very high!"
Shen Jin watched as the sand under his feet suddenly disappeared in pieces, and then suddenly disappeared in another piece, as if it was haunted!
After being turned on for a while, the [Advanced Mining Machine] would not dig the block directly below itself, but dug all the blocks around it. This might be because the surrounding sand was relatively close, so it could dig a block in almost 3 seconds, which was much more efficient than the [Mining Machine]. After the experiment, Shen Jin turned off the [Advanced Mining Machine], and there were already 2 groups of sand in it. He opened the [MFE Power Storage Box] and found that the power consumption was not large during the short period of startup, only 10128 in total. It should be known that a fixed 10,000 kWh of electricity is consumed each startup. This proves that the two groups of sand just dug only consumed 1 kWh of electricity per block on average.
"According to the system introduction, it depends on the depth of excavation, the hardness of the mineral, and the quality of the mineral. Sand is probably the simplest, right?"
Shen Jin put away the [Advanced Mining Machine] and will talk to Professor Kong Long later to see if there are any dense diamond mines in the country that have not been mined because the digging depth cannot be reached. He can bring a few [Advanced Mining Machines] to get them out!
At present, the number of [diamonds] is still small. Including the 512 pieces of [diamond ore] dug from Afghanistan, if they are refined, Shen Jin will only have 3,000 pieces of [diamonds]. It seems very little, but you have to know that each [diamond] weighs 0.68kg!
680g, 3400 carats!
Shen Jin has natural diamonds here. One diamond can be broken down into 3,400 one-carat diamond rings and sold.
But the [Industrial Module] consumes too many diamonds, and this number of diamonds is not enough for Shen Jin to use.
The biggest use of [diamonds] is to make [energy crystals]. Each one requires 4 [diamonds]. It is a container that can store 100,000 kWh of electricity. It can be used to charge the power equipment on the body. It is also a necessity for synthesizing all the equipment and power storage machines of [advanced industry], such as nano suits, [mining laser guns], [OV scanners], [iridium drills], [energy crystal rechargeable batteries], [MFE power storage boxes]...
The advanced version of [Energy Crystal], [Lamberton Crystal], requires multiple [Energy Crystals] to be synthesized with other materials. One [Lamberton Crystal] can store 1 million degrees of electricity!
It is the material for making [MFSU Power Storage Box] and Quantum Suit.
Thinking of this, Shen Jin couldn't help but sigh, "Ah... 3,000 diamonds will soon be used up in front of [Advanced Industry]. Just to equip each member of the Extraordinary Team with a [Mining Laser Gun] and an [Energy Crystal] for charging, it will cost more than 8,000 [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?"
After hearing Shen Jin's voice, Kong Long immediately said politely: "No hurry, no hurry, Mr. Shen, do you have something to talk to me about?"
Last time, Kong Long received the [Energy Serum] that Shen Jin asked the Tianluodiwang Equipment Department to bring over. After taking it, he felt that his body and superpowers had grown a little, which made Kong Long, who had no time to practice and fight, very happy. If there were more, scientific researchers like him could even be promoted to second-level extraordinary people, and the lifespan of second-level extraordinary people could be increased. Although they may not live to the end of their lives, the pursuit of longevity is engraved in the bones of human beings. No one can refuse a longer life, a stronger body, and a shorter sage time.
Shen Jin smiled slightly. This was the right attitude. He would ask someone to send some gifts to Lao Kong. He heard that Lao Kong was a first-level transcendent. So the [Primary Supernatural Power Advanced Potion] would not be a problem for him.
"Okay, I won't beat around the bush. This time I want to ask you about... diamonds!"
"Oh? Mr. Shen also has a hobby of collecting diamonds? Do you want to find those rare big diamonds?"
"No, diamonds are the materials used to produce a type of machinery here. What I need is not rarity, but... quantity! A large amount of diamonds would be best, either industrial synthetic or natural ones!"
"I see... Then how many carats do you need?"
"A few thousand tons should be enough...right?"
Shen Jin wasn't quite sure, but the more the better.
"puff--"
The tea that Kong Long had just put to his mouth suddenly spurted out, "Thousands... tons?"
The word “ton” is pronounced with stress.
"That's right. If the quantity is too small, it won't be enough. Does our country have any storage of this stuff? I have a great need for it. If I can find it, I am willing to donate a batch of [primary, uh... super gene medicine! Yes, super!"
"Well... this is not a matter of whether you donate or not. This is a kind of... very special kind... Let me tell you this, there are currently 6,000 tons of natural diamonds that have been proven to be minable in the world, all over the world! Note, it's the whole world!"
"Uh...so that's the case, then..." Shen Jin felt a little uncomfortable.
Who knew that Kong Long would burst into laughter: "Haha... But you happen to be in China, do you know artificial diamonds?"
“I know!”
Shen Jin can also make artificial diamonds himself, but it requires a large amount of coal and electricity. Shen Jin has not paid special attention to collecting coal. The coal stored in the warehouse now is still from several warehouses found at the big port of Q City. A part of it was used during the previous thermal power generation stage. If the rest are all made into [diamonds], not much can be obtained. Maybe 1,000 can be obtained?
Shen Jin did not make a detailed calculation. This was a resource that would be used as a last resort. Compressing coal into diamonds required a large amount of electricity, so Shen Jin still had to solve the electricity demand.
It’s too troublesome, why not go dig!
Kong Long continued, "Before the end of the world, China was 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 count those black micro-powder diamonds, my country produced 2,000 tons of artificial diamonds per year! Most of them are micro-powders. I wonder if you can use them?"
"Diamond powder?"
"Yes, it's some diamond powder. In fact, we usually call it hard particles, which means it is very hard. The diamond tools you see in the hardware store are all made of this... or slightly larger waste particles!"
"Yes! I want this kind too! As long as its chemical formula is diamond!"
Shen Jin believed that the system would not mind. As long as the quantity was sufficient, they could be placed on the [workbench] to synthesize a 0.68kg [diamond].
Shen Jin took out a diamond synthesized by the system and looked at it. It was a large translucent crystal with a blue tint. If you say it looks good... it is definitely not as good as those exquisite and gorgeous diamond jewelry in jewelry stores. If you say it is not good-looking... it is very big and shiny . Anyway, it looks good, but it is definitely not a gem-grade diamond.
Kong Long smiled and said, "If you can use this , then there is no problem. Nowadays, this kind of hard particles are used a lot in industry. I know a place where there are hundreds of small workshops doing this. You can at least find...several hundred tons of diamond powder!"
"Hiss—Old Kong, what a bullshit!"
"Haha, if you're looking for gem-grade diamonds, I really don't know. Those are the stuff of the rich. Our department has statistics and records on these artificial industrial diamonds!"
"Okay! Thank you so much, Professor Kong. You helped me a lot. If I really can't find it, I will have to dig into the mantle layer..."
"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 devastated!"
I'm not kidding... Shen Jin thought to himself.
"Professor Kong, I want to thank you very much this time. When the people from the equipment department of the dragnet come next time, I will ask them to bring you a bottle of good stuff and donate 100 bottles of super gene medicine!"
"Oh, Mr. Shen is too polite... We are all helping each other, we are all members of the Dragnet!"
Professor Kong rubbing his hands.jpg
"So... where is the place you mentioned?"
"Tuocheng County, Zhongzhou Province!"
…
After hanging up the phone, Shen Jin was about to call Yang Ao over, but suddenly realized that Yang Ao had gone to look for nuclear fuel rods, so he called Sun Li, "Take the people we went out with this time, and ask Yang Ao for 20 more people to go to Tuocheng County, Zhongzhou Province, find a diamond processing plant there, and bring back all the diamonds. By the way, most of them are this kind of diamond powder, don't mistake them for flour!"
Shen Jin pointed at the location and the picture of diamond powder sent by Professor Kong on the big screen in the satellite command room, and said, "Okay! I'll take people there right away." Sun Li didn't hesitate and turned around to go out to check the troops.
"etc!"
Now that [Lapis Lazuli] was no longer in need, Shen Jin directly made 20 [Electric Jet Packs] and 20 [Energy Crystals] and put them in Sun Li's backpack. "Go to the charging station and charge them up. Take the newcomers to get familiar with the new equipment. When the [Energy Crystals] are fully charged, they can charge the [Electric Inflatable Backpacks] 3.3 times. Be sure to save the power you get back. I don't want to send people to look for you later. Be careful on the road!"
Shen Jin's heart bled as he spoke. These equipments consumed a lot of electricity. A total of 2.6 million kWh of electricity was used up. The electricity that had been stored for a while by the wind turbines at the base had to be drained out by half!
"Okay, Boss!"
The location of this mission is a small county town. There won’t be too many zombies. 30 people are enough. Too many people will make it inflexible.
The main reason is that it is quite labor-intensive to work with hundreds of factories, and we need to find people locally, otherwise 10 people would be more flexible.
Now, Sun Li’s ability is enough to carry out tasks independently, and Shen Jin doesn’t need to do everything himself.
After arranging this matter, Shen Jin thought about it and felt that it was not safe, so he made a satellite call to Li Zhe who was fighting in Hulu City, "Bring your team back and go to S Province to dig coal..."
Li Zhe is fighting with L1 zombies: (°ー°〃)
"Brother Jin, it's just...it's quite sudden!"
The other four teams were still fighting in Hulu City. After Li Zhe's tentacles blew up the L1 zombie, he flew back to Homeland No. 1 with his men, carrying Shen Jin's [mining machine], [bronze pipe], [MFE power storage box], [copper insulated wire], [electric wrench], [mining laser gun], [steel storage box]...
and a series of other props to go to Province S to work as a coal miner.
Shen Jin was not afraid that Li Zhe would run away with the machine. First, he had already passed the double psychological test by Lu Daizhen and himself, so there was a high probability that there would be no problem.
Second, these machines have no other uses except mining and some combat capabilities, so it doesn’t matter if they are taken away;
Third, due to the durability limitation of the [Traveler's Gloves], a maximum of 10,000 blocks can be dug and placed before they will be completely damaged. One must come to Shen Jin to get new gloves to restore the block-forming ability. Without the gloves, one will lose most of the capabilities of Home No. 1, and these machines will no longer be usable. Items cannot be taken out of the backpack/machine, and blocks cannot be placed or disassembled, instantly becoming an ordinary transcendent.
Shen Jin was very confident in arranging Li Zhe to do this.
Going to S Province to mine coal is for future planning. After these hundreds of tons of [diamonds] are used up, Shen Jin will still need a large amount of coal. At that time, he will use a large amount of electricity to produce artificial diamonds to meet his needs.
Shen Dun Dun Shu Jin always believes that hoarding resources is better than having no resources at all. If you hoard materials in advance, you will avoid the embarrassment of materials not keeping up with technology. For example, this trip to Afghanistan was because he suddenly discovered that there was no [Lapis Lazuli].
"Whether it's useful or not...just stockpile it!"
After solving the future resource problem, Shen Jin began to study the next [Advanced Industry III] machine. No, to be precise, it is not a machine, but... a whole set.
Shen Jin arranged the machines in order based on his previous gaming experience:
[Pattern Scanner], [Pattern Storage Machine], [Copy Machine], [UU Material Generator]
The four major machines constitute the final link of industry - material replication!
This is the most powerful set of machines in the [Industrial Module], and also the most incredible one, because... it has violated the law of conservation of matter and can consume electricity to replicate items. Shen Jin doesn't know whether the ability of this set of machines in the real world can still be as abnormal as in the game, "So... let's make one first!"
I won't describe the synthesis formulas of the machines one by one. Anyway, Shen Jin consumed a lot of materials. What's very interesting is that the synthesis materials of the last link in the whole process, the [Copier], actually contain 3 [Transporters]. This makes Shen Jin imagine how it works ...
In addition, the outer shells of these machines are not made of only [high-grade alloys], but also synthetic materials such as [explosion-proof stone] or [explosion-proof glass]. You should know that [explosion-proof stone] is a material used to prevent explosions in nuclear power plants. This indirectly proves the horror of these machines. There must be violent reactions happening inside that Shen Jin cannot imagine.
After finishing everything, Shen Jin thought for a moment and decided not to conduct the experiment in the villa. If something went wrong with this machine, his home would be gone.
Shen Jin placed the four machines on the roof of an unmanned high-rise building in the outer city, on the 32nd floor. He placed the four machines in sequence according to the operating order. The first one was the [Pattern Scanner]. To copy an item, you must have a sample. The [Pattern Scanner] can analyze the properties of the substance, as well as the amount of [UU substance] and electricity required for copying. Then the pattern of the item is imported into the [Pattern Storage Machine] next to it and recorded. In the future, you can copy this item at any time. If Shen Jin has multiple [Pattern Storage Machines], you can use the [Pattern Storage Crystal] to copy the analyzed data and import it into another [Pattern Storage Machine]. The [Copy Machine] connected to the [Pattern Storage Machine] can mobilize the material analysis information stored in it to copy the item. The raw material for copying is [UU substance], which is produced by the [UU substance generator], so it is placed on the other side of the [Copy Machine], and a [Liquid Pop-up Upgrade] is added to automatically import the produced [UU substance] into the [Copy Machine] for copying.
"And producing [UU matter] requires a lot of electricity! A lot! Using [waste] can speed up the production!"
[Waste] is the product of the [Recycling Machine], which can crush any organic matter into powdered [waste]. Shen Jin had previously used all the organic matter to ferment biogas, so he had never used the [Recycling Machine]. Now with the birth of the [UU Material Generator], the status of [waste] has risen, and the [Recycling Machine] has finally stood up!
"But...electricity is the most important thing. Let's try to see how much electricity is needed to generate 1 ml of UU substance!"
Shen Jin put down an [MFE power storage box], which contained 400,000 kWh of electricity, and used the most advanced [fiberglass wire] to connect it to the [UU material generator] and turned it on. "Zizizizi——"
A large number of electric arcs emerged from the machine, and a purple triangular indicator light on the side of the machine began to flash. The progress bar gradually rose. Shen Jin felt his scalp tingling next to the machine. He was electrocuted!
"What a strong current! If an ordinary person passed by... he would probably be electrocuted to death!"
Shen Jin stepped back a few steps and waited for a moment. Then he saw the purple progress bar on the machine filled up and [UU substance] was successfully synthesized!
