Volume 6: The Twelve Wallfacers Chapter 13 Cost Cycle
Yang Ao asked curiously, "What's the solution? Tell me about it."
Shen Jin smiled mysteriously, "The city surrounds the countryside!"
Yang Ao: “???”
Seeing that Yang Ao didn't understand, Shen Jin explained it again in his ear, and Yang Ao immediately showed an expression of enlightenment.
"Great! Brother Jin, your move is too great, it's bloodless, shrimp meat and pig heart!"
"Okay, it's getting late now. You and your brothers should go back to Hulu District to rest. I'll go see how the mining is going at Meng San's place."
Yang Ao and his team came out in the morning. It only took them half an hour to defeat the zombie tide, but it took a full six hours to chase the zombies, clean up the zombies, and collect the spoils.
After staying in the Jinzhou City base for more than an hour, it is now dusk and it is time for the extraordinary people in Home No. 1 to get off work.
"Okay, let's go then."
The intensity of today's battle was relatively high, and the extraordinary people were also tired. As a qualified leader, Yang Ao naturally had to consider the morale of his extraordinary people, so he took his people back to the Hulu District of Home No. 1.
They have been resting there recently. It is more convenient to travel back and forth to Jinzhou City every day, only 50 kilometers away.
Shen Jin walked west, where there was a very large uranium ore mine.
A few minutes later, Shen Jin landed from the air.
Meng San, his men and the suicide squad have already wiped out all the zombies in this mountain range, and it is now very quiet down there.
"Boss, you are here. There is indeed a mine here that was being excavated before the apocalypse. We have cleared all the zombies in and around the mine, and we can start excavation work at any time."
"very good!"
The captains under Shen Jin were all very reliable, and Meng San was the most mature and prudent, and he executed Shen Jin's orders thoroughly. Moreover, Meng San's combat talent was the strongest among the captains, and the next person to be promoted to the third-level extraordinary person might be him, who could save Shen Jin a bottle of extraordinary potion for promotion to the third level.
Shen Jin lowered his head and looked downward. The ground had been dug into a large slope with a deep pit in the middle. Inside were cranes, trucks, drills and other excavation tools . It looked very advanced. There were also some workers' dormitories on two sides, but now they were empty.
There were a few scattered zombies on the ground, probably they had just been killed by Meng San.
Because this place is located deep in the mountains, the air is very fresh, there are many green plants around, and the environment is relatively good. Before the end of the world, it would have been a good place for a weekend trip.
Shen Jin turned on the protection mode of the quantum armor and went down to the depths of the mine with the [OV scanner].
Quantum armor can protect against radiation.
[Beep beep beep! Uranium ore discovered]
Soon, a prompt sound appeared on the scanner, "I found it just after going down the mine. It seems that the mineral resources here are very rich."
This is good news, meaning Shen Jin can continue his advanced solar machine production plan.
Shen Jin called the people upstairs to come down. Each of them held an [OV Scanner] and scanned the surrounding environment. Then they found the best location to mine [uranium ore] and placed three [advanced mining machines].
Each [Advanced Mining Machine] is equipped with a fully-charged [Lamberton Power Storage Backpack] and 4 empty [Steel Storage Compartments]. Set the [Advanced Mining Machine] to [Whitelist Mode] to only collect [Uranium Ore], which allows for more efficient and accurate collection.
“Huff, huff, huff—”
The equipment started to operate.
The [Advanced Mining Machine] does not make much noise because its working principle is to teleport the blocks below into its own storage space, rather than using a drill to dig down piece by piece like an ordinary [Mining Machine].
" Lao Meng, arrange for a few smart brothers to build a small hut up there to guard our machines and don't let anyone get close. When the [steel storage box] is full, send it to my workshop. If the machine can't dig anything up for a long time, report to me in time. Oh, right! Check the battery level when you have nothing to do. If it runs out of power, take it back to the base to charge. Here are 10 sets of protective clothing. When you go down to check the machines, let the brothers wear them and be careful of radiation."
"Okay, Boss!"
Shen Jin waited here for a while. After the three [Advanced Mining Machines] dug out 10 sets of uranium ore, he put them into his backpack and took them away.
"640 pieces of [Uranium Ore] should be able to produce a lot of [Uranium Ingots]... Wait! With this thing, can I make nuclear fuel myself?"
He was unable to make nuclear fuel before because he did not have [uranium ingots]. Now, with the guidance of Professor Kong Long, he has found the [uranium ore] mine, so the next step is to make another machine to make fuel rods.
【Thermal Centrifuge】!
Through this machine, Shen Jin can obtain fuel rods of different specifications, single, double and quadruple.
"I guess it can't be worse than the fuel rods in the factory to the south, right?"
After returning to Home Base No. 1, Shen Jin built a new studio on the mountain range in the north where the nuclear power plant was installed.
This place is specifically used to study the application of [uranium ore].
This material is highly radioactive and is not suitable for placement in either the inner or outer city.
"Smelt this batch of [uranium ore] . Build two more nuclear power plants... But there are so many nuclear power plants, if one explodes, it will be the end of everything."
Shen Jin knows the explosive power of this thing!
Before the end of the world, there was a movie called "Chernobyl", which tells the story of the nuclear leakage in Ukraine. The situation was very tragic and it is still a ghost town.
"If my enemies find out that this is a nuclear power plant and are planning to detonate it... it would be hard for me to defend myself. After all, I can't guard against thieves all the time. Maybe I should consider hiding these nuclear power plants..."
The nuclear power plant here has very solid . According to the system's conclusion, walls above 3 layers can withstand a nuclear explosion. However, if a high-level extraordinary person deliberately opens a gap to cause an explosion, the nuclear leak will instantly spread to the entire No. 1 Home Base.
"Move these nuclear power plants into the mountains and hide them..."
Shen Jin thought about it and decided.
He didn't plan to tell anyone else about this. What if his people were controlled by the enemy and he couldn't find the nuclear power plant in Home No. 1, the enemy would be even less able to find it.
"Oh! Am I worrying too much?"
Although Shen Jin was mocking himself, he still decided to play it safe...
On the top of the mountain, in the new workshop, Shen Jin pulled out a high-voltage wire from the nuclear power plant and connected it to the new workshop to temporarily provide electricity here.
In the future, after the 1,000 [wind turbines] and the new nuclear power plant are installed, we will use the electricity from there.
Shen Jin made three [Molecular Recombination Instruments] and placed them in the workshop, and began to make [Small Pieces of Sunshine Compounds]. A lot of this stuff would be needed, so he stored them first.
Shen Jin also made a set of equipment for smelting uranium ore and dug a deep well on site to provide water for the workshop.
As the equipment continues to produce [Uranium Ingots], all preparations have been completed.
Shen Jin continued to research [Advanced Solar Energy].
This thing is the mainstay of future power generation. Nuclear energy always consumes resources. When uranium ore cannot be found in the future, nuclear power plants will be depleted. It is definitely better to develop clean and safe energy such as solar energy.
Shen Jin opened the most basic [Advanced Solar Generator] synthesis table:
[Glorious Glass Plate] × 3 + [Advanced Circuit Board] × 2 + [Advanced Alloy] × 2 + [Solar Generator] × 1 + [Glorious Iridium Iron Alloy Plate ] × 1
Shen Jin looked at the materials needed to make the [Glorious Glass Plate] and [Glorious Iridium Iron Alloy Plate]. Apart from the common materials, a total of [Uranium Ingot] × 1, [Iridium Ingot] × 1, [Small Piece of Sunlight Compound] × 1, [Diamond] × 1 were needed.
“It’s not a big deal!”
Shen Jin quickly made an advanced solar generator and placed it on the roof of the workshop.
Gray shell, dark blue solar panel. Shen Jin opened its operation interface. It was very simple, with only three properties: [Power generation: 100 degrees/hour (nighttime)]
[Buffer capacity: 32000 degrees]
【Rechargeable: 1】
"Oh my god, it can generate electricity at night! The Advanced Solar Generator is indeed an advanced machine. How does it generate electricity at night... Is it absorbing energy from the moon?"
Shen Jin looked at the introduction of the machine again. During the day, when there is sufficient sunlight and no obstructions, this [Advanced Solar Generator] can generate 800 kWh of electricity per hour.
Shen Jin took out a calculator skillfully and said, "Calculate based on the average time of 12 hours during the day and 12 hours at night. A day can generate... 10,800 kWh of electricity. In this case, one machine can generate about 10,000 kWh of electricity per day. It would take 10,000 machines to catch up with the power generation of these five nuclear power plants."
Shen Jin frowned, thinking that this was not very profitable as it consumed too many materials.
A machine can generate 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity every day, which seems very high under normal circumstances. Even before the end of the world, it is a technology that can amaze the world. Solar energy may have a brighter future because of this. However, for Shen Jin, more than 10,000 kilowatt-hours are really insignificant.
And the most important thing is that it takes 2.1 million kWh of electricity to make this machine! In other words, it takes 210 days to make a profit from making this machine.
“Look at the next level [hybrid solar generator]”
Synthesis formula: [Reinforced Iridium Plate] × 2 + [Advanced Circuit Board] × 2 + [Carbon Plate] × 2 + [Lapis Lazuli Block] × 1 + [Advanced Solar Generator] × 1 + [Sunlight Compound] × 1
Among them, [Reinforced Iridium Plate] requires 4 [Iridium Ingots] + 4 [Advanced Alloy Plates] + 1 [Diamond] to synthesize.
[Sunshine Compound] requires 9 [Small Pieces of Sunshine Compound] to synthesize.
"In this case, it will take 8 more [Iridium Ingots], 9 [Small Pieces of Sunlight Compound], and 2 [Diamonds] to synthesize it!"
Shen Jin had no shortage of other materials, he only cared about three of them.
All three require a large amount of electricity to produce in the [Molecular Recombination Instrument].
[Iron Ingot] → [Iridium Ingot] 1.2 million degrees, [Fluorite Powder] → [Small Piece of Sunlight Compound] 100,000 degrees, [Coal] → [Diamond] 900,000 degrees.
Shen Jin synthesized the [small pieces of sunlight compounds] that he had just produced from his backpack and the [molecular recombination instrument] and successfully produced a [hybrid solar generator].
Gray shell, crystal blue solar panel.
Placed on the roof of the new studio, "Huh? Solar generators can affect each other? [Hybrid solar generators] need to be placed 10 meters apart from each other."
Shen Jin placed this solar energy generator 10 meters away from the [Advanced Solar Generator] and opened the [Hybrid Solar Generator] operation interface. [Power generation: 800 degrees/hour (nighttime)]
[Buffer capacity: 32000 degrees]
【Rechargeable: 2】
(Daytime power generation: 6400 kWh/hour)
"Overall, it is eight times more efficient than the Advanced Solar Generator, which means it can generate 80,000 kWh of electricity per day... The cost of making this machine is 14.5 million kWh of electricity, and it will take 181 days to recover the cost. However, it is more cost-effective than the Advanced Solar Generator, and it takes 30 days less to recover the cost."
Shen Jin looked directly at the next [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator], synthesis formula: [Coal Block] × 3 + [Enriched Sunlight Alloy] × 2 + [Lapis Lazuli Block] × 1 + [Advanced Solar Generator] × 1
Among them, [Enriched Sunlight Alloy] is very powerful. It takes 45 [Small Sunlight Compounds] + 32 [Iridium Ingots] + 8 [Diamonds] + 32 [Uranium Ingots] to synthesize one.
Shen Jin took out his calculator and typed for a while, "It takes 100 million kWh of electricity and 64 Uranium Ingots to synthesize an Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator. The average daily power generation is 640,000 kWh, and it takes 156 days to recover the cost. This is much shorter than the previous level of generators."
Although it is very expensive, Shen Jin is determined to make an [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator] because he wants to transform his [Quantum Helmet] into an [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Quantum Helmet], so that his quantum armor can generate 640,000 kWh of electricity per day. In this way, even if he is outside and does not go home for a long time, the quantum armor can restore its own power.
It can be fully charged in 5 and a half days. Very practical.
While Shen Jin was waiting for the three [Molecular Recombiners] to make [Small Piece of Sunlight Compound], he looked at the last generator of the [Advanced Solar Energy] expansion module, the [Quantum Solar Generator].
Synthesis formula: [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator] × 8 + [Quantum Core] × 1
The synthesis formula of [Quantum Core]: [Enriched Sunlight Alloy] × 4 + [Nether Star] × 4 + [Eye of Ender] × 1
"Oh shit, another huge amount of materials and electricity!"
Shen Jin did some calculations and came to the final conclusion.
"It takes 1.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to make a [quantum generator]!"
So terrifying!
"But... [Quantum Generator] will completely get rid of the concept that solar energy can only generate electricity during the day. Its power generation at night and during the day will be the same. It will draw solar energy through quantum transmission, thus generating 409,600 kWh of electricity per hour! That's 9.83 million kWh of electricity per day! It will only take 111 days to recover the cost!"
A small square box can generate 9.83 million kilowatt-hours of electricity every day. Franklin called it an expert when he heard it, and Tesla would also be impressed.
"So in general, the more advanced the generator of the [Advanced Solar Energy] module is, the more electricity it consumes, but the shorter the time it takes to recover the cost. If you want to make solar energy, just get the [Quantum Generator] in one step. It will recover the cost in 111 days, and all the electricity generated in the future will be free!"
It's well worth the investment!
However... Shen Jin's current electricity demand is very high. He wants to make a set of quantum armor for all his troops. If all the electricity from the nuclear power plant is used to make [quantum generators], then his dream of making all his troops quantum will be shattered, and their combat effectiveness cannot be qualitatively changed. But if he invests in the future... After 111 days, he will have an endless supply of electricity, and the speed of making quantum armor will be as fast as the quantum armor itself!
"How should we choose this?"
Shen Jin couldn't help but fall into deep thought...
