It was almost dark before Somo stepped out of the underground part of Pingtan Shelter.
Discussions with Liehu about rebuilding the western suburbs were unsuccessful.
This bald man looks silly, but he is actually much smarter than ordinary people.
Being able to become a manager and sit in this position for more than ten years without wavering means that he will not sacrifice everything for any plans or prospects.
As for the reason for the failure, it is quite simple.
Again.
If you want to build infrastructure, you either need people or money.
The former flat beach shelter is affordable, but the latter is like a bottomless pit.
Before finding a new resource trading point, no one is willing to take out the reserve materials and throw them into this hole.
Even after Sumo calmed down and thought about it, he realized that rebuilding the western suburbs was not a plan that should be done at this stage.
Damn it, they were all led astray by this idiot Xie Hu.
"At least until the end of this winter, there is no need to worry about these things."
Riding the airship over the warning wall, looking at the sparks on the ground below, Somo thought thoughtfully in his heart.
Apart from the failure of the reconstruction plan, today's other gains are extremely rich.
Not only did they successfully borrow two thousand ready combat forces from Pingtan, but they also negotiated the supply of materials for the next three months, as well as some fragmentary cooperation issues.
The specific amount of money you can earn is not important. What is important is that it promotes the economic circulation in the territory.
Once money circulates, its growth rate will be unimaginable.
It is enough to predict that after this winter passes, the first generation residents in the territory will quickly become rich.
As for the news from Yehu that nuclear power plants require fuel rods to start.
The airship was parked in front of the research institute. Before Sumo could enter, he saw Lu Kuan coming out.
"Hey, when I went there, the guard said you had gone to Pingtan. I didn't expect you would be back so soon."
"It's not too early either."
Looking at the dim sky, Somo nodded slightly.
"What do you mean, how is the research on that nuclear power plant going? Can it be manufactured?"
"able."
Lu Kuan gave an affirmative answer.
"But I have to tell you some bad news. The capabilities of this nuclear power plant may not be as powerful as you think."
"You need fuel rods, right?"
"Ah? You know?"
While Lu Kuan was puzzled, he couldn't help but feel relieved.
It is not difficult to build a nuclear power plant with a dedicated industrial core, and most of the required materials can be found.
The only rare materials, because they require less materials, can also be obtained through the decomposition machine previously traded from the Red Spider Caravan, which decomposes the unique garbage in the city.
But regarding the fuel rods needed to start nuclear power plants, this is not a problem that can be solved by garbage in the city.
There is no source of fuel rods in the documentation, not even the specific composition and ratio.
If Soma insists on using them, let them research fuel rods from scratch.
That was such a headache.
Even scholars like Lu Kuan, who is almost at the pinnacle of human physics, are a little at a loss as to how to start.
"Let's build the nuclear motor first, and I will find a way to solve the fuel rod problem."
"oh?"
Choosing to ignore Lu Kuan's question, Su Mo smiled and changed the topic.
Finding fuel rods is easier said than done. Even Tiger Hunter is worried about the upcoming energy crisis, let alone other gopher guys in the city.
Unless you build their shelter, there is absolutely no way to 'borrow' fuel rods.
At present, the only one who knows the news and can definitely have it.
There is only Hu Lai City for enterprises.
But there are thousands of kilometers away from Tianyuan territory.
Just as winter is coming again, Sumo doesn't want to take advantage of such bad weather to lead people through thousands of miles of mountains to explore unknown areas.
We need to find a closer place, or a place where even if we initiate a fight, the situation will not be affected.
Think about this.
Suddenly, Sumo's eyes lit up.
"Ha, I remembered something, let's talk later."
After bidding farewell to Lu Kuan in a hurry and boarding the airship again, Sumo quickly remembered a place where a large number of fuel rods were likely to exist.
That college’s research institute!
According to Catalina, the affiliated research institutes of these colleges are all built in remote areas, where it is absolutely impossible to have complete infrastructure to ensure energy supply, or even if there is, it will be destroyed in the war.
Therefore, nuclear generators that can continuously bring a large amount of energy are obviously a good choice.
We took the airship and arrived about five kilometers west of Hope Village.
In the darkness, several unfinished red brick buildings appeared in view.
This is currently the only breeding farm in the territory.
When influenza viruses broke out frequently before, this place was built as a temporary isolation point and temporarily housed many residents suffering from fever symptoms.
But with the construction of Kaixuan Hospital, it was gradually abandoned.
The sharp-eyed Su Chan saw it and took the opportunity to use it as a breeding farm.
Like those coolie lizards that pull carts, they usually move around in the fenced off area near the red brick house.
However, with the addition of Catalina, the current breeding farm has undergone some changes.
Before landing, Sumo saw the eye-catching sign hanging on the crooked neck tree at the door.
Institute of Special Biology.
Oops.
Is this to go against Lu Kuan's research institute?
Knowing in his heart the disagreement between the two, Sumo smiled, pushed open the door and walked into the fence.
Because it is an open breeding operation, there is very little odor in the air, which is not as exaggerated as imagined.
Several lizards that were not rented out to pull the cart were walking leisurely on the grass.
When I saw someone coming over, I no longer had the fear I had at first, but instead I approached him affectionately.
'Feed carrots, one iron coin once.'
There is a vending machine next to the fence, with the price and amount of feeding clearly written on it.
Sumo took out an iron coin from his pocket and threw it in with great interest.
A grunting sound sounded.
At the exit, two carrots with obvious bruises rolled out.
“This is a good way to deal with vegetables that cannot be sold and cannot be stored for a long time.”
“I just don’t know if anyone will be free to spend money.”
He threw the carrots to the two lizards at the front and watched them eat for a while.
Sumo shook his neck, pushed open the dividing fence door and walked into the small courtyard of the red brick house.
At a glance.
The two-story building has more than a dozen windows, and six windows are currently lit with light, and figures of people are flickering inside.
Besides Katarina, there should be others living here.
Dong Dong.
"Please come in."
Katarina's voice came from inside.
Hearing this broken Chinese dialect, Su Mo couldn't help but feel surprised on his face, opened the door and walked in.
The spacious room that was originally used for isolation is now filled with various research equipment of Catalina.
Although it is a bit messy, it still looks like a place that a scientific researcher should have.
"Hey, why are you here?"
Adjusting her glasses on the bridge of her nose, Catalina, who was wearing a gray-yellow robe, raised her head with a hint of surprise on her face.
"Thank you for helping me find this place. I don't have to endure the nagging of those old men. It's really peaceful."
"As long as you are satisfied."
Sumo nodded with a smile and glanced at the two people sitting inside.
What surprised him was that these two people turned out to be...
"Lord, you are here!"
"Hello, Lord!"
A total of eight people who had escaped from the academy base took the initiative to work as hard labor.
Sumo didn't know exactly how these people were arranged, so he only asked Chen Shen to make arrangements.
I didn't expect that it would be arranged in this breeding farm now.
"Why are you here?"
"The village chief arranged for us to come here to help the director of the breeding farm, and by the way, to help Researcher Carter."
A hint of understanding appeared on Sumo's face.
Just tell me why this little girl hasn't been talking about it recently. It turns out that Chen Shen sent the hard workers here for free.
I always heard that Su Chan wanted some people to go to the breeding farm to help her expand the scale.
But because the territory’s infrastructure was being rolled out at that time, there was simply no manpower available.
Later, after the wage system was implemented, the farms could no longer produce profits, so they naturally had no money to hire.
Nowadays, there are these hard workers who are very high-level and can work quickly.
It does not require a salary and only needs to take care of the food, which is a perfect match for farms that cannot make any money.
"It's okay if you are here. I'm coming over to ask something. Let's call everyone down first."
Instructing one person to find other hard workers who were still resting, Somo pulled up a stool and sat down.
"Do you know about nuclear power plants?"
"Of course I know." Catalina rolled her eyes: "I'm just sleeping in the dormant warehouse, and I'm not some old antique dug out from ancient times. Nuclear power. This is not an energy supply equipment used in every gathering place.
Is this what I use in my bunker?"
"What, the energy supply in your bunker isn't solar?"
Sumo was a little confused.
In the bunker news I received before, the energy item was marked as solar energy.
He wasn't surprised at the time, he just thought it was because of using clean energy to reduce costs.
But now that I think about it, there is indeed something fishy about this.
The foggy weather lasted for a long time. If the bunker had only solar energy, the energy supply would have been cut off long ago.
Where will it be like now, looking completely unaffected?
"Solar energy?" Catalina dragged her chin and thought for a moment: "That should be the fake news they put out. How can they use such a backward energy device as solar energy? And solar energy is more expensive than nuclear power. If you want to
To buy a decent solar installation in the Holy City, you have to pay at least five times the price of a nuclear power plant."
Sumo coughed lightly.
"Is it because the purchase of fuel rods is compulsory?"
"Yes."
Just like a bottle of mineral water, the value is not the water in the bottle, but the bottle itself and the transportation cost.
Although nuclear power is a high-end product, due to mature industrial production line manufacturing, the cost has been compressed to the extreme.
If it is sold at a very high price, it is destined to be unable to replace other energy sources to generate benefits.
Therefore, a very low subsidy price is set on the price of nuclear power plants to obtain more users.
At the same time, we provide a price for the consumable fuel rods that most people can accept, and continue to earn profits.
When the cost is shared, it is actually cheaper and more convenient than other energy facilities.
The only disadvantage is probably the constant need for fuel rods.
Once used up, the motor becomes waste.
"Do you need a lot of energy? I don't think your territory is tight. Those strange stones can continuously accumulate energy, which is more convenient than nuclear power plants."
"That one can only be used for daily use. I need a lot of energy to do other things."
"How much do you need?"
"At least several million kilowatt-hours of electricity, and it has to be an endless supply."
After listening to Somo's needs, Catalina nodded thoughtfully.
She was not surprised that there were many projects that required a lot of energy in Blue Star.
Especially the large collider in the academy consumes several times or even more than ten times this number when turned on and used once.
However, the college will definitely not use outdated nuclear power to be harvested by the Foundation. Mature large-scale energy towers can provide almost inexhaustible energy.
"I still have four fuel rods there. If you need them urgently, go get them. One of them can provide 500,000 kWh of electricity."
"When the time comes, just use that strange stone to replace the energy in the bunker."
"Four?"
One stick costs 500,000, and four sticks cost 2 million, which can just meet the needs of two releases.
Su Mo raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised.
There is certainly no shortage of energy for daily use in the territory now, even if the number of people increases to one hundred thousand, there will be no problem.
This is the unique characteristic of energy stone.
Every day, radiation energy is continuously absorbed and converted to provide quantitative energy.
As long as the daily usage limit does not exceed the maximum value, it is equivalent to unlimited energy.
But at the same time, this characteristic also limits the upper limit of energy stones.
The converted energy cannot be stored in large quantities, nor can the conversion upper limit be increased in a short period of time.
"It's a pity that there is no news about the Holy City yet. If I can go back, I can even give you fifty fuel rods. No, it's okay to give you a hundred fuel rods. Each researcher of that thing has a ration of ten fuel rods a year.
I can’t even use it all.”
Catalina said with some regret.
But at the same time, she also provided a very important message.
Thinking of the purpose of his trip, Sumo quickly asked: "Will nuclear power be used in the institute's research institute?"
"Yes, but not every large shelter will build an independent energy tower, which can greatly reduce the cost of energy use. Only some small and medium-sized shelters will use nuclear power plants to replace their energy supply for the sake of convenience.
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"Where is the Kyushu Great Rift Valley base?"
The eight peons nearby have gathered around and are listening to the conversation with their ears pricked up.
It's a pity that Somo and Katarina communicated in Blue Star language. For the hard workers, they could only understand a few fragments of words and could not organize effective information at all.
Now when they suddenly heard a familiar Chinese language, everyone suddenly became energetic.
"When you were at the academy base, did you see their energy devices?"
"I think I've seen energy devices before."
A person standing at the back of the team said hesitantly.
"It seems to be several square boxes the size of vans, placed on the third underground floor of the base."
Square box.
It seems that the nuclear power plant is indeed gone.
"If nuclear power is used, how many fuel rods will there be in the college's base?"
"About five hundred, maybe more. It depends on the specific research direction of the Great Rift Valley Base. Only research institutes with extremely high energy needs will store a large number of fuel rods!"
Five hundred!
Good guy, based on the calculation of a 500,000-kilowatt-hour wire, it is a total of 250 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Even if you use drop, you can use it two hundred and fifty times!
This must be clarified.
No, this base must be destroyed in some way.
In just a moment, Sumo made a decision in his heart.
This chapter has been completed!