Chu Jungui dug a box of soil in the distance, added the gravel obtained from cutting stones for building traps, put it into the refining furnace with new modules, and pressed the start button.
The refining furnace made a thin beeping sound and began to work. Chu Jungui opened the part under the ribs of the armor, took out a small bottle of off-white powder from it, and poured it into the special inlet of the refining furnace.
At this moment, the working conditions in the refining furnace are being displayed on the screen. Various useful substances in the rock and soil are being continuously separated, and the rest that are not specifically designated are classified as waste, constantly being sucked away by the waste outlet, and then pressed in the waste processing unit.
Scrap bricks into specified shapes.
Basic metals and non-ferrous metals are left in the furnace. When all the waste materials are cleaned up, they begin secondary refining and purification. Some of them in the form of oxides are sent to the electrolysis module and eventually decomposed into oxygen and pure metals.
Metal.
The metal in a semi-liquid state will be sent to the discharging unit, cooled and solidified into a standard raw material rod, while the oxygen will remain in the electrolysis module and enter a separate processing chamber. In the processing chamber, as soon as the oxygen comes into contact with the off-white powder, it will
It turns into fine particles and falls on the bottom of the room.
As oxygen continues to enter the treatment chamber, the particles at the bottom also increase.
When the raw material refining in the third furnace is completed, the oxygen-containing particles in the treatment chamber increase to the critical point. Then the bottom of the treatment chamber is opened, all the particles fall below, and then are pressed and formed, and finally an oxygen rod is spit out.
Oxygen rods are the most basic material guarantee for human exploration of the universe. Under the action of special adsorbents, oxygen is converted into a stable solid form, which greatly increases the reserves and makes it easier to use.
This is the first oxygen rod Lin Xi and Chu Jungui have made since arriving on Planet 4. Such a small rod is enough for them to need for a whole day.
In fact, the current oxygen reserves of the two of them are not critical. Including the oxygen in the cockpit and the oxygen rods in the survival bag, they can barely sustain it for a few days.
But the feeling of sitting still and having nothing to offer is completely different from having a stable supply. The latter can provide an important psychological massage called a sense of security, which women especially need.
After filling the refining furnace for the fourth time, Chu Jungui switched the mode of the second refining furnace, and the electrolysis module changed from extracting oxygen to extracting hydrogen. It is much easier to get hydrogen. Hydrogen chloride is everywhere on Planet 4.
The content is also very high, and one hydrogen rod can basically be produced in one furnace.
In this way, when Chu Jungui got the second oxygen rod, he already had three more hydrogen rods in his hand.
Chu Jungui glanced at the energy supply area, forced down the temptation to build another fuel cell, threw two hydrogen rods and an oxygen rod into the workbench, added some alloy and silicon, and selected a design
, waiting silently.
At this moment, Lin Xi was a hundred meters away. While exploring the surroundings, he walked farther away until he reached the top of a small hill a few hundred meters away. This was the commanding height of the surrounding area, just because there was soil underneath, unlike now.
The site was chosen so that it had a whole rock as the foundation, so it was not chosen.
Lin Xi climbed up the hill and looked around, silently thinking about something.
Chu Jungui's voice sounded behind her: "What are you thinking about?"
"Maybe we should make use of this place."
"There are too many things to be built now, and this place is not suitable for building defenses."
"Yeah." Lin Xi sighed.
"Ah, by the way, I brought you a small... gift."
"A gift?" Lin Xi turned around, with a small surprise in his heart. Will this stupid guy also give gifts? Will there be sunny days on Planet 4? What will this guy give? It won't be a gift.
Mine?
With full of anxiety, Lin Xi looked at Chu Jungui and was suddenly startled. She could hardly believe her eyes.
In the hand of Chu Jungui, lying quietly was a bottle of pure water, the kind of pure water that comes in a glass bottle and has a metal easy-open seal.
If it weren't for the eerie purple tone of the surrounding environment, Lin Xi would have thought that she had seen it wrong. At this moment, this old-fashioned bottle of water was simply glowing.
"Why is this happening?"
"Water? Just made it."
"I mean the bottle."
"The gift I gave you should naturally be more thoughtful. Well, I designed the bottle myself. Does it look good?"
Lin Xi nodded, "Well...it looks good."
Chu Jungui knew immediately that the bottle was very ugly.
In fact, Lin Xi's views were the same as Chu Jungui's original thoughts. They both felt that this early 20th century soda bottle-like design was not aesthetically pleasing at all. However, his artistic functional components insisted on this plan and added a bunch of
Such lofty labels as retro, elegance, nostalgia and so on persuaded Chu Jun to return.
Chu Jungui originally had reservations about this artistic component, but now his suspicions have deepened.
It seems that Dr. Zero's taste is indeed questionable.
Lin Xi took the water bottle and looked at it carefully, as if he was admiring a real work of art. For a moment, Chu Jungui was shaken again. Is this bottle really pretty?
Lin Xi sighed secretly, hoping that this fool would understand her feelings, but it seemed that it would take some time. What she liked was not this water bottle, but Chu Jungui's thoughts condensed on this water bottle.
"It's a pity that you can't drink it directly."
"Want to build an airlock?"
"No, of course not, at least not now. I accepted the gift, thank you!" Lin Xi opened the interface of the armor and inserted the water bottle in. The interface in the armor automatically opened the bottle cap and sucked in all the water. She was full
He took a deep breath and then sighed in comfort.
In fact, the water circulating inside the armor doesn't taste that bad, it just feels bad mentally. Lin Xi also knows it, but it's hard to overcome it.
With a stable supply of pure water, there is no need to continue living in an extreme state of existence.
Lin Xi looked sideways and asked, "Jun Gui, why do I rarely see you cleaning up waste?"
Chu Jungui was startled, and then he understood what she was referring to. People naturally need to excrete, and the survival armor is designed to operate in unsurvivable environments for a long time, so they will naturally consider this issue.
On the one hand, the survival armor will mix food and water into a nutrient solution, which can maximize absorption and greatly reduce the occurrence of excrement. On the other hand, the survival armor will also collect excrement and reuse the water after microcirculation treatment.
Other waste is compressed and stored, and can be taken out and released when convenient.
The two of them had been on Planet 4 for such a long time, and Lin Xi had been holding back because there was no privacy. But Chu Jungui was fighting and working as if nothing had happened, and was not affected at all.
After understanding Lin Xi's current situation, Chu Jungui browsed through several functional components, ignored the politics of self-recommendation, and directly chose tactical deception.
"I have cleaned it up quietly, but I was afraid that you would be uncomfortable, so I didn't tell you." Chu Jungui said, with a slight embarrassment and shyness on his face.
"So that's it, then... I'll go over there for a while." Lin Xi felt relieved and ran towards the forest.