Reincarnated Bamboo Rat Starts Extreme Survival

Chapter 281 Fire and Steam Technology

At the end of the first semester at Chiguang University, preparations for the upcoming opening of two new subjects have also begun.

One is the medical subject carefully planned by Bell. When this subject starts enrolling students in Chiguang University, vocational high schools specializing in medical subjects will also appear simultaneously.

Bell has already predicted that the introduction of medicine as a subject will cause quite a stir, and those traditional therapy professions are expected to be in trouble.

But Bell is confident that he can suppress these guys. He is the mayor of Chishui City, the mayor of Chishui City with the endorsement of the gods.

Bell wanted to see if the competition for interests in the city could suppress the mayor's authority given by God.

"Technical personnel from coastal cities have already set off, and a large amount of thermal and steam equipment has been purchased and is now being placed in the warehouse of Chiguang University."

In addition to the medical department, another open subject is the fire and steam technology department. Here, fire and steam technology, special machinery construction, and liquefied fire and magic gas ratio debugging are taught...

Fire-steam technology is a technology that Executive Mayor Eddie focuses on. Before Bell made the decision to open Chiguang University, he planned to vigorously introduce this new technology from coastal areas.

Although his individual level is not high, Eddie has an extremely long-term strategic vision. Unlike conservatives who are prepared to wait and see for a while, Eddie feels that this new technology has the ability to change the world structure.

His idea was also supported by Bell. After tinkering with the fire and steam technology tools, Bell was also extremely optimistic about the development prospects of this technology.

The core driving device of the fire and steam technology is the [fire and steam furnace]. When he first heard the name of this thing, Bell thought it was something similar to a steam engine.

But after deeply understanding the operation method and principle of this thing, Bell knew that no matter how excellent the steam engine was, it could not compete with this thing in terms of energy conversion efficiency.

Fire and steam technology has nothing to do with steam engines. If it were an ordinary steam engine, life would have created this world tens of thousands of years ago, but this extremely inefficient tool for energy utilization was eventually eliminated.

If you were to dig out a steam engine from that time, anyone who knew something about it would laugh.

"Steam engine? Why use energy to push steam? Use the power of steam to complete work. Just use the energy directly as driving energy."

With the existence of such convenient things as magic, the use of energy in this world is quite easy and convenient, and there is no need to rely on the middleman of steam.

[Fire and Steam Stove] is an excellent device that can convert energy efficiently. Its overall structure is similar to an internal combustion engine, and it can directly convert liquefied fire magic gas into amazing energy.

This transformation process is not combustion. The [Fire Steam Stove] is called [Fire Steam Stove] because the energy it transforms is called [Liquefied Fire Demonic Qi], which is a special kind of artificially refined energy.

This kind of energy is not as applicable as the magic element, but through the transformation of the [Fire Steam Furnace], it can release a higher peak energy than the magic element in a short period of time.

By analogy, the energy conversion efficiency of an ordinary fire and steam stove is equivalent to the energy conversion efficiency of a high-level mage.

The process of converting magic elements into energy by a senior mage also requires editing magic, condensing magic elements, etc.But the steam stove only needs to open the valve, just like starting a tractor, and it can quickly convert a large amount of energy without spending energy.

This energy is then guided and deformed through other engineering equipment equipped with fire and steam furnaces, and finally transformed into a fire and steam impact with terrifying attack power, or transformed into excellent development energy for mining, or even built into a barrier covering a city.

The energy conversion of the fire and steam furnace is extremely long-lasting. Although the conversion efficiency is similar to that of the mage, the mage is a living body, and the energy stored by the individual is limited, and he will get tired and need to rest.

But the fire and steam furnace is different. This thing is not made of flesh and blood. As long as there is liquefied fire demonic energy in the furnace, the fire and steam furnace itself is not overloaded to the limit. It can continue to convert energy no matter how hard it is. Many legendary mages and ordinary models Fire and gas stoves have to be outdone in terms of durability.

This situation is not difficult to understand, just like a runner who can overtake buses in the initial stage, but is completely unable to compete with these steel creations in terms of subsequent battery life.

Building a fire and steam stove is not too difficult for Bell. Judging from the information he collected from the fire and steam equipment in the warehouse of Chiguang University, it is not too difficult to manufacture an ordinary fire and steam stove.

That is, a special metal furnace cast in one piece, coupled with a certain circuit structure and areas with different activation functions, is used to activate the liquefied fire demonic energy.

With the current productivity of Chishui City, it is difficult to build such an ordinary fire and steam stove, but it is not difficult.

Senior professionals with casting knowledge, coupled with a few senior magicians, and giving them some rare materials to cast high-strength alloys, can still make an ordinary fire and steam stove with a few tinkerings.

However, the cost of the fire-steam stove produced in this way must be higher than the actual cost of these fire-steam stoves.

Because Bell had seen the fire-steam equipment in Chiguang University's warehouse, they all used the same type of fire-steam furnace. The production traces of each fire-steam furnace were highly similar, and they should have come off the same assembly line.

Calculated in this way, the casting cost of the fire-steam furnace should be much lower than he expected. Based on the price at which Chishui City purchased these fire-steam equipment, there is at least a difference between the actual cost and the sales price of these fire-steam equipment. More than six times.

This is still a relatively conservative calculation by Bell. If the casting raw materials for the steam furnace are also included, and those special alloys are also produced by the assembly line, the cost of this thing can be reduced further.

If you calculate it to this point, the fact is clear. Whether you purchase a gas stove privately or purchase a gas stove in large quantities in a city, the total price is much lower than building a gas stove yourself. .

If we start from building a basic equipment manufacturing assembly line and develop the steam furnace manufacturing technology bit by bit, the resources required will reach a scary level.

Moreover, there are some areas in the steam furnace that belong to core technologies. The assembly line production of those core technologies is extremely difficult. Bell thought that he could do it by hand, but he would not be able to achieve assembly line production in a short time.

This thing is a bit like selling firearms to small countries. Big countries can allow small countries to get a very practical rifle for tens of dollars, and also allow small countries to build their own assembly plants for these basic firearms, but small countries can There is absolutely no way for a country to build its own production line.Not to mention the core technology, in a small country, it is difficult to produce even a spring that meets the specifications.

If you want to research technology from scratch, you might as well just buy existing finished products. Anyway, finished products are much cheaper than tinkering and producing them yourself.

If we also consider the factors of going to the market, Cangxing City independently produces fire and steam stoves, spends a huge amount of financial resources, and finally builds a finished fire and steam stove. What price should it set?
It must not be priced at the same price as the gas stoves sold outside, otherwise the cost will not be recovered at all, and continued production will continue to make losses.

If you sell them at a higher price, there are other fire and gas stoves on the market. The cost of other people's fire and gas stoves is much lower. The same quality but different prices, even a fool knows how to choose.

"Has the first-mover advantage killed this market?"

After reciting this sentence, Bell still felt that the decision to introduce fire-steam furnace technology, or even develop his own fire-steam furnace technology later, was right. In Bell's knowledge, this thing would be of great use in the future.

Moreover, Bell also had a hunch that a device based on a fire-steam stove, but far more terrifying than a fire-steam stove, has entered the final stage of development. It may not be long before the world realizes the power of this brand-new device. .

Experts and scholars from the coastal areas are on their way to Chishui City at this time. They came in airships and will dock in Chishui City soon.

The world is very big, and the roads between places are not connected. Under normal circumstances, traffic in various places is often dangerously blocked.

Therefore, when traveling across regions, it is often necessary to use two modes of transportation: airships and teleportation magic circles.

The airship flies at high altitudes, can avoid dangers in a large number of dangerous places, and sails very fast.

Not to mention the legendary magic circle. This thing can be called the safest and fastest way to pass, but it is extremely expensive.

Of course, airships and teleportation arrays are not completely accident-free. The airship may encounter some troubles at high altitudes, such as being attacked by some dominant creature in the sky, or being maliciously attacked by others. The airship crashes in an accident. If so, there is a high probability that passengers will be killed.

But compared to the situation where there is a teleportation accident, the survival rate of an airship accident is still very high. When there is an accident in the teleportation circle, the passengers are directly swallowed up by the space turbulence. The power of the space turbulence makes even the legendary powerhouse unable to survive. Seconds, since the beginning of history, there are only a handful of individuals who can survive after an accident occurs in the teleportation array.

The fire and steam furnace engineers who came by airship mainly mastered the preparation of [Liquefied Fire Demonic Qi]. Without the special energy source of [Liquefied Fire Demonic Qi], the fire and steam furnace would be nothing more than a large furnace. Just a lump of iron.

"After the engineers arrive, I will try to get all the [Liquefied Fire Demonic Qi] preparation technology, and then I will try to see if I can innovate, and even go one step further to create a super-advanced fire and steam furnace. I also have [World Stone] here. ] and [Silver Beard]~~"

Although the painting style always feels indescribably strange when the [World Stone] and [Silver Beard] are mixed into a steam furnace, Bell can do such abstract things.

He originally imagined the layered cake defense mode. He would first stack armor on himself, and then hide on a super powerful shield warrior. The shield warrior would then drive a super mecha built by Bell. The super mecha would then serve as a A city-scale fortress core.

Bell thought about this three-dimensional layered cake defense model many times, but no matter how he thought about it, it was still a bit too abstract.

Unless rule-level items are integrated into the creation process of these mechas, this kind of mechas or fortresses will definitely not be able to keep up with Bell's individual strength. He is now a primitive behemoth, and he may one day start to devour [ World Stone], turning your physical body into the terrifying body of a white hedgehog that resists the shattering of the world.

His own body is stronger than the mecha. How many shield warriors in this world can match his defense?

Attributing great power to oneself is a road that some people have walked through. Bell, who was stimulated by the Red Light God and the Wrath God, as well as a group of fellow villagers, knew that developing the upper limit of his body was the right path in a broad sense.

"Things like fires and stoves are tools to promote productivity, not necessary items to promote my transformation. It's okay to treat it as a little entertainment research, but the main business must be placed on rule development."

Bell murmured, he realized the importance of the fire and steam furnace, but in terms of Bell's personal decision-making priority, it is still not as important as developing the [World Stone] and strengthening his body. It is currently at the same level as developing the productivity of Chishui City. .

But what Bell didn't know was that in Chishui City, a certain goblin who was working as a guide suddenly had some confusing thoughts in his mind.

This goblin was the goblin who served as Bell's guide before the Red Light God incident. This guy was not affected by the Demon Resurrection incident and was still working as a guide after the Red Light God modified the world.

Before the Red Light God rewritten the world, many lives that were completely wiped out by demons were irreparable, including a large number of legendary powerhouses who were the foundation. The Red Light God modified the world and also erased the traces of many legendary powerhouses.

This is also the reason why the number of legendary powerhouses in the revised Chishui City is much smaller, the structure of the upper four cities is broken, and the reason why other city-states are ready to attack Chishui City.

Of course, after the traditional pattern was destroyed, the power of fate came to life, and the fate of some ordinary people began to change.

Just like this goblin who works as a guide, his personal template has changed. This change is very slight and has not yet formed a specific entry. However, he is gradually leaving the category of [civilian] and is gradually moving towards [engineer]. Template close up.

This kind of [Engineer] is not an ordinary engineer's professional identification, but an engineer who can leave his name in the development trajectory of the world of Digoya to the world.

This goblin's life began to be bound to the steam furnace technology, and the fate of the steam engineer who came by airship began to intersect with his. Although the two parties had not met yet, the sparks of fate had already collided.

Bell was unaware of these things. He was still tinkering with the [Bedrock] transformed from the [World Stone]. Editing new rules was what Bell had been doing.

During his attempt, the high-speed rail plan was only one step away from being implemented. Before the airship carrying thermal and steam engineers entered Chishui City, Bell was able to confidently announce to all citizens:
The high-speed railway from Chishui City to Cangxing City is about to be opened to traffic.

(End of this chapter)