Wasteland Development Diary

Before him was a transparent crystal block, about the size of a 3-kilogram watermelon.

It was a regular dodecahedron, composed of 12 regular pentagons, possessing a symmetrical geometric beauty.

Zhou Yi used [Panoramic Reading] to examine it.

[This substance possesses the energy of a LV4 Light Core Body, with a relatively stable structure.]

It was this thing that had extremely strong radiation power.

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100,000

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100,000

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Zhou Yi saw his life force rapidly declining.

He frantically controlled his prosthetic leg, quickly using it to store the crystal block.

The decline in life force finally stopped.

Zhou Yi was momentarily covered in sweat.

According to the Mud Tree People's exploration, this energy block was made by the Cave People by solidifying the Dead Sea. A-grade Mud Tree People explorers would suffer from festering bodies and mental blanks just by getting close, easily dying nearby.

Unexpectedly, the prosthetic leg unearthed this thing from the Mud Tree world.

And this was the lowest grade.

What would the higher grades be like?

Zhou Yi finally personally understood why Xiaofu said that the Mad Traveler was an unlucky thing, disliked by all sides.

It really had no sense of moderation when it started.

“Chairman, it even brought out the Cave People's energy block... but we couldn't dig this thing up before at all, what's its background! Such strong digging technology!”

Nige looked at the prosthetic leg with reverence.

Zhou Yi asked him: “Have you done any development on the energy block in the past? How is this thing used?”

“We've only done rough testing... the Cave People's energy block has extremely high intensity, the highest energy density substance we've ever encountered, we don't know anything else. We also don't know how the Cave People use these things.”

Nige stroked his pointed hair with his large hand and said: “But everyone thinks this thing would be very useful for blasting bugs. It is a very powerful weapon, if its power is unleashed, it will definitely be explosive!”

Although this was somewhat crude, it was still a method of utilization.

“How do you detonate it?”

“Don't know...”

“Then why are you so sure?”

Nige looked bitter: “Chairman, it's strong and stable, we Mud Tree People can't unleash its power. This intensity should be at the Light Core Body level... we can only guess, it should be very strong!”

Zhou Yi turned to Xiaofu and asked: “Is there any way to utilize the energy inside?”

“Don't even think about it.”

The Streamtracer said: “It is impossible to stably use this Light Core Body-level energy core with the company's current technology level.”

“The current controllable energy level is not even B-grade. The amount that the Floating Heart and Energy Pack can stably reach is only C-grade, and that's achieved by stacking quantities.”

“According to the standards of the Old Humans, we are now like being in the Stone Age, not yet reaching the Bronze Age or Iron Age, but we have obtained a solid-state battery from the Industrial Age. Without the matching tools, it is impossible to truly use it. Forcibly using it will only cause destructive destruction.”

“The Huanliu technology can do it, but it also requires building a whole set of devices. If I were to build it, it would take decades, and the current environment is not stable, it's not the time to do this kind of thing.”

Zhou Yi also agreed.

Although it couldn't be used, it was good to hoard some good things.

The more various stocks, the better.

“But Nige is right, there's no way to control and stably utilize it, but it can still be used as a detonation method.”

Xiaofu changed the subject: “As long as you use a Light Core Body to perform a high-energy impact on it, you can do it.”

“But our faction currently only has Ice Pot who can do it.”

“The 'core' is an energy level unit of medium and high-level civilizations, 1 core represents the energy intensity generated after a LV2 Light Core is fully activated.”

“Here I have to explain. Lv1 Light Cores cannot be detonated, their intensity is low and unstable, and they do not meet the standards of a measurement unit.”

“Lv2 Light Core is 1 core, LV3 is 2 cores, LV4 is 5 cores, LV5 is at least 15 cores, and there are certain differences between each level. Both are LV4, one may be 6 cores, the other may be 10 cores, but neither reaches the LV5 threshold, so they are still in the LV4 range.”

The Streamtracer gave Zhou Yi a little science lesson.

“The energy block obtained by the Mad Traveler is a dodecahedral Light Core, that is, a LV4 Light Core.”

“So after it detonates, the power caused is 5 cores, equivalent to the instantaneous release of all 5 Light Core Bodies converted into energy state.”

After it said this, Zhou Yi finally had a preliminary concept.

This energy block was indeed very powerful!

I have to prepare more, and when I get annoyed, I'll airdrop and blow it up!

Zhou Yi started the Mad Traveler again and threw it into the space bubble.

Still the lowest gear.

Specially collect energy blocks!

Waited for two minutes.

No response.

Ten minutes.

Thirty minutes.

One hour.

The space bubble was still motionless.

I don't know what the prosthetic leg encountered this time, it looks like it won't be back in a short time.

Zhou Yi said to Nige: “Withdraw, it can find me when it comes back.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

……

Two days passed.

The Mad Traveler was still nowhere to be seen.

Zhou Yi was already busy with new things.

First of all, in the glider field, the company's manufacturing department, in conjunction with the program department, created the first large civilian glider.

Zhou Yi watched its first official flight.

This large glider was different from the previous medium and small ones, it abandoned the existing aircraft and airfoil structure, and instead changed to an airship.

It consists of a streamlined hull and gondola.

The designer was a Bone Man named He Xi.

It was wearing the company's uniform blue work clothes, a safety helmet woven from dung beetles, and was short, only about one and a half meters tall.

He Xi introduced to Zhou Yi: “Chairman, to improve the carrying capacity of conventional gliders, we must solve the balance problem. The greater the weight, the larger the body, the more difficult the balance structure is to make.”

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“Existing gliders use flying silk to weave wings, because it is a weaving process, there will be a certain loosening or movement during long-term flight in a high-altitude, low-temperature environment. If the adjustment is proper during maintenance, it's okay, but if there is a deviation during the journey, it will cause a series of control situations and even accidents.”

“These are also valuable experiences fed back by the drivers after several months of long-distance travel.”

He Xi held a charcoal pencil in his hand and spoke quickly: “We initially wanted to solve this problem head-on. The program department and the data center of Recursive City made a lot of simulations, and the result was that the cost would increase significantly, reaching more than 30 times that of the medium-sized one, and the maintenance and repair would be even more.”

“I thought, why not change my thinking. After many experiments, I found that airships are low in cost and convenient to maintain as large aircraft.”

“Its structure is easy to make, because it is formed by filling the airship with gas. There is a large amount of hydrogen available in our electrolysis tower, and there is no shortage of raw materials. This can also increase our flight altitude and load.”

The Bone Man gestured as he spoke: “The airship uses linen cloth coated with rubber, and the actual flight effect is very good. Some human cities hold airships, but traditional airships focus more on obtaining high-altitude views, and can stay in the air for many days without landing, which is a natural high-altitude sentry tower.”

“By adding a flying silk layer and using the floating heart as a power thruster, it can fly in the air at a faster speed. Don't look at it like this, because the flight altitude is higher, it can reach 80 kilometers/hour, which is faster than the medium-sized one.”

“The airship only needs to be enlarged, and the balance itself is very good. A large gondola can carry 50 people at the same time.”

Zhou Yi looked at the white airship slowly moving forward in the air, with the red warrior crab logo representing the Wasteland Development Company, which looked very conspicuous.

He raised a matter of most concern to him: “If hydrogen is added inside, what if it is ignited by external force? Is there any way to save yourself?”

The Bone Man adjusted his helmet: “Chairman, it is just a civilian aircraft. If it is attacked by the enemy, even a medium or small one will be in danger...”

He Xi said again: “But there is a self-rescue device. If there is a problem with the airship, you can directly detach from the airship. The gondola is also equipped with a flying silk parachute, which can maintain a height of 100 meters above the ground.”

“That's good.” Zhou Yi nodded.

“The most important thing is that this airship is continuous.”

He Xi laughed: “Chairman, please look on the other side.”

Under the direction of its bone arm, Zhou Yi looked at another apron, and another airship took off.

This time there were three in total.

Zhou Yi's eyes straightened.

They lifted off the ground, connected to each other, forming a straight line of long snakes.

Zhou Yi blurted out: “Air train?”

“Yes! Chairman, you really understand it at a glance!”

The Bone Man said happily: “The airship can be connected to each other like a ground train. As long as one airship acts as a flight guide, it can take other airships to fly together, which can greatly reduce energy consumption!”

“Each flight can be like a train, passing through the sky above each area, and then stopping, loading and unloading goods, and taking off again!”

“If there are other tasks that need to be performed, the airships can also be separated from each other!”

“High-altitude airships are our high-altitude rail trains, which can complete the cross-regional transportation of a large number of commodities, materials, and raw materials! Although the absolute weight cannot be compared with rail trains, the advantage is that we can reach directly through the air without building tracks, the cost is much lower, and ordinary people can operate and use it.”

Zhou Yi hissed.

This approach is a bit wild!

He asked the Bone Man: “How is the actual flight result?”

“The airship has been internally tested for a month and a half, and has completed the full-path air transportation within the Development Alliance with good results. The failure rate per unit of time is lower than that of medium-sized aircraft.”

He Xi said: “Currently, we have tested a total of 44 round-trip transports, with a gondola carrying 15 tons of cargo, and all indicators are within a safe range.”

“But the carrying capacity of a train car is 60 tons-100 tons. In absolute numbers, we still have a lot of room for improvement, and strive to further reduce the carrying gap.”

Zhou Yi listened silently and said: “How much does it cost?”

“Such a standard large airship with a load capacity of 15 tons mainly consists of four parts: airship, gondola, 1 floating heart, and assembled parts. The total cost is between 487,000 mushrooms and 488,000 mushrooms. Among them, the floating heart is the most expensive, at 273,398 mushrooms. The total cost is cheaper than a medium-sized glider.”

The Bone Man said proudly: “Although I came up with this idea, the final product was created by 6 engineers in our group. Everyone worked together to create this!”

Zhou Yi sighed in his heart that there was no shortage of capable people in this world.

The glider was transformed into an airship, which actually reduced costs and greatly increased carrying capacity and profitability.

“Amazing invention and creation!”

Zhou Yi shook hands with him with a smile: “Thank you for your ingenuity, which has allowed the company to have this cheaper and easier-to-use aircraft!”

“I think the Wasteland Invention Award's Special Award already has a winner. We have another strategic invention as important as Emerald Soup.”

“Since your team has designed, developed, and manufactured this airship, then as usual, this aircraft, no matter how it is iterated, will enjoy a 5% 70-year patent share. This share of profits will be divided equally among you, what do you think?”

Everyone shouted happily: “Thank you, Chairman!”

Zhou Yi turned his attention to the Bone Man He Xi: “You are the chief designer of the airship, you can give it a name.”

The Bone Man thought for a while and said: “Let's call it [Turbine].”

Zhou Yi nodded: “Okay, let's call it that name. Airships should also be written with serial numbers and numbers in the future, which is convenient for identification and has a good publicity effect. In this regard, we must learn from the advanced experience of Sand Sea Duke.”