I Have a Job

Chapter 275 Testing the bottom line of expansion

"It was a bit too much."

Even Su Wu himself did not expect this.

Under the best possible production capacity explosion.

It's amazing how it has developed to such an extent in such a short period of time.

As a result, most of the newly added armed forces are useless.

They can only be temporarily stored in the arsenal warehouse in the farmyard, or transformed into production tools and participate in various production and construction tasks in the shelter.

But at the same time, Su Wu did not dare to really slow down this production capacity explosion.

The greatest threat that amethyst poses to Su Wu comes from its indestructible place of origin and its unknown quantity.

Taking into account the asthenosphere layer in the mantle where they are located, the thickness is between 100 and 350 kilometers.

The average depth of the ocean is only about 4 kilometers.

How many amethysts can be produced in such a vast world?

Just thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle.

Worst case scenario.

It is not surprising at all to say that they may exceed the total number of all creatures on the earth's surface with a body size larger than one millimeter before the end of the world.

Faced with such despairing numbers.

If Su Wu didn't give it his all, he would have no chance of persevering to the end.

"Since production cannot be stopped."

"Then we can only find ways to increase income."

Su Wu opened the holographic map of the entire Dongzhou.

Currently, the communication signal tower covers the Kuanjiang River Basin and the area around Yu'an City.

Among those subsidiary shelters under his direct control.

In addition, there are approximately 30 million people waiting to be relocated.

All that was left were the food and basic equipment they needed to survive, as well as low-value supplies such as fuel.

After all the population has been relocated, perhaps one final harvest can be made by recycling equipment and building materials.

But before that.

It's basically of no value anymore.

"The area around the Kuanjiang River."

"Those official shelters cannot be moved for the time being."

"In any case, they still have an account on the Federation satellite network that they can contact."

"We have not completely severed our ties with the federal upper echelons."

"But those civilian shelters down there."

"You can try to recruit them."

Don't look at Su Wu's Internet, which covers the entire Dongzhou.

There are hundreds of millions of active users.

But as the master of the entire Internet.

As long as he wants.

There was no chance that any information would leak out of his network.

Even this kind of blockade may not be discovered from the perspective of those who release the news.

They will still be able to see their posts and interact with others.

The only difference is that the people who interact with them are either artificial intelligence or the replies have been tampered with by artificial intelligence with key words, which has completely distorted the original meaning.

Under this dual means of strict blockade of the network and interference with communications in reality.

It is not difficult to make several shelters in the same city disappear silently.

And most importantly, these disappeared folk shelters.

In fact, it has already been abandoned by the Federation.

They took back their direct channel for seeking help from the federal government.

Even the local official shelters wanted to shelter them.

It is highly unlikely that it will attract the attention of the Federation.

"Even if we take a step back, we completely misjudged the Federation's attitude."

"With the current size of the farmyard, it is enough to withstand the wrath of the Federation."

"To get a chance to negotiate."

"The cost of trial and error is not so high that it cannot be borne."

A folk shelter in the Kuanjiang River basin area.

Perhaps in terms of resource accumulation, it may be only one-third or even one-fifth of the local official shelter.

But this cannot stop their large numbers.

If you eat them all.

Su Wu can obtain resources equivalent to approximately 1 to 2 provinces.

The benefits are huge, and there is no need to worry about the consequences of failure.

The more Su Wu considered it, the more he realized that this was the right path.

"Then other areas of Dongzhou."

"Those shelters that are labeled as anti-human camps."

"You can start clearing them out one by one."

Today, Su Wu has basically expanded all of his 90 caravans.

Each caravan can transport tens of thousands of tons of supplies or 8,000 passengers at a time.

Such terrifying transportation capacity is only used for transfers in the Kuanjiang River Basin and the surrounding areas of Yu'an City.

There is already some excess and waste.

"Just using those ordinary modified vehicles, a large-scale transfer was carried out at one time."

"It's enough to relocate three to four million people to farmyards."

"In order to accommodate these new populations, farmyards have to give up most of their other functional areas."

"Focus on building standard dormitories."

"in this case."

"There is absolutely no need for the caravan to get involved."

"It's better to use it to generate income somewhere else."

"While we are destroying the anti-human groups in other regions, we can also expand the trading network throughout Dongzhou."

If all goes well.

This will bring even greater benefits than if he had incorporated those civilian shelters in the Kuanjiang River Basin.

It's just a waste of time and risk.

It will also be much more than the latter.

Su Wu must be mentally prepared for the possibility of casualties in the caravan.

"Besides, plundering resources from other shelters can only be used as an emergency measure for a short period of time."

"The bulk of resources in the future will still come from mining and recycling building ruins."

With the emergence of high-frequency oscillators.

Su Wu's speed in excavating ore in various mines has been greatly improved.

But that's not enough.

He needs faster mining speed and more mines.

To meet the almost bottomless resource demand caused by subsequent rapid military expansion.

"It seems that we have to let the sentries stationed near the communication signal tower."

"Speed up the exploration of the surrounding geology."

"Find as many mineral resources as possible."

Su Wu had no requirements for the size of mineral resources.

Even if it is hidden deep in the mountains, there is a pile of iron ore weighing only a few dozen tons.

He doesn't think it's too little.

Anyway, with a huge air transport fleet, spider robots that can ignore most terrains, and high-frequency oscillators that can quickly crush the ground.

No matter where.

They can build a complete mine on site in just a few hours.

The only difference is that it is a bit larger in scale.

One or several underground transport channels will be specially built.

The ore inside is produced and transported to the nearest subsidiary shelter to be refined into finished products.

A smaller scale.

Then just use spider robots or blue sky-class transport drones.

Transport them manually to the outside world.

In addition to natural mineral resources.

Most of the cities that were built before the end of the world have now been reduced to ruins by earthquakes and cold blizzards.

They are also huge man-made mines.

It was worth Su Wu's effort to invest a lot of energy in mining.

On the holographic map.

Mark out the resource points that need to be explored, collected, or plundered.

Su Wu suddenly discovered.

Originally, he had an army of spider robots that seemed to be a little excessive.

In the face of these huge demands.

It's not enough again.

"Wait until all these marked resource points are mined."

"Perhaps, even if the number of amethysts is really counted in trillions."

"I can also firmly protect this small area of the farmyard."

There was a glimmer of hope in Su Wu's eyes.

After a long time.

He then withdrew his gaze from the holographic map.

Sit back down at the console.

Start preparing for today's research work.

Compared to simply increasing the amount of basic resources.

The improvement in comprehensive strength brought about by the advancement of technology often far exceeds the former.

Just like the same piece of metal.

The difference between being made into a sword and being made into an electromagnetic rifle is general.

The damage caused by humans holding thousands of swords may not be comparable to that of an electromagnetic rifle.

Specifically speaking, when it comes to developing science and technology.

What Su Wu cared about most at the time was controlled nuclear fusion.

As long as controlled nuclear fusion is successfully developed.

Su Wu can completely get rid of the dependence of ordinary nuclear power plants on rare metals such as uranium, and no longer need traditional fossil energy such as coal and natural gas.

Get nearly unlimited electricity at this stage.

But with great expectations, Su Wu gradually spent thousands of spiritual points and conducted a series of preliminary experiments and research.

He finally had to face the reality.

The so-called controlled nuclear fusion is a huge project that will exhaust all his current resources and may not necessarily lead to any breakthroughs.

"There was news before the end of the world that humans had successfully achieved controlled nuclear fusion."

"As a result, we really started to study it."

"This is too difficult."

"That so-called success, could it be fake news?"

Su Wu felt somewhat skeptical and helpless.

This research can only be temporarily sealed.

Sitting in front of the console, I thought carefully for a while.

Su Wu began to turn his attention to the confiscated purple crystal debris.

"It has now been confirmed that the remains of the purple crystal will transform into a safe special material after completely losing its activity."

"Based on this, we can try to study more powerful lasers, electromagnetic acceleration orbits and engines."

Materials are one of the biggest factors restricting the development of science and technology.

And corresponding to this.

After discovering a new material.

It is also the easiest time to develop new technologies based on new materials.

And it is different from other general new materials.

The potential of the Amethyst Remains is even greater.

All applicable research directions are directly aimed at the military-related fields that Su Wu needs most today.

These three items are to be studied.

Add all to the work log.

Su Wu first chose to study electromagnetic acceleration orbits.

This project.

Judging from the name, it seems unremarkable.

In fact, it is a very critical technology.

Once the research is successful.

This will allow Su Wu to gain the ability to build a super-large electromagnetic cannon.

It makes up for the last link of the farmyard's current high-end strategic weapons.

"The space-based weapons of the Eden Satellite are the final trump card."

"The tactical nuclear weapons of the micro-mechs are based on the transformation of space rockets. They are ballistic missiles with 20 tons of metallic hydrogen as warheads. They are strategic weapons."

"120mm electromagnetic guns, electromagnetic rifles, various rockets made of metal hydrogen, grenades and aerial bombs, etc., are conventional weapons."

"For now, there is no shortage of firepower in terms of conventional weapons."

"As for strategic weapons, one is that the number of weapons we have is too small and we cannot easily launch them. Another is that the strike range is too large and the lethality per unit area is not much higher than that of conventional weapons."

"The emergence of super-large electromagnetic guns will make up for the shortcomings of strategic weapons in these two aspects."

"It also gives a main weapon that can be used in boss battles."

"If there really is something like that in the amethyst crystal—"

Burn 300 spirituality.

I studied all the way until the evening.

A short warning sound awakened Su Wu who was in research state.

Su Wu turned his head and saw that the Qinling Mountains area was slightly red on the holographic projection map not far away.

He stood up and walked to the holographic projection map.

He reached out and zoomed in on the part of the map that showed the Qinling Mountains.

and intercepted some of the camera surveillance from the fire platforms located there.

All I saw was a field of purple crystals of varying sizes.

Like a fish, it jumped out from the lava lake in the lava canyon from time to time, and then quickly fell back into the lava.

And every time they jump up.

This will trigger the warning set by Su Wu.

It was hit by firing platforms on both sides of the rock wall.

Some purple crystals were destroyed in the process, but some successfully avoided it or even withstood the blow and successfully returned to the magma.

"It's only been a short while."

"Is this evolving again?"

Su Wu felt a headache again.

He looked closely at the purple crystals that leapt out of the magma.

And with the help of observation equipment on the other side of the canyon, we can carry out further analysis on them.

At the end of the day, several courier-grade drones were dispatched.

Risking being splashed by the rolling magma below.

Captured a purple crystal and brought it back.

Dissections and experiments were performed in a makeshift laboratory above the lava canyon.

The final results show.

There is an additional compressed air bag in the internal structure of these purple crystals.

You can rely on the jet of gas to gain short-term jumping ability.

The maximum instantaneous speed can reach 20 meters per second.

"One burrows underground, and the other flies into the sky."

"There are more and more variations."

Hesitated for a moment.

Su Wu decided to continue on the rock walls on both sides of the lava canyon.

An additional 200 firepower platforms and 1,000 combat drones will be added.

Since Amethyst has gained the ability to jump briefly.

Then the firepower network targeting them must also be increased accordingly.

After all, shooting at fixed targets and shooting at moving targets are not the same in terms of difficulty.

Continue the outer defense of the Qinling Mountains area.

Check for omissions and fill in the gaps

Su Wu withdrew his gaze.

At this time, he was not in the mood to continue his research.

So he simply flipped through the latest construction report of Jianghe City.

"The average space utilization rate of all city-affiliated shelters is 37%."

"The food produced has reached the standard of supplying 45 million people."

"But meat production is still insufficient."

"Even the cheapest chicken breast can only meet the daily needs of less than one thousandth of the population."

"And fertilizers are also consumed in huge quantities."

"We need to organize a special trip to transport a batch of potash fertilizer from the neighboring city of Tumen."

A space utilization rate of 37% is not a small number.

You have to know that a shelter is just a variety of internal buildings and basic equipment to maintain the normal operation of the shelter.

They all take up a lot of space.