Everyone: Are mechanics weak? I wake up and rectify the natural disaster

Helena has completed all the design work of the 'Anti-Particle Cage'.

"We now have a complete set of design blueprints for this giant structure and the corresponding construction process, Commander."

"The problem right now is that the material cost will be quite expensive.

Based on our current domestic monthly alloy production...

The construction advancement speed will be reduced by at least half. "

Helena stood beside Su Wen and looked out the window at the industrial area vaguely visible in the distance.

Countless tardigrade drones climb from the sea and transport a steady stream of minerals to pipelines.

Following the extensive transportation network of raw materials, they were transferred to large alloy smelting furnaces one after another, turning them into a surging power for industrial production.

But even so...

Large-scale mining on the surface of the planet, even if it uses a mining method like seabed mining, the resource abundance is already very rich compared to that on land.

I want to rely on the materials of one planet to supply a super project that has already stepped into the galaxy megastructure level.

Naturally, this can only be said to be a drop in the bucket.

Even if there is a blood transfusion from China, it will not work.

Good brothers from China also have limited abilities.

Their technological level is much lower than his, so they have to use manpower and resources everywhere;

And even if the Army turns around, their current situation has only just begun to improve.

It has not completely returned to its pre-war appearance.

Now, the army composed of genetically enhanced version of the Power Armor Knight,

It is currently expanding with the three tenth-level base cities of Beijing, Chongqing and Yangcheng as its core bases.

In the future, we will also focus on these three strategic fulcrums of China's comprehensive defense and spread outward in circles.

Slowly regain the surrounding fallen satellite cities, establish transportation routes between the high-level main city and the low-level base city, and build a defense network.

Lao Chu and others are now very busy with this grand plan to regain the lost territory.

However, this plan has just begun to be implemented.

Li completely regained his homeland, completely expelled the aliens, and completely wiped out the demonic tide.

there's still a long way to go.

In this situation,

Even if China pays more attention to its alliance relationship, it is impossible to add more material supplies to him.

There is no other way, they have to use it themselves.

The ability to squeeze out these millions of tons per month is the result of the unique collective power of China and the strong opposition of the elders.

To say blood transfusion assistance is an understatement.

But like Su Wen, they are also rationalists.

Blood transfusion assistance is possible, but kidney transplantation assistance is naturally not possible.

In this case, Su Wen couldn't ask for much.

He also doesn't want China to engage in kidney transplant aid, which will seriously damage the country's vitality.

then...

Su Wen had no choice but to think about how to use other methods to further increase mining output.

“The production capacity of the smelting industry should be sufficient.

To put it bluntly, the quantity of our alloy smelting plant even far exceeds the specifications,"

Su Wen touched his chin and recalled the domestic industrial layout.

Hearing this, Helena nodded silently.

On Zhiyuan, the production capacity of the alloy smelting industry is indeed beyond the standard.

Even if the output of minerals in the future increases five or ten times compared to the current level,

The production capacity of the smelting furnace will not be exhausted.

This is a legacy problem from Su Wen’s previous infrastructure construction.

Guanghui also agreed with his idea, so he built a large number of giant alloy furnaces in advance to prepare for emergencies.

"The problem now is how to obtain more raw materials..."

"As for mining..."

Su Wen's eyes were a little blurry, which was the result of his mind wandering.

Then he seemed to remember something.

In his foggy mind, there was a vague clue that he caught by the tail.

"Commander, judging from the resources of Zhiyuan Planet, its metal mineral reserves are far inferior to its organic matter reserves."

At this time, Helena promptly reminded,

"If more metallic minerals are needed, we should consider developing the asteroid belt between the second and first orbits of the central galaxy."

This sentence awakened Su Wen.

He immediately shook away the fog and completely recalled this revelation.

"Yes, the asteroid belt! Outer space!"

"Our other fields have already begun industrial upgrading. Mining is a pillar industry in the industrial field. How can we still guard the territory of our home planet and play with it?"

Su Wen said enthusiastically, "Thank you for reminding me. The aliens all know about mining on the eight planets in the solar system, but I almost forgot... This is really inappropriate..."

Say something.

He really almost didn't remember it.

After all, we just discussed the issue of antimatter collection, and my mind couldn't wrap my head around it for a while.

and...

To a greater or lesser extent, it is also influenced by previous thinking patterns.

Mining is a great test of transportation capabilities.

If the transport capacity of the vehicle is insufficient, the average cost per ton of minerals will be very high.

Sometimes there are even scary situations where the shipping cost is more expensive than the unit price.

Therefore, before Su Wen, he had only used tardigrade drone mining systems for seabed mining.

Because, after all, Reach is a jungle, ocean, and archipelago planet.

Here, seabed mining is the most convenient and fastest.

It is more convenient than drilling in the earth's core.

Relying on sea transportation reduces the pressure on transportation to a minimum.

As a result, the average cost per ton of minerals has been significantly reduced.

Because he was used to this mining method, Su Wen didn't even think about mining in outer space for a while...

How expensive is it to mine in space?

...But that was before.

He had not mastered nuclear fusion before, nor had he captured the moon and obtained a stable supply of helium-3.

Not to mention I didn’t get a lot of gifts from fellow Fiji people.

At that time, the cost was high.

It's not high at all now.

With the popularity of cold nuclear fusion in all aspects, his energy technology is not lacking at all.

Although it still needs development to catch up with the pace of super civilization, lest it be turned into scum by some unknown weapon in the future.

The energy supply level that can produce cold nuclear fusion is completely sufficient for the empire's civilian ships.

The rapid advancement of energy technology has brought about simultaneous breakthroughs in transportation technology:

The shipping capacity of ships has been greatly increased, and transportation costs have been greatly reduced.

With the carrying capacity of Su Wen's current civilian transport ship, the cost of mining minerals from other celestial bodies in the central galaxy has been greatly reduced, reaching an acceptable level.

Of course, compared with earth core drilling, the cost of space mining is still slightly higher.

But...

The metal mineral reserves on Reach are not rich enough.

Because it is a living planet.

And it is also a living planet with a fairly extensive and huge native biosphere.

usually,

A planet with organic matter, a local biosphere, and carbon-based minerals such as petroleum and coal,

The reserves of non-ferrous metals, rare metals, heavy metals and other inorganic minerals will be slightly scarce;

On the other hand, planets that are extremely rich in metal minerals, such as some metal rocky planets,

It is not easy for organic life to be born on the surface, and it is even harder for organic fossil minerals such as petroleum and coal to accumulate.

Of course, there are always exceptions.

But in most cases, that's the case.

This can be regarded as some common small phenomenon in the star sea.

Therefore, although Su Wen's mining industry on his home planet has developed very maturely.

He also had to go outside the atmosphere to find new metal ore balls.

But this matter is not easy to handle.

There are just three solitary celestial bodies in the central galaxy.

One, two, three, three tracks in total.

Reach is in orbit 2 and is a relatively large life planet;

Orbit 1 is a very small rocky planet somewhat similar to Mercury.

Its orbit is the closest to the main star of the central galaxy, almost right at the edge of the star's Roche limit. If it moves even tens of thousands of kilometers inward, it will be captured by the latter's gravity and fall into the endless sea of ​​fire.

Because of such a close distance, it has become a volcanic planet that is always in a molten state, and its geological activities are extremely violent.

Because its rotation is very slow,

The side facing the sun will slowly melt and the land mass will collapse;

After turning to the side away from the sun, it slowly solidified again.

Such extreme geological activities make any attempt to land on this planet extremely dangerous.

And even if it does not land and is only parked in low-Earth orbit, it will still be damaged by the huge amount of radiation generated by the sun right next to it.

In such an environment, there are indeed many mineral reserves.

But to be honest, Su Wen really has no intention of mining it.

There are no special rare minerals on this planet.

Just those gold, silver, copper, iron and tin...

To put it bluntly, the income from mining minerals is not worth the repair costs required for the exploration ship to suffer severe radiation damage due to being too close to the surface of the star.