Chapter 3 Light up half the town
"With enough materials and robot helpers."
"It's like entering a fast lane."
"The shelter will definitely be built smoothly."
"If something happens, it won't be my problem anymore."
Take a break from busyness and anxiety. Su Wu had free time to think about the future.
He didn't know much about the specific news about the end of the world.
I only vaguely know from the apocalyptic survival system that it is related to the extreme climate.
It could be high temperatures, or extreme cold. It could also be virus radiation, or earthquakes and floods.
But no matter what kind of disaster it is, it mainly focuses on the extinction of surface life all over the world.
The consequence of neglect is to turn into ashes under natural disasters.
As for when the end will come.
Su Wu only knew that it would be within half a year. Specifically, within six months, within one month, or even within one or two weeks.
One can only rely on guesswork.
This uncertain time once put great pressure on Su Wu.
Now there is no need for Su Wu to do the work himself.
Otherwise, we might not wait until the end comes. His body collapsed first from anxiety.
"As for the country, we should already know some news about the end of the world."
"Maybe you know better than me."
"Otherwise there would not be such strict material control."
"Even if you want to buy more sugar and rice, you have to sign a guarantee."
When Lenovo first arrived, online shopping failed, so it could only stock up on daily necessities in supermarkets and grain and oil stores.
The result was unexpected.
Just because I bought more than 40 kilograms of sugar and ten bags of rice at one time.
The security administrator came to visit him personally.
Su Wu's face couldn't help but turn a little dark.
This simply doesn’t give ordinary people a way to survive.
Even if you get the news in advance, you want to stock up on supplies and evacuate. Ordinary people can’t even imagine how much they can hoard.
"Rice doesn't matter, ten bags of 500 kilograms will be enough for a long time."
“When the shelters are built into soilless farms, there will be no shortage of them.”
"White sugar is a bit troublesome."
"That thing will be of many uses in the last days."
"We still have to find a way to make a few more batches."
Su Wu thought about it, he was already doing this. Although you need to register your ID card to purchase sugar to limit purchases, most people don’t use much. Hire a few more people, divide it into batches, and make a few hundred kilograms with second hands. It won't be a big problem. Moreover, sugar is not the only kind of thing with high sugar content. Scan some slow-selling candy and no one will care.
In addition to sugar, salt, vitamin tablets, various chemicals commonly used to treat diseases, tobacco, alcohol and seasonings, etc., are also hard currencies with high value in the future.
These controls are relatively loose, but the prices are not cheap. Limited by the funds in hand, the quantity that can be purchased is also limited.
However, it is more than enough to only meet its own needs and minimal external transactions.
After thinking about his own shelter, Su Wu couldn't help but sigh.
"Official control of so many supplies."
"I hope their shelter is well prepared."
“Otherwise, we don’t know how many people will die by then.”
He is not a kind-hearted person. But things harm their own kind. If it really comes to the future, he will be the only one left alive in the whole world. That wouldn't be a pretty thing either.
After all, humans are social animals.
The importance of spiritual food is not much less than that of real food.
Night gradually fell.
A farmhouse located in a deserted suburb.
Except for the noise caused by the construction robots, everything was as calm as before.
When the time reaches midnight.
A series of brand new information quietly refreshed on Su Wu's system panel.
[Today’s survival points are settled. 】
[Successfully survive for one day, survival point +1. 】
[A general-purpose lightweight engineering robot was successfully manufactured, with a slight increase in survivability. Survival points +2. 】
[Obtained the first fully automatic tool and entered the mechanical processing era from the manual era. The chance of surviving the apocalypse is greatly increased. Survival points +75. 】
[Current remaining survival points: 78 points. 】
"75 points."
"So many rewards?"
The corners of Su Wu's eyes twitched, and for a moment he doubted whether he had seen it wrong.
Although through previous research on the rules of the apocalyptic system, I had vaguely guessed that I might receive a generous additional reward.
But giving 75 points at once was beyond his expectations.
You know, before that.
At most, he will only receive a guaranteed income of a few survival points every day.
"It seems that the importance of engineering robots is still underestimated."
After being surprised, Su Wu couldn't help but feel lucky once again that he chose to give priority to manufacturing engineering robots.
With this huge amount of windfall.
The construction progress of the shelter will undoubtedly be accelerated further.
A better future is within reach. A night of silence.
Noon the next day.
After about 20 hours of work.
A small drilling machine and a geothermal generator were born in the hands of engineering robots.
Su Wu stepped forward to check.
I found that in appearance, they were almost identical to the styles on the design drawings.
It's as neat as if it came off an assembly line.
[Incomplete drilling machine. 】
[Fitness: 85%. 】
[Evaluation: The drilling machine is missing some core parts and cannot operate normally. 】
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[Upgrade direction: small drilling rig 1 km level (3 survival points), large drilling rig 5 km level (20 survival points), extreme drilling rig 10 km level (60 survival points). 】
[Unfinished geothermal generator. 】
[Fitness: 75%. 】
[Evaluation: A semi-finished generator that lacks a large number of important internal parts is not much different from the model. 】
[Upgrade direction: small geothermal generator 300kw/hour (13 survival points). 】
Both pieces of equipment were either incomplete or unfinished.
None of them work properly.
This is not surprising. Because it is the result of Su Wu's active choice.
Although engineering robots can theoretically build most parts.
Time is expendable but not necessarily guaranteed.
The more precise the part, the longer it will take.
If you must pursue perfection. Without ten days and a half, it is basically impossible to build a complete drilling rig and geothermal generator.
And if we really wait until then, the end may have come.
It's better to just create a semi-finished product like now.
The rest will be filled directly with survival points.
This approach.
It not only saves time, but also greatly reduces the cost of survival points.
It can be called the king of cost performance.
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Su Wu hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and chose to upgrade the ten-kilometer drilling rig.
This is not a luxury, but he has no choice.
The central area of the continent where Jianghe City is located lacks volcanoes and hot springs and is not a geothermal resource zone in the traditional sense. To actually operate a geothermal generator, pipes must be laid very deep into the ground.
This kind of huge project is far beyond the ability of ordinary drilling machines to undertake.
"I hope it's enough."
Seeing a large amount of survival points being splashed out, Su Wu's distressed expression couldn't help but collapse. But he knew in his heart that this step would have to be taken sooner or later.
Electricity is the foundation of construction and survival.
Without electricity, everything will eventually become a mirror image.
The upgraded ten-kilometer-level extreme drilling machine is equivalent to the size of a bus in its collapsed state. When expanded, it can cover almost half a football field.
Belongs to a real behemoth.
Fortunately, it is highly automated and even has rollers and a certain amount of power.
Su Wu successfully activated it without spending much energy.
But because I don’t have similar work experience.
After entering the construction state.
Su Wu's operation seemed somewhat hectic and bumpy.
The work continued until the evening of the next day, and it took more than 20 hours, excluding the rest time, to barely lay the pipeline to a depth of more than 9,000 meters underground.
Looking at the data returned from the end probe, this location is sufficient for the geothermal generator to operate normally.
There is no pursuit of the ten-kilometer limit.
Su Wu stopped, decisively stopped the work, and started installing geothermal generators.
Upgraded geothermal generator for 13 survival points.
Various performances are higher than the data on the design diagram. It has basically reached the top level in the current world, and the interface is also very user-friendly.
This makes Suwu quite easy to install.
Two hours later.
Along with the geothermal generator, a row of green indicator lights lit up.
Su Wu's own generator officially started running.
"Not bad."
"The power generation has reached the rated value and can produce 300 kilowatt hours of electricity per hour."
“For a long time in the future, you won’t need to worry about electricity problems anymore.”
Look at the real-time power generation displayed on the small display screen of the geothermal generator.
Su Wu's fatigue caused by long-term concentration was gone, and his mood became extremely comfortable.
What is the concept of 300 kilowatt hours of electricity per hour? That is already equivalent to the power generation of a small hydropower station with an investment of about 20 million.
It is enough to meet the consumption of 10,000 ordinary household lights at the same time and can light up half a town at night.
Having it means having an infinite future.
(End of chapter)