As this was his first time playing with the Tinkerer's Workbench, the entire operation was unfamiliar to Zhang Qin Feng.
"How come there's only the battery to choose from?" he cannot believe it. On the receipt, there were four items, a battery, a charger, and two different kinds of medicine, although expired.
"Was it because only the battery is in perfect condition? If the blueprint of the tech is incomplete, I'll not be able to create it?" Zhang Qin Feng tinker with the workbench again, but only the Tianlang Electronic's Meteorite Battery option can be selected.
"I guess we can only try and see..." Zhang Qin Feng tapped on the screen.
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The requirement for the production of (1) unit
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Brand: Tianlang Electronics
Type: Battery / Exhaustible Resources
Quality: Public Grade / Can be tempered
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Production Cost: 70gm Copper / 15gm Silver / 60gm Zinc / 1gm Tellurium / 1gm Gold / 5 Red Meteorite Cores
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"Am I lucky? Most of the required material is what I have." he chuckled. After the exchange of 55 credits, he still has 20 cores left. As for the other materials, they're what remains after he extracts the gold element from the Doré Bar.
Without further ado, Zhang Qin Feng tapped on the choice to proceed and observe the manufacturing process.
The mixture of Copper, Silver, and Tellurium turned into Copper Alloy, which can be used to form the battery's body. Due to the addition of Tellurium into the Copper Alloy, it strengthens the alloy while decreases the corrosive action caused by Zinc and Red Meteorite Core.
As for the Zinc and Red Meteorite Core, they're combined and turned into a powder solution labeled Zinc-Core Fuel Cell. Lastly, the 1gram of gold is used to cover the Anode and Cathode section, which increases the conductivity of this battery.
The complete product is similar to a Snickers Bar. After he checked the supporting article on the Tinkerer's Workbench, this battery itself holds 300 kWh of energy, about three times the volume of 3 top quality laptops with power to use for the entire day.
Furthermore, this battery itself consumes lesser space compared to the conventional laptop and lighter in terms of weight. The only inconvenience is that this battery is not rechargeable, as the Charger unit from the Tianlang Electronics only capable of charging the version made before the apocalypse.
"It looks like there are many treasures left in another dimension. As long as I am careful, the resources will only be mine alone."
"It's already 1am past midnight! I should rest well tonight and open the store longer this time. Then on Saturday evening, I'll go back home." Zhang Qin Feng leaves the battery on the Tinkerer's Workbench and headed to the bed.
In the morning, Zhang Qin Feng went out of the shop, only to found out that his uncle has driven the van off! He's here by himself without even a bicycle to ride back to Changzhou!
"Looks like getting the DiDi Cabs are the only way to go... Let me make a call and book a ride for tomorrow first..." Zhang Qin Feng look for his phone, only to found out that there's no network available deep inside the rural place.
(T_T)
"I'll go back to Changzhou on Saturday afternoon..." Zhang Qin Feng proceeds to open his shop and placed a dozen cores into the generator. At 10am sharp, the view outside changed into a dimmed sun as if the sun is too tired to rise.
"Let's wait for the first client to... Tok Tok Tok!" Zhang Qin Feng sat on his chair and get ready for business. And before he finishes, a customer is already here.
"Boss, please get me 5 soft rolls and 5 cans of curry chicken." a young survivor came to purchase his goods.
As it was still early, there are no other customers except this young survivor. And since their age clicks, Zhang Qin Feng did not hold himself and chatted with the survivor happily.
Topic related to nearby factions, the danger surrounding the shop, and about what's on the next street became their most discussed topics. But what really caught Zhang Qin Feng's attention is the junkyard located two streets away from where he is.
"So why is there so little people coming to trade goods with me?" Zhang Qin Feng asked, but the answer he waits is unexpected.
"Because nobody knows how much they could get by bringing the scraps over. And since coming over from the junkyard to here might be dangerous, nobody is willing to take the risk for a few credits."
"That's why only those starving and hungry are willing to do these kinds of scrap collecting jobs. Even a punk like me rather hunts the infected instead. In an example, a few cores can be easily found on the body of the Seedling Creature."
The young survivor shared what he thinks to Zhang Qin Feng.
"Dan Mi, can you help me to do something? I'll give you food as a reward, and it will be based on how many people you manage to bring." Zhang Qin Feng called the survivor by his name and tried to had Dan Mi to work for him.
In between their small talks, Zhang Qin Feng noticed a few notable interests that did not cross his mind before.
First of all, people. As explained by Dan Mi, only the starving would consider moving the scraps to trade into pieces of bread or a portion of canned food. As for those that came here solely to purchase food and other goods, it is not a need but a commodity.
Those who came to purchase some canned food and left might use it as a reward to hire workers at a lower cost. Why can't he, the owner of all these goods, use them for his own benefit?
"Tell me, I am interested." Dan Mi agreed without needing to listen to it first. As a member of the nearby Blood-Wolf Hunters Faction, how can he lack this recklessness?
"Spread the news to the people that QIN-FENG GOODS TRADING is looking for outdated technology. For every 50kilograms of scrap, I will reward them with a bottle of drinking water, a loaf of bread, and a can of sardine."
"Additionally, I will pay them the price of one scrap that is the most expensive. And I will only accept five people, no more. Those that agree can start preparing now, and I will open the store on Monday afternoon!"
Zhang Qin Feng uses a different method to increase his number of blueprints, and that's by exchanging food for scraps! With only five people in the quota, it will quickly become a fighting zone when Monday arrived!
"What about my reward?" Dan Mi asked.
"For each people that come with 50kilograms of scraps, you'll get to choose a food to take away. If the quota of 5 peoples per day is met, you'll get an additional pack of instant noodles as a reward!" Zhang Qin Feng revealed what he's ready to offer, and that caught the young survivor by surprise.
"I'll do it! You can wait for my good news on Monday!" Dan Mi beat his chest as he gets motivated.
And to even push this young survivor even further, Zhang Qin Feng went over to the food shelf and took two items over to the cashier's window.
"Here!"
"Take the dried bacon jerky and also a pack of spicy sticks!"
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Note: The Chemistry class for Copper Alloy is not based solely on fact. Please read it as interest, and not catching me on difficult facts. Thank you very much.
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