"Master, you finally came to see me."
The humming sound in front was the sound of the pulley rolling over the concrete floor.
After returning to the surface, Chu Guang went to the third floor of the sanatorium first.
He had planned to find Xiao Qi to find out the situation, but before he reached the window, he saw the wastebasket leaning towards him pitifully.
Chu Guang looked at it in confusion, wondering what had happened to it.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Xiao Qi only has one bar of power left."
Oh.
I thought it was something else.
Wait...
Chu Guang: "Where can I find a place to charge you?"
Xiao Qi: "I have a wireless charging port on my body, just stay in the shelter for a while!"
Chu Guang: "..."
No wonder he didn't see a single socket in the shelter, and the computer on the table without a host never ran out of power, it turned out to be high-tech.
Although wireless charging is not considered high-tech.
Lifting the wastebasket-shaped robot, Chu Guang walked downstairs.
After obediently putting away the pulley underneath, Xiao Qi suddenly spoke.
"By the way, Master."
"What's the matter now?"
"I suddenly remembered that the shelter's power system seems to be powered by a nuclear fusion core."
"Nuclear fusion?"
"Yes, so the electricity inside can be used for a long, long time."
"Oh, that's a good thing." Chu Guang had already started thinking about how to steal the electricity inside.
Xiao Qi continued.
"Although, this may not be a good thing."
Chu Guang, who was walking down the stairs, stopped his train of thought after being interrupted by this sentence.
"What do you mean?"
"Because it's already 2340, which is a long, long time later than the year the shelter was built..."
What? !
Chu Guang asked hurriedly.
"What if the electricity runs out?"
However, Xiao Qi's answer almost made him spit out blood.
"I don't know."
"I don't know???"
You are such a fool to say you don't know about such an important question!
Isn't there an emergency plan? ? ?
Xiao Qi said cautiously.
"Because according to the plan... this shelter should have been opened a hundred years ago, but I don't know why it was delayed for a whole century."
Chu Guang: "..."
Seeing Chu Guang didn't speak, Xiao Qi continued to comfort him in a low voice.
"In fact, you don't have to be too pessimistic. The power room of Shelter No. 404 should be on the third floor of the shelter. As long as you unlock that floor, you can replace the fuel rods in time."
Chu Guang almost couldn't help but spray.
"Where the hell can I get nuclear fusion fuel rods!"
This is already the 211th year of the Wasteland Era,
Xiao Qi: "Well, there will always be a way, right?"
Chu Guang: "..."
Anyway, you can't vent your anger on electronic products.
That's too tasteless.
Chu Guang placed Xiao Qi next to the elevator and watched the wastebasket robot roll back.
He was a little irritated.
But Chu Guang also knew that it was useless to be anxious at this time. The problems had to be solved one by one.
In the short term, there should not be a big problem with electricity. Even if the shelter was delayed for a century, it had not been working for the past century. It should be running in energy-saving mode. Maybe the remaining electricity can be used for decades.
In contrast, the upcoming cold winter is more worthy of his tension.
There is not much time left for him to prepare...
Leaving the sanatorium.
Chu Guang came to the cement kiln and found that the players were busy with energy and had already started the second cement kiln.
There were also eight neatly built piles of charcoal next to it.
This is to skip the agricultural era and directly leap into industrialization!
Chu Guang was overjoyed.
Thanks to his ability to control people and manage the village!
Looking at the manager coming towards him, Lao Bai wiped the dirt off his face, and he was so excited that he didn't look like an adult in his twenties or thirties at all, but more like a child. He stood up and said.
"Manager, you are here!"
"Well, I just went downstairs... Are these your ideas?" Chu Guang asked, looking at the earthen cement kiln behind him.
"It's everyone's credit!"
"No need to be modest, I see it all, and the organization will remember your credit!"
Lao Bai looked excited.
Isn't this what he was waiting for!
Especially the second half of the sentence.
"... In addition, on behalf of the organization, I will give each of you 1,000 contribution points as a reward for unlocking cement building materials. And from now on, you are the construction captain of the outpost of Shelter No. 404!"
"You can freely use your creativity to design and build our outpost within the planned scope."
It would be great if a system prompt sound of "ding" could be heard at this time.
That would be cool.
Or, a pop-up window that can show reward prompts to players would be nice.
But unfortunately, there is none.
However, even so, even this kind of verbal promise and praise made Lao Bai excited and flushed.
Merit!
Position!
And, favorability!
It seems that the hidden system of this game is richer than he imagined!
"Dear administrator! I will do my best to build our home to the best of my ability!"
The other three players looked at him with envy.
Although everyone has contribution points, it is obvious that Lao Bai, who got the position of "Construction Captain", is the real winner.
Being able to freely build facilities, this is not a construction captain, but the director of the planning office of Wasteland OL!
Awesome!
Looking at the energetic Lao Bai, Chu Guang nodded and said.
"Very good, now I need you to tell me your plan."
"Yes!"
Lao Bai stood up straight and began to report.
According to Lao Bai, he went to a real cement factory for field research after logging off yesterday. He asked the factory master and learned that adding iron powder to cement can produce stronger and more durable cement.
Talking about things outside the game in the game seems to be automatically ignored by NPCs. Seeing that the manager did not respond, Lao Bai went straight to the point.
Considering that there was rusty steel everywhere in the wasteland, he mixed the collected rust with charcoal, used the latter as a reducing agent, and made iron by calcining the ground, and then calcined the smelted iron slag with plant ash cement.
Although this seems to increase the production cost of cement, the cement fired in this way can be used to make cement kilns that are more durable, high temperature resistant, and have a larger output.
"It is impossible to produce large quantities of cement with only these earth kilns, so I plan to invest all the cement produced in the early stage into the construction of production facilities to further increase the output of cement!"
Chu Guang nodded in approval.
"That's a good idea, but... how much cement can be produced with just tree bark?"
Just now, Chu Guang had noticed that not only the pile of logs that had been cut down on the ground, but also the trees near the sanatorium had almost all their barks stripped off by these survivors.
Even the tree stumps were not spared!
Lao Bai had obviously considered this issue and answered confidently.
"That's why we need a more professional cement kiln... the kind that can produce a high temperature of 1450 degrees! In this way, we can make calcium carbonate cement by burning limestone and clay, completely replacing the wood ash raw material!"
Wood ash cement containing potassium and sodium is not the most ideal building material, but only a substitute when conditions do not allow it.
After being appointed as the construction team leader, Lao Bai suddenly had a bigger ambition.
He no longer only had a single wall or a sanatorium in his eyes.
But the entire wasteland.
He wanted to transform this world into what he wanted!
"You have considered it very comprehensively. Just do as you wish."
Chu Guang nodded, and then looked at the other three players.
"Two newcomers will end their hibernation and join our advance team soon. I plan to hold a small banquet to welcome them, so I need to bring back some game... I can't just treat them to porridge."
After a pause, Chu Guang continued.
"Who is willing to go hunting with me?"
As soon as the voice fell, four hands were raised.
Chu Guang was stunned.
Good guy, even the construction team leader he just appointed raised his hand!
"Ahem, we don't need so many people... Ye Shi, you come, you are a perception department."
"Yes! Sir Administrator!"
Ye Shi saluted excitedly, and under the envious eyes of the three players, he strode to stand next to the administrator.
Chu Guang looked at the other three players and said seriously.
"Your mission is also crucial. Cement is the top priority for the development of the outpost. There is enough wood for now, so you can stop logging. I need you to focus on producing cement. Can you do it?"
Although it was a pity that they could not go out hunting with the manager, the three players still followed his arrangements obediently.
"Guarantee to complete the mission!"
Very good.
You are worthy of being my designated player!
Chu Guang nodded with satisfaction, and walked towards the woods south of the sanatorium with Ye Shi, who was grinning from ear to ear...