Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 330 The Difficulties Behind Technology
Zhou Yi immediately asked several A-level employees to come out to see who was the best at capturing plankton.

The concentrator has extremely high-precision measurement capabilities, but it cannot touch other life and can only act as a radar to provide information on the distribution of plankton.

It said: "These simple life forms are evenly distributed in the Dead Sea, but they also have areas of high density that are obviously enriched. Near Shagang, the highest density is in the Panshu area, followed by the area around Shedao and Yalong Bay."

"They love life and get their energy from the dead bark and leaves that fall off the pan tree."

Skeleton man Wu Yi suddenly exerted great strength and a miracle happened.

It created a closed space with mud and sand, enclosing the nearby Dead Sea, and catching the turtle in the jar. However, this method still requires further extraction of the plankton inside, and it is necessary to ensure that the density of plankton in the relatively small space is sufficient.

Yuanxiao also wanted to help, but her ability was purely destructive, and she couldn't do anything if it wasn't the right match.

The Mud Tree Man is the best completed one among them.

His [Exploration Vine] can absorb and capture plankton, but the number at a time is also not large. According to the measurement of the concentrator, about 12 can be captured at one time.

Just to reach the number of 20 billion, you have to hunt 16667 times, which is still too inefficient.

Still can't realize the real application.

Zhou Yi immediately asked Hongshun to inform all departments of the company and solicit effective methods to capture Dead Sea plankton.

However, most of the solutions obtained are not feasible.

The only helpful advice came from Squidward Beech in the Bone Lab.

It said: "You can add a refrigeration box to it. The low temperature environment will reduce the activity of Dead Sea plankton and slow down their escape. If you build a low-temperature capture container, it will be more conducive to capturing the plankton inside."

The key issue remains unresolved.

Zhou Yi found Shi Gan Dang again and asked this optical printing expert if he had any solution.

"This is not difficult."

"Conventional methods are indeed very cumbersome, time-consuming and laborious, but the alien is the best container and capture device."

"In the past, we conducted a comprehensive inspection of the alien and found that there were a large number of plankton gathering near the alien, with extremely high density."

"We have always found it difficult to understand. Plankton needs to capture life-bearing substances and turn them into parts of their bodies after eating. Why would they attach themselves to aliens? But this is a small matter, so we didn't pay much attention to it."

"After I turned into energy form, I finally figured out the reason."

Shi Gandang said: "It is a fragment of consciousness. Plankton needs matter and consciousness. The simpler the life, the more directly it can connect with matter and consciousness. Complex and sophisticated life, on the contrary, has lost the ability to directly absorb and combine."

"The alien has a special physiological structure that can absorb and gather fragments of consciousness, gradually combining them into a conscious body within the body. The fragments that are peeled off during the whole process will be captured by plankton."

"Just like small fish like to surround whales, the scraps that fall from the mouths of huge beasts are already delicious food for these simple lives."

"If Emerald City or Yalong Bay were to handle it, it would be easy to absorb a large amount of plankton."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed.

He immediately went to Yalong Bay to confirm.

“That’s indeed no problem.”

The submarine base said: "If these little lives are needed, I can gather them together and even seal them in the cave."

"Then do it!"

Architectural life once again demonstrates its strengths.

Two veteran engineers came to the outside of the cave and shone a flashlight inside, which reflected a strong light as bright as daylight.

"So much plankton! The density is amazing!"

"Okay, great!"

"This is useful, useful, I said it's useful!!! It's not trash, it's a treasure! You have no vision to look down on my things!"

"Hahahaha, change is indeed a good thing! A tree that is moved will die, but a person who moves will live!"

The two old men waved their fists happily and let out strange noises.

As a result, Liu Fusheng sprained his waist due to excessive excitement, and Chen Ruixiang twisted his neck while shouting and screaming, and fell down, and he limped for a while.

But these are minor incidents.

Because plankton has a reliable supply, the "Floating Heart", a device that originally existed in conceptual research, can now be mass-produced and manufactured.

"The mechanical shell itself is not difficult."

Liu Fusheng took out several rolls of design drawings, which contained schematic diagrams of various mechanical structures magnified several times.

"I carry this with me. Even if I lose it, it's in my mind and I'll never forget it."

Chen Ruixiang is working in the field of energy and power.

He not only designed the core bioenergy conversion and storage into energy pack structure, but also made several supporting transmission devices. It can be directly connected to a water pump or used to drive a grinder to grind flour, and has a wide range of uses.

This is a completely new biobattery technology.

Once the key core plankton problem is solved, all other problems will be easily solved.

The energy source of [Floating Heart] itself is natural food.

According to the experiments of Liu and Chen, oil and sugar are the best. Oil can form a stable high-energy reaction, while sugar is not stable enough and the explosive energy it creates is stronger. Different raw materials can be used according to different application scenarios.

Chen Ruixiang said: "If you need stable and long-term operation, you can use oil as energy fuel. As for the food of plankton, our test results show that animal fats and vegetable oils are about the same."

"A 4.5 kg barrel of oil can store the energy of 12 energy packs after it is fully reacted."

"12 energy packs, cost 120 million mushrooms."

“而4.5公斤的植物油，按照1g油=3g豆的平价算法，1g油也就是30菇，4.5公斤也就是13.5万菇。”

"The cost is only 11.25% of that of traditional energy packs, which can reduce costs by nearly 9%."

The old engineer said with great joy: "At present, many equipment cannot be widely popularized and cannot be mass-produced. On the one hand, it is expensive, but more importantly, it consumes too much energy. Whether it is vehicle transportation, mining, iron smelting, firing bricks, tiles and ceramics... fuel consumption is the biggest expense."

"By switching to a floating heart, energy consumption is greatly reduced, and many things can be done!"

Zhou Yi's heart was also moved when he heard this.

I never expected that new energy technology would be developed in such an environment.

He immediately convened a meeting of the heads of various departments in the company.

Because this technology itself is of such great significance, Zhou Yi himself is not sure how to treat it.

Red Falcon, who rarely speaks, was the first to speak this time.

"My opinion is that we should increase our efforts and resources as soon as possible to mass-produce the [Floating Heart] as soon as possible."

"The new cheap energy it provides will completely change the face of the world. It will play a huge catalytic and promoting role in mechatronic cities, nano-optical cities, and human cities."

"Especially for electromechanical life."

The Red Falcon's voice was particularly loud: "Every electromechanical life, throughout its very long life, is constantly working to obtain energy. However, the more they work, the poorer they become. They are exhausted and eventually become unemployed and die from wear and tear. I will not comment on the system, but the high price and cost of energy is one of the most important constraints."

"If more mechatronic life forms can be equipped with [Floating Hearts], they will immediately be able to reduce their energy expenditure by 90%. This will be to mechatronic life forms what the Goblet of Fire is to poor humans."

"Whether as a mechatronic engineer or a member of the company, I sincerely hope that this technology can be advanced and matured as soon as possible. It will completely free mechatronic engineers from the vicious cycle of working themselves to death!"

Zhou Yi nodded: "Today we are discussing how to do this."

Da Vinci also spoke remotely through Feng Ying: "If the program of the Electromechanical Knights is to liberate the bound minds of electromechanical life forms, then the [Floating Heart] is able to maintain the strong yet fragile body of electromechanical life forms."

"In medicine, a healthy body always comes first." "From a doctor's perspective, the value of the [Floating Heart] is more important than a breakthrough in program data. It will greatly extend the lifespan of electromechanical life forms and free them from heavy labor. As long as this is installed, the fate of electromechanical life forms dying from fatigue can be ended."

"Strongly Agree!"

Minister of Agriculture Zheng Tao also said cheerfully: "The floating heart technology is highly related to our agriculture. If the floating heart begins to be rolled out on a large scale, the demand for agricultural products will soar rapidly. Beans will be needed to extract oil, and beets and sugarcane will be needed to make sugar. The entire agriculture industry will usher in an unprecedented historical peak!"

“With a large amount of land being opened up, agriculture will develop rapidly and be able to feed more people. A larger population will promote rapid changes in every region!”

Everyone is very optimistic about this.

"You are all too optimistic. I will be the annoying one who makes sarcastic remarks."

Qian Su poured cold water on her at this moment.

"It's true that the floating heart is a new technology of great value, but the current state of the survival of electromechanical life is not just a technical issue, there is also a deeper level of oppression and exploitation..."

"The improvement of production efficiency will only make exploitation more severe. This is a historical convention. Think about it, the price of energy packs is constantly falling, but the price of accessories and upgrades of electromechanical life is constantly rising."

"If you want to use it to completely change the existing electromechanical society, I suggest you don't have too high expectations. It is more likely that it will be used by those in power to better squeeze the value of electromechanical life."

703 agreed: "Miss Qian Su is right. I am also worried about this."

"So I am very conflicted now. New technology is of course good and can reduce everyone's expenses, but if this technology is used by some groups, it will become a sharper weapon."

"After all, those who have experience in struggle are more reliable."

Qian Su smiled at the robot dog, and then looked at Zhou Yi seriously: "Chairman, this technology is so groundbreaking that it is now an extremely sharp double-edged sword."

"If we don't use it properly, it could hurt us."

"I have a suggestion."

She paused and said, "We need to keep this technology completely secret until it is mature and can be mass-produced, and then we can sell it to all parts of the world."

"This must be rolled out on a large scale in a short period of time to avoid being blocked by technology or having our standards stolen. This is because this technology could potentially overturn the entire electromechanical society. At that time, we would be seen as a group more dangerous than the electromechanical knights... We have a monopoly on low-cost energy technology, which means we have the ability to control electromechanical cities in disguise."

"Not only will this bring pressure to the electromechanical city cluster, but the Kingdom of Heaven will not give up this power, and the same goes for Xingshu."

"Honestly speaking, the floating heart itself is a super weapon that is powerful enough to destroy the current order and structure. It is thousands of times more powerful than the alien detonation in the past! Everyone wants to take it for themselves. It may be a scepter that can rule over mechanical and electrical life."

“Being ahead by a small step will be considered as leading the way, but being ahead by too much will be considered as a huge danger and madness.”

The iron-headed girl said solemnly: "If we don't handle it well, we may be surrounded by enemies on all sides."

Her in-depth explanation and reasoning made everyone fall silent, making the previous singing and laughter worthwhile.

Even the two old engineers looked worried and sighed deeply.

Zhou Yi asked the two inventors: "What do you think?"

"We... honestly don't know what to do."

Liu Fusheng touched his injured waist and said, "Good fortune and bad fortune go hand in hand. Technology itself is good, but it is a pity that it may bring about possible disasters."

"In a situation like this, Qian Gu is right. We have also seen many geniuses who have suffered misfortunes because the technology they invented was too powerful... because there are always powerful people who want to seize and monopolize it."

Chen Ruixiang said with his head held high: "The floating heart must be released to the public. It can help many people. Even if I get nothing in return, I want to let everyone see and use it."

Zhou Yi said: "Are you sure? Even if you can't make a lot of profit, is it okay?"

The two old men smiled at each other.

"At our age, money is not important. What matters is our hard work. We are satisfied if our work is loved and passed on by everyone."

"We just hope that everyone can suffer less. We don't want young people today to suffer as much as we did before."

Zhou Yi nodded seriously: "Don't worry, since you agree, there will be no problem."

He glanced at the employees with heavy faces and said, "I know everyone is worried that this technology may bring more dangers than benefits."

"But don't worry about it. I have always been open to new technologies. Since we have developed them with great difficulty, we must use them well. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of the inventor's efforts and ingenuity?"

“In fact, the solution to this problem is simple.”

Zhou Yi smiled slightly: "I have decided to make the basic technology and principles of the floating heart available to the world for free."

As soon as these words were spoken, the meeting fell silent and everyone stared with wide eyes.

"Since all parties may covet this, it is better to let every mechanical and electrical lifeform see it directly. They will know that times have changed. They can explore and manufacture new hearts based on the principles themselves, or they can come to us and ask us to manufacture and install them."

"But in this case, I believe that both electromechanical life and various organizations will join in the creation and pursuit of floating hearts."

Qian Su was the first to react. Her eyes lit up. "Yes, that's a good idea! This way, the other parties won't have any reason to target us. Instead, they will try to win us over because we have the core technical details."

"We throw out an answer, but we have the steps to solve it. We will stay ahead, but we won't make them feel like they can't catch up, and we'll let them compete with each other."

“Whether they like it or not, they must join this technological competition. Those who run slowly will lose opportunities and dividends, or even be left behind by the new wave!”

Her mind raced, and she said with burning eyes, "Electromechanical life forms will also conduct experiments both overtly and covertly, so that the entire technology will advance and change very quickly."

“It’s a pity that we have to give up the monopoly… But retreating to advance is indeed the best solution at the moment.” The girl clapped her fists, making a metallic clanging sound.

The two old engineers also nodded repeatedly.

"This is good."

"It is indeed safe."

Seeing that they understood what he meant, Zhou Yi immediately said, "This approach is to promote the rapid spread of the entire technology to all regions, but our research and experiments cannot be left behind."

"Please continue to lead the way in manufacturing floating hearts and developing newer generations of hearts."

"Please rest assured about this."

Both craftsmen said they would never fall behind.

"Then I'll ask you two to serve as technical consultants in the manufacturing department. If you need anything, just go directly to the director, Yuan Tong."

"Ok!"

End of the meeting.

After everyone left, Hong Xun flew to Zhou Yi alone and said, "Zhou, you can definitely choose another path. I know you can."

"As long as we share this technology with a few allies, such as United City, Recursive City, and Yinshang Company, we will be able to maintain a stable technological monopoly."

"Why did you choose a path that is not in your best interest?"

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Didn't I say that? The purpose of our company is to transform this wasteland world, to bring it back to life and restore its glory during the Age of Gods. Since the Mechatronic Knights are already loosening the soil everywhere, let me sprinkle some water on this world and see if any seedlings can grow."

"Another reason is that the mechanical and electrical cities are using various means to sanction our company. They sanction, but we are open. Let all mechanical and electrical life see clearly who is promoting the progress of civilization and who is going against everyone else."

He waved his hand: "Show them what fucking civilization and development are!"

To avoid attracting too much attention from the gods, it is safer to tie everyone together. Don't be the first to stand out, be the bulldozer, pushing everyone forward.

After a while, the drone responded: "I don't know whether to say you are too confident or too willful..."

"That's my personality. I don't like to be bullied."

Kestrel was silent for a while.

"Thank you... Your approach can save the most mechanical and electrical lives."

"Small things."

(End of this chapter)