Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 430: Martian Electric Cat
Zhou Yi's first reaction was confusion: "As far as I know, Mars has a thin atmosphere and little water vapor, so it's hard for lightning to form, right?"

"That's right."

The old king said: "Unlike here, the Martian electric cats are active in dust storms."

"Local dust storms are very frequent, moving across almost the entire surface of the planet and can last for weeks to months. The dry environment and dust storms allow static electricity to accumulate continuously and in large quantities, and the electric cats live in the dust storms. In your words, that is their natural cat house."

"In terms of electrical characteristics, the Martian electric cats are in the form of high voltage and low current. They belong to the same branch as the working electric cats you have trained. However, they are different from the electric cats on the Spark Plains, which are basically in the form of high current."

"In terms of group tendencies and behavior patterns, they are more likely to come into contact with us, and they have had a small amount of interaction with us on Mars. It's just that due to the lack of effective means and media, we are just in a state of non-aggression."

Zhou Yi understood: "So you want me to get involved and help coordinate the local electric cats?"

"Just a coincidence."

The old king corrected: "I have lobbied and invited individuals and groups with this ability, but I have not found any partners so far."

Zhou Yi frowned: "Is it because of the difficulty in transporting from Earth to outer space?"

"What you said is also one of the problems."

The other party said: "There are currently 7 satellites of the Star Matrix orbiting Mars. After more than 100 failures, the lander finally landed successfully. It is very technically difficult to transport a large amount of material from Earth to Mars."

“There are currently two options.”

"The first one is that the data voters transmit signals via satellite to the Mars landing module, activate the Teppei body there, and manufacture it locally. This is also the simplest way."

"However, this is the most stable and convenient technically, but it is also the most difficult part. Because this not only requires giving up the existing life body, but also becoming a data voter. It is equivalent to the entire process being within the Star Pivot Matrix system."

The old king also said frankly: "So this is the easiest way, but also the most difficult intention to achieve through external cooperation."

"The second is to reach Mars through a specific space bubble, but that is also risky."

"First of all, you have to be at least an A-level Skywalker. Entering Mars is also done by projection, which makes communication inconvenient."

"The best targets are light core bodies, which can pass through directly. But the number of light core bodies is too small. This group of people prefers to leave the earth ruled by the celestial beings and enter the ownerless world to build their own territory. They don't want to be controlled by others."

Zhou Yixin agreed.

Those who want to participate are not of high enough level, and those who have the ability have to start their own business.

Stuck there.

The old king went on to elaborate: "The core reason for the lack of external partners so far is that they think it is not valuable and has no sufficient benefits."

"The life forms on Mars are special and highly dangerous. There are also circular currents there. They are different from the light mist flow on Earth. They are more like a thick, solidified light film with extremely high energy density."

"Ordinary flesh and blood life cannot survive there, so most people have no interest in it."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but think: "Xingshu is focusing on the development of Mars, spending a huge amount of resources and time. You should have gained something, right? Can you tell me something?"

"Something gained."

The old king said frankly: "The most important reason for the development of Mars is that we have discovered the existence of light-seeding minerals on Mars through long-term observations with the sky survey telescope. This is a natural phenomenon that does not exist on Earth, and the cause is still unknown."

Zhou Yi immediately became interested: "What does the light seed mine look like?"

The other person's eyes projected a dynamic picture on the wall.

The picture is gray, but you can still see that it is a pit dug out of the mountain. There are a lot of luminous objects in the pit, moving and floating in the pit like fireflies.

“This is the light seed mine.”

The old king said on one side: "They are distributed on the surface and underground of Mars, but the extremely low temperature and frequent dust storms there also make development difficult."

"Technical aspect. Because light seed ore itself is fluid, unlike metals or chemical energy which are relatively fixed, special equipment is needed to absorb it."

"If a dust storm comes, it will absorb the light seeds and turn them into food for the Martian electric cats, causing us to suffer heavy losses."

Zhou Yi frowned: "In this environment, can we really develop light seed mines?"

"Yes. Because the entire surface of Mars is covered with these mobile mineral resources. Their quantity is extremely large. We just need to overcome the harsh local environment."

In the image projected by the old king, several Iron Guards were holding long poles that looked like mine sweepers, absorbing the wandering light seeds.

Looks like we still have to rely on manual collection.

Zhou Yi asked: "How many light seeds can be collected every month?"

Old King Dao: "According to the current situation, based on Earth time, the Mars base can collect about 4 light seeds per month."

There are less than 50 light seeds in a year.

Considering the high initial investment cost in building the base, as well as the losses in the extreme environment...this little profit can't fill the huge hole at all.

Zhou Yi said politely: "Thank you for the invitation. I have great respect for Xingshu's development of Mars. Unfortunately, this project is not suitable for our company. Our company is a small business, focusing on volume and people-friendly. Although the profit is meager, the key is sustainability and stability."

"Don't refuse in a hurry."

The old king said: "If the Star Matrix is developed alone, then the collection of light seed minerals will indeed not cover the cost. However, if you are willing to join in, it will bring about a qualitative change."

"All you need is your company's light core bodies and mature working electric cats to enter the Mars base, and they will be able to quickly obtain a large number of light seeds."

"Because as long as the electric cat enters the dust storm, it can absorb and capture a large amount of light seeds. There are a huge amount of light seeds in the dust storm, but only the electric cat can withstand that environment. If the Tetsubei gets close, he will be blown away and torn to pieces."

"Dust storms will absorb a large number of light seeds from the ground. They are natural and efficient collectors. According to our observations and test data, a small dust storm can absorb at least 7000 million light seeds in a single month. As long as we can capture 1% of them, it will be a considerable profit."

"There are tens of thousands of dust devils all over Mars, moving at high speeds across the surface of the planet."

"As long as your company's working electric cats use dust storms, they can obtain a large number of light seeds." The old king's words made Zhou Yi excited.

This is a direct money mine... If it is really feasible, it can greatly alleviate the problem of capital shortage caused by frequent large-scale investments and combat consumption.

Zhou Yi thought about it for a while and raised two questions.

"When electric cats enter a dust storm, how can they send the collected light seeds into devices like the light nanobox? They are electrical life forms and it is difficult for them to use tools directly."

"If we can collect the light seeds, how do we send them back to Earth?"

The old king immediately gave a reply: "Electric cats can wrap light seeds. They are natural containers - this is what the Martian electric cats do. They don't eat the light seeds immediately after grabbing them. Instead, they store them in their bodies. When the dust storm is about to end, they use these light seeds to provide huge energy to quickly jump into the next dust storm and avoid death."

Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised to hear this.

I didn’t expect that electric cats could also serve as light seed containers.

But if you think about it carefully, the electric driver is a structure formed by electric cats wrapping other life forms, which does have some traces.

“It’s even easier to send it back to Earth.”

The old king said: "The Star Hub has two light cores. Although they have difficulty dealing with dust storms, the transportation of light seeds is not a problem. If you are willing to send out light cores, you can settle the bill directly on Mars."

"In addition, the light core body can also transport electric cats to Mars. Electric cats are energy-state life forms, just like light seeds, and can be stored in the light core of the light core body."

Two photonuclear bodies.

This is the top combat power of the Star Hub revealed by the old king.

Zhou Yi was silent for a moment: "I need to discuss this internally."

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply."

After saying that, the old king controlled Ding Ye's body and walked out, looking out of the Emerald City from the rooftop.

Zhou Yi called a meeting with Curling, Red Falcon, Minister of Mud Tree Civilization Nige, Director of the Express Center Qiansu, Minister of Electricity Youai, and Pikachu and Dianbao, representatives of the Electric Cat, and called in [Dongshi] as an advisor.

The old king personally invited the company to jointly develop Mars. Everyone was surprised and happy to find out that there were light seed mines and electric cats there.

This represents that the company has been recognized by the top forces.

However, there are differences within the company as to whether to cooperate.

Qiansu was the first to express clear support for going.

Her reason was simple: "Our company has powerful photon cores and electric cat employees. The conditions are unique. We should give it a try no matter what."

"Especially since Xingshu is the only company developing Mars right now, the sooner we can join, the more profits we can get."

"We will establish a beneficial cooperation relationship with Xingshu, and we will be able to purchase and use their Xingshu light seals and satellite technology."

You Ai disagreed: "Chairman, Mars is a completely unfamiliar place, and the risks and benefits are impossible to quantify."

"Working there is a huge challenge for the electricians from the Ministry of Power. Facing a large number of high-level wild electricians, their lives may be in danger."

"Xingshu has two light cores, and neither of them can directly obtain light seeds from the dust storm. I think there must be light cores in the dust storm and the Martian electric cat. So we can only hope to get in with the help of our electric cat."

“It’s a huge risk.”

Nige and Dongshi didn't have any feelings about it.

In their words.

“Cross-border business is like this, there are both dangers and opportunities.”

Zhou Yi finally looked at the two Dianmao representatives.

The key lies in the wishes of the parties involved.

"What do you say?"

Pikachu squatted on the chair: "Mars is dangerous, but I want to give it a try. I'm already familiar with the habits and personalities of wild electric cats on the Sparkling Plains, so I have some experience."

Zhou Yi was shocked.

Pikachu, who has always been in lazy cat form, actually volunteered to take on this tough task.

"I'm the chief instructor of the company's electric cats. At times like this, I have to be the first to go! Otherwise, how am I going to survive in the future!"

Pikachu said proudly.

As a working electric cat of the scavenging team, Dianbao has to be more restrained and introverted: "Chairman, I also think we can try it. There are a lot of light seeds over there. In theory, the electric cat should grow faster, and maybe there will be an opportunity to enter the light core stage."

"We can open an internal recruitment for all job seekers and see how many are willing to participate."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "That's a good idea."

He immediately asked Pikachu to notify all working cats in the Sand Harbor area.

Two seconds later, 52 working cats signed up.

Zhou Yi made the decision immediately.

"Then let's give it a try and go to Mars!"

(End of this chapter)