Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 499 Light Absorbing Monster Collector
The matter of the Black Emperor appointing his successor was just a small episode for Zhou Yi.

He never thought of becoming an emperor.

I basically just listen to this matter.

After leaving the Heavenly Kingdom booth, Zhou Yi came all the way to the area of the Legal Front.

As for his former opponent and current partner, he plans to learn from them and see what is more popular at the moment.

The Legal Front has dedicated robot salesmen. They do not solicit customers, and only answer customers' questions when asked.

The old human supermarket model is still used here.

The display racks are filled with neatly arranged merchandise, each with a clear price tag and the production certificate and place of origin. There are also sample samples available nearby.

Many people stop and choose here.

The business of the Legal Front may not be the most popular, but the flow of people is sufficient and stable, and there is no shortage of buyers.

Zhou Yi observed for a while and found that the best-selling products here were still those of Yin Guang Shu.

Electron microscopes equipped with optical printers, nuclear magnetic resonance instruments, mass spectrometers, laser interferometers, radars, stealth drones, advanced enhanced controllers... This type of expensive and high-precision equipment has an irreplaceable position in the field of refinement. Various sea owners are trying them out and consulting on purchasing them.

Currently, only large-scale electromechanical cities can produce Class A optical prints.

There are no substitutes for advanced equipment, and we also have to consider after-sales maintenance issues, so basically we only have the choice of mechanical and electrical city.

Zhou Yi walked slowly between the shelves.

It's quiet here, completely opposite to the style at the company.

He noticed that there was a large gathering of customers in one area, so he went over there.

There are actually food items on the shelves here.

The first row is soy sauce, seasoning packets, ketchup and mayonnaise, all of which are condiments packed in plastic bags.

The second row is candies and biscuits, including soft candies, hard candies, toffee candies, cookies, soda crackers, etc.

The third row is placed in the freezer, including ham, frozen meatballs and a kind of minced meat patties.

What Zhou Yi cared about was that these things were priced very cheaply.

The price of a bottle of seasoning ranges from 100 to 300 mushrooms, a price that human cities simply cannot afford.

Candies and biscuits, each box costs between 300 and 1500 mushrooms, the portion is not small, the price-performance ratio is quite good. Even the scavenger in Changu Town can afford it if he saves some money.

The price of meat products is a bit higher, with pork sausage costing 100 mushrooms per 100 grams and fish sausage costing 75 mushrooms per 100 grams. Although slightly more expensive than the company's canned food, it can still be considered cheap meat product.

The more Zhou Yi looked, the more frightened he became.

The legal front seemed to have come to its senses.

Their huge manufacturing capacity, once they start industrial food production, can reduce costs and prices to the extreme.

As long as these giant machines are running on the right track, the company will have no price advantage.

He immediately connected Vivian with the enhanced controller.

This legal advisor has now become Zhou Yi's exclusive liaison officer.

Vivian's voice came from the headset: "Mr. Zhou, the Legal Front has formulated the [Resource Concentration Allocation Act], in which a large amount of resources are allocated to the agricultural sector. After a year of investment, initial results have been achieved."

"We have opened up 400 million mu of agricultural land and produced 72 tons of oil and 81.2 tons of sugar. Currently, more than 71% of the floating heart oil and sugar on the market are provided by us. In the future, the scale of agriculture will continue to expand."

"In the process, we also produced a lot of related crops, which needed to be further processed and stored to ensure that there was no waste. In order to reduce inventory pressure, the mixture of sugar and oil is the best for the outside world to digest when made into food, so we made an attempt in this regard."

"After introducing human intervention and the advisory mechanism, the consultants sought the opinions of a large number of residents. It was finally decided to start large-scale food processing to produce food that is easy to preserve and relatively cheap in cost and price for dumping abroad."

"This can efficiently convert agricultural products into value and obtain a long-term and stable production cycle. Some of the processed meat products are produced by some cities in cooperation with us in a joint venture model. We are also following the cooperation model between Plastic Island and your company."

Zhou Yi started sweating after hearing this.

Mechanical and electrical life does learn too quickly.

But you keep copying your buddy's homework, aren't you creating path dependence...

He was unhappy about this.

"I'm very sorry that you've been upset."

Vivian said, "So can we just work together?"

"In terms of food processing, with your company's experience and innovation capabilities, coupled with the production efficiency and cost control of the Legal Front, we will definitely be able to produce the most benchmark industrial food products on the market. It will also meet the quality and low price you advocate."

Zhou Yi thought about it and realized that this was right.

This seems to be the optimal solution.

The company produces daily necessities, including food jade soup, flame cups for heating, refrigerators for cooling, and mushroom houses for living. It is not profit-oriented; it is more like a kind of soft infrastructure in the field of life.

The main profit comes from the development of the Dead Sea, and now there is also a new industry on Mars.

Only when they can have food to eat and not freeze to death in the winter can the new humans in this wasteland era become active and give full play to their intellectual advantages and creativity.

If the legal front can now take over and engage in large-scale industrial production of food and daily necessities, these costs can be further reduced.

In order to promote urban development, Shanhukou once lowered the price of Jade Soup to 15 to 20 mushrooms. In the past, people in Shangu Town would eat 30 mushrooms in one meal, which was simply incredible.

All I can say is that the power of industrialized production is so terrifying.

Now that the legal front and the company have reconciled, they are difficult to deal with as enemies, but very powerful as collaborators.

Zhou Yi immediately said, "That's fine. I'll have Hong Shun contact you with the details later."

“Thank you for your trust! Vivian is always online and at your service at any time.”

Vivian's voice sounded cheerful.

Zhou Yi suddenly thought: "Vivian, I remember you were an investigator in Suzheng City. How come you have officially changed your career now?"

“Still working on it.”

Zhou Yi was a little curious: "But if you need to be called by me at any time, won't it affect your work? For example, if you are out investigating some suspicious people, or chasing some dangerous criminal gangs, and you are suddenly called by me..."

"Will not."

Vivian said, "I have adjusted my job now and will be responsible for observing you."

"..."

It turned out that I was the one being investigated.

Zhou Yi understood immediately.

……

Back at the company's booth, Zhou Yi and Hong Shun discussed the plan to form a joint venture with the Legal Front.

The drone expressed strong agreement.

“It’s a good thing and it’s good for the company.”

"We currently have two biggest problems: one is insufficient production capacity, and the other is the inability to reduce costs."

"These two are the areas where Mechanical and Electrical City excels. With a large number of products flowing into the market, the company's influence will increase day by day, which is of great significance to us."

"I'll discuss this with Vivian right away."

The Red Falcon immediately got busy.

Zhou Yi returned to Hei Fu's light core, put on his eye mask and prepared to take a nap. Although he had only been at the exhibition for one day, he had consumed a lot of energy. He had done a lot in the past few hours.

In a daze, he heard someone calling him in his ear.

"Chairman, Chairman."

"Wake up, wake up..."

Zhou Yi opened his eyes and saw Yuanxiao with a concerned look on his face.

"what happened?"

"Chairman, there is a guy who wants to sell us a device he made."

The Angel of Death said, "Originally, there were other similar people who wanted to sell their own food, tools, weapons, and pets, but Hongshun rejected them all after they had identified them. But this one is special. Hongshun thinks it has a high value. Would you like to take a look?"

Zhou Yi came out of Blackthorn's body and walked to the front desk of the booth.

There is a strong man with a beard here, two meters tall, with a broad back and strong arms. He is carrying a large bag and eating a bowl of instant noodles.

Yuan Xiao introduced: "This is Ye Si."

The man is very powerful, but his name is very delicate.

Ye Si put down the instant noodles and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand: "Mr. Zhou, do you want to see my things?"

Zhou Yi nodded.

The burly man opened his backpack and took out a leather-covered square box.

He opened the lid carefully.

Inside is a sealed cubic glass instrument.

Each of its faces is a spiral structure, and inside it is a complex optical instrument structure. The instrument is embedded with many circular lenses, and the innermost core is a spherical lens, which looks a bit psychedelic when the light shines on it.

Zhou Yi asked: "What kind of optical device is this?"

“This is the concentrator I modified.”

Ye Si pointed to the square glass vessel and said, "These four spiral lenses are called Fresnel lenses. They can focus light efficiently, are very stable, can withstand impact, and work very well outdoors."

"Inside is a parabolic reflector and... a light print that is finally connected to the base of the box below. It can efficiently absorb and concentrate the dead light on one point through the light print device."

He flipped on the base switch.

The condenser begins to glow.

Especially the spherical lens in the center is extremely bright.

Zhou Yi noticed that there were dots of light inside, which were light-absorbing monsters.

Ye Si said: "It is also called the [Light Absorbing Monster Collector]. It can gather high-energy death light. Light Absorbing Monsters are life forms that specifically follow the death light and will be sucked in."

"In fact, there are many light-absorbing monsters in nature, not only in the Dead Sea, but also on the ground where we live. It's just that under the sunlight, we can't distinguish them with the naked eye."

"This device consumes a lot of energy. Even though I tried everything and used all kinds of lenses to focus it... it has to absorb the light and suck the monsters in, just like the curved house where your company keeps electric cats."

"Of course, the Light-Sucking Monster is not as useful as the Electric Cat."

The sturdy man added: "I have tested and found that the collector can breed a concentrator. As long as the number of light-absorbing monsters reaches the order of 150 million, the energy supply can be continuously supplied. Fortunately, with the floating heart you have created, the cost has been greatly reduced."

Zhou Yi's voice became serious: "You have cultivated a light-gathering body?"

"Yes."

Ye Si said with some pride: "It ran away as soon as it appeared."

"My savings have been used up because of the energy consumed in the Dead Sea experiment and I have no way to cash in on this device. It really works. I know it sounds a bit fake, but it's true!"

"..."

Zhou Yi immediately asked the Cat God to call the focusing body in Shagang.

Jiong Hecang arrived at nearly the speed of light.

It observed the collector and said, "Chairman, this thing is gathering the dying light tens of millions of times. Although it can only last for a short time, it is very amazing."

"But it's not spawning a concentrator."

"This thing is attracting a large number of light-absorbing monsters and concentrating them at one point."

"If the energy supply is insufficient, this point will dissipate, so it's like the light source is born and then disappears."

Zhou Yi felt disappointed.

No wonder no one bought it.

This thing really has no practical value.

"but."

Jiong Hecang added: "The greatest value of this thing is that it can absorb a large number of light-absorbing monsters and even promote their birth. It can be regarded as an artificial light-absorbing monster device."

Zhou Yi's mind moved: "I remember. You need to rely on the accumulation of light-absorbing monsters to further transform and grow."

"Yes."

"In other words, the light-sucking monster is your element."

"Yes."

"So if you use this thing to create a large number of light-absorbing monsters, it should help you evolve into a light-core body, right?"

The concentrator gave a definite answer.

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up.

That's good!
First, gather the light-absorbing monsters in batches to increase the strength of the light collector!
(End of this chapter)