Wasteland Development Diary

The popularity of the Floating Heart made the entire Sandport lively and bustling.

A large number of merchants hovered around the factory, hoping to find a way to get some goods and make a profit as secondary dealers. Among these people, there were many with great connections, who had obtained letters of introduction from various territorial lords and even the governor. Many were also related to the interests of various companies.

Zhou Yi saw it all.

The grand occasion of scalpers lining up to buy showed that the outside world really needed a large number of Floating Hearts.

The three major companies were experienced and didn't need to be worried about.

Zhou Yi was more concerned about how effective the Floating Hearts would be after installation.

He and Yuanxiao first rushed to the farmland.

Although it was winter, the farm machinery brothers were still working hard plowing and bulldozing.

"Chairman!"

Iron Horse honked its horn from a distance.

Zhou Yi asked it, "How do you feel now that you have the heart installed?"

"At first, I was skeptical. After all, this thing is new, and I didn't know if there would be any problems. But everyone who uses it knows, it's really good!"

Iron Horse said loudly and happily, "Chairman, the heart has reduced energy consumption to 11% of the original! Because of the frequency issue, the actual energy savings are even greater!"

"You are a flesh-and-blood life, so you may not be able to appreciate it. Let me give you an example. For a car, the most energy-saving way is to maintain a constant speed, but in reality, it's impossible to do that."

"Because you have to slow down, make turns, stop, avoid people along the way, and sometimes stop to do other things. So, an energy pack that can last for a month can never actually last that long. It's good if it lasts for 20 to 25 days."

"This constant starting and stopping consumes a lot of energy and also affects the engine and other equipment."

It said, "We mecha-lives are like this. It's impossible to keep doing one action or frequency all the time. The consumption is greater than the theoretical value. Because the expenses are higher than the data shows, the Floating Heart is even more cost-effective and has a greater effect."

"Everyone has installed this heart, and they can maintain consumption with oil. With an oil tank, it's very similar to the cars of the Age of Gods. I have to say, there was a reason why they chose oil in the Age of Gods..."

Iron Horse spoke in detail.

"This is very cool."

Even the taciturn Copper Bull gave a simple and crude compliment this time.

"There is one problem, though."

Iron Horse continued, "Can the oil tank be made bigger? The oil tank's range is only 15 to 20 days. I estimate that there will be queues for refueling in the future, or maybe we should build a gas station dedicated to oil."

Zhou Yi nodded, "I'll talk to the manufacturing department about this. In the future, you can give any feedback directly to them."

He then successively inquired with the Yangma and Leiwo teams.

The farm machines all had high praise for the Floating Heart and also gave some suggestions.

Then, Zhou Yi rushed all the way to Maria Hospital.

Along the way, he saw many bone people, passing by more than a dozen of them.

Many of them were dressed like local workers. Because the company now has a unified uniform, a customized blue work uniform with work badge numbers on the chest and shoulders, company employees could be recognized at a glance.

The bone people all greeted the chairman.

"Hello..."

Zhou Yi was a little puzzled, wondering why bone people were suddenly pouring into Sandport in large numbers.

In the hospital, Da Vinci was talking to Kestrel.

"Chairman."

The mecha-doctor introduced to Zhou Yi, "Kestrel and I are discussing how to apply the Floating Heart to small mecha-lives."

This was also a current problem.

Small mecha-lives like Kestrel were nimble and light, but a Floating Heart was not light in weight, and its volume was too large for them.

There were many difficulties in installation and use.

"Kestrel has put forward a very valuable suggestion."

Da Vinci said, "It believes that using the Floating Heart does not mean abandoning the energy packs of traditional energy. The two can be fully connected to each other."

"Adopting a charging method, using the Floating Heart to charge rechargeable energy packs, and then repeatedly reusing them, is also a way, and does not even require surgical replacement. For small mecha-lives, this is the most practical and useful method."

"It just requires a slight increase in cost, requiring the purchase of rechargeable energy packs, which are twice as expensive as ordinary energy packs."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this, "This is a good idea! Have you told the manufacturing department?"

Kestrel's idea was to extend the Floating Heart into a power bank.

"Yes, we have."

Kestrel said, "Dean Da Vinci and I are conducting comparison tests."

"It is installing the heart, and I am charging externally to see how different the two charging methods are from each other."

"Using the Floating Heart for external charging will lead to increased energy consumption. Because there is no light-nano organ support from the mecha-life, energy dissipation will be very serious, about 20% more than internal charging."

"We are still looking for the reason and want to minimize this loss as much as possible."

After listening patiently, Zhou Yi said, "I don't understand the technical aspects and won't comment much. However, one thing is that any technology is constantly improving through continuous introduction and feedback. I suggest immediately starting the production and optimization of external heart charging. Tell Yin Shang to have Old Liu and Old Chen lead the matter and bring it to the market as soon as possible."

"Aren't we considering doing this on our own?" Kestrel asked.

"What we do is the technical standard. Production, assembly, sales, and promotion all require partner cooperation and a community of interests. The current model of cooperation between the four companies is very good," Zhou Yi explained.

"Understood."

At this moment, Zhou Yi suddenly noticed a bone person wearing an employee uniform walking out of the rehabilitation physiotherapy department not far away. It stretched lazily, looking refreshed.

Feng Ying gave it some instructions, and the bone person nodded straightly, then walked out briskly.

Zhou Yi said, "Don't bone people rarely come for treatment? Why are there so many bone people in our Sandport now?"

"This is thanks to Doctor Wei."

Da Vinci said, "Previously, the bone people plastic surgery and beauty department attracted a large number of bone people. Many of them are very interested in plastic surgery. Some whiten and antique, and some customize light-tattoo muscle coats. It's almost always full every day, and Doctor Wei has to perform 10 surgeries every day."

"Later, some bone people temporarily stayed here, waiting for scheduling and surgery before going back."

"In this process, they gradually learned about our company and Sandport. The company's various products continue to innovate, and it also recently defeated the invading United Guard and captured Storage City, which gave them a huge shock."

The mecha-doctor explained, "Bone people especially value safety and stability."

"They don't lack ways to make money. Bone people can enter the Dead Sea to find items from the Age of Gods. They are also natural craftsmen, learn things quickly, and have a good memory because they use bones to remember. For these reasons, bone people are prolific craftsmen and merchants."

"The company's strong counterattack against the mecha-city group's sanctions, coupled with the sound infrastructure and various job positions here, make them very satisfied, so many have decided to migrate directly and move into Sandport."

"Gong Zheng once said that 244 bone people have migrated to join the company this year. The actual number of people moving to Sandport will only be higher than this number."

"The vast majority of bone craftsmen come to the company to apply for jobs, starting as light-tattoo workers. They have a technical foundation, so they quickly get promoted to other departments and become technical backbones. Now, in the manufacturing department, a small half of the workers and engineers who install and test gliders are bone people."

"In addition to them, other humans from other places have also come to us. It's just that company positions are now highly competitive, and they can't beat the bone people, so they can only go to work for Sand Sea Gong first."

"According to the latest statistics, the population of Sandport has exceeded 60,000 and is still growing."

Da Vinci finally brought the topic back, "But there is also a problem behind this."

"Cosmetic surgery requires a lot of hospital resources. If the health field is not damaged, it must be strictly controlled to avoid being exploited for medical loopholes. This is what Wei Wu and I are more worried about."

"I suggest restricting cosmetic surgery benefits to once to avoid wasting too much of the company's resources. Medical resources should still be more inclined towards real injured and sick people."

Zhou Yi was a little dumbfounded.

The cosmetic surgery department had actually become a means of attracting traffic, bringing a small wave of bone people immigration.

This shows that.

Even in the wasteland era, publicity is extremely important.

Zhou Yi said, "Okay. You guys discuss the specific aspects and notify the company through Kestrel at that time."

"Another good news is that the main source of profit for the hospital now is the cosmetic surgery department."

Da Vinci said, "A single cosmetic surgery will charge anywhere from 50,000 Mushroom Coins to 5 Light Seeds. But even at such high prices, bone people still come in droves."

"Although the cosmetic surgery department has only been open for less than 4 months, it has already completed 1,200 surgeries. Excluding material and labor costs, the net profit is 48.3 million Mushroom Coins, or 48 Light Seeds."

"This has brought a large number of bone people and has also allowed them to undergo rehabilitation physiotherapy, whole-body checkups, and other projects, which is of great significance to the promotion of the entire hospital."

Zhou Yi asked again, "Where is Wei Wu?"

"He's on the second floor. The bone people cosmetic surgery department is upstairs. Also, after you talk to Doctor Wei, please come down again, and I'll check your right arm prosthesis."

Zhou Yi arrived at the department on the second floor.

Six bone people with receipts were sitting on the benches outside, waiting for their numbers to be called.

The operating room door was closed, and a red light indicated that Wei Wu was performing surgery inside.

So Zhou Yi decided not to affect his work anymore.

He returned to the first floor to have his right arm checked. Da Vinci said there was nothing wrong and did some basic maintenance.

Outside the hospital door, a cold wind was blowing.

But Zhou Yi didn't feel cold at all.

He was going to see the panda person.

Since coming to Sandport, Tuozhu has been building its building. It purchased a large number of customized glass and various mirrors from Glassburg through the company.

It was built in Yalong Bay, which is far from the crowd to avoid energy-based life endangering ordinary people.

After arriving here.

Zhou Yi saw a twisted two-story house, like a normal house in a funhouse mirror. It was made entirely of glass, and a layer of snow was piled on the roof.

At this time, the house was flashing non-stop, as if there was a welder welding something inside.

Zhou Yi activated the [Alert] perspective and saw swimming white light in the house.

It was difficult to describe the form of the electric gall. It looked like a group of jellyfish composed of lightning, constantly flashing and disappearing quickly.

The panda person with a face full of black ash saw Zhou Yi from inside and was stunned for a moment, "Chairman, you're here. I was just about to look for you."

"The electric gall needs a large number of batteries to provide it with enough electricity to produce qualitative changes in order to break through the primary form of energy."

"In the past, I would use all my Light Seeds to buy Age of Gods batteries. Even after spending all my savings, I'm still a little short. Can you help me buy some batteries?"

"Not much, 100,000 Light Seeds should be enough..."

Seeing Zhou Yi's unkind eyes, it changed its tune, "50,000, 50,000 will definitely do!"

"Really, please believe me! I have already found some traces in the twisted house!"

"The electric gall is a short-lived life. Even with the special structure of the twisted house, it cannot last long. It needs to complete the breakthrough in a short time, otherwise, it will die quickly like a flying insect."

The panda person pleaded.

Zhou Yi asked, "You need power?"

"Yes."

"Then have you considered getting a generator?"

The panda person's eyes were full of questions, "Generator... what's that?"

Zhou Yi was helpless, "So you're doing this electric gall research, and you don't even know what a generator is..."

But he thought again.

This era doesn't use electricity, and the understanding of electricity is limited to lightning. It's already good that the panda person knows how to use the batteries left over from the Age of Gods.

"Are you sure it's because of insufficient power?"

"I guarantee it with my dad!" Tuozhu raised its paw.

Zhou Yi nodded, "I'll think of a way."