Chapter 19: The Construction Captain’s Ambition
Chapter 19 The Ambition of the Construction Captain
”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 originally planned to find Xiaoqi to understand the situation, but before he walked to the window, he saw the wastebasket leaning towards him pitifully.
Chu Guang looked at it with a confused face, wondering what happened to it.
”What’s wrong with you?”
”Xiaoqi 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?”
Xiaoqi: “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 socket in the shelter, and the computer on the table without a host never ran out of power. It turned out that they were all high-tech.
Although wireless charging is not considered high-tech.
Chu Guang picked up the wastebasket-shaped robot and walked downstairs.
Xiaoqi suddenly spoke after putting away the pulley underneath obediently.
”Oh, right, Master.”
”What’s wrong now?”
”I suddenly remembered that the shelter’s power system seems to be powered by a nuclear fusion core.”
”Nuclear fusion?”
”Yeah, so the electricity inside can be used for a very long time.”
”Oh, that’s a good thing.” Chu Guang had already started to think 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 when his train of thought was 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 actually said 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 for some reason 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.
”Actually, 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 and replace the fuel rods in time, it will be OK.”
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: “…”
In any case, you can’t vent your anger on electronic products.
That’s too tasteless.
Chu Guang put Xiao Qi next to the elevator and watched the wastebasket robot roll back.
He felt a little irritated.
But Chu Guang also knew that it was useless to be anxious at this time, and the problems had to be solved one by one.
In the short term, there shouldn’t be a big problem with electricity. Even if the shelter is delayed for a century, it has 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 winter is more worthy of his anxiety. He does n’t have
much time to prepare…
Leave 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 earth for stewing carbon next to it.
This is to skip the agricultural era and jump directly 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 mud on his face. He was so excited that he didn’t look like an adult in his twenties or thirties at all. He looked 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!”
”Don’t be modest, I’ve seen it all, the organization will remember your contributions!”
Lao Bai was 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 404 Shelter Outpost!”
”You can freely use your creativity to design and build our outpost within the planned scope.”
It would be great if there was a “ding” system prompt sound at this time.
That would be cool.
Or, a pop-up window that could show the reward prompt in front of the players would also be nice.
But unfortunately, there was 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 Walter White, who got the position of “Construction Captain”, is the one who really made the big money.
Being able to freely build facilities, this is not a construction captain, but the director of the planning office of the wasteland OL!
Awesome!
Looking at the energetic Lao Bai, Chu Guang nodded in approval and said.
”Very good, now I need you to tell me your plan.”
”Yes!”
Lao Bai straightened his back and began to report.
According to Lao Bai, he conducted a field survey of the real cement factory after logging off yesterday. He asked the master in the factory 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 the NPC. Seeing that the manager did not respond, Lao Bai went straight to the point.
Considering that there is 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, 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, resistant to high temperatures, and have a larger output.
”It’s impossible to produce large quantities of cement with just these few 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.
”This is 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 in the area near the sanatorium had their barks almost bald by these survivors. Even the
tree stumps were not spared!
Lao Bai had obviously considered this problem 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 raw material of plant ash!” Plant 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 greater ambitions.
He no longer only had a single wall or a sanatorium in his eyes.
But the entire wasteland.
He wants to transform this world into what he wants it to be!
”You’ve thought it through very comprehensively. Just do what you want.”
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’s willing to go hunting with me?”
As soon as the words 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 from the perception department.”
”Yes! Sir Administrator!”
Ye Shi saluted excitedly, and under the envious eyes of the three players, he strode to the side of 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 they were sorry that they could not go out hunting with the manager, the three players still followed his arrangements obediently.
”I promise 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…
(End of this chapter)
