Chapter 342 Is this really a game made by aliens?!
Chapter 342 Is this really a game made by aliens? !
”Have you seen the manager?”
”Yes.”
In the wasteland in the north of Xizhou City, a few wolf howls could be heard in the distance.
Standing next to the simply built tent, Xavier held the phone in his hand, his expression full of respect.
The person he was talking to at the moment was Sigma, the uncrowned king of the Bugera Free State and the president and chairman of the Firestone Group.
After briefly asking about the manager’s situation, Sigma continued to ask about what he was most concerned about.
”Where is Dillon.”
Xavier said in a heavy tone.
”Dillon… is dead.”
There was a brief silence on the communication channel.
Sigma asked slowly.
”How did he die?”
Xavier answered truthfully.
”The people of the New Alliance said that he died on the battlefield and was buried in the trench near the pine forest…”
When saying these words, Xavier was full of tension.
Although the Great Rift Valley is the suzerain of the Bugera Free State, the Legion is the main trading partner of the Firestone Group.
He didn’t know what agreement the boss and the Legion had reached, but his intuition told him that Dillon’s identity should not be simple.
Fortunately, the boss was a reasonable man and did not take it out on him.
After taking a while to calm down, the voice on the other end of the communication channel continued to ask.
”…Trade agreement?”
Xavier said ashamedly.
”We didn’t reach an agreement… They only agreed to give us certain tariff concessions, and only for non-arms products. As for exploration rights and mining rights, they don’t intend to negotiate with us.”
”How strong are they?”
There was a hint of sharpness in the voice, like a sharp blade.
Xavier’s heart trembled slightly, and he subconsciously lowered his voice and spoke cautiously.
”They have about two thousand-man teams. The number is not large, but the individual strength is very strong. Another thing is weapons. Although their equipment is not advanced, the number is sufficient, and the design is very special… The Ya Clan did not lose unfairly.”
There was silence on the other end of the communication channel for a while.
It seemed that he was lost in thought.
After a long time, his boss slowly spoke.
”I know, you come back first, I have other tasks for you.”
Xavier breathed a sigh of relief and said respectfully.
”As you wish.”
…
Three days have passed since the end of the auction.
Real world.
In the Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, a laboratory is working overtime.
”…How…is this done?”
Staring at the picture on the computer screen, Academician Liu Yiping’s face was full of disbelief.
A soft artificial SEI film with a thickness of less than 100 nanometers is like a barrier built by magic.
Yes.
That series of magical properties is like magic.
It has extraordinary mechanical strength, high stability and a single ion channel. The
high electronegativity of the open metal sites in the coordination polymer channel can effectively improve the transfer number of Li+ in the composite film and the conductivity of a single ion channel.
And this series of exquisite designs enables it to effectively inhibit the generation of side reactions, regulate the deposition law of Li+ on the negative electrode, and effectively inhibit the growth of lithium dendrites, thereby maintaining the stability of the positive and negative electrodes of the battery.
It’s incredible!
”…Professor, the data analysis results of the charge and discharge cycle group have come out.” A researcher wearing glasses came over, and his face with dark circles under his eyes also had an expression of seeing a ghost.
Professor Liu Yiping looked away from the screen and immediately said to his students.
”Bring it here!”
”Here…” The researcher handed over the USB flash drive.
Three days was certainly not enough for the entire research team to read all the documents.
But it was enough for them to use the most advanced equipment in the laboratory to restore the [Artificial SEI Film No. 404] according to the method given in the data.
After the film was made, the next step was to test the performance of the film.
The researchers in the project team quickly made a simple lithium battery model, using lithium sheets as the negative electrode.
These materials are not difficult to make. The most abundant thing in the entire laboratory is electrochemical related things.
After disassembling the bagged battery after the cycle was completed and transferring it to the observation area under non-air conditions through the in-situ transfer box, they quickly obtained a 3D image of the sample surface under a scanning electron microscope and a 2D projection under a transmission electron microscope.
And all of this was to get more information about the film.
These tasks seem simple to say, but in fact they took them a lot of time.
During these three days, his research team did nothing and put all their energy into the 10G data.
In fact, after getting such a result, there is no need to continue the project they were doing before…
Inserting the USB drive into the computer and looking at the image on the screen, Academician Liu Yiping suddenly smiled bitterly.
He pinched his sore eyebrows and muttered the same sentence over and over again while sitting in his office chair.
”…How did you do it?”
The researcher standing aside did not speak, but it was obvious that he also wanted to ask this question.
Three days ago, when they first got the information, everyone in the project team thought that the information was a joke.
An unresolved issue in the academic community.
Even at the last academic conference, they were still discussing possible directions and whether the lithium battery road was worth continuing.
As a result, now, someone suddenly claimed that he had found the standard answer.
And it was a direction that no one had tried.
This incredible thing, no matter how you think about it, seems like an April Fool’s joke.
This is not a question of possibility, but it is difficult to establish logically.
If you use existing technology to design a product according to specific needs, whether it is a weapon or a water cup, it is not difficult to keep it secret.
However, research in cutting-edge fields is completely different.
This is not a question of whether to make it public or not, but it is impossible to do it behind closed doors.
After entering the 20th century, scientific research has become a systematic thing.
The role of an individual in the system is more like a “wafer” on a CPU than a CPU.
Except for the occasional genius of “working behind closed doors and working in unison” in the field of mathematics, research in most fields has become “army warfare.”
Although there are teams that will suppress interim results and hold back a big move to release a nuclear bomb in order to take the lead in their own research direction, it is basically impossible to hide what their peers are doing.
”…There is a detailed description of the reaction mechanism on page 27 of Document No. 13, but we did not observe it on the equipment.”
”Is it unobservable or not observed?” The old man asked in a rigorous manner.
The researcher hesitated and spoke slowly.
”To be precise… it’s the former. Our equipment can observe the deposition process of lithium dendrites on the control group, but how Li+ passes through that membrane… we have no way to capture its path, and we may need to redesign a set of experimental methods for this membrane material.”
”It will probably take a long time if we rely on ourselves… unless we can find the research team that has produced these results.”
”But it’s so strange, I just looked through the minutes of the two most recent academic conferences, and I couldn’t find any discussion about this research direction at all. The only few similar ones… are very different if you look closely.”
At this time, the researcher sitting at the next table suddenly sighed.
”I wonder which big guy suddenly dropped the nuclear bomb.”
”Are there any other great people like this in the field of materials science?”
”I counted on my fingers, but I couldn’t think of who it was anyway…”
”What should we do next? Will we continue with the previous project?”
”I guess we should change the direction… It will take a while for the industry to fully digest this thing, let alone raise new questions.”
”Alas… Three years of hard work in vain. Fortunately, I finished my graduation thesis a few years ago.”
”It can’t be said that I worked in vain. Some interim results are still very interesting. But for the SEI membrane… there is really no way to go.”
Listening to the students’ discussion, Professor Liu Yiping did not speak. He was also thinking about many things in his heart.
At this time, the phone on the table rang.
He picked up the phone and went outside.
The call was connected, and an anxious voice came from the other end of the phone immediately.
”Old Liu, what’s the result?”
Liu Yiping said.
”The membrane has been made.”
Hearing this, the voice on the other end of the phone was obviously more excited.
”Is it easy to use?”
Liu Yiping said with emotion: “It’s more than easy to use… It really shocked me.”
Strictly speaking, even the popular lithium-ion batteries on the market can benefit from this technology.
And if a new set of batteries is designed for pure lithium negative electrodes, it will not be difficult technically.
The industrial chain of these components, electrolyte, positive electrode materials and diaphragms, is ready-made.
It is equivalent to modifying the industrial chain of the positive electrode of the battery on the basis of the original industrial chain, adding an additional “paint” production line, and this technology can be put to use immediately.
He can even imagine what kind of crazy expressions will appear on the faces of friends in the industry after learning about this technology.
It must be exciting.
The old man on the other end of the phone continued to ask: “What about the cost? Is it difficult to industrialize it?”
Liu Yiping answered quickly.
”The specific cost is a problem for the industry. Laboratory preparation and industrial preparation are two different things. But I looked at the process flow given in the information. According to my understanding of the industry, it should not be difficult to make it.”
”Great! Hahaha, you really worked hard this time!” The voice on the other end of the phone was obviously happy.
”You’re welcome. This is what I should do,” Academician Liu said suddenly after a pause. “By the way… I have a request. I don’t know if it’s appropriate to ask.”
The old man on the other end of the phone said immediately.
”Please tell me! I will definitely help if I can!”
”If possible, I would like to meet the team that researched those materials, or meet their leaders,” Academician Liu paused, omitted the complicated technical details, and continued, “There are many things I want to ask him.”
The industry is interested in the membrane, while he is interested in how the membrane was made and how he thought of doing it.
Knowing the reason is to know the reason.
It doesn’t take much time to copy a homework, but it is not so easy to understand the homework and then understand the solution.
For a scientific researcher who seeks the truth, the results, methods, and ideas are indispensable.
In three days, they only understood half of the information.
And the remaining half may take three months or even three years to fully understand.
Academic progress is not just the accumulation of results, but also the improvement of tools and methods while obtaining results.
He wanted to have a good chat with the person who defeated them.
Academic achievement is the teacher, and he believed that this would benefit him a lot.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while.
”Old Liu… If it’s something else, forget it. I’m afraid I can’t help you with this matter.”
Academician Liu hesitated and said seriously.
”Can you give me a reason?” The
person on the other end of the phone sighed.
”… After reading those materials, what do you feel?”
Academician Liu said bluntly.
”Incredible.”
The old man asked.
”To what extent is incredible?”
Academician Liu was silent for a while, coughed lightly and said.
”… Don’t laugh at me when I tell you.”
The old man said with a smile.
”Speak, your opinion is also very important to us.”
After hesitating for a moment, Academician Liu finally said the most real thoughts in his heart.
Although he used a joking tone.
”… It’s like something made by aliens.”
The phone was silent for a while.
Academician Liu was a little embarrassed.
Just when he was about to say something to ease the embarrassment, a sigh came from the other end of the phone.
”…It’s hard to explain over the phone. I’m planning to come over here too. Wait for me.”
After that, a busy tone came from the other end of the phone.
Academician Liu, who was holding the phone, was stunned for a moment, and his expression gradually became strange.
Could it really be aliens?
It’s not that ridiculous…
…
”…It seems that we are not the only ones who think so! Academician Liu also thinks that these technologies don’t seem to be developed by the research team on Earth.”
”Speaking of which, Academician Gao, who we consulted last time, seemed to say so.”
”It seems that our initial speculation was correct.”
”I didn’t expect that the third kind of contact would unfold in this form. It’s incredible!”
Somewhere, in an office, the discussion was heated.
The leader of the special task force just received a call from Academician Liu and has now gone to the Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
According to the old leader, the “reverse work” of the membrane material is going quite smoothly, and the cost is within an acceptable range. It won’t be long before we can see the product.
Hearing this news, everyone in the special task force was very happy, which showed that their work had produced results.
”By the way, is there any news from Academician Gao?” a colleague suddenly asked.
The colleague sitting next to him took over.
”Academician Gao? Are you talking about the expert in the mining field we consulted before?”
”Yes, didn’t Lao Li give him the website? I wonder if he went to check it out.”
”I didn’t ask. It’s not easy to ask.”
At this time, a staff member spoke up.
”I think our strategy is still too conservative. We should propose to our superiors to control the players.”
This is indeed one of the options.
However, his proposal did not receive support from many people.
Someone soon said.
”I object. What about the risks? Have you considered it?”
”If the work is done well, what risks can there be?” The man retorted, “And don’t you think this is more efficient?”
”I don’t think so at all. The efficiency you think is just what you think. Besides, the people trust their organizations, and the organizations trust their people. What does it mean to control people? Do you not trust the organization, or do you not trust the people? This kind of thinking is a big problem!”
More than a big problem, it is simply reactionary!
However, considering that this comrade also had good intentions and was just a little impatient, the colleague who held an opposing opinion did not say such harsh words.
Seeing that the office was about to debate the same old topic again, the square-faced man coughed lightly and interrupted the argument between the two.
”…Okay, let’s not discuss the things that have been discussed. The above means to remain cautious and maintain the status quo. The team leader and I have the same idea.”
”If you rashly intervene in the game process, you will not only make the mistakes of amateurs guiding experts and interventionism, but also easily bring uncontrollable results.”
”Since the current rules are in our favor, what we should do now is not to change the rules and overturn our own tables, but to maintain the rules and maintain our advantage.”
Glancing around at the colleagues present, the square-faced man continued.
”Let’s talk about something practical. This ‘technology introduction’ actually exposed our lack of preparation.”
”The platform for purchasing foreign exchange was opened a long time ago. The other party actually gave us a long time to prepare, but no one paid enough attention at the time, so we rushed to purchase on the last day, but we were embarrassed that we couldn’t buy it, and instead let the speculators who entered the market early take the opportunity to make a fortune.”
Originally, this transaction should have been handed over to a central enterprise with a state-owned background to complete, so that after the technology was introduced, the technology transformation could be started immediately.
However, the time was too rushed. In
such a short time, there was no time to connect with specific enterprises.
They could only make a hasty decision and buy the technology first, and then decide how to use it, and which unit and which person in charge to assign it to.
There are too many things involved behind this.
The man with glasses nodded.
”Indeed… We can’t cram every time. Especially with this precedent, the next time there is news, the speculators active on the trading platform will definitely raise the price.”
The staff member who previously proposed to control the players sighed and said.
”If it’s just a little bit more expensive, it’s fine. Any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. I’m just afraid that it will be suspended temporarily like last time, and I can’t buy it even if I have money.”
The trader who was trading before also nodded and said.
”That’s right, and with that kind of forced increase in holdings, even a blind person can see who is buying. If I were a speculator, I would not be able to resist coming up to cut a crop.”
If it is a slow increase in holdings, it is impossible to tell who is buying.
But with the posture of yesterday, they can even calculate how many cards the other party has in their hands without even taking a pen to count.
”…We still have 2 million silver coins in reserve now, which is still too low. My suggestion is to set up a ‘technology introduction fund’, draw a few professional traders from the financial system, and increase holdings in a long-term and stable manner.”
”Is it to build up foreign exchange reserves?” The colleague sitting at the desk next to me joked.
The trader said with a smile.
”Why not? Although I don’t know what they need, they have the technology we need. If you understand players as labor exports, we should also pay those workers who help us earn ‘foreign exchange’.” The
square-faced man’s eyes lit up.
”That makes sense. This is a good suggestion. I will write it in the report and report it to my superiors!”
Seeing that his opinion was taken seriously, the trader also opened up and continued to talk.
”… Let’s talk about it again. Not only should we establish a normalized foreign exchange purchase mechanism, but we should also clarify the way to purchase foreign exchange. For example, the money for introducing technology cannot always come from national funds. We must encourage those companies that benefit from technology to use part of their profits to purchase technology, so that a virtuous cycle can be formed.”
On the surface, the money they used to buy silver coins was given to players, but in fact, it was the companies that obtained the technology that were subsidized.
This can be done once or twice, but if it continues for a long time, there will definitely be problems.
Frequent micro-management will not only cause opinions from above, but also from below.
Everyone gave advice one after another, and the square-faced man took notes meticulously. It didn’t take long for him to fill several pages with writing, and his pen was almost smoking.
The specific details of this “Extraterrestrial Civilization Technology Introduction Fund” still need to be decided after detailed communication with other departments, but the general direction can be determined.
Looking at the full notebook, the square-faced man was moved and suddenly had a strange idea.
Is A Guang’s usual work like this?
Staring at the forum, taking notes, and then playing games.
If this is true, it seems that the planner of “Wasteland OL” is really not that easy… …
Just
when the relevant departments of various countries were meeting to discuss countermeasures, the official website forum of “Wasteland OL” was very lively.
”Wow, Brother Guang, when will your silver exchange open?”
”Damn! It’s been locked for three days. The network fluctuations shouldn’t last that long, right?”
”I’m crying. If it doesn’t open, my family will have no money to eat! QAQ”
”I’m dying of laughter. I almost believed it!”
On the day when the expansion just ended, all players who had silver coins in their pockets, as long as they were not too greedy and didn’t sell them, or were itching to learn from others to buy high and sell low, and repeatedly jump around to make the difference, basically made a lot of money from that wave.
No money to eat?
Not happening.
Even newbies who had just entered the game and only had a few hundred silver coins in their pockets took advantage of the price increase to make 10,000 or 20,000.
Although this means having to work hard in the game again, it’s all worth it!
The war is over, and all industries are waiting to be revived. It’s time to work hard to produce and consolidate the fruits of victory. How can you spend money on pleasure?
For the Alliance!
Oli Ge!
Browsing the official forum, Chu Guang was pleased to see that his little players had just come down from the front line and immediately went to the construction site.
They also shared their work experience on the forum as if to show off.
This is indeed worth showing off.
The closed beta qualification was not worth much before, but now a helmet is worth at least one million, and at most it is even more.
Of course, “going to the construction site” is just a figurative statement.
There are still many ways to make money in Wasteland OL.
Although there are many power players who move bricks on the construction site, more players still go to nearby survivor settlements such as Honghe Town to do business with the spoils.
In order to give his little players something to do, Chu Guang also rejected all objections and approved a capital construction plan with a budget of 200 million silver coins under the surprised eyes of a group of logistics officials such as Old Charlie and Luca!
This plan covers the railway of the New Alliance and the construction of Dawn City. Relevant resources will be tilted to the enterprises run by players first, followed by the enterprises run by NPCs.
I believe that the little players will definitely thank me for my generosity!
As for the silver coin trading platform that was suspended due to “network fluctuations”, Chu Guang was not in a hurry to open it.
On the one hand, the players now have no extra money in their pockets, and those who participate in the transaction at this time are speculators.
On the other hand, the “big players” in reality are still studying the strategy for the next stage, and it will take some time for new funds to enter the market.
There is no point in opening the market at this time except for those speculators to reap the benefits.
Both cloud players and players need time.
And Chu Guang is also waiting for an opportunity.
He is waiting for the technology in the game to be projected into reality, and for the seeds he sowed to sprout.
This should not take long.
After all, that is the technology he personally selected based on real needs.
Not to mention that the people he cooperates with come from the same place as those outstanding small players…
(End of this chapter)
