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Episode 4: Short-term Harvest Chapter 6: Transformation!

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    Chapter 6: Transformation!

    "Excuse me! I hope the space mining machine can be used smoothly without any safety accidents. It is said that experts say that its safety is even better than that of cars and airplanes"

    "Excuse me! The first time space mining yielded a total of more than 50 tons of minerals! In the future, with the increase of space mining machines, the daily output of ore can reach up to thousands of tons!"

    "The nickname is the nickname"

    Early in the morning, throughout the lower three floors of the Hope, there were many newsboys loudly selling the Hope Weekly. These newsboys were all teenagers, selling newspapers among the many people going to work in the morning. Of course, where they were  The spots are all public places with check-in counters nearby, and it's impossible to run around like a real newsboy.

    Each newspaper originally cost 0.2 human coins, but its current price is 0.5 human coins, but it is still cheap. It lasts only four weeks a month, five weeks at most. At about two human coins, it is enough.  The monthly salary of militia reservists is 120 human currency, which is basically affordable.

    There is too little entertainment on the Hope, and in addition to the important news of the week, the newspaper also contains some popular knowledge about the universe, as well as some serialized stories, some written by the passengers on the Hope, and some reprinted from some famous books.  Chapters are serialized. It can be said that this weekly newspaper is one of the rare entertainments on the Hope.

    At this moment, on the street, Qi Xiaoniao, Lin Qiuqiu, and Wang Dandan were holding fried dough sticks and drinking soy milk. They were watching many pedestrians walking in a hurry on the street, but they were laughing there.

    Lin Qiuqiu was the first to say: "Not bad, it seems that the sales volume of newspapers this week can exceed 40,000. Before, I was worried that if the price was raised to 0.5 human currency, the sales volume would drop dramatically. Now it looks like  There is no problem, hehe, as expected, most of the shares and management rights will be transferred to the government, and we will only receive dry share dividends. This is a great decision."

    Wang Dandan was just eating next to him, nodding his head but saying nothing.

    Qi Xiaoniao chuckled and said: "You must know that we are the first to eat crabs, so we have benefited. However, this benefit is too hot and cannot be grasped by us. You know, this can be regarded as hope.  It's the only newspaper on board. What does this mean? It's the only propaganda position. No matter what government it is, as long as it still maintains its innocence and sovereignty, it is impossible to hand this thing over to others. I understand.  Right? Only when appropriate is to be smart. Each of us gets 10% of the dry stock dividend. Isn¡¯t that enough? It¡¯s hundreds of human coins every month, and as the population increases and development expands in the future,  Maybe the dividend ratio will go down, but the dividends we get will only get bigger and bigger.¡±

    The other two people nodded endlessly. Qi Xiaoniao finished eating the fried dough sticks in several mouthfuls. He laughed twice, which made passersby look over inexplicably. He didn't mind and said directly to the two of them: "Brothers, hurry up.  After eating, we will go to the Internet cafe for a while. We really didn¡¯t kill enough yesterday, StarCraft 3, Warcraft 4, let¡¯s have fun again today.¡±

    On the other side, a large number of people holding newspapers took advantage of the time before going to work to read the contents carefully. Many people focused their attention on the large number of minerals, and only a few people turned their attention to  That kind of space mining machine, they each had some ideas in their minds.

    At the same time, the inside of the Hope is also working overtime to smelt and purify the minerals with more power. At the same time, it uses various steels, alloys, and parts in stock to manufacture the space mining machine. The entire fourth and fifth floors of the Hope are busy.

    "Is there not enough manpower?" Yao Yuan looked at the reports written by several principals, and they all mentioned the manpower issue.

    In the past, when recruiting staff, they were recruited based on normal work intensity. However, currently, in the mining and manufacturing industries, almost 24 hours of overtime work is required, so manpower has naturally become a big problem.

    But there is really no need to worry about this aspect. Not to mention the tens of thousands of unemployed people, there are many industries that are already at full capacity to recruit workers, such as the service industry, so we only need to announce the shortage of workers, and soon  The staff will gather here. There is really no need to worry about these.

    Yao Yuan was not worried, but a kind of faint joy filled his heart. In fact, it was not just him, but many people who knew about it.

    First of all, space mining has been implemented and the most important radioactive minerals have been found. This shows that the basic conditions for space jumps have been met. This is the most important one. Secondly, Hope has been supplemented with external materials, and various compounds have been obtained.  Raw materials, fertilizers, strong acids, pharmaceuticals, these have all been replenished.

    There are many other things, such as those oxides, that can be extracted from them.Gas, and the hydrogen element is very abundant in those substances, and together it is water, and oxygen can also be stored in a liquid state for future needs.

    As for a large amount of metal minerals, they can be readily made into space mining machines and the like. Coupled with the busy work, it proves that the humans on the Hope have gradually adapted to this life of wandering in the space, and have begun to work hard and diligently.  It's good news.

    Yao Yuan put these reports aside for the time being, and after writing approval and implementation opinions, he looked at the scientists' reports.

    There is nothing particularly surprising about the scientists¡¯ reports. It is just about the differences in the elements contained in these minerals, as well as the best mineral rocks to bring back, their surface colors, and sizes. These are all summarized by the scientists.

    But one of the reports caught Yao Yuan¡¯s attention.

    This is a report jointly written by a biology team and a chemical engineering team. In the report, they explained the possibility of mining alien plants.

    The survival ability of this alien plant is extremely strong. Its mature body does not even need atmosphere and liquid at all. They will quickly devour various substances they come into contact with, and then purify and store them in the body. Well,  Yao Yuan already knows these things, but it is impossible for him to agree to use this kind of alien plant for mining. The key reason is that it cannot be controlled. Even if it is known that it can be restrained by some kind of plant virus from the earth, but in case of  Is this plant growing too fast?  Or was it accidentally leaked on the Nozomi?

    In short, if it is just to facilitate mining, then it is absolutely impossible for Yao Yuan to agree to use this alien plant for mining.

    But in the middle of this report, there was a list of things that interested Yao Yuan.

    That is the metal material devoured and purified by this alien plant. In addition to extremely high purity, there are also some special alloys. These alloys cannot be smelted and forged with the current level of human technology. Most of the alloys are not yet known.  What is its use? Perhaps its toughness can be used to make combat weapons in the universe, but it is of no use at the moment.

    There is only one special alloy. This special alloy has high electrical conductivity, almost close to the state of a superconductor. It can carry an extremely large amount of current, and it has extremely high ductility and great moldability.

    This report points out that if this special alloy is used to reshape the energy circuit of the Hope and the engines and equipment related to the space jump, then the space jump of the Hope is likely to be stabilized, and explosions and short circuits will no longer occur.  Not to mention, and can afford a larger mass jump!

    Seeing this, Yao Yuan almost jumped up in shock. He looked back and forth carefully at this paragraph, slowly chewing on the words and meaning. After a long time, he finally sent out the message through the communicator in the captain's room.  He issued an order and asked the personnel of the two groups to come to the captain's room to meet with him. At the same time, he also notified several physics-related scientists, and even Polly was present.

    Not long after, all the personnel gathered in the captain's room. Yao Yuan first read the report to all the uninformed people, and then he said: "Everyone, I think you all should know that the restrictions on the Hope No.  What is the key to survival time and existence? It is the stability and quality of space jumps."

    "First of all, when using space jumps, the greater the mass, the energy consumed will increase geometrically. Therefore, it is impossible for the Hope to be filled with people and things. Otherwise, the entire Hope will have to be filled, at least  It can carry two to three hundred thousand people, as well as a large amount of living supplies, right?"

    "But we can only hold more than 120,000 people. In fact, we should only be able to hold about 100,000 people. And if there is an ecological park that can produce food, we can only survive for a few years. The reason? Because  We can¡¯t carry too much stuff with us on the jump.¡±

    When Yao Yuan said this, he pointed to the asteroid belt in the distance outside the window and said: "Just like the asteroid belt in front of us, the people thought that we found these, and the Hope can be filled with things, and it can be used in the future.  Jumping dozens and hundreds of times and surviving for tens and hundreds of years, no, it is impossible! Because we can only install so many things, it is impossible to install more. Even if we replenish consumption here, at most, we can only  It is impossible to carry enough radioactive minerals as energy, and it is impossible to carry more metals. In order to carry more compounds, we even have to abandon them"

    Yao Yuan looked at everyone present seriously and said: "I just need you to give me a sure idea now! Can the special alloy produced after being eaten by alien plants really improve the energy circuit and space jump of the Hope?  If the relevant equipment is really possible and can keep its jump safety?, and load more material mass at the same time, then I dare to assure you here.  "

    "I can rely on you for any personnel, any materials, including the use of alien plants! The only thing I want is the answer."

    "Yes! Or not!"
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