Wasteland Development Diary

Returning to the Poseidon.

After careful consideration, Zhou Yi told Tie Tie the truth.

"I'm not a Celestial."

"My name is Zhou Yi, and like you, I am a human, but with similar experiences."

Tie Tie was very happy: "That's great. If you were a god, there would be many things I wouldn't dare to say, and I'd be very nervous. If you're one of us, at least we can talk more, right?"

Whether being treated as a sacrifice, working as a laborer in the outer realms, or losing consciousness and falling, she maintained a positive and optimistic attitude.

This also infected Zhou Yi.

Compared to Tie Tie's many misfortunes, the troubles he encountered seemed insignificant.

His mood also became lighter.

"Zhou Yi, is the world on the ground still the same as before? Are there still mountains and rivers, mice, and fruits?"

"The natural environment is not much different."

"I'll tell you a secret, cover your ears, and you can hear the sound of water."

"That's the sound of blood flowing in your body."

"The sound of blood? Is that what it is? I thought only I knew!"

……

"Zhou Yi, do you know Mountain Back Village? It's my hometown."

"Never heard of it."

"That's what we called it anyway. Before I was taken away by the god's servant, I lived in the mountains there. If you happen to pass by, could you please go back and take a look for me?"

"Okay."

Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "Many years have passed since then, the village should have changed a lot."

"I know, we have a saying there that one day in heaven is one year on earth. Although I don't know how long it's been, it's definitely not the people I knew."

"I just want to tell them, if you are chosen as a sacrifice, don't talk casually when you get to heaven, don't talk to others, that way you can live longer."

Tie Tie said this.

Zhou Yi was silent for a while.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye out for the village for you."

"Thank you."

"It's nothing. I also need your help."

"Feel free to ask, don't be polite."

……

Ending this conversation.

Zhou Yi was about to close his eyes to rest when Xiao Fu's voice rang in his head again.

"Da Zhou, Tie Tie's ability has high potential."

"Remember? I said that high-dimensional civilizations will secretly transfer some of their civilization's heritage, whether it's spiritual, material, or preserved life information, to other worlds through the Huán Flow."

"Even with relevant clues, touching those civilization heritages is extremely dangerous, because they will be protected and defended in various forms."

"But if we can use Tie Tie's ability, we can prevent the protective consciousness from knowing our existence, avoid triggering alarms and attacks, and sneak into those hidden storage points!"

The Stream Tracer actively suggested: "We must make good use of this ability."

Zhou Yi said: "Just decompress and restore Tie Tie when needed, right?"

"That process is too cumbersome and time-consuming. Many operations need to be completed in an instant."

The Stream Tracer said: "To directly call upon the Tinder Life ability, we need to construct a Tinder Civilization, at least connecting 150 Tinder Lives. But there is also a transitional method, which is to create a 【Fire Chamber Plate】. This Huán Flow device can hold three Tinder Lives, and can call upon their abilities directly for our use through a turntable."

"For example, you can directly use Mic Overlord's 'BGM Domain', or Tie Tie's 'Selflessness'. The intensity and precision are the same as the ability holder themselves."

There is such a thing.

Zhou Yi immediately perked up.

He was also a little unhappy: "Why didn't you say so before?"

"The Fire Chamber Plate is more complex and precise than the Tinder Transmitter, and it takes time to manufacture, about a year."

Xiao Fu said: "Once I start manufacturing the Huán Flow device, I can no longer be distracted to talk to you, I must be fully immersed in the manufacturing process. If interrupted, I have to start all over again."

"There was no need to build it before, but because the 'Selflessness' ability mechanism fits treasure hunting, and I previously recorded two locations suspected of hiding heritage, that's why I brought this up, because it's very necessary."

Zhou Yi thought, good fellow.

So you had this planned all along.

"Start building it. In a year's time, I won't interrupt you under any circumstances."

"Then it's best to act now, I'll start working immediately."

……

The Poseidon docked at the trestle in Yalong Bay.

Zhou Yi stopped by to visit the two mutants in the adjacent cave.

He found that Li Mo and Tiangou were still diligently firing pottery.

"Chairman."

"This is our new cup, it can cool down."

"Isn't it hot in the summer now? With this cooling cup, it's very cool."

Li Mo held up the black cup in his hand.

Cool ice mist gushed out from inside.

Zhou Yi took it and saw that the handle was very cold, and it was like there was a small cooler inside, cooling the air around the mouth of the cup.

"What's the principle behind this?"

Li Mo grinned: "It's just putting bitter root powder inside and lighting it to cool down, which complements the flame cup."

Zhou Yi was happy for nothing.

He thought it was a new technology product, but it turned out to be using Dali's patent.

"Chairman, besides asking Dali for advice, this cup also has things from me and Tiangou."

Seeing that his face was not right, Li Mo quickly explained: "We were thinking, if we could make the bitter root burn longer, we could cool it for a long time. So after repeated tests, we added coal, clay extracted from the Dead Sea mud, and other substances, and the effect was surprisingly good. We mixed bitter root, coal, wood chips, quicklime, and clay in a ratio of 1:1:1:1:6, and it became cooling coal."

"Although this cooling speed is not fast, it is just right for small-scale cooling, which can lower the indoor temperature to a minimum of 20 degrees Celsius."

"And most importantly, such bitter root consumption is very small. A piece of cooling coal can burn for 12 hours. In the past, the same amount of bitter root could only burn for 3 minutes. We have increased the battery life by 240 times!"

This older child said proudly: "Although it's not a high-end technology, it can greatly reduce our bitter root expenditure. Dali used to say that he would cultivate bitter root for a few more years. Now it's completely enough! We can use bitter root to cool down continuously."

Zhou Yi frowned: "Why didn't you report this?"

"Because we still want to strive for a better ratio and reduce costs as much as possible, and we also added some natural flame retardants."

Li Mo smiled and said: "But in this regard, Tiangou and I also asked a lot of people for advice. Cao Dayuan and Yuan Tong helped a lot. They screened out suitable clay and found flame retardants."

"We were also thinking about placing cooling cups in underground caves, igniting high concentrations of cooling coal, and injecting water, so that we could have ice in the summer."

"This has been proven feasible, just increase the ratio. The underground can maintain a long-term low temperature, and the consumption is much smaller than on the ground."

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"Later, we also asked 703 to help us simulate our cooling coal through a program, quickly find the precise ratio, and what kind of container structure is the most suitable. The underground ice storage and the indoor cooling environment are different, so there are many differences."

Zhou Yi thought of this.

If the cooling coal technology is really feasible and mass-produced, ordinary houses can also stay cool in the summer.

More importantly, once an ice storage is built, many foods can be stored for a long time without fear of spoilage.

And iced Coke! Iced coffee!

Zhou Yi was excited.

"The specific drawings and samples are with 703 and the others, you can go and see them. We are testing some new structures here. In fact, this application is basically finalized by them."

Li Mo looked to the side: "Tiangou, you can also say a few words."

The dog-headed man held back for a while, and then said: "Li Mo is right."

"……You continue."

Zhou Yi hurriedly returned to Emerald City and came to the container office of the programmers.

He didn't see 703 inside, only the programmer Walker was there.

"Where are the others?"

Walker said: "Chairman, 703 went to the Cattle Taming Tribe to repair the semi-civilized bodies there. No. 9 went to test and collect the driving data of the horned bulls. Little Elephant was invited to the dam by Mr. Yuan Tong. They designed the latest large-scale desperate machine and are testing it."

The programmers are already shining in various fields.

Zhou Yi was very pleased.

"Walker, Li Mo and Tiangou said that the latest drawings and samples of the cooling cup technology are with you?"

"Yes, Chairman."

The humanoid robot's wheels turned and came to the southeast corner.

There was a pile of strange wooden models and some metal devices of various shapes. It moved out a square wooden box about 1 meter long and wide, and placed it steadily on the work table next to it.

The wooden box was still emitting faint white smoke.

Walker opened the lid of the box, and a gust of cold air floated out.

"This is a cooling box that we have transformed from a cooling cup."

"Compared with cup-shaped appliances, box-shaped appliances have more space and capacity. Fixing the cooling range can reduce consumption, and you can also see the consumption of cooling fuel more intuitively."

The cooling box adopts a two-layer wooden board structure inside and outside, and a large amount of soil is filled between the wooden layers.

This style is quite primitive and rough.

Zhou Yi was a little uncertain: "Is the inside ordinary soil?"

"Yes."

Walker explained: "Chairman, we have tested many common materials. Excluding extremely expensive composite materials, we finally found that soil, plant fiber, and wool have the best insulation effect."

"Among them, soil is the easiest to obtain and adjust, and it is also the cheapest."

"There are gaps between the soil particles, and these gaps are filled with air, and air is a poor conductor of heat, so the soil can effectively slow down the conduction speed of heat."

"On the other hand, the soil contains moisture, and water has a high heat capacity, which can absorb and store a lot of heat, making the temperature change slowly."

"We use soil as the internal insulation layer. Although the appearance is simple, the effect is not bad. If the effect becomes weaker after using it for too long, it is also easy to replace and remove the soil layer."

Zhou Yi gradually accepted this slightly rustic and strange device.

It's good if it can be used.

The space inside the cooling box is divided into upper and lower layers.

The upper large space is used to store substances that need to be frozen, and currently there is a chicken skeleton that is frozen hard. Obviously the effect is good.

The lower layer is a tray rack with four small briquettes on it, and their color is lighter than normal coal.

"This is the cooling coal with the final determined size, which can be ignited with kindling such as dry grass."

Walker introduced: "The bitter root powder and other materials are mixed in proportion, molded into shape by a mold, and dried or dried to a suitable hardness before they can be used."

"However, some smoke and dust will be generated inside after ignition, which will float out through the soil and wooden boards. It is best to keep the room ventilated, or equip it with a special smoke exhaust pipe to avoid safety hazards. This still needs to be optimized later."

It raised its mechanical arm and pointed to the four briquettes.

"Currently, there are two specifications of cooling coal. No. 1 coal is used for refrigeration, which can ensure that the temperature inside the box is maintained at around 5 degrees, which is enough for conventional food preservation. No. 2 coal can freeze and control the temperature below -18 degrees, but the cost is also higher."

Zhou Yi asked it: "What is the cost of this set?"

"The materials for the cooling box are simple and cheap to build. The cost is about 200 mushrooms, which is not much more expensive than ordinary wooden boxes."

"The most expensive part is the cooling coal. The city that produces coal recently is Steel Refining City. The price of coal balls there is 10 mushrooms/1 piece. It is bought and processed into No. 1 coal. Because there is sufficient bitter root in nature, and we are still planting it on a large scale, the average raw material cost is 15 mushrooms/1 piece."

"The cooling box consumes 2 pieces of cooling coal to keep running every day. That is, the daily expense is at least 30 mushrooms, and a month is 900 mushrooms."

Walker said: "According to your requirements for the company's products, we need to ensure that more people can afford it. This is the lowest cost under the current plan, and there is no way to cut it down further."

It is summer now.

The cooling box should be done as soon as possible.

Zhou Yi immediately called Gong Zheng, Zheng Tao, and Qian Su over to discuss.