Wasteland Development Diary

Yuan Tong gathered his former subordinates and began pushing the two reinforced ships out of the snow.

Seeing how difficult it was for them, Zhou Yi sent the Samurai Crabs to help, and they easily carried the ships out of the residential area and to the seaside.

Yuan Tong boarded a ship and had the others sweep the deck and clear the snow, while he went down into the ship's hold.

After a while, he came back up, exhaling white vapor, and said, "Chairman, the ship is fine. The two light imprints on the keel are intact, and there are still energy packs, enough to go out to sea."

Zhou Yi followed him down the ladder into the hold.

The ship's keel was coated with a layer of asphalt-like black oil, which didn't feel sticky at all to step on. On this black oil were white lines, whose linear structure covered the entire keel frame, creating a very special mathematical visual effect.

Zhou Yi noticed that the white lines were actually in indentations. Fine grooves had been carved into the keel, and then these white lines were filled in, and finally sealed with a layer of glue.

Yuan Tong pointed to the black oil and said, "Chairman, this is the light wall made of light soot, mixed with insect repellent spices, resin, oil, and some stone powder. Although it is the simplest primary light wall, it is enough to engrave light imprints and fix them on it."

"Look, these light amber-encapsulated light spines, how neat and beautiful... Although this ship is small, its quality is not bad. The two E-level light imprints 'Propulsion' and 'Light Float' are connected by light spines, one connected to the rudder, and one covering the bottom."

He pointed to the straight white lines above.

Zhou Yi, not understanding, asked, "What are light amber and light spines?"

Yuan Tong looked slightly surprised and explained, "Light amber is a viscous oil accumulated at the bottom of the Dead Sea, somewhat like clay. They are distributed in special areas on the seabed. Territory Lords and cities are exploring for this resource everywhere. If a mining area can be found nearby, it's like printing money."

"After removing impurities, the light amber is mixed with a certain proportion of metals such as gold, silver, or copper, and then cast and filled into the carved light wall. This is the light spine, representing the spine of the light imprint."

"The light wall made of light soot, plus the light spines fixed and connected to it, form the simplest light imprint. The raw materials and processed materials related to light imprints are basically not worried about being sold, they are needed everywhere, and are strategic materials."

Zhou Yi remembered that he had indeed seen similar oily substances on the seabed.

Those things were pitch black, oozing out in strands, sometimes twisting like life, looking somewhat mentally polluting, and approaching them would cause a buzzing in the ears, very strange.

"Ah! What you are talking about is a high-concentration natural light amber vent..."

Yuan Tong's one eye widened, and he murmured, "High-concentration light amber indeed causes discomfort to various life forms. This thing itself is a pasty substance deposited by dead light. It needs to be collected by special means, and only after purification and impurity removal will it become white."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed.

In the future, he could take the Samurai Crabs to the seabed to mine light amber.

The Dead Sea is truly a good place.

He pulled out his personal diary and wrote down the information about light amber.

A bad memory is better than a good pen.

More importantly, writing it down in a notebook can urge himself not to be lazy. After the previous goal is achieved, he should rush to the next progress.

Next, Yuan Tong demonstrated the specific operation of collecting light soot.

He used a tool like a cloth bag to probe into the Dead Sea mist, carefully dragging it, drawing circles clockwise over and over again.

After about five minutes of repeated scooping, Yuan Tong pulled up the long pole, put the cloth bag into a wooden bucket prepared with snow, and scraped the inner layer of the bag with a wooden board.

Some small black particles appeared on the snow layer in the bucket.

"This is light soot sand."

Yuan Tong pointed to the particles, with a hint of a smile on his face, "Chairman, don't underestimate it, the price of light soot sand is 4 times that of copper."

"Collecting light soot sand requires a ship or the construction of special port buildings. This requirement itself is not low. Ship operations require energy packs to drive them, which is another expense, so the threshold is actually not low."

"Plus, the Dead Sea itself is very dangerous, and you need to make sure you are not attacked by nearby Light Na'vi in order to carry out the collection work. Because collecting light soot sand is a job that requires patience and stability."

He rubbed his hands, "The company's Emerald City deters the shallow sea area of the Dead Sea, and with the patrols of the Samurai Crabs, I had this idea."

The prerequisites are all met.

Now only one key question remains.

Zhou Yi said in a deep voice, "Tell me about the costs and benefits."

"Yes, Chairman."

Yuan Tong seemed to have detailed calculations in this regard, and he blurted out at this time, "The cost includes two parts. One part is labor, which is simple. Emerald City currently has no shortage of labor. The second part is the consumption of energy packs."

"A light imprint-driven reinforced ship consumes 1 energy pack every 12 hours. According to the general price, 10 energy packs are worth 1 light seed, or 100 gold, the cost is very high."

He counted on his fingers and said, "If we keep the two ships working alternately, each working for half a day, then a month is calculated as 30 days, the cost is 60 energy packs, equivalent to 6 light seeds, or 600 gold."

"In terms of income, because we only did it sporadically for a few days before, we can use it as a reference."

Yuan Tong recalled, "At that time, we worked half a day and rested half a day, and we had to divide some people to scout the surrounding area and some people to work. After selling the light soot sand, the average daily income per person was about 200 mushrooms."

"Operating around the clock, plus not having to divide half the manpower to be on guard, the income is at least twice that."

Zhou Yi thought this was good.

"Then let's try it out first, and set the salary according to your previous income, set a monthly salary of 6000 mushrooms."

The farming group in Jitou Town is considered a good job in the Sand Port area, and those people's monthly salary is only 3000 mushrooms.

Creating new jobs, allowing residents of the residential area to earn remuneration and change their lives through labor, can also generate some income for the company, which is also helpful for the long-term peace and stability of Emerald City.

"However, Chairman. The most difficult thing is the sales problem."

Yuan Tong scratched his head and showed a wry smile, "Many people actually know about the collection and operation process, but to sell the things, you have to send them all the way to the city. Scattered sellers are easily heavily discounted, and there are many risks along the way."

"I'll handle this."

Zhou Yi said, "You first find some Maoguzhen residents and teach them to collect light soot. I will let the Sea Hunters and Samurai Crabs patrol to ensure your safety."

"Okay, I'll go now."

Yuan Tong was also a man of action. He first sent the ship back to the shore with the Samurai Crabs, and then went straight to Building 2 to recruit people.

...

Light soot sales channels.

The first thing Zhou Yi thought of was Recursive City.

Trading with electromechanical life has a benefit, that is, they have clear pricing standards, and you don't have to be afraid of being overcharged.

It's just that it is 2000 kilometers away from Recursive City.

Transportation is a problem.

The Red Falcon suggested: "Why not trade in a nearby city, Energy Storage City is closer to this area, just 800 kilometers away in the northeast."

"It is based on energy as its industrial core, and the prices are fair. As far as I know, they have very strong freight capacity, and they have a sound transportation and logistics system for both purchasing raw materials and exporting processed products."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed: "Can you contact Energy Storage City?"

"There is no light stack service with them. I will go there first to inquire about the situation and wait for my news."

"Wait, take some light seeds and open the service over there."

Zhou Yi gave it a payment of 500 light seeds.

"I will be back soon."

After saying that, the drone took off.