newbobooks Chapter 215 Space Factory
Chapter 215 Space Factory
After Triss and El left, Li Chenglong studied diligently for over ten days, finally mastering the functions of the machines in the different areas of his crystal factory. In the books of Hailan Star, this wasn't called a crystal factory, but a space factory. There were two conditions for opening a space factory: first, one must possess spatial abilities or have been implanted with space technology. Examples include Li Chenglong's space travel and the super potion that Erica had given them, a blend of the highest technology and magic from Meral Star.
The second condition is that one's potential cannot be too low; it must be at least S-level. However, even if both conditions are met, it doesn't guarantee the development of a space factory; a certain amount of luck is required. For example, Yun Lan and Erica met the conditions, but neither of them activated their space factories. As for Erica's older sister, Princess Cecily, she did have a space factory.
According to Erica's previous statement, on their planet Meral, 10 percent of all people with superpowers and awakened individuals have storage spaces, 5 percent have psychic spaces, and only 2 percent have crystal factories.
Therefore, the space technology of Planet Meral is very advanced. Even without storage space, it can use space technology to store a large amount of things. However, space technology is definitely not as stable as storage space and psionic space. In the past, the space system of the secondary computer of the Planet Meral royal family crashed, resulting in the loss of a large amount of resources.
To make it easier to distinguish, Li Chenglong decided to henceforth refer to the factory in his psionic space as the "Space Factory," following the terminology his teacher used. Lately, he's been sleeping very little, spending all his free time studying the various machines and production lines that El had given him.
What interested Li Chenglong the most was the crystal fusion device. As the name suggests, this machine could fuse crystals together to create higher-grade crystals. When he first saw this in the manual, he almost screamed in surprise. If that were the case, producing high-grade crystals wouldn't be difficult, since he already had plenty of low-grade crystals.
Over the past year, through trade with other bases and the reserves accumulated by Dawn City, the city now possesses over 700 million white crystals and over 80 level 4 yellow crystals. If this machine functions properly, he could obtain a large number of high-level crystals and, through the main computer's spatial system, exchange them for all the weapons and other items stored by the royal family of Merar Star.
However, things weren't that simple. When Li Chenglong carefully read through the machine's manual, he learned that the machine could only fuse crystals up to the level of blue crystals, which was level 7. This result greatly disappointed Li Chenglong. But then he thought that being able to synthesize low-level crystals into high-level crystals was already quite good, and he shouldn't expect too much.
He carefully read the section on crystal fusion in the manual. A level 2 red crystal required two white crystals, a level 3 orange crystal required four red crystals, a level 4 yellow crystal required eight level 3 orange crystals, and so on. Fusion could only be performed using crystals of a lower level; you couldn't simply throw in a bunch of white crystals to create a level 3 or higher crystal. You had to add them one level at a time.
The second thing that caught Li Chenglong's attention was the production line for the energy rifle. According to the manual, this rifle was a high-level standard weapon on Hisai Star, an affiliated planet of Hailan Star, and could only be used by the most elite troops. This weapon did not need bullets, only power. There were two ways to power it: one was to use the energy of the superhumans to drive the super-powered rifle to fire beam bullets, and the other was to add crystals to the magazine below and use the crystals to power it.
Each energy rifle requires a cyan crystal and some special materials, which were found in the pendant the siblings had given Li Chenglong. A few days ago, Li Chenglong had stored those materials in his psionic space's storage area. This rifle greatly interested Li Chenglong. While the Type 20 assault rifle was currently sufficient for the Dawn Army, this rifle was absolutely necessary for future battles.
However, each one required a cyan crystal, which was far more expensive than the Type 20 rifle. Fortunately, the crystal fusion machine solved some of the cyan crystal shortage problem. He immediately used the crystal fusion machine and spent over an hour fusing 200 cyan crystals. Adding these to the more than 100 he already had, he put them into the energy rifle production line along with the other materials. Soon, a series of futuristic energy rifles were manufactured.
He actually has many more low-level crystals, but fusing them takes too much time, so he'll do it when he has more free time.
The third production line in the space factory is the crystal generator enhancement production line. This line has four machines. Simply place the crystal generator on the line, insert a cyan crystal, and then add different materials to the feed inlets of the four machines to create an enhanced version of the crystal generator. This generator requires cyan crystals for power; one cyan crystal can easily generate 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, making it many times better than the original generator. Currently, Dawn City has 200 crystal generators; after enhancement, 30 more would be more than enough.
There are other production lines, even a canning line that can produce canned goods, but Li Chenglong felt some of them were unnecessary and planned to leave them unused. Others, like the Crystal Fighter production line and the Land Armor production line, were currently unusable for him. The required materials were enormous; each Crystal Fighter required one level 10 crystal, which was simply too expensive. However, this was cheaper than exchanging them at the main control computer, where each fighter required two level 10 crystals.
As for the materials, they are relatively simple. Many materials can be produced in Dawn City's own industrial zone. Although they are certainly not as strong as the original materials from Hailan Star and Meral Star, they are sufficient.
With that, the organization of his spatial factory was complete. Li Chenglong removed some unnecessary machines and production lines, placing them in the storage area. He also rearranged the positions of the various production lines in the spatial factory to facilitate future operations. Only then did he happily leave the study. At that moment, the nanny, Song Yixin, was playing with Li Yunhao on the sofa. The little boy's laughter showed that he still liked this nanny very much.
Li Chenglong picked up his son, gave him a good kiss, and handed him to Song Yixin. Song Yixin smiled and said, "The little guy is so strong. He eats so much every day but isn't fat. He's developing very well. He can crawl now and sit up independently. I feel he'll learn to walk much earlier than other children." What made Li Chenglong happiest was that, although only four months had passed, his son had already learned to say "daddy," "mommy," "grandpa," and "grandma" under Yunlan's guidance.
He said goodbye to Song Yixin and left home, heading to the special forces team. The special forces team had gone out for training today, but it wasn't far from Dawn City. He could get there quickly using his Dragon Soaring Technique, which would allow the team members to test the energy rifle and hear their thoughts after using it.