Chapter 19 The Ambition of the Construction Captain

   "Woooooooooooooo master, you've come to find me."

  The whirring in front is the sound of pulleys rolling over the concrete floor.

  After returning to the surface, Chu Guang first went to the third floor of the nursing home.

  I planned to ask Xiaoqi to find out about the situation, but before I got to the window, I saw the wastebasket leaning towards me pitifully.

  Chu Guang looked at it in bewilderment, not knowing what was wrong with it.

"what happened to you?"

   "Xiaoqi only has one battery left."

  嗐.

   What do you think?

etc…

  Chu Guang: "Where can I find a charging place for you?"

  Xiao Qi: "I have a wireless charging port on my body, just return to the shelter and stay for a while!"

  Chu Guang: "..."

   No wonder I didn’t see a single socket in the shelter, and the computer on the table without a mainframe was never out of power, it’s all high-tech.

  Although wireless charging is not considered a high-tech.

   Picking up the wastebasket-shaped robot, Chu Guang walked downstairs.

   Obediently put away the pulley underneath, Xiao Qi said suddenly.

   "That's right, master."

   "What's wrong again."

   "It suddenly occurred to me that the shelter's power system seems to be powered by a nuclear fusion core."

   "Nuclear fusion?"

   "Well, so the electricity in it lasts a long, long time."

   "Oh, that's a good thing." Chu Guang was already thinking about how to steal the electricity inside.

  Xiao Qi continued.

   "Although, this may not be a good thing."

   His train of thought was interrupted by this sentence, and Chu Guang, who was going down the stairs, stopped.

"What's the meaning?"

   "Because it is already 2340, compared to the year when the shelter was built, it is already a long, long time..."

What? !

   Chu Guang asked hurriedly.

   "What happens if the electricity runs out?"

  However, Xiao Qi's reply made him almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

"have no idea."

"have no idea???"

   Such an important question, you are so meow that you don’t know it!

   Isn't there an emergency plan? ? ?

  Xiao Qi said cautiously.

   "Because according to the plan... the shelter was supposed to open a hundred years ago, but I don't know why it was delayed for a whole century."

  Chu Guang: "..."

   Seeing that Chu Guang was silent, Xiao Qi continued to comfort him in a low voice.

   "Actually, you don't have to be too pessimistic. The power room of shelter 404 should be on the third floor of the shelter. As long as you unlock that floor, it's OK to replace the fuel rods in time."

  Chu Guang almost couldn't hold back his spray.

   "Where the **** am I going to get fusion fuel rods!"

   This is the 211th year of the Wasteland Era,

  Xiao Qi: "Uh, there is always a way, right?"

  Chu Guang: "..."

   Anyway, don't take your anger out on electronics.

  That's too tasteless.

  Chu Guang put Xiao Qi next to the elevator, and watched as the wastebasket robot rolled back gruntingly.

   Feeling a little irritable.

   But Chu Guang also knew that it was useless to worry at this time, and the problems had to be solved one by one.

In the short term, there shouldn't be too much of a problem with the power supply. Even if the opening of the shelter was delayed for a century, there was no work in the past century after all. It should be running in an energy-saving mode. Maybe the remaining power can be used for decades Not sure.

  In contrast, the coming cold winter is more worthy of his nervousness.

   There is not much time left for him to prepare...

   Leave the nursing home.

  Chu Guang came to the cement kiln and found that the players were busy working with great enthusiasm and had already started the second cement kiln.

  Beside the carbon-steamed mounds, there were also eight neatly formed.

   This is to skip the agricultural era and jump directly into industrialization!

  Chu Guang was overjoyed.

  Thanks to my ability to control people and manage the village well!

  Looking at the manager walking towards him, Lao Bai wiped the plaster off his face. Excited, he didn't look like an adult in his 20s or 30s, but like a child. He stood up and said.

   "Master Manager, you are here!"

   "Well, I went down just now... These are your ideas?" Chu Guang asked looking at the earthen cement kiln behind him.

   "It's everyone's credit!"

   "Don't be humble, I can see it all, and the organization will remember your contributions!"

  Old Bai looked excited.

   Isn't that what he was waiting for!

  Especially the second half of the sentence.

   "...In addition, on behalf of the organization, I will reward each of you with 1,000 contribution points as a reward for unlocking cement building materials. And from now on, you are the construction captain of the No. 404 shelter outpost!"

   "You are free to use your creativity to design and build our outpost within the scope of planning."

   It would be great if there would be a "ding" system prompt at this time.

   That must be cool.

  Alternatively, popups that show rewards in the eyes of players would be nice.

  But unfortunately, neither.

   Even so, even this kind of verbal promise and praise made Lao Bai's face flush with excitement.

   Merit!

Position!

   And, favorability!

  It seems that the hidden system of this game is richer than he imagined!

   "Dear Master Manager! I will do my best to build our homeland!"

  The other three players looked at him enviously.

  Although everyone has contribution points, it is obvious that Lao Bai who got the position of "Construction Captain" is the one who really makes a lot of money.

  Can freely use the construction facilities, what kind of construction captain is this, he is clearly the director of the planning office of Wasteland OL!

   Awesome!

  Looking at the energetic Lao Bai, Chu Guang nodded in approval and said.

   "Fine, now I need you to tell me your plan."

"yes!"

  Lao Bai straightened his back and began to report.

  According to Lao Bai, after he went offline yesterday, he investigated the actual cement factory on the spot, and asked the masters in the factory, and learned that adding iron powder into the cement can get stronger and more durable cement.

   Talking about non-game content in the game seems to be automatically ignored by the NPC. Seeing that the manager did not respond, Lao Bai went straight to the topic.

Considering that the waste soil is full of rusty steel, he mixed the collected rust with charcoal, used the latter as a reducing agent, and made iron by calcination, and then mixed the smelted iron **** with plant ash cement calcined together.

   Although this seems to increase the production cost of cement, the cement fired in this way can be used to make cement kilns that are more durable, high temperature resistant, and have a larger output.

   "It is impossible to produce large quantities of cement with just these few earthen kilns, so I plan to put all the cement produced in the early stage into the construction of production facilities to further increase the output of cement!"

   Chu Guang nodded approvingly.

   "That's a good idea, but... how much cement can be produced with just bark?"

   Just now Chu Guang noticed that not only the pile of logs that had been felled on the ground, but also the bark of the trees near the nursing home were almost bald by these survivors.

   Not even the tree stumps were spared!

  Obviously Lao Bai had considered this question, and replied with confidence.

   “Because of this, we need a more professional cement kiln…the kind that can produce a high temperature of 1450 degrees! In this way, we can make calcium carbonate cement by firing limestone and clay, completely replacing the raw material of plant ash!”

   Plant ash cement containing potassium and sodium is not the most ideal building material, but a substitute when conditions do not permit.

  After being appointed as the construction captain, Lao Bai suddenly had greater ambitions.

  What he sees is no longer just a single wall, or a certain nursing home.

   But the entire wasteland.

  He wants to transform this world into what he wants!

   "You have considered everything comprehensively, so just do what you want."

  Chu Guang nodded, then looked at the other three players.

   "Recently, two newcomers will end their dormancy and join our advance team. I plan to hold a small banquet to welcome them, so I need to bring back some wild game... I can't treat them to porridge."

   After a pause, Chu Guang continued.

   "Who wants to go hunting with me."

   As soon as the voice fell, four hands were raised in a swish, swish, swish.

  Chu Guang froze for a moment.

   Good guy, even the construction captain he just appointed raised his hand!

   "Ahem, it doesn't take so many people... Ye Shi, you come, you belong to the perception department."

   "Obey! Manager!"

  Ye Shi saluted excitedly, and under the envious eyes of the three players, he struttingly stood next to the manager.

  Chu Guang looked at the other three players and said seriously.

   "Your task is also very critical. Cement is the most important thing in the development of the outpost. The wood is enough for the time being, and the logging work can be stopped for a while. I need you to produce cement with all your strength. Can it be done?"

  Although it was a pity that they were not able to go hunting with the manager, the three players obediently followed his arrangement.

   "Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

very good.

   As expected of my appointed player!

  Chu Guang nodded in satisfaction, and walked towards the woods south of the nursing home with Ye Shi, who was so happy from ear to ear...

  (end of this chapter)