Chapter 171 Global Heat, Bullets Finally Made!
The wind was still blowing, the snow was still falling, and sitting in the wind and snow, Su Mo could see some things that he had forgotten because of the rush of many days.
For example, there were three sets of brand new cotton clothes in the storage space.
For another example, the snowflakes, clouds and strong winds in the sky were playing their own games without interfering with each other, forming an extremely strange climate.
Of course, there were also thoughts brought about by examining other lone wolf shelters.
At present, all "lone wolves", including the shelter ranked first, also rely on the terrain to build shelters.
Few, or more and more people, are choosing to abandon the houses created by the game panel and build their own shelters.
"In addition to chatting and trading secrets, most people have begun to find ways to get rid of the game panel"
"But this is right. If humans put all their focus on the game, they will always be stuck!"
Giving up the shelter built by the game panel not only means losing the functions in the game such as "upgrade", "supernatural blessing" and "extensibility".
At the same time, some modular technologies that may be touched in the future will also be constrained, seriously affecting the speed of development.
This is also the reason why even large shelters have to maintain several game houses.
The first update cut off the production system and added most of the restrictions, including paid use of manufacturing.
And paid restrictions were also imposed on private messaging chats.
It is precisely because of this update that most people have lost confidence in the game panel and choose to try to get rid of the control of the game.
After all, if the shelter you upgraded is recycled one day, wouldn’t it be a sudden death!
Even Su Mo didn’t think much about this, but now it has evolved more and more exaggerated in the mouths of some "conspiracy theorists".
"Game, system, individual, race"
Carefully pondering the connection between these nouns, trying to think about the points that may be involved, it was not until noon when his stomach growled that Su Mo realized that so much time had passed.
The "storm" during the day was not strong, which also gave all the creatures living on this land a chance to breathe.
Seeing that Oreo was still sleeping in his arms, Su Mo simply walked down the hillside and returned to the tool bench. He made a few wooden boards in a few seconds and built a small nest at the door of the garage that could accommodate Oreo.
At this time, the big and small sparks also followed with a coo. Seeing Oreo lying on the ground motionless, they trotted over anxiously and lay beside Oreo and called out.
"It's okay, you two watch it, and call me if there is any problem!"
The temperature on the first floor of the shelter was already frighteningly low, especially when the garage door was opened, the cold wind poured in, and even with combat uniforms, Su Mo was shivering with cold.
It was not until he returned to the second floor, took out the brand new cotton-padded clothes and trousers and put them on, and turned on the heater around his waist that he felt much more comfortable.
Oreo needs cold, and sitting in the base, Su Mo couldn't turn on the air conditioner to heat, so he could only sit in front of the workbench and force himself to concentrate on studying the technology tree for upgrading weapons and ammunition.
The nitrocellulose made in the storage space, that is, nitrocellulose, is extremely safe.
After nearly a day of collection, the ethylene in the well was pumped out, and Su Mo began to think of ways to make the last two important items-
Ethanol and ether!
The production of ethanol was developed on the basis of winemaking.
As early as ancient times, people had fermented starch to make wine. In the 12th century, when wine was distilled, alcohol was separated from wine for the first time.
Until the 1930s, fermentation was the only industrial production method for ethanol.
Until around 1930, Union Carbide established the first industrial device that used ethylene, a byproduct of petroleum thermal cracking, as a raw material, and absorbed and hydrolyzed it into ethanol through sulfuric acid.
This well-known indirect hydration method of ethylene is convenient and simple, and has significant advantages. Once it appeared, it became the best method for preparing ethanol.
There was a large amount of high-purity sulfuric acid in the shelter. It was snowing heavily and it was impossible to go out. After eating some biscuits to restore his strength, Su Mo began to concentrate on making it.
It didn't take long for a large amount of ethanol to be prepared.
As for making ether, it was even simpler. According to the reaction formula, to prepare ether, you only need to break an O-H bond and a C-O bond to complete it.
With a large number of experimental instruments and the path taken by predecessors, the biggest difficulty of smokeless gunpowder is actually the right "cotton".
As for the diphenylamine used to prepare the stabilizer, it only occupies a small amount in the smokeless gunpowder.
After some research, he found that the system price was not expensive. With a wave of his hand, Su Mo bought enough to prepare 20,000 bullets for only 20 survival points.
"Pressing, cutting, drying and hardening"
Step by step, Su Mo was extremely patient and followed the scientific preparation concept completely. Until the evening, all the guncotton was finally made!
The smokeless gunpowder neatly cut into strips was placed on the workbench. No matter from which angle you look at it, there is a different kind of beauty.
After working for many days, Su Mo's hands have become slightly rough.
Especially when touching the smokeless gunpowder, the friction is even stronger.
"Smokeless gunpowder! Something that has not been studied for centuries, but it only took me one day from the beginning to the completion of the preparation!"
Standing on the shoulders of giants to see the world, at this moment, Su Mo was extremely grateful for the knowledge he had received intentionally or unintentionally in peacetime.
It may be a novel, or it may be a Zhihu answer, or even a marketing account with a lot of useless information.
These information flows constitute the huge knowledge reserve of modern people, which can be quickly transformed into "strength" after arriving in the apocalyptic wasteland!
With modular machine tools, there is no need to wait until all smokeless gunpowder is completely dried and hardened.
3000 bullets require 18 units of copper blocks and 2 units of lead blocks.
There are currently a large number of copper blocks in the base, which are used to prepare the most important ammunition. Su Mo did not feel sorry at all, and went directly to the ground to carry enough copper blocks and placed them next to the machine tool.
After putting all the smokeless gunpowder and lead blocks into the storage space of the machine tool, Su Mo clicked on the preparation of ammunition with a nervous mood.
The current storage power of the machine tool is 50 degrees of electricity, and after a day of charging, it has reached the peak.
It takes 23 degrees of electricity to prepare 3000 bullets. There is no excessive preparation work. When the green light comes on, with a sacred face, both arms press the manufacturing button at the same time, and the familiar round iron cover appears again!
Click, click, click
Burst after burst of strange noises appeared, and at the same time, the chain in the machine tool began to work.
Within two minutes, when a circular cut about the size of a fist appeared on the iron cover, the time for harvesting finally came!
Bang!
Dang!
A brass bullet was spit out by the machine tool and flew into the steel collection bucket in front of the machine tool, making a "pleasant" crisp sound.
Then, like corn entering a popcorn machine, more and more bullets were spit out, crashed into the bucket, and were automatically arranged into neat shapes by the steel belt inside.
Sitting in front of the collection bucket of the machine tool, Su Mo held his head and quietly looked at the neatly arranged 56 bullets inside, and the happiness in his heart surged one after another.
If you are poor, you can use tactics to intersperse, and if you are rich, you can use firepower to cover!
With these 3,000 bullets, Su Mo has the confidence to stop thousands of troops alone, not to mention dog-headed people and lion-men, even the bull-headed people who are called "tigers" by everyone.
Technology has made individual strength more terrifying than foreign races can understand.
Although it is unknown which traitor will be the first to reveal the technological weapons of mankind to foreign races, at this moment, Su Mo believes
that he has walked ahead of everyone in the world!
"A bunch of jumping clowns! How can the honor of being the world's number one be held by these scoundrels?"
While waiting, Su Mo opened the live broadcast page and looked at the live broadcast room title above. He grinned and sneered twice.
In the morning, among the 20 live broadcast rooms, only six live broadcast rooms had the word "Suma" and were accompanied by various sarcastic titles.
In the afternoon, this number has intensified. Between the alternation of the list, fourteen live broadcast rooms have changed their names and gained popularity.
Compared to large shelters, these newly listed lone wolves are like upstarts who suddenly won the lottery, trying their best to attract the most attention and attention within a limited time.
"Fame is like a poison covered with honey. If you are not careful, you will only poison yourself if you eat it!"
Shaking his head, just as Su Mo was about to quit, he saw that the live broadcast room ranked fourth looked familiar.
"Feng Mengyue? Why does this name feel so familiar?"
After trying to open the private message panel to search, Su Mo finally remembered that they had made a deal when they first came to this wasteland.
The rare glass was bought from Feng Mengyue.
Meeting an old acquaintance, Su Mo didn't think much about it. Seeing the title "The Only Game Shelter", he clicked in with interest.
As the only game shelter in the top 20, Feng Mengyue's live broadcast room naturally attracted many people's attention.
Moreover, in the properties in the upper right corner, there are 23 people in her shelter. In the live broadcast room with 3-6 people, she feels like a crane standing out from the crowd.
"What neat houses, and windbreaks built on all four sides, no wonder the average temperature is 9 degrees!"
Switching the perspective, looking at the six houses neatly arranged on the ground and the cave in the middle, Su Mo nodded, affirming the strength of the old acquaintance.
The construction of the windbreak is not laborious. It is mixed with mud and weeds, and various large stones are buried in the land. Once the gaps are smeared, it is very strong and resistant to grooves.
Changing the perspective again, coming to the house near the periphery, Su Mo finally saw Feng Mengyue's true appearance for the first time.
"It's a bit strange, it feels a bit different from the photo!"
The photo of Feng Mengyue is the kind of heroic at first glance, but the woman sitting in the house at this time can be seen as a gentle Jiangnan woman.
"I see a lot of comments asking about Su Mo. I believe this. Strength is strength, ranking is ranking. Living long in the wasteland and having abundant supplies are the symbols of strength. Don't be misled by those anchors!"
No matter which live broadcast room, everyone can never get around the word "Su Mo". After watching for a while, Su Mo shook his head helplessly and exited the live broadcast room.
"Supplies, I have them, weapons, I have them too, as for temperature"
"Sorry, I have them too!"
Watching the last brass bullet jump into the collection bucket and be neatly arranged by the steel belt, Su Mo smiled as he glanced at the air conditioner on the third floor in front of the tool machine.