Chapter 950 Times Are Changing, and "Useless" Technology!

No one expected that this would happen when the Red Spider Caravan took on the largest order since its establishment.

The three of them were in a heavy mood and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Each industrial core is a treasure of human wisdom in the pre-war era.

Its function is somewhat similar to that of modular devices. After the industrial manufacturing level reaches a certain level, the tasks that should have been completed by several devices are concentrated on one machine.

The operation method is also simple. According to the requirements of the core, input materials in a fool-proof manner, connect the energy, and wait for a while to take out the finished product.

However, the difference is that the modular device is more advanced. Even if some modules are damaged, it will not affect the functions of other modules and can still perform tasks. Once there is a problem inside the industrial core, even if a small part is damaged, the entire process will be stopped and can no longer be used.

Of course, compared to the modularization that cannot be repaired after damage, and even cannot be disassembled, the industrial core has considered the subsequent maintenance issues from the beginning and set up an extremely excellent self-checking system.

When internal damage occurs, the self-check program will not only mark the specific location, but also provide corresponding different repair methods for users to refer to.

Therefore, industrial cores on Blue Star are also divided into several standard levels.

There is no need to say much about the intact ones.

The damage level is less than 30% is called semi-abandoned state, which has a very high repair value.

The damage level is more than 50% is called fully abandoned state, and the difficulty of repair is comparable to rebuilding another one.

The Red Spider Caravan traveled with a large amount of money this time, and before setting off, they specially purchased two Red Spider chariots and installed combined modules to enhance transportation and defense capabilities, all for a semi-abandoned industrial core that they had been eyeing for two years.

In the past two years, they have collected the purchase channels for replacement parts in advance, and also bought a piece of land around the foundation.

They only need to return to the foundation headquarters and purchase parts to repair this industrial core.

The Red Spider Caravan can gradually transform from a wandering land caravan to a semi-industrial caravan, relying on the goods produced by the core to obtain a steady stream of stable income.

But now, the dream seems to be shattered.

Coming to this strange world, it is still unknown how many channels that were previously negotiated can be retained.

But what is certain is that this semi-abandoned industrial core will definitely become a hot potato.

Sell it out?

According to the acquisition standards of the foundation, at least two-thirds of the investment will be lost, which is equivalent to the caravan working for nothing in the past few years.

Don't sell it out?

It cannot be repaired in hand, and it has to bear the risk of being targeted in vain.

The night rain is sad.

Sometimes silence is the best language.

Sean took out his hand from under the table, gently placed it on the car window, and moved down following the trajectory of the raindrops.

Pah.

Pah.

The wind blew the raindrops randomly.

Just like his mood, it was also as unstable as the raindrops.

After a while, Sean didn't know what he had figured out, and his wandering eyes suddenly became firm.

He turned to look at Luke and Joseph who were still in a trance, and said firmly:

"The industrial core cannot be sold to the outside world for the time being. This is the capital for our resurgence, whether it can be repaired or not."

"In addition, even if the channels we collected before are gone now, we can continue to collect, at most it will take some time."

"But if we want to collect parts, isn't it equivalent to telling others that we have the core?" Joseph said with a slightly hesitant expression, and couldn't help but glance at the patrol team passing by not far outside the car window.

It was already two o'clock in the middle of the night.

Compared with the lazy guards of the caravan, they all retreated to the car to rest when it rained.

The warriors in this strange shelter are simply dedicated and abnormal, and they are still patrolling the border meticulously.

If it weren't for the fact that the weapons in their hands were too backward, the gap between the two sides would be huge.

Joseph asked himself, he would never be able to maintain his current mentality when strangers were wandering around the caravan.

"Don't worry, haven't we always done this when we were looking for channels before?"

"Besides, compared to other caravans, we are not unlucky this time."

"At least before we set off, we upgraded all our weapons and prepared enough military equipment and logistics to fight a few tough battles."

Sean's tone was mixed with comfort, but his attitude was still firm.

"We can go to gathering places like Tianyuan Shelter to ask them to help find it. They don't know the industrial core and don't know the purpose of our search for repair parts."

"Go to a few more places and you will always get something."

"I hope so."

Seeing that Sean said so, Joseph no longer expressed contradictory opinions and made a gesture of support.

The injured Luke had no other opinions. Besides, he was already so sleepy that his scalp was numb that he could hold on until now after being shot.

The three of them hastily agreed on the deployment of the next few days, and then returned to their respective bedrooms and fell asleep.

The next day.

After a rainy night, a rare sunny day.

Of course, with the Thousand Illusions Mist spreading across the entire New World, the presence of the sun only raised the temperature a little.

Physically, it still felt sticky.

The Red Spider Caravan was very efficient and quickly sent someone to send a list full of items that could be traded.

The person in charge of negotiating with the shelter was Walter, the purchasing manager of the Red Spider Caravan.

He was not tall, only about 1.6 meters.

But he weighed nearly 180 kilograms, and walked on the road like a round ball.

"Dear Tianyuan Administrator, this is all the goods that our caravan can currently sell to the outside world."

"Don't worry about the price, you will never find a cheaper one than ours in the entire wasteland."

Walter smiled modestly and took out an A4-sized atlas from his leather bag.

"So many?"

Su Mo took it in surprise and found that the booklet recording the items had more than 20 pages, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Open it and read it.

Every product in the atlas has a basic text introduction and illustrations.

Perhaps the other party discovered that the weapons in the Tianyuan territory are very "old", and also confirmed that the surrounding environment has changed, and weapons and equipment will be the next hot goods.

The first few pages of the atlas are actually some arms!

From the most basic pistols, submachine guns, rifles, to enhanced machine guns, sniper rifles, and grenade launchers.

From shoulder-mounted RPGs to anti-aircraft artillery that can be installed on the ground.

Under the words "rare", Su Mo even saw an electromagnetic rifle flashing with silver light!

Although the price is not cheap.

The string of "9" numbers combined together is obviously what this group of people put out to make him jealous.

But this Red Spider Caravan is like a walking arsenal. Even when the Tianyuan Territory had the most arms reserves before, it was not more than one-tenth of the number that could be traded in this atlas.

However

"Only weapons, no ammunition?"

"Yes, we can sell a batch of weapons to your shelter, but the ammunition inventory is very tight at present, and you need to solve it yourself."

Walter explained with a stern face:

"Because we are not sure how long it will take to return to the foundation headquarters, so in order to prevent the risks that may come on the way back, we have to prepare more ammunition on our body, please understand."

"But as long as we can successfully return, you can rest assured that we will definitely bring enough ammunition next time."

Good guy.

This pie is too good to be drawn.

If there is ammunition to buy, Su Mo would like to exchange all the materials that can be traded in the territory now, and then let the Madman Weapons Factory run at full capacity to arm the militia in the territory as much as possible.

But without ammunition

Aren't these guns equivalent to a firewood stick?

Wanting Tianyuan Territory to use existing resources to exchange for some useless things, does the Red Spider Caravan think that his brain is stupid?

Skipping these "useless" things, Su Mo patiently continued to look back.

Enter the daily necessities and food category.

Perhaps it is because the automatic reactor on the Red Spider chariot can be manufactured on site, the prices of daily necessities on the list are actually affordable according to the daily income of workers.

The purchasing power of just 1 business coupon can be exchanged for quite a few goods.

It can be exchanged for a set of tops and pants made of polyester fiber, or a dozen band-aids.

You can buy some basic condiments, such as salt, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, chicken essence, etc.

You can also buy some delicate small items, such as screwdrivers, noodle labels, thermos cups, sewing boxes, sockets, etc.

And when it comes to food.

Seeing the several best-selling items highlighted on the first page, Su Mo was stunned.

"Wait, do you have the technology to synthesize starch, protein, and glucose?"

On the list.

One business coupon can actually buy a full 600g of starch, which is equivalent to about 800g according to the composition content of rice.

The protein item is even more outrageous. One business note can actually buy 300g?

What does this mean?

The protein content of chicken is only about 20%, and 100g can extract 20g of protein.

According to the salary of two business notes per person per day, the protein that can be bought is equivalent to extracting 3kg of chicken.

At this price, if it is directly extracted from meat, the Red Spider Caravan may lose money.

"Yes, we have a complete set of industrial preparation technology. As long as we can collect enough raw materials and have sufficient energy supply, we basically don't have to worry about food and drink."

"If you buy these basic ingredients in large quantities, we can also give you a discount on the basis of the purchase."

Walter explained softly.

Using carbon dioxide and hydrogen to synthesize starch and carbon monoxide to synthesize protein, these technologies that can be synthesized from the beginning through several steps of chemical reactions without biological systems and only using chemical catalysts are not uncommon.

As early as the pre-war era of Blue Star, it has been promoted in many places and replaced the ancient agriculture and animal husbandry.

For example, the mole shelters in Sunny Harbor City are equipped with similar production machines, which can still stably guarantee the expenses of residents even after more than two hundred years.

Of course, there is a very important premise.

There must be enough energy!

The hydrogen used to synthesize starch is a very high-energy substance, and it takes a lot of energy to extract hydrogen from water.

If there is no cheap and easy-to-use energy, it will be difficult to use this technology even if it is mastered.

In the same way, the energy of carbon monoxide is much higher than that of carbon dioxide, and it also takes a lot of energy to produce carbon monoxide.

And its synthesis method is not purely chemical, but requires the use of biological strains, that is, fermentation. This process requires a sufficiently stable environment to ensure the growth of the strains, and the energy consumption is huge.

However, for the Foundation, which has already mastered the controllable nuclear fusion technology, energy is inexhaustible.

The Red Spider Caravan's chariot is equipped with a nuclear generator, which contains a 3kg helium-3 fuel rod.

According to the fact that 1 kg of helium-3 can generate 19 megawatts of energy, this thing can output nearly 60,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity in total.

It is a bit too much to say that it is open to manufacturing, but at least it is true that there is no worry about food and drink.

"If you need not only these basic ingredients, but also the technology to prepare it, we will also sell it to the outside world."

"Of course, we don't have any extra corresponding production equipment for sale."

"If you can return to the Foundation headquarters and you need it, we can bring it over for the next transaction."

Walter's attitude is very enthusiastic, just like those door-to-door salesmen in the civilized era.

In fact, technology is indeed the least valuable thing on Blue Star.

In a peaceful and prosperous era, knowledge is a valuable means of production, and mastering it can bring countless money.

But in the wasteland of the end of the world, for ordinary people, this thing is not as important as a piece of paper to wipe their butts.

Just like jewelry made of gold, what is valuable is not the shape, pattern, or design, but the gold itself.

Even in the shelter of the mole man, education is a leisure luxury activity that only a few people can participate in.

For those who don’t even have basic theoretical knowledge, even if they are given a detailed description of nuclear fusion, what’s the use.

Can’t these people really use the pickaxes and axes in their hands to rub them out?

Don’t be funny.

Technical barriers are naked behaviors of the weak, and they are self-protection means of fearing that the other party will threaten themselves.

The powerful foundation has never restricted the outflow of technology from the beginning. As long as it is mature technology, it allows caravans to take it to the outside world for sale.

They only need to sell the corresponding devices to harvest a large number of laborers and make a lot of money.

As he said.

Su Mo continued to flip down and finally saw these "technologies" listed in different categories.

The Red Spider Caravan thoughtfully translated the tongue-twisting technical names, which look very intuitive.

In addition to the three major synthesis technologies of starch, monosaccharide and protein, there are many high-techs that are refreshing at the first sound of the name.

"Pipeline Capsule Transport System", "Holographic Projection Assistance", "Brain Enhancement Kit", "Single Soldier Anti-Gravity Flight", "Cold Nuclear Fusion Energy Technology"

From the beginning to the end, dozens of novel technologies, combined with text descriptions, seem to have opened the door to a new world.

After a pause, Su Mo suppressed the urge to exchange it in his heart.

A good cook cannot cook without rice.

For the Foundation, even if the technology is mature, it is still a mountain that cannot be seen to the top for the Tianyuan Territory, which is still in the Bronze Age.

Just like cold nuclear fusion, even if the principle is known, there are still thousands of problems waiting to manufacture the corresponding device.

Instead of exchanging these things now, it is better to exchange something real.

For example

"Hey, is the exoskeleton armor also sold to the outside world?"

"Why does this look familiar?"