Chapter 536 Cost Cycle

Yang Ao asked curiously: "What can I do? Let me tell you."

Shen Jin smiled mysteriously, "The city surrounds the countryside!"

Yang Ao: "???"

Seeing that Yang Ao didn't understand, Shen Jin explained something like this in his ear again,

Yang Ao suddenly showed a surprised expression.

"It's so high! Brother Jin, this move of yours is too high. You can't even kill it, it's like a shrimp but a pig's heart!"

"Okay, it's getting late now. You and your brothers should go back to the Hulu District to rest. I'll go see how the mining is going at Meng San's place?"

It was morning when Yang Ao and the others came out. It only took half an hour to defeat the zombie tide, but it took a full 6 hours to chase the zombie tide, clean up the zombie tide, and collect the loot.

After staying in the Jinzhou City base for more than an hour, it is now dusk, and it is time for the extraordinary people in Home No. 1 to get off work.

"Okay, let's go then."

The intensity of today's battle was relatively high, and the extraordinary beings were tired. As a qualified leader, Yang Ao naturally had to consider the morale of his extraordinary beings, so he led them back to Home No. 1 Hulu District.

They have been resting there recently. It is more convenient to go back and forth to Jinzhou City every day, only 50 kilometers away.

Shen Jin then walked west, where there was a very large [Uranium Ore] mine.

A few minutes later, Shen Jin landed from the sky.

Meng San, his men and the death squads had already cleared out all the zombies in this mountain range, and it was very quiet down there.

"Boss, you are here. There is indeed a mine that was being excavated before the end of the world. We have cleaned up all the zombies in and around the mine, and we can start digging at any time."

"very good!"

The captains under Shen Jin are all very reliable in their work. Among them, Meng San is the most mature and prudent, and he carries out Shen Jin's orders thoroughly. Moreover, Meng San's combat talent is also the strongest among the several captains. The next person to be promoted to the third level of extraordinary is probably him, which can save Shen Jin a bottle of extraordinary medicine for promotion to the third level.

Shen Jin lowered his head and looked down,

The ground was excavated at a large slope, and there was a deep pit in the middle. Inside were placed cranes, trucks, drills and other excavation tools. It looked very advanced.

In two of them, there were some dormitories for workers, but now they are empty.

There are a few scattered zombies on the ground, they must have just been killed by Meng San.

Because it is located deep in the mountains, the air is very fresh, there are many green plants around, and the environment is relatively good. Before the end of the world, it would also be a good place for a weekend trip.

Shen Jin turned on the protection mode of the quantum armor and went down to the depths of the mine with the [OV Scanner].

Quantum armor can protect against radiation.

[Didi di di~ Uranium ore discovered]

Soon, a beep appeared on the scanner,

"I found it just after entering the mine. It seems that the mineral resources here are very rich."

This is good news and means Shenjin can continue its plans to produce advanced solar machines.

Shen Jin called the people above to come down. Each of them took an [OV Scanner] and scanned the surrounding environment. Then he found the best place to mine [Uranium Ore] and placed three [Advanced Mining Machines]. .

Each [Advanced Mining Machine] is equipped with a fully charged [Lamberton Power Storage Backpack] and 4 empty [Steel Storage Compartments].

Set [Whitelist Mode] to [Advanced Mining Machine] and only collect [Uranium Ore].

This allows for more efficient and accurate collection.

"Huhuhu——"

The equipment started running.

The [Advanced Mining Machine] is not very noisy because its principle is to transport the blocks below into its own storage space, rather than using a drill to dig down piece by piece like an ordinary [Mining Machine].

"Lao Meng, you arrange for a few smart brothers to build a hut up there to guard our machines and don't let others get close to them. When the [steel storage box] is full, send it to my workshop, the machine manager If you don’t have time to dig up anything, you must report it to me in time.

correct! Check the battery power when it's okay. If it's empty, take it back to the base to charge. These are 10 sets of protective clothing. When you go down to see the machine, let the brothers put them on and be careful about radiation. "

"Okay, boss!"

Shen Jin waited here for a while, waiting for three [advanced mining machines] to dig out 10 groups of uranium ores, then put them into his backpack and took them away.

"With 640 pieces of [Uranium Ore], we should be able to produce a lot of [Uranium Ingots], wait! With this, can I make nuclear fuel myself?"

He couldn't make nuclear fuel before because he didn't have [uranium ingots].

Now that he has found the [Uranium Ore] mine according to Professor Kong Long's guidance, he only needs to make another machine to make fuel rods.

【Thermal centrifuge】!

Through this machine, Shen Jin can obtain fuel rods of different specifications.

Single, double, quadruple.

"I guess it can't be worse than the fuel rods from the factory in the south, right?"

After returning to Home Base No. 1, Shen Jin built a new studio on the mountain range where the nuclear power plant was installed to the north.

This place is specifically used to study the application of [uranium ore].

This material is full of radioactivity and is not suitable for placement in either the inner city or the outer city.

"Smelt out this batch of [uranium ore]. Build two more nuclear power plants. There are only so many nuclear power plants. If one of them explodes, it will be all over."

Shen Jin knows the power of this thing's explosion!

Before the end of the world, there was a movie called "Chernobyl", which was about the nuclear leak in Ukraine. The situation was very tragic, and the place is still a ghost town.

"What if my enemies know that this is a nuclear power plant and are trying to detonate it? It's really hard for me to defend myself. After all, I can't guard against thieves for a thousand days. Maybe I need to consider hiding these nuclear power plants."

The exterior of the nuclear power plant here has very solid [advanced alloy] walls and [explosion-proof stone] walls. According to the conclusion of the system, walls with more than 3 layers can withstand nuclear explosions. But if a high-level transcendent deliberately opens the gap to cause an explosion, the nuclear leakage will instantly spread to the entire No. 1 Home Base.

"Go back and move these nuclear power plants into the mountains and hide them"

Shen Jin thought about it and decided.

He didn't plan to tell anyone else about this. If his people were controlled by the enemy, he wouldn't be able to find the nuclear power plant in Home No. 1, and the enemy would be even less able to find it.

"Harm! Am I a little unfounded?"

Although Shen Jin was mocking himself, he still decided to play it safe.

On the top of the mountain, in the new workshop,

Shen Jin pulled out a high-voltage wire from the nuclear power plant and connected it to the new studio to temporarily provide power here.

In the future, we will wait until the installation of the 1,000 [wind turbines] and the new nuclear power plant is completed before using the electricity there.

Shen Jin made 3 [Molecular Recombinants] and placed them in the workshop, and began to make [Small Sunshine Compounds].

This stuff will be used a lot, so save it first.

Shen Jin built another set of equipment for smelting [uranium ore] and drilled a deep well on site to provide water for the workshop.

As the equipment continues to produce [uranium ingots],

All preparations have been completed.

Shen Jin continues to study [Advanced Solar Energy].

This thing is the mainstay of future power generation. Nuclear energy always consumes resources. When [uranium ore] cannot be found in the future, that is when nuclear power plants are exhausted, it will definitely be better to develop clean and safe energy sources such as solar energy.

Shen Jin opens the most basic [Advanced Solar Generator] synthesis table:

[Brilliant glass plate]*3+[Advanced circuit board]*2+[Advanced alloy]*2+[Solar generator]*1+[Brilliant iridium iron alloy plate]*1

Shen Jin looked at the materials used to make [Glory Glass Plate] and [Glory Iridium Iron Alloy Plate].

In addition to those ordinary materials, a total of [Uranium Ingot]*1, [Iridium Ingot]*1, [Small Sunlight Compound]*1, and [Diamond]*1 are needed.

"It's not a big problem!"

Shen Jin made an [Advanced Solar Generator] by dividing three by five and dividing by two.

Place it on the roof of the workshop.

Gray shell, dark blue solar panel,

Shen Jin opened its operation interface. It was very simple, with only 3 attributes.

[Power generation: 100 degrees/hour (night)]

[Buffer power: 32000 degrees]

[Rechargeable: 1]

"Let me go, it can generate electricity at night! The [Advanced Solar Generator] is indeed an advanced machine. What is the principle of generating electricity at night? Is it absorbing the energy of the moon?"

Shen Jin looked at the introduction of the machine again.

During the day, when there is sufficient sunlight and no obstruction, this [Advanced Solar Generator] can generate 800 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour.

Shen Jin skillfully took out his calculator,

"Based on the average time of 12 hours during the day and 12 hours at night. One day can produce 10,800 kilowatt-hours of electricity. In other words, one machine generates about 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity every day. Only 10,000 units can catch up with these five nuclear power plants. of power generation.”

Shen Jin frowned, feeling that this was not very profitable and consumed too much material.

A machine generates 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day, which is already very high in ordinary times. Even before the end of the world, it was a technology that would amaze the world. Solar energy may have a brighter future because of this, but when used here by Shen Jin If so, more than 10,000 points is really insignificant.

And the most important thing is that it takes 2.1 million kilowatt hours of electricity to make this machine! In other words, it takes 210 days to make a return on this machine.

“Look at the next level [hybrid solar generator]”

Synthesis formula: [Reinforced Iridium Plate]*2+[Advanced Circuit Board]*2+[Carbon Plate]*2+[Lapis Lazuli Block]*1+[Advanced Solar Generator]*1+[Sunshine Compound]*1

Among them, [Reinforced Iridium Plate] requires 4 [Iridium Ingots] + 4 [Advanced Alloy Plate] + 1 [Diamond] to be synthesized.

[Sunshine Compound] requires 9 [Small Sunshine Compounds] to synthesize.

"In this case, it will cost 8 more [Iridium Ingots], 9 more [Small Sunlight Compounds] and 2 more [Diamonds] to synthesize it."

There is no shortage of other materials, but there are only three that I care about.

The production of these three types in the [Molecular Recombination Apparatus] requires a large amount of electricity.

【Iron Ingot】→【Iridium Ingot】1.2 million degrees,

[Fluorite powder] → [Small pieces of sunlight compound] 100,000 degrees,

【Coal】→【Diamond】900,000 degrees.

Shen Jin synthesized a wave of [Small Sunshine Compound] just produced by the [Molecular Recombinator] from his backpack.

Successfully produced [Hybrid Solar Generator].

Gray shell, crystal blue solar panel.

Put it on the roof of the new studio,

"Huh? Solar generators also affect each other? [Hybrid solar generators] need to be placed 10 meters apart from each other."

After Shen Jin placed this solar energy 10 meters away from the [Advanced Solar Generator] just now, he opened the operation interface of the [Hybrid Solar Generator].

[Power generation: 800 degrees/hour (night)]

[Buffer power: 32000 degrees]

[Rechargeable: 2]

(Power generation during the day: 6400 degrees/hour)

"The overall efficiency is 8 times higher than that of the [Advanced Solar Generator], which means that this thing can generate an average of 80,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity every day. The cost of making this machine requires 14.5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, and it takes 181 days to recover the cost. , but it is more cost-effective than the [advanced solar generator] and has a shorter 30-day cost recovery period.”

Shen Jin looked directly at the next [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator],

Synthetic formula: [Coal Block]*3+[Sunlight Enriched Alloy]*2+[Lapis Lazuli Block]*1+[Advanced Solar Generator]*1

Among them, [Enriched Sunshine Alloy] is very awesome.

To synthesize one requires 45 [Small Sunlight Compounds] + 32 [Iridium Ingots] + 8 [Diamonds] + 32 [Uranium Ingots]

Shen Jin took his calculator and after a while,

“It takes 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and 64 [uranium ingots] to synthesize an [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator]. The average daily power generation is 640,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity. It takes 156 days to recover the cost, which is better than the previous level of generators. It also saves a lot of time for cost recovery.”

Although it is very expensive, Shen Jin must make an [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator] because he wants to transform his [Quantum Helmet] into an [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Quantum Helmet].

This allows your quantum armor to generate 640,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day. In this way, even if you are outside and don't go home for a long time, the quantum armor can restore its power by itself.

It can be fully charged in 5 and a half days. Very practical.

While Shen Jin was waiting for three [Molecular Recombinators] to produce [Small Sunlight Compounds], he looked at the last generator of the [Advanced Solar Energy] expansion module.

【Quantum Solar Generator】

Synthetic formula: [Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator]*8+[Quantum Core]*1

Among them, the synthesis formula of [Quantum Core]: [Enriched Sunshine Alloy]*4+[Nether Star]*4+[Eye of Ender]*1

"Damn it, it's a massive amount of materials and electricity!"

Shen Jin did some calculations and came to the final conclusion.

"Making a [quantum generator] requires 1.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity!"

So scary!

"However, the [Quantum Generator] will completely get rid of the concept that solar energy can only generate electricity during the day. Its power generation capacity at night and during the day will be the same. It will capture solar energy through quantum transmission, thus achieving the power of 409,600 degrees per hour! One day is 9.83 million kWh of electricity! It only takes 111 days to recover the cost!”

A small square box can generate 9.83 million kilowatt-hours of electricity every day. When Franklin heard this, he called him an expert, and Tesla would bow down to him when he saw it.

"So in general, the more advanced the generator of the [Advanced Solar Energy] module is, the more power it consumes, but the less time it takes to recover the cost. If you want to make solar energy, just get the [Quantum Generator] in one step. The cost can be recovered in 111 days, and all electricity generated in the future will be wasted!”

It's well worth the investment!

However, Shen Jin's current demand for electricity is very high. He wants to make a set of quantum armor for all his troops.

If all the electricity from the nuclear power plant is used to make [Quantum Generator], then the quantum dream of all his members will be shattered, and the combat effectiveness will not be qualitatively improved.

But if he invests in the future, he will have a steady stream of electricity in 111 days. By then, he will be able to make quantum armor as fast as the quantum armor!

"How to decide?"

Shen Jin couldn't help but fell into deep thought.