Last Totem Novel - Chapter 503
Chapter 503 Expensive
After several days of calculation, Alice combined the database of the Spring and Autumn Heavy Industries’ main computer with the data she had been collecting on the World Wide Web to finally come up with a preliminary plan.
After the blueprints came out, the engineers of Spring and Autumn Heavy Industries immediately put into research, day and night, sleepless. Although this plan was preliminary, there were more than a thousand design drawings. The amount of details and workload involved was unimaginable to ordinary people.
A week later, Cang Haiya and more than 20 other elders wore dark circles around their eyes and called Tie Zha to the conference room to discuss the follow-up work.
“Before we begin the discussion, I want to ask you a question.” Cang Haiya stared into Tie Zha’s eyes and said seriously.
“Please speak.” Tie Zha made a gesture.
‘”Do you believe Alice? Or …” Cang Haiya paused, emphasizing, “Do you believe in your AI module? Do you think she has enough loyalty to you?”
“Why do you ask?” Tie Zha was puzzled.
“Because her design is based on a shipboard nuclear furnace and a state-of-the-art black oil internal combustion engine. With just one fuel replenishment, she will be able to maintain 10 years of operation.”
“This means that she has an extremely high degree of freedom …”
“Moreover, if she follows this plan, she will have the ability to maintain herself, upgrade, mine minerals, develop and produce.”
“It’s like a fully automated mobile factory with armed forces. As long as resources and environment permit, it’s not impossible for it to develop into an independent mechanical empire …”
“Therefore, please think carefully and answer cautiously.” Cang Haiya stared at him with an extremely serious expression.
Faced with this problem, Tie Zha fell into deep contemplation for a long time. The elders looked at him quietly. There was no urgency or urgency in their eyes, only peace and tranquility.
In silence, scenes of the past couldn’t help but appear before his eyes.
‘”Because Taxia was afraid that AI would break away from the control of humans and eventually develop into a great enemy of humans, he trapped Alice in the module …”
‘”So, no matter what Alice says, you must abide by the principle that you cannot undo the self-destruct mechanism in the module. Otherwise, the artificial intelligence that can freely replicate the main body will be like a wild horse …”
“Remember, under no circumstances can you dismantle the self-destruct mechanism. This is the bottom line of being a human.”
“Friend, let Alice take you around the world …”
“We still need to fly to the universe and search for the resplendent civilization in the galaxy!”
“Dear Tie Zha …”
“Alice … Is there anything Alice can do for you?”
“Can I have something to eat? There are still a lot of compressed biscuits …”
“Captain, you won’t die …”
“Please take care.”
Suddenly, there was only that tiny dot of light left in his world that gradually disappeared from the horizon.
They had walked through the lonely wilderness, across the boundless sea of sand, across the vast icy plains, across the thousand-year-old snow-capped mountains, swimming across the icy cold ocean, never leaving, life and death followed.
“I…” Tie Zha raised his head, his calm gaze sweeping across everyone’s faces, and then solemnly said, “Trust her!”
He believed in the great scientist, and more so in his creation. It was the crystallization of his lifetime of hard work. It was his daughter. His pride must have inherited his deep love for humanity.
“Alright, since you believe her, let’s start discussing the following issues.” Cang Haiya said loudly.
“Because the design drawings Alice provided are far more complex than ordinary aircraft and contain a large number of the latest and most advanced technologies, even with our entire factory’s strength, it will take half a year …”
“There’s no problem with the timing, right?” Cang Haiya looked at Tie Zha and asked.
“Yes, you can.” Tie Zha nodded and said. At present, he didn’t need to use the aircraft urgently, and it really couldn’t be used. He could also buy a second-hand one to use first, and the market price was only around 30,000 to 500,000 yuan.
“Funds” Cang Haiya paused for a while before looking at the elders before hesitating, “I need … I need 17 million …”
“What!” As he had expected, before he could finish speaking, Tie Zha was so shocked that he almost fell off his chair. But this couldn’t be blamed on him. Even Crimson Peak Stronghold was only around a million yuan.
“This … this …” Cang Haiya revealed an embarrassed expression as he took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead. “Don’t worry, let me explain slowly …”
Next, Cang Haiya elaborated on the astronomical reasons why the amount required was so large.
The first item that required a lot of money was the floating core.
The floating core was a kind of “anti-gravity material” from the “Qiman’s Dream” plane. It was in the shape of a pale yellow crystal and had extremely high transmittance. It had a compact structure like a diamond, and its entire body emitted a faint golden light. Because its shape is very similar to diamond, but also extremely rare and expensive, so it is also known as the “Star Treasure Diamond”.
They repel the magnetic field of the planet’s core, allowing objects to float in the air. In Qiman’s dreams, all floating islands contained this substance.
However, the structure of this material was very peculiar. If it was placed in the Silver City world, the magnetic fields would interact with each other, and the magnetic force would dissipate, causing it to lose its ability to float.
Because the spacecraft is small, the floating core must be an intact, natural antigravity material. Once broken into pieces, they would repel each other and lose their effect.
Mining the Star Treasure Diamond is an extremely difficult and dangerous task. Under normal circumstances, only a floating island that was tens of square kilometers in size would have a relatively large Star Treasure Diamond. Moreover, when it was mined, the entire island would instantly collapse and fall into the boundless ocean.
According to the plan before the Spring and Autumn Heavy Industries, it only needed a floating core for an ordinary large aircraft, and the market price was around 150,000 yuan.
However, Alice’s plan included a large amount of equipment, ship-borne armor, and steel armor that was as thick as a turtle’s shell. Its carrying capacity had increased by more than twenty times, and it had to have a “100,000-ton” floating core to be able to support it. However, for 100,000 tons, the market price should be at least 3 million yuan. Moreover, it is a high-grade strategic material, and there is no market for it. If you have money, you may not necessarily be able to buy it …
The second item that requires a lot of money is royalties for high-end technologies.
Since Silver City World’s high-end technology was controlled by large manufacturers, they would have to pay huge royalties to use high-end equipment such as shipboard nuclear furnaces, black oil internal combustion engines, demon biochemical cabins, and electromagnetic cannons.
Although there were some hidden places that could be concealed, there was definitely no way to save a sum of money on the surface. The cost was around 1.7 million yuan.
Originally, the Chun Qiu Heavy Industries’ plan was to install only two electromagnetic cannons, and then use the internal combustion engine as the power source. Because these patents had a history of more than a hundred years, the cost was relatively low, only a few thousand gold coins would be enough. However, the Black Oil Internal Combustion Engine and the Abyss Devil Biochemical Chamber were the top of the pack, and the patent fees were frighteningly high.
In addition, the Abyss Devil Biochemical Chamber was the technology of the Halley industry, and behind the Halley industry was the Golden Triangle and the Temple Princess. If he didn’t pay the royalties, Chunqiu Heavy Industries would probably be gone tomorrow.
“Me too” Hearing this, Tie Zha almost cried out. However, he didn’t finish the second half of his sentence, because it didn’t make any sense at all. Although he and You Ge found it together at that time, she was the princess of the Temple. Even if he snatched it out of nowhere, he still had nothing to say.
The third item that required a lot of money was rare metals.
The original plan of Chunqiu Heavy Industries was to use “diamond-grade” super-density alloys as internal combustion engine blocks, “industrial-grade” super-density alloys as power transmission systems, and the rest were ordinary steel. As for Alice’s plan, even the floor was made of super-dense alloy …
From this, it could be seen that the amount of refined gold, secret silver, and black iron required would only be in the tens of millions of tons. It must be an astronomical figure to make floors out of top-notch materials used to make engines. Although there was still a big gap between them and the Princess Temple’s Golden Battleship, it was still the luxury of the present world.
After listening to Cang Haiya’s narrative, Tie Zha asked Mu Qianhe to push the red comet over and asked, “Alice …”
[Great Master, at your disposal ~] A childish voice came from the speaker.
“Do you think …” asked Tie Zha coolly. “Am I rich?” Back then, when he was still picking up trash in Tieshan Town and earned only about a hundred gold coins a year, she had asked for a Harley’s Blazing Eagle and an RC’s Divine Wind Warrior. To him at that time, it was simply an astronomical number.
[Beep beep …]
Tie Zha thought for a moment and stretched out three fingers. “I’ll do it again. I’ll do it at most …” He said, “Three million.”
[Dudu … so stingy ~]
The red comet shook the front of the car and the girl’s beep came from the loudspeaker.
“But …” Tie Zha added, “you can loosen up on super-dense alloys, but don’t use them as floors.” The Ancient Temple’s material warehouse also contained a large amount of rare metals left behind by the Glorious Bloodline. There was no need to spend any extra money to purchase them. All they needed to do was to grind away the imprints and find the Central Heavy Industries to smelt them.
After this period of contact, he also understood a lot of knowledge related to industry. Central Heavy Industries was the largest. Although its smelting technology was inferior to RC and Harley Industries, it was efficient enough and did not need special relationships. However, if they were to find RC Company, which was also in the Central Continent, and their status wasn’t high enough, not only would they be expensive, they would also have to queue up.
[Yeah ~]
Alice let out a cheerful cry and circled around Tie Zha.
“The outer shell can only be used at the industrial level.” Tie Zha added.
[Woo … Chi …]
The sound of a flat tire came from the speaker.
[Yes, my master]
“To be honest, there’s no need to use a divine craftsman-level cylinder for an internal combustion engine, right?” Tie Zha looked at Cang Haiya and asked.
[Want ~ Want ~ Want ~]
Alice protested loudly.
‘”This … this …” Cang Haiya looked a little embarrassed.
[Want ~ Want ~ Want ~]
Alice shouted loudly, and the headlights kept flashing.
“Master, please speak clearly.” Tie Zha ignored Alice’s entanglement and asked seriously.
[Want ~ Want ~ Want ~]
“It’s hard to say …” Cang Haiya stroked his sparse beard and said, “We have an old saying in the Far East, one cent, one cent …”
[Want ~ Want ~ Want ~]
“Is that what you want or don’t want?” Tie Zha asked.
[Want ~ Want ~ Want ~] “Yes, yes, no, yes.” “Do you want it or not?” [Want ~ Want ~ Want ~] “It’s up to you. Whatever you want, it’s all right.” “This …” [Want ~ Want ~ Want ~]
In the end, Tie Zha sighed and said, “I’ll take it then.”
[Long live ~ Long live master ~]