Chu Jungui dug a box of soil in the distance, added the gravel obtained from the construction of the trap, put it into the refining furnace with new modules, and pressed the start button.
The refining furnace made a thin beeping sound and began to work. Chu Jungui opened the part under the ribs of the armor, took out a small bottle of off-white powder, and poured it into the special inlet of the refining furnace.
At this moment, the working conditions in the refining furnace are being displayed on the screen. Various useful substances in the rock and soil are being continuously separated, and the rest that are not specifically designated are classified as waste, constantly being sucked away by the waste outlet, and then pressed in the waste processing unit. Scrap bricks into specified shapes.
The basic metals and non-ferrous metals are left in the furnace, and they begin secondary refining and purification when all the waste materials are cleaned up. Some of them, in the form of oxides, are sent to the electrolysis module and eventually decomposed into oxygen and pure metals.
The metal in a semi-liquid state will be sent to the discharging unit, cooled and solidified into standard raw material rods, while the oxygen will remain in the electrolysis module and enter a separate processing chamber. In the treatment chamber, as soon as oxygen comes into contact with the off-white powder, it turns into fine particles and falls to the bottom of the chamber.
As oxygen continues to enter the treatment chamber, the particles at the bottom also increase.
When the third furnace raw material refining is completed, the oxygen-containing particles in the treatment chamber increase to the critical point. Then the bottom of the processing chamber opens, all the particles fall below, are then pressed into shape, and finally an oxygen rod is spit out.
Oxygen rods are the most basic material guarantee for human beings to explore the universe. Under the action of special adsorbents, oxygen is converted into a stable solid form, which greatly increases the reserve and makes it easier to use.
This is the first oxygen rod Lin Xi and Chu Jungui have made since arriving on Planet 4. Such a small rod is enough for them to need for a whole day.
In fact, the current oxygen reserves of the two people are not critical. Including the oxygen in the cockpit and the oxygen rods in the survival bag, they can barely sustain it for a few days.
But the feeling of sitting back and having nothing is completely different from having a stable supply. The latter can provide an important psychological massage called a sense of security, which women especially need.
After filling the refining furnace for the fourth time, Chu Jungui switched the mode of the second refining furnace, and the electrolysis module changed from extracting oxygen to extracting hydrogen. It's much easier to get hydrogen. Hydrogen chloride is everywhere on Planet 4, and its content is so high that you can basically produce a hydrogen rod in one furnace.
In this way, when Chu Jungui got the second oxygen rod, he already had three more hydrogen rods in his hand.
Chu Jungui glanced at the energy supply area, forced down the temptation to build another fuel cell, threw two hydrogen rods and an oxygen rod into the workbench, added some alloy and silicon, and selected a design , waiting silently.
At this moment, Lin Xi was a hundred meters away, exploring the surroundings while walking farther away until she reached the top of a small hill several hundred meters away. This is the commanding heights in the surrounding area, but it was not selected because the ground below is covered with soil and does not have a whole rock as a foundation like the current site.
Lin Xi climbed up the hill and looked around, silently thinking about something.
Chu Jungui's voice sounded behind her: "What are you thinking about?"
"Maybe we should make use of this place."
"There are too many things to be built now, and this place is not suitable for building defenses."
"Yeah." Lin Xi sighed.
"Ah, by the way, I brought you a small... present."
"A gift?" Lin Xi turned around, with a small surprise in her heart. Does this stupid guy also give gifts? Could it be that Planet 4 also has sunny days? What will this guy give? It won't be a landmine, right?
With full of anxiety, Lin Xi looked at Chu Jungui and was suddenly startled, almost unable to believe her eyes.
In Chu Jungui's hand, lying quietly was a bottle of pure water, the kind of pure water that comes in a glass bottle and has a metal easy-open seal.
If it weren't for the eerie purple tone of the surrounding environment, Lin Xi would have thought she was wrong. At this moment, this old-fashioned bottle of water is simply glowing.
"Why is this happening?"
"Water? Just made it."
"I mean the bottle."
"The gift I give you must be more thoughtful. Well, I designed the bottle myself. Does it look good?"
Lin Xi nodded, "Well...it looks good."
Chu Jungui knew immediately that the bottle was very ugly.
In fact, Lin Xi's views were the same as Chu Jungui's original thoughts. They both felt that this early 20th century soda bottle-like design was not aesthetically pleasing at all. But his artistic functional component insisted on this plan and added a bunch of lofty labels such as retro, elegance, nostalgia, etc. to it, which convinced Chu Jungui.
Chu Jungui originally had reservations about this artistic component, but now his suspicions have deepened.
It seems that Dr. Zero's taste is indeed questionable.
Lin Xi took the water bottle and looked at it carefully, as if appreciating a real work of art. For a moment, Chu Jungui was shaken again. Is this bottle really pretty?
Lin Xi sighed secretly, hoping that this fool would understand his feelings. It seemed that it would take some time. What she likes is not this water bottle, but Chu Jungui's concentration on this water bottle.
"It's a pity that you can't drink it directly."
"Want to build an airlock?"
"No, of course not, at least not now. I accepted the gift, thank you!" Lin Xi opened the armor interface and inserted the water bottle into it. The interface in the armor automatically opens the bottle cap and sucks in all the water. She took a deep breath and sighed happily.
In fact, the water circulating inside the armor doesn't taste that bad, it just feels bad psychologically. Lin Xi also knew it, but it was difficult to overcome it.
With a stable supply of pure water, there is no need to continue living in extreme conditions.
Lin Xi looked sideways and asked, "Jun Gui, why do I rarely see you cleaning up waste?"
Chu Jungui was startled, and then he understood what she was referring to. People naturally need to excrete. The survival armor is designed to operate in unsurvivable environments for a long time, so it will naturally take this issue into consideration.
On the one hand, the survival armor will mix food and water into a nutrient solution, which can maximize absorption and greatly reduce the occurrence of excretion. On the other hand, the armor also collects excrement, reuses the water after microcirculation treatment, and compresses and stores other waste, which can be taken out and released at a convenient time.
The two of them had been on Planet 4 for so long, and Lin Xi had been holding back because there was no privacy. But Chu Jungui continued to fight and work as if nothing had happened, not affected at all.
After understanding Lin Xi's current situation, Chu Jungui browsed through several functional components, ignored the politics of self-recommendation, and directly chose tactical deception.
"I have cleaned it up quietly, but I was just afraid that you would be uncomfortable, so I didn't tell you." Chu Jungui said, with a slight embarrassment and shyness on his face.
"So that's it, then... I'll go over there." Lin Xi felt relieved and ran towards the forest.
