In the rare calm days that followed, Chu Jungui took the time to complete the construction of the orbital energy station and the Exploding Wasp Scimitar.
Just when he was about to expand production capacity again, he discovered a problem. Shadow of Doom was fine, but the territory of Base 2 was not big enough.
The area of Doomsday Shadow is actually about the same as that of Base No. 2. The difference is that the former was once captured and severely damaged. The base that Chu Jungui rebuilt on the ruins had almost even the spatial structure re-planned. It was naturally the most extreme in the style of the experimental body. utilization. Base No. 2 fell into Chu Jungui's hands relatively intact, and all areas were relatively intact, so the heavy equipment would naturally not be destroyed.
This creates the most obvious problem. The residential area of Base 2 is ten times the size of Shadow of Doom, accounting for 40% of the entire base area, making it the largest single area. However, if you want to ensure the residence of tens of thousands of people, you need such a large space.
In the conception of the experimental body, the easiest way to free up space is to transform the living area. The space freed up in this way can solve the problem of production expansion within at least one month. However, Chu Jungui did not expect that when he proposed this idea during a routine meeting, he was unanimously opposed by Li Ruobai and Li Xinyi.
Li Ruobai did not directly state the reason for his objection, but sent a report he had just received to Chu Jungui. Chu Jungui took a look at the report, and his face suddenly became happy.
At this moment, Chu Jungui had many military engineers and scientists under his command. The girl took them out and formed a separate laboratory to conduct research on weapons. Since Li Xinyi arrived, she has reorganized everyone's abilities and characteristics and established several new independent laboratories. The rights originally held by Le Mans were significantly weakened and dispersed. However, instead of being resentful, the fat bald man was extremely happy. Not only was he freed from the complicated and trivial management affairs, but the girl also allocated several times more computing power to him. This allowed Le Mans to focus on his research and live a fulfilling and happy life.
After the girl's reorganization, the research efficiency of the entire base has increased dramatically. Research work that originally took several days or even ten days can now be completed in just one or two days, and several projects are progressing simultaneously.
This report comes from one of the high-energy weapons testing laboratories. Engineers and scientists in the laboratory disassembled a high-energy beam cannon from the Federation and conducted reverse engineering. They were originally from the Federation, so they naturally knew the Federation's technological system very well, so their research progressed rapidly. They used the principles of federal technology, combined with the materials and environment of Planet 4, to successfully develop a brand-new crystal that can be used to excite high-energy beams.
This kind of crystal is still in its preliminary stage, and the high-energy beam power it can excite per unit volume is only half that of the federal standard crystal. However, its service life in the environment of Planet 4 is far longer than that of the Federation Crystal, more than ten times longer than the latter. The Federation's beam cannon will be useless after being fired at full power dozens of times on the planet's surface, but this crystal can be fired thousands of times.
The scientists named the crystal alpha crystal and planned to divide the study into two parts. One part continues to conduct basic research to improve the energy conversion efficiency and maximum excitation power of the Alpha crystal; the other part turns to weaponization research and develops various supporting components in order to produce the No. 4 planetary version of the beam cannon as soon as possible.
This is a very important breakthrough, which means that Chu Jungui is about to get rid of the armed plan that relies on robbery. He continued to look back, and then saw a somewhat strange request.
Scientists believe that since they have been divided into two research directions, in order to make progress as soon as possible, they hope to build a new laboratory in Base 2.
This request seems reasonable, but what is unreasonable is that the new laboratory will accommodate more than 90% of the scientists and engineers, and only 3 people will stay in the original laboratory.
While Chu Jungui was thinking, Li Xinyi said bluntly: "The meaning of this report is that they want to move here."
"Why?"
"Because it's a good place to live here."
Chu Jungui finally understood what the girl meant, thought for a moment and said, "Do you think I should start paying attention to their welfare now?"
The girl shook her head: "No, it's not necessary now. But we can't reduce it any more. Their current living conditions are already very poor. If we reduce the living area further, they will rebel."
"They won't." Chu Jungui was very sure.
"How do you know they won't?"
"Their low-level authority is all in my hands, and they can't resist."
The girl disagreed: "There are always people who will risk life and death."
Chu Jungui was startled, then thought about it and said, "Indeed. But wherever there is resistance, there will be suppression. Don't worry, my suppression is very efficient."
Li Ruobai was listening and felt that the topic was going astray. He coughed quickly and said: "Jun Gui, people are not machines after all. If you don't make them live more comfortably, they may be able to endure it for a while, but they cannot endure it for a long time. Even if no one resists, no one will take care of us. Do things. You don’t want a research project to take a year to solve, right?”
Chu Jungui thought for a moment and finally nodded, "That makes sense. Then where does our space come from?"
"Well..." Li Ruobai pondered silently. The easiest way is to directly expand the base. But in that case, the existing defense system will have to be redesigned and the area will be expanded, which will increase the pressure on defense exponentially. Although it has been quiet during this period, no one has forgotten the beast tide.
No one will forget the overwhelming tide of beasts after seeing it once.
After thinking for a long time, Li Ruobai's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Why not develop underground?"
While Chu Jungui was thinking about it, Li Ruobai had already said eloquently: "Underground construction has many benefits. First of all, we are going to dig, so we can explore the underground minerals by the way. The excavated stones and soil can be directly refined on the spot. It can be converted into basic metals and building materials, and we don’t lack energy anyway. With the materials, we can dig and build at the same time, and we will not be threatened by living missiles on the ground, so we can achieve more with one stone. The only disadvantage is that the amount of work is a bit large, but We can bring all the mine carts back to dig the ground."
Chu Jun returned to look at the girl. Li Xinyi spread her hands and said, "Don't look for me. I'm not an expert in fortress defense."
Chu Jungui felt there was nothing wrong, so he nodded. Li Ruobai immediately connected to Kaitian, and then connected to the mastermind through Kaitian, and began to plan the expansion of the underground space.
When Base 2 began to carry out large-scale construction underground, in the far distance, an eye rose from the huge black fog, projecting a cold light: "Stupid humans, do you think the underground can stop me? Humph! If you dare to despise me like this, I will make you pay the price!"
