The new work beast is not without its shortcomings, but because of its simple functions, it only takes 2 hours and a box of synthetic meat to recycle and cultivate it again. There is as much synthetic meat as you need. One ton of concentrated raw materials can make four to five tons of synthetic meat.
Soon the new work beast appeared in front of everyone. Not only did it solve the problem of low energy reserves, it was also larger than the first batch. It was faster, as fast as a human trot; and its strength was also improved, and it could Lift 50kg weight. However, due to their increased size, the number of working animals in this batch was only 50.
The energy stored in the body can now allow them to work for 10 hours. After 10 hours, they need to return to the nest to replenish energy and nutrients from the nest. The replenishment process takes one hour.
The first batch of work beasts went directly into various construction vehicles and started working. So we saw engineering vehicles constantly leveling the terrain and digging foundations. All the excavated earth and rocks were loaded into transport vehicles and sent to the work base for sorting and preliminary smelting. Then the semi-finished products were loaded into transport vehicles and sent to the furnace for processing. Finally processed and then turned into various metals and building materials.
Two work trucks even began to lift prefabricated building modules and began to lay the foundation.
After watching quietly for a while, Chu Jungui finally said: "Very good!"
The wise man was refreshed, which meant that his train of thought was confirmed, and he immediately emitted a ray of light, illuminating the sky intentionally or unintentionally. It was not idle while waiting for the results, but was preparing to make the third improvement to the work beast.
The third batch of work beasts are faster and larger, and can carry more energy accordingly. They can work for 3 consecutive days and then require 5 hours of energy replenishment. They can perform the basic operations of most equipment, and when the work plan is properly decomposed, they can also cooperate with each other to complete a more complex task: for example, building a new base.
Now dozens of three-batch work beasts have built a small production base in front of Chu Jungui. The base is fully equipped with various equipment, including power furnaces, raw material processors, smelting furnaces, organic matter editors, and manufacturing machines.
The disadvantage of the work beast is that it has no sense of independence and no ability to learn. Their intelligence is actually based on a few cells separated from the wise ones. This allows them to receive instructions from wise men and complete corresponding work, but they cannot work autonomously.
But there is no way around it. Creating a truly self-aware intelligent race is far beyond the capabilities of wise men. Perhaps in the future, starting from the original ecological beasts, it will be possible to cultivate new varieties of highly intelligent war beasts step by step, but that will be a long time later.
The efficiency of the work beast is limited by the speed at which the wise man distributes instructions. This is not a restriction for the time being. The new biological master brain can provide sufficient computing power assistance.
Chu Jungui asked Zhizhe and Leman to continue to improve the work beasts, and at the same time began mass production of the third batch of work beasts, and then turned to the second experimental site to see Kaitian's results.
Kaitian and Zhizhe each had one day to prepare. Zhizhe's plan was to cooperate with Le Mans to mass-produce the work beast; Kaitian naturally did not want to lose to Zhizhe, and also completed the plan preparation.
Kaitian's experimental site is 50 kilometers north of the base. It is near a hilly area. The experimental site is located under a rocky hill.
There are several modified engineering vehicles parked in the experimental site. The specifications of this batch of engineering vehicles are much larger than ordinary engineering vehicles. The chassis is carried by four pairs of 3-meter-diameter load wheels, and the vehicle body is 7 meters high.
Kaitian's eyes shot out light and landed on these two-story mechanical monsters, and then the mechanical monsters started to activate one after another.
An engineering vehicle loaded with excavation and subassembly modules drove towards the hill. The huge cutter-suction excavation module easily crushed the rocky mountain and was then sucked into the vehicle body. The engineering vehicle moved forward at a speed of one meter per minute, digging a deep groove in the mountain in the blink of an eye. The rear of the engineering vehicle body suddenly opened, throwing out compressed raw material blocks measuring 3 meters in length, width and height.
Two other engineering vehicles followed up and picked up the raw material blocks. One was smelted separately after simple separation, while the other directly threw the raw material blocks into the multi-functional furnace, where the raw materials were smelted, separated and recycled.
After a while, the smelted basic metals were automatically sent to the mobile base next to the experimental site, where they were made into basic alloys. The finished products are all standard metal ingots of 1 cubic meter. After several deep processing steps, they can be made into structural parts for starships.
During the entire process, extremely few people were used. The excavating engineering vehicle has no one at all, and the sorting and smelting vehicle at the rear has only one operator. Only the mobile base has more people, but not more than 10. Under normal circumstances, a mobile base requires 30-50 engineers.
After watching for a while, Chu Jungui finally nodded: "Very good!"
At Kaitian's signal, a researcher brought up an instrument. The instrument is like a petri dish with several brain-like tissues inside. Each brain is embedded with a biochip and connected together. There are data and energy interfaces external to the instrument.
Kaitian said: "This is a 'biological command center'. Its essence is actually taken from the brain tissue of an alien beast, connected to a biochip, using the biochip to amplify its computing power, and use its natural thinking ability to judge and think. Alien The intelligence of animals is not very high, so they need multiple brains to be connected in parallel to improve their intelligence. Through biochips, we can assign tasks to them and plan their behaviors, so that they can have a certain degree of independent judgment."
Kaitian's plan is essentially to create a wisdom center with certain thinking ability. The thinking method of the center is written by Li Xinyi, so even if it is based on the brain of an alien beast, it also has a certain degree of intelligence and the ability to think independently. , can respond to changes in the environment on its own.
This hub can be installed on engineering vehicles to replace the original driver, and only needs to tell them what they want to do. For example, if you tell it that it needs rock materials, the engineering vehicles will go to rock-rich mountainous areas and find suitable excavation sites on their own. Several engineering vehicles can also cooperate with each other to complete preliminary sorting and smelting. The transport vehicle will automatically transport the materials back to the base. As the working location of the engineering vehicle changes, the transport vehicle will plan its route accordingly and even search for the engineering vehicle on its own.
The disadvantage of the biological center is that the intelligence of the alien beasts is really low, and sometimes they lose control, such as subconsciously trying to bite something. Most of these instinctive thoughts will be filtered by the biochip, but occasionally they will slip through the net. After all, the girl only spent one day building the program.
Chu Jungui was very satisfied. The wise man added a group of workers to the base who were tireless, would not complain, and would never receive a salary, while Kaitian's plan was to make various engineering equipment move on their own, pretending that there were people on top of them operating it.
On Planet 4, where ion storms were raging and almost all electronic equipment could not operate, Chu Jungui finally saw a hint of automatic production.
Chu Jungui opened the map, glanced at it for a moment, and pointed to 120 kilometers northeast of the base: "We can try to build a new base here, using this plan."
The place Chu Jungui pointed to was already a hilly area, a clearing near the mountainous area, surrounded by a large forest. This area has been explored and there are veins of copper and iron underneath.
Chu Jungui gave the order, and the entire No. 2 Base moved. A large number of engineering vehicles and 5 Arks poured out of the base and quickly arrived at the target area.
Two engineering vehicles parked at the edge of the forest, unfolded on the spot, and transformed into a mobile biological factory. There are ten culture tanks in each biological factory, and at the same time, the mother body of the working beast is cultivated. Unmanned transport vehicles controlled by biological centers dumped synthetic meat into open spaces.
Two hours later, a total of 20 nests were built, waiting for the workers to hatch. The wise man created a thousand worker beasts in one breath. This was only the first wave. The biological factory behind was still making new nests.
The transport convoy came again, dumping out more synthetic meat. However, there are not many raw materials stored in the base, and it can maintain up to 5,000 workers. At this point, Chu Jun finally understood the meaning of the wise man having more meat.
Some of the several large engineering vehicles began to dig into the mountains for mining, while others cut down the forests and collected organic raw materials. Two mobile bases are working hard to process building material cubes, and special engineering vehicles are laying the foundation. The prototype of a base is gradually revealed.
There are basically no people in the entire busy scene. The only place with many people is the assembly base, where a new and improved engineering vehicle is being assembled. The size of the new engineering vehicle is quite exaggerated. It is carried by five pairs of load wheels with a diameter of 5 meters. The vehicle body is three stories high. The width of the excavation working surface in front is more than 15 meters. The excavation belt is divided into upper and lower two, and the working surface is Height exceeds 10 meters. The engineering vehicle is powered by four large power furnaces with a total power of over one million kilowatts, making digging mountains as easy as digging sand piles.
Although the new engineering vehicle is not as big as the engineering Ark, it is a machine specialized in digging mountains. Its cost is much lower than that of the engineering Ark, and its efficiency is several times that of the Ark. The production capacity to build an engineering Ark is enough to build 20 engineering vehicles.
The prototype of a huge base slowly emerged, and there were less than 500 busy people on the entire base, 300 of whom were soldiers, responsible for guarding the two armed arks and serving as guards.
At this time, as the first batch of work beasts hatched, a large number of engineering vehicles parked in the open space began to start, and the progress of the base construction suddenly accelerated.
Chu Jungui stood on a high place, overlooking the new base. It has only been a few hours, but the outline of the new base has already been unveiled, and more and more engineering vehicles have been started. In the past, without tens of thousands of people working together, there would never have been such progress.
With the manpower problem solved and endless energy available, Chu Jungui had a vague feeling that he was about to take off.
