Author: Dong Ali

Although the land of Purgatory Planet contains a variety of conventional elements, due to the lack of a natural environment like the home planet, drawing nutrients from it becomes an act that can be done, but is never cost-effective. Therefore, using

The high-energy cell fluid produced by the Beast King to drive the totem inscription became a luxury but helpless option.

However, the number of cages is limited after all, and they all have more important uses. It is impossible to separate too many for the construction and operation of extraterrestrial bases.

Therefore, the current plan has also chosen to settle for the next best thing, and decided to convert a large number of secondary base functions, or secondary modules within the main functions, to rely on electricity after passing through the initial core construction stage.

By operating common equipment, it can expand the scale and energy supply of the base as quickly as possible while saving cell fluid output.

The reason why we do not make a complete transformation and turn all functional modules into electrically driven physical devices is because of various reasons such as reliability and functionality.

For example, even if the fission reactor has carried out the greatest degree of "de-inscription culture", the poor environment of the Purgatory planet at least determines that the cooling module cannot be separated from the totem support;

For another example, the operation of the Intelligent Brain and the Beast King's Cage are completely derived from the existence of the totem inscriptions, otherwise they would have no possibility of being established;

In addition, there are water-making and metallurgical projects on the Purgatory planet, as well as the work adaptability expansion of some materials in other equipment, all of which require totems to operate.

All of the above, without exception, require the Beast King's cell fluid to be driven, and in the accumulation required by all parties, it will inevitably become a huge number;

In other words, whether it is base expansion or the production of required materials, the current development plan of Purgatory Star will be restricted by the totem drive source in many aspects.

Therefore, after completing the physical fitness adjustment, conducting a series of initial verification work, and deciding to launch the first phase of the Beast King's Cage, a mid-mission report originating from the orbit of the Purgatory Star was sent to the home planet.

Headquarters;

In this report, the two spellcasters in charge of exploration affairs detailed various matters here. At the same time, they not only recommended that the fleet responsible for the 'second phase project' depart as soon as possible, but also specifically urged the 'electric drive and optical drive'

The research progress of projects such as "Totem", "Development of special plants for Purgatory Star", and "Ultra-remote real-time communication";

Especially the first two are the most important and most immediate research at the current stage.

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In the space station, after Freya simultaneously received the thinking information of the clone on the surface, she immediately carried out the separation and delivery mission of the Beast King's Cage and its supporting components;

The two elf casters also left their monitoring clones behind, driving most of the cell groups into the end that was about to be separated, and then descended to the surface with them.

Immediately, the space station between the orbits, which was divided into two spheres and connected by a passage in the middle, completed the separation of the 'double spheres' silently;

One of the spheres was left in the original orbit and was responsible for maintaining contact with the headquarters and doing some work that could only be completed in orbit;

The other part fell downwards after splitting, and after only a moment it was expelled from the atmosphere and penetrated into the bottomless dark orange clouds.

As a result, this sphere with a diameter of more than 300 meters, bound and driven by the multi-directional gravitational field, flashed with inscriptions, wore a dazzling protective cover, and used a very gentle method at a not too fast speed.

With his posture, he quietly and slowly broke through the clouds, penetrated the thunderstorm, and arrived at the crater that had been explored.

Afterwards, with a 'rumbling' sound that finally sounded, the sphere, which occupied almost half of the space station's material mass, finally landed on the platform outside the crater amid waves of air waves, and then slightly sank into the lower part of the crater.

Behind the surface, which was not too hard, it began to deform and spread toward the surroundings.

There were sharp protrusions protruding from its bottom, and after piercing the ground below, they sometimes dispersed and sometimes gathered, extending towards the depths of the ground, and soon formed a giant tree-like root system.

complex pathway system;

After that, its main structure on the surface extended and turned into a convex and flat disk-shaped body, and dozens of pipes extended out toward the magma layer below;

When these pipes were drilled into the crater, a strong extraction force was immediately released from the opening, and streams of hot magma climbed upward along these passages and were continuously transported to the many objects inside the dish-shaped base.

Layer, multi-level machining center.

There, the magma is divided according to density and composition, and in the corresponding chambers, under the action of the layered array of inscriptions, various compounds inside are precipitated, and even extremely small amounts of special moisture are precipitated;

Among them, water will naturally be collected with great care and stored separately in a suitable environment;

Those different types of compounds will continue to move forward in the future, and their metal, non-metal and other components will be extracted in the deep processing chamber, and they will welcome the arrival of a new screening process.

At this time, those components that are unimportant or temporarily not needed will be decided whether to be stored or discarded depending on their different "future applicability";

Substances that need to be stored in advance will be sent to the appropriate storage room for storage after being converted into their easiest-to-save form;

Materials whose reserve costs are too high, or whose required quantity is low, or which are only needed in the long term, will be sent to the magma rivers aside along the discharge port, allowing them to travel far away.

As for those urgently needed ingredients, they will be extracted and stored separately, then sent to the inlet one after another depending on the processing speed of the base itself, and processed in the furnace chamber according to the pre-planned plan of the research team and the two casters.

Field-proven formulas are processed into various specific materials.

Most of them are special alloys, and the remaining few are non-metallic polymers, but they all have various different properties based on high temperature resistance;

And there is no doubt that they are the main raw materials for base construction at this stage, so after the first wave of reserves, the corresponding expansion will be carried out accordingly.

Using the data in the brain as a plan, the core of the prepared inscription as the foundation, and supplemented by these exogenous materials as the skeleton, the base's many modular functions began to rapidly expand and add new ones, and the shape of the dish-shaped base also followed.

As it continues to grow in size, its appearance also changes in due course, and its overall structure also deepens its penetration into the wider area below and around it.

As mentioned before, a large number of electric drive equipment has emerged at this moment, thus minimizing the dependence of new modules on 'inscriptions' and 'high-energy cell fluids', although they are all 'relatively imprecise','

The working environment is relatively simple with simple equipment, but the pressure on the Beast King's Cage has been greatly alleviated, and the base has a larger-scale construction capacity.

Of course, because equipment and energy requirements complement each other, and because fission reactors require special heavy elements, in line with the idea of ​​saving more, the construction requirements for other types of power stations are also being launched at this time.

At the same time, considering the lack of sunlight, almost no water resources, and lack of fuel and combustion-supporting gas on Purgatory Planet, the requirements for the operating principle of the power station will naturally be more stringent. Many power generation modes that are taken for granted on the home planet are not applicable here;

Fortunately, the Republic has technical reserves in this area, otherwise it would really be stumped by this problem.

When about three home planet days have passed, the new base here has become a giant flat cylindrical building with a diameter of 700 meters and a height of 200 meters. Although the crater alone is a shield-shaped volcanic plain with a width of 30 kilometers,

The words seem insignificant, but the radiance that is constantly flashing in the dim sunlight, the aircraft flying like swarms, and the many vehicles of various purposes on the ground have already drawn a corner of the future picture of the base.

At this moment, dozens of hatches around the base were opened at the same time, and then more than a hundred crawler vehicles with a low chassis and a size of more than ten meters drove out one after another, and drove to a station about a kilometer away.

area will stop;

They are spread out and connected to each other on the spot, forming a special building complex covering a wide area. The base deep into the ground below is also integrated with the expansion line of the base, while dozens of concentric rings that seem to be able to rotate are erected above.

, and the dozens of spherical structures with apexes and circles in the center.

When the outer concentric rings began to rotate, the surrounding air seemed to have a hazy feeling, and wisps of electric arcs flickered in it. After this scene lasted for a while, more intense electric light began to shine on the sky.

Thick lightning bolts were formed, roaring and hitting the center of the building complex below;

The lightning struck the erected guiding end of the inner wall, and then rushed into the dozens of huge spheres at the bottom. After undergoing "processing" procedures such as voltage transformation, it was sent to the rear base along the underground passage;

As a result, most of the "relatively imprecise" equipment had new power sources, the pressure on the fission reactor and the Beast King's cage were both slowed down, and the speed of base construction was accelerated again;

Later, as the progress of the project gradually improved, and as the operation of various modules and equipment in the base became stable, the two spellcasters Freya and Agatha finally had some free time.

After taking some time off, Agatha suddenly remembered something that seemed useless but felt very meaningful. It seemed that they had not done it yet;

In other words, truly setting foot on the planet Purgatory leaves a memorable image as a treasure for you, Freya, and perhaps the entire elven community.

"Sister Freya, can we go together?"

"Forehead"

She felt a little ashamed, but before Freya could nod or shake her head, Agatha took her hand and pulled her into the base commuter car, and then walked in the direction of the hatch.

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In order to save the consumption of two kinds of energy, most areas in the base do not maintain a simulated home star environment. Instead, they only accept the atmosphere, temperature, and gravity of the Purgatory Star after filtering corrosive gases and droplets.

feature;

Therefore, the two elves are always in the 'gills-lungs-exhaust pipe joint breathing' mode, with crystal diaphragms growing in their eyes, and the skin all over their bodies also maintains autistic state, so they do not need to undergo special procedures in order to leave the cabin.

preparation.

Not long after, when they arrived at a certain cabin door, Agatha stopped the commuter car solemnly, and holding Freya, who was still halfway there, she opened the cabin door solemnly and walked in.

The passage directly connected to the outside of the base.

"Turn on the image recording mode, and pay attention to working from the outside to the inside, and from the bottom to the top. Anyway, you have to take pictures for me from multiple angles and in all directions!"

【Understood, executed.】

The order given by Agatha reminded Freya of the bad things she had done when she was a child.

In the past, the voices used by almost all non-intelligent, semi-intelligent, or intelligent terminals in this department were once forcibly changed by her into her own voice. This seems to be described as 'excessive';

In comparison, what Agatha has to do now seems a lot normal.

So she immediately lost her reserve, and seemed to have found the state she was in before, and began to imagine what kind of look she should put on next.

'By the way, just having a look isn't enough, you have to say something and it has to be recorded.'

With this thought in mind, she first gave instructions to Zhinao,

"Also, remember to record the audio too!"

【Understood, executed.】

Then she grabbed Agatha, biting her ears and discussing in a low voice the 'speak' signal.

Another moment passed, and the last hatch to the outside world was finally opened. The two elves slowly walked out of it hand in hand, and the dark, vast, and terrible environment of the Purgatory Star, filled with lava rivers, was also the first.

Once it came into their eyes in a 'visual' way.

Stepping out of the base, crossing the surrounding extension structures and stepping on the downward stairs, one step, two steps, three steps. The dark earth is already in front of you;

‘Dong.Dong.Dong’

The sound of heartbeats came from the connected palms. The two childlike female elves briefly looked at each other at this moment, seeming to see a little excitement and nervousness in each other's eyes;
To be continued...