[The mineral resource reserve detector has been started]

[Please place the instrument on flat ground before starting the test]

[Please select the mineral reserves to be tested according to the purpose of use, as well as the mining years and mineral resource quality]

[Selected to detect mineral reserves]

[Please keep the power connection of this instrument stable]

【Detection starts】

【checking……】

【15%...54%...】

【100%!】

[It has been detected that within a radius of five kilometers, there are a large number of saltpeter mines, gypsum mines, and gold mines!]

The machine roared, the instrument panels kept swinging with the progress of the inspection, and various numbers flashed on the screen, and even a topographic map of the entire mining area was displayed.

Lin Yue looked at the various formulas and numbers that kept popping up on the screen. When he heard that there were saltpeter mines, gypsum mines and gold mines here, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Gold mine? And gold mine?

I really didn't expect this.

After waiting for a while, the roar of the mineral resource reserve detector gradually became gentler, and finally became almost silent.

There are three more lines of text on the screen.

[Saltpeter Ore: 61%]

[Gypsum mine: 22%]

[Gold Mine: 17%]

Oh haha.

Gold mines actually account for 17%.

Although gold has little use in the various equipment and buildings he currently uses, it does not mean that it is useless at all.

In the future, when considering aerospace, the importance of gold as a resource will become more prominent.

"It's not bad. Let's continue to look at the controllable mining years."

Lin Yue was most concerned about this matter this time.

The resource reserves here determine whether he will continue to build a sub-base here, and also determine whether he will build a medium- and short-distance rail-type express train and track.

If it is less, then invest more robot dogs to mine the place as quickly as possible, and then remove a large number of weapons, robot dogs, and guard forces, and place them in more suitable mineral resource areas.

If there are more, that is naturally the best.

[The function of detecting the mineable life of minerals has been selected]

[While detecting, please do not move]

[12%...49%...78%...]

【100%】

【Detection completed】

[Saltpeter Mine: Still available for mining for 778 days!]

[Gypsum mine: still available for mining for 280.5 days!]

[Gold mine: still available for mining for 216.8 days!]

[The above are all calculated based on the existing mining power and the average efficiency of 24-hour uninterrupted mining! 】

[Adding or reducing mining power will also change the total mining years! 】

The roar of the machine finally began to slow down and became completely silent again.

At this moment, the roar in Lin Yue's heart was louder than the huge roar of the machine!

At the current rate, the saltpeter mine can still be mined for 778 days?

You know, only thirty-six days have passed since the entire survival in this different world!

"Okay, all I can say is that it's awesome."

The storage capacity of the saltpeter mine is much larger than I imagined, and, judging from the current situation, it is also worthy of the existing armed force protection, and it is even more worthy of Lin Yue building a solid sub-base for it.

Even, it seems that short and medium-distance rapid rail trains and tracks can be put on the agenda here.

At this time, Black Spot, Green Claw and other little ice lizards also returned to the shelter. They seemed to be very interested in the mineral resource reserve detector and kept circling it.

"Don't move around yet, I'm going to find a piece of saltpeter."

Lin Yue gave them instructions and glanced at the empty freezer. He suddenly thought, could it be that these two had eaten all the food and were so exhausted that they had to undergo a bondage evolution?

I walked out of the shelter, took a piece of saltpeter nearby and returned to the shelter. I just happened to see the black dot touching the mineral resource reserve detector!

[Detecting the depth of mineral types is in progress...]

【completed】

[Burial depth of saltpeter mine: 3 meters above ground - 71 meters underground]

[Burial depth of gypsum mine: 2 meters above ground - 71 meters underground]

[Burial depth of gold mine: 84 meters underground - 101 meters underground]

Lin Yue:???

Is there still this function?

No, how did the black spot activate this function? Is it confusing?

Lin Yue looked at the screen with confusion for a while, and then suddenly rushed out.

He went straight to a robot dog mining below and reprogrammed it.

"Set it to dig down to 88 meters, and then..."

Soon, as he completed the settings, the robot dog restarted and started digging into the saltpeter beneath its feet.

After Lin Yue set three more heads in succession, these three heads also dug downward.

He then found two transport robot dogs and specially programmed them to respond to the four robot dogs. After that, he stood quietly aside and watched the little guys continue to dig.

After more than ten minutes, as a whole piece of stone shining with a little golden light was dug out, and was caught by the transporting robot dog and brought to the top, one stone after another was piled up continuously!

There really is!

Good guy, no wonder I’ve never seen anything other than saltpeter, gypsum and stones before. It turns out it’s a matter of burial depth!

"But this is not a gold nugget, but an ore." Lin Yue stood next to a piece of gold ore and observed it carefully. After the excitement finally passed, he calmly saw the problem.

This is not pure gold, just ore containing "gold".

If it is not smelted, it will remain as it is now and cannot be used at all.

"It seems that there is something that must be activated quickly."

Lin Yue thought of the large machine that was occupying space in the shelter but failed to generate heat—the smelting furnace!

The reason why the smelting furnace failed to operate was also due to the lack of fuel to operate it.

Coal won't work, let alone wood.

Better fuel is needed.

He remembered that the best fuels for smelting furnaces were none other than "diesel" and "heavy oil".

Although it is not clear whether things like smelting furnaces were originally like this on Earth, the one he has now actually requires diesel and heavy oil.

He did have some diesel, which he had exchanged from Xing Lingfeng before, but the quantity was really small and was used in the generator, but there was no place to find "heavy oil".

But now it's different.

The Oil River Base happens to produce a large amount of gasoline, diesel and other resources every day!

The ore is available, the smelting furnace is available, and the fuel is available.

"It seems that what we need to do next is very simple?"

Lin Yue felt.

This time, it seems that he has finally taken the right first step in ore smelting!

And next...

He thought of the ilmenite stone that had been gathering dust.

It seems that a perfect refuge is not far away.

…
Chapter completed!