"Mayor, the production of the Wisdom Heart is almost stable now. We have roughly tested the maturity period. From a seedling to maturity, it takes three months and ten days. The latest batch of 53 seeds can be harvested in about ten days." A person in charge of the Wisdom Tree production base stood next to Luo Yuan and said attentively.
"How many have been planted now?" Luo Yuan asked.
"267, this is the maximum. Any higher and the maturity period will be extended."
Although 267 was not much, these Wisdom Trees were all level-8 plants. In addition to their own special characteristics, their demand for active energy was much higher than that of ordinary level-8 creatures. The active energy produced by the 267 Wisdom Trees to mature in about three months was already quite shocking.
Luo Yuan nodded and walked quickly to the heavily guarded building in front of him. The group of people quickly followed him.
After discovering that the active energy produced by the energy core was effective for the growth of the Wisdom Tree, Luo Yuan immediately expanded the scale of the Wisdom Tree planting.
Luo Yuan immediately expanded the scale of the Wisdom Tree. For this reason, he specially used an empty building and got people to modify and reinforce it.
A mature Wisdom Tree was naturally relatively short compared to some mutated plants, but it was still tens of meters tall. With a height of about three meters, it was impossible to support its normal growth. Fortunately, the building was basically modular construction. It was simple to build and easy to disassemble.
After the modification, the entire 70-story building was reduced to four floors. Each floor was 50 meters tall and there were many metal columns inside. In addition, there were many Wisdom Trees growing next to each other. They had strong and thick trunks and lush green branches and leaves. Walking among them was like entering a forest, which made people feel refreshed.
Luo Yuan looked at the floor by floor and soon arrived at the top. Compared to the three floors below, there were not many Wisdom Trees here. There were only a few, and most of the space was empty.
Not far away, a whole team of armed guards was guarding a huge lead metal tank that looked like a water storage tank. It was particularly eye-catching. It was ten meters tall and nearly five meters in diameter. Its surface was connected to a large number of pipes that led in all directions like a spider web.
The energy core was placed in it. It was the most important core part of the entire Wisdom Tree production base. Without the energy core, the production base would lose its meaning.
"In order to save the active energy, we specially designed a pipeline that goes straight to the roots of the plants and carried out scientific management. Not only does it maximize the use of each active energy, but it also greatly reduces the occurrence of accidents. So far, the safety record has reached 21 days without an accident."
"Well done!" Luo Yuan finally complimented.
Hearing Luo Yuan's rare praise, the person in charge was relieved.
In order to establish this Wisdom Tree production base, the price paid was not small. Especially in the early stages, many staff members had lost their lives because of ignorance when they stimulated the Wisdom Tree. As for the harvest, there were even more accidents.
In just over four months, thirty-two lives had been sacrificed here.
Fortunately, as the management became more standardized, especially after custom-made harvesting equipment was put into use, special lasers were used during harvesting, and the number of deaths plummeted. Nowadays, there were very few accidents.
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Before the inspection ended, Luo Yuan turned around and looked at the Wisdom Tree again. He could not help but feel excited. This Wisdom Tree production base had now become a powerful booster for the development of human technology!
The entire production base could produce about 1,000 Wisdom Hearts every year, which could be made into elixirs that could be consumed by 2,000 people. Compared to the tens of thousands of human researchers, the number was naturally pathetic. Not to mention popularizing it, even if all the researchers had a share, it would still be a long time coming.
However, even with such a small number, the driving force for the development of human technology was beyond imagination.
Although it was still a short period of time, it was only 10 days since the first batch of wisdom elixirs were consumed. However, within these 10 days, there was an explosive breakthrough in human technology. The results were almost more than the sum of the results from the previous three months.
Within these few days, more than 30 Glassian factories had been reactivated. The first generation of practical quantum computer was also officially finalized and was ready to be produced in small batches …
This was due to the short period of time and the first batch of people who consumed the elixirs were only about 100 people. There was still more potential that had not been released.
In many industries, individual hard work and diligence could make up for the lack of talent. However, it was not possible in the field of scientific research. Most of the researchers would spend their entire lives doing nothing. The difference between a normal researcher and a great scientist was even bigger than the difference between a primary school student and a university student.
Moreover, with the advancement of human technology, especially after the 20th century, the knowledge that humans obtained was getting more and more in-depth. The branches of knowledge had also become more and more detailed. Geniuses who could cross over a few fields had become extinct. Many people spent their entire lives only in a specific branch field. There were very few researchers who could cross over to different fields.
This was not because they wanted to become more specialized, but because they did not have enough energy and too much knowledge to learn.
Especially in the process of humans deciphering the Glassian technology, the change in knowledge became more frequent and intense. There would be new results every few days. Every month, there would be new theories to supplement or overturn the knowledge. Perhaps the knowledge that was learned today would be outdated after a month and would need to be re-learned. Even the speed of the change in knowledge was faster than the speed of learning.
With the rapid change of technology, the requirement of intelligence in scientific research had become higher and higher. Without the ability to learn quickly and understand new knowledge, it would be difficult for them to adapt to scientific research. In fact, most of the researchers could not keep up with this trend.
If this situation continued, the advancement of human technology would inevitably slow down. After all, the number of human researchers was pitifully small. With such a number, it would be difficult for them to inherit the civilization. Other than the short period of time when they first came into contact with the Glassian technology, they would eventually be unable to continue.
The emergence of the wisdom elixir coincided with the emergence of the wisdom elixir. It allowed humans to surpass the limits of human intelligence. Their learning speed was highly efficient and their thinking was as sharp as lightning. Even the most mediocre researchers were no longer mediocre. It could be said that almost all of them were superscientists or had the potential to become superscientists.
It had practically added a powerful booster to the development of the human race!
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The cold wind blew past the ground. The people from the engineering company dragged their tired bodies back to the spaceship.
It was finally the end of the day's work.
Cui Weichuan ordered his team leader to check the equipment of the team and report the damage to his superior. Finally, he sat down on his seat. He took off his helmet and panted. He did not even have the appetite to eat.
After working for a day, he was not physically tired. After all, it was different now. The entire engineering company had thousands of engineering vehicles and all kinds of engineering equipment. It was no longer pure physical labor like when he was mining ice.
However, after getting close to the behemoth, the stifling feeling made him feel as if he couldn't breathe made him feel particularly mentally exhausted. This was the effect of wearing the protective suit. If he didn't wear it, he might really pass out like the rumor he heard before.
"I wonder how it feels to be working on the back of the giant beast." Cui Weichuan felt much more relaxed as he thought about it.
Their team had drawn a good lot. They were responsible for cutting the purple thorns on the giant beast's leg. Although they were called thorns, each of them was six to seven meters long and four meters thick. They were densely covered with scales and they glowed with a faint purple light. It was terrifying to look at.
Moreover, this kind of horn thorn was incredibly hard. Ordinary mechanical cutting simply could not cut it. In just a few minutes, the gear had been smoothed out. Even high-power laser cutting was not very good. The best way was to use high-pressure water to slowly grind it.
Despite the cold weather, the water source needed for high-pressure water cutting was a problem. However, there was a mobile nuclear power plant in the construction site. There was an abundance of energy and it was only a matter of time to obtain water.
Unfortunately, after working for the whole day, they only managed to cut five of the thinnest thorns with 300 people and 80 water cutting machines. Fortunately, most of the thorns had been cut halfway through. By tomorrow, there would be a huge increase in the number of thorns.
"Squadron leader, you haven't eaten yet, right? I took an extra portion." Old Lin's voice was heard.
"Ah, thanks, Old Hu!" Cui Weichuan was not a naive young man. He did not believe that it was an extra portion. After taking it, he realized that he was indeed hungry.
"Don't mention it. It's just a matter of convenience!" Old Lin smiled.
The meal was quite sumptuous. Just like the lunch, there were three dishes and the main course was cactus mantou. He was a southerner. Before the apocalypse, he only ate rice. However, after a few years, he had gotten used to it.
Moreover, he could only enjoy such meals when he was in the construction team. When he was unemployed, he did not have such treatment.
While he was eating, Old Lin said, "Squadron leader, I wanted to ask you about something!"
"Yes!" Cui Weichuan replied while eating.
"How long do you think our construction company can last? Will we be disbanded after the project ends?" Old Lin said worriedly.
"It's useless for you to ask me about this! It depends on the decision of the higher-ups! " Cui Weichuan swallowed his food and said. He thought about it and continued, "However, I think the higher-ups will not allow such a high unemployment rate to continue. Moreover, there are more and more spaceship factories now. Even if we are disbanded, most of us will be recruited into the factories!"
"How about someone like me who is uneducated and has no skills?" Old Lin was relieved and asked worriedly.
"You can learn. No one is born with it. You don't look old. You still have a long life ahead of you!" Cui Weichuan comforted him. He was optimistic. There were only about five to six million people left in the world. There was no human resource to be wasted. As long as the society returned to normal, they would not have to worry about finding a job. It was just a matter of the salary.
"I'm already 58." Old Lin was speechless.
"I really couldn't tell. I thought you were only 40." Cui Weichuan was telling the truth. Humans did not look old. Although there was no official statistics on the average lifespan, it was obviously much longer than before the apocalypse.
At that moment, a group of 12 to 13 years old children passed by. Old Lin was stunned for a while and asked, "Our company is recruiting children?"
"Don't talk nonsense. They are from the escort team." Cui Weichuan quickly stopped him as he was worried that he would get into trouble.
As the middle-level leader of the company, he had attended the meeting before they departed. He had seen the group of children and they were personally brought by the mayor's secretary.
...
Without a doubt, this group of children were Luo Yuan's children.
Due to the Body Fusion, their bodies had grown into young boys and girls in less than a year. They had learned everything from their tutors and started learning by themselves.
With their current level of knowledge, they were comparable to ordinary researchers. In fact, they were even more knowledgeable than them. The only thing they were lacking was the depth of their knowledge.
However, considering the special nature of their bodies and the fact that they were not mature enough, Luo Yuan did not want them to enter the society so early. He sent them here to train them.
On the other hand, it was to ensure the safety of the workers.
Although they only collected some scales, eyeballs, horns, nails, and other superficial parts of the beast's body, and at most cut off some of the flesh on the surface, it was still quite dangerous. After all, no one could guarantee that the parasites inside the beast would not surge out of its body.
Before he came, Luo Yuan took some time out to train them for a month. He had to admit that his clones were born to be warriors. In just a month, they had almost mastered his sword skills. Even the Will that was difficult for ordinary people to concentrate was not difficult for them. Everything was going according to plan.
In the end, even Luo Yuan was jealous of their amazing talent.
Unfortunately, they were not interested in that.
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