A few days later, when the Kobolds and Lizardmen, who had undergone some simple training, finally understood that they could go to the mines and exchange the ores for food, this batch of cheap miners could finally be put to good use.
It was just digging for hard ores underground. It was not a difficult task, but they could easily exchange them for food that could fill their stomachs. To the Kobolds and Lizardmen, this was simply a gift from God.
After learning of this benefit, a large number of Kobolds and Lizardmen were called over by their companions and took the initiative to join the army of miners to dig for food in the mines. In just a few days, more than 100,000 Kobolds and Lizardmen had gathered. Under Tang En's instructions, a group of Kobolds and Lizardmen was specially sent back to spread the news, so this number was still rapidly increasing.
Tang En optimistically estimated that by the end of the Fading Month, the number of Kobolds and Lizardmen in the mining army would exceed the 500,000 mark. The latecomers did not even need to undergo training, as they would be able to impart the necessary experience to each other.
These cheap laborers were split up by Tang En and then sent to different mines to join the mining team.
Tang En was worried that these guys would not be too obedient at the beginning, so he specially issued a whip to each of the workers working in the mines. Now, the Kobolds and Lizardmen had been completely tortured to the point that they had a conditioned reflex. When they saw a whip, they would subconsciously obey orders.
Therefore, by giving each of them a whip, they could effectively encourage their enthusiasm to work.
After the Kobolds and Lizardmen joined the mining army, the effect on the first day was not obvious because they could not distinguish the difference between ores and stones. However, when the Kobolds and Lizardmen who had exchanged stones for food were punished, they finally learned their lesson.
From the second day onwards, the production of raw ores increased greatly. The output in a day was even more than the output in a week. It had to be said that the Kobolds and Lizardmen's talent in digging holes played a huge role in this.
With this batch of cheap miners, the production capacity of the mine could temporarily meet the demand, but considering the long-term development, another plan was also in progress.
During this period of time, the magic machine factory produced a large number of full sets of mining production equipment. These production equipment were transported to the various developed mines and began to completely upgrade the mines. The original human miners became workers under the leadership of the engineers. Those who were more familiar with the mines were even promoted to squad leaders. Not only did their income greatly increase, but the intensity of labor was also greatly reduced. This move was unanimously praised by the mine workers. They were very enthusiastic about the new work.
Although there were still a large number of new mines that had yet to be developed, Tang En expected that after the transformation of these mines, the production capacity would increase by at least ten times. After the workers got used to mechanized production, the production capacity would increase further. Fifteen times was a conservative number. The output of raw ore would definitely meet the current and short-term development needs.
At the same time, another piece of good news arrived.
The mining type Giant Golden Idol jointly developed by Estisa, Angus, Jean, Tim, and Kloto had finally succeeded!
"According to your request, this modified Giant Golden Idol uses a high level magic crystal as its power source."
Angus pointed at a bulge on the back of the Giant Golden Idol and said, "Because the Giant Golden Idol consumes a lot of mana to move, we used a set of ten magic crystals as its power source. The combined function can output a very large and stable amount of mana, enough to drive the Giant Golden Idol in normal mode for a week."
"At the same time, considering all kinds of sudden situations that might occur in the Star Realm, after the Giant Golden Idol activates its battle mode, it can only fight at full strength for around twelve minutes. Its battle mode consumes too much mana, so in order to deal with the consumption of the battle mode, we prepared a backup Magic Crystal power source that can provide the same amount of power. Even if it can't completely end the battle, it can give the Giant Golden Idol the ability to escape from danger."
Angus spread his hands after saying this, "This is already the limit of what we can do right now. If the new power source can't be developed, I'm afraid we can only use the Magic Crystal power source in the future to provide a stronger power source."
Ten high level Magic Crystals could provide around the same amount of mana as a single Magic Essence, but Magic Essences were too rare and had a high value, so it was clearly a waste to use them in this kind of place. Ten high level Magic Crystals were much cheaper.
After pausing for a bit, Angus reminded Tang En, "I have to say this, the market price of ten high level Magic Crystals is around seven thousand gold coins. If we can't mine several times this value in a week, it would be a loss."
Because the Magic Crystal mine Tang En controlled was producing large amounts of Magic Crystals and the consumption didn't increase by much, the market price of Magic Crystals kept dropping. The high level Magic Crystal that was worth one thousand gold coins was now worth around seven hundred gold coins.
"I know."
Tang En revealed a very happy smile, "But do you think that the resources of the Star Realm aren't worth this price?"
Angus scratched his head and suddenly realized that he was thinking too much.
The resources of the Star Realm were very rich, but because the mining risk was too high, it was rare and expensive. Not to mention anything else, as long as the Giant Golden Idol could mine one cubic meter of Magic Iron a week, it would be enough to break even. Not to mention the even more expensive magic metals like Adamantine and Mithril Auguín.
Of course, as the amount of mining increased, the price of these magic metals would keep dropping, but at least Tang En didn't need to worry about the lack of resources.
"I've finished talking about my situation, it's Jean's turn."
Jean spread his hands, "There's nothing to say about my situation, I've already used the Astral Crystals you gave me. According to the inspiration Angus got from the Scepter of the King, we've improved the spatial equipment. We don't need to forcefully open a space, rather we'll solidify a small ownerless Half Plane. After stabilizing the space coordinates, we can connect them, which can greatly increase the storage space. We've decided to call it the Half Plane Spatial Warehouse."
Angus laughed, "This old bastard can't compare to me in terms of alchemy."
Jean rolled his eyes and was too lazy to care about this fellow.
"How about we call it the Subspace Warehouse … …"
Tang En patted his head, these two fellows actually came up with the Subspace Warehouse … …
The concept of the Half Plane and the Subspace Warehouse were similar. The Half Plane Warehouse sounded very fantastical, but if it was the Subspace Warehouse, the style would change. It would instantly become much more advanced, like they had suddenly entered the interstellar era.
"Subspace Warehouse? The name doesn't matter. Miss Eustisa, it's your turn. "
Eustisa said directly, "The teleportation module has been completely solved. Elijah's mount 'Invincible' has helped us a lot. After its many demonstrations and the extraction of its Astral Creature characteristics, we've been able to obtain the possibility of accurate teleportation. At the same time, we've also transformed this teleportation into a device that can be manually activated. But at present, this teleportation device still has a lot of room for improvement, especially now that teleportation requires a lot of magic."
"How much do you need?"
"With the size of the Giant Golden Statue, it takes about five high-level magic crystals to teleport."
Eustisa shrugged and said very helplessly, "In other words, if we don't use the backup energy, a Giant Golden Statue can only recharge for a little more than three days. Even if you're not satisfied, I can't do anything about it. This is already the limit of my ability. "
"No, I'm already very satisfied. As expected of the geniuses of the Eustisa family. You've worked hard."
How could Tang En not be satisfied? He was very happy now.
This was a stable teleportation solution!
With this plan, a research team could be formed to study this technology in depth. In the later stage, the technology could be optimized and used on various vehicles to form a hyperspace combat force that could arrive on the battlefield in an instant and form a super strong strike force.
Tang En specifically told her, "This technology has great potential. If you have the energy, you'd better continue to study it in depth."
"I understand."
"There's basically no difficulty on my side. I just reconfigured the artificial soul and added some extra functions."
Tim still looked like he hadn't slept enough. His eyelids drooped and he yawned. "Considering that the future controller will be a soul body, I made some adaptable adjustments to the soul core. I hope they'll like my design."
"In addition, in order to make it easier for the soul body to control the Giant Golden Statue like it controls its own body, I designed a complete control plan. I've personally tested it, and there's no problem at all."
Tang En was stunned. "Personally tested it?"
Tim yawned and said, "After designing the control module, I transferred my soul core to the Giant Golden Statue and personally tried to control it."
Histisa smiled and said, "Sir Messenger, you can't have forgotten that we've all been transformed into puppets, right?"
"I really forgot."
Tang En slapped his forehead. "After spending so much time with you, I feel that you're basically no different from normal people. I almost forgot about this."
In fact, this was really the case. Although the descendants of the Erinsberg family had been transformed into alchemy puppets, they usually lived like normal people, eating, sleeping, chatting, and farting. The only difference was that they could live on magic crystals without eating, and they didn't need to excrete. It didn't have much effect if they didn't sleep for a few days. Of course, the most important point was that they could no longer have children.
Histisa had a faint smile on her face. "I'll take your words as a compliment."
"Okay, okay, I'm done. It's my turn!"
Klotto jumped on the table. "I'll let you see our outstanding results!"
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