1228 、 Pyrolyte Ore and Venus
Tang Yu clicked a few times on the computer and continued, "You know, Venus and Mars are actually two extremes. The problem with Mars is that the atmosphere is too thin, while the problem with Venus is that the atmosphere is too thick. This is when pyrolyte ore can play its role. "
A purple pyrolyte ore appeared on the screen, and the molecular structure and composition of this substance were displayed, but at least one-third of this composition was unknown.
"Pyrolyte ore is very mysterious. What we know is that in the world of Unclaimed Land, an extremely powerful ancient civilization arose because of pyrolyte ore — the Pyrolyte Clan," Tang Yu continued.
Immortal Fox nodded. She had also done research on the world of Unclaimed Land, but she also hoped to get more detailed and scientific research results from Tang Yu. Jane Connor, on the other hand, listened to this completely as if it was a story. From the looks of it, she seemed to be more interested in the guardian space fortress that was getting closer and closer outside the window.
"At present, our research on pyrolyte ore is still very preliminary. Even the handsome Jack and the Hyperion Corporation have not studied pyrolyte ore in depth. Now we only know that pyrolyte ore can be used as an energy source, and even living things can absorb the energy of pyrolyte ore under certain conditions, thereby gaining some mysterious abilities. The slag of pyrolyte ore can also destroy the molecular structure of substances, making the target very fragile. However, for us now, the most valuable function of pyrolyte ore is that it can grow on its own! "Tang Yu said.
Tang Yu clicked on the computer, and a video appeared. In the video, a technician put a piece of pyrolyte ore and a piece of coal together. Then the video began to fast-forward, and they could see that the coal gradually began to have some purple substance, and this purple substance was increasing. Later, the coal split into several pieces, and they could see that the inside of the coal was also beginning to be eroded by the purple substance. About a week later, this piece of coal disappeared and was replaced by a much smaller piece of purple pyrolyte ore!
"This piece of coal has been assimilated by the pyrolyte ore?" Immortal Fox frowned.
Tang Yu nodded and did not say anything. He opened another video. In this video, the technician placed a piece of pyrolyte ore into a sealed glass box, and it was shown that the pyrolyte ore weighed about one kilogram. After that, the technician opened a ventilation device and began to pour a large amount of gas into the glass box. The video then began to fast-forward again, and they could see that the pyrolyte ore was slowly growing in size! Not only that, but the glass box began to fill with a faint purple air. About a month later, the obviously larger pyrolyte ore was taken out and weighed. Its weight had increased to 1.5 kg!!
"The gases are changed every day, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and so on. As a result, the pyrolyte ore did not reject any of these materials and completely assimilated them. Even the composition of the air has been mixed with pyrolyte ore, turning it purple, "Tang Yu said.
"Then, what will happen if the human body breathes this air?" Immortal Fox asked.
"You will be poisoned, and your body will be slowly corroded. Death would take about 5 to 20 years, depending on how strong the person was. After death, the body's metabolism will stop, and this will speed up the corrosion of the pyrolyte ore on the human body. After about half a year, the person's body will completely turn into a piece of pyrolyte ore — this is the Hyperion Corporation's clinical trial report. Therefore, we are very careful with the use of pyrolyte ore. All the experiments are carried out under completely sealed conditions, and the pyrolyte ore reactor uses pyrolyte ore that has been carefully sealed, "Tang Yu answered.
Immortal Fox nodded and said, "So your method is to spread the pyrolyte ore all over Venus, and let the pyrolyte ore absorb the excess carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide in the planet's atmosphere?"
Tang Yu smiled and replied, "That's right. As long as the carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide in Venus' atmosphere are absorbed and assimilated, the greenhouse effect of Venus will be solved, and the surface temperature will also drop. However, we have to be more meticulous in handling it. After all, we don't want Venus' atmosphere to be covered in purple air, right? "
Following that, Tang Yu took out a diagram on the computer screen and said, "After confirming the development plan for Venus, we first launched a geological survey satellite around Venus, and initially locked on to 20 huge underground caves. Then, we sent the first batch of transport ships to place a total of 500,000 tons of pyrolyte ore at the bottom of these underground caves. After that, we sent robots to build this thing … "
A tall tower that looked like a chimney appeared on the screen. Tang Yu pointed at it and said, "This thing, to put it bluntly, is a giant blower, 700 to 1,500 meters tall. It will suck in the air of Venus, then compress it and pour it near the pyrolyte ore for it to absorb. Then, this is a filter device that can filter the purple air that contains a large amount of sulfur dioxide produced by the pyrolyte ore in the underground caves, and then discharge it again. "
"In other words, this system is actually an air purifier? So the pyrolyte ore is the filter element in this purifier? "Immortal Fox said.
Tang Yu nodded, then showed a huge airship on the screen and said, "This airship is also based on the same principle. It will cruise at an extremely slow speed in the high altitude of Venus. The airship is equipped with a large amount of pyrolyte ore and a high-power blower system, which is also used to absorb excess carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide from the air. Right now, there are already 200 airships in the sky above Venus. We estimate that in the next five years, the number of these airships will increase to 20000. "
"You're planning to turn Venus into a habitable planet?" Immortal Fox frowned and said, "That's not enough, right?"
Tang Yu waved his hand and said, "That's impossible. Because no matter how careful we are, there will still be a large amount of sulfur dioxide spilled into Venus' atmosphere, and Venus will never be suitable for human habitation. My goal is to turn Venus into a low-cost resource planet that can allow ordinary robots to work freely. After all, the air on Venus is very acidic now, and the surface temperature is as high as 490 degrees Celsius. Only specially made robots can work on it. After solving the problem of the broken space-time in the future, I will transfer all the Skynet Terminators I obtained from there to Venus. The Terminators made of tantalum alloy are the perfect choice for working in the environment of Venus.
"In other words, in the future, Venus will be a purple planet that will provide us with an inexhaustible supply of pyrolyte ore. Before that, we can also mine enough resources on Venus. After all, it will take at least a thousand years for the pyrolyte ore to completely corrode the entire planet. Right now, we are already building some mines on Venus, but if we can't solve the environmental problems on Venus, the efficiency of resource extraction will be very low. So during this period, the Guardian Space Fortress can only be built on the moon.
"Similarly, there is Mercury. However, because Mercury is still very far away, my solution is very simple and crude. I will directly crash ten transport ships full of pyrolyte ore on Mercury and let the pyrolyte ore grow on its own. In any case, before we can really build a high-speed spacecraft, the resources on Mercury will still be beyond our reach.
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