In fact, the desert environment was not as easy to manage as imagined.
This was especially true in large deserts where the climate often changed abruptly. Sometimes, a sandstorm would make all of their efforts go to waste.
Even if there was sufficient fresh water, it would be useless. Strong winds would blow away newly planted plants, and moving sand piles would submerge newly built houses. Seemingly small grains of sand could drown everything.
But Xing Hai Technologies was not helpless about this.
In particular, for a super-large desert like the Sahara Desert, Xing Hai Technologies had simulated an effective transformation plan in its supercomputer.
This plan was called the "Dome Base."
It was to use high-strength graphene material to build a semi-ellipsoidal transparent cover with a diameter of 1.5 kilometers and a height of 150 meters in the desert. It was called the "Dome."
This giant transparent cover was very strong and had a smooth surface. It could withstand the attack of a sandstorm above level 18.
In addition, considering the abundant and strong sunlight in the desert area, the surface of the transparent cover was also coated with a thin layer of solar power generation material. The electricity generated was enough for tens of thousands of households.
A large and deep pond was dug inside the dome to accommodate the fresh water pumped from the sea.
Some date palms were planted around the pond. Some houses, warehouses, and factories were built. Once a sandstorm came, it would be enough for 100,000 people to take refuge.
But the Dome Base was not meant for people to live in. It was meant to facilitate the transformation of the desert.
After each dome was built, an unmanned aircraft would spray a special glue evenly into the desert around the base. The glue would solidify the fine sand particles together, thus making them lose their fluidity and unable to be blown away by the wind.
With the Dome Base as the core and a radius of 100 kilometers, each base would be responsible for the transformation of 31,400 square kilometers of desert. About 300 bases would be enough to deal with the entire Sahara Desert.
With sufficient equipment and manpower, the transformation could be completed in about 10 to 15 years.
But the more fatal disadvantage was the high cost of construction.
The construction cost of a single Dome Base and its supporting facilities exceeded 100 billion.
If 300 were to be built, 30 trillion would be needed. This was just the construction cost.
If all the costs were added together, the transformation of the entire Sahara Desert was estimated to be more than 100 trillion.
With Xing Hai Technologies' financial resources, it was impossible to complete such a huge project. Chen Jin did not consider spending so much money.
What should he do?
He could only seek cooperation from other countries and invite private capital to join in to solve the problem of funding.
"A Dome Base can transform 31,400 square kilometers of desert. Based on a density of 100 people per square kilometer, it can accommodate at least 3.14 million people.
"Three hundred bases can accommodate at least 900 million people."
"Right now, the world's population has reached 8.3 billion … Many countries with poor economies and small lands have already exploded in population. There's no way they can support so many people. Once the economic situation worsens, there will be chaos."
"However, the population of most developed countries has stopped growing, and some have even shown negative growth."
"Therefore, they don't need to think at all. For survival, for a better life, they know where to run."
"So, this world has become peaceful. Strong countries don't need to fight those weak countries, and developed countries don't need to bully backward countries. If you attack them, it's equivalent to provoking a population bomb. Countless refugees will instantly run to your country."
"If you hit me again, I'll merge with you and come over to enjoy the welfare of your country."
"Moreover, the poorer a place is, the more fertile it is, and the faster the population growth … This is simply a law of nature."
"So, the rich will be drowned by the poor, the developed will be drowned by the backward, and civilization will be drowned by ignorance … This is completely possible in the future. The powerful Roman Empire was destroyed by the barbarians, and the history of civilization regressing for thousands of years is not impossible to repeat."
"If China's economy does not develop and continues to lag behind, but its population develops first, the number of global refugees will increase in the future. From the current 200 to 300 million, it will increase to 500 million, 1 billion, 2 billion … more and more, and more and more refugees will flood into developed countries."
"At this time, we need a savior who can solve the problem."
"This savior may be the Thanos, who advocates the elimination of half of the population to solve the survival crisis."
"But it's also possible … that it will be me."
"The big business that Xing Hai Technologies wants to do will be related to this. Moreover, I believe that it will receive the support of all the developed countries and the developing China."
"There are ways to digest a population of one billion, two billion, or even ten billion, and profit from it."
"This will also lay a solid foundation for the implementation of Xing Hai Technologies' final plan."
"That vast sea of stars may really emerge from that desert."
…
June 5th.
Not long after Lanfelord was successfully re-elected.
Chen Jin sent his robot double to the M nation, entered the White House, and had a secret meeting with Lanfelord for four hours.
They reached a strategic cooperation agreement. The main content was that the M government was willing to provide 50 billion US dollars to support Xing Hai Technologies in the construction of three domed bases, and was willing to provide related conveniences.
After the construction of the three domed bases and the transformation of the surrounding desert environment was completed.
The M nation was willing to provide more than 10 million people to live a happy life in those lands full of vitality.
Boom!
Once this cooperation was announced.
It was reported by many media outlets.
The netizens of the M nation were shocked, and then there was an uproar!
"Oh God, I knew that voting for Lanfelord was the right choice. He found a way to save us!"
"Compared to the benefits and treatment they enjoy, 10 million people, 50 billion US dollars is only a year's expenditure. But now, we can send them away. This is too cost-effective!"
"Before this, I had always misunderstood Xing Hai Technologies, but now I want to apologize. This time, you have done a great deed. I am very grateful from the bottom of my heart."
"Now, I have a good impression of Xing Hai Technologies. Our media, please stop scolding this great company. He is our savior!"
"Yes, we should be more lenient to Xing Hai Technologies, but the most important thing is to thank Lanfelord's wisdom. He is the greatest hero in my heart."
"Why not give Xing Hai Technologies more money? For example, 100 billion US dollars. I think the extra population is more than 10 million. "
"…"
…
On the other side.
After the news of the cooperation between Xing Hai Technologies and the M government reached Europe.
Boom!
The whole of Europe was in an uproar.
Immediately, Germany, Britain, France, and other countries sent cooperation applications to Xing Hai Technologies! They all wanted to donate some funds to contribute to Xing Hai Technologies' "domed base" plan.
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