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They are researching how to find raw materials like the Philosopher's Stone.

Finally, they discovered that the Philosopher's Stone was such a rare raw material.

It was actually contained in the seawater they saw every day.

Philosopher's Stone can be extracted from seawater by filtering and concentrating it.

This was something that scientists had not anticipated.

What they longed for day and night was hidden in the vast ocean.

They are still studying the ocean.

Why did Ye Zhen return from timeline 1?

It's certain that I've returned to my original timeline.

Besides Ye Zhen being very clear about gravity, magnetic fields, and time on Earth.

Another notable feature is that the modified sea is red.

In order to extract the Philosopher's Stone from the sea.

The People's Union has built various seawater filtration plants.

The number of Philosopher's Stones in the ocean is extremely small.

It would take filtering approximately 2.5 trillion tons of seawater to extract just one gram of Philosopher's Stone.

In some regions where the content is higher, 2 trillion tons may be sufficient.

You have to understand that with current human technology...

Processing one meal of this product requires 500 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, making it an extremely energy-intensive factory.

In summary, it would cost approximately $50 to extract 0.0004 grams of Philosopher's Stone.

Building a seawater processing plant with a daily capacity of 100 million tons would require a construction cost of 30 billion US dollars.

A factory like this can only produce 0.146 grams of Philosopher's Stone per year.

This is the efficiency refined from the Philosopher's Stone.

Given the current global ocean volume, if all the seawater were filtered...

According to their calculations, they could extract approximately 5600 tons of Philosopher's Stone.

It looks like a lot, doesn't it?

But how long will this take?
The time it takes is already unknown.

It's impossible for the whole world to stop for all periods of time just to filter seawater.

In addition, the Philosopher's Stone refinery is a major energy consumer.

Not counting other things, such as staff salaries and machine maintenance.

The electricity bill alone is an astronomical figure.

Based on this calculation, it would take approximately 9 trillion US dollars to extract 1 gram of Philosopher's Stone.

This does not include costs such as factory construction.

It doesn't include things like waste disposal.

It is actually very likely to be expensive.

So it's not the hype circulating outside that a single bottle of gene serum costs a billion US dollars.

In reality, it's only worth this one price.

Because the cost of raw materials is too high.

So don't be fooled by the fact that a bottle of gene serum costs a billion dollars, which seems very expensive.

One hundred thousand bottles a month is equivalent to 100 trillion US dollars.

Keep in mind that costs account for 90% of the total cost here.

Fortunately, it's a Philosopher's Stone, which is solid.

This is the solidified product after condensation.

The Philosopher's Stone will then require further processing to transform it into a liquid form.

Only then can it be further processed into gene-based drugs.

One gram of Philosopher's Stone can be used to create approximately 10,000 bottles of gene potion.

The 100,000 bottles of gene potion produced each month alone require 10 grams of Philosopher's Stone.

This is for the subsequent construction of Philosopher's Stone refining factories.

Fortunately, Huaxia is in the United Nations.

This created a huge industrial demand for China.

The only industrial Cthulhu in the world today is China.

It's fair to say that China can handle any number of orders.

Prior to this, some seawater filtration plants along the coast had already been converted into Philosopher's Stone filtration plants.

This is why production efficiency has been continuously improving.

Basically, it changes every month.

However, such a huge amount of power generation is something that even the most remote regions cannot afford.

In some areas, even electricity supply is a problem.

The power supply is often unstable.

The most advanced technology humans possess today is the nuclear power plant. Nuclear power plants are integrated with these Philosopher's Stone refineries.

There are quite a few nuclear power plants in the world.

Traditional thermal power plants, for example, require large amounts of coal.

Now they don't talk about environmental protection or anything like that anymore.

Because humanity is on the verge of extinction, how can we talk about the future if we don't even have a present?

So during the time Ye Zhen disappeared.

The whole world is undergoing massive construction.

The second spring of civil engineering has arrived.

At first, they thought that the future of civil engineering might be on the moon.

The future belongs to space civil engineering.

Unexpectedly, the emergence of gene-editing agents led to a resurgence in the civil engineering field.

In addition, there are some new energy sources.

Whether it's wind power or solar power.

The biggest problem before was that the extra electricity generated could not be stored.

It cannot be matched with peak electricity consumption.

You should know that excess electricity, if it has nowhere to be used, can damage the machine.

I've been trying to figure out how to store energy.

No need to worry now.

Because a Philosopher's Stone refining plant can consume all the electricity in the world.

It is itself a major consumer of electricity.

Almost the entire world started to move.

The cooperation within the People's Union is proceeding at a rapid pace.

Inevitably, some environmentalists, liberal leftists, and other self-righteous individuals will come out to protest.

However, none of them amounted to much and were quickly suppressed.

Now is the time to decide the future of humanity.

It was a turning point in the era.

Anyone who stands in your way will be crushed by the tide of events.

Finally, production stabilized at a limit of 100,000 bottles of gene serum per month.

Because this is the limit that the whole world can currently provide.

In various places, countless Philosopher's Stone refining factories were built within a year.

This was ordered to be built under strict orders.

They treated it like Noah's Ark from the movie.

Armies from various countries participated.

They were all built directly without regard to cost.

The only issue is that there's a slight shortage of electricity.

A nuclear power plant cannot be built in a short period of time.

Industrial electricity use is already a major problem.

Each country has its own electricity problems.

Now, the Philosopher's Stone Refinery has become another major electricity consumer.

Electricity is in extremely short supply.

The fact that we have achieved our current production capacity is already a miracle among miracles in human history.

Because no one knows when the Fourth Impact will arrive.

In what form will it arrive?

However, if one could possess power like Ye Zhen, then all problems could be easily solved.

It also possesses the power to rival Ye Zhen.

The fourth-tier transcendent being is the best proof.

Back at the headquarters of the People's Union.

The man in military uniform, codenamed Iron Bull, stood in front of Producer Chen, exuding masculinity.

A simple and unpretentious name.

Despite his unassuming nickname, he possesses the strength of a fourth-tier superhuman.

He can be considered one of the strongest superhumans in the world right now.

Tie Niu's entire body turned metallic, transforming into a pitch-black iron man.

Producer Chen looked at the person blocking his way.

"Die!" Producer Chen spewed out high-temperature flames from his hands.

But the iron ox remained unharmed despite the intense heat and flames. (End of Chapter)