Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter.

Chapter 340 The Oil Fields of the Twilight Plain

Lift restrictions on residential electricity use and lower prices.

It is estimated that it will consume an additional 100 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.

Furthermore, considering the future population surge and the demand that will arise after the popularization of ordinary residential areas.

Ultimately, the annual electricity consumption may exceed one trillion kilowatt-hours.

This number.

This means that if we simply use thermal power generation...

It consumes more than 3 million tons of coal fuel every year, which is equivalent to draining the fuel reserves of two to three Zhenhai cities.

Even if nuclear power plants are used to generate electricity, more than 100 tons of nuclear fuel are required.

"Fortunately, the nuclear power plant had already been built ahead of schedule."

"Otherwise, we'll rely on conventional thermal power generation."

"It simply cannot support the current state of a rural courtyard."

A terrifying electricity bill.

Su Wu's gaze naturally turned to the large nuclear power plant 13 stories underground in the refuge.

That is the foundation that supports the normal operation of the shelter.

It doesn't exist.

It would have been almost impossible for Su Wu to have developed the refuge into what it is today.

Not to mention the leisurely plan to accommodate the entire population of the Eastern Continent.

However, even nuclear power plants.

Providing trillions of kilowatt-hours of electricity a year would be somewhat challenging.

It needs further expansion.

Reach out onto the holographic projection to zoom in on the structural diagram of a large nuclear power plant.

Su Wu pondered for a moment.

The scale of the nuclear power plant was expanded by another 1.5 times.

This is a centralized construction method.

It can reduce certain residential risks and management costs.

The downside is that if something unexpected happens, they could be wiped out in one fell swoop.

The entire shelter will be affected.

However, Su Wu possesses a ball lightning control chamber capable of storing an unlimited amount of electricity.

This drawback is basically negligible.

Even if, at some point in the future, a nuclear power plant is completely destroyed due to an accident.

Electricity stored within the ball lightning control chamber.

This is sufficient to maintain the normal operation of the shelter until a new nuclear power plant is built.

"There are also reserves of uranium for nuclear fuel."

"We should also try to increase it as much as possible."

This problem is relatively tricky.

On the land of Dongzhou, there are ordinary civilian forces, and even super cities that rank low.

Neither of them has the capability to build conventional nuclear power plants.

Only the capital of Dongzhou and a few other top-ranked megacities truly rely on nuclear power plants.

Uranium ore is important to them.

It's practically a lifeline.

If Su Wu were to cross the line even slightly in this regard, it could very well lead to a full-blown conflict with them.

Therefore, cost should be taken into consideration.

If they want to increase nuclear fuel revenue and reserves.

Su Wu had only one choice.

That is to increase the output of the only uranium mine he currently controls.

"The uranium mine is currently located in the Mailak Canyon."

"The environment in the west is more unstable than in Jianghe City."

"We could consider increasing investment and engaging in destructive mining at the expense of some storage resources."

It is located three or four hundred kilometers west of the Maillax Canyon.

This is the location where Su Wu once obtained the Golden Scales.

That place was swallowed up by endless lava long ago.

Now.

The sea of ​​fire, formed by the convergence of lava, expanded to nearly twice its original size.

The average earthquake magnitude in the area over the years has been above level four.

It was almost as bad as the occupied areas of Zhenhai City.

According to the deductions of artificial intelligence.

At the latest within the next two to three months.

The lava flowing there could potentially spread to the Maillax Canyon.

The time left for Su Wu to mine was extremely limited.

I considered it briefly.

Su Wu decided to first use explosives to blast open a portion of the mountain above the uranium mine.

Then add some new mining sites.

Multiple operations can be carried out simultaneously at the mine.

As for the mined raw ore...

If the processing capacity near the mine is too large, then simply stop processing it altogether.

Let's transport it back to the farmhouse first.

After completing the plan.

Su Wu's gaze then naturally fell on the western side of the Grand Canyon.

More than 100 kilometers away, there was a place called the Plain of Twilight that Su Wu had once passed through.

Although it won't be long.

That plain would be swallowed by lava erupting from the depths of the earth before the Maillax Canyon.

But before that, it was still a bountiful place.

"The Twilight Plains are rich in oil and various precious metal deposits."

"It can provide shelters with a variety of scarce chemical raw materials and rare resources."

"The average mining difficulty is relatively lower than in other places."

Even if we can only mine for two or three months.

"It's worth investing some resources to give it a try."

At this stage.

Conquer the various shelters and collect the finished resources they store.

It seems easier and more convenient.

Actually.

Because the end times came too suddenly.

Most shelters had less than a year to prepare.

The resources they store are basically only enough to sustain their minimum survival needs.

It is difficult to truly support the operation of modern industry.

Even a shelter in Zhenhai City is as strong as this.

It was once the second largest economic city in East Asia.

The fuel reserves are only a little over 1 million tons.

It's not even enough to make a modern farmhouse shelter, or meet a month's worth of industrial production needs.

Su Wu's farmhouse continued to develop.

Sooner or later, we will have to rely on mining ourselves to obtain enough resources for growth.

"Next."

"We can first send sixth-generation fighter jets to airlift some equipment over."

"Establish oil and precious metal mines as soon as possible."

"Then we will dispatch a number of Ice Lake-class transport ships to transport the mine's output."

Given the limited time, the focus is on mining the Twilight Plain.

Efficiency is also a top priority.

There is no need to worry about environmental damage and waste.

Under these circumstances, coupled with unlimited investment in mining equipment.

It can increase mine output to tens or hundreds of times the normal level.

At the same time, transportation does not need to directly cross the two thousand kilometers between Jianghe City and Weiguang Plain in one go.

It is entirely possible to stay in the safe zone east of the Maillax Canyon, where there is no immediate threat from lava.

Find several shelters on the spot to serve as transit warehouses.

The overall approach is basically the same as when the supplies were transferred from Zhenhai City.

First, concentrate our efforts on rescuing as many salvageable materials as possible.

The remaining people can be transferred gradually once it is safe to do so.

Su Wu meticulously formulated a mining plan for the Weiguang Plain.

In my mind's eye, I could almost see oil wells rising from the ground, continuously extracting oil from deep underground.

If nothing unexpected happens.

Resources from the Twilight Plains.

It will become a refuge for rural courtyards, supporting them on a crucial step from maintaining their basic survival to moving towards prosperity.

surface.

Accompanied by Su Wu's new plan.

One after another, Icelake-class transport ships are rolling off the production line.

They began carrying the engineering equipment needed to open up the road.

Heading west, following the route once taken by Su Wu, we drove towards the Mailak Canyon.

Under a low-hanging cloud cover.

It became a gray and gloomy world on the ground.

Artificial lights from the Icelake-class transport ships.

Like a candle flame on a paper boat drifting on a river, it flickers quietly and slowly fades into the distance.

Over the next long period of months...

They will travel a distance of 2000 kilometers.

They transported resources, almost entirely located on the outskirts of the Eastern Continent, back bit by bit.

at the same time.

further away.

Other provinces located in the Eastern Continent.

And more and more Icelake-class transport ships are also beginning to appear.

Ice Lake-class transport ship.

The speed is only 10 kilometers per hour.

However, its own tens of thousands of tons of cargo capacity is sufficient to undertake all the functions of a land-based aircraft carrier or a comprehensive logistics base when necessary.

They support each other and connect to form a network.

It gradually eroded the shelters, large and small, in its path.

Then behind them were more empty Morning Light-class and Ice Lake-class transport ships.

They then began to pack up and take away all the people and supplies from the occupied shelters.

It was transported back to the farmhouse.

To make that growing mega-building even more magnificent.

The majority of the population of Dongzhou has been undergoing this silent migration and change.

It gradually shifted to farmhouses and courtyards.

(End of this chapter)