Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 449 448. Now guess what the overall price of this car is?

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse. Two full moons, which appear to be different in color due to their different textures, hang high in the sky, like a pair of eyes, overlooking all living things.

In the desert where the scorching hurricane had just ended, only a gentle breeze remained, and dust was slowly falling from the sky, making the desert, which was only illuminated by moonlight, appear cold and deep.

But everyone knows that the moment the sun rises, this seemingly peaceful and at most slightly cool desert will once again turn into a scorching inferno.

If you step onto this land without preparation, you will be scorched by the high temperature and eventually melt into the sand.

Preparation is also very simple. All you need is a set of internal circulation cooling facilities, or you can bury yourself in the sand deep enough before the sun comes to avoid the temperature of the sun.

There is enough heat to operate many energy collection facilities. In the absence of energy shortage, it is not a delusion to want to safely cross the desert area...

However, under this environment, the people on the sand formed a completely different idea...

The larger the transport unit, the more things can be stored and the higher the transport efficiency. However, in order to improve the transport efficiency, the engine and components must also be made larger, and in order to use this large chassis, the body must also be increased accordingly.

The cycle repeats itself, and coupled with the harassment from pirates who are never well fed, it is also necessary to arrange for armaments, teams that can be dispatched to fight, and so on.

Now that we have all that, why not move the main guns for city defense onto the vehicles? After all, there are large armored units firing on the water bodies called "oceans" in the vision!

Cipher changed into a skin that he actually liked most, making him look like an unprepossessing young man, and talked in the control room.

There were quite a few people in the main control room. Several people from the technical department were visiting this highly integrated core cabin. Miss Nana was on the highest floor facing the gate, overlooking the entire area below, while Tien was holding a cup of hot tea and chatting with the little girl.

It is said that this guy flirted with many students in the college city, making a group of boys very dissatisfied. Then she suddenly and coolly dumped all the girls who were fascinated by her.

If it weren't for the fact that she wasn't actually doing anything, Cypher would probably consider having her mop the decks instead of driving the mobile base here.

Nana's long hair hung down, draping on both sides of Cypher's chair. She had no idea that Cypher's body was in the jar beneath her feet. "Eh... What an interesting development history! So this is what the desert night outside is like..."

She came into this world through a vision and was cultivated as a high-quality asset by the company the moment she opened her eyes. Apart from performing, learning various knowledge and filming, she has never paid attention to other things.

Not to mention seeing such a complicated cab and what it looks like outside the cab.

After leaving the academy city, Seifer watched several unmanned vehicles speeding off in all directions. The blue tracks left by them as they crushed the sand were much darker than those usually seen on vehicles of the same mass.

Feldrich said that these are some trivial tricks. Simply put, it is to use the natural property of sand to release energy when it is crushed by heavy objects, and use unmanned remote-controlled units to wander aimlessly in the desert.

Anyway, the track line looks similar to a real medium-sized mobile base. If you have the guts, go chase it. You may find out at dawn that it’s a fake!
This technology is quite reliable. The first time Feldrich discovered his true identity, he did it by placing a fake signal in the room and went to the restaurant with shielding... Never mind that.

"Anyway, welcome everyone to the world above the desert. Speaking of which, where are Miyuki and the others, Tien?"

"It's down there. This thing is really powerful. When I drive it, it feels like I'm driving a beach scooter, not a mid-sized base. It's awesome!"

Of course, it's not that light, but at least the quality of this mobile base is there. It's not as fast as a small base in terms of movement, but it's more stable.

The blue light emitted by the sand crushed by the tracks of such a large vehicle is even brighter than that emitted by an ordinary vehicle.

Logically speaking, there should be the same glowing tracks between the huge tracks, but this car strangely has an extra non-luminous covering layer in the middle, just like the surrounding sand sea.

As for why this was happening, one had to look at what Lin Shenxue was doing, sitting next to the stoker in the cabin next to the complex engine. She was meticulously recording the energy input and output, as well as the normal operation of the energy storage system.

As a prototype of a heavy fusion engine, this thing was designed with 'how to be self-sufficient' in mind from the very beginning.

Prepared fuel or already cut and refined minerals? Too backward. In addition to these "spare fuels", this car's engine can also use universal fuel.

Such universal fuels are ubiquitous in the desert.

The [worm] can be released and left alone, burrowing around in the sand at will. It even has time to print so many multifunctional firepower carriages for itself thanks to this engine.

The technological capabilities of the transformation organization that can create the [worm] are indeed far superior to those of the three companies. After all, this thing combines digging, construction, internal material reorganization, and a full-function 3D printing assembly line.

Apart from being difficult to control, it is the perfect underground construction unit.

I've gotten off topic, but this car can now shovel sand into the engine's fuel tank during operation, and extract the elements and energy contained in it through fusion reactions.

Just like the residue left after refining ore, let it turn into a pile of sand again and spray out from the other end of the car body.

In this way, as long as the car is moving, the inexhaustible sand on the ground can provide the car with endless energy.

It doesn't matter if the fuel quality is not good, the quantity can be made up...at least this experimental engine does that.

As for maintenance and inspection, that was Lin Shenxue's concern. He could just treat it as training a new mechanic from scratch.

Under the cover of night, the brand new "Navigator" was slowly moving towards the central node city.

With the efficiency of this car, it is estimated that it will take more than half a month to cross the entire area. If it stops at several node cities during this period, it will be even slower.

Everyone had basically made long-term mental preparations before boarding the bus. Sefer even bought a lot of extra food and, based on Ichika's reminder, prepared some entertainment-related items as a change of pace.

But to be honest, these are all backup measures because when you are actually in the car, most of the boring time is actually because there are tasks to be performed and the process is boring.

We had just started and everyone was in high spirits. We didn't even feel bored when walking around in the car.

Only when daybreak comes will they understand why people walking on the sand always develop one or two hobbies... After Seifer finished explaining the rules, he stood up and prepared to go to the research cabin.

Just as he reached the corridor, Miss Nana chased out, quickly got in front of Seifer from his side, and turned around lightly to stand.

"I have an idea - well, I saw the rec room in the car. If I have some free time, could I go sing in there?"

Forget singing. If you can please the technical department, it will be a piece of cake for them to go to the warehouse to find materials and build a stage for you.

Seifer shrugged and suddenly turned his head to see Shengnai waving at him from the side of the corridor with only half of his head exposed.

Then he shrank back with a smile, and the sound of his light footsteps gradually disappeared.

I'm back, the familiar feelings are back.

(End of this chapter)