Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones.

Chapter 12 Good Place

During the uninterrupted learning, Li Qingsong controlled the clone and used those metal processing equipment to process a set of simple glass production equipment.

This equipment cannot be used in a vacuum environment, but requires sufficient atmospheric pressure. To this end, Li Qingsong had to find a small cave and seal its entrance with a thin film to create an environment suitable for the operation of this equipment.

It is mainly composed of the following parts: first is the raw material processing tank.

Luoshen also has a lot of silicon dioxide, and its purity is not low, so it can be used directly. So in the raw material processing tank, this silicon dioxide is mixed with some sodium oxide, limestone, etc.

They are then sent to a furnace where they are heated to over 1500 degrees Celsius by electrical heating, at which point they are completely melted.

After that, the clone responsible for blowing will use a long blowpipe, dip a little glass solution, and blow it towards the mold, and a glass tube will be formed.

Wait until it cools down and then you can use it.

Of course, Li Qingsong was using an extremely simplified manufacturing method. Glass tubes made using this method had numerous drawbacks, including low transparency, numerous burrs, and easy breakage.

But all the disadvantages are not as great as one biggest advantage.

The fact that it can be produced at this stage is the biggest advantage!

In addition to the 17 clones responsible for agricultural production and those who stayed behind, Li Qingsong specially assigned two clones among the remaining 10 clones to blow glass tubes.

Of the remaining eight, two drove a planetary rover and began searching for mercury and argon based on the preliminary exploration guidelines.

These two elements are indispensable in fluorescent lamps.

Of the remaining six clones, three stayed on the surface of Roselle, operating blast furnaces and metal processing equipment to produce tungsten filaments, metal sheets, etc. needed for fluorescent lamps. The last three took these products back to the Deep Space spacecraft and used the spacecraft laboratory to begin manually making equipment such as starters.

All 27 bodies started working again, with no one idle.

When the colorless argon ore and silvery-white solid mercury, which had also been frozen solid, were found and brought back by the clones, the first batch of glass tubes, starters, ballasts, etc. had also been made.

Li Qingsong controlled a clone and began the final assembly work.

For the current primary technical stage, the most difficult step should be vacuuming.

After all, the inside of the fluorescent tube needs to be evacuated first and then filled with argon gas.

But this step is not a problem at all for Li Qingsong.

The reason is very simple. The surface of Luoshen is vacuum everywhere, so there is no need to pump it.

Then, some tiny devices and circuits were filled into the glass tube.

After making a fluorescent lamp, Li Qingsong carefully connected it to the power source.

The next moment, bright light was released from the lamp, and the swaying clone couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"Not bad."

Li Qingsong was very satisfied with this.

By verifying the ability to manufacture fluorescent lamps, the biggest obstacle to building the second planting base was eliminated.

So, among these 10 clones, five were responsible for making fluorescent lamps, and the other five operated various equipment and began to manufacture planting racks.

This planting rack looks like a bookshelf, but it is transparent on both sides.

A planting rack is about one meter wide, two meters high, and three to four meters wide. It is divided into two to four layers according to different needs.

If it is divided into two layers, you can plant some crops with taller plants, such as wheat and rapeseed. If it is divided into four layers, you can only plant crops with shorter plants, such as wheat and sweet potatoes.

There are also unlayered ones, which are used to grow corn.

Li Qingsong has made various kinds of planting racks.

This time, building a planting base wasn't just about growing a few crops. Li Qingsong planned to plant everything useful. Even if they couldn't finish eating them, they could still be used for industrial purposes.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, several months had passed. Li Qingsong added another 5 clones under his command, bringing the total number to 32.

With the only tractor working for more than ten hours a day to transport fuel and ore, with the 32 clones busy all day, with the blast furnace smelting all day, and the metal processing equipment roaring all day, all the equipment needed for the No. planting base was finally manufactured.

Even the larger generator prepared for Base No. 2 has been built.

Finally it was time for the actual construction.

The 15 clones came to this huge cave with a total area of 1.1 square meters, which had been explored in the early stage, with high morale and worn-out, low-quality space suits covered with tape.

Such a huge cave without any support in the middle could probably only be formed on the Luoshen planet with extremely low gravity.

If it were on Earth, it would have collapsed long ago.

Although this cave is huge, its exit is not big, only about ten square meters in total.

Fifteen clones worked together to move the supplies, then used the specially manufactured steel plate as a door to seal the hole. They also left an entrance and an isolation cabin underneath the door to facilitate the clones' entry and exit.

The inside of the cave is sealed by rock, and the entrance is sealed by an iron door, thus isolating the inside from the outside.

The 15 clones worked together again, using long metal hoses as floor heating pipes. It only took a few hours to fill the entire cave.

As the steam generator roared, the boiling heat was transmitted into the pipes and began to heat the surface.

A large amount of frozen matter began to vaporize directly and then rise into the air.

Normally, they should flow naturally toward areas with lower air pressure, but now that the exit is blocked by the iron door, they can only accumulate inside the cave.

With a certain temperature, they began to melt the frozen materials on the rock walls and the top of the cave into gas, so the pressure inside the cave became higher and higher.

When the pressure rose to the equivalent of one atmosphere, a clone opened the gas outlet.

Then all these miscellaneous gases rolled out and surged out like a long sword.

After gushing out for several meters, it cooled down and turned into snowflakes falling down.

Once the internal pressure drops, the vent is closed and the interior begins to heat up again.

This process was repeated several times until all the chaotic gases inside were finally purged. Only then did Li Qingsong control the clones and release relatively pure solid oxygen, solid nitrogen, a certain proportion of carbon dioxide and other gases, as well as water ice, into the cave.

After they all melted and turned into gas that filled the entire cave, Li Qingsong controlled a clone to enter Base No. 2.

Taking off his spacesuit, breathing the slightly moist air, and looking at the huge, empty cave, Li Qingsong murmured in his heart, "What a great place."

(End of this chapter)