Will the kemonomimi encounter Alien Ranch Story?

Compared to the physical labor on this side, there was another purely physical labor on the other side: the Naked Snake's spacecraft research project. That was also physical labor: collecting fragments, labeling them one by one, and then it was time for a jigsaw puzzle game. After piecing it together, they continued to label each fragment, and then checked each interface and pin one by one.

Once they figured out what these things were for, they would use the discovery of early human spacecraft as a pretext to start reverse engineering. There was probably no hope of actually finding anything, but at least it would make others think that Kazdel could be inspired, and the success rate of the Star Project would rise again.

"What if a problem arises?"

"Don't worry, I've prepared plenty of Dragonfire Bullets," meaning that if things go wrong again, we can just wipe everything out with flames. "And, I'll say it again, your research attitude is very wrong. You can be a little more aggressive when doing research, but it's better to be more cautious when applying it."

“Actually, we were very cautious,” Goredia sighed. “It’s just that we didn’t choose the right experimental animals for the animal experiments. We shouldn’t have chosen the largest behemoth directly.” We originally thought that this thing should be the most representative and that it would be very reasonable to use it as part of the animal experiments.

Meanwhile, in Master Nian's workshop, "New gadgets, take a look!" Various large and small dark blue-green structures were thrown on her workbench. "What are all these things?"

“The artifacts recovered from the underwater structures weren’t made by our ancestors, so you don’t need to check the database.” Ling took a swig of his drink. “Can you glean anything from them?”

"I don't have any mass spectrometry, chromatography, or spectroscopy equipment here. How am I supposed to look at it? With my eyes?" Master Nian rolled his eyes. "What did the research institute say?"

"The material is crystalline, mainly composed of silicon and metals. The metals we can identify include iron, aluminum, and copper. Theoretically, it's some kind of rock or gemstone, but in reality, it contains some elements we don't fully understand. Most importantly..." Ling paused, "...it contains Originium components. We've tested it several times, and the result is always the same: it contains Originium components."

“The reaction of the Originium components should be normal,” Nian was not surprised at all by this conclusion.

"But this isn't from Terra, which means..."

"This is a huge problem," Nian said, rubbing his forehead. If Originium wasn't a specialty of the Terra system, no one could guarantee that it would be safe once they reached the destination planet. The destination might also have a large amount of Originium minerals and infections, and it was hard to say whether the sun at the destination would be affected in the same way.

In short, let's prepare for reverse engineering first.

"I can't reverse it; I don't even know what it is."

"What about reverse engineering the materials?"

"Impossible, didn't Boss Xia tell you about this?" Nian said, indicating that this was too difficult. "You can't even be sure what's inside." "What about your Originium control ability?"

“No reaction. At least it’s not the Originium particles we understand. It’s probably a more complex composite. Anyway, all I can do with what you’ve given me is grind it into a club, if it’s strong enough,” Nian said honestly. “However, we can try to see if Boss Xia’s furnace is up to the task.” Perhaps it can be recast into something else, but there’s no guarantee that it will maintain its original physical properties.

"What about the physics test results?"

"It's stronger and more heat-resistant than our best heat-resistant alloys, and it can withstand the pressure of deep-sea water. Apart from its weight, it should be a good structural material for spacecraft." It's just a bit heavy.

"Hmm, are there any other special effects? What is the purpose of the Originium components inside?"

"The conduction of the Originium effect is no different from that of common alloys, so it shouldn't be a medium for conducting Originium techniques or something similar," Ling said, shaking the flask. "It's more likely just a simple everyday item or structural material, like ordinary alloy steel. However, this doesn't explain the significance or function of the Originium component within it."

"Forget it, just leave this thing here. If even Boss Xia can't do anything about it, there's nothing I can do either. By the way, how's the weaponry and equipment situation in the Arctic going?"

"Oh, it's all done. Thanks to Xi's help, it's completely finished now." Thanks to her virtual reality simulation, the testing of the new equipment went very well. It will soon be distributed to the Deep Sea Hunters who are about to join, as well as the sniper operators of the exploration team. Now they don't have to worry about their weapons failing to destroy the demons and instead causing the demon fragments to shatter.

"Oh, by the way, could you also run an errand for me and deliver this custom-made item to Boss Xia?" Nian took out an exquisitely packaged wooden gift box. Iberia seemed to value it highly, using a fine mahogany gift box with Baroque-style reliefs on all four sides. The front featured a relief of an angel holding a horn and shield, wearing a helmet, or perhaps a Valkyrie.

The embossed text on the clasp reads "Gifted to the .45 Artist," just like the packaging Lao Xia requested. Inside, there was dark red velvet, with two large-caliber hand cannons, one dark gold and one silver-blue, placed alternately, along with gun oil, a small brush, spare ammunition magazines, and 12 neatly arranged new-style torch shells.

The gun handle is inlaid with ivory reliefs, featuring mythological and religious motifs such as angels. The gun body also boasts standard Renaissance-era floral reliefs, meticulously hand-carved by a master craftsman. In the Covenant, such a classic pistol gift box would typically be auctioned online, fetching no less than 3 Star Coins—this suggests that Terrans might actually make a fortune through handicrafts in the future!

Let's have something fun.

I would call it the “New Human Bible”, the strange pronouncements of the strange creatures in the group.

"How far can a country go if its primary industry is weak?" — This question, from China and the US downwards, is actually true for most countries...

"Do you think a sanctioned country that cannot be self-sufficient in food can develop well?"—China once trembled with fear.

"North Korea is backward in every aspect." "So, by whom are you comparing it to in terms of being backward in every aspect?" "What country am I from?" — Note that all countries below the world's top two economies are "backward in every aspect!" Wait, could this person be Korean? (Aha!)

"The era of barbarism triumphing over civilization is over"—in this statement, "barbarism" refers to a nuclear-armed nation—"civilization"? Did the barbarians complete the Manhattan Project?

"Having enough to eat is a basic human right"—approximately 20 billion people have been expelled from the human race.

"The five permanent members of the UN Security Council are the basic situation, not the special situation" - to correct the following: if the standard is that the entire population is fed, none of the five permanent members can achieve this, because there is malnutrition in some of China's peripheral areas; if the standard is that "the vast majority of people" are fed, you need to exclude the United States, because according to its own statistics, the United States has more than 5000 million people in a state of severe food shortage.

"GDP is a relatively scientific measure of a country's development level~" -- Well, anyone who's studied even a little economics can just take this with a grain of salt. Those who know, know; it refers to the GDP of planned economies...

"In a non-nuclear war era, nuclear bombs are useless"—uh...

"North Korea has a nuclear device provided by the former Soviet Union"—well, the difference between a nuclear device and a hydrogen bomb...

"What kind of combat capability can they have with weapons from the Soviet era?" — This... Da Mao, don't you have anything to say?

"How can a country that can't even feed itself develop its military?"—Let's not even talk about how many countries can actually feed themselves... just this...

"Military backwardness"—saying this to a nuclear-armed nation—suggests expelling citizens from countries outside the Top 10 from the global citizenship system.

Although North Korea is a country with terrible food by Chinese standards, you shouldn't actually not eat steamed buns as staple food!

Chapter Thirty-One: A Day I Didn't Want to Write a Title

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The technical difficulty of the hand cannon itself is not high; the main challenge lies in the ammunition. After Iberia shared ammunition technology with Kazdel, Kazdel was able to begin mass production of the Sacred Flame.

But there is a key problem here. The primer and the warhead of the Olympic torch are easy to deal with, but the key is that the fuel for the Olympic torch seems to be extracted from some kind of marine organism, something like whale oil.

Without Lao Xia, sharing this technology with other countries would be meaningless, because they would have a hard time reproducing the Olympic flame fuel. Even Lao Xia's side struggled for a long time before finally creating a barely acceptable substitute.

"You didn't make it with human oil, did you?" This was Old Xia's biggest question, because his first thought was that this kind of oil, which was made by refining fat that was combined with Originium components, was a product of refining infected people.

“This…” Elena was a little dumbfounded. What kind of wild words were these? “It’s extracted from some kind of sea monster, a very big one.”

"But aren't sea monsters also products of the fusion of humans and sea creatures?"

"..." In a sense, it seems to make sense. It is extracted from the corpse of an Iberian infected with Oripathy and a creature fused with the Sea King. Theoretically speaking, injecting Ghost Shark with an extremely high concentration of Originium liquid and then extracting her spinal cord and fat to refine oil might be more effective. It's just that this idea is a bit too insane.

"Fortunately, I don't need to burn people here." I only need to clone tissue culture, and I can also choose the best substrate biological material.

"Alright, let's get down to business. I've sent these test sample requests to multiple labs in Kazdel for experimentation, with a range of 0.5%. That should help us find the optimal ratio for the sacred fire oil process."

Starting from 20%, and then in increments of 0.5% Originium Liquid concentration, we will try each sample of Originium Serum and various Originium Cells that we currently have. Eventually, we will be able to find a suitable one.

The Iberian Tribunal possessed only an accidental find: the corpse of a dead but still alive sea monster. They extracted sacred oil from it and, at the same time, threw some sinners into the abyss to become new raw materials.

"After that, it can be mass-produced industrially, and you Iberia should also have a considerable demand." In this way, the sacred fire oil and lamps will not be exclusively for the judges, but every household can hang one, and the deterrent effect of the lanterns is thus roughly explained - when the sacred fire burns, it will emit a certain pheromone, after all, it is extracted from the corpse of a sea monster.

The meaning of this pheromone is a warning. When the dinosaur and ordinary sea monsters, which lack the ability to think, receive this warning pheromone, they will instinctively feel fear and retreat. For creatures whose instincts outweigh their thoughts, they will be in a state of stiffness and inability to advance or retreat, creating an opportunity for the judge to kill them with one blow.

The effect of the Deep Sea Hunter's blood is exactly what it seems. The Deep Sea Hunter's blood makes the Sealings feel that their brethren are imprisoned, and they become angry and try to tear open their skins to rescue them. The Sacred Fire makes them think that their brethren have been killed, and warns all their brethren not to approach this area.

However, this effect is not absolute; otherwise, the Grand Inquisitor wouldn't have failed. It can only make the other party hesitate, fear, and become rigid, but under orders from higher authorities and instincts, this behavior can be overcome.

The experimental process development of the Olympic torch oil is a very... well, low-tech job. The newbies in the lab are not mainly involved in high-level research and development, but rather in mechanical, repetitive labor, such as washing bottles and extracting proteins.

Time passed day by day in this tedious and extremely boring work. Just when almost everyone was getting used to this uncreative activity, one of the laboratories finally got results.

"After pulverizing 41.5% pure Originium ore, it was dissolved in alcohol as a solvent, soaked in human fat cell tissue treated with Serum No. 3, and placed in a mixture of samples from Haisi cells No. 16 and No. 21. After a fusion reaction for six days, it was inactivated, the liquid in the fusion reaction was extracted, and centrifugation was performed to obtain higher quality Sacred Flame Oil, or Sacred Flame Glue." Regardless of the name, fuel that has been treated with a passivating agent and has a gel-like consistency is obviously safer and more conducive to industrial preparation if used as ammunition.

"You guys cracked the secret of Iberia in such a short time?"

"Um... this isn't too difficult, is it?" The formula, the finished product, and the process all have references. It's just that the raw materials are a little troublesome. Moreover, there are only a few fixed items for preparing the raw materials. Trying them out by exhaustive methods isn't too complicated. At least compared to other materials science and biological research, it's already considered a very simple thing.

Because you know that it can definitely be extracted from here. The only difference is that you need to choose the best combination from multiple combinations. There is no element of luck involved; it is simply... repetitive physical labor.

"Master Nian is already working on the relevant industrial mass production processes and technologies. We expect to be able to start production and mass-produce the torch bombs before this summer."

"How does it compare to the Dragonfire Bullets we used before?"

"It's definitely not as powerful as the Dragon Flame Bullet," Old Xia had to honestly admit. Compared to Sister Ta Zi's power, the Holy Fire Bullet was obviously insufficient. "However, compared to the Dragon Flame Bullet, it is safer and easier to store for a long time. Moreover, although it also uses nerve signal contacts, the wet component content is much lower. The test results also show that it is more destructive to demons than the Dragon Flame Bullet."

"The principle?" Kal'tsit frowned. Could it be that Hai Si and the demon are the same thing?

"It should be said that the instantaneous destructive power is lower, but the Dragon Flame Bullet lacks long-term burning ability and will quickly extinguish in cold weather and inside the body of a demon." This is because it does not contain an oxidizer and will extinguish due to lack of oxygen. Moreover, the Dragon Flame Bullet is essentially an plasma generated by stimulating Originium particles, rather than a real burning flame. The flame is just a phenomenon produced by combustibles being ignited by high temperature.

Therefore, the flames of the Dragonfire Bullet can be extinguished, and its thermal damage is instantaneous. For a cluster of amorphous, single-celled organisms like demons, this damage can not only heal quickly but also extinguish the burning damage caused by the flames.

"However, the Sacred Fire Bullet is different. It can burn underwater and in the more water-rich sea creatures, and even react with water to release even greater heat. This damage is continuous, somewhat similar to the Great Flame's poisonous phosphorescent fire, but at a higher temperature. Therefore, it is difficult for demons to heal their wounds quickly. They only need to accumulate damage to achieve a higher effect than the Dragon Flame Bullet."

"I see. Didn't the Iberians have the corresponding artillery technology?"

"Yes, but the shells aren't Sacred Flame shells, or rather, they don't have that much fuel to waste like that." Iberia's artillery is also Originium Spell-based, but a small portion of it uses Sacred Flame shells. "So, can this new ammunition be used on support rifles or other weapons?"

"No, the primers are incompatible. However, replicating their hand cannons isn't too difficult." At least not for Master Nian and Old Xia, but scaling them up would be a bit challenging.

"Let's produce a batch first and send it to the sentry camp to see how it goes. If it's good, we can supply this weapon and ammunition to Da Yan and Ursus." We can also make some money to recover our losses while running a bunch of projects. It seems like we're really struggling financially.

After nearly a year of renovations, the Polar Beast has undergone further modifications and changes, becoming increasingly reminiscent of the CCCP heavy industrial style.

Thick metal skirts, massive road wheels and tracks like a building, and chimney-like pipes extending from all over the body, along with crisscrossing cooling and filtration systems, not to mention the various seemingly delicate and compact turrets and pods hidden within.

Further enhancements to heat dissipation and increased power output result in stronger active defense capabilities. The previous exploration proved that passive defense armor was not very effective. Therefore, this time, some armor was removed and replaced with more turrets and active defense countermeasures.

Because the Great Yan has already proven that giant ships and cannons, despite their thick hides and tough flesh, are not as easy to survive in the polar regions as hedgehogs whose bodies are covered in turrets.

The Great Yan people have entered the boundary of the cemetery area and are currently excavating the remains of an early settlement. Their Dragon Palace-class exploration ships are truly reliable in this regard, and by unleashing their firepower, they have successfully completed a less-than-perfect excavation operation.

Naturally, the people of Dayan didn't forget to show off their products, including the ancient data board they unearthed, the unidentified device that resembled a rocket engine, and the ancient reactors and fuel reserves. Although... after the doctor finished looking at them, he quietly made a call to Lao Xia, telling him to prepare to receive a large number of radiation sickness patients.

However, for Da Yan, this exploration was quite successful, except that it consumed a lot of ammunition and fuel, and they also mined a large amount of demonic crystals. They are now building a large-scale white crystal manufacturing plant and related medical industry chain in China, especially the cell activator that Lao Xia uses to prepare is the main product.

There are quite a few old guys in the Great Yan who don't want to die, so they naturally wouldn't want to miss out on something that safely prolongs youth and lifespan. The success of the Great Yan has naturally inspired the countries of Terra. This summer, in addition to the Arctic Beast of Kazdel, the Columbian "Explorer" polar research vessel will also depart from Sami, choosing to travel through the northern wilderness and enter the polar region.

Ursus's plan is for next year. They could have caught up this year, but the results of last year's Kazdel and Great Flame have proven the importance of firepower density. Ursus needs to revise its plans and equip itself.

There's no need to rush this. After all, neither Kazdel nor the relatively successful Great Flame have traveled very far in the polar regions, and their exploration areas are quite small. In this situation, it's not necessarily true that whoever goes first will gain more benefits.

"Reverse, be careful!" The monotonous synthesized voice echoed repeatedly in the garage as a tracked snowmobile slowly backed into the garage and came to a stop in the center.

The burly worker pulled the hook and secured it to the cargo box hook at the rear of the truck. Then, the overhead crane lifted the heavy cargo box, moved it along the tracks to the back, and lowered it. The truck then turned and reversed into the parking area on one side of the garage. "Is this the last truck?"

"It's still early, there's a convoy behind us." Texas took out a cigarette and lit it. "Phew~ Someone come and sign the delivery receipt."

"Wait here, we're very busy here, we'll be back in a bit."

"The efficiency is really low." Texas finished her cigarette in one gulp, threw it on the ground and stomped it out, then pushed open a small door on the side of the garage and went inside. Inside was an attached canteen or rather a rest area, where hot coffee and light meals were served, mainly to the transportation logistics team.

“Efficiency is also not good. This place is only open to traffic for six or seven months a year, so the convoys all come in in a short period of time, and there are a lot of documents to process.” Exusiai took a large cup of coffee and held a sandwich in her hand.

Why didn't you order apple pie?

"Sold out, we're lucky to have sandwiches," Exusiai complained. Because there were so many people, the relatively scarce ingredients sold out very quickly.

"Aren't you going back to Laterano?"

"Why go back? It's much more interesting here." After all, there's no restriction on shooting or ammunition here; it's just a desolate wilderness outside. You can shoot however you want if you want, "and it's all live ammunition."

"You seem... quite satisfied?"

"Of course! Where in Laterano do you find such a cool big gun to play with?" Although Laterano people often hold all sorts of bizarre shooting competitions, no one would dare to drive a tank into the street and use its main cannon. Besides, the competitions always use training rounds, not live ammunition.

However, things are different here. Not to mention tanks, even warships are coming out normally. After all, demons cross the border from time to time. In the past few days, the sentry base has repelled several small-scale demon invasions, which were truly... a rain of fire.