I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 532 - 430: Cleanup and Move-In

"It’s been decades since it was last activated. I’m afraid we’ll need a thorough cleanup here to be able to use it." After examining the entire base, Chen Xin couldn’t help but shake his head.

The entire base had been sealed for over thirty years. Not only were the facilities severely aged, but there was also dust everywhere, leaving no place to stand. Starting up the Weather Controller wasn’t even feasible; just getting the base running and checking if the Weather Controller could still be used was a challenge.

"According to the higher-ups’ orders, this base will be transferred to you. If you need to clean it, we can provide the necessary manpower." Lucia’s official glanced around at the dusty environment and also felt that a cleanup was needed.

Providing the necessary assistance to the people of Flame Country was indeed a task assigned by Lucia’s leaders before he came here.

After hearing this, Chen Xin thought for a moment and nodded, "Please find some people to clean up the place. I’m counting on you."

"Alright, I’ll arrange for manpower to clean up here. Is there anything else you need?" Lucia’s official agreed, noticing that there was a lot of idle manpower in the Capital now, and sending them to clean up this long-sealed base would prevent them from getting bored and causing new issues.

Chen Xin shook his head, "Let’s clean this place first. We’ll talk about other needs once it’s usable."

"Understood," the Lucia official wasn’t surprised and nodded without saying more.

At this moment, the Commander of the reinforcement troops in charge of protecting Chen Xin approached and asked, "Academician Chen, what’s the use of cleaning up here? Are we going to stay here?"

Chen Xin nodded and answered affirmatively, "This Weather Controller has significant research value. If it can be used to change the current Blue Planet’s climate and weather, allowing sunlight to shine again, it could greatly improve the current living environment of humanity.

This base has already been handed over to us by Lucia, so I intend to have both arks moved here and temporarily stationed.

Furthermore, additional personnel from our country will arrive, to continue assisting Lucia in rebuilding the Capital, overcoming the current crisis and challenges, and also to facilitate the research on this Weather Controller."

At this point, Chen Xin paused to let the Commander absorb the information, then continued, "So this place will become important in the future, and the security issues here are temporarily your responsibility. Have the soldiers familiarize themselves with this place and guard it well."

Upon hearing Chen Xin’s words, although he felt indifferent about this dust-filled place with rusted machinery, the Commander still replied solemnly, "Yes! I guarantee to complete the task!"

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As Chen Xin had predicted, after Lucia organized manpower to thoroughly clean the entire base, both arks moved here and descended to mooring height again.

The base originally had a matching airport and nuclear power station, but now they were buried under snow, and the nuclear power station had been shut down back in the Suyia era.

The reason for the shutdown of the nuclear power station was closely related to the past incident in Che City.

Before the Che City incident, Suyia widely utilized nuclear energy, even creating mobile nuclear reactors and nuclear lighthouses, which were exemplary cases of nuclear energy applications.

However, following the core meltdown of Che City’s nuclear power station and the subsequent catastrophe, Suyia recognized the dangers of nuclear energy, leading to the shutdown of certain small nuclear facilities.

The sealing of this base was also connected to this, as the entire Weather Controller system required massive amounts of energy to operate, and without a nuclear power station to supply significant amounts of electricity, relying on conventional power would be impractical; it would require power equivalent to an entire city.

Though the base had been cleaned up, the nuclear power station had long been shut down, and the reactors were buried under snow and frozen solid. Thus, even though the base was cleaned up, it remained like a large ice cellar without restored water and electricity.

Yet, these were minor issues. Once everyone arrived, Chen Xin arranged for others to move into the base and began working on getting it operational again.

"Academician Chen, the most pressing issues we need to address are the power and material supply." The Captain of the Hae Pig proposed his thoughts on reviving the base to Chen Xin, explaining, "Though the supplies we brought are fairly sufficient, if we’re staying here long-term, they won’t last.

While the Lucia side mentioned they would offer assistance, they don’t have the capacity now. Relying solely on domestic transportation isn’t feasible! So, for long-term consideration, we must be self-reliant and self-sufficient here."

"I agree with that. I suggest developing a few greenhouses in the base to grow some vegetables and grains to alleviate the supply pressure," added the Captain of the Xu Dog, aiming to uphold the Flame Country military’s honorable tradition even in Lucia.

Chen Xin naturally did not oppose but pointed out to the two captains, "Achieving self-sufficiency in supplies is indeed necessary, but our primary issue is the power supply. Without electricity, even building greenhouses would be useless."

Upon hearing Chen Xin’s words, both captains nodded in agreement.

"So how do you plan to resolve this, Academician Chen? Reactivate Lucia’s nuclear power stations from the past?" The Captain of the Hae Pig had examined the base’s documents and naturally thought of the nuclear reactors shut down in the Suyia era.

"Those reactors were built in the Suyia era and were shut down when Suyia dissolved. It’s nearly impossible to revive them now." Chen Xin shook his head, negating this possibility: "I plan to construct a large-scale isotope generator here in place of a nuclear reactor to supply electricity to the entire base."

In fact, Chen Xin had a better solution to the power issue: directly build a fusion reactor. However, controlled nuclear fusion technology has a profound significance.

Building a fusion reactor on foreign soil has enormous implications, and considering that the high-level authorities might not agree, Chen Xin planned to construct a large isotope generator here instead.