I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 578 - 476: The Schemes of the Lucia People

Although the work on the disassembly and modification of the Weather Controller proceeded smoothly, progress was still slow.

After all, from a realistic perspective, attempting to scale down a massive machine, even with the correct approach, is not a simple task.

Chen Xin had anticipated this. Even though using the system upgrade would accomplish the task in an instant, he still chose to work alongside the staff, analyzing and researching every little detail to confirm all modification processes.

Only when all processes of a module were confirmed and the modification plan and scheme finalized did Chen Xin activate the system upgrade function, transforming the finalized plan into reality.

Although this method was slower, the results were the best.

After all, if Chen Xin had directly miniaturized the entire Weather Controller, it would likely contain many black boxes, requiring the staff to spend a lot of time deciphering everything from scratch.

Instead, as it was done now, even though the efficiency was slightly lower, every step utilized technology that was completely understood, with no unknown black technology involved.

Of course, the cost of doing this meant that Chen Xin and his team spent nearly a week just installing the energy transmission module of the Weather Controller onto the Mobile Base, and it was only a preliminary installation that required further adjustment based on other modules later.

So far, apart from the energy transmission module, only a small fusion reactor had been installed to replace the Mobile Base’s original energy system.

This small fusion reactor was not the model that Chen Xin had originally created, but was manufactured by domestic researchers who, after mastering the relevant technology of the initial model, combined it with state technology.

This reactor might not be as efficient as the initial model Chen Xin built, but at least all its components could be produced, the entire technology was mastered, and it could be mass-produced through the national industrial system.

If it was only a certain organization or small country, whether they could replicate a device wouldn’t matter much since small-scale needs only require solving the issue of availability, not large-scale application or mastering core technology.

But for a major country, if a technology cannot be widely applied or there are still unexplored black box parts, that technology is inferior to those that can be widely applied and are thoroughly understood.

Although high-tech and sophisticated black technology is tempting, if it cannot be mastered, applied, or promoted, no matter how good the technology is, it is meaningless.

This is also why, although the nation knew Chen Xin could provide a lot of black technology, they still tried to have him upgrade existing technology or work with other staff on research and development, decoding the black technology as much as possible rather than directly using it.

This was true for Flame Country and the same for Lucia.

Although they managed to build an Energy Tower with the help of Flame Country, solving the heating problem in the Capital, the key technology of the Energy Tower was in the hands of Flame Country. They could only build new Energy Towers by purchasing the core from Flame Country, which felt quite frustrating for Lucia’s officials.

However, no matter how they negotiated with Flame Country, the upper echelons of Flame Country refused to provide critical technology for the Energy Tower, insisting on only offering finished product cores, but not the technology.

Even the number of cores was restricted, not supplied freely.

In such a situation, although the people of Lucia had no choice but to endure it, they still hoped to decode the relevant technology.

By various means, they learned that Chen Xin was the scientist who developed the key technology for the Energy Tower, and some ideas naturally emerged in some people’s minds.

They were not foolish enough to think of doing anything adverse to Chen Xin, as any mishap to such an important researcher would result in unfavorable outcomes for both countries.

All the Lucia officials wanted was to extract some critical points of this technology from Chen Xin.

They didn’t expect to obtain the entire technology, as that would be unlikely, and Lucia’s research capabilities were not weak; the principle of the Energy Tower was not complicated. After participating fully in the construction of the Energy Tower, Lucia’s researchers roughly understood the operational mechanisms.

However, the crucial core technology couldn’t be figured out just by participating in the construction; they really couldn’t understand how the Energy Tower efficiently extracted such vast amounts of thermal energy from underground.

One must know, the Energy Tower’s pipeline heating range is a ten-kilometer radius, which, although largely related to pipeline transmission capacity, also indirectly reflects how much heat an Energy Tower can provide.

To understand this point, aside from trading with Flame Country, the only option was to glean information from Chen Xin, the inventor.

With the path of trading with Flame Country blocked, the only solution was to think of a method involving Chen Xin.

After a round of discussions, they came up with an idea that, while not exactly brilliant, was quite reasonable.

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"Lucia’s Seed Bank has encountered a problem, and you hope we can help maintain it?" Chen Xin looked at the Lucia female scientist with silver-white hair standing before him and frowned slightly, "You cannot solve this issue on your own?"

"I’m sorry, our scientists have already tried, but the Seed Bank’s heating system has reached its limit. If the temperature drops further, the temperature inside the Seed Bank will break the critical point, causing all the precious plant seeds and animal embryos stored inside to be damaged," said the female scientist with a look of urgency, pleading earnestly to Chen Xin, "These seeds and embryos are incredibly valuable to human civilization. We’ve done everything we can, and only resorted to reaching out for your help out of desperation. Please help us!" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Chen Xin hesitated a bit, not wanting to get involved in such matters, but still asked the female scientist, "How do you hope we can assist?"

"I know you aided in constructing an Energy Tower in our Capital, which provides a continuous source of heat, ensuring the Capital’s residents’ lives. I hope you can help us build a similar Energy Tower at the Seed Bank so that it can be saved!" The female scientist, who seemed to have planned her proposal before arriving, said to Chen Xin with anticipation.