Shen Jin sent the three of them away and went to an empty area behind the villa by himself.
He casually enclosed a 500-square-meter plot with [Cobblestone] and placed a [Sign] at the entrance.
[Tinkers' Construct Research Center]
As for building and using the smeltery, Shen Jin was unsure how reality differed from the game he used to play.
He wanted to investigate it himself first, then have Shang Qian and the others come over to see the results.
The [Tinkers' Construct Smeltery] was actually a fairly large multiblock structure.
When Shen Jin used to play Minecraft, he often built an enormous [Tinkers' Construct Smeltery] and filled it with molten materials of all kinds, satisfying his boundless urge to hoard.
Building a proper Tinkers' Construct Smeltery required one material: [Seared Stone].
Only the various blocks made from it could form a smeltery.
[Seared Stone] was made by smelting [Grout].
The crafting recipe was: [Sand] × 1 + [Clay] × 1 + [Gravel] × 1 = [Grout] × 2.
Putting two blocks of [Grout] into a [Furnace] could produce two [Seared Bricks].
Of course, to save [Coal], Shen Jin had already dismantled all the [Furnaces] in the base.
They now used [Electric Furnaces], which were more efficient and smelted faster.
With the Wind Turbine Generator, free, clean electricity had clearly replaced thermal power generation.
"Let's make some [Seared Bricks] first and build a basic smeltery."
Whether in Q City or D City, Shen Jin had always mined by the sea, and the coast had no shortage of [Sand] and [Clay].
In everyday use, [Sand] was somewhat useful, since it could be made into [Glass].
[Clay], however, could only be made into [Red Bricks].
Apart from using some when he rebuilt this villa, Shen Jin had barely used any at other times.