Electric Arc

Li Shiming held two black Silicon Carbide Rods in his hands. For the sake of these two Silicon Carbide Rods, he had spent a full five days.

Because his conditions were limited, he had used a relatively primitive method: burial sintering.

From the pageboy Mo Yan, he had learned that there was Black Stone in a nearby mountain. Black Stone was coal, and because coal produced poisonous gases when burned, few people in this world used it as fuel.

He had used five Large Carts of coal before he finally succeeded in firing the two Silicon Carbide Rods.

It was only because his consciousness was involved inside the server room and could isolate the heat and harmful substances that he dared to carry out such an operation in the Server Room Space. Otherwise, he really would not have risked it.

However, with this world's current level of technology, even if he brought out the method for making Silicon Carbide Rods, no one would be able to make them.

He had only succeeded because, inside the Server Room Space, his consciousness could constantly monitor the changes in the materials.

His consciousness controlled several custom-made parts delivered by the pageboy Mo Yan, then combined them with the insulating materials he had processed himself, forming a peculiar device.

Even a professional from his Previous Life would not have been able to tell what this thing was for.

Because even if Li Shiming installed the two Silicon Carbide Rods on it, it still could not achieve the effect he had envisioned.

This was an Electric Arc Furnace lacking important components. What it lacked was a high-voltage power pack and electronic control equipment.

It was not that Li Shiming did not have the knowledge to make electronic components such as high-voltage packs, capacitors, and resistors. The problem was that too many basic materials were missing, leaving him with nowhere to start.

The solution he thought of was very simple. The Uninterruptible Power Supply in the server room only needed its instructions adjusted, and it could output the high voltage required by the Electric Arc Furnace. As for the issue of electronic control, the Uninterruptible Power Supply could handle that as well.

The main reason he wanted to manufacture an Electric Arc Furnace was still self-protection. Once he had an Electric Arc Furnace, he could smelt iron himself. By using consciousness control inside the server room, he could turn steel into any shape, while also guaranteeing precision.

In addition, with an Electric Arc Furnace, depending on the level of electrical input, high temperatures ranging from thirteen hundred degrees to nearly two thousand degrees were enough to easily process and manufacture the vast majority of basic materials.

Only with basic materials could many technological products from his Previous Life reappear in the world.

Of course, processing and manufacturing basic materials was not urgent. Before making objects for self-protection, he still needed to make the most crucial item.

These past few days, he had reduced his electricity consumption. Every day, he used his consciousness to drive the Generator and replenish the electricity in the Uninterruptible Power Supply. By today, he had fully charged the Uninterruptible Power Supply.

The electricity he had accumulated was precisely for use with the Electric Arc Furnace.

His consciousness called up the Design Blueprint that had gone through several revisions and finally taken shape.

This was a Steam Engine. The Design Blueprint contained not only the drawings for the Steam Engine, but also an alloy composition table for the metal required by each component.

His consciousness used copper wires to guide the high-voltage electricity output by the Uninterruptible Power Supply into the two Silicon Carbide Rods separately. Between the two Silicon Carbide Rods, an ultra-high-temperature white-hot light appeared.

The iron and other metals that had long since been prepared were controlled by his consciousness and sent into the Electric Arc Furnace in sequence, turning into molten alloy iron.

The high temperature inside the Electric Arc Furnace had no effect on his consciousness. His consciousness inspected the condition of the molten alloy iron, and after discovering that qualified molten alloy iron had formed, the Electric Arc Furnace was disconnected from the Uninterruptible Power Supply.

His consciousness supported the molten alloy iron out of the Electric Arc Furnace and formed it into the required part shape in midair.

Inside the Server Room Space, his consciousness was almost equivalent to the functions of various high-precision machines.

It was precisely because of the special nature of the Server Room Space that he could complete his envisioned designs according to his own wishes.

After the first part had cooled, he took it out of the Server Room Space.

Looking at the part in his hand, that metallic texture carrying the style of his Previous Life made him feel as if tears were about to spill from his eyes.

He had made many things before, but those had not been in the style of his Previous Life. The part in his hand could be counted as the first true display of his Previous Life's technology in this world.

This part alone was not something an ordinary craftsman could make.

Leaving aside the perfected alloy formula, just the Micron-level precision was beyond the ability of ordinary craftsmen to manufacture.

Without a Machine Tool, relying solely on a pair of hands, perhaps only a so-called great craftsman would have such ability.

Li Shiming had never seen the abilities of a great craftsman. Even with his family background, he did not have the ability to make a great craftsman work for him.

He looked at the electricity consumed. The electricity consumed by the converted high voltage was still within a controllable range, so he did not stop and continued to activate the Electric Arc Furnace.

One alloy part after another was manufactured. By the time the final alloy part was made, ten days had already passed. There were only three days left until the Autumn Examination.

The reason it had taken so many days was mainly that replenishing electricity had used up too much time. The Electric Arc Furnace consumed electricity far too quickly.

The Electric Arc Furnace was somewhat small, which meant that things like the flywheel and boiler had to be manufactured in sections, then finally Arc Welded together.

It was only because his consciousness could sense the internal condition of the parts inside the Server Room Space. Otherwise, manufacturing them in sections would have brought no small hidden dangers.

Fortunately, none of the Trouble stopped his manufacturing process. A Steam Engine appeared inside the Server Room Space.

He added water and coal to the Steam Engine and lit the coal. After the water temperature rose, the flywheel slowly turned. As the water temperature increased, the flywheel spun faster and faster.

The flywheel drove the Rotor of the Generator, and the Rotor's rotation produced electricity.

The electricity flowed into the Uninterruptible Power Supply, replenishing the electricity consumed.

As long as there was still water and coal, electricity would continuously be output.

Of course, the Generator had also been modified. After he had the Electric Arc Furnace, he used his consciousness to control the manufacture of a Micron-level roller bearing, replacing the cowhide lubrication device on the Generator and greatly improving the Generator's efficiency.

The electricity produced could not only support the operation of the Electric Arc Furnace, but also allow the IBMz15 Mainframe to stop going into sleep mode, fully unleash its computing power, and no longer need to be restricted.

Li Shiming also No Longer Needed to consume his own mental energy. He only needed to replenish coal and water every so often, and regularly discharge the Impurities and gases that were confined within a fixed range in the Server Room Space.

He had not wasted his Cultivation Time these days either. The first level of the Five Elements Qi Absorption Art had reached its peak, and before long, he would be able to attempt breaking through to the second level.

He did not know what his Cultivation Speed was like, but the Spiritual Qi inside his body had become much more abundant. He could already just barely learn low-level Spells.

He planned to wait until after the Autumn Examination ended and he reached Qi Refining Second Level, then begin learning three kinds of Spells. These were also the three kinds of Spells he could access, so he had no choice.

Li Shiming's consciousness entered the IBMz15 Mainframe. Its 190 CPUs, 40T of memory, and the entire hard drive array cabinet were all activated.

His consciousness connected to the IBMz15 Mainframe, and after the IBMz15 Mainframe was fully running, he felt a wave of dizziness.

It was caused by a massive amount of data refreshing all at once, too much for his brain to keep up with.

He could not help giving a wry smile. He had not expected that he would be the one unable to keep up with the IBMz15 Mainframe's computing speed.

He adjusted his connection with the IBMz15 Mainframe, creating a buffer in the memory during the exchange between the data and his brain's data, and only then did he solve the problem.

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