After ending his call with Chu Xiaoxiao, Nie Yun immediately set about increasing iron ore production.
By his calculations, increasing the number of ordinary Xiaolang Robots from the current thirty thousand to one million would bring daily iron ore production up to roughly one million tons.
Nie Yun dubbed it the "Million Xiaolang Plan!"
A million Xiaolang Robots sounded intimidating, but they would not actually occupy much space.
Nie Yun estimated that once the production expansion was complete, the three bases combined would cover only about one hundred square kilometers, an insignificant speck compared with the vast ocean.
However, since these Xiaolang Robots were made from ordinary materials, they required wireless signals to control them. Previously, Nie Yun had built a small computer control center and signal tower out of Mechanical Insects at each mining base, allowing him to control the Xiaolang Robots whenever he needed to.
With the explosive increase in the number of ordinary Xiaolang Robots, these supporting facilities also needed upgrades to boost their computing power and signal coverage.
Furthermore, expanding the mining bases would increase their chances of being discovered to some extent, so their security also needed to go on the agenda!
Because ordinary Xiaolang Robots could withstand only limited pressure, all three mining bases Nie Yun had selected were in shallow waters, at depths ordinary submarines could easily reach.
Although the chances of encountering one were slim, he still had to take precautions!
After some thought, Nie Yun decided to design and build a dedicated "Mining Escort Ship"!
Using the thousand-ton-class Sea Wolf as his template, Nie Yun ruthlessly stripped out almost all its internal facilities and compartments, retaining only a few basic reconnaissance, camouflage, and attack systems.
He then widened and lengthened the hull, built an enormous computer control center inside, and installed