Deep Sea Plan

Su Ming also considered the strength of his troops.

"My plan is to deploy three Bone Machine Battalion and one Star Sand battle group."

"Arrange for another Feather Race legion to provide support."

"We're not going with the dragon army; they'll eat us alive!"

"Actually, I suggest the guild leader bring a team of Forest Dragon."

Ainuobia said.

"They are ineffective on a normal battlefield."

"But in the desert, as long as you can solve the water problem, they will become an extremely strong logistical and defensive backbone!"

****

While the "politicians" were strategizing at the negotiating table, the takeover of the Chuxu Republic was in full swing.

Yuya was responsible for spreading the word and "warming up" the area to more distant regions, paving the way for receiving the goods.

But she was clearly not satisfied with that.

"Everyone should go directly into the city and give a speech in front of the city hall."

Yuya looked at the Star Sand team members who were about to depart, her gaze sharp and her tone decisive.

Do you have the courage?

"Of course we have courage!" one team member shouted in response, "But we have even more confidence!"

They could conquer the Holy City in a single day; backed by such formidable fighting power, they were fearless.

"Very good!"

Yuya raised her hand and continued, "Speaking of religion, we possess a more universal doctrine of light, and what we hold in our hands is a truly New Divine Language."

"In terms of both situation and strength, the old ruling class has been slain, and their spirits are still burning in the heavens!"

She raised her hand and pointed to the sky.

High in the sky, those soul lamps dimmed to the point that they were reduced to faint shadows, almost invisible.

"This is our confidence and our support!"

"Big sister, if I really die, it'll be a perfect excuse to call in troops and raze all the city's administrators to the ground," a Star Sand member said with a smile. "I wouldn't mind that kind of exchange."

"You think you can die so easily?" A giant dragon snorted irritably. "We may not be able to defeat top-tier human experts, but is this place teeming with dragon-slaying masters?"

Everyone burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere immediately eased.

"In short, everyone pushes forward face-to-face."

"Make a note of those city administrators who don't cooperate, and have the Bone Machine Battalion handle them."

"Those willing to cooperate will work with local Star Sand underground members to directly take over the city and accelerate the liberation of the entire Radiant Jurisdiction!"

"Clear!"

Everyone responded in unison.

One by one, figures leaped onto the dragon's back, and the giant dragon flapped its wings, sending up clouds of dust and water vapor.

The team took to the air and headed straight for cities across the country.

****

Later in the afternoon, Su Ming and Zijin saw Xialike and his group off.

This emperor, of course, could not stay here indefinitely.

He left several administrative staff to continue working with Ainuobia on the contract details.

When Zhapulai left, he was sitting on the lion's back, in a particularly awkward posture.

It's as if the slightest movement would involve something inappropriate.

"Wasn't you a bit too ruthless?" Su Ming couldn't help but sigh.

"I just tapped him on the back with my staff," Zijin said nonchalantly. "Or do you expect me to just use magic to cut him off?"

"After all, we're guests from afar," Su Ming said.

Zijin suddenly realized that Su Ming seemed to have misunderstood something.

"Actually, it's alright," she explained. "Sparring between extraordinary individuals is simply a way of showing closeness and friendship."

"Uh, a fight represents trust and friendship?"

"How can we spar with someone we don't trust?" Zijin smiled slightly.

Su Ming thought about it and realized it actually made some sense.

"So, next time I see Xialike, should I force him to fight?"

"Hehe." Zijin glanced at him. "Then let's just wait for the national war."

In the center of the city, a series of loud rumbling sounds echoed.

Su Ming flew over to follow the sound and found that the large architectural ruins of the Saint Lan Cathedral had been neatly arranged and piled up to the side.

A massive bone dragon was busy carrying things, and with each step it took, the ground trembled slightly, and the gravel and water rippled along with it.

"Hey, Su Ming!"

While carrying a thick stone pillar, Miao Xin still had time to raise her bone claws to greet him.

Su Ming landed and found a large number of pig and sheep bones piled up on the ground around him.

In this world where there are no pressure cookers, parts like skulls that have no culinary value are simply discarded.

In the past, there were people who specialized in buying and selling these items to necromancers.

However, after necromancers were put on the wanted list, this market suddenly disappeared, and the related aggregates piled up.

"I only spent a hundred gold coins and bought this huge pile!" Newman kicked the pile of bones next to him and said smugly.

Su Ming glanced around and found that the area was crowded with residents watching the spectacle.

"Uh, what are you doing?" he asked.

"Didn't you tell me to fix the house?" Newman retorted.

Miao Xin carried the pillar back to the original site of Saint Lan Cathedral and re-erected it.

It was pieced together with the other pieces of wreckage that had already been laid out in front.

Newman raised his hand and waved it, causing some of the pig and sheep bones on the ground to fly up and attach to it.

On the cross-section, they coalesced into individual White Bone teeth, interlocking, fastening, and interlocking with each other.

The building wreckage was then pieced together.

Although it still looks dilapidated and full of cracks, it has managed to stand up.

"Great, another piece stuck on!" Miao Xin was very happy and turned to move another piece of debris.

The rumbling sound echoed once again.

She even casually flicked the bone dragon's tail, picking up a smaller piece of wreckage and carefully placing it in the correct position.

"----You guys, are you just going to piece together these fragments like this?"

Su Ming's eyes twitched as he watched.

"That's fast!" Newman said matter-of-factly. "We'll get a rough piece together today, and tomorrow we'll find some bricklayers to plaster the remaining small pieces with concrete over the hole in the wall."

"Reinforce the structure a bit more, until it won't collapse."

"The new church is now fully repaired!"

"What kind of mess is this going to turn out like?" Su Ming couldn't help but sigh.

"What's there to be afraid of? Just stuff it with mud and paint it with paint, who can tell?"

Newman became more and more excited as he spoke.

"For engineers, these are basic operations."

Su Ming suddenly raised his finger and pointed to the sky.

Newman hadn't even had a chance to look up.

Zijin descended from the sky and with a single swing of her staff, knocked Newman to the ground.

"Are you itching for a beating, Newman!"

One month later, at the Ruby Base.

Nearby, a group of huge caves were excavated.

Inside the cave, approximately 230 centrifuges were densely packed together, with staff bustling about among them.

Megawatt-level electricity from the Celestite Hydropower Station is being continuously poured into it.

All the units were operating at full capacity, with a continuous humming sound interspersed with sharp, long whistling winds.

Uranium hexafluoride gas is rotated at extremely high speeds in a centrifuge.

The abundance of uranium-235 increased steadily and with difficulty during this continuous screening process.

The surface of all the centrifuges shimmered with tiny runic light.

If it weren't for the magical fluctuations rippling across the surface, one might easily mistake them for ordinary indicator lights on the equipment.

"By incorporating Gravity Spell into the rotor's core region, the deposition efficiency of uranium-238 was significantly improved."

The Quail stood to the side and introduced itself to Su Ming.

"The cost is not small—we're consuming five hundred slightly flawed crystals every day now."

Due to the special working environment, only regular crystals can be inserted into the centrifuge, and the "reconstituted crystals" produced by them using inferior crystal mines cannot be used.

Su Ming took the equipment production records and looked down to flip through them.

The separation power of the equipment has been increased by an average of twelve to fourteen times, depending on the cascade location.

In particular, after the abundance of axial 235 in the exhaust gas was significantly reduced, the consumption of uranium ore decreased by 90%.

This is absolutely a huge profit!

"How long would it take to complete one ton of 4% abundance?" Su Ming asked.

Quail turned around, typed a few words on the computer, and quickly provided an answer.

"It will take another two weeks."

"Good!"

Su Ming's expression brightened with joy.

Under normal circumstances, extracting these from the ore with an abundance of only 0.3% in the natural axygen of Taya would require an investment of 1600

OSWU's separation function.

Even if all 230 centrifuges were running at the same time, it would still take almost a year.

In comparison, the 1.2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity used in this process is the least noteworthy part.

This is only the lowest concentration of civilian-grade shaft fuel produced.

If we want to further purify uranium to produce weapon-grade uranium suitable for nuclear weapons, the required separation work would need to be multiplied by thirty.

But Su Ming was already quite satisfied.

The nuclear industry is not some industrial gem in the ordinary sense.

It is the fruit that only when industrial muscles have climbed high enough can they be qualified to pick.

It is filled with absolute beauty in terms of numbers, scale, and system capabilities.

The current results have far exceeded Su Ming's initial expectations.

"Don't worry about wasting these Magic Power crystals," Su Ming said to Chun. "Continue to optimize the details; we'll be using these products very soon."

"Understood, Chairman."

****

Su Ming switched his view and arrived at the conference room of the Earth support base.

"Fuel rod production is on the agenda. How's the reactor going?" he asked bluntly.

Jisu Group and the Fengshou Group have now been reassigned to the "Yinglong" mecha project.

He is currently in contact with a new member codenamed He Guang.

This is an engineer who, although not very old, already has a full head of white hair.

"Everything is ready," Kazuhiro replied in a formal tone.

"Please provide the relevant data," Su Ming said.

"The 'Zhurong' type 35 MW pressurized water reactor is a modified version of a mature product, and its safety level, stability, and other aspects are among the world's leading levels."⁷

Su Ming frowned slightly.

"I have no interest in being 'world-leading,'" he interrupted, his tone turning colder. "I'm only asking you, 'Zhu Rong...'"

"Does the system meet the requirements for deployment on the Pansy battleship?"

"Comrade He Guang, correct your work attitude and habits," Jin Rongjia said in a deep voice. "This is not a meeting to claim credit."

Upon hearing this, Kazumitsu was visibly taken aback and immediately bowed his head in apology.

Starting afresh, he honestly reported the specific data of the Zhurong reactor, explaining each item from load tracking capability and supercritical protection performance to core thermal-hydraulic indicators and key parameters such as deviation from nucleation boiling (DNB).

This time, Su Ming was finally satisfied.

"Okay, conduct one more full check, then prepare for transmission."

"OK."

He Guang nodded and then quickly left.

"The new guy is still stuck in the old ways of the previous unit," Jin Rongjia said. "We need to give him a talking-to, and if he can't change his mindset, we'll replace him!"

"Perhaps I'm being a bit sensitive," Su Ming said. "I think constantly mentioning 'world-leading' in everything shows a lack of confidence."

Following in the footsteps of pioneers can certainly promote one's own development.

But even when many fields become deserted, we must still have the drive to keep moving forward.

There's no longer a need to compare yourself to anyone.

Only by raising our heads and setting our sights on the Stars and the sea can we avoid being limited by our past perspectives.

Su Ming then changed the subject, "By the way, I want to build a submarine."

"Just ask me for this!" Jin Rongjia's eyes lit up immediately. "I come from this background—oh, you're planning to install this nuclear reactor on this?"

"No, it's just a small conventional submarine, with a displacement of 1,500 tons," Su Ming replied.

Jin Rongjia's face immediately fell. "Why are you getting involved with such a useless person?"

"We're going to launch a satellite in the Arctic."

Su Ming glanced at him sideways.

"Are you suggesting we haul 10,000 tons of equipment across an ice sheet over 3,000 kilometers?"

To launch a satellite, you need to consider the rocket, Vermilion Bow, supporting nuclear power unit, fuel, and the living facilities and supplies for the staff.

A demand for 10,000 tons of transport capacity is not an exaggeration at all.

Jin Rongjia looked down at the simplified topographical map of Taya.

Similar to the Arctic Ocean on Earth, the Arctic Ocean in Taya is also a vast ocean area with roughly the same ice thickness.

The outer perimeter is about three meters, while the central area can reach four to five meters.

Temperature of warm water layer below 50 meters: 0-3 degrees Celsius.

"So it really is possible to submerge there?" Jin Rongjia finally understood Su Ming's plan.

This ice thickness far exceeds the capabilities of icebreakers.

But a submarine could easily pass underneath.

"Isn't your 1,500-ton displacement a bit too stingy?"

Jin Rongjia continued to raise new questions.

"With this load capacity, it'll probably have to make a hundred trips, right?"

"And with such a slender hull, can a small submarine really accommodate all this large equipment?"

"I'm going to sail the Pansy there," Su Ming replied calmly.

Jin Rongjia's eyes widened suddenly, and he abruptly looked down at the map.

It actually works!

The Pansy has a displacement of 28,000 tons, which is considered huge even among nuclear submarines.

On Earth, a submarine like this would be stopped by a layer of ice four to five meters thick when it came to the Arctic ice.

But the Pansy isn't afraid of that.

The magic side has plenty of methods to deal with the ice layer thoroughly.

More importantly, this method allows the Vermilion Bow to be assembled onto a ship and transported as a whole.

Then, the launch operation was carried out directly using the Pansy platform.

As for power supply, although the Pansy can't compare to the Celestite Hydropower Station, it can still produce 250 megawatts of electricity by running all its steam turbines and gas turbines at full capacity.

It just takes a little longer to charge.