Chapter 63: Blue Moon Dollar’s Equal Resource!
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
[Base: Level 1]
[Experience: 52300/100000]
[Technology Points: 2935 points.] (Increase by 1 point per hour)]
When Zhao Yu delievered the prototype and received the resources, the Mysterious Merchant t.i.tle was activated. The three products earned him a total of nearly 2,000 Technology Points.
In the EXP column, he still needed 50,000 technology points to upgrade to a level 2 base.
“The 14.000 Technology Points expended on the seven basic technologies can’t be recuperated, and the nearly 5000 Technology Points spent on the construction of the various technology research inst.i.tutes can’t be recovered either…”
“Only about 30,000 technology points can truly be regained. Even if I exchange all tradable items, it won’t suffice to instantly boost us to Level 2…”
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Of course, he wouldn’t give them weapons. Although Zhao Yu didn’t know what the higher-ups of the Blue Planet were contemplating.
However, he judged others by himself. Once Blue Star had the same combat strength as him, that might well signify his downfall.
“The alien fleet will be arrived in about a month. Before that, I need to prepare for war…”
Zhao Yu left the base control center and sought out Uncle Da.
“Before our technology breaks through 1.99, what’s the maximum military power we can potentially achieve given our current technological level?” Zhao Yu asked
“Sir, are you worried about the alien fleet?”
“Yes!
Zhao Yu nodded.” We have no information about the size of the alien fleet or the level of their technology. But regardless of their specifics, I refuse to sit idle, waiting for the end…”
If the opponent’s technology level was higher than 2.0, Zhao Yu was resolved to inflict significant damage on the enemy, even if it meant blowing up his own base.
“These days, I’ve been tirelessly simulating scenarios of an alien fleet invasion…”
Uncle Da activated the 3D holographic projection.
Displayed was the solar system, viewed at a 23° angle. The sun was at the core, with the Earth on the third orbit, and the Moon not too far from it.
According to the orbit of the eight planets around the sun, eight oval rings were obtained.
“An alien fleet could come in from the orbit of Neptune on the outer rim,” Uncle Da suggested, pointing to the furthest orbit,” they could approach from the paths of Mercury or Venus…”
“The entire solar system is like a sieve. There are loopholes everywhere. We’re not currently capable of setting up a defense system encompa.s.sing the entire solar system…”
“So, my thought is to establish a defense system in sync with Earth on several orbits closer to our planet…”
“Venus and Mars, being the closest orbits to Earth, make ideal positions for the first line of defense…”
“Mercury and Jupiter as the second closest orbits. We can set up the second line of defense there…”
“In order to form a full protection, a mult.i.tude of defense systems needed in the orbit of the Earth…”
In the three-dimensional map, the eight planets were still rotating at its own pace respectively.
With Earth as the center, two circles were drawn. The first circle was bordered by the orbits of Venus and Mars, and the second circle was outlined by the orbits of Mercury and Jupiter.
The two circles weren’t static. They moved in tandem with the Earth’s...o...b..t.
This required our defense system to an addition of kinetic energy systems. The defense system in Mercury and Venus ‘orbit was needed to be slower, to maintain synchronization with Earth. On the other hand, the defense system in Mars and Jupiter’s...o...b..t was required to be faster.
“However, the resources needed to do so are astronomical….”
Originally, the Moon and the Earth’s laser defense system that was about to be built did not require any kinetic energy systems.
All they needed to do was to place these defense facilities in the lunar or Earth’s synchronous...o...b..t and they will stayed stationary.
But now, the two lines of defense that were to be set up used the orbit of the four planets, we couldn’t harness the planets’ gravity, considering their rotational speed significantly differed from Earth’s.
This meant that every defense point, even a small part, had to be equipped with kinetic energy systems.
“Is there no way to utilize magnetic forces?”
Zhao Yu, who had some understanding of magnetic technology, knew that it offered limitless use.
“The two lines of defense are too far away from the five planets. This situation was making it almost impossible to leverage magnetic forces…”
Uncle Da shook his head.” I’ve already designed two lines of defense in the most cost-effective way.”
“The first defense line requires the construction of about 100 million defense bases. All of them are going to be operated by nuclear power thus it will be costly. My idea is to install nuclear power systems on 100,000 large bases and operate at the speed of synchronization with the Earth. The remaining 99 small bases are equipped with magnetic power systems and operate along the major bases.”
“This way, we can save a lot of costs…”
Upon hearing that the first defense line would require the construction of 100 million defense bases, Zhao Yu gave a slight nod and asked, “How much resources does a single base require?”
He regretted it immediately after he asked. Regardless of the technology, the resources required were exceedingly diverse. Each time he asked, Uncle Da would go on about this metal element’s weight in grams or that metal element’s weight in kilograms, leaving Zhao Yu’s head spinning.
“Sir, I mentioned last time that we needed resources such as Gadolinium,
Terbium, Dysprosium, Holium, Erbium, Thusium, Ytterbium, Lutesium, Scorium, Yttriumum, and so on…”
“Every time I build something, I have to explain it once again. It’s very complicated and you don’t quite grasp it. These past few days, I’ve been trying to find a way to simplify the explanation of resource requirements…”
“Later, when you established trade with Earth and created the Blue Moon Coin for equivalent exchanges, I found a solution to make understanding resource quant.i.ties much easier for you!”
“How does it work?” Zhao Yu inquired with curiosity.
“Your Blue Moon Coins serve as the conduit between Earth’s resources and lunar goods…”
“This gives me a hint. I can leverage Blue Moon Coins to quantify the resources needed for all product development…”
“For example, the construction of a projection touch watch requires about one
Blue Moon Coin’s worth of resources, while Earth’s buying price is 100 Blue
Moon Coins’ worth…”
Zhao Yu’s eyes sparkled. This quant.i.tative method indeed clarified things for him.
Otherwise, he was always unsure whether the resources obtained from Earth were surplus or insufficient.
After all, during transactions, Uncle Da had to provide a list of what was needed, and it was mostly incomprehensible to him.
“I’ve drafted a table for you to understand it easily…”
As he spoke, Uncle Da conjured another list.
[List of resources equivalent to Blue Moon Coins required to produce 1 unit of product without consuming Technology Points: ]
[Projection Touch Watch: 1 Blue Moon Coin equivalent resource.]
[Basic robot: 3 Blue Moon Coins worth of resources.]
[Maglev car: 5 Blue Moon Coins worth of resources.]
[..]
[Transport Ship: 10000 Blue Moon Dollar equivalent resources.]
[U-shaped warship: 15000 Blue Moon Coins worth of resources.]
[Star Destroyer Cannon: 1 million Blue Moon dollars worth of resources.]
Zhao Yu immediately understood the stated price.
“So the Star Annihilator Cannon gobbles up that much in resources!”
” Oh right,” he asked curiously,” Speaking of which, how much did we charge Earth in Blue Moon Coins for those three products?”
“Sell the Projection Touch Watch to them for 100 Blue Moon Coins worth of resources…”
“Basic robots for 300 Blue Moon dollars…”
“Maglev cars, sold them for 500 Blue Moon dollars worth of resources…”
“So, we’ve made a killing, haven’t we?!”
Zhao Yu instantly brimmed with excitement.
Previously, without a benchmark, he had no sense of how much profit he was ama.s.sing from Earth. He just knew it was significant.
Now, with Uncle Da making such a comparison, he was entirely stoked.
“Sir, do you want to hear about the resources needed for the first line of defense?”
Zhao Yu had a foreboding feeling and ventured, “How much does a large base cost to construct?”
“1000 Blue Moon Coins in resources…”
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“So expensive?”
Ten base points could build a transport ship.
The issue was, the first line of defense needed a million large bases, totaling a staggering one billion Blue Moon Coins’ worth of resources.
“What about smaller bases?”
“100 Blue Moon Coins worth of resources…”
Zhao Yu felt a bit lost and unsure, “Uncle Da, how many of these smaller bases are we planning to build?”
” Ninety-nine million of them are equivalent to 9.9 billion Blue Moon dollars worth of resources. Adding on the resources required by the base point, the first line of defense will require a total of 10.9 billion Blue Moon dollars worth of resources…”
“That much?!
Zhao Yu gasped, utterly taken aback..