novelsite Chapter 1303 Production Capacity Limitations
Chapter 1303 Production Capacity Limitations
Chapter 1303 - Production Capacity Limitations
No sooner had Langdon finished speaking than several gasps were heard from inside the bridge.
Not only are the "wormhole clouds" in the atmosphere of the planet Celestial increasing rather than decreasing, but the statistics specially marked by the artificial intelligence AI "Adam" have also begun to rise.
The S-class space-type ability user was dumbfounded; Mr. Langdon had indeed been right.
Chen Fei sighed and said, "There is no Yan Ling on Cang Qiong Star!"
Without Yan Ling, it would be impossible to completely ban the "wormhole cloud".
Looking back now, we really have to thank this great-aunt for her decisive action; otherwise, Blue Star would have been in deep trouble.
With so many "wormhole clouds" and "abnormal areas" that even elemental annihilation bombs can't clear, we might as well all die together.
The relative strengths of the magic, battle aura, and spells of the Azure Star versus the supernatural abilities of the Blue Star remain unresolved to this day.
However, in certain fields, having unpredictable special abilities can actually make it easier to solve some difficult problems.
For example, the "wormhole cloud" of the "Sagali" civilization was forcibly sealed off by the Blue Star civilization by "sacrificing" an S-class superhuman. This prevented the "Sagali" civilization from repeating its old tricks and forced them to rely on "abnormal regions" to continue their invasions. There may be other similar methods, but the technology to cross space is generally not very common in any civilization.
Although the Sky Star civilization has many ability users, it is clear that they do not have a good countermeasure. Even if they can use elemental annihilation bombs to clear these "wormhole clouds", it is only a temporary solution. While clearing them, they are increasing the number of wormhole clouds. The consumption of elemental annihilation bombs alone is a considerable burden.
What follows will be a war of attrition, to see if the "Sagali" civilization can launch more "wormhole clouds" (resources) or if the Azure Star can procure more elemental annihilation bombs.
If the outcome can be determined within 20,000 to 30,000 elemental annihilation bombs, the Slan Dynasty can still afford it. However, if 100,000 to 80,000 elemental annihilation bombs fail to make the "Sagali" civilization abandon its "wormhole cloud" invasion tactic, even the combined efforts of the two planets, Cangqiong and Lanxing, will not be able to withstand it.
We've used up all our Elemental Annihilation Bullets. How are we supposed to fight the next battle?
While nuclear weapons are powerful as a tactical application, they cannot shake the "wormhole cloud." The "medicine" is not the right medicine and can only cause radiation pollution. The lingering effects of the mutants on Earth have not yet been eliminated. With this lesson learned, the Cangqiong Star civilization also dares not use nuclear weapons casually.
The Slan Dynasty doesn't even possess many tactical nuclear weapons, because they wouldn't even take them for free. They don't even have a single strategic-level "Tsar Plus" weapon. Isn't the Forbidden Spell more appealing?
Even forbidden spells couldn't destroy the "wormhole cloud," leaving the ability users of the Slan Dynasty feeling quite troubled.
After all, it involves spatial rules, which are always difficult to deal with.
Only after expending considerable resources and activating a forbidden spatial spell were they able to successfully resolve the "wormhole cloud," which can be considered a new solution.
However, in terms of cost, the price paid by the spatial forbidden spell far exceeds that of an elemental annihilation bullet. Not only is it inefficient, but it is also very uneconomical.
“Mr. Langdon, the production line for Element Annihilation Bombs must be expanded, and the stockpile must be at least 100,000.”
After the number of "wormhole clouds" in the atmosphere of the Azure Star began to increase rather than decrease, Chen Fei was certain that the Slan Dynasty of the Azure Star would continue to place additional orders in the near future.
However, Louis Industries has limited production capacity, and even with a sufficient supply of raw materials, it is impossible to increase it significantly all at once.
If the "Sagali" civilization continues to cause trouble, its reserves of elemental annihilation bombs will definitely run out of money, and it may have to extract some of its "space imprint" reserves as an emergency measure for the war on the Azure Star.
Having experienced the battle for Star Systems 1 and 2, Chen Fei knew very well that in such large-scale warfare, tactical weapons like elemental annihilation bombs were essentially consumables, with consumption counted in the tens of thousands. Especially considering the losses and waste during combat, it was already a blessing if 10% of them actually had a chance to be effective. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a thing as "Van Fleet ammunition quantity."
The order for ten or twenty thousand elemental annihilation bombs, like those for the Azure Star, is utterly insignificant on the battlefield of the star system.
Therefore, in preparation for future wars, expanding the production line of elemental annihilation bombs is now an urgent matter.
"The existing inventory of equipment can be used to assemble two more production lines. If the efficiency of the existing production lines is reduced and some of the equipment is removed and reassembled, another production line can be assembled. In theory, the increased output is enough to make up for the losses caused by the decrease in efficiency."
Louis Langdon didn't need to do any calculations; he knew Louis Industries' situation inside and out and had long considered expansion plans.
However, the production line equipment cannot be completed overnight. The relocation of life space from Blue Star to "Boundary Pearl" will inevitably be affected by the lack of industrial categories.
If we were still on Earth, we could simply place an order with another equipment manufacturer and wait for the equipment to be delivered and assembled.
Of course, it will also take time, but it is much better than piecing things together in the two sky cities of "Atlantis" and "Randon" now. At least we don't have to dismantle existing production lines and sacrifice some production efficiency to increase capacity.
"It's okay, I'll help."
Industrial equipment is no challenge for Chen Fei; he can simply replicate it. He has plenty of basic materials and can expand production lines as many as he wants. He alone is equivalent to an entire industrial technology tree, especially in terms of flexible operation in small areas, where his supernatural abilities are more economical.
"The biggest limitation at present is still the monster cores. Each elemental annihilation bomb requires at least one monster core, and collecting 100,000 monster cores will probably not be easy."
Because of its extremely high energy conversion efficiency with elemental energy and the guaranteed energy storage density and stability, crystal energy and crystal energy blocks are widely used, greatly reducing the demand of the Azure Star for traditional monster crystal cores and natural mineral crystals, thus giving Blue Star the opportunity to purchase large quantities of monster crystal cores.
However, monster cores can only be obtained after a monster dies, and not all monsters are willing to hand over their cores. Therefore, the number of monster cores in the quota trade is limited. The Element Annihilation Bombs produced by Louis Industries account for almost the majority of the monster core quota. If the purchase volume is suddenly increased to more than 100,000 or even a million, the existing stockpile of the Sky Star Civilization probably won't last long. Surely they can't kill all the living monsters just for monster cores!
However, simply waiting for monsters to die naturally and obtaining monster cores through voluntary donations or trade is completely inefficient and cannot meet the needs of large-scale industrial production.
Chen Fei frowned slightly, thought carefully for a while, and said, "'Nest' McNi once created a batch of energy crystals similar to monster cores. Maybe we can try to replace monster cores."
The formula for elemental annihilation bullets is not fixed but dynamic, and it changes depending on the elemental properties and quality. If a standardized alternative could be obtained, mass production would become much easier.