[Player: A]
[Mother planet coordinates: 31445·76187]
[Civilization stage: the beginning of industrial civilization]
[Civilization Progress: Stage 1 0%]
[Second phase nodes: logistics system (×), semiconductor materials (×), electromagnetic drive (×), thermal power generation (×)]
[Your civilization index: 0.13]
[Current average civilization index: 0.0089]
【Current Civilization Index List】
1. A (Ready Player One): 0.13
[2. Seeking the Way (Death Tombstone): 0.098]
[3. Shuraji (Doomsday Train): 0.097]
[4. Ask the Moon (Shadow): 0.097]
【5. ……】
[Your civilization index ranking: No. 1]
[You get the first bonus to the civilization index: all production efficiency increases by 1%! ]
[You have gained the blessing of industrial civilization: all production efficiency increased by 1%! ]
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"Jumping directly to the top of the list after unlocking Blue Sugar?" Xu Mu was a little surprised after taking a glance at his copy panel.
I thought these people could be more resilient.
However, considering that it takes a lot of materials to unlock blue sugar.
Just 1,000 magnetic coils and 1,000 circuit boards are enough to torture players to death.
What's more, in order to make these things, a lower-level production line needs to be closed.
Without such clear ideas as mine, it is normal that the speed of civilization improvement cannot keep up.
Of course, this is just a time difference that I have squeezed out from my fingers, so I can't take it lightly.
After all, the gap between the dozen or so players following closely behind was not that big.
It's easy to be overtaken if you take a short break.
If it happened before, if I was overtaken, I was overtaken, it didn’t matter.
But getting to the first place actually gives you a 1% efficiency boost.
I'm sorry.
From now on, I would rather be better than others than have others surpass me!
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The so-called industrial civilization has four treasures: a good logistics system, semiconductors are indispensable, electromagnetic drive is the key, and thermal power generation is increasing day by day!
Judging from the main line progress given by the copy panel, as long as these four key technologies are unlocked.
We can leap forward from industrial civilization and move further towards modern civilization!
The logistics system is easy to understand. It consists of the conveyor belts on the assembly lines in each production workshop, as well as packaging, transportation, etc.
Of course, in the Dyson Sphere instance, the burden of packaging and transportation is all borne on conveyor belts.
You just need to arrange the layout of the conveyor belts reasonably.
This thing is also the key to affecting the later production efficiency.
In his previous life, when Xu Mu first played "Dyson Sphere", he suffered a lot from the misplaced conveyor belts.
When civilization develops to the middle and late stages, all technologies will be spread throughout the entire mother planet like an acupuncture expert.
The conveyor belt will look like a tortoise shell tie tied by a novice in the alphabet circle, a mess.
Even when one of the industrial chains stops working unexpectedly, it is impossible to trace the source at all.
Because when you try to trace back from the end of the conveyor belt to see which production line has the problem.
You will find that the conveyor belt, like a tape winding, will randomly point to an unrelated machine.
All roads lead to Rome.
This means that there is something wrong with your conveyor belt structure.
Then the contradiction arises.
Let’s take it down, it’s too messy.
Don't take it apart. It's stuck inside and can't move.
Oh, that's it.
Therefore, the arrangement of the conveyor belt is particularly critical.
According to past life experience, it is best to arrange it in a shape similar to the Chinese character "介".
The part with the herringbone shape represents the raw materials that need to be processed.
The two vertical lines represent the layout of the conveyor belt, with manufacturing tables or furnaces placed on both sides of the conveyor belt.
When a subsequent high-level material requires four or even five or more low-level materials to synthesize.
This method is also applicable, except that you need to add a few more vertical lines inside the character '介'.
Do what you say.
Xu Mu opened the technology tree panel and found [Technology·Basic Logistics System]
It takes 10 blue sugars to unlock.
In addition to consuming 1,000 circuit boards and 1,000 magnetic coils to unlock Blue Sugar, it also requires 1,000 circuit boards and 1,000 magnetic coils to unlock.
The materials for the subsequent production of blue sugar are only 5 circuit boards and 5 magnetic coils.
But these are all Level II materials. If you want to make them, you must first refine the original iron ore, copper ore, etc. into Level I materials, and then process them into Level II materials through a production table.
It's very cumbersome.
In the early stage, making hundreds or thousands of blue sugars was not a big deal, and it didn’t hurt my waist or legs.
But later on, the demand for blue sugar reached tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands or millions.
If there is no decent fully automated industrial chain, then prepare to cry.
He shifted his gaze away from the technology tree, changed his mind, and successfully unlocked it!
After the basic logistics system is unlocked, three new application props are also unlocked: conveyor belts, storage bins, and sorters (setting: conveyor belts and sorters are unlimited once they are unlocked in the copy, so you can use them directly. Because if you make conveyor belts and sorters, you have to add several more production lines, which is cumbersome and not conducive to reading, so it is simplified.)
【Conveyor belt】
[Function: Transport the produced resources to the designated location]
【Efficiency: 200/min】
【Energy consumption: 0.01kw/h】
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【Sorter】
[Function: sort the resources on the conveyor belt into the processing machine, and sort out the processed resources at the same time.]
[Efficiency: Based on the conveyor belt efficiency]
【Energy consumption: 0.01kw/h】
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【Small storage warehouse】
【Function: used to store products】
[Space: 50 grids, every 100 groups of the same material occupy one grid]
【Energy consumption: None】
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With these three things, Xu Mu can pull the production line without restraint.
First, lay a production line specifically for mining iron ore!
From the entrance of the mining machine, a long conveyor belt is pulled out.
Then place 10 arc furnaces at once on the left side of the conveyor belt.
Set the furnace to 'produce iron plates only'.
Then, install the input sorters separately.
Behind the furnace, another conveyor belt is extended out, and an output sorter is also inserted behind the furnace.
Finally, place a storage box at the end and connect the conveyor belt directly to the storage box.
At this point, a lowest-level perfect automation industry has been created!
After the iron ore is mined.
They are continuously transported out by the conveyor belt.
When passing through the arc furnace, it is picked up by the sorter and refined into level I material iron plate.
After refining, the output sorter picks up the resources and sends them to another conveyor belt, which then carries them into the storage box.
A production line dedicated to the production of iron plates can be easily completed, integrating mining, refining and storage.
Xu Mu glanced at the output.
[Iron plate (grade I material): 202/min]
The current upper limit of iron ore mining is 202/min, and the corresponding iron plate output is only this much.
The production capacity of raw minerals must be expanded!
After thinking about it, Xu Mu built several mining machines to surround a circle of iron ore, making sure not a single drop of it leaked out!
Several mining machines form a square conveyor belt around the iron ore area.
The iron ore produced will go around on a square conveyor belt, just like the baggage claim area at an airport.
Then it was merged into the iron plate production line that he had built earlier.
The copper mining area was also built in the same way, with a circle of mining machines placed and a circle of conveyor belts expanded around it.
Let the copper ore flow into the copper plate production line.
Soon, the efficiency of raw mineral production was improved.
[Iron ore (raw material): 1176/min]
【Copper ore (original): 1176/min】
At this point, we have been in the dungeon for about half an hour.
Compared with the initial 60/min of hand-kneading with Ikaros, and this is the single item output.
My mining business has increased its efficiency twenty times!
But there is bad news.
The current efficiency has reached its limit.
Although countless mining machines can be produced, the mining area in front of us is so small.
If the production room can only accommodate five people at most, then no matter how much supply there is, the maximum efficient output is only that of five people.
This means that Xu Mu needs to find a new iron ore mining area.
However, before looking for a new mining area, Xu Mu needs to strengthen his own combat effectiveness first.
Although our current civilization is far ahead, sooner or later everyone will face a shortage of mining resources.
Resources are the first element in the development of civilization!
It is better to rob others than to save for yourself .
"The original mineral output of about 1200/min is sufficient for the time being. Let's mass-produce blue sugar first, and then go out for a walk to see if there are any good mining areas." Xu Mu thought to himself and started to get busy again.
Making blue sugar requires a circuit board and a magnetic coil.
The circuit board requires 1 copper plate and 1 iron plate.
Now that we have the iron plate production line, we need to build a copper plate production line.
However, Xu Mu did not rush to take action.
Instead, he opened the copy panel and searched for a while.
"Sure enough, there is also this in the Dyson Sphere copy."
As he spoke, he had already clicked on the [Blueprint] option.
The blueprint of "Dyson Sphere" is different from that of other copies. It is not possible to make new props after unlocking the blueprint.
Instead, copy the existing production line and paste it to another location.
As long as there are enough resources in the backpack, Ikaros will automatically start building.
The advantage is that it is very intuitive, saving you from having to arrange conveyor belts, furnaces, sorters and other miscellaneous things yourself.
After selecting [Blueprint], a blue frame appears in front of you that can be scaled freely according to your thoughts.
Frame the newly created 'Iron Plate Production Line', copy it and save it.
A blueprint was completed and stored in Xu Mu's backpack.
The process seems easy and enjoyable.
But you have to know.
In the early stages of civilization development, many players were still rubbing their hands.
Even if we gradually enter the stage of automated production lines, we still have to spend a lot of time on various complicated and trivial matters such as the planning of conveyor belts and the placement of furnaces.
It will take a lot of time.
Looking at the well-planned, neat and orderly production line blueprint in Xu Mu's hand, its value is self-evident.
Once thrown out, it is enough to cause a sensation and a crazy rush among players!
Even if the price is 10,000 Red Moon Coins, I'm sure there will be a lot of people wanting it.
After all, anything that can be bought with money, time, is worth a lot of money.
Whether it is life span or strategy.
However, Xu Mu did not plan to sell it.
This is your leading weapon. Why sell it for a little money and then create a bunch of enemies to make trouble for you?
That's just crazy.
Soon, Xu Mu took out the blueprint from his backpack.
A virtual grid production line appears.
Place it near the copper mining area.
As soon as the blueprint landed, Ikaros started moving.
The device behind it ejected and twisted into a small, bird-shaped unmanned construction machine.
Flying up and down in the air flexibly, quickly moving back and forth between the storage box and the construction area.
The copper plate production line is installed according to the framework designed in the blueprint.
About a minute later.
The brand new copper production line has also been completed.
After some minor tweaks to the details and the installation of a wind turbine, it was officially put into operation!
The machines started to roar and began to produce at full capacity.
Xu Mu glanced at the production.
[Iron plate (level Ⅰ): 1176/min]
【Copper plate (level Ⅰ): 1176/min】
Very good, now the production capacity of primary materials has also been increased.
The next step is to build the production line for the circuit board.
There is not much difference between the production lines of iron plates and copper plates.
However, the furnace needs to be replaced with a crafting table.
The blueprint is still useful, but it requires some minor demolition and filling.
The whole process took about 5 minutes.
Finally, a complete circuit board production line was completed!
Pull out a conveyor belt from each of the iron plate and copper plate storage boxes, and make the two conveyor belts parallel at the smallest angle.
Immediately, ten manufacturing tables were placed on the side.
Select production industry [circuit board]
Connect the sorter and start operating efficiently after powering on.
Pick up the iron plate and the copper plate together and put them into the manufacturing table to process and synthesize a level 2 material circuit board!
As usual, a conveyor belt for output is pulled out from behind the manufacturing table.
Looking closer, you can see that on the output conveyor belt, pieces of dark green circuit boards with precision craftsmanship are being transmitted out and stored in a storage box specially installed by Xu Muxin for circuit boards.
I glanced at the panel production.
【Circuit board (level II material): 588/min】
Compared to level 1 materials, the time required to produce level 2 materials has doubled.
After copying the blueprint of the circuit board, find an empty space next to it and paste the blueprint.
Then replace it with the production line of magnetic coils.
After the task was completed, we also obtained a magnetic coil production line with a speed of 588/min.
After doing all this, Xu Mu unlocked the reward of industrial civilization for the first time, [Matrix Research Station]
Placed at the end of two Level 2 production lines.
This is a scientific research equipment that looks like a four-horned spider, with four legs curled up and firmly rooted in the ground. Its surface has a cold metallic luster, and its overall appearance is square, half a person's height.
This device can also be made by Ikaros himself.
However, the manufacturing process of the [Matrix Research Station] involves another new material, glass.
The production of glass is inseparable from stone mine, one of the seven major raw mines.
There was no trace of a stone mine near Xu Mu's birthplace.
It is relatively troublesome.
Fortunately, the system gave me one as a gift after the first release of Civilization, which saved time and effort.
Unlike other materials, it can be crafted using a Furnace or Crafting Bench.
Energy crystals such as blue sugar and brown sugar can only be produced through the matrix research station.
But the principle is the same.
Input materials, then wait for the research station to process and finally synthesize blue sugar.
The same method is followed by pulling out two conveyor belts from the production lines of circuit boards and magnetic coils respectively.
Access matrix research station.
And powered on.
Soon, circuit boards and magnetic coils were delivered in continuously.
The transparent glass cover above the matrix research station began to crackle and emit arcs like blue lightning, entering the working state.
Make another storage box and place it next to the matrix research station, specifically for storing blue sugar.
【Blue electromagnetic matrix (level III material): 20/min】
"Huh..." I saw blue sugar being slowly mass-produced.
Xu Mu also breathed a sigh of relief, with a hint of joy on his face.
It took nearly an hour from the time it was launched to now, and we have finally completed the construction of this complicated blue sugar production line.
As the most important link in development, these energy crystals carry the hope for future civilization.
Mass production of 20 pieces of blue sugar per minute is already the production limit of the Matrix Research Station.
If you want to mass-produce more, you will need a large number of research stations.
The research station requires a stone mine which Xu Mu does not currently have.
"It's time to grab territory." A serious look appeared in Xu Mu's eyes.
Immediately, Ikaros' mecha panel was opened.
It is divided into three major categories.
【fighting】
【Construction】
【Operation】
To seize territory, you naturally need combat power.
Xu Mu clicked on the battle option without hesitation.
【Energy Bullet (Level I)】
[Effect: Ikaros' left arm reorganizes and transforms, converting energy to emit powerful fire suppression effect! ]
【Consumption: 0.1MJ/s】
[Unlock: Blue Matrix*50]
The expenditure of 50 blue sugars may be as heavy as a mountain for other players at this stage.
But for Xu Murer, who has already achieved mass production of 20 blue sugars per minute, this is not a problem.
Start learning now!
Soon, Xu Mu, who was sitting in the cabin, discovered that after the joystick on his left hand side quickly reorganized and deformed, a red button appeared near where his thumb could exert force.
Turn the Ikaros' nose towards an open space on the beach.
Xu Mu pressed the red button.
“Squeak~Crack!”
Ikaros' left arm quickly switched to combat form, and a Gatling-like gun muzzle emerged.
Fire!
Da da da!!
Dense energy bullets poured indiscriminately towards the open space in front!
The clear seawater splashed layer by layer, and the originally flat beach was quickly pierced into the shape of honeycomb coal.
Try the hard rocky ground on the side.
The powerful firepower can also shatter rocks instantly!
The combat effect made Xu Mu happy!
"However, the consumption is too high. Ikaros only has 10MJ of energy in total, and normal construction and production can sustain consumption for half an hour. In other words, 1MJ can run for 3 minutes."
"But in combat mode, 1MJ can only run for 10 seconds... Even if the energy is used up, there is only 100 seconds of output space."
Regarding Xu Mu's cautious attitude of whipping the corpse without mercy to confirm the enemy's death.
An output time of 100 seconds is not really safe, especially when the enemy has a large number of people, it is difficult to ensure that all enemies will be killed within 100 seconds.
After thinking about it, Xu Mu opened the [Operation] panel again.
Soon, his eyes lit up.
Found it!
【Mecha Core (Level I)】
[Effect: Increase Ikaros's core energy limit by +40MJ]
[Unlock: Blue Matrix*100]
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Good job!
A full 40MJ increase!
This means that he has up to five hundred seconds of output space!
Although it only takes about eight minutes.
But sometimes, duration isn't everything.
The fierceness of firepower is the key to subduing the enemy!
As long as the speed is fast enough, eight minutes is enough for the enemy to have pink tongue sticking out, stars in the eyes, and make the "V" sign with their hands to surrender twice.
Counting the 100 blue sugars rewarded by the system, plus the one hundred and eighty blue sugars that he produced in the past few minutes.
Unlocking the mecha core is not a difficult task.
Submit the materials and confirm the unlock!
“Swish!”
It was like injecting a large amount of oil into the mecha.
The energy bar on Ikaros' panel suddenly soared!
Xu Mu looked at the dozens of blue candies left in his pocket.
With the idea of ​​making the best use of it, he flipped through the mecha panel again.
Sure enough, he soon found another good skill in the [Operation] option.
[Finch-type UAV improvement technology (Level I)]
[Effect: After improvement, drones can be controlled independently, +30% construction speed, increased reconnaissance capabilities! ]
[Reconnaissance: After customizing the path, dispatch drones to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance of the designated area, and transmit the images to the Ikaros main brain light screen in real time]
【Consumption: 0.5MJ/min】
[Unlock: Blue Matrix*50]
[Warning: If the drone is destroyed, it will be automatically recovered into the Ikaros device for repair. Repairing will consume 100 blue matrices. Please choose the reconnaissance area carefully! ]
It is said that only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you fight a hundred battles without danger.
There is nothing much to say, I decided to study!
Even if it was really destroyed, it would only produce 100 blue sugars, which is only the output in five minutes.
But once useful information is detected, it will be of great help!
Ikaros' three skills were upgraded at once, resulting in a qualitative change in his combat power!
"If I remember correctly, the two guys just now should be stationed and developing not far away. Over there is a larger mining area." Xu Mu thought to himself.
Regardless of whether the other party is hostile or not, since we have all landed on the same home planet, there is no need to be polite.
While I’m ahead at this stage, I’ll eliminate the nearest players first!
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"Brother Ji, why doesn't that guy join us?" An Ikaros stopped at the mining area. While building the production line, a young man wearing a cap jumped out of the mecha cabin.
He took out a pack of cigarettes from his bosom and lit it skillfully: "Don't he understand the principle that when many hands make light work, the flames rise high? Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang."
There are also some circulation props such as food, tobacco and alcohol in the copy, which are only for use in the copy.
However, it is cyber food, although the experience is almost the same as in reality.
But even if you eat enough in the dungeon, you will still be hungry or sleepy in real life.
Otherwise, everyone can find a safe copy to hide in, eat, drink and sleep, and find a young and beautiful NPC to meet their physiological needs. They can be isolated from the world. Who would still be obsessed with reality?
"Who cares? There are many lone wolves like him." The man called Brother Ji didn't care. He stared at the ground in front of him, driving the mecha and pulling out the last conveyor belt, and then he did it with a bit of pride.
"See? A fully automated production line for iron plates! This way, we can free our hands when it comes to iron plates."
"Damn, Brother Ji, why is your conveyor belt twisted like a chicken crawling?" the man in the cap complained.
"Just tell me whether it's made or not!" Brother Ji groaned.
The man in the cap glanced at the production capacity panel.
【Iron plate (level Ⅰ): 58/min】
"Okay, you're awesome."
"Do you think it's easy to make? This thing has to be connected to the furnace, the mining machine, and a sorter. It's very complicated. My initial idea was to connect the output of a conveyor belt to the mining machine and the end to the furnace. Just draw a straight line and it will be fine."
"Isn't that the same shape as a dumbbell?"
"Yes, but that kind of production line is too slow. After I finished building it, I had to add two furnaces next to it, and then I had to pull the conveyor belt again. In the end, it became this chicken-crawling assembly line." Brother Ji curled his lips helplessly.
"Anyway, we're ahead of 80% of the players." The man in the hat said with a smile.
"But we are short of copper." Brother Ji frowned. "We have enough iron ore and coal mines, but we really don't have any copper mines... This is not conducive to subsequent development."
Hearing this, the man in the hat was stunned.
He glanced towards the end of the horizon, then leaned closer to Brother Ji and whispered in a low voice.
"Brother Ji, when we first passed by, there was a large copper mine behind that guy..."
"you mean……"
"right."
"Would that be a bit bad? I don't think that guy has any hostility."
"Brother Ji, you are too narrow-minded. We gave him a chance just now. If he doesn't join us, is it our loss? It's his loss!" The man in the cap took a deep puff of his cigarette, threw away the cigarette butt and said, "What stage of civilization are we at now? The output of iron plates is 58 per minute! With copper plates, we can reach level 2 materials in minutes!"
"but……"
"We are far ahead of 80% of the players! You are such a coward!"
"Hmm..." Brother Ji heard this, his eyes flickered with some intention: "But we don't have the fighting power yet, we can't go over and pull his hair, right?"
"Pulling your hair! Look what this is?" The man in the cap turned over his palm and took out a palm-sized energy block with an extremely regular shape from his backpack. There was a faint blue glow inside.
"Fuck! Blue sugar? Where did you get it?" Brother Ji's expression trembled slightly.
He had just heard the regional announcement that a big guy in the eighth spiral arm where he was located had first unlocked the 'blue electromagnetic matrix'.
He even opened the material panel and searched for a long time before he realized the importance of blue sugar.
It is not only the key material to unlock the subsequent technology tree, but also an important item for upgrading Ikaros!
However, blue sugar is a level 3 material, and they haven’t even developed an industrial line for level 2 materials yet, so it’s out of reach.
"I rubbed it by hand. It took me a lot of effort. I started rubbing it when you were pulling the production line just now. It took me half an hour to rub out one." The man in the cap was excited. "But this thing is really powerful! Ikaros has the most basic combat form. It only needs one blue candy to fire! The power is similar to a pistol in the real world, but the firing rate is a bit slower, and the energy is only enough to fire 10 bullets. But it's enough to deal with that kid."
"Okay!" Brother Ji finally nodded vigorously.
It has only been an hour and I have already surpassed 80% of the players by building a level 2 industrial chain.
What's more, there is blue sugar.
Although there is only one.
But we also have the initial capital to fight back.
"Hurry up! If you're any later, when that guy can also rub out blue sugar with his hands, we will be evenly matched again, and you won't be able to get the copper mine that you've been dreaming of." The man in the cap climbed back into the mecha cabin with excitement on his face.
Kill him! Take his mine! And then take over his industrial chain.
Keep up the development, maybe we can have a chance against those guys in the northern hemisphere!
Just as the two men were controlling the mecha and were about to launch an attack.
Not far away.
On the slightly curved horizon.
A huge mecha figure slowly emerged.
A man in a white windbreaker can be vaguely seen sitting steadily in the cockpit.
I saw him push the remote control lever hard.
The left arm of the driver Ikaros was quickly modified and deformed, revealing a three-barrel Gatling gun muzzle with a cold metallic luster.
The two sides met and there was no nonsense.
The next moment!
Da da da da!!!
Countless bullets shot out of the barrel, with the firing rate reaching almost 2000 revolutions per minute!
The artillery fire roared, and a vacuum zone of fire suppression was formed in an instant!
However, this consistent firepower did not fall on the mechas of Brother Ji and the man in the hat.
The target was, instead, the iron plate production line that they had just built with great difficulty!
After only three seconds of fire coverage, a pile of industrial machines were instantly turned into smoking scraps of copper and iron.
To destroy you, I must first destroy your civilization!
This way, even if I accidentally run away, your civilization will always lag behind mine!
This was also the plan Xu Mu had made before he sent out his troops.
After the dust and fog cleared, Brother Ji looked at the mecha that was getting closer and closer not far away, and couldn't help swallowing.
"Da Huang...how many bullets did you say your Ikaros can fire?"
The man in the cap also had a dull look in his eyes, and was obviously so shocked by the huge gap between the two sides that he was speechless.
After a long while, he spoke with trembling lips: "The power of 10...10 pistol bullets..."
"Am I going to hit you? Run!!!" Brother Ji made a prompt decision and shouted.