At the construction site of the Life Experiment Base led by Mr. Yuan.

On regular days, apart from the noisy construction sounds, there was often the deafening noise from diesel generators, which were very taxing on the ears.

At that time, considering the limited number of soundproof talismans and their high price in the Damo Realm,

Lin Li proposed the idea of saving some resources despite the difficulties.

Apart from the research areas, including his command center, unless there were special circumstances, they would try not to use the soundproof talismans.

This proposal was unanimously approved at the meeting.

Therefore, the camp generally activated the soundproof talismans only during rest periods, otherwise letting the engines roar as they pleased.

But at this very moment.

The surrounding construction sites were still operational, and there were lights illuminating the routine night work, confirming it was not a rest period.

Yet there was no engine noise.

Then there could only be one possibility:

The power plant had begun operation, replacing the previous diesel generators.

That was a huge piece of good news.

In response to Lin Ziming's inquiry, Lin Li nodded with a smile and readily replied:

"That's right, five days ago, our first 480MW generating unit officially went into operation, as did the hydropower plant.

The current construction sites can already supply water and electricity themselves—of course, with certain usage controls in place.

Moreover… the hydropower route not only reaches our Fire Camp but also covers parts of Chixian City.

For instance, last night was Director Shi's birthday, and they had a big feast at their station, and the electricity and water used were supplied by the power and water plants."

Lin Li's tone also carried some excitement while saying this.

Because in the Damo Realm, this non-industrial Cultivation World, hydropower resources were comparatively easier to come by, but electricity was undoubtedly a gamebreaker-level powerful tool.

It's like Laoganma in the chili oil realm, unstoppable against gods, unmatched by Buddha.

This is a core energy source that can transform productivity levels, representing the ruthless crushing by industrialization of relevant fields in a non-industrial society, indicating the affordability and democratization of resources.

Its impact on the people's morale is second only to food and housing—excluding lsp.

Of course.

The thermal power plant near the military base has only achieved normal power supply from its first unit so far, still far from full capacity.

The 480MW unit can supply about seven million kilowatt-hours per day if not considering peaking, roughly enough for the daily life of over four million people.

Don't be misled by the big number of over four million, as this figure is premised on 'daily life'.

Don't forget.

Many projects in the camp require experimentation and research, which are significant power consumers.

These projects, due to the influence of Spiritual Energy or physical environments in the Damo Realm, cannot be completed back home.

If all these projects were to be researched with full effort, let alone a 480MW, or 480,000 kW, unit, even ten wouldn't be enough to cover the experimental power demand.

Meanwhile, for efficiency reasons, many outside structures of the thermal power plant are yet to be built and can only rely on scheduled troop deployments to ensure safety.

Therefore, the official operation of this unit can only slightly ease the camp's breath, not completely solve the rabbits' power needs.

But from an overall perspective.

The construction of the thermal power plant is already at max-level speed, and it's unreasable to demand more.

In stark contrast to the progress of the thermal power plant is the new coal mine found by Lei Wenjun's team.

More than ten days have passed, and the coal mine is still at the basic exploration stage.

No way around it.

Unlike the Spirit Stone Mine where Wei Siming had previously deployed various methods,

if the rabbits truly wished to force early excavation, they could still produce a hundred tons or so daily—although this output could provide some fuel to the thermal power plant, thus freeing up a bit of portal transportation capacity, the cost-effectiveness is not high at all.

Because the number of specialized personnel the rabbits have in the Damo Realm is relatively limited, and time cannot be squeezed this way.

Moreover.

The command decided to transfer a certain section chief to the new coal mine, in recognition of his outstanding command and scheduling abilities in the Spirit Stone extraction project, for another collaboration with Lei Wenjun.

After all, the difficulty of coal mining is significant, requiring a seasoned veteran to oversee the site.

Fei Qiu's rank also got elevated by half a level in the process.

It's worth emphasizing.

Just the day after Fei Qiu left the Spirit Stone Mine, while the parent and sub-stock output of the Spirit Stone vein remained unchanged, the number of Spirit Stones mined increased by nearly 30%.

Then everyone walked towards the vicinity of the command center, chatting along the way.

Upon seeing baskets upon baskets of vegetables in the camp canteen, Wang Qiang suddenly thought of an issue and hurriedly asked Lin Li:

"Captain Lin, what's the situation with Hua Xiaomo lately?"

Hearing his apprentice asking about the beast-eared girl Hua Xiaomo, Lin Li frowned slightly and shook his head, saying:

"Currently, Hua Xiaomo is still without any action, staying in the room every day hugging two supernatural artifacts, curling up defensively whenever someone comes by.

In fact, we had lifted our restrictions on her seven days ago, yet she has not stepped out of the room.

However, she seems to know the name we've given her, as her ears and tail twitch a bit when we call her Hua Xiaomo—according to our behavior psychology and animal science experts, this indicates she has accepted the information, but merely hasn't given feedback out of caution.'

Oh, by the way, though we currently have no research findings on her two artifacts, after confirming their edibility, they've been included in our daily menu—the cost being a pack of chips and a soda each time.

The taste of one of the tuber artifacts is truly not bad, especially when simmered with double-headed bull shoulder meat, it's spectacular."

Everyone: "..."

Just as the group was chatting outside the command center.

Hua Jun and Liu Xiangqian, both academicians, hurriedly approached.

Hua Jun already looked displeased by nature, and now seeming a bit anxious, appeared even more like Sun Xiaochuan:

"Has Colonel Lin returned? Where are the talismans?"

Lin Li first gestured to him to calm down.

He knew this was just Hua Jun's nature, as unyielding as the armor he developed, not intentionally putting on a critical face for others to see.

Then he glanced around and said to everyone:

"Since Academician Hua is a bit impatient, and everyone is more or less aware of the changes in the camp, let's head back to the command and discuss the harvest from this trade mission."

Lin Ziming and others had no objections.

Moments later, everyone steadily entered the command center.

After taking their seats.

Lin Ziming solemnly took out four spatial bags and placed them on the table, saying:

"These are the four spatial bags we purchased; the large spatial bag from the Wei Mansion has been returned to Wei Qiangsheng with Mu Ge leading him to unload."

Hearing the word 'unload,' Hua Jun was the first to raise his hand.

As a military equipment expert, he was also an immensely top-notch physics expert professionally speaking.

And as anyone dealing in physics, whether amateur or official, there's no one who isn't interested in spatial technology.

Thus, he wasn't even in a hurry to ask for the talismans he wanted and immediately asked:

"Colonel Lin, do you now have the ability to open the spatial bags? And what's the sensation during the storage and retrieval of items inside them?"

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