Chapter 1387: Chapter 523: Completely Drained (Part 3)

Time continued to flow, and three months passed before two giant ships set off from Red Blade Star and successfully landed on South Nine b.

Seven days later, the technology team hired by Viscount Nan Jiu, Grune, completed the equipment acceptance, payment was received, and everyone was elated.

Afterward, Vittel Haddon and Sera Augustus were awakened from cryogenic sleep and each took charge of a technical path, attempting molecular synthesis through the Electron Bombardment Method and the Magnetic Field Traction Method respectively.

During this process, Viscount Nan Jiu once again encountered an anticipated immense financial strain.

Both the Electron Bombardment Method and the Magnetic Field Traction Method had astonishing energy consumption, almost completely depleting the routine energy supply on South Nine b.

At first, Grune thought he was cheated, believing the equipment provided by Red Blade had excessive energy consumption, but after comparing it with the product parameters from the Royal Academy of Sciences, Grune had to face reality.

Red Blade Star’s energy consumption index was actually 30% lower than that of the Royal Academy of Sciences, at least leaving enough for routine lighting on South Nine b.

Seeing both paths continuously progressing and success getting closer and closer, Grune had no choice but to grit his teeth and persevere.

But as the days dragged on, the scale of synthesized polymer atomic groups grew larger, and the energy consumption rose inevitably.

Each advancement represented at least a 10% increase in energy consumption. A mere 10% might not seem much, but with every 10%, the cumulative effect led to exponential growth.

Grune was again forced to start selling off his assets to sustain the energy supply.

Unlike previously, the current expenses felt like being cut by a blunt knife, seemingly endless.

It remained to be seen whether any results would come out before the energy completely drained Viscount Mansion.

At this juncture, the generous and benevolent Earl Red Blade rescued him once again.

It turns out, after receiving a large sum of revenue, Red Blade Star chose to purchase a prosperous star system very close to the Southern Nine Star System, which had extremely low transportation costs, possessed a giant star in its prime, and was a specialty star system with exceptional energy resources despite having only two habitable planets.

Red Peak Commerce Department declared that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, even though you, Viscount Nan Jiu, have constantly bullied me, oppressed me, and blocked me. But as a dignified Earl family member of the Red Blade Clan, I will not hold grudges. Now that you have an energy gap, and I have surplus production capacity, let’s sign a stable long-term supply contract. I can supply at 90% of the market price.

Although Grune felt something was amiss, he was in a tight spot, unable to be picky, and eagerly signed the contract after consulting Nanxiang Marquis.

Unknowingly, years passed amid jubilation and celebration, and now in the lab of Sera Augustus, which had become one of the two major Academies of Sciences, cheers echoed across the skies.

They succeeded.

For the very first time, they synthesized an ultra-large molecule identical to the invisible coating core formula from Red Blade Star.

Subsequently, the project groups led by Sera and Vittel began the final synthesis without delay.

After several years of simulated adjustments, the final product was released—the invisible coating identical to that supplied externally by Red Blade Star. However, it was not completed by Sera Augustus, but by Vittel Haddon.

Though it was merely a small pinch, the size of a fingernail, it moved Grune, who received the news, to tears of joy.

He immediately reported the tremendous news to Nanxiang’s Earldom.

However, Liu Jin, his contact, asked him a rather odd question: "What use is such a small amount of synthesis? Now isn’t the time for celebration; what you should be pondering next is how to quickly scale up production."

Grune was dumbfounded on the spot.

The implication was clear, forcing him to continue investing, turning this from a laboratory product into mass production.

On the surface, this might seem achievable, but a chasm lay before him.

He was out of money.

Completely drained.

He had been completely exhausted by this matter.

Most of the fixed assets that could be sold had already been sold.

All that remained was the feudal land in the Southern Nine Star System.

He only had the feudal land.

Even the population and industries on the land had largely changed hands.

The Interstellar Consortium had long since settled in.

As of now, leaving aside the successful development of the invisible coating, Viscount Nan Jiu had already transformed from a once prominent noble family into a faltering viscount reliant solely on basic feudal land, able to collect only a small amount of tax supply.

He was bewildered.

Why, after spending so much effort and achieving something so remarkable, must he falter at the final step?

Once the composition of this thing is fully understood, scaling up production should be straightforward.

But now he truly couldn’t spare a single penny.

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