"Yes, we can also expand the production line to a maximum of 96 lines based on the space remaining in the current site, if you need to."

"96 production lines, that is, four times the output, that is equivalent to 17,280 units per day......"

"However, in this case, the resources that need to be consumed are also an astronomical amount, and the relatively easy to obtain resources such as steel is fine, as for those resources with a higher degree of rarity, it is more troublesome, and we must open up several new channels, and the existing channels alone cannot meet the throughput of resources."

"Well, this is not in a hurry, it's better to take your time, the existing 24 production lines will be enough for a long time in the future." Qi Lin naturally understands the truth that he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, just like playing RTS real-time strategy games, even if he builds a lot of barracks, without the support of sufficient resources, it is completely a joke to explode troops.

Led by Cooper's virtual image, Qi Lin bypassed the four Mech Legion factories and came to a large circular pit with a diameter of more than 100 meters.

This big pit, which was not for nothing when Qi Lin left last time, was obviously newly dug by Cooper in the past few months.

The walls of the pit are all covered with metal plates, and two towering cooling towers stand on the edge of the pit, and from time to time a large amount of white mist erupts from the top of the cooling tower, which is then sucked away by the blower.

"It's a 'melting pot', we throw the collected scrap metal into it, separate them according to their melting points, and at the bottom of the furnace there is a device for filtration, and the molten steel will go directly down the pipe trough into the processing plant, and the remaining residue will be collected and sent outside the base by garbage trucks."

"And how much steel do we have now?"

"Zero. The two cooling towers are only undergoing routine maintenance, and the furnace itself is being shut down. ”

“…… In other words, as long as I throw all the garbage from the ruins of the city, I can get high-purity steel, right? ”

"It's better to do the initial sorting process first, because if you throw it directly into the melting furnace, too many impurities will increase the load on the melting pot and consume more energy, which will outweigh the losses." Cooper said seriously.

"Opposite the melting pot is the weapons factory, because of the lack of copper and lead, we now use steel to make warheads and cartridge cases, although this will be more serious for the barrel wear than using copper cartridge cases, but the penetration can also be improved to a certain extent."

In fact, before the war, most of the rifle bullets used by the Chinese army were also steel-core steel shells, and the biggest drawback of this kind of bullet compared with copper-shelled and lead-core bullets was that it was less accurate when shooting at long distances, and it was not as good as lead-core bullets when it stopped after hitting the target.

However, in the wasteland environment, these two flaws are completely negligible - weapons like assault rifles, the pursuit of flexible mobility and continuous firepower, the requirements for range and accuracy are not so high, and the bullets of sniper rifles are naturally not the same as assault rifles, as for the problem of stopping action, not to mention, in the face of power armor and thick-skinned mutant creatures, if even the opponent's armor or skin can't penetrate, don't talk about stopping action......

"By the way, Cooper, since the living quarters of Base 404 have been demolished before, how many people can be supported by the entire Base 404 if there are people living there?" Qi Lin asked.

Judging from the current situation in the wasteland world, it is likely that there will be violent turmoil in the near future, and even the steel city in a remote corner may be involved in this chaos that engulfs the entire wasteland, there are too many people in the Mutual Aid Society, Qi Lin can't help everyone, but he can't watch his friends and the people of the Iron Cross hunting group fall into a desperate situation and ignore them.

"I've kept 15 percent of the living quarters on top of the original, which can accommodate 200 people by pre-war standards, and 1,000 people if I want to."

"What about food supplies and stuff?"

"There are cloning labs, breeding farms, seed banks and mushroom cultivation factories inside the base, and the normal output can supply less than 1,500 people, and each person can get 200 grams of fresh fruits and vegetables and 300 grams of non-synthetic meat every week." Cooper replied.

"Does this mean being completely cut off from the outside world?"

"Yes, but this state can only last for six months, at this rate of consumption, after six months there will be some problems in the supply chain, according to my calculations, after six months, the supply of vegetables and meat will be reduced to 70 percent, and the weekly supply of fruits, vegetables and meat will be changed to 50 grams and 100 grams, but under this supply standard, the occupants of the base must take synthetic preparations regularly to ensure that there will be no problems caused by malnutrition."

"That's pretty good...... At least, compared to ...... Compared to the food served in a certain place, these things can be considered abundant. Qi Lin originally wanted to talk about the Vault, but he thought that Cooper would directly ignore the Vault in the real world and prevent communication with Cooper from being blocked, so Qi Lin simply referred to it as "somewhere".

"However, even after compressing the standard, it will not be able to achieve complete self-sufficiency, and at most in a year, the material reserves of the entire base will be depleted."

"If I were to use Base 404 as a shelter, I could feed more than 1,000 people for a year and a half with the supplies I had, right?"

"To be precise, you can feed 1,500 people for a year and a half, and if the number is less than 1,500, you can extend it for a period of time."

"Enough, totally enough." After knowing those things, Qi Lin already understood that the conflict between humans and the mastermind was inevitable, and it was impossible for either the organization or the mastermind to drag on for another year, in other words, the lifespan of the game "Wasteland Survival Code" was likely to be less than a year, and within this year, the door to the surface of the world's shelters would also be opened in advance.

As long as you can survive until that time, it will be completely sufficient......

Base 404 is a solid backing for Qi Lin, and it is also a reliable way out, once something major happens in the wasteland world, Qi Lin can completely transform Base 404 into a "404 Shelter".