In the eastern part of the Tianluo Plate, the edge of the continental shelf, once hidden beneath the surface of the sea, is now bare, like a dead cliff, guarding a large area of the dry seabed. At this time, the salt crust above the seabed resembles a damp white crystalline desert.

Of course, the abyss-like ravines of the Shura were three hundred kilometers away from the continental shelf, and the ravines were boiling with the tumbling of death. Thirty percent is the saturation of the salt water, but when it is already saturated, a large amount of salt is still fed into it by a trickle, and the salt crystals continue to rise in the boiling of the geothermal heat, turning into a substance similar to porridge.

This used to be the trench, which is now the most unstable place on the continent, with an earthquake of magnitude seven or so erupting in the trench area every three months on average. Some cracks will suddenly collapse and merge, and new cracks will be formed, at which point a large amount of viscous brine will gush out like a flood of water, stretching for thousands of kilometers, scouring targets within 20 kilometers on either side of the crack.

And the boiling and steaming thick porridge-like brine, people accidentally fall into it, and within ten seconds a layer of skin will be taken off, well, just like boiling water scalding chicken feathers. Then it is quickly dehydrated and boiled into bones by salt water.

After each flood of salt porridge, it is a steaming, but dead crystalline land.

The natural environment of the original trench crack area of the Haoyang plate is obviously more terrifying than that of the Western Desert, but it is indeed rich in resources. Salt tides flood the surrounding periodically, but the hot brine is also quite corrosive to the ground, as long as you find some slightly stable depressions, each salt tide will deposit a large amount of minerals at the bottom of these ponds.

The windfall profits of the mining industry also brought with it an ugly system, and this is where slavery flourished at its peak. A large number of small forces would defend their own depressions, and then force slaves to drive machines to mine mineral deposits in five-meter-deep salt ponds. And every time there is a great salt tide, a batch of instruments and slaves are deposited in the crystals.

This is the most important source of economics in the Rock Crystal Crack region. And the current war resource collection of the Titanium Steel God Society also relies on the supply of minerals in the cracked area.

Corresponding to this dark mining method is the magnificent pyramid mining towers of the Central Federation of Plates, and the mirror-like salt lakes that are divided into terraces by dams.

These pyramids are located on a stable plate, backed by a salt lake, and large amounts of brine are pumped into the ground, which is then upwelled by mantle mechanisms, bringing minerals up and then circulating back into the ground. Because the eruption system is controllable, it is much safer, and this is the basis for the Federation to build a prosperous region.

Ranlun is now not qualified to access high-quality assets in stable plate areas, and can only increase infrastructure facilities in underdeveloped areas of cracks.

The details are as follows:

First of all, a dam was built on each depression, not in a circle, but in a circle, to prevent the earthquake from spreading if it collapsed a layer of salt lake.

Next, the construction of the ditch was completed, although it was chaotic when the salt ** gushed, but 30% of the area flow direction was regular, and the ditch of the burning wheel made it more regular.

Finally, batches of cement pillars were built in the mining area, and a five-pointed star-shaped ship-shaped platform was set on the pillars to provide a refuge facility for personnel to evacuate quickly when a large salt tide occurred.

Even the impact of a 30-meter-high salt tide, as well as extreme cases such as the direct destruction of cement pillars by an 8-magnitude earthquake. The ship-shaped platform above can also be resisted.

In the most extreme case, of course, the ground crack spreads right to the slipway, and begins to grow in size, making it possible to fall into it within two hours. There is also a plan for the burning wheel, and each slipway is also equipped with a large number of fixed wing equipment, which can take off on the spot, and the number is 1.5 times that of the watch personnel, just enough for the watch personnel to fly to the nearby safety area.

That is, Ranlun is willing to continue to invest in these areas, infrastructure, and personnel training and education. will chase more advanced production methods.

……

Due to the tight organizational system, there are more and more conflicts between the overly nascent saline-alkali security forces and local speculative forces.

In detail, the gradual nature of the burning wheel has smashed the local forces of these same types of industries.

These local forces of religious slavery, opportunistic and violent merchant groups are finding it increasingly difficult to make a living, not only to prevent slaves from escaping, but also to endure the situation of large-scale mining of minerals that has lowered the market price of minerals.

No, cutting off people's wealth is equivalent to killing their parents, in this war, they secretly communicate with the Titanium Steel God Society, and use the power of the Titanium Steel God Society to strike.

However, they treat titanium steel as a knife, and titanium steel does not have the same idea.

……

In the No. 3 mining area of the Haoyang Plate, in addition to the dense underground network system, the fuel wheel also maintains a fairly strong power on the surface, and on the terrace-like salt depression, a forklift with a wrench and hammer cross symbol is harvesting salt.

At the edge of the cracks in the plates, the turbines are now also digging a large number of small geothermal exchange wells, which are converging electricity bit by bit to supply industrial production in the region.

Rows of geothermal exchange inlets, like crop stalks, are erected near the rift valley. Twenty-meter-high cooling towers are steaming hot.

Under the management of Lu Boya, the power generation here has increased year by year, of course, this power generation is risky, once there is a major earthquake, the power station will be destroyed, and it needs to be rearranged. Longxin Energy's federation is also disdainful of this technology.

More than 30 percent of the workers trained by the turbine now know how to operate a large number of unmanned equipment to repair and maintain these power equipment based on the information collected by a small number of workers on site. This work is indeed the same as planting crops, not to mention major earthquakes, every day there are always a number of geothermal power stations that fail and need to be cleaned up, and the workers of the turbines start to work as if they were busy with the farms.

In the official archives of the Federation, the Burning Wheel is in the eastern part of the Haoyang Plate, called the Saline-Alkali Plains Security Army.

Ranlun now follows the one-sided principle proposed by Zeuyou, leaning on the Federation to supply minerals to the Federation, and after the attack on some cities, it has taken the initiative to take over part of the production capacity of the primary processing industry to supplement the Federation's war potential.

In return, the Saline Security Army was allowed to expand on a large scale, getting a large number of low-cost military locomotives, recoilless artillery, individual missile manufacturing systems, and light drone assembly lines for the federal government.

The original armed force of only more than 2,000 people has expanded to 14,000 people, and the equipment system has also changed from the original four people driving one mechanical equipment to each person controlling multiple unmanned equipment.

In this era, if you want to expand your power, you have to fight with blood. Lu Boya can't retaliate against the titanium steel stealth bomber, and he can still spare no effort to clean up these ground snakes.

When the mobile regiment of the saline security army, the vehicle-mounted artillery bombarded the nest of 80 percent of the local forces in the vicinity.

Lu Boya welcomed a group of special guests.

……

After receiving a call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lu Boya hurried into an underground secret room, where a man with a black cloak was waiting.

Lu Boya sat on the table, staring at this person slowly taking off his cloak, and couldn't help but be stunned.

There is no such thing as a soldier on this planet, because as long as the body is not damaged, it can be repaired mechanically. Many people have been replaced with fake limbs in many wars, and some have even had their heads blown open and made up for it with electronic brains. And because of the annual war, a large number of women also participated in the war. The one at the moment is.

Beyond the beautiful half of the face is a mechanical face, and the mechanical lens flickers in the eye socket, looking at the world coldly with the good naked eye.

Her skull was covered in titanium steel, and of course, she wore a blonde wig. With this mechanically modified body, it can be vaguely seen that it is a woman. - Her name is: Rose Blade.

Lu Boya: "Well, Your Excellency, what's the matter here?" ”

Rose Blade stared at Lu Boya, and the only eye left was to examine the little girl in front of her. It seems that he is very optimistic that Lu Boya will become the leader of the place.

A hint of contempt flashed in Rose Blade's eyes: "This girl with a beautiful face is a flower in a greenhouse, and she has not been dyed by gunsmoke. ”

The reason why Rose Blade made the above judgment is that jealousy is also an important factor, after all, the body is complete and the appearance is a project that women value.

Rose Blade: "I'm a member of the Titanium Steel Gods, a member of the Nickel Thorn Group. I have come today to reach a mutually beneficial cooperation with you. ”

Lu Boya had a smile on his face, his slender legs were slightly together, and he lowered his head and patted it: "Oh, you know, our side and the Titanium Steel God will have a hostile relationship." ”

- Lu Boya's behavior was undoubtedly a thorn, which made Rose Blade unhappy, because her legs were also slender, but when they collided with the corner of the table, she could hear the sound of solid metal.

And the men of this world are very unkind to this kind of metal prosthesis, because only the poor play with robots. The situation of the rose blade is worse than the women's airport in the 21st century, and in the 21st century, at least there are dead houses who like to be flat, and no man in this world likes women to be prostheses.

Lu Boya is not familiar with this world culture. However, when I looked up, I noticed the other party's jealousy as a woman through "intuition" through the eyes of the rose blade. This made Lu Boya laugh in his heart, slowly straightened his waist, and the information sensing suit on his body outlined the lines of his chest, waist, and buttocks clearly.

At this time, Lu Boya confirmed the jealousy in the eyes of the rose blade. She didn't feel anything, and began to "scratch her head and make a pose" clumsily.

Well, although she is naturally beautiful, she is usually cheerful and generous. For the use of a smile and a flattering method, I am really not good.

But just as Maozi negotiates to gain momentum at the wine table, negotiations between women must be set in temperament and color.

Now that Lu Boya had achieved (in his own opinion) overwhelming advantage, he looked at the envoy sent by the Titanium Steel Divine Society with full vigour. (At this time, the temperament is much better.) ）

The latter restrained his emotions and recounted the request that Titanium Steel wanted to seek cooperation this time.

……

Three hours later, in the first conversation.

Lu Boya and Zeyou communicate through a matrix system. (Boya Lu's matrix is a planetary system.) ）

Zeyou looked at the request made by the Titanium Steel God on the screen. Thinking slightly, he asked, "They don't have any other requirements?" ”

Lu Boya: "She didn't, let's join them directly." ”

Zhou You: "Eh, then she will give you a set of titanium steel dragon heart manufacturing system for nothing?" Why is that? ”

Lu Boya spread his hands and joked: "Maybe it's because you see that I'm too beautiful and want to marry me back." ”

Zhou You was stunned for a moment, and then said seriously: "Well, the dowry is too little." ”

Lu Boya: "......"

Zhou You chuckled: "Okay, the joke is over." On the East China Sea side, don't covet their dragon heart system.

Lu Boya: "Yes, I have already arranged for the preparatory research of the 34th Institute. It's very remote there, so there shouldn't be any side effects, but I think dragon heart technology is very important to us right now. ”

Zhou You: "Right now, we don't deserve the Dragon Heart Technique. ”

Lu Boya was stunned.

Zhou You: "There are too many problems we have to solve, in fact, the lack of dragon heart is not the main problem, and with this thing of dragon heart, we will forget the main problem just like this world federation." ”

Lu Boya: "Mentor, but we are at war here every day, and we really need ......" Speaking of this, he paused: "With some advanced technology as a foundation, we can develop faster." ”

On this side of the Western Wilderness.

Standing at the top of the dune, the soles of his feet kicked slightly, and a large amount of quicksand flowed down from the top of the dune, while the metal boots seeped down a few inches.

After Zhou You fell into the sand dunes and pulled out his legs, he said to Lu Boya: "The situation on your side, as I know, is indeed very difficult. It's really inappropriate for me to persuade you to persist here. However, I don't want to give up on principles. ”

The list includes a large number of educational equipment and machinery, basic medical facilities, and a large number of infrastructure industrial chains. Lu Boya stared at the list and understood that these were all things that the Federation could provide to him at present.

In addition to not providing the dragon's heart and not allowing the manufacture of nuclear weapons, the Federation has given the Burning Wheel huge support on the basis, and these supports are based on the fact that the Burning Wheel is now on the side of the Federation.

And the Titanium Steel God Society will only provide dragon hearts here. And once accepted, it fell to the titanium steel, and the so-called 'no need to openly join titanium steel now' is just that titanium steel can poke this relationship by itself when necessary.

Zhou You said to Lu Boya: "Boya, don't be reluctant, you can't hold on, the base of the Haoyang plate can be abandoned, we need to save people now, not fight for the sake of fighting, and if necessary, we can lose ground and save people." ”

Zhou You looked at the white star in the sky: "By the way, or, I'll go over and help you." ”

Lu Boya shook his head: "Actually, it's not to the point where I can't hold it here, mentor, I'm in a hurry." ”

……

Twenty minutes later, Lu Boya sat back down at the negotiating table and handed over an announcement to Rose Blade.

After the synthesizer special forces glanced at it, he stared at Lu Boya, and a smile of danger warning appeared in his eyes.

Lu Boya ignored this, and used an ironic tone: "Oh your 'advice', we will do it ourselves." Also, we will not physically harm you, but we will keep the Federation informed of the full outcome of the meeting in twenty-four hours. ”

Rose Blade: "Oh, report, aren't you afraid of the suspicions of the eight-petal flower gang?" ”

Lu Boya shook his head and said: "We have our rules of conduct, we will unswervingly stand on the side of Fang Xingxing, and at the same time, we will fulfill our responsibilities for external exchanges." ”

Rose Blade got up: "You guys can do it yourself", during the turn to leave, she turned to Lu Boya and smiled evilly: "A girl like you, now you are very naïve to think that you are on the side of justice, but I think it will not take a few years for you to realize the despair of this world, and the big people above will put you in a warm tent, and after you get tired of playing, you will be thrown into the banquet to enjoy it." ”

Lu Boya sneered: "Oh, then you may be wrong, my boss is more naïve than me. ”