Resurrection Empire

Chapter 600 - 226: Electronic Imbalance, Dark Clouds Over the City

Ren Zhong crouched in front of the control panel of an integrated machine about the size of a house.

The central area of the control panel displayed a three-dimensional model.

The model showed piles of mineral powder stacked together.

In the high-temperature, high-pressure environment, the compound molecules in the powder were extremely active.

A dense network of threads crisscrossed through the powder.

These network threads were not material substances but currents finely controlled by magnetic fields.

Near where the network of currents crossed, the metallic powder showed changes into a fluid state.

Upon further microscopic display, one could see in the data modeling a large number of electrons impacting the chemical bonds of the metal compounds in the powder.

As electrons collided one after another, the originally stable chemical bonds gradually broke, and the compounds were directly "electrolytically reduced" to elemental plasma.

The metal plasma self-polymerized into elemental metal.

Oxygen atom plasma automatically paired into oxygen molecules.

Other substances followed the same pattern.

The basic principles of this new extraction process technology have already been developed, and the improvements needed mainly focus on reducing energy consumption and increasing stability for industrial production methods.

This is exactly the research direction of the new extraction process laboratory.

The experimental machine in front of Ren Zhong costs hundreds of billions of points, with a volume of at least hundreds of cubic meters, extremely high energy consumption, but a processing capacity of only less than a hundred kilograms of minerals per day, equivalent to a daily energy loss of millions of contribution points.

It is currently operating at a heavy loss and is infinitely far from industrial application.

On the first day he arrived here, Ren Zhong initially understood its functional principles.

This is another deep utilization of Ruins Beast Crystal.

These currents come from the energy reserves released by large arrays of Ruins Beasts, not conventional solar or nuclear power devices.

Furthermore, there are large arrays in the machine that modify the characteristics of the current to make the generated electron flow more stable and with a higher energy level.

If this technology can be applied on a large scale, it will completely simplify the metallurgical process.

As long as there is sufficient electrical energy, humans from Source Star could freely extract almost any planetary minerals in space.

In space, the most likely inexhaustible and widely applicable resource is indeed electrical energy.

Ren Zhong compared this electric metallurgy process with electric metallurgy on Earth, realizing that it would be almost impossible to achieve on Earth.

Because atoms on Earth are not as "obedient".

"Hey, isn’t it your break time now? What are you doing here alone, Ren Zhong?"

As Ren Zhong was lost in thought, a colleague from the project team passed by him and casually asked.

Ren Zhong sighed, "The early bird catches the worm, I have to keep up the pace, otherwise I won’t be able to keep up with the project’s rhythm, which means dragging everyone down."

The colleague was taken aback.

To be fair, Ren Zhong had been here only a few days and had already transitioned from someone who knew nothing and had to ask everything to someone who could truly join the project, independently and steadily operate the experimental processes, and participate seriously in detailed discussions, just like a monster.

Yet this guy still says he’s an "early bird", using such a cultured ancient idiom!

Those who don’t know him would think he’s showing off, but those who do know him already understand that this is his character.

Unlike the arrogance he showed outside as a businessman, he has humility ingrained in his core at the laboratory.

Sure enough, Ren Zhong immediately asked, "Sister Zeng, you’re responsible for the catalyst section, right? I wanted to ask about..."

...

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it’s the 108th day of the Ren Zhong Era.

He took a leave from the laboratory and returned to Starfire Town.

Calculating the days, today should be Ying’s due date.

He felt uneasy, and there was no way to communicate this with Sun Miao through the wrist watch, so he had to personally go back and check the situation.

In the basement of the Ren’s Biological Potion Research Institute, Ren Zhong and Sun Miao stood with solemn expressions outside the isolation room.

"Brother Sun, what’s going on? Wasn’t it said that the embryo’s development speed was ten times that of a normal one, so today should be the due date?"

Ren Zhong asked.

Sun Miao shook his head, "I previously estimated based on common knowledge, but obviously something unexpected happened. The fetus’s development has almost stalled, yet there are still signs of life. But the fetus shows no sign of wanting to awaken itself."

Ren Zhong: "Should we perform a cesarean section?"

Sun Miao continued to shake his head, "I don’t know."