novelraw Chapter 235: The Ingenious Use of the [Mammalian Breeding Room], Five Floors Underground
Chapter 235: The Ingenious Use of the [Mammalian Breeding Room], Five Floors Underground
Fang had already gone to the first-floor monitoring console to check.
Yu Yuan told her not to make a fuss, as it would only make Masier and Dale nervous without serving any real purpose.
The Doctor also didn't need to fight for now, so he just let her continue her research.
Arriving at the underground fourth floor, Dale, the little old man, was busy with pen and paper, sketching and writing about the fourth-floor space. He even had a red pencil tucked behind his ear, looking utterly absorbed.
He didn't even notice Yu Yuan walking up behind him.
"Dale, what are you working on?"
Dale was startled by the sudden voice. Seeing it was Yu Yuan, he broke into a smile and brought his notebook close to Yu Yuan.
"Take a look, what do you think of this design?"
On the notebook was a floor plan of the underground fourth floor. Dale had divided the fourth floor into zones: Mammal Breeding Area, Insect Cultivation Area, Planting Area, and Special Cultivation Area.
"This is what I'm thinking. This floor is 600 square meters. Excluding public areas like walkways, the usable area is at most 580 square meters..."Dale explained to Yu Yuan.
"I checked that flock of Cree Mountain sheep. Seven sheep, two males and five females. You've already bred them, so assuming all five females successfully conceive, their gestation period is generally around 5 months, with one lamb per birth. That would mean 12 sheep eventually. Calculating 15 square meters of activity space per sheep, that's 180 square meters. A Mammal Breeding Room of that size should be sufficient for now."
"The remaining Insect Cultivation Room can be about 60 square meters. The Special Cultivation Area at 40 square meters is also basically enough. The remaining 300 square meters we can all use for planting. What do you think of this allocation?"
Yu Yuan looked at the diagram in the notebook, thinking it over.
"Dale, let me correct something. We should count the current Cree Mountain sheep as 6. We only need to keep one ram as a stud. Also, we can't calculate the ewes' gestation period based on the normal timeframe..."
"Why is that..." Dale asked, puzzled.
Instead, Yu Yuan looked at the virtual light screen and pulled up the facility information for the 【Mammal Breeding Room】.
This facility had been completed the first time he expanded the shelter and relocated the sheep flock.
【Mammal Breeding Room Level 1】
Quality: Rare
Functions:
① Mammal vitality greatly enhanced, disease resistance greatly enhanced, satisfaction with current environment greatly enhanced.
② Mammal conception rate +60%, birthing difficulty -60%; embryo vitality greatly increased, gestation period shortened by 40%; chance for embryo quantity +1, small probability of producing superior individual embryos.
③ Can detect status information of animals in pens. When co-raising with other mammals, compatibility is greatly increased.
(Friendly Reminder: Please do not co-raise predator and prey species, or you will end up with nothing.)
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The effects of this facility were quite dazzling.
One could only say it truly lived up to being a construction blueprint from a Gold-grade blueprint set. The functional effects were incredibly potent.
Upon hearing this, Dale looked at the Mammal Breeding Room before him with disbelief.
"Oh~ My goodness! This is too amazing! It's like a maternity hospital for mammals!"
Then he heard Dale continue muttering to himself, "This breeding room... forget just animals. During critical times, it would be a pretty good choice for boosting the human population's birth rate too!"
Yu Yuan was momentarily stunned upon hearing this.
This~
Although Dale's words sounded a bit strange, Yu Yuan immediately realized.
Wasn't it true?
Aren't humans also mammals?
Dale was absolutely right. This Mammal Breeding Room would indeed have the same effect on humans.
Yu Yuan's mind raced with thoughts.
"Not just humans, but spiritual creatures too, as long as they belong to the mammal category..." Yu Yuan quickly realized he had previously only thought of the 【Mammal Breeding Room】 as a sheep pen. He had indeed been constrained by his own perception.
They were in the wasteland world now. They needed to liberate their thinking.
As the saying goes—focus on the result. The process... doesn't matter!
And it wasn't just the 【Mammal Breeding Room】. Yu Yuan looked at the various breeding and planting facilities listed in the shelter's Facility Management Log.
His eyes lit up.
"Speaking of which, since there are so many civilization shards, there must be plenty of plant civilizations, ocean civilizations, insect civilizations, beast civilizations, right? In that case..."
The more Yu Yuan thought about it, the more he felt these breeding facilities held immense potential.
He sighed inwardly again.
Truly worthy of a Gold-grade blueprint set. He'd hit the jackpot.
A massive jackpot!
Yu Yuan quickly recorded this idea in the Shelter Memo, then let out a long sigh of relief.
The look he gave Dale was filled with satisfaction.
See!
This is what you call professionalism!
This is freaking professionalism!
Even without Dale having an auxiliary chip injected, Yu Yuan could tell Dale possessed absolutely heaven-defying talent in biological cultivation/breeding.
He stopped Dale from continuing and gently patted his arm. He solemnly placed the notebook back into Dale's hands and said with earnest sincerity,
"Dale, no need to say more! I absolutely believe in your professionalism and authority. As I said before, you plan how and what to build on the fourth floor, and I'll make it happen."
Upon hearing this, Dale's previously excited and animated expression suddenly stiffened.
Seeing the recognition, praise, and expectation in Yu Yuan's eyes,
Dale's heart gave a sudden jolt. He nodded heavily.
"Okay! Okay! I... I definitely won't let you down..."
There was a barely noticeable tremor in his voice.
Watching Yu Yuan's figure head towards the underground fifth floor, Dale took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.
Looking back at the floor plan in his notebook, his gaze grew even more focused.
"No, this version still has flaws. Must replan. Have to maximize space utilization..."
As he spoke, he tore off the current page and started drawing anew.
Yu Yuan arrived at the underground fifth floor. The 【Geothermal Well Plate Heat Exchanger Room】, 【Underground Drinking Water Well Machine Room】, and 【Beverage Generator】 were all fully constructed.
Among them, the 【Geothermal Well Plate Heat Exchanger Room】 and 【Underground Drinking Water Well Machine Room】 were on the left and right sides of the fifth floor respectively. They were independent machine rooms, not interfering with each other.
The 【Geothermal Well Plate Heat Exchanger Room】, also serving as an energy facility, not only provided +12 Energy Level.
Its heating effect was also quite powerful. Once heating pipes were built, it could provide heating coverage for the entire shelter.
Yu Yuan checked the shelter's current supplies. The quantity of materials for heating pipes was still slightly insufficient.
Taotao Hole was still seeking to purchase the relevant supplies. Fortunately, the shortfall wasn't large anymore. At most, by tonight or tomorrow, they could gather enough, and then heating coverage for the entire shelter could be implemented.
The low-temperature threat posed by the Endless Cold Wave was essentially completely resolved.
Furthermore, the 【Geothermal Well Plate Heat Exchanger Room】 included heating and insulation pathways for planting and breeding rooms. Although Yu Yuan felt they might not be needed, it still gave him considerable peace of mind.
As for the 【Underground Drinking Water Well Machine Room】 on the other side, it was itself an optimized path from the 【Water Collector】. It also had construction plans for connecting pipelines within the shelter.
But it was the same issue again. There was still a temporary shortfall for building the pipelines. Although they could build part of it, Yu Yuan didn't want the hassle. He'd wait until the pipeline materials were fully gathered and build everything together.
With the 【Underground Drinking Water Well Machine Room】 now in place, it had an extremely profound positive impact on planting on the underground fourth floor.
Whether it was hydroponics or tiered cultivation, having a sufficient water supply undoubtedly removed a crucial blockade.
Coupled with the temperature provided by the 【Geothermal Well Plate Heat Exchanger Room】 and the electrical energy for lighting provided by the 【Treadmill Generator Room】,
it could be said that all barriers to planting within the shelter had been cleared.
As soon as Dale finished the fourth-floor planning, they could begin constructing the planting base for the Yu Yuan Shelter.