Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 668 Lunar Terraforming Project

Moon.

Unlike bases on Mars, which are fixed in space, here the Moon Palace serves as the core, with areas expanding outwards along pupil-shaped passages used to collect energy.

A few months ago, this place was less than one-tenth the size of a Mars base.

However, Zhou Yi discovered this time that the combined area of ​​the lunar terraforming and construction zones far exceeded that of the Mars base.

The only difference is that the construction here is distributed, rather than the highly densely populated state on Mars.

Lunar Affairs Minister Jacob the Skeleton said, "Chairman, according to the plans of civil engineering and electromechanical experts, the buildings here are highly synchronized with the pupil."

"Because the pupil-like structures scattered across the lunar surface are themselves natural, high-quality, high-energy engines, they are sufficient to provide all the energy needed for buildings along the way, and various high-power equipment can be directly connected to them..."

The electromechanical lifeforms viewed the pupils as super-electric machines on the lunar surface, building production and living areas around them, constructing roads with light, and connecting these areas one by one to form ever-expanding blocks.

This site-specific construction, coupled with extremely low-cost local energy supply, has also enabled large-scale indoor farms. In addition to directly processing starch in factories, the variety and yield of fruits and vegetables continue to increase—the eco-friendly housing model for Mars bases is modeled after this.

"Although indoor farms are very expensive, they are fully affordable because of the pupils. The main costs are labor costs for planting, as well as seeds and soil modification... As the scale increases, the costs are now comparable to those on Earth."

Jacob said happily, "Chairman, with the increase in scale and the completion of our initial soil improvement, starting next year, planting fruit trees on the moon and producing starch and protein powder staples will be cheaper than on Earth."

Zhou Yi was slightly surprised: "Even without supplies from Earth, this place can be self-sufficient in food?"

He knew this day might come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"It cannot be guaranteed yet."

Jacob spoke cautiously: “The farms on the moon are still highly dependent on seeds delivered from Earth. The number of species here is small, and the micro-ecosystems are fragile, far less stable and resilient than those on Earth. Viral mutations or environmental changes could have a huge impact.”

"However, as various life species continue to be introduced to the moon, sowing and reproducing here, the ecosystem will become more and more complete and robust."

"One day in the future, the moon will be able to reach this point."

Zhou Yi then inquired in detail about the current situation on the moon.

On the moon, indoor farms are being built along the trajectory of the pupil, and their soil is being completely connected from the inside.

But the biggest problem is that the ecosystem itself is purely man-made, making it too thin and fragile.

He simply suggested, "Why not just terraform the moon?"

"what?"

The Bone Man Minister was momentarily stunned: "Transforming the moon...you mean..."

"We've improved the soil here and created an atmosphere. We also have an artificial sun that can change the temperature of this planet's surface, create rivers and lakes, and create an ecosystem."

Zhou Yi's statement was not a wild idea.

The artificial sun in Shagang has already demonstrated the ability to artificially influence the climate.

Although the cost is extremely high, at least extracting hydrogen and oxygen to synthesize water is not a problem, and the moon currently has no shortage of energy.

He doesn't know if there's a way to create an artificial atmosphere.

Jacob pondered for a moment: "If you put it that way, modifying the lunar surface is indeed the fundamental solution to achieving ecological self-sufficiency. As for an artificial atmosphere, electromechanical experts have also mentioned it before. This could effectively reduce the temperature on the lunar surface and decrease the temperature difference."

"They put forward a hypothesis."

"A thin atmosphere can be formed by releasing gases, including nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. The moon's gravity is only 1/6 that of Earth, so the gas escape velocity is low, but it can be maintained by continuous replenishment or a sealed environment."

"However, there are three technical challenges."

"First, the moon's gravity is insufficient, and gas needs to be replenished regularly to offset the losses from escaping into space."

"Secondly, there is a lack of magnetic field. There is no global magnetic field here, so it cannot block the solar wind, and the atmosphere is easily stripped away."

"Thirdly, there is the need for resources, such as extracting oxygen from lunar soil (e.g., ilmenite) or transporting gases from Earth, which is extremely costly."

"We have only solved the third problem so far."

Jacob touched his brow bone with his bony, pale fingers: "The first problem can be solved by continuously producing atmosphere. The second problem hasn't been solved yet, so this project can't be discussed any further."

Zhou Yi immediately called for the Night God.

The female partner, wearing a white lab coat, immediately appeared.

After hearing about this, she said, "It is indeed a bit troublesome... Let me use my main body to see if there is any way."

He closed his eyes and pondered for a while.

Yagami opened his eyes: "I've got it. There's a technique in gem technology that can create gravity to absorb and stabilize the flow of liquid methane, preventing the gas from escaping. You remember it? You can use that. I figured this out myself."

"This structure requires the formation of a large enough jewel-like belt... Simply put, it's about creating jewel-like rivers in the high atmosphere of the moon, which will circulate and flow in the high atmosphere. At least two jewel-like rivers need to intersect and cover each other. This would be able to absorb and stabilize the atmosphere. Even liquid methane can be stabilized and allowed to flow, let alone ordinary gases."

Zhou Yi was overjoyed: "You can really do this?" "Of course, ever since I obtained the celestial corpse, I've been exploring gem technology, and I study it every day."

The other party looked arrogant.

"The problem is that the number of these gems is enormous; I've calculated it."

"The lunar equatorial circumference is approximately 10921 kilometers, and the width of the river is tentatively set at 2 kilometers. Each kilometer would require 10570 trillion gemstones... Isn't that a coincidence? That's roughly the size of 151 celestial beings!"

1 trillion.

Zhou Yi felt a headache coming on.

This number is really too much.

Even if we could ask the Celestials for a large number of gems through Hydrogenfu, the sheer quantity would still be too overwhelming.

"Thinking it's too difficult? There's another way."

Night God stopped joking and said seriously, "If we use a Gem Transformer to drive it, the entire size can be reduced to one percent of its original size. Because it can drive a stable and solid cycle, the reduction in density can also be controlled, and there is no need to rely on scale to accumulate."

"In that case, 10 billion gems will be enough, which is the size of two Celestial corpses. Didn't you infiltrate the Celestial camp before? Getting them to bring some of these gems over won't be a problem. Our current reserves on the moon are also sufficient, so we can start right away."

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up, but he immediately thought, "If we use a gem transmutator to maintain its operation, it won't be able to move or be used in other fields, right?"

"good."

Yagami said, "It will be unable to move, otherwise the entire system will collapse. I don't care, it's up to you whether you think a mobile individual at the Transformer level is more important, or reshaping the entire lunar ecosystem is more important."

Zhou Yi considered it carefully for a long time.

Ultimately, he said, "I choose lunar ecology. Let's do it."

Yagami cautioned, "Without this oversight, it won't be convenient to arrest the proxy later, will it?"

Zhou Yi laughed and said, "The substitution is no longer a problem. We can locate the identity and position of the new substitute at any time."

In the past, people were wary of those who acted on behalf of others because they feared that these individuals could mobilize the power of the celestial beings.

The system has now been figured out.

The Celestials don't care about acting on behalf of others, nor do they invest any subsequent resources in them. Their words also cannot reach the Celestials; they are a group whose name is often misleading, and the information gap causes most people to fear them greatly.

Of the seven agents, the first is the Old King, a Martian partner of the company; the fourth is Black Emperor II, also a partner; and the seventh agent, Verne, is a company employee.

These three are the most influential representatives of the secular world.

There's also a No. 8 agent named Zhang Zhi, who's in charge of construction on the side of the solar wall.

They're basically all one of us.

As for the remaining few, Zhou Yi didn't bother with them unless they caused trouble.

The agency is no longer a group that the company needs to care about.

Night God sighed, "Alas, it's going to be difficult for our lunar services company to recruit new employees."

"will not."

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "The old king's bone-forming machine technology is a special and powerful technology that will create a batch of special light cores. You can recruit employees from them at that time."

He immediately brought up this matter.

Yagami was overjoyed: "Then it's a deal. I'm really going all out this time, so we'll go recruit employees together. You'll have to help me plan and find some strong employees!"

"no problem."

Zhou Yi gave an OK sign.

So Yagami began to manipulate the Overseers, weaving a large number of gems into shape in the high sky, creating two ribbon-like transparent star rivers that stretched into the distance.

Zhou Yi then coordinated the company's human and material resources to form a lunar terraforming project team, uniting with the electromechanical experts from the Legal Front...

A massive environmental transformation project has officially begun.

After a whole month of hard work, everything here is finally on track.

Zhou Yicai lowered his hand slightly.

Then he went to find 703 and learned that 703 had piloted the second artificial sun to Earth and was conducting experiments there.

Zhou Yi immediately returned on Hei Fu.

(End of this chapter)