I’m Still Too Weak For the Starter SSS Talent

"One, two, three, four...Master! There is still one speed regulating mechanism left!" On the first floor of the villa, the clear and crisp loli voice of the little girl sounded outside the house.

Crisp and sweet, like wind chimes.

Survive Day 63.

Great morning.

Lan Lan, who had a beautiful day off yesterday, was very self-conscious today, and got up early to make breakfast.

After calling Tang Zheng to get up and eat, he began to assist Tang Zheng to complete the task of mass production of the steam engine.

In the age of steam, almost all mechanical kinetic energy came from steam engines.

The stock of this thing must be large, the more the better.

To mass-produce a steam engine, seven components are indispensable.

Tang Zheng had made several sets of parts as early as last night, which was just a cup of tea for him.

The production is not difficult, mainly the planning and simulation of the circuit.

These big guys all need to export the finished steam engine parts through the conveyor belt.

If Tang Zheng wants to make a brand new steam engine, he only needs to go to the warehouse to get the parts.

This is Tang Zheng's plan.

"Is there still one speed regulating mechanism missing? OK." Tang Zheng laid out the wiring on the first floor of the villa.

Place the already made cylinder splicing device in the corner of the first floor.

In fact, this set of cylinders is composed of several finer parts, which are then sent to the final processor at the same time by conveyor belt.

This processor will start tirelessly to produce a complete cylinder.

"It's like the assembly line in a factory." An hour later, Tang Zheng patted the ashes on his hands, raised his arms and wiped the sweat stains on his forehead.

After the speed regulating mechanism mentioned by Lan Lan was also manufactured, only one passageway was left on the first floor of the entire villa at this time.

The other locations are densely packed with connected copper wires, mechanical devices, and criss-cross conveyor belts.

From the steam engine wheel outside the house, a mechanical arm is pulled into the window, and then combined and spliced.

"Lan Lan, turn on the fire! I've finished adding fuel and water to the steam engine!" Tang Zheng shouted from inside the room.

"Is that the red button?" Lan Lan also asked loudly.

After receiving a confirmed reply, Su Bai lightly pressed the red button with his fingers.

The fire copper high temperature sensor in the combustion chamber started to work.

Ten minutes later, the vent hole of the steam engine began to emit a large amount of black and white smoke, and emitted a sharp hiss when the gas escaped due to high pressure.

"Wooooow!"

The rotating wheel drives the mechanical arm to do work, and the whole steam engine component manufacturing device on the first floor of the villa starts to operate.

Tang Zheng opened the illustration book and looked at the power details of several machines.

The total is about 50KW (W: Watt, power unit. Generally speaking, the output power of a light bulb is about 5W. However, the power of electric energy is not the same as that of steam energy. For the convenience of calculation and understanding, the subsequent various energy sources I will write power as W, KW (kilowatt), MW (megawatt), GW (gigawatt), TW (terawatt), etc. The conversion between each other is 1KW≈1000w, 1MW≈1000KW, and so on.)

The steam power of a steam engine can reach 100KW.

That is to say, for a complete production device like this, one steam engine can drive two sets.

In the vacant small workshop by the lake, Tang Zheng added a complete set of production equipment for steam engine components in the same way.

It will be good to make perfect use of the power of the steam engine.

Gaining kinetic energy, soon, these big steel guys started to work.

Only need to invest in the most basic, such as steel, refined iron, refined copper, plastic and so on. They can complete the task excellently.

Each set of machine takes about 5 hours to produce the accessories needed for a set of steam engines, eliminating the need to shut down the machine for a period of time at night to let it dissipate heat.

In one day, such an assembly line can bring components of three steam engines to Tang Zheng.

Two sets of assembly lines are six components.

Components for six steam engines can be obtained in one day.

Compared with the one-second completion of the synthesis table, these steel machines are undoubtedly much slower.

But the advantage is that it is fully automated.

For example, if Tang Zheng is synthesizing other big guys of the excellence level at this time, then this part of the work will be delayed and cannot be run at the same time.

As the era enters steam, there will be more and more places to use the synthesis table in the future. It is best to ensure that every time you want to use the synthesis table, it will be idle.

Tang Zheng tried to put a golden energy gem into the steam engine.

The smelting formula of the golden energy gem is: 1000 parts of steel = 1 golden energy gem.

The price of materials at this stage continues to fall. In the heyday, iron ore could be sold for 100 virtual coins per share, but now one virtual coin can buy two copies.

In the early days when Tang Zheng entered the Iron Age, his steel ax could sell tens of thousands of virtual coins.

Although it was a premium at the time, the price itself was conservatively estimated to be around 5,000.

Now with the continuous innovation of steelmaking technology, a piece of steel can only be sold for 10 virtual coins.

Even so, the value of a golden gemstone is not cheap, tens of thousands of virtual coins.

But it can increase the mechanical efficiency of the steam age by three times.

The moment the golden energy gem was integrated into the steam engine, it was obvious that the erupting steam became majestic.

The gas injection sound of ‘Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo’” appeared even sharper.

Amid the thick smoke, the steam engine's runner drives the mechanical arm to do work at a very fast speed.

Open the illustration book and look, the original power of the steam engine has also increased from 100KW to 300KW!

If the difference between electric energy and steam energy is not counted, one steam engine can almost drive three hundred air conditioners to do work!

Of course, there is no mutual conversion between two different kinetic energies.

The steam engine that swallowed the golden gem can simultaneously drive six sets of assembly line machinery to do work.

It took several hours to make all the remaining four sets of machinery.

In this way, the steam energy brought by one steam engine can drive six sets of devices to run for one hour.

In one day, 18 sets of steam engine accessories can be produced.

But another problem also arises.

The door of Tang Zheng's house was densely covered with all kinds of intertwined mechanical arms, copper bars, coils, conveyor belts, and other messy sundries.

From a bird's eye view, it looks like a bunch of messy wool sticking together, which is very unsightly.

And as long as the machinery is aging, the line is short, or the high temperature is short-circuited.

It takes a long time to find the root cause just to investigate.

Although when planning the route, I have tried to be as detailed and elegant as possible.

However, for complicated routes, transfer points, robotic arms, and the subsequent addition of new machines, a new set of route planning must be done.

It will make the old lines and new lines stack up, like the viaducts of the imperial capital, which are winding and twisting. It is not for the old drivers who can't understand it at all.

"It would be great if there was a difference engine at this time." Tang Zheng sighed softly.

The difference engine is known as the mechanical computer of the steam age. Through different conversions of 5,000 digits, hundreds of thousands of different solutions can be calculated in a short period of time.

only.

Before Tang Zheng started to make the difference engine, there was another problem with the steam engine.

"Master! Not good! The piston device material of the third set of steam components is not enough!"

"Master, master! The fifth set of crank-link mechanism materials are also starting to be missing!"

"There's more!..."

well.

Tang Zheng rubbed his temples with quite a headache.

At this time, the defect of insufficient manpower is reflected again.

If it is a modern factory, generally there will be at least one or two employees on an assembly line. The role is to troubleshoot mechanical problems and maintain a stable input of materials.

But now Tang Zheng was alone with Lan Lan, so she couldn't keep busy.

Whether it's Malphite or the Five Tigers, none of them can do such meticulous 'needlework'.

After adding the machines that lacked materials one by one, I checked the problems of gears and copper wires again, and it was night in the blink of an eye.

According to the power of the original steam engine, the expected output per day is 18 steam engine accessories.

Even if there is only half a day today, there should be nine units guaranteed.

But when the stars dotted the night sky, Tang Zheng counted the steam engine materials on hand.

Just enough to make three steam engines.

One afternoon, either the machine was short of materials, or that part was broken, and the steam engine was always short of fuel due to its high kinetic energy, so new coal and water had to be added repeatedly.

The busy Tang Zheng was overwhelmed, but his efficiency was really mediocre.

"Master...how about we invite someone to forget it." During dinner, the little girl suggested while holding the bowl and blinking her eyes.

"No need." Tang Zheng shook his head, picked up a braised lion's head, and took a big bite.

The meat is wild wild boar from another world. Some players were big pig farmers in the original world, but they still resumed their old business when they came to the other world.

The taste is full and full, without any firewood, that is, it is not greasy like fat meat, nor is it completely dry like lean meat.

After one bite, the fragrant oil filled the whole mouth, followed by a mouthful of fragrant rice.

Um.

The little girl's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds.

After taking another sip of tomato and egg soup, Tang Zheng opened his mouth to speak.

"Human resources still need to be paid to them. In addition, our current social structure is still very different from the original world. The national structure has not been established, and the overall situation is relatively turbulent. Human hearts will never be as safe as machines. "

"Yeah, master, come on and make the robot!" The little girl nodded half-understanding.

As for the topic of human nature, Lan Lan is not deeply involved in the world, and she often thinks about things at the first level.

However, the shortage of materials is indeed the most troubling Tang Zheng at present.

If this problem is not solved, even if the difference machine is made, a large number of machines will be put into use in the future, and there will be a shortage of materials every day.

After entering the steam age, many things are not enough to rely on the strength of one person, even if it is turned on.

The advancement of human beings from ancient times to today's technology has never depended on the efforts of one person. Before Tang Zheng wanted to realize an industrial city, he needed to manufacture robots in large quantities.

I looked at the report that the little girl made today.

At present, steel and gears are the most in short supply, followed by plastics, and copper wires and copper pipes are also in short supply.

The raw materials of these things are not expensive, mainly because of the artificial value.

Iron is the raw material of steel, and it is not expensive. One virtual currency can buy two iron ore.

But the artificially forged steel requires 10 pieces.

Resin is not expensive, but the plastic boards are worth 5 virtual coins.

Copper wires, gears, that's all.

Even if Tang Zheng throws away the five or six hundred thousand virtual coins he saved, it can only meet the current needs.

"Temporarily, the synthesis table can be used to produce gears, steel, and plastics all day long. According to the current daily calculation, it can produce more than 100,000 copies a day." Tang Zheng made some calculations in his mind.

But that's just one serving of material.

If spread out. It's just gears, steel, copper wire and copper pipes, plastic.

That's five.

Just talking about the consumption of gears, a minimum of 30,000 copies per day is guaranteed.

Far from enough.

Not to mention going back and expanding the size of the assembly line, the materials will only be more scarce.

"correct."

Suddenly, Tang Zheng remembered a prop.

It was a reward product from the Iron Age, and because the effect was unknown at that time, he never cared about it.

Later, when the version was updated, the system mentioned it once, as if it could imitate the molecular structure or something.

Tang Zheng flipped through the inventory.

Soon, a colorless and transparent square crystal appeared in his palm.

[Memory crystal (different) (excellent level ★★★★★]

Properties: It can simulate the molecular structure of any primary material and change its own molecular shape.

Description: All beings are equal!

...

It seems that this is another special material from another world.

The effect is indeed very powerful.

When it is placed in the hand, the weight is hardly felt.

But the outer shell is extremely hard, no matter how softly Tang Zheng pinches it or holds it firmly, there is no way to change its shape.

Tang Zheng tried to take out a piece of steel, and placed the memory crystal on the steel.

Immediately, Tang Zheng's pupils brightened slightly.

The moment the memory crystal comes into contact with the steel, it is like ice cream that falls on the road and melts, turning into a soft liquid that spreads towards the steel in all directions.

The speed of spreading was getting faster and faster. After just half a minute, two pieces of steel with the same shape, color, quality, and hardness appeared in front of Tang Zheng!

Stretch out your fingers and tap the steel plate, making a crisp metal percussion sound of 'bang bang bang'.

What surprised Tang Zheng the most was that the memory crystals just now had not been used up!

The remaining liquid seemed to form its own vein, and soon turned into a solid cube under Tang Zheng's gaze.

If it wasn't for the light refracted from its body, Tang Zheng would not have noticed that it was already lying quietly on the ground.

Picking it up and looking at it, compared to the original size, it is only about one-tenth smaller.

"Hiss..." Tang Zheng clicked his tongue slightly.

What is the density of this special material...

Only when the number of molecules contained in the material is extremely high can there be 9/10 left after consuming so many molecular structures to simulate the steel plate.

"nice one!"

Absolutely good stuff at this stage!

Solved the urgent need of Tang Zheng material shortage!

If I remember correctly, its output can only be obtained in the eight forbidden areas and when various task rewards are obtained.

Obtaining randomly by rewards is not realistic.

So……

The only option left is the forbidden area.