Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 215 New Materials and New Energy

"Bang!"

When the round hammerhead of the golden melon hammer struck the wall, it produced a dull thud and then became embedded in the earthen-yellow wall.

Lorraine released his grip and stepped back. The small golden mace, weighing over 10 kilograms, remained embedded in the wall, motionless. After a long time, it did not fall off the wall, and no cracks appeared around it.

Then, Lorraine took out a data tablet and recorded some information.

After recording, he put away the data panel, used a little force to pull the small golden hammer off the wall, and hung it back in the weapon slot at his waist.

Seeing that Lorraine had retrieved the small hammer, the two stepped back and stopped at the tunnel entrance.

After that, Bai Jin took off a 1.2-meter-long, square iron rod that was hanging on his back.

Then, she pressed her left hand on the lower middle part of the stick, and with a flick of her wrist, a composite bow nearly two meters long appeared in her hand.

With his right hand, he took out a three-pronged, highly armor-piercing heavy arrow from the quiver at his waist and nocked it onto the bow.

Then a release device appeared on her gauntlet and bit the bowstring made of high-strength synthetic fibers.

Raise the bow, draw the string, and release the arrow.

The 1.5-meter-long armor-piercing arrow flew out instantly and embedded itself firmly in the cave wall.

The two stepped forward, reached out and tugged at the armor-piercing arrow with only the fletching sticking out. Then, Platinum exerted force and pulled out the heavy arrow, which was covered in mud.

However, only a small round hole and some barely visible cracks remained on the wall.

The two men exchanged a glance, amazed by the properties of the slime. Then, they stepped out of the tunnel, unfolded their entrenching tools, and tried to dig off the slime-covered surface from the tunnel wall.

After much effort, the two of them only managed to dig a 30-centimeter square piece of soil off the cave wall.

Although not many, these clods of soil are enough to serve as samples.

Returning the clod of earth to the Ouyang sisters, Lorraine disinfected it and placed it in a special sample storage box. She then reopened the encyclopedia entry issued as a kill reward.

This time, the encyclopedia provides detailed information about this slime.

Time passed slowly, and Lin Shu directed the robot to divide the live sample into several pieces and pack them into boxes for preservation.

The four then boarded a helicopter and returned to the amphibious assault ship.

The boxed live samples will be transported back by a fleet of vehicles, and laboratories for studying these samples are being built under the direction of the Ouyang sisters.

Back on the amphibious assault ship, Lorraine and Platinum had barely caught their breath when they received a new intelligence report.

The Reconnaissance 1 submersible detected signs of various aquatic organisms in the waters near Port Jask.

After reviewing the information transmitted back by the unmanned underwater vehicle, Lorraine discovered that the waters contained a large number of aquatic or amphibious animals, including zombie-like water snakes, saltwater crocodiles, platypuses, and lizards.

Based on the information sent back, Cleveland discovered that this place was home to almost all the animals in the Red Earth Federation that could live or move in water.

Among the lizards were the same water-spitting lizards that Lorraine and the others had encountered before, but these were much larger and more numerous.

Since there are no seawalls near the port of Jask, it is highly likely that such zombies will appear within the port city.

"Sigh, I hope these animals don't evolve any abilities that are too sinister."

After all, the number of robots is already insufficient, and it would be a great loss if they were injured by these zombies.

The good news is that the only part of the city worth preserving is the surrounding heavy industrial area; the residential areas on the shore were originally destined to be razed by artillery fire.

However, just to be on the safe side, Lorraine still planned to equip the robots clearing this area with flamethrowers to burn the animal zombies hiding in the shadows.

However, when it comes to bombarding towns, the current stockpile of explosives is a major problem. Although there are still tens of thousands of units of high-energy explosives in the warehouse, it is currently in a state of only taking in and not giving out.

There is now a metal that is extremely difficult to manufacture and can serve as an alternative to high-energy explosives.

Lorraine opened the database, searching for methods to prepare hydrogen metal.

After searching, he discovered that the technical documents for the fusion reactor stated that metallic hydrogen would be used to confine plasma in the next generation of fusion reactors.

Metallic hydrogen, made by compressing liquid hydrogen from millions of atmospheres, is a metastable substance that can act as a "magnetic confinement cage" to hold hot ionized gas.

In this way, nuclear fusion reactors can be deployed on a large scale to obtain cheap and clean electricity.

The deuterium needed for nuclear fusion reactors can be obtained from heavy water, which in turn can be obtained by electrolyzing seawater or fresh water.

The database indicates that nuclear fusion reactors have an extremely high utilization rate of helium, requiring only a small amount of hydrogen to operate for a long time.

In addition, metallic hydrogen can be used for power transmission and generator manufacturing, as well as for fuel cells and high-energy explosives.

After adopting metallic hydrogen as the power transmission material, the energy loss of the power system during power transmission will decrease dramatically, and the loss rate will be reduced to below 1%.

If a generator were made of metallic hydrogen, its weight would be reduced to 10% of that of a regular generator, its volume would be reduced to 30% of that of a regular generator, and its output power would be increased by dozens of times.

Because metallic hydrogen stores enormous energy, it can be converted into liquid hydrogen using a simple system, which allows all aircraft to become smaller.

When used as an explosive, it releases 30 to 40 times the energy of ordinary TNT, which is still much higher than existing high-energy explosives.

However, the technology in the existing database is not sufficient for mass production of metallic hydrogen; it can only be produced in small batches. Furthermore, the produced metallic hydrogen requires special containers for storage and can currently only be used to manufacture fuel cells or special types of bombs.

The database records two methods for preparing metallic hydrogen: dynamic compression and static compression.

Lorraine chose to use a dynamic compression method that occupies a smaller area.

This method uses rapid impact compression in a strong magnetic field to obtain the high pressure required to produce metallic hydrogen.

The static compression method uses a press weighing over 1000 tons or a hydraulic press nearly 30 meters high to generate a high pressure of about 150 million atmospheres.

The theory was sound, so we began to put it into practice.

Lorraine first input all the existing data into Cleveland, and then the two sides worked together to build the experimental model.

Once the experimental model was established, Lorraine mobilized 1% of the secondary nanocore's manufacturing capacity to begin producing a small dynamic compressor.

While Lorraine and others were focused on their own experimental project, Platinum had already taken control of the reconnaissance aircraft to investigate the situation in and around Jask Harbor.

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