Lu Yuan connected the team communication.
"This landing pod is likely equipped with solar power generation equipment. Send someone back outside the pod to scan the outer shell structure."
With his reminder, the team suddenly understood.
That's right! We didn't think of that.
Jubian: "Received, I'll go!"
After a scan, the result was as expected.
"Executive Officer, good news! The back of the landing pod is fully covered with power generation components that generate electricity using the temperature difference created by sunlight. Although the efficiency is not as high as photovoltaic panels, they can withstand high temperatures!"
Lu Yuan: "Can they be completely preserved?"
When the landing pod enters the atmosphere, it will heat up due to rapid friction with the air. Even the relatively cooler back will easily exceed 800 degrees Celsius. Traditional photovoltaic panels would definitely be damaged at this temperature.
Jubian: "Yes! They're not afraid of burning! The total area is over 5,000 square meters, and they can continue to be used after landing, providing the camp with 7,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day!"
Wow, this is already 3.5 times the camp's current power generation.
With this electricity, industrial capacity can undergo a massive explosive upgrade!
After setting up automatic programs for the landing pod and making all arrangements, the team returned.
The first space mission concluded successfully with gains far exceeding expectations.
..........
The next afternoon,
In the grand palace of Oasis City, City Lord Cole was receiving three special guests.
The guests, wearing full power armor, sat sprawled on the large sofas, sampling fine local tobacco, their posture very relaxed, as if it were their own home.
There was no need for any restraint or politeness, nor any need to mind etiquette.
"Distinguished guests, I will speak frankly," City Lord Cole stood up, "Recently, another group of Celestials has arrived in this Desert. They are very unruly in their actions and have a high posture, posing a huge potential threat! We should take it seriously and work together to eliminate this threat!"
"Please sit down first, City Lord."
The Apollo representative opposite sneered.
"You wouldn't understand much about heavenly matters if I told you more. In short, Apollo has absolute dominance in this star sector, and I don't believe any 'threat' would suddenly appear in this impoverished backwater. Of course, for you, any trivial matter is a 'serious threat'."
His two colleagues chuckled.
Ke'er: "But, but... you all saw the situation last night. I swear to the scorching sun! That was absolutely not Oasis City's spacecraft!"
"Hmm, I believe you." The other party, holding a cigar, nodded. "So what's the truth? After discussion, we believe it's most likely like this."
"Like what? Please tell me..."
Ke'er had long been unable to stand the arrogant tone of these Celestials, but there was no choice; he had to endure it.
"A group of Raiders from who knows where accidentally discovered remnants of a pre-apocalypse civilization. After some tinkering, they luckily activated the automatic flight function."
The Apollo representative shrugged: "And then, it went into space."
"Isn't there any other explanation?" The City Lord questioned.
You guys are f*cking too optimistic, aren't you?!
"No. We control the nearby routes and haven't detected any spacecraft flying into this star system, not even small aircraft."
"Even so, it..."
"I know, I know!"
The representative rose impatiently, walked up to the City Lord, and patted his shoulder.
"Besides the spacecraft, the other party might have also dug up some dangerous little gadgets, so I will go investigate. Just relax."
"Please be as quick as possible. I will pay a deposit."
"No, no need. Your money is less than waste paper to me." The representative looked meaningfully at the City Lord. "And as far as I know, you don't have many cards left to play. Things that Apollo takes a fancy to can be bought, or obtained through other means, understand? I hope you bear this in mind."
"Of course..."
"Hmm, it's good that you understand. By the way, the three of us are a bit tired from being on duty today. Is your secretary busy?"
"Not busy, I'll call her over right now..."
..........
At the same time, the players in Cangyuan Camp, as well as tens of thousands of livestream viewers, were eagerly anticipating the airdrop pod's landing.
"Over there! Saw it!"
A bright spot appeared in the sky. The airdrop pod entering the atmosphere at Mach 18 fiercely rubbed against the air, glowing orange-red all over.
As its speed gradually decreased, the light disappeared. In the final stage, the airdrop pod activated its deceleration engines and adjusted its direction.
Amidst cheers, it landed steadily less than 150 meters away from Devil Mountain.
Players swarmed forward, opened the hatch, and with industrial and military exoskeletons working together, quickly moved out all the crates and cabinets.
Next, it was the exciting unboxing moment!
Players rubbed their hands together, excitedly forming a circle.
Under Lu Yuan's command, the crate doors opened, and everyone saw some brand new equipment, as well as prefabricated panels that looked like giant building blocks.
"Hey, this looks a lot like the building models I played with as a child."
Victory Male God made a sharp comment.
Jubian stepped forward, found the control panel, and activated the instruction manual, discovering that this guy was actually right.
These are templates for "Agricultural Production Units". They can be assembled to get the finished product.
What is called an Agricultural Production Unit is essentially a high-tech soilless cultivation greenhouse. It uses a fully enclosed design and will provide crops with the most suitable artificial monochromatic strong light, temperature, humidity, and a carbon dioxide concentration far exceeding the outside.
Each unit, when assembled, is 30 meters long and 27 meters wide, with an internal area equivalent to a standard mu (approx. 667 sq meters). The height and number of layers can be adjusted depending on the crop being planted. There are guide rails on the ceiling of each layer, from which an agricultural robot is suspended, responsible for breeding, planting, fertilizing, and harvesting.
In other words, fully automated.
All the farmer needs to do is input the first batch of seeds, then connect water and electricity, add fertilizer, and perform maintenance once every three months.
Used in conjunction are refrigerated seeds of various basic crops. These crops are products of deep genetic engineering. Photosynthesis no longer relies on chloroplasts but on artificially designed highly efficient photosynthetic proteins, breaking through the yield limits of traditional crops.
Taking rice as an example, the yield per mu is 1500 jin (approx. 750 kg). This number is already very high, but what's truly terrifying is that a single season only takes 30 days.
Each Agricultural Production Unit can plant at least three layers of rice. Excluding maintenance time, the annual yield translates to nearly 25 tons.
Eating one and a half jin (approx. 750g) of cooked rice per day is considered having a very good appetite, which corresponds to about 350 grams of raw rice. One Agricultural Production Unit is enough to produce the staple food needed by 180 people.
If there is sufficient electricity, they can also try planting wheat, which has a slightly lower yield.
Of course, eating only staple food is neither filling nor nutritious. Each staple food unit also needs to be paired with one or two side dish production units to eat more comfortably.
With excited hearts, the players continued to unbox the second set of crates and cabinets.