Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 1336 - 1302: Production Capacity Constraints
As soon as Lord Landon finished speaking, several exclamations were heard in the bridge room.
Not only did the "wormhole clouds" within the Cangqiong Star's atmosphere not decrease but increase instead, the statistical figures specially marked by Artificial Intelligence AI "Adam" also began to rise.
The S-Class Space Ability User was dumbfounded; Mr. Randon seemed to have predicted it correctly.
Chen Fei sighed and said, "There is no Yan Ling on Cangqiong Star!"
Without Yan Ling, it's impossible to completely eradicate the "wormhole clouds."
In retrospect, we really should thank this lady for her decisive action; otherwise, Blue Star would surely face endless troubles.
The numerous "wormhole clouds" combined with the "abnormal regions" that even the Element Annihilation Bombs couldn't clear, make one think we might as well all just die together.
The magic, Battle Qi, and curse magic of Cangqiong Star; the abilities of Blue Star—whether strong or weak, there is still no conclusion.
However, in some domains, the uncertain abilities actually make it easier to solve certain problems.
For example, the "wormhole cloud" of the "Sagali" civilization, the Blue Star civilization forcibly closed this space-crossing method by "sacrificing" an S-Class Superpower User, preventing the "Sagali" civilization from using it again. They could only continue their invasion via "abnormal regions," though there might be other similar methods. However, techniques that can cross space are quite limited in any civilization.
The Cangqiong Star Civilization, though having numerous Ability Users, clearly didn't have a good countermeasure. Even if they could use Element Annihilation Bombs to clear these "wormhole clouds," it only treated the symptoms, not the root cause. One side cleared while the other side increased, and just the consumption of Element Annihilation Bombs was a considerable burden.
Next, it would evolve into a war of attrition, seeing whether the "Sagali" civilization could launch more "wormhole clouds" (resources) or whether Cangqiong Star could procure more Element Annihilation Bombs.
If a resolution could be achieved within two or three ten thousand Element Annihilation Bombs, the Silan Dynasty could still afford it. However, if tens of thousands or eight tens of thousands of Element Annihilation Bombs couldn't make the "Sagali" civilization abandon the "wormhole cloud" invasion tactic, even the joint efforts of Cangqiong Star and Blue Star would find it unbearable.
What kind of battle would there be after exhausting the entire stockpile of Element Annihilation Bombs?
Nuclear Weapons, although formidable in tactical-level applications, couldn't shake the "wormhole clouds." The "medicine" wasn't right, only causing radiation pollution in vain. The lingering harm from Blue Star's mutants hasn't been cleared to this day; with this prior example, the Cangqiong Star Civilization also dared not randomly use Nuclear Weapons.
Even the tactical-level Nuclear Weapons owned by the Silan Dynasty were few, because they weren't wanted even if given for free. The strategic-level "Tsar Plus" had none either - isn't the Forbidden Curse tempting?
The Forbidden Curse also couldn't blast away the "wormhole clouds," leaving the Ability Users of the Silan Dynasty feeling quite troubled.
After all, things involving spatial rules have always been challenging to handle.
Only by spending considerable resources and launching spatial Forbidden Curses did they barely manage to successfully resolve a "wormhole cloud," which could be considered a new method found.
However, regarding costs, the price paid for the spatial Forbidden Curse far exceeded that of an Element Annihilation Bomb, not to mention its inefficiency and lack of cost-effectiveness.
"Mr. Randon, the production line for Element Annihilation Bombs must be expanded; the safety stock line must be at least over ten thousand."
As the number of "wormhole clouds" in the atmosphere of Cangqiong Star began to not decrease but increase, Chen Fei already determined that the Silan Dynasty of Cangqiong Star would continue to add orders in the short term.
However, the production capacity of Louis Industrial Company was limited. Even with adequate raw material supplies, it couldn't increase substantially in a short time.
If the "Sagali" civilization continued to stir up new troubles next, then the stockpile of Element Annihilation Bombs in his hands would definitely fall short, and he might have to extract some from the "Spatial Branding" reserve to meet the emergency needs for the Cangqiong Star wars.
Through the battles for the No.1 and No.2 Star Systems, Chen Fei was well aware that in such large-scale wars, Element Annihilation Bombs, as a tactical tool, were nothing but consumables. They were consumed in quantities counted by the tens of thousands, especially the losses and wastes during operations. If the percentage of truly effective uses reached 10%, it would be a blessing — otherwise, there wouldn't be concepts like "Van Fleet Ammunition Quantity."
For Cangqiong Star, orders for ten to twenty thousand Element Annihilation Bombs were insignificant on a star system's battlefield.
Therefore, preparing for future wars, the expansion of production lines for Element Annihilation Bombs is imperative.
"The current inventory of equipment can be reassembled into two more production lines. If we reduce the efficiency of existing production lines and reconfigure part of the equipment, another production line can be assembled. Theoretically, the increased output would surpass the losses caused by efficiency reduction."
Louis Landon didn't need to calculate; he knew the situation of Louis Industrial Company like the back of his hand and had long considered expansion plans.
But assembling production line equipment wasn't an overnight task. Relocating from Blue Star to the Life Space in the "Boundary Pearl" would inevitably be affected by the absence of industrial categories.
If they were still on Blue Star, they could directly place orders with other equipment manufacturers and just wait for supply and assembly.
Of course, this also required time, relatively much better than the current piecing together within "Atlantis" and "Landon" in the two Sky Curtain Cities, at least without dismantling existing production lines and sacrificing some production efficiency for increased capacity.
"No worries, I'll help."
Industrial equipment doesn't stump Chen Fei; he can directly replicate them. With plenty of basic materials, he can expand as many production lines as desired; he can stand up to an entire industrial tech tree, especially with the flexible operation in small domains, the economy of Psi Skill shines even more.
"Currently, the main limitation remains the Magical Beast Crystal Cores; every Element Annihilation Bomb requires at least one Magical Beast Crystal Core. Collecting enough to meet a scale of tens of thousands might not be so easy."
Due to the high conversion efficiency with Elemental Energy and guaranteed energy storage density and stability, Crystal Energy and Crystalline Blocks saw widespread use, significantly reducing the demand for traditional Magical Beast Crystal Cores and natural mineral Demon Crystals for Cangqiong Star. This provided Blue Star with an opportunity to procure bulk Magical Beast Crystal Cores.
However, only after a Magical Beast's death can a Crystal Core be obtained, and not all Magical Beasts would willingly offer their Crystal Cores, making the quantity of Magical Beast Crystal Cores in quota trade limited. Louis Industrial Company's Element Annihilation Bomb production accounted for the majority of the demand for Magical Beast Crystal Cores, and if the purchase quantity suddenly increased to tens of thousands, or even a million, Cangqiong Star Civilization's existing reserves wouldn't last long. It's not like they would kill all the living Magical Beasts just for the Crystal Cores!
But waiting for the natural death of Magical Beasts to obtain voluntary or transactional Magical Beast Crystal Cores, this method of collection is entirely inefficient and cannot meet the needs of large-scale industrial production.
Chen Fei frowned slightly, recalling for a moment, and said, "'Seed Nest' McKenny once made a batch of energy crystals similar to Magical Beast Crystal Cores, maybe we can try replacing them."
The formula for Element Annihilation Bombs is not fixed but dynamic, changing according to the properties and qualities of Elemental Series. If a standardized substitute could be obtained, mass production would become much easier.
