Invincible Copy System
Chapter Summary
If there were continuous cloudy and rainy days, the sky would not be able to provide a large amount of energy, and they would have to rely on the crystal cores of these ferocious beasts. If I remember correctly, based on the power generation needs of your city, about 3,000 low-level crystal cores are needed every day. Wouldn't it be more efficient if you used automation?" Liu Ning said with some surprise, "There are just too many people going up and down.
This is easy to understand. Before the cataclysm, although everyone knew that wind and solar energy were the best, they were too unstable and could only be used as a supplement. Thermal power plants were still the main source of energy. So, under such circumstances, some preparations had to be made. If there were continuous cloudy and rainy days, the sky would not be able to provide a large amount of energy, and they would have to rely on the crystal cores of these ferocious beasts.
“A large number of crystal cores are used here every day. If I remember correctly, based on the power generation needs of your city, about 3,000 low-level crystal cores are needed every day. These things are handled by the naval base and have little to do with us. We are only responsible for construction and maintenance, and we only extract a certain amount of profit. The rest is handled by the locals.”
Whenever Liu Ning showed any curiosity, Maria would explain it to him. After hearing Maria's explanation, Liu Ning felt quite envious. Probably no one was more comfortable than you people. All you had to do was collect your money on time every year, and it seemed like nothing else concerned you.
Liu Ning actually liked these crystal cores very much. Besides needing a large amount of crystal core potions himself, these things had also brought about many changes to humanity, such as the raw materials in front of him.
Although ferocious beasts that eat people have appeared on this planet, they have also brought a lot of resources to mankind, such as various materials from their bodies. It cannot be said that their appearance is all bad. For example, power generation is now relatively clean, and we no longer need to use coal mines for power generation, which can be considered a major progress for society.
Previously, Liu Ning had been wondering about this matter. The garrison headquarters was buying these things every day, and in very large quantities. What did all these things end up doing? Now Liu Ning finally understood. These things were all transported here, and several thousand were used every day. At the rate that the garrison headquarters was buying, it probably wouldn't last long. So even when the reserves were very sufficient, the garrison headquarters still had to buy more, because who knew when there would be a shortage? After all, these things were not stable.
"So that's how much you use every day. It seems you've hired quite a few soldiers. If you were just buying from the general public, I'm afraid your numbers wouldn't be enough. I know the naval base's purchases are still quite different from yours."
Liu Ning remembered something. It seemed that the garrison could not purchase that much every day. If the difference was only one or two days, it could be made up for, but since they needed to use that much every day, it meant that they would have to hire warriors to hunt outside the city.
"You really have a simple way of thinking. Do you think we would hire so many warriors? Low-level crystal cores don't cost much to begin with. If we were to hire a large number of warriors, the cost would be too high for us. So we found some places to raise these low-level ferocious beasts. However, we only chose relatively safe places. If people knew that we were raising these things, it would probably become a topic of conversation among the whole nation."
After Maria finished speaking, Liu Ning was truly shocked. There were already far more ferocious beasts than humans, and now you were even artificially raising them. However, there was nothing that could be done about it. Solar energy was somewhat unstable, so the crystal cores were essentially the same as the original coal.
If stability cannot be achieved in this area, then human society will experience some turmoil. Compared to the dangers they face, the lack of electricity is a far more serious issue. That's why some low-level ferocious beasts are kept, which is also to promote better development for humanity.
"You don't need to be so surprised. Actually, this kind of thing has been happening for a long time. Of course, our security measures are very good. We keep them in a confined area, so each beast can't move around at all. We have custom-made iron cages for them, and each cage has an electrical wire. If we can't control them, we'll turn on the wire of that cage and electrocute them. There has never been an accident, so you can trust us on this point."
Although Liu Ning didn't ask, Maria could tell what he was thinking from his expression. If he wasn't thinking about those things, he wouldn't be looking like that. In fact, ordinary people wouldn't know this at all. If they did, they would definitely speculate about security issues.
"Isn't your automation level quite high? Why are there still so many people here? Wouldn't it be more efficient if you used automation?"
Liu Ning said with some surprise, "There are just too many people going up and down. Just from the entrance, I saw nearly 20,000 people here. Including the garbage cleaning, everything is done manually. Logically speaking, with such a high degree of automation here, we shouldn't be hiring so many people. If we hire too many people, the safety level here will probably decrease. Nobody knows if there are any saboteurs among these people. This is a bit against common sense."
"Do you think we don't want to use the machines directly? But do you know where this is? Within a 5-kilometer radius of this support pillar, it's best to avoid using large machinery. Using large machinery could cause some vibration to the surrounding area. Although the possibility of causing a disaster is small, we dare not take the risk. Didn't you see the signs inside the factory area? Even if I were driving here, I couldn't exceed 40 kilometers per hour. If I exceeded that, there would be severe penalties, and I would be no exception."
Maria said helplessly that they had invested a lot of manpower and resources in these manual laborers. If they could replace them all with machines, they would make more profits, but the situation did not allow it. Moreover, Maria and her team also sensed that the town government did not want to switch to machines because it would create a lot more unemployment.
These unemployed people will never rebel as long as they have food to eat. But if they are driven out of here, who knows what kind of trouble these tens of thousands of people will cause? So they know what they should do to maintain social stability and it is impossible to drive them out. Therefore, hiring people is a product of compromise between the two sides.