Chapter 374 Heavenly Punishment Circle

"We will arrange for a group of people to live here directly and leave after they are done," Lin Yimu pointed to the empty rooms around. "It's not cold at night now, so this place can serve as a temporary dormitory. I can send a few people from the military to come here to maintain order. We need to hurry up and finish everything before the cold season comes."

After hearing this, Zhuang Mingxu shook his head and said, "That's not necessary."

"Um?"

"We don't need these in the short term. We will keep them for the winter season when ordinary people in the base cannot go out, and then concentrate on working. It can be considered a job to earn materials, and it can also make better use of labor." As a qualified capitalist, Zhuang Mingxu will not give his subordinates the opportunity to waste productivity.

"The base is now in the process of harvesting, and ordinary people are also very busy. There is no need to waste manpower here." He turned his head and looked at the bulky equipment, "What is that?"

Lu Weiyi nodded.

Zhuang Mingxu strode over and stepped on the stems and leaves of the mutant ivy. The mutant ivy slapped him in dissatisfaction, as if it had been whipped. Everyone around was frightened, but Zhuang Mingxu didn't care at all. When Lu Weiyi frowned and wanted to deal with it, he even stopped him and said, "It didn't use much strength."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes towards the main root of the mutant ivy. Lu Weiyi followed his line of sight and saw that the fork of the main root, which was as thick as a thigh, was surrounded by a metal ring, like a unique neck ring, only as thick as a thumb.

"That is a new device developed by Shen Xiuyin to control mutant creatures. It is called the Heavenly Punishment Circle. It contains high-voltage current and can emit high-voltage electricity in an instant. The current intensity will not kill powerful mutant animals and plants, but it will cause great pain."

Zhuang Mingxu paused here and repeated, "very painful."

Seeing that Lu Weiyi looked calm, he continued, "There is one difference in controlling mutant animals and mutant plants. When a mutant plant gets out of control, you can use the controller to activate the micro-energy converter inside it, which will convert the crystal core energy next to the Heavenly Punishment Circle into fire energy, causing it to spontaneously ignite and explode instantly."

So, if the mutant plant crystal core without energy encounters the explosion of fire energy, it will face death.

Lu Weiyi looked at the mutated creeper not far away, which was so obedient that it had no intention of attacking the humans around it. It was hard to imagine what it had gone through to become like this.

But he had no right to say it was cruel. He had selfishly brought it back, and was worried that its kind might be attacked, so he suggested finding a way to control it.

Zhuang Mingxu simply turned his thoughts into reality.

"For mutant creatures, the Sky Punishment Circle will be worn around the neck. In addition to the high voltage current, there will also be a mini supernatural jammer and serrated steel teeth on the inside. It uses the same metal currently used in crystal core guns to ensure that the neck will be broken with one blow."

"It is also equipped with corresponding monitoring settings to ensure that if anything other than a key is used to forcibly dismantle it, the penalty settings will be directly activated."

After Zhuang Mingxu finished speaking, Lu Weiyi was silent for a long time. He heard that he was talking about mutated creatures, and these creatures included humans in addition to animals and plants.

"Do you want to control the psychic?" Lu Weiyi didn't know what was in his mind when he asked this question, but he knew that he was not thinking about anything at this moment.

Zhuang Mingxu did not answer directly, he thought about it seriously, and looked at Lu Weiyi calmly, “When Shen Xiuyin developed it, he actually suggested to me that as long as these are applied to people with special abilities, ordinary people will be able to continue to turn things around.”

Lu Weiyi looked at him quietly, his eyes calm.

Zhuang Mingxu pinched his cheek and said, "But I don't think it's necessary. We established the base from the beginning to allow ordinary people and people with special powers to coexist peacefully. If it is really applied to either side, it will go against our original intention."

"And the original intention of asking Shen Xiuyin to develop these things is to ensure the better survival of our base." The moment Shen Xiuyin introduced the function to him, Zhuang Mingxu had already felt that once this thing leaked out, it might cause harm to the psychics in the future, but their base now needs this to control the mutant plants.

"I will make sure that every item that passes through my hands has a clear destination." This is the greatest guarantee that Zhuang Mingxu can make at the moment.

"I once heard a saying, 'It is often those good wishes that bring mankind into hell on earth.'" Lu Weiyi whispered as he looked at the circle of metallic luster on the mutant ivy.

Zhuang Mingxu's fingers clenched unconsciously, his nails digging into the flesh and causing a slight pain. At that moment, he doubted whether everything he had done for the base was worth it. He asked softly, "Should we stop?" It has not been used on a large scale yet, so it is completely possible to control it.

But because of the fear of possible danger in the future, the advantages brought by the present world are extinguished...

Especially when their base is at a disadvantage compared to the surrounding bases...

"No," Lu Weiyi looked determined. He looked at the seashore in the distance, where there were homemade manual fishing boats fishing nearby. Fishermen waved their arms and paddled towards the island, and the songs of the returning fishermen echoed across the quiet coast.

This is not what the end of the world should look like.

This is the pure land he and his people created.

He wanted this place to always be like this, so that every smiling face he met today could continue.

Lu Weiyi turned his head to look at Zhuang Mingxu. There was never a trace of doubt in his eyes, as if he had trusted him to take control of the entire base from the beginning, "because we have foreseen the possible future, so we have to be more cautious."

"I hope that when our descendants talk about the initial invention of this technology, they will know that we were fighting for more vitality for the base, rather than that it endangered more of our fellow tribesmen."

Zhuang Mingxu reached out and held his hand, nodding solemnly, "Okay."

**

The purpose of Lu Weiyi's trip was to check out the various equipment in major factories. The route set by Zhuang Mingxu for them covered almost all the well-known factories around Pingjin City.

Nowadays, not every base has the foresight to store these things, so Lu Weiyi thought he had picked up a bargain.

"This is a complete set of weaving machinery, from cotton to cloth. I have always asked Li Dongsheng to bring people to produce some cotton occasionally. In addition, the recent harvest of the base is enough for one start. I want to produce a batch of cloth before the cold season comes, and try to make some cotton clothes as soon as possible to ensure that everyone has a set," Zhuang Mingxu said about his recent plans.

"Last winter, ordinary people had basically no chance to go out." He and Lin Yimu hid underground all day long. They only went to the toilet on the ground a few times a day, which caused frostbite on their ears and caught a cold from time to time. Not to mention other ordinary people who needed to survive when food was insufficient. "I hope that no one in our base will freeze to death or starve to death this winter."

"Have you found people who can operate these machines? Besides, the consumption is too much, right?" Lu Weiyi looked at the entire set of facilities in front of him that covered an area of ​​nearly 100 meters, worried that their oil storage was insufficient for generating electricity.

"We are already counting the manpower, and we will only start up one set, not all of them, to control consumption." Zhuang Mingxu took a deep breath, "We still have to find a way to generate electricity."

Lu Weiyi nodded in agreement, but he didn't know much about this and couldn't offer any advice.

"Next year, we will spend a year trying to find a way to build a power station. I have asked my uncle to help us keep an eye out for talents in building hydropower stations and thermal power stations at the Kyoto base," Zhuang Mingxu said ambitiously.

Lin Yimu and his men were left to seal up the supplies and repair the machines, while Zhuang Mingxu and Lu Weiyi stopped by the weapons research institute to inquire about the progress of the crystal core weapons.

Zhao Changming is worthy of being the chief of weapons research and development. Not long after entering the research and development, he optimized the crystal core energy converter that Lu Xi had previously researched, reducing the loss of crystal core energy conversion and improving energy utilization.

Now, with the help of Antonio, the metal expert, a harder alloy has been developed to match the crystal core weapons.

"Nowadays, if we want to make more crystal core weapons, the problem we face is not the crystal core or technology, but the production of this high-hardness alloy. Even if Antonio, a metal system, uses his supernatural powers to debug every day, the quantity is still limited." With the research results in hand, Zhao Changming spoke with much more confidence.

Alloy production requires factories and equipment, and reaching temperatures of thousands of degrees requires fuel...

Each point is a problem for their base at the moment.

However, Zhuang Mingxu did not show any sign of it and maintained a firm attitude, "Then let's invest the productivity in the most critical areas first. We need weapons, weapons that can be put into use. The most critical part of crystal core weapons should be the energy conversion. Now that this problem has been solved, I believe that the crystal core rocket launcher and crystal core rocket launcher should not be far away." After all, the principle is easy for these weapons experts.

Zhao Changming pursed his lips and said nothing.

Zhuang Mingxu patted Antonio on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for working overtime for a short time."

Antonio leaned lazily against the white wall of the laboratory, raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

"I found several bumper cars, children's electric cars and three-wheeled electric motorcycles this time," Lu Weiyi suddenly said, casually taking out a mobile phone from the space and opening the video. Dean's voice of driving a car and shouting "go, go, go" was immediately heard in the video, full of energy and carefree.

"I don't know if this electric scooter is suitable for children to play with?" Lu Weiyi moved the screen slightly to let Zhuang Mingxu see it.

Inside are several small electric cars for children, both four-wheeled and three-wheeled, made to look like various sports cars and small off-road vehicles. There is also a three-wheeled police car, which, despite being a bit small, looks extremely cool. There are even several operational engineering vehicles.

Zhuang Aiyi was pulling Taotao around among a bunch of small cars. Dean followed beside them, exclaiming continuously, and it was obvious that he was very interested.

"I love working overtime." Zhuang Mingxu didn't say anything, and Antonio immediately spread his hands and said, "Overtime makes me happy."

Lu Xi laughed out loud first without any concealment, and when Antonio turned to look at him, he straightened his face and pretended nothing had happened, "Brother, there has been new progress between me and Professor Zhong Qi."