Illegal research
After Ye Miaomiao and Uncle Ying agreed on the specific transaction time, they sent a large number of orders to the factory, waiting to squeeze every last drop of money out of the tool workers.
Uncle Ying couldn't wait to fly back to report the news, while Ye Miaomiao took the deposit of 100 Shenguang, muttering about the three-piece down bedding set in her mind, and walked happily towards the weaving hut.
A large bag of fluff had to be left at the door because it was too large. A female worker was standing by the bag, picking out a strand of fluff and rubbing it in her hands while talking to someone in the room. When she saw Ye Miaomiao coming, she shouted.
"Lord, there are so many! This will take a long time to choose!"
Ye Miaomiao quickly waved her hand and said no, then took the blueprint of the rough division machine into the weaving hut.
The room was small and a lot of space was occupied. Ye Miaomiao tried to find a place in a corner to put the extension phone after trying for a long time.
"Lord, what is this..." She paced around the room, causing confusion. Just as the female worker was about to ask, she suddenly saw a strange machine appear in the corner! It was the size of a TV cabinet, with a mesh box on top, and it was made of iron!
"This is a primary extension."
Ye Miaomiao filled the basket with 100 grams of down according to the instructions and pressed the red button. There was a roar of high-speed wind, and gradually, tiny, light down feathers were blown onto the iron mesh by the wind.
"Drip-drip--" Ye Miaomiao heard the sound and hurriedly pushed the partition under the iron plate in time - all the tiny hairs were separated immediately.
"Surprisingly!" The female worker picked up the fluff in surprise: "All the tiny hairs have been separated! This means we don't have to pick them out anymore!"
"But..." Ye Miaomiao said helplessly: "It's a pity that the machine is too small. I have to operate it one by one. I have to trouble you!"
That’s much better than picking with your eyes!
The female worker and Song Xiaoqing were just worried about how long it would take to carry such a big bag. They didn't expect the lord to bring new things so soon. It turned out that the lord loved them, and they would also enjoy the benefits when the territory developed!
"It's not a bother, it's not a bother!" The female worker agreed very quickly, feeling happy. She took a large, clean apple from her workstation and handed it to Ye Miaomiao: "My son picked it. Come and have it!"
Ye Miaomiao felt a little embarrassed, but couldn't resist the female worker's enthusiasm, so she happily took it. Just as she was about to take a bite, a private message appeared in the system with a "ding" sound.
She looked up in confusion, only to see that the sender was Bell—
"Come here quickly! Something terrible is happening!"
Bell's tone was anxious. The last time he saw him like this, it was because he had no wine to drink. Now that Zuo Haohan was taking care of the winemaking accelerator, what else could make Bell so anxious?
Ye Miaomiao had a bad feeling in her heart. She posted the task of making three-piece bedding sets and down jackets in the weaving hut, and hurried into the tunnel.
As soon as I came out of the cave, I saw Bell pacing back and forth at the door of the foundry, anxious as an ant on a hot pot, his brown face flushed with boredom.
"I can't complete the task! Don't blame me!" As soon as he saw Ye Miaomiao, Bell shouted, "I'm fine! Brother Zuo is also fine! We are not the ones with the problem!"
Ye Miaomiao: "?" Why did she start to blame others? "What happened?" She still didn't know the answer!
Bell finally realized what was happening. He chuckled, "I'm just...making a warning," and then he turned serious again, "This is truly terrible! Come and see for yourself!"
Ye Miaomiao followed him in with a puzzled look on her face. She looked where Bell pointed and was shocked to see that the wooden cabinet where the "fuel" was placed, which should have been full of wood, was empty. Not even a piece of sawdust was left!
Obviously, there was no fuel, and the furnace had gone out. The furnace, which usually burned red, now stood there coldly.
"In order to complete my daily tasks, I swept down all the wood chips and burned them!" Bell's proud explanation made Ye Miaomiao's eyes twitch.
She pointed at the wooden cabinet in shock: "Where's my...wood!?"
Ye Miaomiao would constantly monitor the incoming and outgoing resources to ensure they weren't running low. After the widespread use of level 3 axes, the territory's daily wood intake had increased dramatically. Yesterday, she was still thinking about this sweet worry: too much wood, and the warehouse couldn't hold it all.
How could the world change so drastically in just one day, leaving not a single piece of wood behind?
Ye Miaomiao quickly opened the details page of the territory resource usage, and only then did she discover the clue——
How come all the wood usage has doubled!?
Originally, the kitchen, the territory's bonfires, and the torches consumed a thousand pieces of wood a day, and Bell's foundry consumed three thousand pieces of wood, for a total of four thousand pieces of wood. The territory earned five thousand pieces of wood a day, leaving a thousand pieces of wood left over.
But the usage suddenly doubled, and the original consumption of only 4,000 instantly became 8,000. The balanced income and expenditure was broken, and the thousands of pieces of wood stored in the past few days were instantly consumed.
If this goes on, not only will the bonfires and torches in the territory not be able to be used normally, but even the kitchen won’t be able to light a fire!
"What's going on?!" Ye Miaomiao asked in surprise.
Bell was even more at a loss: "When I started casting iron this morning, I found that the original amount of wood was not enough! I hurriedly added wood to the stove until I had doubled the amount, and the fire finally burned normally..."
Ye Miaomiao: “?” Who is stealing her wood!
She approached the furnace and carefully examined its properties, reading it word by word from the beginning. The first part was fine, but it wasn't until the very end that she noticed a small string of black characters at the end:
Congratulations on entering the Interstellar Age. Due to the interstellar era's unique negative state, "Cultural Disconnect," you are currently unskilled in using the primitive technology "Dwarven Foundry," resulting in double the resource consumption.
Ye Miaomiao: “?” She must have seen it right... Interstellar Era?
Who has entered the interstellar age? She is even more wronged than Dou E. It's only been eight days since the game started, and her territory has finally reached the edge of the Iron Age civilization.
She could have taken another step back and returned to primitive times.
Ye Miaomiao was so upset that she wanted to cry but had no tears. At this moment, she received news from Zhang Jia's family. Ye Miaomiao comforted Bell with a bad mood.
Upon exiting the dungeon, I noticed a commotion among those remaining in the territory. The cause was simply that the bonfire, always lit in the center of the territory, had suddenly gone out. Those who usually sat by the bonfire for extra comfort immediately sensed something was amiss and searched for the source in an attempt to appease themselves.
Fortunately, it’s past lunch time now, otherwise I don’t know how chaotic it would be!
As soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw half-cooked dishes left on the cooled stove. Zhang Jiajia pointed at the pile of firewood worriedly - there was nothing in it!
Ye Miaomiao checked the properties of the stove again in disbelief, and sure enough, it had the same properties as the furnace.
She reluctantly told Zhang Jia's family the truth.
To her surprise, Zhang Jiajia's face was filled with delight: "We've entered the interstellar age?! How long has it been?! Could it be that I can use a high-end stove now?"
Ye Miaomiao: "..." She said sadly: "No." She dragged out the properties of the primary factory and the weaving hut to check. Except for the buildings that required the use of wood and showed "interstellar civilization", everything else was normal.
"It should be a game bug," Ye Miaomiao analyzed. Apart from this, she couldn't find any other reason: "If it was a computer game, you could complain to customer service if you encountered a bug, but in this case, is there any customer service..."
The two looked at each other and fell silent.
Ye Miaomiao: “…” Please drag the designer out and sacrifice him to the gods.
"Don't worry, I just bought Shenmu Linhai, it should be able to hold up for a while."
Ye Miaomiao comforted Zhang Jiajia and asked him to prepare some food that did not require cooking. She then quickly rushed to the "logging site".
【Do you want to spend 100 points to move this building? 】
Ye Miaomiao quickly moved the logging site to the forest. Originally, a first-level logging site could only produce 100 pieces of wood. With the help of third-level tools and the forest, the output was 400% of the original, a total of 400 pieces, which was obviously not enough.
Ye Miaomiao simply covered it with the blueprint of the third-level logging site. Fortunately, the cost of the ore did not double. After filling in the ore, a tin house appeared in front of him.
The original 400% output has doubled to 800%, and a lumberjack can collect 800 pieces of wood a day!
Ye Miaomiao spent 700 points to buy three more lumberjacks, for a total of four workers. They could collect 3,200 pieces of wood a day! By turning off some useless torches, they could barely maintain a balance between wood income and expenditure.
Ye Miaomiao looked at her remaining few points with a heartache: "This game is rubbish! Money back!"
She worked tirelessly to shut down torches in remote walls, unused rooms, and tunnels. At the cost of plunging some areas into darkness, the territory finally managed to bring its wood budget back to a positive level.
But this is clearly not enough.
The next disaster is the "frozen snowfield," which requires a lot of wood for heating. She must stock up on enough wood, otherwise...
Ye Miaomiao shook her head and threw the terrible thought out of her mind.
She rummaged through the warehouse and found several pieces of something similar to "coal" in the "unidentified object storage cabinet", and immediately rushed to the research institute.
Pulling the hardworking researcher from the table, he threw a few pieces of black ore at him and said, "Quick, study them and see if there's any coal that can be unlocked!"
Normally, after a certain period of time in the Iron Age, the researchers would automatically discover coal and ask her if they could unlock it. But now, they couldn't wait any longer. Ye Miaomiao was extremely uneasy when she thought about the wood being consumed like water, leaving the warehouse with nothing left.
"But...okay." The researcher put down the work in his hands in a daze and took the ore blankly: "I have started researching. This is...coal!" His eyes flashed with amazing light.
Before Ye Miaomiao could say anything, he grabbed the ore and put it on the table to break it down.
Ye Miaomiao: “…”Okay.
She finally felt relieved. Just as she was about to pat the researcher's shoulder lovingly and symbolically give him some chicken soup to encourage him to work hard, she suddenly felt the researcher's body stiffen under her palm.
"What's the matter?" Why did you stop working?
Ye Miaomiao looked at the researcher in confusion, only to see him look up blankly: "Lord, from today on, scientific research has laws."
Ye Miaomiao: “?” Why doesn’t she understand?
But the next second, Ye Miaomiao received a system notification——
[Warning! Warning! You are illegally researching "Technology: Coal". Please stop your illegal activities immediately!]
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