Chapter 636 The Electric Meter is Reversed
On Blue Planet, feed-to-meat ratio (FCR) refers to the amount of feed consumed by livestock and poultry to gain one kilogram of weight. A high feed-to-meat ratio means more feed is used but less meat is gained; conversely, a low feed-to-meat ratio means less feed is used but more meat is gained.
Generally speaking, pork raised in modern farming can reach 3, and poultry can reach 2.
"Three thousand isn't bad?! Are you going to make a nest or are you doing aquaculture? Wait, did you just say feed-to-meat ratio or meat-to-feed ratio?"
"Meat-to-feed ratio: feed one pound of pollution and you'll grow three thousand pounds of meat."
Hughes covered his face.
"Okay, let's not discuss this issue of feeding efficiency. First, tell me what happened to that small number of fish?"
Monica's face froze.
"Well," Monica said with a little sweat on her forehead, "they seem to have mutated to a higher degree."
"Go on."
"For example, they might appear normal, but start talking when they're put into the pot, or they might grow a lot bigger and have the ability to discharge electricity, or they might grow to the size of a ship."
"Ship!?"
Zeus could no longer sit still. Castel's ship was almost the largest ship of its kind. If the fish grew this big, it would probably not be much smaller than the "Mother". Could it be that Monica had created an evil god through her breeding?
"Yes, yes, it's still being held at our second testing ground, but don't worry!" Monica saw the increasingly perturbed expression on Hughes' face and hurriedly began to explain, "That strange fish is quite gentle, completely non-aggressive, and delicious!"
"It's delicious? Did you kill it and eat it?"
"I didn't kill it, but I ate it. A little bit."
The corner of Hughes' eye twitched.
"Have security measures been taken?"
"Security is extremely tight! Gaia sent a large number of weapons over there. Our second test site is in Gem Bay, a completely independent inland sea. It won't affect the outside sea area, and there's no risk of escape!"
"Gem Bay? Now I remember, Gaia did submit a weapons application to protect the testing grounds, but your protection is for the people outside?"
"Yes." Monica nodded quickly.
Xiu Si rubbed his brows. It's true that Gaia's research is indeed legal, but he didn't expect the content to be so explosive.
"We negotiated with the fish and decided we could cut off a lot of meat every day and eat it. We just had to give it an electric shock regularly. It really loves being electrocuted."
"Then fish can communicate?"
"Well, this one happens to be able to do that. Other fish can occasionally talk, but they don't have any intelligence, they just talk."
"Just like a parrot? That's fine."
At least you don't have to argue with your food before you can even eat it. Having to argue with the stoker and the boiler before the steam engine starts is already explosive enough.
etc!
Xiu Si suddenly became alert. How come after chatting with Monica for such a short while, his requirements for food had dropped to the point where he didn't have to argue with the fish in the pot when eating?
It's all because what she came up with was so outrageous.
"So this is your 'technical reserve'? You even secretly set up a second testing ground behind my back?"
Zeus sneered. If we can build a second test site now, it might become the second research department and the second imperial truth in the future.
"I'm not doing this secretly. I've also applied for this." Gaia took out an application form with confidence. Xius looked down and saw that the signature was still his name.
In the past, Xius always thought Gaia was very reliable, so he didn’t read the things he approved for her too carefully!
"So, Lord, our radiable lightning rod..."
Zeus sighed. After all this understanding, he suddenly felt that it would be a good idea to install a magnetic storm coil on the cathedral.
At least you don't have to argue with it for no reason.
"Can you first explain to me how it works? How did you store lightning? Did you build a supercapacitor?"
In the past, it was always Hughes who explained the principles of various machines to his subordinates, but now the situation is reversed. He is so shocked by all the black technologies that his scalp is numb, and instead he starts to listen to others explain the principles.
"That's easy. I just electrified the fish, causing it to mutate."
"Um."
"Then I wonder, if I transform the fish back into a fish, can I remove the electricity?"
What's this ingenious idea of turning the meter upside down? Does physics no longer exist?
Wait, why do you say again?
"???" Xius' eyes widened. "You succeeded?"
"Not really, but during my experiment, some fish happened to mutate and become able to discharge electricity. This type of fish, due to the combined effects of pollution and electricity, has developed powerful abilities, so I added it to the magic circle."
"This way, we have a lightning rod that can freely store electrical energy. The maintenance of the electric fish is also very simple. Pollution and lightning can both be used as food, and to a certain extent, they are even interchangeable."
"In other words, if you feed it pollution, it can release electricity?" Zeus's eyes lit up. This thing seemed to have uses other than weapons!
Isn't a power plant much more useful than a few lightning rods that can shock people?
Although it is biomass power generation, it does not affect its integration into the power grid!
"Not only that, I used a lightning generator to draw lightning to strike it, and it can even spit out pollution." Monica patted the ground with her tail a little uneasily.
Xius took a deep breath.
What is this? A converter between pollution and electricity?
You should know that the most troublesome problem of electricity is storage. Every kilowatt-hour of electricity produced must be consumed immediately. As for things like batteries, their efficiency is extremely low and the cost remains high. Now with this biological converter, there is no need to find ways to peak the load of the power grid.
It just feels weird.
"How many of these transformed fish are there now?"
"Not many, we just found this one, right in the church below us. But the main reason is that our fish farming is too small. As long as we increase the scale of electrofishing, we will sooner or later produce more transformed fish. I also have a lot of breeding experience to draw on now, such as the coyote with its head and tail connected."
The corner of Xiu Si's eye twitched. "You should make something normal, please. I beg you, Gaia. Did you come up with all these things while running the military factory?"
Gaia and Monica nodded together.
No wonder Monica was so quiet when the war was going on in the North, and there was no movement when Nini was forming a battle group. It turned out that she was busy with these things.
"Okay, let's discuss the feasibility of your lightning rod later. Right now, we only have this one fish that can discharge lightning. Let's wait until we have more." Hughes thought for a moment, then felt something was wrong. "No, you should take it down first. It feels weird having this thing hanging overhead. Other lightning rods are for lightning protection, but this one is for lightning discharge."
(End of this chapter)
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