The lunar soil may seem troublesome, but it is a real good thing. Not only is the crucial helium-3 present in the lunar soil, but there are also billions of tons of iron and more minerals such as aluminum and titanium. ,keeping it.

The extraction of helium-3 is relatively simple, because it is the part left in the lunar soil brought by the solar wind and continuously invaded for billions of years.

Since helium is an inert gas and does not react chemically with any substance, there is only one reason why it can exist on the nearly vacuum lunar surface, and that is adsorption. It is adsorbed by some substance in the lunar soil.

In this way, helium-3 can be separated from the lunar soil with simple heating.

Although according to calculations by Blue Star experts, there are millions of tons of helium-3 in the lunar soil, the moon is simply too big.

The moon's diameter is one-quarter of the Blue Star's and its surface area is one-sixteenth of the Blue Star's. However, because the Moon has no ocean, its surface area should be one-quarter of the Blue Star's land area.

This number may seem small, but it is only a little smaller than the Asian continent and a little larger than Africa, which shows how vast this area is.

However, these have nothing to do with Yang Qing for the time being. In fact, he does not have high requirements for fusion materials such as helium-3. Deuterium-tritium fusion is also possible, as is deuterium-deuterium fusion. In fact, if the requirements for hydrogen fusion were not too high, Yang Qing would have planned to Go directly to hydrogen fusion. After all, in this universe, the number of hydrogen elements is the largest.

In the sun, although the temperature of 16 million degrees can be said to be very low, the pressure inside it is extremely high. Only this pressure can make the largest amount of hydrogen or protium on the star. isotope, the fusion of four hydrogen atoms into helium occurs, and is also the source of solar energy.

Blue Star has easily reached the high temperature of 16 million degrees. They have even raised this temperature to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of degrees.

However, achieving the pressure inside the sun is a huge problem. Yang Qing and Xiao Ai once calculated that to achieve such pressure, they need to build a talisman array slightly smaller than the moon.

Only such a pressure array can provide the pressure to realize hydrogen fusion.

The construction of such a large-scale talisman array is difficult for Yang Qing and Xiao Ai, who have not yet had time to set foot on the moon, to achieve at least for now.

Of course, this is because the material they used to create the talisman array was too ordinary. If they had various materials from the prehistoric world, they could also reduce the talisman array to a diameter of about a hundred kilometers.

Therefore, hydrogen-hydrogen fusion is, after all, a large-scale equipment, or the configuration of a behemoth like a base spacecraft.

Although the universe is empty, the number of hydrogen atoms is the largest in it, so even without any gaseous planetary supplies, such a giant spacecraft can still sustain itself in the universe.

The engineering equipment that was put down fell into the thick dust on the moon's surface. Smoke and dust suddenly flew everywhere, and the dust stirred up even surpassed the entire spacecraft. If the protective shield on the spacecraft was not still open, maybe They immediately became disgraced.

But dust rises quickly and falls quickly.

It is not that there is no atmosphere on the surface of the moon, but the gas pressure is smaller than the vacuum created by humans on the Blue Star, and it cannot act as a hindrance at all. Under the influence of gravity, the dust also fell back to the moon surface almost at the same time. A little bit of residue.

At this time, the second batch of construction machinery was hoisted again and dropped below. At this point, all the construction machinery was put down.

Although they are made to look like construction machinery, inside they are still templates of standard robots, completely under Xiao Ai's control.

Naturally, these engineering equipment have also been greatly modified, otherwise it would be difficult for them to run on the lunar surface.

The action is still on the track. This highly adaptable chassis has long been abandoned. The hydraulic equipment that is not suitable for the cold vacuum environment has been replaced by the artificial muscles that Yang Qing first studied, which can be driven by electric current. .

Of course, the construction machinery has simple movements and a large reserved area, and the artificial muscles inside are much larger than those in ordinary robots.

Thick artificial muscles give them surging strength. Take the excavator as an example. Its bucket is still a one-ton type, but equipped with high-strength tooth tips, it can easily dig through most rocks. .

After being placed on the ground, they did not stop at all and immediately started working quietly.

Several lighting lights were turned on at the bottom of the spacecraft. Although there is no air on the moon, the light is not scattered at all, and it directly cuts through the void. Here, unless it is splashed dust, the light and darkness are absolutely There are two distinct types. Even if they are only one step away, the existence of the light source can only be seen by standing on the ground.

Fortunately, Xiao Ai had already anticipated this situation. The light source she designed was originally scattering and illuminated a large area of ​​land instantly. However, there was absolutely no light that could be seen in the gap between the spacecraft and the ground.

"Yang Qing, if we shine so brightly, will we be discovered by people on Blue Star?"

Zhao Yuxi, who had been observing the moon beside him, couldn't help but pull Yang Qing's arm and asked.

"Of course not! Look here, this is the lunar satellite we launched before. From the optical photos sent, you can see that it is no different from before we landed."

Although Yang Qing no longer needs to worry about exposing his figure at this time, there is no need for him to deliberately expose himself before the base is deployed.

Zhao Yuxi looked at the pictures that were almost the same as those he had collected. He also looked specifically at the landing location Yang Qing mentioned to him, but he only saw a gray moon surface without any trace of human existence.

"This is a masking talisman array that can shield the surrounding appearance within a hundred kilometers. You will soon be able to learn the runes, and then you will understand the value of the runes."

Yang Qing explained to her.

While the two were talking, Xiao Ai had already directed the construction machinery below to start a large-scale cleanup work.

The first thing to come on stage was the large bulldozer, which pushed the bulldozer down hard until half of the 60-centimetre-high bulldozer was gone, and then it struggled to drive the tracks and push it forward.

The upper lunar soil was extremely loose, and the bulldozer pushed the lunar soil like water, pushing a long piece of soil into the distance.

The excavator here has also started working, although its dead weight has caused half of the tracks to sink into the surface soil, making it almost difficult to move.

But it began to wave its hook-like bucket and began to dig up the lunar soil.

At the beginning, when it was shoveled down, half of it was filled with fine dust. It flowed out naturally before it was lifted into the air.

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