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"This is terrifying. To complete the construction of the basic factory, I need ten million units of gold. The first large gold mine I discovered only contains one hundred thousand units."

"That means I need to find a thousand large gold mines like this one..."

"Besides this, a considerable amount of steel is also required, totaling around fifty million units."

"My Level 1 steel factory can only produce 50 units of steel per hour. If I want to produce fifty million units of steel, that requires... five million hours?"

"I have to increase the steel production; this steel yield is too low."

Just a random calculation, and Zhou Yingting felt the immense gap in resources.

Zhou Yingting checked the steel factory and saw that the upgrades available were to Level 2 and Level 3 steel factories.

The Level 2 steel factory directly increases power consumption to 100 units per hour, while the consumption of iron ore depends on the grade of the ore.

Level 1 iron ore has a relatively low iron content. The Level 2 steel factory requires 180 units of iron ore to produce 100 units of steel.

Level 2 iron ore has a slightly higher iron content, requiring 150 units of iron ore to produce 100 units of steel.

Level 3 iron ore has the highest content, classified as high-quality ore, requiring just 110 units of iron ore to smelt 100 units of steel.

Using high-quality iron for smelting increases the factory's efficiency by 80%. Originally, smelting 100 units of steel takes 1 hour; with high-quality ore, it only takes 48 minutes.

Using Level 1 iron ore for smelting requires an hour to complete the process.

Zhou Yingting is currently mining a Level 1 iron ore.

Now, to build a Level 2 steel factory, an increase in power generation is necessary; otherwise, it won't be possible to supply the steel factory's power needs.

A Level 2 steel factory requires 100 units of power per hour, yet Zhou Yingting only has 70 units per hour available.

His power supply is far from sufficient.

Looking at the Level 2 power plant, Zhou Yingting sees that the necessary resources are either hydroelectric or coal-powered.

Hydroelectric power requires certain depth and width of water, whereas coal power requires finding a substantial amount of coal resources.

The nearby hydroelectric options are too far away and additionally require a lot of cement, and Zhou Yingting does not yet have a cement factory.

"No, it's still necessary to build some basic industries first before starting Level 2 power generation."

For Level 2 power generation, Zhou Yingting plans to use thermal power, utilizing coal resources.

However, Level 2 power also requires 100 units of copper resources, 100 units of cement, and 100 units of steel.

Thus, it is essential to first establish a copper smelting plant and a cement factory.

Building a Level 1 of these first should not be a problem.

In terms of power, relying on a wind power generation should be sufficient.

In this way, it still requires the construction of copper mining vehicles and limestone mining vehicles at the base, along with clay.

As for the last iron ore, there is already a mining operation underway, which can save some resources.

However, currently, the iron mine can extract 100 units of iron ore per hour, which is sufficient for a Level 1 steel and cement factory.

But once the Level 2 steel factory is operational, it certainly won't be enough.

Later, the mining vehicles will need to be produced in greater quantities.

Zhou Yingting waited for nearly an hour and finally manufactured the cement plant and copper smelting factory.

Then began lighting up Level 2 thermal power generation.

Level 2 thermal power can generate 300 units per hour, but requires consuming 500 units of coal per hour.

The energy utilization isn't particularly high, but the power output is sufficient for Zhou Yingting's current needs.

Once resources were slightly more sufficient, Zhou Yingting immediately constructed a resource exploration vehicle.

This type of exploration vehicle lacks the specialized functionality of previous ones, combining resource extraction with exploration. Its sole purpose is comprehensive resource surveying.

Zhou Yingting knows the general distribution of resources around but isn't clear on the exact types of resources or their reserves.

After using the resource exploration vehicle, Zhou Yingting's command room promptly marked out the distribution of various resources around.

Near Zhou Yingting are five large Level 3 high-quality coal resources, totaling five hundred thousand units of Level 3 coal, and two medium Level 2 coal mines, plus one large Level 1 coal resource.

There are nine large gold mines, totaling approximately nine hundred thousand units of gold, five medium gold mines of two hundred thousand units, and three small ones with thirty thousand units of gold.

There are two large Level 3 high-quality iron mines, five Level 2 iron mines, and eight Level 1 iron mines.

There is one large rare earth resource mine, five medium manganese mines, and ten medium aluminum mines.

There are ten large copper mines and three medium ones.

Other smaller mineral resources, such as silver, platinum, palladium, and cobalt, each have one or two small mines.

Other resources like limestone are also present to some extent.

These are the resources Zhou Yingting can currently find in the surrounding area.

Resources such as titanium, chromium, nickel, and mercury have not been found near Zhou Yingting at present.

In addition, no uranium mines or oil have been found nearby.

This is the amount of resources within a three hundred kilometer radius of Zhou Yingting's base.

Overall, the resources nearby are considered to be relatively abundant.

After all, previously, when Zhou Yingting looked at a section of the map he had pulled out, there was such a large area that was entirely blank.

It was as if that place had been swallowed up by a black hole and produced no resources at all.

"Wait, producing no resources at all?"

Zhou Yingting looked at the detailed resource marking diagram that appeared above the command room and was suddenly slightly startled.

Then, he quickly reopened his map and began to zoom out.

As the map continued to zoom out, some resources began to overlap, and the map started to shrink.

After zooming out more than ten times, Zhou Yingting finally saw a blank area in the upper right corner.

And this blank area occupied quite a large position.

"According to the map's scaling ratio, it must be at least the size of Earth, right? Moreover, the resources near this area seem to thin out somewhat."

Zhou Yingting stared at the resource distribution map in front of him.

Close to this blank area, the color representing resources was comparatively dim all around.

In this situation, no matter how you look at it, it's bizarre, as if the resources here are about to be completely exhausted.

"Could it be that there is an advanced civilization in this blank area, and the resources here have been fully extracted by them?"

Zhou Yingting carefully observed this area.

Apart from the possibility that this area is resource-poor, another very likely possibility is that there is an advanced civilization here.

And this advanced civilization has directly mined all the resources in this area.

"If I had sufficient weapons with great power, I could try to launch weapons towards these blank areas. If there truly was a civilization here, I could destroy it."

"But there's a rather big issue: for such a large area, who knows where the opponent's command center is? If the weapon's power isn't big enough, it would be quite difficult to destroy an area the size of Earth...."

Thinking of this, Zhou Yingting searched through the Technology Tree for a moment and couldn't help but take a breath when he saw the various weapons listed below.

Apart from the various thermal weapons originally known on Earth, the first weapon listed in this technology was the super fusion bomb.

The power of this weapon is significantly greater than nuclear fusion, and the coverage range depends on its yield.

But most importantly, the missile that can carry this weapon reaches a speed of one hundred times the speed of sound.

At this speed, Zhou Yingting calculated the Earth-sized scale he had just zoomed out, estimating that it should also hit the opponent within an hour.

If this blank area really is an advanced civilization, it might take ten large-yield super fusion bombs to destroy them.

However, at present, it's still not very likely for Zhou Yingting to manufacture weapons at this level.

Among the weapons to come, there is a pinpoint teleportation gate. If he had such a gate, it would be much simpler and safer to transport weapons in the future.

"Alternatively, I could try broadcasting the coordinates of this place to other advanced civilizations. These civilizations shouldn't be allied together, so if I broadcast the coordinates of this location to them, they might help eliminate the civilization here."

"But, if I broadcast it, wouldn't the opponent be able to locate the position of my broadcast?"

Thinking of this, Zhou Yingting couldn't help but look down.

In the Technology Tree below, there are some communications technologies, which are categorized by levels.

The higher the level, the larger the coverage area, and it also allows for self-location masking.

But relatively, there are also things that can locate broadcast positions.

If it's not done well, and I'm located while broadcasting, won't I be in for a bombardment?

Besides broadcasting, there are other ways to announce the opponent's location.

This method is called illumination.

It involves using some special means, methods easily detected, to illuminate the area.

For example, high-energy fluctuations.

When conducting some weapon tests in this area, there's always a probability of being detected by other civilizations.

For example, during super fusion weapon tests, it's necessary to go through tests to achieve illumination.

And during the tests, it's easy to be detected by other civilizations.

And using this weapon to bombard other places also makes it easy to be detected by other civilizations.

"When testing such weapons in the future, I should be careful not to be detected by other civilizations just after finishing the test."