119: Chapter 119 All Members Upgrade, Dynamic Balance

The Biomass Fuel refinery and the chemical center operated simultaneously.

Soon, 1 unit of fuel appeared on Su Yang's panel.

The first drop of industrial blood!

This meant that the territory had already achieved a Breakthrough regarding the most difficult fuel Bottleneck in the early stages!

Next, it was a matter of seeing how the production output fared and if autonomous production could meet the consumption needs.

Su Yang switched to the chemical center panel and did some quick calculations.

3 units of biological crude oil could produce 2 units of fuel, a higher output ratio than the 2-to-1 ratio of petroleum crude oil!

Su Yang was very excited; he had originally thought that the quality of biological crude oil could not compare to petroleum crude oil.

But who would have thought that raw materials converted in just over ten minutes could actually defeat petroleum, which took millions of years to accumulate!

Su Yang's thoughts raced as he quickly calculated the oil production ratio.

According to the current ratio of substances, every 5 Stinger Bugs could be refined into 1 unit of crude oil.

A fourth-generation Insect Swarm nest had about 400-600 Stinger Bugs, and attacking one could yield an average of 100 units of fuel.

Currently, replenishing fuel for all units in the army required 300 units of fuel.

One replenishment could support at least three battles, and these battles did not require sending out all the soldiers.

Therefore, even calculating based on the maximum consumption of deploying all personnel for every battle, the fuel production could still meet the consumption needs.

Thus, as long as the appropriate soldier units were assigned for each sortie, there would be a fuel surplus.

Moreover, as the army expanded in the future, the scale of the Insect Swarm would also increase.

While fuel consumption would rise, the fuel obtained from killing enemies would also increase.

This meant that the territory's fuel consumption and production would always maintain a dynamic equilibrium.

Looking at it this way, as long as combat power was allocated well to save as much as possible, the fuel within the territory could be completely self-sufficient!

This would completely eliminate the possibility of being strangled by other countries!

The army expansion was complete, the fuel problem was solved, and both short-term goals had been perfectly achieved!

Now, only one problem remained: the consumption of various resources after the army expansion.

Since ancient times, it has been easy to recruit soldiers, but difficult to maintain them.

Many countries were dragged down by war simply because they could not support the massive military expenditures.

The army had expanded twofold, and with it came various resource issues.

First was fuel consumption; the current team's fuel consumption was absolutely staggering.

Su Yang calculated rapidly in his mind; it didn't matter until he calculated it, but once he did, it scared him directly.

Just counting the Armored Elite Soldiers and Crossbowman, at 4 units of fuel per day, that was 190 × 4, which equaled 760 units of fuel per day.

Of course, if they weren't fighting all day, the consumption wouldn't be this high, but the consumption was still staggering.

And this was just the Armored Soldier, not counting artillery and vehicle units.

Calculating overall, if the soldiers fought all day and had to fight defensive battles at night, they could consume 1000 units of fuel in a day.

If the daytime battles were controlled to within two, and no defensive battles were triggered at night, the fuel consumption would remain in the 400-500 unit range.

The current daily coal mine production of the territory was 255 units, which was far from meeting the consumption needs.

This couldn't continue; the mining machines within the territory had to undergo a comprehensive upgrade.

The Main Base was already level 4, yet the production facilities were still stuck at level 2; this was truly unacceptable.

Upgrading a level 2 mining machine to level 3 required 20 units of iron and 10 units of copper.

Because of the 1000 units of iron ore that Elizabeth had given previously, the iron ore in the territory was still relatively abundant.

Su Yang's thoughts flickered, and he upgraded all 10 mining machines in the territory at once.

[Iron Ore - 200] [Copper Ore - 100] [Steam-powered Mining Machine * 10 Upgrading...]

The upgrade was completed quickly; all mining machines reached level 3, and the base production increased by another 50%, which was 100% higher than when they were level 1.

Next, upgrading from level 3 to level 4 would not only upgrade the mining machine to a Steel Mining Machine, but the drive mechanism would also be upgraded to hybrid power.

Each mining machine required 20 units of steel and 20 units of copper ore, and to maintain operations, it would also consume 1 unit of fuel daily.

The territory's steel reserves were also very sufficient, and the additional 10 units of fuel consumption were not a problem at all.

Although fuel in the territory had to be used sparingly, this did not mean the territory's fuel production was low.

On the contrary, the fuel production in the territory was absolutely in the top tier; it was only because the consumption was too high that it had to be used sparingly.

At the current stage, excluding major oil-producing countries like Afghanistan, the maximum daily production capacity of other countries capable of producing petroleum did not exceed 50 units.

Yet, as long as Su Yang had sufficient Biomass Fuel, he could produce up to 200 units of fuel per day.

In comparison, the daily fuel consumption of 10 units for the level 4 mining machines was indeed not much.

With a flicker of his thought, Su Yang directly upgraded the 10 mining machines to level 4.

This upgrade could bring a 100% increase in production capacity at once, making it very cost-effective.

[Steel - 200] [Copper Ore - 200] [Steam-powered Mining Machine * 10 Upgrading...]

Soon, all 10 mining machines had been fitted with steel shells.

The gushing steam also changed from a single white color to a mixture of black and white.

The level 3 Steam-powered Mining Machine successfully upgraded to a level 4 hybrid-powered mining machine!

After two upgrades, the daily production capacity of coal jumped directly to 510 units.

Now, as long as the expedition frequency was controlled well, even if the coal stock didn't increase, it could at least remain unchanged.

After the upgrade was completed, Su Yang opened the territory resource panel.

[Territory Resources]

[Water Resources: Stock: 923 units, Production Speed: 400 units/day]

[Stone Resources: Stock: 121 units, Production Speed: 600 units/day]

[Coal Resources: Stock: 653 units, Production Speed: 510 units/day]

[Metallic Copper: Stock: 136 units, Production Speed: 360 units/day]

[Metallic Iron: Stock: 171 units, Production Speed: 600 units/day]

[Steel Resources: Stock: 113 units, Production Speed (Max): 200 units/day]

[Saltpeter Resources: Stock: 56 units, Production Speed: 150 units/day]

[Xenomorphs Mass: 1436, Biological Crude Oil: 16 units, Production Speed (Max): 500 units/day]

[Fuel Resources: Stock: 2 units, Production Speed 200 units (Max)/day]

[Territory Strategy: Level 2 Power Over the World, Level 1 National Heavy Weaponry]

[Territory Buff/Debuff Effects: Level 3 Military Powerhouse (Remaining Time: 1:11), Level 5 Gaze of the Abyss (Duration: /)]

[command points: 63877]

After two consecutive rounds of upgrades, the production speed of all resources had been significantly improved.

Except for coal resources, which had just crossed the subsistence line, the production speed of other resources was completely greater than the consumption speed.

After the army expansion was completed, there were still fifty thousand command points left.

Fuel and food consumption had already reached the limit, so these fifty thousand command points could not be used to summon soldiers.

It could be seen from the previous battle with the Crystal Mine Mother Nest that General Li Xin could no longer fight with the ease he had before.

General Li Xin had already led the soldiers back, just in time to take advantage of the last bit of time from the Military Powerhouse buff to conduct a full-personnel upgrade!

...