69: Reverse Technology Research Center

【Reverse Technology Research Center Blueprint】

【Level: orange quality】

【Construction Cost: 500 units of tier 3 iron ore, 500 units of tier 3 copper ore】

【Construction Effect: Vehicle component blueprints can be reverse-engineered from finished products.】

“Reverse-engineer vehicle component blueprints from finished products?”

Lu Yang's eyes widened in disbelief as he read the description on the blueprint.

This effect is a bit too overpowered, isn't it?

Is this really just an orange quality blueprint?

His first thought was to build the finished product and see.

But looking at the resource statistics module on the train panel, he only had 30,983 units of Iron Mine and 21,499 units of copper left, far from the 500 units of tier 3 iron ore and tier 3 copper ore needed. He could only grudgingly click on the detailed blueprint description.

It also contained the attributes of the Level 1 vehicle components after construction.

【After successful construction, vehicle component blueprints can be reverse-engineered from finished vehicle components at the Technology Research Center. White quality vehicle analysis success rate 10%, green quality vehicle analysis success rate 5%, blue quality vehicle analysis success rate 1%, purple quality vehicle analysis success rate 0.1%, orange quality and above vehicle analysis success rate ???.】

Lu Yang felt that the three question marks were very insightful.

If you can't analyze it, then you can't. Why bother with three question marks to cover for yourself?

However, this is normal.

If even vehicle component blueprints of orange quality and above could be analyzed, then the level of this vehicle component blueprint would definitely not be just orange quality.

But even if it could only analyze vehicle component blueprints of purple quality and below, the effect would still be overpowered.

After all, 99% of the vehicle component blueprints currently used by Train Captains in Donglin Plain are of purple quality and below.

Useful vehicle component blueprints, such as weapon blueprints, would be kept by other Train Captains if they obtained them.

They would rarely be traded.

Lu Yang had nowhere to buy them before.

Now, Lu Yang had an alternative way to acquire them.

As long as he purchased the finished product, he could continuously analyze it to reverse-engineer the vehicle component blueprint.

At that time, with the infinite upgrade characteristic of the Mechanical Heart, the overall strength of the Xinhuo Train would definitely achieve further rapid progress.

In addition to the Reverse Technology Research Center, Lu Yang also had another orange quality blueprint in his hand.

【PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer Complete Production Line Blueprint】

【Level: orange quality】

【Construction Cost: 300 units of tier 3 iron ore, 200 units of tier 3 copper ore】

【Construction Effect: Resources can be spent to produce PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzers and shells.】

That was an additional reward after killing Wu Mazi.

Along with this blueprint, a very small, exquisite, and lifelike Miniature Mine model also appeared in Lu Yang's hand.

【Item Name: Miniature Mine (Permanent)】

【Type: Wonder Building (Special)】

【Level: Level 1】

【Building Effect: Can be placed inside a train carriage to generate a permanent Miniature Mine. The mine can accommodate a maximum of 50 people for simultaneous mining, with a 70% chance of mining Level 1 Iron Mine and a 30% chance of mining Level 1 copper.】

【Upgrade Requirements: 100 units of Level 1 Iron Mine Mother Ore, 100 units of Level 1 copper Mine Mother Ore, 100 units of Level 1 Ore Essence.】

In addition, there were 100 Civilization Points as an extra reward.

The 100 Civilization Points, just like the Civilization Points obtained after killing Zhuang Zao last time, merged into the Golden Civilization Fire in Lu Yang's glabella as soon as they appeared.

After refining Wu Mazi and the integration of 110 Civilization Points, the flame of the Golden Civilization Fire was now almost twice as large as when it was first obtained.

Although it was still in the shape of a flame, it was more solid internally, unlike its previous more illusory state, and was faintly tinged with a silver glow.

Looking at the howitzer blueprint and the Miniature Mine model in his hand.

Lu Yang only felt that today's surprises were too many, too sudden, and too intense.

First, there was the orange quality 【PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer Complete Production Line Blueprint】.

Lu Yang had been a Train Captain for so long, and this was the first time he had seen a vehicle component blueprint with a cannon.

He had previously thought that this kind of thing would only be seen in the Intermediate Zone at the very least.

He hadn't expected that the orange quality blueprint rewarded for completing the limited-time Area Clearance Great Escape mission early would actually be a self-propelled howitzer vehicle blueprint.

Don't be fooled by the fact that both this thing and the Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher have the word 'grenade' in them.

Their lethality and attack range are worlds apart.

The PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer is a 155mm 52-caliber artillery piece, and the basic Level 1 cannon has a range of 15 kilometers. (The range here is slightly compressed compared to reality, leaving room for future upgrades.)

If extended-range shells are fired, the range can be extended by another 5 kilometers.

It can fire indirectly like a howitzer, and also fire directly with a low trajectory like a cannon.

It can even be used as an anti-tank gun at medium to close range.

The maximum rate of fire is 6-8 rounds/minute, and the burst rate of fire is 4 rounds within 15 seconds.

The key is that it has fully automatic loading and can complete firing preparations within 30 seconds.

The effective kill radius is 100 meters.

If special ammunition such as top-attack munitions or cluster munitions are fired, the killing effect will be significantly enhanced.

For example, top-attack munitions can precisely strike the thin top armor of armored vehicles, causing high damage.

Cluster munitions can cover clustered targets, achieving large-scale destruction.

It is simply a weapon of war.

To put it without exaggeration, with the PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer, all the Train Captains in Donglin Plain combined would not be a match for the Xinhuo Train and Lu Yang.

They would be shot down as living targets from over a dozen kilometers away.

It felt a bit like a modern army fighting World War I light infantry.

Then there was the Miniature Mine.

Lu Yang felt that the actual value of this item was even greater than the PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer blueprint.

For those who farm, what is the most important thing?!

Resources!!!

For example, right now, Lu Yang had the Reverse Technology Research Center blueprint and the PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer Complete Production Line blueprint, but he couldn't afford to build them.

A Level 1 Reverse Technology Research Center alone required 500 units of tier 3 iron ore and tier 3 copper ore, which meant 50,000 units of Level 1 Iron Mine and Level 1 copper. The Xinhuo Train simply didn't have enough.

Although the PLZ Vehicle-Mounted Self-Propelled Howitzer Complete Production Line was cheaper, only requiring 300 units of tier 3 iron ore and 200 units of tier 3 copper ore, with the Xinhuo Train's current resources, building it would deplete the resource inventory, and the remaining resources wouldn't even be enough to build one cannon.

Lu Yang had rarely been well-off since becoming a Train Captain.

He had mined and traded a lot of resources, but he had spent even more.

Fortunately, he now had the permanent Wonder Building, the Miniature Mine.

Don't let its current Level 1 status fool you, it can only accommodate 50 people at most simultaneously.

But the Xinhuo Train had Kobolds with innate mining potential!

Their average mining efficiency was 3 times that of ordinary passengers.

That is, they could mine one unit of ore every twenty minutes.

50x24x3 = 3600.

With a permanently existing Miniature Mine, even if no mining spots were found each day, there would be a basic output of 3600 units, which was enough to cover the basic living expenses on the train.

If the effect of the golden pickaxe was also considered, the actual output would only be higher.

Not to mention, it could also be upgraded.

Upgrading to Level 2 only required 100 units of Level 1 Iron Mine Mother Ore, 100 units of Level 1 copper Mine Mother Ore, and 100 units of Level 1 Ore Essence.

The one unit of tier 3 Iron Mine Mother Ore and one unit of tier 3 Ore Essence obtained from killing Zhuang Zao last time, when converted, amounted to 100 units of Level 1 Iron Mine Mother Ore and 100 units of Level 1 Ore Essence.

Lu Yang now only needed to obtain another 100 units of Level 1 copper Mine Mother Ore to permanently upgrade the Miniature Mine.

At that time, the Miniature Mine's daily basic output would be even higher.