CHAPTER 546: CHAPTER 444: LUCIA’S NUCLEAR BATTERY

Regarding Lucia’s desire to rebuild their refuge, Chen Xin was naturally interested and quite eager to get involved.

After all, for him, as long as he intervened in Lucia’s reconstruction process, he could naturally gain the survival points provided by these shelters. Such a beneficial and effortless opportunity was something Chen Xin was more than willing to take.

It was precisely for this reason that after reviewing the reconstruction plans and designs sent by Lucia, Chen Xin had his staff contact the Lucia side, expressing a willingness to provide some technical support.

In fact, Chen Xin could indeed offer considerable help and ideas for Lucia’s refuge reconstruction plans.

The shelters that Lucia intended to rebuild were mostly those damaged during previous conflicts, originally constructed by oligarchs as private shelters for their own residence.

They had spacious interiors with comprehensive facilities and rather good defenses.

Otherwise, those oligarchs and the armed forces they controlled wouldn’t have been able to resist the official Lucia troops for such a long time.

However, precisely because of their strong defenses, the official forces were inevitably forced to employ powerful firepower during their attacks, leaving the place a mess that necessitated reconstruction.

Yet the overall framework of the previously built shelters was still pretty solid. By using this as a core to expand outward, connect nearby shelters, or open up new spaces, a medium-sized shelter capable of housing thousands, resembling a small community, could be constructed.

Actually, this was inspired by those who resisted the officials at the end, gathering to form a community-like group. Naturally, this model could also be applied to shelter design.

Chen Xin was indeed very interested in this, even traveling to a planned Lucia refuge site to conduct an on-site investigation.

Lucia officials were greatly surprised by this, both happy that Chen Xin could assist their reconstruction plan and worried about his safety.

Chen Xin was, after all, the leader of all Flame Country personnel in Lucia and an important scientist. Should anything happen to him, not to mention the potential military conflict between the two countries, even if Flame Country merely cut off its aid, it would be unbearable for Lucia in its current state.

Therefore, when Chen Xin wanted to conduct an on-site investigation in this area, Lucia officials deployed an entire special forces unit for security to prevent any threats from endangering him.

Chen Xin didn’t find this remarkable; this was Lucia, after all. Had he been in his own country, his treatment wouldn’t be much different, possibly even more excessive.

Thus, to reduce unnecessary trouble, Chen Xin brought several soldiers equipped with heavy mecha as guards, and wore nano-armor himself, adjusted to defense mode to ensure he could respond promptly in case of any incidents.

Under such layered protection, Chen Xin arrived at the planned reconstruction shelter.

The previous intense battle left the walls here riddled with bullet holes, and some areas collapsed into heaps of charred ruins, obviously having caught fire.

Fires in underground shelters are highly dangerous as they risk setting the entire shelter ablaze, threatening everyone’s lives.

Being underground, with limited airflow and enclosed environment, if a fire breaks out, death by flames or suffocation is a real risk.

Thus, both Flame Country and Lucia pay great attention to safety regarding fire and electrical use in underground shelters.

Walking across shattered bricks and debris in a dilapidated corridor, Chen Xin finally arrived at a relatively clean and tidy place.

It was obvious that this area had been cleaned, with rubble and cement residues cleared, and it suffered relatively less damage compared to the previous corridor.

"This is the hall of a refuge built by an oligarch, previously used as a base by armed forces under his control, hence the fierce resistance in the corridor," an Lucia official introduced nervously standing beside Chen Xin.

It’s no wonder the Lucia official was nervous, surrounded by four towering steel giants carrying weapons capable of turning him into a bloody pulp.

Even though he knew these steel giants were merely Chen Xin’s guards and posed no threat, the inevitable tension persisted.

Chen Xin shook his head at this, saying little. Perhaps instilling fear was better than familiarity, but he wasn’t inclined to dwell on such thoughts, instead asking the official, "How do you plan to renovate here, and what energy source will you use?"

This was a topic Chen Xin was concerned about, as although the plans and designs sent by Lucia included circuits and power facilities, they didn’t specify how these would function.

Upon Chen Xin’s inquiry, the Lucia official quickly explained, "We’re considering using nuclear battery technology left over from the Suyia era."

"Nuclear battery? You mean those used in nuclear beacons? That’s suitable," Chen Xin immediately understood what the Lucia official meant: "Those beacons ran steadily for thirty years after Suyia disbanded, only encountering issues due to aging and maintenance neglect despite overshooting their service life, proving their reliability in technology and quality.

But can you still produce such nuclear batteries now? Is their power output sufficient for shelter usage? Aren’t they simply for powering beacons? Can the generation meet the demand?"

In Chen Xin’s memory, the output was quite low, around a mere hundred watts or so.

However, hearing this, the Lucia official proudly responded to Chen Xin, "Following Suyia’s disbandment, we didn’t sit idle. We’ve made breakthroughs, enhancing nuclear battery performance, ensuring sufficient power for shelters by series-connecting multiple batteries."

Upon hearing this statement, Chen Xin’s expression turned peculiar.

Actually, Lucia’s referred nuclear battery was the Isotope Thermoelectric Battery he had manufactured domestically, although Lucia’s nuclear technology remained at a standard technological level far from Chen Xin’s advanced nuclear battery technology.