Chapter 671 Basic metal resources are in short supply

Lu Yongchang's various discoveries have brought breakthroughs to the study of tachyon communication.

But at the same time, a warning message appeared in the squadron far away from the main fleet of the People's Alliance.

Planetary Resources Exploration and Mining Division.

Affiliated to the Academy of Sciences.

As the name suggests, the task they are responsible for is the exploration and exploitation of planetary resources.

The Planetary Mineral Resources Administration, where Hope and Hansent previously worked, is also within the jurisdiction of this department.

Academician Wang Man is the main person in charge of this department.

As usual, he came to the office and dealt with various problems in planetary mineral exploration and mining with ease.

After zero layers of screening, what was placed in front of him were basically higher-level events.

But those are just some questions about resource extraction and exploration.

For today's human civilization, mining resources on ordinary planets is already an extremely easy and convenient matter.

Therefore, most of the time, his job does not face much difficulty.

For example, there is a warning message glowing red.

Wang Man glanced at the warning message casually.

The remaining basic metal resources of the People's United Fleet are less than 10%.

After being stunned for less than a second, he suddenly shuddered!

"Fuck!!!"

"What the hell is this?!"

Wang Man, who was frightened by this message, subconsciously put his hands on the table.

"Click!"

"Ouch!!!"

Wang Man rubbed his waist with a painful look on his face.

Having just gotten used to the artificial gravity on the Earth, he subconsciously ignored the electromagnetic adsorption device on the old starship.

But his attention was still focused on the red warning message in front of him.

"Didn't there still be 60% of the inventory some time ago?" Wang Man quickly checked the expenditure records of the fleet's mineral resources with the help of his permission rights. "The mineral mining and smelting projects have not stopped, so why did they run out so quickly?! "

After a few minutes.

Wang Man raised his head with a bitter look on his face and leaned heavily on the chair behind him.

"Damn...they are all big consumers of basic metal resources!"

He sighed feebly.

In the expenditure records, the uses of various basic metal resources are clearly written.

Kepler 452b circumplanetary climate control satellite network construction project.

[Dyson Cloud] Antimatter preparation base expansion project.

Solid planetary surface resource extraction project.

These are minor issues.

The largest resource consuming projects are in the megastructure engineering and starship factories.

It is understandable for the starship factory. After all, most starships are too old. If they want to maintain the combat power of the fleet, the replacement of starships is the first major priority.

But the megastructure project team...

He was puzzled!

At this juncture, what mega-structural project is more important than other projects? !

This, isn't this causing trouble for him? !

Once basic metal resources fail to make ends meet, he, the head of the Planetary Resources Exploration and Mining Department, will be the first to be held accountable!

Thinking of this, he quickly issued an order to Zero.

"Zero, help me contact Academician Tang Hairong immediately!"

…

Kepler 452b outside geostationary orbit.

Academician Tang Hairong, after successfully completing the [Dyson Sphere] project, became the dedicated person in charge of the People's Federation megastructure project.

He stood in the office, looking through the portholes from a distance to observe the movements of the engineering ships in synchronous orbit.

"It's really like an ant."

He sighed softly: "In front of real planets, our starship is still so insignificant."

"But such a small starship can play with a planet." Behind him, the office door opened, and a familiar voice came from outside the door, "Okay, Academician Tang, don't stay here." I am sad for spring and sad for autumn.”

"Mingyuan, how can this be sad for spring and autumn?" Tang Hairong turned around and looked at the visitor with a faint smile on his lips, "I'm just sighing, when will our megastructure project be able to build the same It would be nice if the planets were the same size.”

Wang Mingyuan pursed his lips towards the porthole on the other side: "Well, isn't there one?"

"Have you forgotten about the Dyson Sphere project?"

Tang Hairong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Dyson sphere? It's still far away. We haven't even successfully launched the second phase of the Dyson ring project, let alone the third phase of the Dyson sphere."

"You should know, what I'm talking about is..."

"Okay, okay, Academician Tang, business is important. Let's talk about these gossips later." Wang Mingyuan interrupted Tang Hairong, "You should know the person in charge of the Planetary Resources Exploration and Mining Department, right?"

Tang Hairong was stunned for a moment, then nodded and admitted.

"You mean that old boy Wang Man? We know him, of course he does!"

Wang Mingyuan shrugged: "That's good, now they're here to investigate."

His words made Tang Hairong stunned for a while.

"Asking about the crime? What crime?" Tang Hairong asked curiously.

"I heard it's a matter of scheduling and usage of basic metal resources." Wang Mingyuan responded helplessly.

"Hey! That old boy Wang Man!" Tang Hairong's eyebrows instantly stood up, "Is it bothering him if I use some resources here?"

"Ahem, Academician Tang, are you sure..."

"Is it some resources?" As he spoke, Wang Mingyuan glanced at the engineering blueprint in the holographic projection and asked weakly.

Tang Hairong: "..."

"If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

"Go and do your business, I'll take care of Wang Man's side."

"...Okay!" Wang Mingyuan shrugged, turned and left the office.

…

Uh-huh...

As the door closed again, the office returned to its original tranquility.

Academician Tang Hairong raised his hand, gently rubbed his painful temples, and said, "Zero, help me get the communication in."

"receive!"

The electronically synthesized sound fell, and a holographic projection automatically unfolded in front of him.

"I said, Lao Tang, you are not very kind in what you do!"

"What time is it now?"

"The fleet has just arrived in the new star system, and everything is in a state of exhaustion!"

"You're a person engaged in mega-structure projects. Why are you joining in the fun at this juncture?"

"I've already seen it!"

"In the entire fleet, except for the starship factory, you use the most basic metals!"

Before I saw the person, I heard his voice first.

Before the projection screen was fully unfolded, Wang Man's strong complaints could already be heard from the loudspeaker.

At the beginning, Tang Hairong still had a bit of a smile on his face.

After all, the two of them were old friends. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and he was preparing to have a good chat with them.

As a result, I heard this series of "angry curses" when I came up.

Especially the sentence, 'You're a person who is engaged in huge construction projects...' directly ignited Tang Hairong's anger.