38. The Stone Brushing Machine Was Successfully Constructed
Sky island.
Jiang Xuan finished stacking his last stone, stood up and looked around.
It's still the same platform as before, but it has expanded quite a bit now.
At the very least, it already looks like seven or eight hundred square meters.
As a rough estimate, we should be able to collect 50×50 around two o'clock in the afternoon.
The platform at this time is no longer an endless expanse of rocks.
There are twenty furnaces stacked not far away, as well as six workbenches.
In addition, there are ten large boxes neatly stacked aside.
None of this is the most important.
Jiang Xuan picked up the pickaxe and walked towards a strange building next to him.
It is seven meters long and three meters wide.
It is hollowed out in the middle and looks like a water tank.
Lava flows on one side, and clear water flows on the other.
Between the lava and clear water is a stone block.
This is a simple stone brushing machine.
Because there is no funnel or the like, it is not possible to make an automatic stone brushing machine for the time being.
However, it is enough for now.
To put it bluntly, the stone brushing machine uses the principle of infinite diffusion of water and magma to continuously generate stones.
It seems simple, but there are still some tricks.
Magma turns into stone when it meets water, but when water meets magma, it turns into obsidian.
Although obsidian is not bad, Jiang Xuan doesn't have a diamond pickaxe now, and he doesn't want to go to hell.
Jiang Xuan was thinking in his mind while his hands were mechanically digging out rocks.
With the stone brushing machine, it can only be said that digging stones is convenient, but it cannot be said to be efficient.
The best case scenario is to build two more stone brushing machines.
but……
It ruins the appearance and takes up space.
Jiang Xuan has his own plan for the empty island area.
There must be an automatic collection farm, and the location of the monster spawning tower and the iron brushing machine must be reserved.
I'll just use it for now, I'm not in a hurry anyway, I can definitely complete the initial setup of the sky island before I go back.
"Jiang Xuan?"
Gan Yu's soft voice rang in his ears. Jiang Xuan looked back and found Gan Yu and the others behind him.
It seems that he has been here for a while.
"What are you..."
Gan Yu pointed at this strange device curiously.
Jiang Xuan smiled and handed Gan Yu the pickaxe.
"Stone brushing machine, why don't you give Gan Yu a try?"
"Yeah! I want to try!"
Gan Yu nodded cutely and held the pickaxe with a serious expression.
He tentatively dug out the stones that appeared, and the magma and water instantly gathered.
Under Gan Yu's eyes, he instantly turned into a stone.
Gan Yu's eyes widened in disbelief.
"It's amazing! There's an endless supply of stones?"
Jiang Xuan smiled and nodded.
"If the order of placing magma and water flow is changed, obsidian will appear."
"But obsidian is difficult to mine without a diamond pickaxe, so it's best not to make that thing."
"Let me do it. Gan Yu has been tired all morning. Take a rest."
"There is food in the box on the far left of the first row. If you are hungry, go and fill your stomach."
After saying that, Jiang Xuan glanced at Ningguang again and said softly:
"If you can't get used to it, wait until I dig up a set of rocks and I'll take you back to Liyue."
Hearing this, Ning Guang retracted his surprised gaze and shook his head slightly.
"I'm not that delicate yet. Since the work is going smoothly, there is no need to bother."
"Besides, I've tasted the food here. At least those apples taste good."
Jiang Xuan nodded and said with a smile:
"It looks like you cut down a lot of trees today."
Speaking of this, Ningguang became somewhat interested.
Take out a few saplings and hand them over.
"When the tree was cut down, the leaves disappeared. Not only did the apple sticks fall down, but also the sapling..."
"Jiang Xuan, can you use it?"
Sapling?
Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"It's not needed for the time being. Although I have the idea of creating an area for planting trees on the aerial platform, the size of the aerial platform planned in the early stage is not enough."
"I still need to leave a piece of land to grow food. I will do this when the second phase of the project starts. I also have a lot of saplings over there. These things are not very valuable."
As he spoke, Jiang Xuan didn't stop moving his hands. He took the pickaxe and started digging out the rocks.
"Can I plant these if I take them back to Liyue?"
Ningguang asked curiously, and Jiang Xuan smiled.
"Of course. Isn't it already being planted in that other courtyard? It's just that the maturity speed in Teyvat may not be as fast as here."
"It doesn't matter. When there is more bone meal in the later stage, you can use bone meal to accelerate ripening. Ke Qing must have told you about this, right?"
Hearing this, Ningguang shook his head in confusion and turned to look at Keqing.
Jiang Xuan was a little puzzled.
"Will you forget such an important thing, Keqing? Bone meal can ignore the time factor and forcibly ripen all crops and plants!"
At this time, Ning Guang and Zhong Li beside him were a little moved.
As the most proficient in farming among the seven nations of Teyvat, no one understands what ripening grain means better than the people of Liyue.
Despite Liyue's wealth, there are still many people who don't have enough to eat.
Of course, it’s just that I don’t have enough to eat.
The divide between rich and poor is universal.
"Keqing! Why didn't you tell us about this earlier?"
Ning Guang frowned slightly and looked at Ke Qing with some confusion.
Ke Qing, who has always done things in an orderly manner and never neglected anything, actually forgot such an important thing?
Keqing curled her lips and did not explain.
But it was Gan Yu who came to the rescue for Ke Qing.
"It's not Ning Guang, it's... the bone powder is too special..."
Gan Yu hesitated a little, glanced at Jiang Xuan, and whispered:
"Bone meal... is made from bones, and bones..."
"It's... it's human..."
Hearing this, Ning Guang and Zhong Li narrowed their pupils and glanced at Jiang Xuan with some confusion.
No wonder Keqing didn't want to say this.
This is simply...
It's too much beyond what the people of Teyvat can accept.
Especially in a country like Liyue, which values the importance of putting the dead to rest.
If nothing else, let Hu Tao know about this and be sure to be the first to kill him and cause a scene.
Jiang Xuan threw away the broken stone pickaxe and spread his hands with a wry smile.
"Gan Yu's explanation is wrong. The bones come from the monster, the skeleton shooter, and they just grew into human shapes."
"It's not a species. There's no need to care so much. Humans in this world can't be called humans."
"Just put aside those hesitations. Bone meal has many uses and will definitely need to be collected on a large scale in the future."
Zhongli pursed his lips and whispered:
"But...human-looking skeletons, in a sense, don't exceed the nature of human beings, right?"
Jiang Xuan rolled his eyes.
"Do you have to treat them as humans? Just treat them as slimes...can't you treat them as Abyss Cult?"
"For now, everything is focused on land reclamation and development. In this wild world, it is not our turn to talk about propriety, justice and integrity!"
Jiang Xuan glanced at Zhongli meaningfully.
Although the latter was still a little hard to accept, he sighed and said nothing more.
He loves people, but only if he loves his own people.
The people of Liyue were the humans he wanted to risk his life to protect.
Reluctantly, Zhongli could turn a blind eye to the source of the bone meal.
At the very least, the bone meal can feed all the people, and that's enough.
"It's a little hard to accept..."
Ningguang smiled bitterly, rubbed his eyebrows, and sighed:
"But Jiang Xuan, you are right. There is no courtesy, justice or shame in the wild world. This is not human anymore. We are here just to make Liyue greater."
"Others, we don't need to care."
"I will let the advance team take care of the collection of bone meal later."
Jiang Xuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile:
"What advance team are we using? I'm going to build a monster spawning tower later, and I've got all the monster materials I want from it."
With that said, Jiang Xuan waved and said:
"Mandrill! Please come over and dig out the rocks. I'm going to start work!"
Seeing Jiang Xuan walking towards the open space carrying a group of stones, Gan Yu hurriedly called to him.
"Wait a minute Jiang Xuan, there is one more thing we want to say..."
Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment, then patted his head.
"I almost forgot, it's dinner time, right? You guys go get something to eat first and don't worry about me. I need to think about the monster spawning tower."
"Nah!"
Gan Yu's face turned a little red, and he leaned into Jiang Xuan's ear and whispered:
"Can...can you build a new ladder..."
Jiang Xuan subconsciously wanted to ask why, but when he saw Ning Guang and Ke Qing's faces turned red with embarrassment.
Uncomfortably covering the hem of her skirt.
Jiang Xuan scratched his cheek awkwardly.
"Sorry, I forgot about it..."
