Magic? My Iron Torrent will sweep it all away!

Chapter 324 The Great Era Begins

Lin Mo opened his mouth and asked with difficulty:

"Is it that difficult?"

Liu Chengen nodded irritably.

What do you think?

His voice carried a hint of helplessness.

"One billion kilowatt-hours of electricity can be generated in just five days by the largest hydroelectric dam."

"but--"

"Most of it was wasted!"

Lin Mo was taken aback: "Was it a waste?"

Liu Chengen nodded, his voice solemn.

"During peak electricity demand periods, there is a huge demand that forces us to expand our power generation capacity indefinitely."

"But during off-peak hours, not so much electricity is needed, so energy storage technology has emerged."

He sighed.

"But it's just a drop in the ocean."

Qian Zhenhua also chimed in:

"Energy storage technology has always been a weakness for us, no, for humanity."

"Generating electricity is not difficult; the difficulty lies in storing it, and we have made tremendous efforts in this regard."

"There are even outrageous practices, such as pumping excess water from a pond to the top of the mountain during off-peak hours and storing it, then letting the water flow down to generate electricity during peak hours."

"And the demon race's energy blocks... perfectly solve this problem, and are completely pure and uncontaminated!"

Liu Chengen nodded emphatically.

"That's right!"

He held up the small, transparent box so that everyone could see the crystals inside.

"Now you know how valuable demon corpses are, right?"

Lin Mo stared at the crystal, a hint of shock flashing in his eyes.

Liu Chengen hadn't finished speaking when he took a deep breath and continued:

"Not to mention..."

"Many rare metals can be extracted from them!"

After hearing this, the surrounding guards began to whisper among themselves.

"Holy crap, demons are that valuable?"

"Isn't this just a walking ore?"

"I should have caught a few more alive!"

"No, it should be a gentler blast, leave him with a whole corpse!"

Lin Mo suddenly slapped his thigh at this moment.

"Snapped!"

The sound was crisp and clear, startling everyone around.

"If I'd known, I wouldn't have used such a large-yield nuclear weapon!"

"That seventh-tier demon lord should at least have a complete corpse!"

Lin Mo's eyes were filled with regret.

Upon hearing this, Long Zhan couldn't help but laugh.

Zhao Gang remembered something and joked:

"You were the one who shouted the loudest just now."

He mimicked Lin Mo's tone.

"'Demons! Hear the roar of the Great Xia dragon!'"

The soldiers around, who learned of this scene through the command center, burst into laughter again.

Lin Mo looked embarrassed.

"That's because I didn't know..."

"If I had known that demon corpses were so valuable, I would have definitely changed my fighting strategy."

He paused, then said with a pained expression:

"One billion kilowatt-hours of electricity..."

"There's still so much rare earth element..."

He felt his heart was bleeding.

Long Zhan smiled and said:

"There's no such thing as knowing beforehand, and besides..."

"If that seventh-tier demon lord isn't blown up, all of us will die here."

"What value is there to talk about if you're dead?"

Lin Mo nodded, his voice tinged with helplessness.

"That's true, saving your life is the most important thing."

Liu Chengen also spoke up:

"There are so many demons, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

His gaze swept over the demon corpses on the battlefield.

"What we have right now will keep us busy for a while."

Qian Zhenhua nodded in agreement:

"That's right."

"In this battle, there were many sixth-tier demon corpses alone."

"And there are countless low-level demons."

"In total, it can extract at least trillions of kilowatt-hours of energy blocks and various rare metals."

Lin Mo's eyes lit up, and he instantly perked up.

He turned and shouted to the surrounding officers:

"Stop standing around, everyone! Quickly clean up the battlefield!"

"Collect all the demon corpses!"

"Not a single body can be left behind!"

The soldiers responded in unison, "Yes, sir!"

The crowd dispersed and began cleaning up the battlefield.

Warwick and Warkong were completely confused.

What energy blocks, what billions of kilowatt-hours of electricity?

But they understood the general meaning: demon corpses are very valuable!

........

"Everyone has it!"

A sergeant yelled at the top of his lungs, his voice booming across the coastline.

"Collect all the demon corpses; they'll be very useful!"

"Not a single one can be left behind; we'll have extra food later!"

The soldiers were taken aback at first, somewhat confused.

Immediately afterwards, the news that energy blocks could be extracted from demon corpses spread like wildfire among the crowd.

"Holy crap, energy cubes can be extracted from demon corpses?"

"A single fourth-tier demon can extract 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity? And rare earth elements and other metallic substances?"

"There are so many demons here, aren't we rich?"

"Stop talking nonsense and get to work!"

On the battlefield, tens of thousands of soldiers sprang into action instantly.

Someone carried the mutilated limbs of a demon, black blood streaming down their arms, but they didn't bother to wipe it away, and they moved quickly.

Someone was operating a crane to lift the massive sixth-order demon corpse. The steel cables were taut and creaking, and the crane arm was trembling.

One transport truck after another drove up, their cargo compartments piled high with the remains of demons.

Black scales, broken claws, and shattered skulls piled up like a small mountain.

As for the sea, soldiers brought in hundreds of kayaks, which were used to navigate the waters.

The soldiers used ropes to lasso the floating demon corpses and, ignoring the nauseating smell, struggled to drag them to the shore.

Someone shouted, "This head is heavy, bring two more people!"

Immediately, some people jumped onto the inflatable boat and together they dragged a third-tier demon ashore. They were panting heavily, but their faces were full of excitement.

As for the demons that were tens of meters tall, they were moved away little by little by cutting them apart.

The entire battlefield was ablaze with activity.

Lin Mo stood on high ground, watching this scene, and laughed:

"This drive is even stronger than when fighting a war."

Long Zhan walked to his side, his voice tinged with laughter:

"With the incentive of profit, morale is naturally high. So many demon corpses, this is a huge harvest."

Zhao Gang said:

"These corpses are enough for us to extract a lot of energy blocks."

He paused, gazing into the distance.

"According to Academician Liu, the engine problem has now been solved, and there has been great progress in energy development. The vast universe is just around the corner."

Lin Mo turned his head.

"You mean, we're building the spaceship?"

Zhao Gang nodded with a smile:

"Before you came along, the country was already considering using rockets to transport components to build colony spacecraft in space."

"As you know, technology made great strides later on, and we were able to build real spaceships."

Lin Mo exclaimed:

"Developing so fast?"

Zhao Gang:

"That's how technology works; you just need to solve the key problems to achieve explosive growth."

"Especially in materials science, the discovery of room-temperature superconductors and Zheng Jin's work ushered in the Third Industrial Revolution!"

"Nuclear fusion technology frees us from worrying about energy, and the energy blocks refined by the demons eliminate our concerns about energy storage."

"And Zheng Jin has given all our ideas a solid foundation."

He patted Lin Mo on the shoulder, his voice solemn:

"To put it bluntly, it is you who ushered in this great era for us!"

After listening, Lin Mo was surprised to find that his appearance had brought about such a huge change in the entire country.

He scratched his head, a hint of embarrassment flashing across his face:

"Not at all, it's all thanks to everyone's hard work."

"Lin Mo, how is it? Is the mecha alright?"

Just then, a clear and melodious shout rang out from behind.