Chapter 953 - 6X4 Standard and Controlled Nuclear Fusion (2/2)

When he just finished, someone raised his hand.

“What about our luggage?”

“It will be sent directly to your residence, any more questiones?” Tang Weijie asked.

Seeing no one respond, he paused and said.

“Very good. If you have any questions, you can ask them through the personal terminal. Ask the AI or ask a psychiatrist. Only these two people are free at anytime. Someone will take you to receive your daily necessities and bring you to the living quarter.”

“Before that, let’s check the list first…”

The list check was completed swiftly, and Lu Fan got his ID card.

The soft graphene card felt smooth, like a Future phone, it could be rolled up and worn around his wrist. The card had his name on the front and the words [Power Engineer].

Under the guidance of the instructor, Lu Fan received his daily necessities and a room key. In a room the size of 30 square meters, he saw his suitcase.

But he hadn’t had time to unpack his luggage before he began to reminisce about his life on Earth. As he was standing by the window, his door was knocked on.

“Lu Fan? Power Engineer?” The middle-aged man in a colonial uniform examiend Lu Fan from head-to-toe and talked to him in a questioning voice.

“Yes.” Lu Fan nodded politely and asked, “Is there a problem?”

After receiving a positive answer, the middle-aged man suddenly grinned and patted him on his shoulder.

“Haha, you are finally here! Let me introduce my self, my name is He Biao.”

“The colony is ready to replace the circuit. In order to prevent issues, the power department has been short on people. I just applied to the headquarters to send a power engineer here some time ago. I didn’t expect you to come so quickly! Come! Leave your luggage for now.”

“Wait, replace the circuit? Why are we suddenly changing the circuit?” Lu Fan was confused.

In his impression, this colony was only established less than half a year.

“The colony plans to build two new mines. The power generation of the solar power station can no longer handle the load. The headquarters ordered that we put that equipment into use. The colony will no longer lack electricity, but on the other hand, before the end of the month, we won’t have any free time.”

When he said this, He Biao did not look resentful at all.

Life on the Moon was very boring, not working was more boring than working. To alleviate the loneliness, they could only chat with the psychiatrist, or use a beauty robot manufactured by Future Heavy Industries to vent their desire. After hearing that the power shortage problem could be solved and the colony could start building some entertainment facilities, it was no surprise he was so enthusiastic.

Although the newly arrived Lu Fan did not understand his emotional state, a word caught his attention

“Equipment? What equipment?” Lu Fan asked.

No more power shortages? Before he came, he studied the power consumption of the lunar colony. The electricity consumption of 500 people in the district was even higher than that of a small town of 10,000 on the Earth. Although the surface of the Moon is bright, a day and night is close to four weeks in Earth time. For this reason, Celestial Trade had to invest in building a large number of solar panels, as well as power storage units. Power alone consumed nearly 50 million XND per month.

When He Biao heard Lu Fan’s question, he laughed and looked at him with a smug look.

“Do you know what the Lunar Soil Collection Center produces?”

“Rare earth?” Lu Fan wondered.

“Although it certainly produces that, it also produces something else!” He Biao smiled mysteriously and lowered his voice. “We produce Helium-3, and we have already produced tons of it!”

Lu Fan took a moment to think about it before the expression on his face turned into disbelief and shock.

Helium-3!

Controlled nuclear fusion?!

And it could be used to generate electricity?!

(1) Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. Astronauts who spend many months on a space mission can lose, on average, 1 to 2 per cent of bone mass each month (Source: NASA)