Thermocolloidal material!
In Richard's view, the large-scale preparation method of thermocolloid materials is one of the most precious knowledge among the treasures of the Black Spirit King's island.
Compared with the extraction of ingredients from the suture monster's body surface and the improvement of God's blood, this knowledge will not significantly increase combat effectiveness, but it is more important.
Once you master this knowledge, you can create a large amount of thermocolloid materials, which can then be processed to produce a large number of thermoelectric generators. Solving one more small problem will allow Eden to truly enter the electrical age.
The small problem that needs to be solved is to allow the thermoelectric generator to function and continue to generate electricity, that is, a qualified heat source is needed to start the thermoelectric generator.
How to get a qualified heat source
Create a flame with a fire spell, or heat an iron ingot
If this is the case, the thermoelectric generator can indeed generate a lot of electrical energy due to its super heat absorption capacity and extremely high energy conversion efficiency.
But this is not fundamentally different from the magic pattern generator method proposed before. It still requires manpower to continuously absorb free energy elements for energy supply.
Manpower is limited. If you do this, it may be better than the magic pattern generator, but the energy input will still be limited in the end. Even if the energy system is forcibly upgraded, it will be a pseudo upgrade.
If you want to completely solve this problem, you must find a heat source that can continue to provide heat for several years, decades, hundreds, or thousands of years.
For example, an active volcano, or... the earth's core.
The existence of this heat source is like a sheep full of wool. You can gather the wool at will. Even if you don't gather the wool, it is constantly releasing heat to the outside world, just like a small sun. If you don't gather the wool, it is a waste.
It's just that such sheep are not easy to find. At least there are no active volcanoes or earth cores in the Garden of Eden, but there is another thing.
…
In the Garden of Eden.
At the edge of the Garden of Eden space, at the end of the soil, a seemingly infinitely high wall stands here. Its material was unrecognizable, its surface was extremely smooth, without any gaps, and it looked seamless, like a huge crystal. Richard gave it a name, Jingbi.
The crystal wall is extremely special:
The first characteristic is that it cannot be destroyed. Richard used many methods, but couldn't damage it at all.
The second characteristic is impenetrability. Richard tried out-of-body meditation in the Garden of Eden and found that his consciousness could easily penetrate seawater, walls, soil, and rocks. Touching the crystal was like touching some kind of restraint, unable to penetrate even a trace. Therefore, it is completely impossible to know what is outside the crystal wall, and it is impossible to conduct in-depth research on the materials that make up the crystal wall. At most, some simple tests can be performed.
During these tests, Richard discovered the third characteristic of Jingbi, which can be used for thermoelectric power generation.
That is…
"call-"
Taking a deep breath and standing in front of Jingbi, Richard stretched out his hand and touched Jingbi. When the palm of your hand falls on the surface of the crystal wall, it feels smooth at first, then warm, and after a long time of contact, there is a burning sensation - obviously, the temperature of the crystal wall is much higher than the surface temperature of the human body.
In a sense, the four crystals located in the four directions of the Garden of Eden are equivalent to four huge heat sources. Although the temperature is not too high, the heat transfer rate is very slow, and it hardly has much impact on the air, there is no problem and it can be used completely.
It's like catching a sheep with free wool. You won't mind if the sheep is ugly or the wool is difficult to collect. As long as the wool can be harvested for free, any shortcomings are acceptable.
Moreover, this is a big, big, big sheep. According to tests, long-term heat absorption of the crystal will not cause significant temperature changes in the crystal, so in a sense, it can continuously and infinitely collect wool.
Considering that Jingbi is special and cannot be studied in depth, Richard has decided not to try to figure out where the Jingbi's heat comes from in a short period of time, but to gather up the wool first.
Just do what he said. Standing in front of Jingbi, Richard took out square-shaped black boxes from the space iron ring with a flip of his hands. This was the first version of the simple thermoelectric generator that was made. It was limited by the limitations at hand. The material on it is very rough, but it can still function - it absorbs the heat of the crystal and converts it into electrical energy.
"Pa bang bang…"
Richard kept taking out the square-shaped generators one by one, placing them close to the ground, placing them against the Jingbi, stacking them up like building bricks, and then fixed them.
After half a day, I saw a low earth wall in the middle of the jingbi. Compared with the extremely tall jingbi, it was so low that it was almost unnoticeable. But for Richard, it can already meet part of his power needs.
After that, Richard built the same earth walls on all four sides of the jade - they were spread out out of caution. After all, the heating mechanism of Jingbi cannot be understood clearly, so it is better to make it uniform to avoid some bad effects.
After doing this, Richard began to bury wires underground to transmit the current generated by the four low power generation walls to the center of the Garden of Eden. He established a power storage room and used a large number of lead-acid batteries to store electrical energy. Then use wires to connect the stored electric energy to various places that need electricity to truly upgrade the energy system and completely enter the electrical age.
The first result of entering the electrical age was that various instruments such as electric vibrators, electric centrifuges, and electric dryers were produced. The numerous experimental steps finally no longer require the use of magic to assist. With the help of scientific methods, it can be carried out more efficiently and with less trouble.
Pandora was also freed from the daily task of hand-cranking the generator and devoted herself to easier and more fun mathematics learning. Of course, Pandora herself did not quite agree with this statement. She felt that where mathematics learning is easier, where is the difficulty? Having fun? Huh, if it weren't for being a useful person, uh... being a useful dragon, she wouldn't want to learn mathematics!
Richard didn't have much time to pay attention to these complaints from Pandora. After upgrading the energy system, he devoted himself to improving the lighting system - this was the initial starting point for upgrading the energy system.
After that, Richard quickly installed numerous lighting bulbs in various laboratories and experimental sites, completely getting rid of the lighting methods of oil lamps and candles, so that the entire laboratory no longer looked so backward, and began to look a bit modern. Shadow of the laboratory.
The other thing is…
…
Garden of Eden, main laboratory, in a corner.
This corner was transformed by Richard into a console for the power system.
At this time, Richard stood and looked outside through the window of the main laboratory. It can be seen that except for the experimental area in the center of the Garden of Eden, most of the surrounding area is dark, like an isolated island in eternal darkness.
"Simulating sunrise time now." Richard suddenly said.
As he spoke, he pressed a gate on the console in front of him, and the circuit was connected.
God said let there be light, and there was light.
Richard said: "Light!"
The next moment, outside the main laboratory, the originally dark crystal jade suddenly lit up and released light.
If you look carefully, you will find that the light is concentrated in a circular area in the center of the crystal, like a ball, more like the rising sun - red and golden.
The reason for this is that Richard installed numerous light bulbs in a certain order at the height of Jingbi. In addition to ordinary incandescent lamps, there are types of light bulbs, including high-pressure sodium lamps, low-pressure sodium lamps, etc. Many light bulbs emit light together, creating an effect similar to the rising sun.
This is just the beginning.