Just as Zhao Qianju was applying to join the training class.

Forty kilometers outside the Life Experiment Base.

Lei Wenjun, Deputy Director of Modu Geological Research Institute, was leading a team, busy on a piece of land.

After the Spirit Stone vein was officially mined and operations were running smoothly.

According to the requirements of the organization.

Lei Wenjun handed over matters related to the vein to Fei Qiu... Fei Qiu, while he was assigned to another key mission:

Finding coal mines!

Currently, the thermal power plant is still under construction, working over time, according to the estimation of the command center.

In about a month at the earliest, a 480MW unit can be put into operation.

Generally speaking.

A 600MW level generator unit, the domestic construction cycle is about 18 months.

But the entities undertaking this construction cycle are usually Guohua or Guodian, with the number of workers around 200-400.

Under certain conditions, the entire process can actually be significantly compressed.

Now, the construction of the thermal power plant in Damo Realm not only has increased manpower, but even the process is much simpler than domestic construction.

Among them, construction projects such as main plant casting, topping off, machine platform positioning to cover placement can be accelerated or even directly shortened.

Moreover, because the prior equipment is already complete.

Boiler power field testing, boiler acid washing, boiler pressure testing only needs to undergo final round verification—these three tasks usually occupy roughly ten months within the normal eighteen-month cycle.

After all, according to its position before being transported to Damo Realm, this set of power equipment was the highest-level emergency plan facility which could complete 150MW within three to five days during extinction-level disasters, restoring large-scale power supply within half a month.

In other words.

If anything happens in Modu, the complete supply module belonging to this equipment set is the lifeline backup for the twenty million people in Modu.

So before these devices were placed into the war readiness warehouse, they had undergone countless experiments.

Theoretically, they can be assembled and put into actual use at any time.

In fact, it is not just Modu.

Over in Neon and Yingjiang, huge cities as well have similar technological reserves.

The annual update and maintenance costs of these backups are sky-high, perhaps going unused for decades, but this expenditure is necessary and mandatory.

Thus, under such circumstances, two issues affect the deployment of the thermal power plant:

The construction of necessary building walls and the establishment of power supply lines.

Currently, there is an engineering troop of nearly two thousand at the military base. (Thought of writing four thousand, but checked and found Eastern Battle has five thousand stationed)

Therefore, completing the task within a month is not very difficult.

During last year's incident, when constructing Zhurong Mountain Hospital in Jiang City.

The troops mobilized a total of 7500 construction personnel, ultimately constructing the main structure of Zhurong Mountain Hospital of fifty thousand square meters within ten days.

Among these 7500 construction personnel, about 6800 were frontline employees, approximately 4000 from the Third Bureau of China Construction, and the rest were workers recruited by or voluntarily coming from the Eleventh Group of China Railway.

Thus, taking Zhurong Mountain Hospital as a precedent, with the assistance of more efficient engineering troops.

Building the power plant and transmission equipment within a month is not a pipe dream.

Once the thermal power plant is completed, fuel will be a major issue.

Though Modu can supply 2000 tons of coal daily without much trouble, it can't always rely on domestic supply, right?

An advanced post in another world, having self-sufficient supply capacity is a matter of course.

Moreover, the camp is currently in a period of war readiness, various materials are almost maxed out every day, prioritizing war readiness resources.

Some devices not in the first sequence but still important can only be helplessly scheduled a few days later.

For example, the high-precision blood sample analysis instrument needed by Bao Xin's medical team, according to the camp's plan, will take as much as six days to be delivered.

During this period, while some research tasks can be carried out, the precision gap is quite significant.

Projects similar to Bao Xin's team abound, essentially those for which having instruments would be more convenient, but lacking them doesn't lead to extreme deviations.

Thus, faced with this situation.

Finding local fuel resources in Damo Realm to free up some carrying capacity is already urgent.

At this moment.

Lei Wenjun was holding a notebook, conversing with Professor Yu Shouzhi from the Geology and Hydrology Survey Center of the Ministry of Land and Resources.

Since Yu Shouzhi is also a professor of the geography specialty at Shuimu, Lei Wenjun addressed him respectfully as a professor:

"Professor Yu, according to previous explorations by other comrades, this area is a very standard sedimentary basin."

As everyone knows.

What is coal?

It refers to a thick layer of black hummus formed by the accumulation of plant branches, leaves, and roots over millions of years on the ground, then buried deep due to crustal movements.

Subsequently, separated from air for a long time and underwent a series of complex physical and chemical changes under high temperature and high pressure, finally forming a black combustible fossil.

Since there is carbon in the Damo Realm, theoretically it could also form coal.

Also, there is a common phenomenon on Earth.

That is water movement, rainfall, and rivers washing the Earth's surface, transport and gather organic matter containing carbon.

Eventually settling in lakes, basins, and low-lying areas.

Thence, basins and alluvial plains provide conditions for storing carbon-containing organic matter—this is also why most coal fields appear in basin forms.

Useless knowledge has increased again. NoJPG.

Ahem...

Therefore, in this exploration.

Lei Wenjun's team compared the note left by Wei Siming, and also conducted a survey through helicopter deployment.

Finally, nine locations suspected of having coal resources were selected, the furthest and closest spots stretching 120 kilometers.

Of course.

Whether there is coal at these locations still requires geological layer analysis.

After all, the geological layers for coal due its long formation period are quite special.

In the previous four locations, Lei Wenjun's team regrettably found nothing.

Now they are at the fifth location, which ranks third in terms of probability among all nine locations.

"Professor Yu, set up artificial seismic sources and geophones, use refraction methods for geological mapping."

Yu Shouzhi wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, his shirt already soaked through, nodded at the words: "Okay, I'll get it done."

This time, Lei Wenjun's team is employing seismic exploration, using the differences in elasticity and density of underground media, deducing underground rock strata properties and shapes through the response analysis to artificially induced seismic waves.

This exploration method is simpler than drilling but requires high equipment standards for artificial seismic sources.

Twenty minutes later, several electric seismic sources and geophones were successfully set up.

Yu Shouzhi approached Lei Wenjun:

"Director Lei, everything is ready.

To ensure result accuracy, we used common reflection point multiple coverage method this time, setting up three R points, totaling fifteen machines."

Lei Wenjun nodded, his tanned face full of seriousness, ordered:

"Everyone retreat to a safe distance, countdown three hundred seconds!"

Five minutes later, the artificial seismic source activated.

Soon, sound waves emitted from multiple points, simultaneously transmitted underground.

Moments later.

Fifteen reflected waves from three points bounced back to the surface at the core R point, collected one by one by the geophones.

Technicians quickly gathered the data, and immediately carried out lithotype identification on the spot.

"Real part refractive index 1.64, imaginary part refractive index 0, lithotype confirmed as clay!"

"Real part 1.923, imaginary part 1.968, this is conglomerate rock!"

"Found unknown reflective layer, from band refractive index... seems similar to shale!"

One after another, the data was reported.

Suddenly, one technician raised his voice dramatically:

"Report! Real part refractive index 1.73, imaginary part refractive index.... 0.35!!!!" (Calculated for half an hour, should be 1.732, gravity at 91.4%, anyone here to verify?)

In his excitement, the technician abruptly stood up, the taut earphone cord jerking the earphones back hard.

However, the technician seemed to feel no pain from being pulled tight, he excitedly shouted at Lei Wenjun:

"Coal mine, we discovered a coal mine!!!!"

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