Chapter 47 Elemental Furnace
The reserves of metallic plutonium in the world of Motera are very low and it is a strategic resource. Only the Supreme Arcane Parliament Alliance can authorize its mining. Any other mining discovered will be severely punished.

Pure metallic plutonium rarely exists in nature. Almost all plutonium ores are mixed with other ores and metals, or some isotopes, and need to be refined before they can be used.

At the same time, when studying plutonium, the arcanists also discovered uranium, a metal element that can also undergo elemental fission, and uranium ore exists in nature, unlike plutonium, which requires a complex refining process. However, uranium ore also has its disadvantages, that is, it cannot provide as much energy as plutonium.

In the Blue Star, both uranium ore and plutonium are strictly regulated, but in this world, there are always other ways. You know, even nuclear bombs are bought and sold by people, let alone uranium and plutonium?

Richard purchased various ores containing trace amounts of plutonium, while at the same time he purchased metallic uranium and plutonium through the dark web.

Low-enriched uranium can be traded internationally. It is the 3% enriched uranium used in nuclear power plants. But Richard doesn't have a nuclear power plant, so he can't buy it through normal channels, so he can only use the dark web.

Although plutonium and uranium are strictly regulated metals, there are always loopholes in this world. For example, nine years ago, when the Russian bear collapsed, not to mention uranium and plutonium, even several nuclear bombs were lost and sold on the dark web.

Until now, there are still many weapons from the disintegration of the Russian Bear being sold in the international market. More importantly, when the Russian Bear disintegrated, many confidential things were completely forgotten, such as the Hydra base in the Arctic Circle.

Those people either intentionally or unintentionally hid some things. By the time Russia recovered some of its strength and began to control the country, many confidential documents from the Russian era had disappeared, such as the secret base for storing uranium rods in Siberia.

The market price of metallic uranium is very high. In order to make money, Russia once sold a large number of uranium rods on the international market, with a trade volume of up to 30 to 40 billion US dollars. Those people hid the uranium rod reserve base in order to find an opportunity to sell it at a good price.

The information about Richard purchasing uranium rods was naturally seen by these people. Because Richard had purchased supplies on the dark web many times and had already gained some fame, these people began to contact Richard for transactions.

After some conversation, Richard decided to purchase $200 million worth of uranium rods, which were high-enriched uranium with a concentration of 80 percent.

Although it is not 90% of the weapon-grade concentration, it is enough for Richard.

The only problem was the transportation of this batch of uranium. Even smuggling groups would not dare to transport this level of uranium, but fortunately, the most difficult transportation link for others was the simplest and most convenient for Richard.

With the space ring in hand, you can just put the uranium rod close to the ring and bring it back directly.

In addition, the teleportation array of the Mage Tower has been built. As long as Richard gets the goods, he can directly use the teleportation magic to teleport back.

Richard took two days to successfully complete the transaction and obtained a large amount of raw materials.

Next, Richard began to make a small element furnace. The material of the element furnace is very important. If the material is not good, there will be only one result - explosion.

Element fission releases a lot of energy, generating light and heat, which requires a special transformation array to transform. If the boiling water model of Blue Star is adopted, more than 70% of the energy will be wasted.

For arcanists, energy conversion is what they excel in. Through the energy conversion rune array, they can convert eighty to ninety-five percent of the energy.

"System, scan the blueprints for the small elemental fission furnace."

"Scanning drawings."

"The blueprints for the [Small Element Fission Furnace] have been retrieved."

In an instant, a large number of complex drawings appeared in front of Richard's eyes. Then, these drawings were quickly combined, and a model of a small elemental fission furnace appeared in front of him.

"System, conduct data experiments."

"Entering experimental parameters, simulation experiment starting"

"Element fission furnace started, data simulation began."

"Energy output 5%, normal operation, output 10%, normal operation, output 15%, normal operation."

"Increase output!" "Energy output increased to 50%, operating normally."

"Energy output 60%, operating normally."

"Energy output 85%, the device is starting to heat up. Do you want to suspend the experiment?"

"Continue." Richard did not pause the simulation experiment.

"90%, the equipment is overheating and energy overflow is beginning to occur."

"95%, the equipment is having trouble running, and a large amount of energy leakage is beginning to occur. The equipment is overheating, the elemental energy valve is out of control, and the equipment is exploding."

"The simulation experiment failed."

"Thirty-one equipment improvements have been sorted out."

"Restart the simulation."

After several rounds of simulation experiments, the small element fission furnace designed by Richard successfully passed the simulation experiment. Next, Richard began to make a small element fission furnace.

In the laboratory, a huge device was carving a small part. Hundreds of small chisels were carving runes smoothly and accurately.

Richard continued to integrate elemental magic into them to make the runes possess magical power. This step was very important and there could not be any deviation. If there was a problem, the runes could not be activated and finally the rune array would be scrapped and the parts would be useless.

Under his control, the elemental energy was precisely integrated into the engraved individual runes. The colorful magical light was integrated into it, and each rune flashed with magical light.

Soon this part was made perfectly.

Richard picked up the part and inspected it: "Perfect quality, ready to use."

As he spoke, Richard waved his hand gently, and all the parts that had been prepared long ago flew up. Hundreds of parts were quickly assembled under Richard's control, and in the blink of an eye, a small and exquisite energy core with a diameter of ten centimeters appeared in mid-air.

Richard reached out and took down the energy core, and then a flash of magical light appeared.

——【Identification technique! 】

"[Small Element Fission Furnace]

Type: Energy Core,
Materials: Rune Magic Steel, Rune Vibranium, Magic Gemstone, Silver Star Sand,

Quality: Orange,
Level: Peak of the fourth level of transcendence."

“Comment: It’s perfect, like a work of art.”

After seeing the data, Richard was very satisfied, and then he lightly snapped his fingers. The next moment, a beautiful golem puppet appeared in front of him on the workbench. It was the body of the Iron Golem that Richard had just completed.

"Crack!"

With a slight sound, the chest of the Iron Golem opened, revealing an extremely complicated rune vein. In the middle of the rune vein was a groove. Richard placed the energy core into it, and then the golem's chest closed without leaving any trace.

(End of this chapter)