Chapter 7125: Detection Costs Money

Lin Feng and William looked at the sunset without saying a word. They drank in silence with each other and enjoyed this free moment.

"The sun has set!" William sighed, "You are really enjoying yourself here! The plains are creating mountains!"

Lin Feng smiled.

"In this world, problems that can be solved with money are not problems!" Lin Feng said with a smile, "It's just building mountains from the plains, Foolish Old Man can move mountains!"

William smiled.

"Lin, I'm curious. You don't care about money anymore, so why do you still insist on those gambling groups transferring all the money to your bank? This is a very difficult thing for them!" William looked curious. .

If Lin Feng is short of money, he can do this. In that way, their money can go into Lin Feng's bank, and if they go around, it can provide a lot of cash flow. But Lin Feng is not short of money!

"I am not short of money, but that means I am not short of money personally, which does not mean that my consortium is not short of money!" Lin Feng said lightly, "My money is all my personal assets, and I have not continued to inject it into the consortium. On the contrary, from the consortium level, it is very short of money. At least, my current plan is huge and requires so much capital flow. What's more, their funds come in to facilitate better management. "

Lin Feng was not completely telling the truth.

Indeed, Lin Feng’s consortium, whether it is ‘Second World’ or ‘Phantom Technology’, is a ‘cash cow’, bringing in a large amount of cash every year. However, at the same time, Lin Feng’s ‘Earth Online’ plan also led to an extreme shortage of funds.

How expensive this plan is is beyond anyone’s imagination. It also exceeded Lin Feng’s imagination.

Currently, the money burned every day is around US$1 billion.

This is unimaginable to the outside world. Moreover, such money burning will last for at least another 2 years. That is to say, when Lin Feng completed the early earth geological exploration of "Earth Online" and formed a three-dimensional earth holographic projection in Nuwa, it would cost about US$700 billion.

The amount was so large that it far exceeded what was originally imagined.

The reason why so much money is needed is simply because the earth is too big.

From the perspective of the universe and the stars, the earth is very small, very small, and insignificant. But from a human perspective, the earth is still very large. Although the emergence of airplanes allows humans to appear in any corner of the earth within one day. But it doesn't mean,

The earth is not big.

The area that most people have set foot in in their lifetime, that is to say, the area they have walked out with their feet, will not exceed 10,000 square kilometers in total. In other words, the area you have visited and measured with your feet will never exceed 10,000 square kilometers.

Of course, this calculation mainly uses human feet as a measurement tool. For example, if you take a train, high-speed rail, airplane, or car, these are not counted. That's just a quick glance. Really, the range that humans can detect with their own feet is only within 10,000 square kilometers.

This number is too small compared to the earth's surface area of ​​511 million square kilometers.

The earth is really too big.

Therefore, when detecting, in order to ensure accuracy, it is necessary to conduct exploration as much as possible, including not only the surface of the earth, but also the inside of the soil to detect soil composition, underground rivers under the soil, and rock layer depth, etc.

Currently, the soil surface range is 3,000 meters, and below 3,000 meters, it can only be assessed through instruments. Detection in this way is extremely slow. In order to speed up, it is natural to use a lot of manpower and material resources.

What's more, there are many high mountains on the land. In this world, there are many mountains where humans have no government. These places that usually have no meaning and are inaccessible are now being explored.

And this consumes more manpower and material resources.

Not only on land, but also underwater. How many lakes are there on the earth, the size and depth of each lake, and what is under the water, all need to be detected. Especially those rivers, their source detection, etc. are extremely consuming of manpower and material resources.

Among them, the ecological environment and other impacts must also be taken into consideration. It would be a serious sin to not cause damage to nature because of human exploration of nature. Among them, the Amazon jungle in particular is still an inaccessible area. Detection in this place is even more difficult.

There are many dangers in the jungle, and the depths of the Amazon jungle can be said to be a forbidden zone for humans. The detection that Lin Feng wanted was extremely detailed and required speed, so the only option was to send more expedition teams and spend more money.

Of course, the total cost of one day of detection on the ground is only one or two billion US dollars. The real trouble comes from the ocean.

The sea is still a restricted area for humans. At present, human exploration of the ocean only accounts for 5% of the ocean area. The wider ocean area, especially the depths of the ocean far away from humans, has not been explored at all.

Human beings have not yet explored how deep the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean is. Although there is data, the average depth is almost 4,000 meters, but this kind of detection is extremely simple. If you use detectors in several places, it will be considered the average depth. . The sea is vast and boundless, and no company will explore the uninhabited areas in the depths.

Including humans to this day, navigation in the ocean has never been straightforward. This doesn't exist. Human beings navigate in the sea, and offshore seas, that is, short-distance routes such as Shanghai to Okinawa, all follow straight lines.

But once you reach the ocean route, you will take the Great Circle Route, which is the most economical and safest ocean route under human wisdom. It will avoid the many storms in the deep ocean.

Ocean routes are not what you imagine. If you go straight, it will be impossible to get any rescue or supplies when you reach the deep ocean, far away from human areas. This route is also the most dangerous.

And now, what Lin Feng has to do is to measure every area of ​​the ocean. This kind of measurement is naturally very costly. It can be said that the daily cost of about 1 billion US dollars is mainly spent in the ocean.

Not only to detect the temperature, pH, and most importantly the depth of the seawater, but also to detect the corals, fish schools, etc. in the area. Once you encounter any sunken ships, monuments, etc. on the seabed, you have to detect them. At the same time, for the deep sea, the seabed will also be detected to see what structure is under the seabed.

It can be said that this detection method is the most detailed and costly.

I am afraid that no one in the world will do this except Lin Feng. This is absolutely thankless.

Of course, if it wasn't 2012, maybe Lin Feng wouldn't do this. But now, Lin Feng will do it at all costs. After all, money is nothing in front of 2012.

(Only two updates today, I will continue tomorrow! Thank you for your support!)