Starting from the Planetary Governor
Chapter 16: Even If It Costs My Life, I Accept

Alloyed plastic steel is the most basic and widely used multifunctional material in the entire empire’s civilization.

It can be used in construction, manufacturing machinery and weapons, and also in repairing and reinforcing facilities and vehicles.

Its high strength and corrosion resistance allow it to be used in extremely harsh environments, making it suitable for various different environmental requirements.

This is especially important on the harsh Fury Owl Planet.

According to Gu Hang’s knowledge, Fury Owl does not have the technological capability to produce alloyed plastic steel on a large scale.

The entire planet is still using relatively basic and primitive ordinary steel.

In comparison, the performance of alloyed plastic steel is much superior.

Obviously, if they master the ability to mass-produce alloyed plastic steel, the Wasteland Society would gain substantial profits.

The scarcity and broad demand for alloyed plastic steel make its price high.

With the black box in his possession, Gu Hang can significantly reduce production costs—even more so than other planets specializing in this industry.

Moreover, alloyed plastic steel brings more than just profits.

However, for mass production, Gu Hang is worried that the mineral output of the Wasteland Society might not be sufficient.

The Wasteland Society does not have many people, and Gu Hang hasn’t obtained the equipment to mine ores.

Additionally, the quality of the Wasteland’s mineral veins is generally mediocre…

For now, it’s still enough, but with more and more smelting furnaces being created by the black box, there will inevitably be a shortfall in the future.

By then, there should be stable output. Finding a market won’t be a concern, and large-scale import of raw materials is possible.

In the future, the main industry of the Wasteland Society will definitely shift from resource extraction to metal smelting.

“These parts that have already been produced should be enough to assemble a smelting furnace. Send them to the Wasteland Society, and production can begin.”

…

Patel never doubted that the governor would fulfill his promises.

If he said he would build a production line for them, he definitely would.

But he never dreamed it would come so quickly.

He saw a group of slaves from the governor’s camp—or rather, workers—being escorted by mechanical soldiers, delivering all the production parts with carts.

Having received the news in advance, Patel led the young and strong members of the Wasteland Society to help unload the goods.

The manual was already prepared, and a technician from the governor’s camp would guide them on how to assemble the smelting furnace.

At first, Patel was worried that he and his illiterate subordinates wouldn’t understand the process. But in practice, they found it much simpler than expected.

The manual contained text, but more importantly, it had various diagrams that were easy to understand.

They first installed the furnace body vertically, then carefully aligned each connection.

Next, they used fasteners to securely fix each part of the furnace body to ensure its sturdiness and stability.

Then came the furnace lid, observation window, exhaust pipe…

Finally, he personally installed the furnace door.

The entire assembly process was very simple, yet very meticulous.

They just needed to follow the steps one by one, ensuring that every detail was repeatedly checked and confirmed.

The installation took them half a day.

They placed the energy crystals that came with the transport into the furnace’s energy module and started the heating system.

The entire furnace body gradually became scorching hot, and the temperature kept rising.

A batch of ore that had been prepared was fed into the furnace.

The workers of the Wasteland Society soon started sweating profusely in the heat, but they steadfastly stayed at their posts until the alloyed plastic steel smelting furnace finally began to operate, emitting a roaring sound.

A few hours later, it was dark.

The produced alloyed metal liquid cooled into ingots in molds, neatly stacked.

Patel didn’t know that the alloyed plastic steel he produced was far inferior to the top-quality plastic steel from the governor’s camp black box.

But even if he knew, it wouldn’t matter.

As long as it was qualified plastic steel, that was enough.

This was already an excellent industrial product on Fury Owl.

Old Butch, who was overseeing the construction of the Wasteland Society’s ground camp, couldn’t help but come to see the finished product.

The two successive leaders of the Wasteland Society looked at the batch of alloyed plastic steel ingots and grinned foolishly together.

A great sense of satisfaction filled their hearts.

No one could better understand the power of industry than they did.

From today onwards, the Wasteland Society was no longer a place that could only rely on manually extracting mediocre ore and selling it at low prices to barely feed themselves.

They now had industrial capabilities and could directly produce alloyed plastic steel, which could be sold at higher prices.

They would no longer endure hunger and cold. As the governor had said, as long as they worked hard, they could live a good life.

Old Butch sighed, “Even if the governor wants our lives, I will accept it.”

Patel patted his uncle’s shoulder with a smile, “The governor doesn’t want our lives; he hopes we live better and better!”

…

Soon, the second smelting furnace was also delivered to the Wasteland Society.

The production capacity of alloyed plastic steel was further enhanced.

However, the problem Gu Hang had worried about did indeed occur—just two smelting furnaces had nearly used up all the ore produced by the Wasteland Society.

To continue expanding production capacity, more raw materials were absolutely necessary.

At the same time, energy was another issue.

The smelting furnaces used energy crystals, which were a type of black technology within the empire’s system.

According to Gu Hang’s understanding, these were essentially batteries—though much more powerful than the batteries he remembered.

High-density energy was bound and condensed in solid crystals, which could safely release energy when needed.

These energy crystals could be directly mined on certain worlds; more commonly, they were produced on energy-industrialized planets, where various power generation methods were used to compress energy into the crystals through a special process.

Undoubtedly, Fury Owl did not have the capability to produce these.

The ones Gu Hang was using were still from the wool he had pulled from the Quintet.

But he couldn’t keep pulling wool forever.

However, there was some good news.

Firstly, the energy crystals Gu Hang had were still sufficient for now.

Secondly, the smelting furnaces could also be connected to an electrical power supply instead of using energy crystals.

Gu Hang still had time to set up the territory’s power supply.

This was also a headache.

Advanced methods were out of the question; primitive power generation essentially meant boiling water, but they still needed fuel to burn.

“Fuel… raw materials… Garbage Town?”

Gu Hang muttered to himself.

The ‘Garbage Town’ he mentioned referred to a survivor settlement located 100 kilometers north of the Wasteland Society.

There, they had what Gu Hang needed.