It’s January 4th, Year 2 of the Wasteland Calendar, four days have passed since the New Year encounter.
During this period, Qinggang Shelter did not send anyone over, as if they had forgotten that there were still a group of prisoners who had not yet been ransomed.
Faced with this performance, both Yehu and Aldrich breathed a sigh of relief.
The Western Suburbs Alliance has started a rapid exchange of supplies, and we can see a steady stream of transportation vehicles coming and going every day.
Tianyuan Territory Research Institute.
After upgrading the territory, it looks significantly different from the buildings in other places.
It’s not that the design is too advanced, but it feels like it’s integrated with nature.
How to describe it?
At a glance, you can tell that other buildings are newly built, with obvious signs of groundbreaking and construction.
But here, whether it is the green avenue at the door or the buildings behind, there is a natural feeling.
It's like they were already here decades ago.
At this time, two transport vehicles, code-named "Star Boats", slowly drove up in the fog not far from the boulevard.
Its shape is similar to that of a van, with two seats in the front and a box-type locker in the back that is closed to the front row.
In fact, the shape of the first version of the starship was an open-top design, similar to that of a dump truck, but in the end it was considered unsafe to be exposed and transported in the wasteland, and it was canceled because it was more convenient to transport large items on a pallet truck.
But despite this, the maximum loading weight of the 'Star Boat' produced by the Star Chariot Factory still reached a terrifying sixteen tons.
A version of the 'Meteor Type-1 Stone Power Machine' that is similar to a commuter car, it can firmly maintain the cruising speed at 80 yards when fully loaded.
In the current harsh transportation environment, there is no performance anxiety.
Of course, Star Boat's shortcomings are quite obvious.
This domineering-sounding van has a measly 80-kilometer maximum range when fully loaded. It can't even go back and forth across the territorial border.
Although you can manually replace the 'energy stone' when it runs out of power, the replacement process is actually not simple. You need to disassemble the energy machine to operate it. It takes at least half an hour for a skilled worker to do it every time.
As a result, the residents gave Xingzhou a nickname very affectionately.
A lamp a hundred miles away.
The so-called "lights" are actually found in every high-end car. There are fog-penetrating lights hung at the front of the car to indicate the outline.
But because only the star boat would frequently appear in the village for transportation, it formed a memory anchor.
After all, as long as you see a light shining in the village fog, it means that the star boat is about to arrive.
And Baili.
Just don’t mention it!
Drop, drop.
As soon as the star boat entered the tree-lined path, a slightly harsh beeping sound suddenly sounded.
I saw eight armed guards coming out of nowhere on both sides of the road, four in front and four behind, surrounding the two star boats.
"Why is Baili Deng here? I remember it's not delivery time yet?"
"It hasn't arrived yet. It happens once every three days. The last record was the afternoon of the day before yesterday."
"Is it possible that special materials have been sent? According to the regulations, we have to check the pass issued by the village."
"Stop the car first! Don't let them pass!"
The guard captain who was in charge of guarding the institute today just said, "Let's go to the dock and order some French fries."
Since successfully receiving the Harvest Tribe who migrated from the deep sea last time, Li Hu has promoted his position to the level of squad leader.
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the registration book handed over by the team members, Xiao Yang coughed lightly and stopped in front of the first star boat.
"Get out of the car and get checked!"
After a large-scale invasion broke out in the territory on the first day of the new year, the security department was fully mobilized.
Not only have defenses been strengthened at the border, but manpower has also been added near important buildings in the territory.
Although the enemy is unlikely to break through the frontline defenses and invade the hinterland silently.
But considering the importance of the institute, a guard team is still stationed here.
"Brother French fries, it's me!"
A middle-aged man with an unshaven beard poked his head out of the right side window of Xingzhou.
Xiao Yang tilted his head, and after the two looked at each other, they said in surprise:
"Mr. Wu, why are you here?"
Midnight Plane, Zhang Guangheng.
The heavyweight boss of the Heavy Industry Pioneer Channel is also the director of the Star Chariot Factory.
If it was a few days ago, this face might still be a bit unfamiliar.
But since the Star Chariot Factory was founded and began exporting vehicles to the outside world, middle-aged people quickly became guests of various major departments.
The day before yesterday, Xiao Yang saw Li Hu affectionately pulling the midnight plane and repeatedly telling him to produce the Guard's "patrol car" as soon as possible. Naturally, this was no stranger to him.
"I'm here to deliver Professor Lu's urgently needed supplies. This is the pass issued by the lord."
"So urgent?"
Xiao Yang clicked his tongue and took a look at the pass. Sure enough, the seal on it was Somo's exclusive seal.
In addition, the seal of the village chief Chen Shen was stamped next to it, which is enough to show the importance of this batch of supplies.
"Is there a big shipment coming out?"
"Not sure, but it should be good news."
"Midnight Plane" revealed the story without any airs, with unconcealable excitement on his face.
In the civilized era, his true identity was not high-ranking, nor did he have any impressive experience that could be boasted to outsiders.
As a middle-aged man who is over forty years old, he is just an ordinary maintenance engineer director in an outsourcing company, earning a salary that is enough to support a family in a first-tier city.
The only thing worth mentioning is that the company's repair scope is very extensive.
They range from civilian airships, gliders, rotor helicopters, drones, ground effect aircraft, etc.
They range from retired reconnaissance aircraft, fighter jets, transport aircraft and combat helicopters.
In his maintenance career of more than 20 years, Zhang Guangheng has touched hundreds and nearly a thousand different aircraft, and also experienced the feeling of flying these vehicles in the sky.
The reason why I gave myself the ID "Midnight Plane".
The reason is simple.
Only in quiet nights could he have time alone with the aircraft that embodies the crystallization of human wisdom.
Feel the charm brought by industry and enjoy the beauty brought by machinery.
The rest of the time, he is just an ordinary person working hard for a salary.
Of course, now he has found a new goal and meaning in life.
With the support of the lords, he became the director of the ‘Star Chariot Factory’ and manufactured vehicles that were urgently needed in various territories.
By the way, when the tank factory's capabilities are sufficient, I can satisfy my dream a little bit.
Own a fighter jet and fly in the sky!
"Although it is hard to imagine that Professor Lu just slept and solved the big problem that has troubled us for three months in his dream."
"But if we can really break through, the shameful name of Baili Deng can finally be changed."
Midnight Plane smiled and held the pass that Xiao Yang handed back in his hand.
When he received this big news in the morning, he was stunned for a few minutes before he realized what was happening.
It is not difficult to understand why he is still excited even now.
If the Dianlang low-power energy machine can be successfully developed, the cruising range of the Starship will be increased to thousands of kilometers.
But for a trip to and from the territorial border, it is no problem to have a range of close to or even more than 300 kilometers.
After replacing the battery once, you can go directly to Qinggang Shelter and Giant City Shelter to transport supplies once. It is no longer as troublesome as having to replace the battery five times to complete the task!
"I don't know much about this, but"
"Good luck to you!"
Xiao Yang chuckled and acted exactly as optimistic as when he got his ID and said, "Let's go to the pier and order French fries."
The two capable vehicles passed the checkpoint and continued inside, soon arriving in front of the large iron gate of the research institute.
The guard in the guard room manually opened the iron door, and several workers jumped out of the car and began to move the supplies.
As for Midnight Plane, he quickly went through the security check and hurriedly rushed into the door of the research room.
"Professor Lu, Professor Lu!"
Because it was still morning, most of the researchers were still sitting bleary-eyed in their seats, sipping coffee to refresh themselves.
The roar of the midnight plane immediately frightened several people.
"Professor Lu is running the ergometer model. Just wait. Don't be in such a hurry."
A researcher who was not too young, could even be said to be an experienced researcher stood up and took the midnight plane to the reception room on the other side to wait.
However, he still underestimated the factory director's excitement at this time.
After taking a look at the nameplate on the researcher's chest, Midnight Plane suppressed his voice and said:
"Zhang Zhangchong, hello, Researcher Zhang, have we really made a breakthrough on the problem of electric wolf machine loss?"
"Of course, otherwise you thought we would enter the micro-production testing stage?"
If only Soma were here right now.
You will definitely be able to recognize this researcher as ‘Zhang Chong’ who eventually became the dean of the Academy of Sciences in the future ruins!
It sounds a bit incredible.
In Future Ruins, Zhang Chong accidentally joined the Tianyuan Territory with a large team after three years in the wasteland.
Later, he stood out in the external recruitment test of the Academy of Sciences, became a researcher, and eventually became the dean of the Institute of Ordnance Industry.
But in the real wasteland, although the game has changed the disaster line, even the game version has been adjusted to version 4.0.
But somehow, Zhang Chong still came.
Following the Harvest Tribe, he came two years early this time and became a researcher again as destined.
"Well, ah, can I go in and take a look?"
The midnight flight was full of anticipation, and I wanted to stand up and rush in directly.
"You're not a technical person, so what are you looking at?"
"Zhang Chong, let him come in."
Lu Kuan's voice sounded from the loudspeaker.
Zhang Chong's eyes flashed with helplessness, and before he could speak, he saw that the midnight plane had already run away and rushed into the laboratory.
If we say that the research and development of the Meteorite-1 energy machine is still based on the existing electric motor.
Then the electric wolf machine has completely transcended this limitation and embarked on an unprecedented new route.
As we all know.
The working principle of an internal combustion engine is to burn in a closed cylinder, and the heat released causes high-temperature and high-pressure gas in the cylinder. The expansion of the gas drives the piston to do work, and the energy is output through the mechanical connecting rod structure.
The working principle of the motor is the force exerted by the magnetic field on the current, which causes the motor to rotate and complete the energy output.
The former is extremely inefficient because it requires oxygen, and has a high failure rate because of the many mechanical parts.
Although the latter has an energy conversion efficiency of over 95% and a perfect torque output curve, there are still countless technical difficulties ahead due to battery limitations and the thermal upper limit of instantaneous power that cannot be solved.
The Meteor-1 energy machine treats the 'energy stone' as a battery and adds a small device to convert energy for output.
But the Electric Wolf Type 1 directly uses the energy stone as fuel!
Just like a rocket, it "ignites" the energy stone and induces the energy in it.
The entire vehicle no longer acts as a user of energy, but becomes a collaborator of energy.
Just like natural gas will explode when it encounters an open flame, the energy in the energy stone will also explode as the vehicle increases.
At that time, you only need to control the output amplitude of energy to realize the acceleration and deceleration functions.
The problem that could not be solved before is here. Once the energy output is restricted to a similar frequency for a long time, its internal energy will be out of control, causing the output frequency to fluctuate continuously and thereby increasing energy loss.
"Xiao Zhang, you're here just in time, come and see the current efficiency of this electric wolf machine!"
Lu Kuan was still staring at the energy machine he was experimenting with and said without looking back.
The interior of the laboratory has been renovated several times, and with no expense spared in its construction, it now has a sci-fi feel.
There are three layers of transparent special explosion-proof glass to firmly protect the electric wolf machine being tested inside.
Standing outside, you can clearly see a rice bowl-sized energy stone embedded in the center of this triangular energy machine.
Every time the energy is inhaled, the color on the surface of the energy stone will become lighter.
What was exchanged was the deep chirping of the gorilla, the quail and the pipit.
As well as the triangular tail jet, the shock wave is visible to the naked eye!
To be honest, even if you look at the working principle of this thing a few times, you will find it outrageous.
Because the way it outputs energy is very similar to the conjecture of humans on earth about spacecraft engines.
Bomber engine!
Humans once imagined that if technology could no longer be improved, nuclear fission would be the upper limit of technology that humans could achieve.
Then keep throwing atomic bombs at the tail of the spacecraft, and the shock wave generated by the atomic bomb nuclear explosion will push the spacecraft forward. As long as the nuclear bombs are continuously detonated behind the spacecraft, in theory, the spacecraft can accelerate to a considerable speed, and finally complete space travel.
But because it was impossible to find a material that could withstand continuous shock waves, and there were too many uncontrollable elements in the process.
In the end, it became a joke that even civilians would shake their heads when hearing it.
But now this crazy idea, composed of countless coincidences
Achieved!
Except for the necessary components, the rest of the functional machine is composed of third-generation powerful iron.
This special material can absorb energy and eventually release it through rate conversion, which can perfectly achieve the basic conditions.
The energy induction method of the energy stone is extremely explosive, and what is currently released is the most intuitive heat energy.
The two are combined together with some "catalysts" that have been developed long ago.
boom!
The power of the machine was increased to 80% by Lu Kuan, and the shock wave released hit the tempered glass like a heavy hammer.
Although it was not broken, several cracks visible to the naked eye started from the bottom of the glass and spread upward.
In about four or five seconds, it suddenly shattered into fist-sized pieces.
Midnight Plane stared at all this in stunned silence, only to see that the power output of the energy stone on the test device was still as stable as an old dog, and there was no energy loss due to the suppression of the subsequent energy output of the energy stone.
it turns out
Really successful!??
A flush appeared on Midnight Plane's face. He didn't expect that the problem that had troubled everyone for a long time could be solved so easily.
Lu Kuan turned off the energy output and nodded with satisfaction.
"Let me just say, our previous methods are simply too unreasonable. We always induce the energy of the energy stone to be close to the full value, but do not allow it to explode completely. The internal energy will naturally conflict back and forth and eventually collide, causing an out-of-control phenomenon."
"Now we just let him explode a few times to make him feel good. Once the internal energy is smoothed out and there is no urge to explode anymore, he will naturally be obedient."
Finished.
When he thought of the scene that happened in his dream last night, he couldn't help but blush.
As Professor Lu, he would never admit that the reason why he had this bold idea was because there was a beautiful woman whose face he could not see clearly wandering in front of him in his dream last night.
Every time I'm about to touch you, the other person will quickly move away.
When he was almost about to be released, the other party disappeared without a trace.
He was so angry that he sat up from his sleep. Lu Kuan couldn't sleep anyway, so he simply came to the laboratory to continue working overtime.
Finally, I thought of what happened in the dream, and then unintentionally completed the bottleneck breakthrough of the Electric Wolf Machine.
"genius!"
The midnight plane gave me a thumbs up.
Although Professor Lu's face turned a little red when he said this, he still regarded it as the excitement of a major discovery.
I have to say that the success of the Electric Wolf Machine is simply too monumental.
Xingzhou sheds his shame.
No.
He, the factory director, will be freed from his disgrace today!
I will give you 500 words, so don’t worry, if it involves technical explanations, I will give you the number of words directly, and I won’t overstate the number of words~~