It was January 4th, Year 2 of the Wasteland Calendar, and four days had passed since the New Year encounter.
During this period, Sunny Harbor Refuge did not send anyone over, as if they had forgotten that there were still a group of captives who had not yet been ransomed.
Facing this performance, both Yehu and Aldrich breathed a sigh of relief.
The Western Suburbs Alliance has begun rapid exchange of goods and services, and you 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 is 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 whether it is the green avenue at the door or the buildings behind, there is a natural feeling.
It's like they've been here decades ago.
At this time, two transport vehicles, codenamed "Star Boat", 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 star boat is an open-top design, similar to that of a dump truck. However, in the end, it was considered unsafe to be exposed and transported in the wasteland. It would be more convenient to transport large items on a pallet truck. Cancel.
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 limited range of only 80 kilometers when fully loaded. It can't even walk back and forth across the territorial border.
Although you can manually replace the 'Power Stone' when it runs out of power, the replacement process is actually not simple. You need to disassemble the Power Stone to operate it. Even a skilled worker has to go back and forth at least once. Prime for half an hour.
As a result, the residents gave Xingzhou a nickname very affectionately.
A lamp for hundreds of miles.
The so-called "light" is actually found in every high-end car. A fog-penetrating light is hung at the front of the car to indicate the outline.
But because only the star boat would frequently appear and transport in the village, a memory anchor was formed.
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.
It’s okay not to mention it!
Dip, drip.
As soon as Xingzhou 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 in back surrounded the two star boats.
"Why is Baili Deng here? I remember it's not the delivery time yet?"
"It's not, it's once every three days. The last record was in the afternoon the day before yesterday."
"It's difficult. Could it be that they are sending special materials? According to the regulations, we have to check the pass issued by the village. "Stop the car first! Don't let them pass!"
We are on duty to guard the institute. The captain of the guard just said, 'Let's go to the dock and order some 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 in full deployment.
Not only have the defenses been strengthened at the border, but manpower has also been increased 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!”
Peering his head out of the right side window of Xingzhou, it was a middle-aged man with an unshaven beard.
Xiao Yang tilted his head, and after the two looked at each other, they said in surprise:
"Mr. Wu, why are you here?"
Midnight flight, Zhang Guangheng.
The heavyweight boss of the Heavy Industry Pioneer Channel is also the director of the Qunxing Chariot Factory.
If it was a few days ago, this face might still be a bit unfamiliar.
But since the Star Chariot Factory was established 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 "patrol car" continued by the Guard 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."
"Is it so urgent?"
Xiao Yang clicked his tongue and took the pass. At first glance, it turned out that 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?"
"Not sure, but it should be good news."
Midnight Plane revealed without any pretense, his face couldn't be concealed. excited.
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.
As small as civilian airships, gliders, rotor helicopters, drones, ground effect aircraft, etc.
As large as 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 Flight".
The reason is simple.
Only in quiet nights can he have time alone with the aircraft that embody 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 has enough capacity, 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, this hundred miles The lamp’s shameful name 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 it.
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 Xingzhou 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 Sunny Harbor 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"
"I wish you good luck!" Xiao Yang laughed and said that he would get his ID and "go to the pier to order French fries." "It's exactly the same optimism.
The two capable cars passed the checkpoint and continued inside, and soon came to 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.
The Midnight Plane himself quickly went through the security check and hurriedly rushed into the research room door.
"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 young, could even be said to be an experienced researcher stood up and pulled the midnight plane to another location. Waiting in the reception room on one side.
However, he still underestimated the director's excitement at this time.
After taking a look at the nameplate on the researcher's chest, Midnight Plane forcibly suppressed his voice and said:
"Zhang Zhangchong, hello, Researcher Zhang, we are really worried about the problem of electric wolf machine loss. A breakthrough?”
"Of course, otherwise you thought we would enter the micro-production testing stage?"
What if Sumo was here at this time.
You can definitely recognize this researcher as ‘Zhang Chong’ who eventually became the dean of the Academy of Sciences in the future ruins!
It’s a bit incredible to say.
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 Academy 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 have a look?”
The midnight plane was full of anticipation, and I wanted to stand up and rush in directly.
"You are not a technical person, what are you looking at?"
"Zhang Chong, let him in."
Lu Kuan's voice sounded from the loudspeaker.
Zhang Chong's eyes flashed with helplessness. 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 Meteor-1 energy machine is still based on the existing electric motor.
Then the electric wolf energy machine has completely transcended this limitation and embarked on an unprecedented new route.
Everyone knows.
The working principle of an internal combustion engine is to burn in a closed cylinder. 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 electric motor is the effect of 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 Meteorite Type-1 energy machine treats the 'energy stone' as a battery, adding a small device to convert energy for output.
But the Electric Wolf Type 1 directly regards the energy stone as fuel!
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 the energy to realize the acceleration and deceleration function.
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 become out of control, causing the output frequency to fluctuate continuously and thereby increasing energy loss.
"Xiao Zhang, you are here just in time, come and see the efficiency of this electric wolf machine now!"
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 construction, it now has a sci-fi feel.
Three layers of transparent special explosion-proof glass are used 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 energy is breathed out, the color on the surface of the energy stone will become lighter.
What came back was a low roar, like a wolf's roar.
And the triangular tail jet, a shock wave 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 the engines of spaceships.
Bombing Engine!
Humanity 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.
However, this crazy idea now is 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 that can absorb energy and eventually release it through rate conversion can perfectly achieve the basic conditions.
The energy induction method of the energy stone is extremely explosive, and it currently releases the most intuitive heat energy.
A combination of the two, plus 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 began to spread upward from the bottom of the glass.
In about four or five seconds, it suddenly shattered into fist-sized pieces.
Midnight Plane watched 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
really succeeded! ? ?
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 completely explode. The internal energy will naturally conflict back and forth and eventually collide. A loss of control occurred. ”
"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 what 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 am about to touch you, the other person will quickly move away.
When he was almost about to release it, the other party disappeared without a trace.
I was so angry that I sat up from my dream. Lu Kuan couldn't sleep anyway, so he simply came to the laboratory to continue working overtime.
Finally thinking about what happened in the dream, I unintentionally completed the bottleneck breakthrough of the Electric Wolf Machine.
"Genius!"
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.
It must be said 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 shame today!
Don’t worry, I’ll give you 500 words. If it involves technical explanations, I’ll give you the number of words directly. I won’t give you the word count~~