Volume 5: The Destruction of the Gods Chapter 30: Dragnet's Speculations about Technological Superpowers
The team of extraordinary people who were responsible for transporting materials and trading with Shen Jin, after eating and drinking their fill, boarded the helicopter back to the headquarters with gratitude. The two pilots drank fruit drinks prepared by top bartenders, which satisfied their taste buds. Sweets can stimulate the brain to secrete dopamine, bringing a feeling of happiness. This comforted the pilots both physically and mentally. All of them developed a good impression of Home No. 1, and directly brought up a whole roasted lamb. This scale of hospitality is unique in the country!
Two helicopters flew back to the Tianluodiwang headquarters, carrying a batch of equipment made by Shen Jin and more than 100 bottles of medicine.
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"Old Kong, what do you think about Ye Fan's matter?"
Yang Tianyao and Kong Long were sitting in an office on the second floor of the laboratory. The interior was simply furnished, but piles of experimental logs and a large amount of hard drive storage data occupied an entire wall, locked in a cabinet made of super-strong tempered glass. Yang Tianyao could open it through fingerprint and eye recognition.
These data and materials are the most valuable assets of the Tianluodiwang Laboratory. They record all of Tianluodiwang's research results on biology and energy since the end of the world. There is also a system behind this cabinet. Once a danger occurs in the laboratory, the alloy shackles will be opened to seal the entire cabinet. Without the corresponding command, it will never be opened. If it encounters a strong external force to dismantle it, the self-destruct program will be activated...
However, these are the last resort. If the headquarters of Tianluodiwang can be easily breached by others, China will have no chance to survive in the world.
Kong Long looked at the confidential document in Yang Tianyao's hand, which recorded all the data about the experimental "Superpower Amplification Potion" from project establishment to mass production. The most prominent of these was the side effect of this potion: the user would overdraw their potential and be unable to advance to the second level.
More than two months after the potion came out, Ye Fan broke the side effect and became the first and only extraordinary person in China who was promoted to the second level after taking the potion. "I don't think there are so many accidental events in the world. If it is really an accidental event, there can't be only one. There are 300,000 extraordinary soldiers in China. Why is he the only one who was promoted to the second level? He is very talented and has good supernatural powers. He has reached the A-level, but there are people with higher talents than him, people who work harder than him, and people who are more determined than him. But only Ye Fan has successfully overcome the side effects. He must have his own adventure. Although I haven't got Mr. Shen Jin 's [Energy Serum] yet, I feel that this thing is definitely the key to solving our current problem!"
Yang Tianyao spoke with great force.
Kong Long also nodded : "I don't have the knowledge of you researchers, but... I don't believe others, but Shen Jin... He is a very magical person, a person who can create miracles. You say, are there any super S-level superpowers above S-level superpowers, such as - technological superpowers!"
Yang Tianyao adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, a gleam of brilliance flashed in his eyes: "Old Kong, don't you find it strange?"
"Hmm? What's weird?"
Yang Tianyao stood up and looked through the huge French windows on the second floor at the researchers and a large number of technological equipment walking below. He pointed to a silver-white machine that was running and said, "Look at these devices called [Extractors]. We exchanged them from Shen Jin in City D half a year ago. Then we got the world's exclusive 100% energy factor extraction technology. At that time, I was only focused on studying energetics, cracking the mystery of the crystal core, and trying to produce potions that can make our soldiers become extraordinary people. You have seen the final result. We succeeded and made a gene potion with no side effects. We promoted it nationwide. Now, most of the more than 300,000 extraordinary people are taking this potion. We have never taken a bottle of various strange gene potions from abroad except for research purposes, because their stuff... is not as good as the potions we developed!"
"At that time, one of the questions I was thinking about was how to maintain this kind of extraction equipment in the future? Should I ship it back for repair? After all, such a sophisticated instrument, once there is a little internal error, it will cause the extracted substances to be impure. But... half a year has passed, and this batch of equipment is still as easy to use as when it first arrived, and even the appearance is rarely damaged!"
Kong Long looked puzzled: "Isn't that better? At least you don't have to run back and forth. You, isn't it enough that the machine is of good quality?"
Yang Tianyao shook his head with a complicated expression: "Old Kong... You don't do experiments, you don't know that such sophisticated instruments need careful maintenance and regular inspections, and the [extractor] is placed on their table, and they use it casually like an induction cooker, but there is still no problem. The quality of this machine is too good, so good... It doesn't seem like the technology of this era!"
"To be honest, we have disassembled two of these machines. When the first batch arrived, we confirmed the extraction effect and were amazed! Before this, all of us experimenters had never thought that civilian scientists could make such a precise and efficient machine. We looked down on those people with contempt and condescension, but this machine slapped us in the face, so we disassembled one as soon as possible to understand its structure and replicate an identical machine!"
Kong Long nodded in agreement: "Any technology is the most stable only when it is in our own hands. When our country was in the most difficult time at the beginning, the whole world blocked our technology. Along the way, we relied on reverse engineering to obtain a lot of advanced technology. There is no need to be shy about this. It is the lowest cost method for us to learn. How is your reverse engineering?"
Lao Kong has experienced that era...
"The push back went very smoothly, but the push back failed!"
Yang Tianyao gave two seemingly contradictory answers, and Kong Long seemed to understand: "Can't you make the same thing based on the reverse calculation results?"
"That's right. We asked several old mechanical engineers from China who were still alive to assist us, as well as a group of scholars who were doing research in this area. The disassembly went smoothly, and the position and function of each part were under our control. During this process, we found that the materials used were very simple, all copper, tin, iron and other materials, and not even steel! But the manufacturing process is very advanced, and each part is like a work of art. There are several parts whose functions we have not yet fully studied, and we copied them down, using the same materials and the same parts, and then put them together..."
"What's the matter? Is the accuracy not achieved or is there a problem with the machine settings?" Kong Long asked impatiently. This was the first time he heard Yang Tianyao talk about this.
Yang Tianyao shook his head: "Neither... The machine has no function other than turning on the light!"
"No...any!function??? No, that's impossible!"
As the Minister of Resources, Kong Long also knew a thing or two about the introduction of advanced international technology before the end of the world. Some machines could not be reversed because they were damaged in the process. Some machines were reversed but could not be restored because the basic materials science or manufacturing process level was not up to standard. However, once they were reversed and the materials and manufacturing process were up to standard, the chances of success were very high!
Even if it cannot be completely copied, most of the functions can certainly be restored. Yang Tianyao smiled and said, "So... that's why we keep looking for Shen Jin to buy machines. Commander Hu and I talked about this, and finally we came to a very mysterious conclusion: Shen Jin's machine is maintained by a force that does not belong to mechanics. This force will disappear during our disassembly process!"
"So... don't you find it strange? What kind of superpowers does a technological superpower have? Or what kind of power does he possess? Who is he?"
Old Kong was still pondering the meaning of Yang Tianyao's words, when Yang Tianyao added: "We haven't disassembled any useful information about the [compressor], but we can be sure that... this small [compressor] may contain space power!"
"Hiss——" Kong Long opened his mouth wide and took an exaggerated breath.
The power of space is incredible!
At this time, there was a knock on the door. "Dean Yang, we got the [Energy Serum] potion back from Home No. 1..."
