Let you upgrade alone, you lead the country into the heavens

Just in time!

He immediately shouted, "Number One, activate maneuver mode!"

The mecha suddenly turned around, and dazzling flames burst out from behind it.

Then the mecha took off into the air, drew an arc in the air, and landed three hundred meters away!

As the dorsal thrusters shut down, coolant turned into white mist and sprayed out from both sides of the fuselage.

There was a burst of jubilation at the scene.

Zhang Xuan was also a little surprised.

This is much stronger than the boxer in the drawing, especially in terms of maneuverability, which reminds him of the Titan in Titanfall.

So, President Zhang stepped forward, applauded and congratulated, pointing at the mecha and asking questions.

"Dr. Zhou, is this your achievement?"

Zhou Chijuan nodded. "That's right. We didn't develop small mechas before, not because we didn't have the relevant technology, but the most important reason was that we hadn't made a breakthrough in battery technology."

"But now it's different. Thanks to room-temperature superconductors made of spirit iron, we can produce superconducting batteries, and some technologies that we never thought of before can also be applied to mechas."

"Oh?" Zhang Xuan became interested and asked while looking at the mecha in front of him.

"What technology?"

Qi Tai jumped off the mecha and grinned, "Let me introduce you!"

"President, Unit 1 utilizes artificial intelligence technology. It can collect data from human pilots and learn from them, gradually adapting to their driving habits. It can also take over some of the automatic weapons to attack the enemy."

"There's also magnetic deflection technology. It consumes electricity to instantly magnetize incoming bullets and shells, deflecting them through the magnetic field. The only drawback is that it consumes energy too quickly, and can only be used five times at most."

Hearing this, Zhang Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

Not bad.

After all, the equipment he wanted was one that could protect the mutual aid exploration personnel when away from the combat system and had good combat effectiveness.

It's not meant to be used on the battlefield.

Judging from their expressions, it must have cost a lot.

"What is the production cost?" Zhang Xuan turned around and asked.

Zhou Chijuan's face darkened.

This mecha is a verification machine, so no cost was taken into account during the design and manufacturing process.

If it is mass-produced, the cost will be no different from that of a J20. The most critical thing is that some materials are in short supply.

He was about to speak.

Qi Tai said first, "It's not particularly expensive. If there is an abundance of spiritual iron and a mature production line, the cost may be even lower."

Hearing this, Zhang Xuan fell silent.

It’s only about 600 to 700 million, which is not very expensive. The key is the spiritual iron.

Superconducting battery packs require spirit iron, and electromagnetic deflection shields require spirit iron.

Even if we kill the fog giant in the legendary base, we can't get so much spirit iron.

Seeing this, Zhou Chijuan whispered a suggestion.

"President, we can reduce some of the configurations. For example, we can discard the electromagnetic deflection shield. In this way, we only need five pounds of spiritual iron to build a mecha."

After all, it is special equipment and its configuration cannot be reduced.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan rejected it, "No, just use the test machine, no need to reduce the specifications."

"Also, are there any blueprints?"

"Yes." Zhou Chijuan nodded quickly.

Qi Taize smiled and said, "The president is still very generous!"

"Um, President, have you ever considered smaller individual equipment like exoskeletons?"

Zhang Xuan looked up. "Exoskeleton? Do you have any ideas?"

"Of course." Qi Tai explained.

"When I was in college, I tinkered with exoskeletons. Active exoskeletons always had a battery problem, so I ended up making a passive exoskeleton."

Speaking of this, he sighed.

With a cough, Qi Tai quickly got to the point.

"President, the battery pack for a soldier's exoskeleton only needs to provide the exoskeleton with a battery life of more than 24 hours."

"According to this calculation, the spiritual iron consumed by one mecha can be used to build nearly a hundred exoskeletons!"

"Okay! I approve this project, Lao Guan!" Zhang Xuan said, turning around.

Guan Sheng frowned and reminded, "President, funding issues..."

Chairman Zhang shook his head and said, "Let's first propose this project, and then ask other members of the Mutual Aid Association if they are willing to join."

Guan Sheng suddenly understood.

Qi Tai, who was standing by, was a little shocked.

Another attempt to get something for nothing?

On second thought, he felt it made sense.

The mutual aid association was built from scratch by the president.

As long as you have funding for your own project, why bother with so many other things?

At this time, Zhou Chijuan came late with a computer in his arms.

After carefully checking it, Zhang Xuan asked.

The mecha is codenamed 01?

Zhou Chijuan smiled and nodded, "President, would you like to pick one for me?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xuan thought for a while before answering.

"Let's call it the Vanguard Titan! Also, finalize it as soon as possible. The Mutual Aid Association needs to order ten mechas first!"

"Alright!" Zhou Chijuan nodded. "Give us three hours. This Pioneer-class machine can be delivered first. Also, please collect the operational data."

"No problem." Zhang Xuan took a last look at the Pioneer-class Titan and walked away.

Walking on the base road, Guan Sheng followed and asked.

President, are we still going to see Academician Huang?

"Not going." Zhang Xuan shook his head.

Zhou Chijuan and his team have made some progress, but Huang Tao has not made any progress at all.

It’s just because the gap in technological levels is so huge, so huge that it’s suffocating.

"Where's Chen Nan?" Guan Sheng asked again.

I almost forgot about him. Zhang Xuan fell into deep thought.

When Zhang Xuan first learned the name and research topic of this doctor, he was very surprised. He almost came to ball lightning instead of the 2012 world.

But it must be a coincidence.

This Dr. Chen just happens to have the same research topic and last name as Dr. Chen in Ball Lightning.

However, Zhang Xuan is very interested in the potential of ball lightning.

Macro-atomic fusion, in particular, has the potential to throw all of humanity back to World War II.

So he invited the doctor to join the mutual aid association and lead a project team to study ball lightning.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan suddenly laughed.

If a world of ball lightning is really discovered in the future, it would be quite interesting to see the two Dr. Chens meet.

"No need for that. Let Dr. Chen concentrate on his research first." President Zhang shook his head and walked towards Hangar No. 1.

"Let's go explore the next world."