A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

"Old Wang, wasn't this fish supposed to be sent to the disaster-stricken areas of Hebei by the Ministry of Railways? How come one was brought back this time?"

"Others have already made several trips back and forth. Do you still think it's the first time? Now, frozen fish is officially sold by department stores!"

"This must be a gift from the Commander. He said it looks strange, with a particularly large head, so he brought it here to help you grow something!"

Old Wang walked over to Jiang Xia and, without looking up, helped him tidy up the blueprints. "You've had a long day, go to sleep early. Shall we go back to the institute?"

"I'm not going back. I'll just make do for one night. I can go ice skating with Jiang Dong and the others tomorrow after I've had a day off."

"A big head? Could it be a sperm whale?" Jiang Xia peered out the window and immediately became interested.

Unfortunately, the giant whale was covered by a layer of snow, and the night was too alluring, making it somewhat blurry and difficult to see clearly.

"Hey, do you still have energy? Shall we go dig out its poop? That ambergris comes from it!"

Old Wang was both amused and exasperated, giving him a disdainful look: "Are you stupid? What's in your belly can only be called poop. It only smells good after it's soaked in seawater and dried!"

"I remember a comrade of mine from the army once got one, saying it was a real rip-off! Aside from its big head, it didn't have much meat on it!"

Oh, right. Old Wang is in the navy.

Jiang Xia, not one to back down, retorted, "Then do you know what its English name is? Sprmm Whale! Hmph!"

"Ah? What do you mean?"

"You're totally brainwashed!" Jiang Xia suppressed a wicked smile and blurted out an uncommon phrase.

Old Wang looked displeased, and it took him a while to realize what was happening.

"You mean its brain is full of that?" Old Wang asked with a look of disgust. "How can it be eaten then?"

"Uh, it's fake. It's oil in the brain... Hey, that oil can be used as a lubricant. Should we tell Camel that the 'palace' uses sperm whale oil as lubricant? They seem to really like that stuff over there."

Little Dai Mao was right this time. You see, it was the fishermen on Cotra Island who unlocked the secret of "ambergris".

Enjoying ambergris is also a long-standing tradition there.

Hey, look at this, Little Dumb Hair really went to great lengths to increase the value of the "palace".

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"Pull the big saw, pull the big saw, at Grandma's house, a big opera is being performed."

"Mommy's going, Daddy's going, and little baby wants to go too..."

In the stockpile, the on-duty electrician enthusiastically brought over several large light bulbs, illuminating the area around this behemoth brightly.

The workers, who were already snoring in their dormitories, heard the news and, disregarding their rest, all rushed out to see what was happening.

Nan Yi, who had already gone to bed, was also awakened by a series of urgent knocks on the door. In his groggy state, he heard someone calling him to "kill the fish".

He got up and went to the kitchen, casually picked up a cleaver, and followed the sleepy-eyed man to the material storage area.

Look at the things lying on the threshing floor, then look at the small kitchen knife in my hand.

"Kill my ass! Your ass is bigger than my head!"

The crowd was circling the giant object, touching it as they went. After circling it a few times, the crowd stopped, and most of them stayed there.

"Does this fish have two tails?"

"Are you stupid?!" another coworker immediately retorted, a hint of mockery on his face. "This is clearly that thing!"

"Fish too! I may not be well-educated, but I've certainly slaughtered fish from the lake!"

"Ha, I took my child to the children's palace, and the teacher there said it herself! This fish is a mammal! Of course it exists!"

"Goodness gracious! The part that's sticking out must be at least a meter long, longer than a donkey's!"

"Wow, you are what you eat. This stuff would be great for making medicinal liquor!"

Someone in the crowd whispered something. Instantly, the eyes of the workers present turned green, and one of them, seeing Nan Yi strolling around with a kitchen knife, stepped forward and snatched it away.

He swung the cleaver and started chopping upwards.

The moment the cleaver fell, it bounced back instantly, the back of the blade slamming heavily onto the coworker's head, leaving a clear vertical mark.

"Hahaha, Xu Damao, you're fucking too weak. You can't even chop down a eagle!"

A mature-looking coworker took the knife from Xu Damao's hand and, as was his habit, kicked Xu Damao in the waist, knocking him to the ground.

Normally, Xu Damao would definitely have gotten into a fight with this person, but now...

He knelt on the ground, holding the whale's drooping "big head," and didn't want to move.

"Baby! Baby! You are what you eat..." Xu Damao, his eyes gleaming with greed, remembered his own problem and looked at the big head in his arms. Without thinking, he took a bite.

"Dragon sample!"

He Yuzhu glanced at him disdainfully and spat twice into his palm: "I'm going to eat something good today!"

A flash of cold light, and the blade slashed at the whale's skin.

However, the 35-centimeter-thick skin that nature has given to whales is not something that can be easily penetrated by an ordinary kitchen knife.

The cleaver struck the fish skin, then instantly veered off course, veering off the smooth surface and hurtling towards Xu Damao's forehead. The crowd erupted in chaos, screams and shouts mingling together.

At this critical moment, He Yuzhu suddenly reacted and twisted his wrist forcefully.

The cleaver traced an arc in the air, finally landing between Xu Damao's legs just millimeters from his forehead. Xu Damao stared blankly at the cleaver between his legs, his mouth still unconsciously chewing on the unknown thing he had gnawed off the whale's "big head."

A sudden splash of water appeared between his legs.

Well, it's quite lively and festive, isn't it?

Fortunately, Yang Youning had been staying at the factory recently to meet the deadline. With his intervention, the situation calmed down.

After a speech that readers wouldn't want to read, Yang Youning pointed to Jiang Xia, who was sticking his head to the whale's mouth, assessing how many little ahoge this guy could eat in one bite.

"This pile of meat was specially allocated by the Navy to thank Jiang Gong for his contributions. Now he's giving it to the factory. What do you think we should do?"

"Hehe, don't worry about it. I can't finish it all anyway, so we can share it and take it home for our wives and kids to enjoy..."

Little Dai Mao waved modestly, as if he wanted to say something more.

Unfortunately, a feeling of floating on clouds suddenly overwhelmed me.

Grandma, I flew again...

The workers gave Jiang Xia another taste of the human wave treatment, which involved passing him around. Little Dai Mao found himself somehow being moved to the very edge of the crowd.

"Have you seen enough? Stay in the back. It's crowded and chaotic, don't you find it cramped?"

Outside the crowd, Lao Wang tossed his belt to Jiang Xia and waved to Liu Hongjun, telling him to just stand and watch the show with Jiang Xia.

"To take down a big fish, you need experienced people like us! Scatter! Listen to my command!"

Old Wang shouted as he squeezed to the front.

They even shamelessly labeled it a "great battle to kill fish"!

Why is it called a "major battle"? Probably because this fish is too big.

A 40-ton mountain of meat—doesn't that shock you?!

If Jiang Xia hadn't modified a super heavy truck in advance, this fish probably wouldn't have been able to be pulled back intact.

Jiang Xia pulled Liu Hongjun up the steel plate hill next to them, and took out the binoculars that the naval leader had given him, looking at them with great interest.

"Tsk tsk, there are so many barnacles on this fish skin, I wonder if it's edible..."

"This fish has such a big belly, I wonder if there are any small fish inside?"

"Huh? I remember the short video from later generations said to stay away from stranded dead whales, but I can't remember why."