Technological advancement begins with devouring.

After only one day of rest, Jiang Chen returned to his busy work and studies.

A few days later, as March arrived, Luo Feng followed the senior members of the Limit Martial Arts Academy and left Jiangnan Base City for the elite training camp known as the 'God of War Reserve'.

Custom-made equipment was delivered to the suburban factory, assembled in the newly developed area, and taken over by Jarvis.

These devices are mostly machine tools and production machinery, but they have been modified according to Jiang Chen's requirements, making them 'custom-made' versions.

"Master, the last robotic arm has been tested and there are no problems. As long as the materials arrive, we can start work."

Jarvis' voice rang out.

Jiang Chen looked up and saw dozens of mechanical arms moving nimbly on both sides of a conveyor belt.

"The drawings have been entered into your database. Please create a preliminary plan first," Jiang Chen instructed.

During this time, Jiang Chen had already redeemed the design blueprints for the [Boxer] power mech, but it would still take some time to turn the blueprints into a physical object.

According to the blueprints, this three-meter-tall powered mech involves hundreds of thousands of parts and is extremely complex.

Even if you produce and assemble according to the blueprints, it is still a very troublesome thing.

Fortunately, with Jarvis's help, Jiang Chen didn't need to do many of the tedious details himself, which greatly improved efficiency.

Jarvis can easily control a large number of robotic arms to process and assemble a large number of parts at the same time. One "person" can replace tens of thousands of senior engineers.

This is also the greatest charm of a highly developed industrial civilization.

Jarvis is highly efficient, especially with the support of supercomputers. While it might be difficult for it to develop a new project from scratch, analyzing existing projects is one of Jarvis's strengths.

In less than a minute, Jarvis completed his analysis of the [Boxer] blueprints and offered a preliminary solution: "Master, the current production capacity of the workshop is sufficient to produce and process all the parts. However, I personally suggest that some parts with low technical content can be purchased from outside sources, which can save at least 40% of the time cost. According to the information I have gathered online, there are more than a dozen companies in the Jiangnan base city that have the capacity to fulfill orders."

A large amount of data and information instantly appeared on the screen.

Which parts must be manufactured in-house due to their high technical content or confidentiality requirements?

Which parts can be 'outsourced' to other companies?

Even details such as which company to place the order with to get the lowest price are clearly indicated.

"Well done." Jiang Chen smiled. Having Jarvis as an assistant had indeed saved him a lot of trouble.

“However, there’s another problem,” Jarvis said. “According to the design requirements, the energy supply module of the [Boxer] power armor uses a miniature nuclear reactor with a length, width, and height of no more than 25x15x10 centimeters. But with the current conditions, it is difficult to produce a reactor of this size. We can only use a backup plan and use batteries to power it. But even the best batteries available can only last for about ten minutes in full power mode.”

In a certain parallel universe, the Terran Federation ruled the entire Milky Way galaxy, and its technological level was naturally much higher than that of Earth today.

Even the most basic Boxer power mech has many designs that far surpass those on Earth.

Most of these can be easily replaced, but the energy supply is the most troublesome issue.

The design and manufacturing plan for a miniature nuclear reactor is certainly on the blueprints, but it is simply impossible to do under the current conditions on Earth.

However, if battery power is used instead, the battery life will inevitably decrease significantly.

However, Jiang Chen had already realized this drawback when choosing the [Boxer] power armor.

"Don't worry about it, just use the battery-powered solution for now. At worst, we can have them bring extra spare batteries." Jiang Chen flipped through Jarvis's list of 'suppliers', then suddenly saw a name and looked surprised: "Xu's Heavy Industry? Is it related to the Xu family of the HR Alliance?"

Although Jiang Chen's appearance brought about a butterfly effect that changed many things, some things still happened as usual, just like in the original story.

The same applies to the relationship between Luo Feng and Xu Xin.

However, when Jiang Chen was drinking with Luo Feng before, Luo Feng mentioned that Xu Xin's family seemed unwilling to accept Luo Feng as their 'son-in-law'.

He shook his head, not wanting to think about the problem any further.

"Send emails to 'Wade Industries,' 'Xu's Heavy Industry,' 'Third Industrial Group'... these companies, detailing our requirements, and ask them for quotes and estimated lead times. Prioritize efficiency while meeting the parameter requirements; use whoever produces the fastest. Consider paying extra to expedite the process; you handle that," Jiang Chen casually instructed, showing no intention of giving the Xu family any special treatment.

It's just a small order; there's no need to consider things like 'personal relationships' at all.

Besides, it's Luo Feng who's connected to the Xu family, not Jiang Chen.

“Understood. An email expressing interest in cooperation has been sent, and a response is expected within three business days,” Jarvis replied. He then asked, “Master, should the procurement of raw materials be carried out now?”

Jiang Chen casually instructed, "Place the order. Send a separate email to Li Dawei about those special materials that are hard to find on the market and ask him to help you get them."

With Earth's current level of technology, it would be quite difficult to completely replicate the [Boxer] powered mech.

In many places, performance needs to be reduced and configurations lowered just to barely meet the requirements.

Even so, it still involves a large number of special materials that are difficult to buy on the market, such as some special metals with extremely low production, superconductors, and so on.

However, given Jiang Chen's relationship with the military, obtaining these materials wouldn't be difficult.

The email had just been sent when Jiang Chen's communication bracelet rang. It was Li Dawei calling directly.

When I answered the phone, it was indeed about this batch of materials.

“There are some experiments that require a batch of special materials,” Jiang Chen explained, but he didn’t specify the details of the ‘experiments.’ He just chuckled and brushed it off: “Yes, just send them to this factory in the suburbs.”

"Thank you, Mr. Li. The fee can be deducted from my share."

"If there are any valuable results, we will definitely prioritize cooperating with you, so don't worry."

After chatting for a few minutes and hanging up the phone, Jiang Chen looked at the somewhat empty factory building, suddenly thought of something, frowned, and asked, "Jarvis, do you think we should set up some defensive facilities here, such as weapons?"