"This time will be a big step forward in the history of human civilization. We will officially step into the age of the universe. ”

Director Steve Rogers' speech was disseminated around the world through the Internet and various social media. Almost everyone in the world knows the news that the Nova Legion and Xinmeng are about to make an official visit to Earth.

Although this is not very important news for many people on earth, especially those living at the lower levels.

For most people, they care about the universe and don't care where tomorrow's meal is.

Inside a technical school in Shandong, China. Chen Xiang watched Director Steve Rogers' impassioned speech on TV. She was probably a little excited, but only a little.

Because for him, tomorrow's exam is more important to him. Chen Xiang, 19, comes from a mountainous area in western China and is currently studying at a technical school in Jinan, Shandong Province.

He studied mecha piloting. It sounds high-end, atmospheric, and high-grade, and it is also full of futuristic sci-fi feeling. But in fact, this is not the case, because the predecessor of the mecha driving major offered by this technical school is actually the excavator major.

Chen Xiang was originally a student majoring in excavators, and the school's excavator major began to be restructured a year and a half ago. One part continued to learn excavator driving and maintenance, while the other part became a mecha driving major. At first, Chen Xiang and his classmates were still very excited.

"Could it be that we are going to become the children of destiny, and this school is going to secretly cultivate special talents for the country?!" Chen Xiang thought at the time. He had thought of all sorts of situations in the main characters of the mecha anime he had seen. Maybe you can become the same existence as those protagonists. Soar in the blue sky or space in your armor, dodging all kinds of enemy attacks gorgeously. Then every shot and knife of his own can destroy an enemy, and when he is in trouble, the seed in his heart explodes, and then shouts loudly: "Ou Ou wow just big wood!" and then his skills exploded instantly and killed the audience. After Chen Xiang thought of this, he was still a little excited when he went to sleep.

However, the reality quickly broke a basin of cold water for Chen Xiang. Because when the selected students went to the first mecha pilot class, the teacher on the podium said to them: "The use of mechanical armor to dig and repair has become a trend in the world. Traditional excavators will inevitably be replaced by mechs with more complex functions. Especially in the future, when mining in space and alien planets, the traditional form of excavator parts is too large and heavy, and it is inconvenient to transport. Engineering mechs are more lightweight, so mecha mining and mining are imperative. ”

"So students, your good time has come! You will become a new generation of miners wearing engineering mechas! Cheers, be proud, you will be the tide of the times!" said the teacher wearing gold wire glasses on the podium, spitting with excitement. But the cheers and applause that the teacher had hoped for did not show up at all. The hearts of the students in the audience were cold, and they actually went to mine after a long time......

It's just that it has changed from a traditional excavator to a construction machinery armor.

In fact, all this is what Li Jie made to Tony at the beginning: "Since you have made a steel armor, you have also designed a mecha for engineering." So why don't you take it out generously and use it for the world?" This is a question that Li Jie was very puzzled about when he watched movies in his previous life, Tony Stark obviously designed a mecha for engineering, but the world of Marvel (movies) is still the world of traditional mechanical engineering.

Of course, Tony has his own concerns. Because he's afraid that his mecha technology will be stolen or something. However, he also knows very well what kind of huge impact engineering mecha will have on the traditional industry if it is put into the market, which will be a great revolution. In the original story, Tony would not let go of his mecha technology, let alone put them on the shelves as commodities.

But when Li Jie appeared, and under his influence, he pulled up a large number of like-minded companions to promote the progress and reform of the earth. Tony finally decided to put his designs on the shelves as commodities.

Engineering mechs do not need to use all kinds of bulletproof armor, nor do they need to fly fast, and even many models do not need the ability to fly at all, nor do they need to run how fast. It only needs to be able to meet various engineering needs and work well in various complex geographical conditions.

To this end, Tony redesigned the entire product line of engineering mechas. The purpose of the mecha is compounded, and the operation is as simple as possible. Since Tony's Steel Warframe was actually a very mature product, such a small change would be a breeze for him.

On the channel promotion of Stark Group, a new generation of engineering mecha has been put on the shelves and become a global product. And in order to promote the use of engineering mechas, Stark Group has also set up training points in large cities in major countries around the world for free. It makes it easy for customers who have purchased their own engineering mecha to find operators.

Although engineering mechs are not cheap, the price of an engineering mecha with special mining as its main function is generally around one million dollars. But compared to traditional special mining machines, this price is not too expensive. Because the price of traditional machinery is also close to 950,000 US dollars. Although the mech costs $50,000, it has a lot more features that allow it to do more work.

These engineering mecha were very popular in the market as soon as they were launched, because there were too many engineering problems that were difficult to solve with traditional machinery, or they required extremely professional and precious top craftsmen who surpassed the giant panda to complete. The multi-functional composite nature of engineering mechs has helped many projects solve many problems. And Tony's design greatly controls the cost, so that the mecha is no longer something that the factory can't afford.

He even launched various lite editions to suit the needs of different markets.

Just like the mecha that Chen Xiang piloted during the exam, this is one of the thirty mecha sponsored by Stark Group for this technical school. Because it is a training machine, there are many functions that are not available and the power is relatively low. But this can control the cost, and the price of such a mecha is only more than 300,000 yuan. The price is comparable to that of a domestic high-end CNC machine. It's really not expensive in construction machinery.

Chen Xiang operated the mecha to complete an emergency turning of parts and welding. Although it looks difficult from the outside, Chen Xiang has to process a part with an accuracy error of 8 thousandths of a millimeter in a temporary field field. But Chen Xiang, who controlled everything in the mecha, felt that it was not difficult at all. Because he only needs to enter some commands, and then the mech can do it all automatically.

This is also a special design made by Tony for the promotion of engineering mechas, that is, to reduce the difficulty of using mechas and the entry cost. As long as a person who has completed junior high school normally and is mentally healthy, he can control these mechs to accomplish many things that only a master can do.

After the cutting was completed, Chen Xiang conducted a welding test. The arm of the engineering mecha stretched out a welding lance head, and he used the scanning function in the mecha to scan the cracks that needed to be welded, and planned the best path.

"It's a pity that it's a trainer. It is said that those professional welding mechas, which cost seven or eight million units, can analyze the properties of the materials that need to be welded in an instant, even if it is a complex multi-section of materials that can be welded together. The mecha can control the welding temperature and automatically replace the appropriate welding wire. Chen Xiang thought so, but he didn't stop in his hand.

With the help of the mecha, Chen Xiang, who obviously hasn't done much welding work, is like a master who has worked for 20 years, and his welding skills are smooth and professional. The welded weld is smooth and even, and after grinding, it is snow-white and shiny without any cracks.

The students and teachers of other majors in the technical school who were watching the exam from the sidelines couldn't help but feel a little chilly. Especially a master who has been a lathe worker and a welder for 30 years, they couldn't help but shake their heads and whispered: "In the future, these crafts will be completely replaced by mechas!"

The wave of numerical control has made it difficult for traditional machining to have a place to stand up, and the only place to keep is probably some special processing. And the emergence of engineering mecha has given these special processing a better choice, and maybe there will not be many special processing jobs in the future to ask a master like himself.

However, Chen Xiang did not feel the sorrow of those masters. Because the glory of those masters was too long ago for him. It's like the story in Mr. Storyteller. Now this is the era of his own young generation, Chen Xiang has seen earth-shaking changes in the world in the past few years since he walked out of the mountains. He was confident that he could find his place in this turbulent wave.

"The world is already changing. Maybe the teacher is right, we will really be the trendsetters of this era. No, even if it's not a tide, it's great that we can follow the waves. "Chen Xiang finished all the exams after completing the special mining exam, and finally got a certificate that rated B-level mecha mechanic.

Because the mecha driving test is all set by the Stark Group, it is a certificate that can be used worldwide. The B-level certificate is also the highest level of certificate that can be obtained by current students. The more advanced A and S levels require three years of work before they can be obtained by taking the exam.

Chen Xiang didn't care, there were still ten days left, and the envoys of the Nova Legion would arrive. Because he got a good job just after graduation, a large company hired him with an annual salary of 150,000 yuan to be in charge of special mining in the company.

Now he needs to do another important thing before he joins the company, he needs to go home. Standing at the gate of the school, Chen Xiang's bank card contained 5,000 yuan of travel expenses given to him by the company, which was advanced for him to go to the company and deducted from his first month's salary.

He carried his modest luggage, a washed white denim bag with all his change of clothes. He was going to Jinan North Railway Station, but the school didn't have a shuttle bus to go anywhere. I used to have to walk an extra 40 minutes to the next bus stop to catch the bus. But today, Chen Xiang decided to go extravagant.

With a wave of his hand, he stopped a half-hovering taxi. Ever since Stark Group introduced the hovering car, the world has been following the concept. Many manufacturers have paid a high fee for the right to use the suspension technology of Stark Group. Even if it's a castrated levitation technique.

There are no depots anymore that still produce four-wheeled cars, well, that's a bit wrong. It should be said that factories that could only produce cars on four wheels were doomed to be eliminated.

Chen Xiang stopped a BAIC hovering taxi. Chen Xiang was a little hesitant to get on the bus, as the price of this kind of hovering taxi is 20 percent more expensive than a traditional four-wheeled taxi.

"Let's go?" the taxi driver pushed his sunglasses and raised his eyebrows at Chen Xiang outside the car.

"Let's go, go to the North Station. Chen Xiang gritted his teeth, anyway, today is extravagant, then he is extravagant. I have been poor with my family all my life, and I have not visited the city in a big city like Jinan for three years, let alone taken a taxi. I've never been in a car in my life, and today I'm an eye-opener.

The hovering car drove unusually smoothly on the road, which was different from the various cars that Chen Xiang had ever sat in. When those cars drive over the road, there are always various ditches and bumps that will make the car bumpy, and the tire noise caused by the friction between the tires and the ground will also be transmitted into the car. The hovercar does not have these troubles, Chen Xiang sits in the back of the car blowing the natural and fresh air conditioner, feeling as if he is sitting in a comfortable large sofa. He almost slept here.

He shook his head and woke himself up. Then he tried to talk to the driver to relieve his fatigue.

"Big brother has been a driver for many years?"

"More than ten years. ”

"This car is easy to drive. ”

"That's! It's really easy to drive! The car doesn't bump at all, and my waist is much more comfortable. And this car does not eat gas. ”

"Don't eat oil?!" Chen Xiang was a little surprised.

"Hehe, you don't know how to drive when you look at this young man. It's not okay for a man to not understand a car. Let me tell you, this hovercar is completely electric. The car relies on the Ark battery manufactured by Stark Group as an energy source. Clean and environmentally friendly, with no exhaust emissions at all. In the future, there will be fewer and fewer cars that burn oil. Now the price of oil at gas stations is getting cheaper and cheaper. I just bought an old Mercedes-Benz S200 last month, and I went to the gas station to take a look, and the price of oil has dropped to three yuan. "The driver is very talkative.

"Mercedes, that's expensive. In Chen Xiang's heart, Mercedes-Benz is a representative of high-end cars.

"Hey, what's expensive. Old-fashioned four-wheeled cars are just that. No one wants it now. If a rich person still drives a four-wheeled car to go out, it is too unbanked. Now even taxis are hovering vehicles, and the price of four-wheelers has long since collapsed. The driver said: "The old S200, which ran 60,000 kilometers, will be processed for 40,000 yuan now." No one wants it, everyone says that the country will ban four-wheeled roads in the future. And in the future, the gas station may disappear one day. Who would dare to sell a car for a high price. ”

"Then master, do you still buy it?"

"No way, who made me love Mercedes when I was a kid. If I can't open it for two years, I'll be able to collect antiques. "It looks like the driver is also a man of faith.

While talking with the driver all the way, Chen Xiang saw hovering cars speeding past on the road. I heard the driver say that there is a trade-in policy, and there will be fewer and fewer old cars and more and more hovering cars in the future. This car is safer and more environmentally friendly. When taking the highway to the North Railway Station, Chen Xiang also saw a huge construction site.

"What is the master doing?"

"It's like building a giant building, like the one in Shanghai. It is said that one building will be able to accommodate one million people after it is repaired. It's like a myth, can a building house accommodate a million people?!"

"It should be possible......" Chen Xiang was not very sure.

The driver shook his head: "My wife told me to buy the pre-sale property here first, saying that it will be convenient to live in this building in the future." There are all kinds of schools and hospitals. I said a million people crammed into one building, you don't panic!"

Chen Xiang opened his mouth and asked, "Then your wife asked you to buy it, did you buy it?"

The driver was very dry: "I bought it." ”

When passing by the construction site, Chen Xiang saw a lot of engineering mecha working in the construction site. They are all doing all kinds of difficult processing projects, and those ordinary construction workers are extremely envious when they look at these workers who can fly away in mechas. Chen Xiang thought to himself: I will also be one of these in the future.

The North Station rooked with a larger platform, which was prepared for the super-high-speed rail. It's faster and more convenient than traditional high-speed rail. Chen Xiang's ticket is to take the hyperloop home. It is more than 1,700 kilometers from Jinan to his hometown in the southwest, and the fare is more than 800 yuan. It's a bit expensive, no! I should say that it's too expensive compared to the hard train I used to sit on!

But Chen Xiang still spent the money because he was in a hurry to go home to share his good news with his family. A conventional train would take him for more than twenty hours on the journey, and he would only need to sit on the hyperloop for an hour.

When the silvery-white light, like a silver dragon, stopped in front of him, Chen Xiang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: It's so beautiful! He has never seen such a beautiful train. The body is streamlined with a silvery-white paint that shines brightly. Walking into the carriage, the seats are set to two on one side. The seats are wide and comfortable, allowing you to put your feet straight.

The train departed on time and the seats were full. Sitting next to Chen Xiang was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties and wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked like a gentleman. He started his trip with his computer out and was doing his job.

Chen Xiang glanced at it secretly, it was a lesson plan. It seems to be about the lesson plan of a certain middle school in the southwest, well? Isn't this southwest xx middle school from his hometown? Chen Xiang's hometown is a national-level impoverished county. Education has always been poor. Although he didn't want to say this, Chen Xiang always felt that the teachers in the middle school he studied in the past always had an earthy taste. There is no way to do this, because as a national-level poverty-stricken county, there are no good teachers who are willing to come to their hometowns to teach. There are many teachers who came in their twenties or thirties, and there are also those who stay in school to work as substitute teachers.

So Chen Xiang couldn't help but say to the person next to him who looked like a teacher: "You are a teacher?"

"Hmm. The other party was very busy, so he just nodded and didn't look at Chen Xiang or talk.

"I'm from this middle school. Chen Xiang pointed to the teacher's lesson plan and said with a little excitement.

"Are you a student of this school?" The middle-aged teacher only raised his head now, and he looked Chen Xiang up and down: "What class are you in?"

"I've graduated. After graduating from junior high school, I came to Jinan to attend a technical school. Chen Xiang was a little embarrassed: "You are a teacher, right?" ”

"Yes, you can call me Mr. Wang. What's your last name?"

"Don't give your surname Chen. Teacher Wang, are you a teacher in this school? Why haven't I seen you before?" Teacher Wang's temperament is outstanding, and this kind of teacher with a very special academic spirit will definitely be noticed in his former school.

"Well, it's normal that you don't know me. Because I've only been there for half a year. Teacher Wang straightened his gold-rimmed glasses: "I am a participant in the national promotion of the western education plan. I used to be a teacher in a middle school in Jinan. After answering the call of the state, I went to your original school to teach mathematics. This Sunday happens to be my birthday, so I'll go back to Jinan for my birthday and I'm going back today. ”

Chen Xiang always has respect for teachers who are willing to go to the national-level poverty-stricken counties in his hometown. He said respectfully: "Mr. Wang, you can give up your life in Jinan to work in our national poverty-stricken county, you are really amazing." ”

Chen Xiang's compliment made Teacher Wang blush a little, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "Xiao Chen, don't say that I am so great." Actually, I also volunteered many years ago when I first graduated from university. After two months of teaching in the western mountains, I escaped. Because where there is too poor, there is nothing. I'm used to life in the big city, and I can't live in a poor place. Those teachers who can stick to these places for ten or twenty years are really great. ”

"I'm answering the call now, mainly because it's easy to get around. It takes only an hour by train from Jinan and an hour by hovercar. It's two hours to the county. For teachers like us, the relevant departments reimburse us for the round-trip fare. They know that many people are like me, in fact, we are willing to teach children in poor areas. But we can't stand the local accommodation and living environment. So everyone compromised, worked in the poor countryside, and lived back in the city. ”

"I live in the county from Monday to Friday, and I want to go back to Jinan on weekends. "Teacher Wang is still a little embarrassed. He may be nearly forty years old, but he still has some of the pride and shame of a literati, which makes him feel that he is actually a bit hypocritical in doing so. But for Chen Xiang, it is good that a teacher like Mr. Wang is willing to come. My hometown is too backward, and I need such teachers to educate the next generation.

The train traveled at high speed in a passage similar to a vacuum glass tube, and Chen Xiang looked at the blurred scenery outside through the window glass and pipe glass. He vaguely seemed to see another silver dragon running across the earth. Is there someone like you in the car?

On the criss-crossing trunk lines, each galloping silver dragon carries countless people and their pursuits.

Maybe this era is not perfect, but for Chen Xiang, this is the best era.