Back to the surface.

Stand next to the elevator.

Lu Zhou took out his mobile phone from his pocket and called Chen Yushan.

As soon as the phone was connected, he immediately spoke.

"Get me a piece of land."

There was silence on the other end of the line for a few seconds.

"Express? What courier? ”

“…… It's me who has a problem with expression. ”

Coughing lightly, Lu Zhou continued, "I plan to build a space shuttle production base in Jinling High-tech Park, not far from the Institute for Advanced Study, you can help me see if there is a more suitable place nearby, and the transportation will be a little more convenient." ”

"Wait, wait, I'm a little out of your train of thought......" Listening to Lu Zhou's plan with a confused face, Chen Yushan, who was sitting in the office, reached out and pinched her eyebrows, took a deep breath and continued, "Why build a space shuttle?" ”

Lu Zhou thought for a while, and said in an uncertain tone: "Because...... Want to do some experiments? ”

To be honest, if you have to say a reason, there really is no special reason.

It's just that the wreckage No. 3 is there, and it's a pity to put it away. And now that the light of controlled fusion has been lit, the exploration and development of outer space will be the focus of the next 50 years or even a century.

What's more, even if he doesn't think about these issues, he has to find a place for Xiao Ai to squander his excess energy...... Or arithmetic.

There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment, and then a soft sigh was heard.

"Well, since you don't think about making a profit, I won't advise you anymore...... Anyway, it's the money you make, and it's up to you to spoil it as you want. ”

It is not without domestic private aerospace enterprises, and even the so-called "Asia's largest" private rocket manufacturing base has been developed, and a lot of money has been raised, but there is no obvious profit prospect at present.

In particular, the core technology is basically firmly monopolized in the hands of the two central enterprises of aviation science and aviation engineering, and it is purely thankless to want to compete with these two giants on the same stage in this market where there is not much meat. The reason why several large domestic companies are willing to spend a lot of money on space projects is purely because of the tax relief policies announced at the last seminar on the lunar landing program, as well as their own launch needs.

From the perspective of a CEO, Chen Yushan certainly does not approve of leaving the promising battery market alone and running to join in the excitement of aerospace. But since Lu Zhou, the chairman, said so, she didn't persuade much.

What's more, with Star Technology's current cash flow and future profit expectations, a space project can still afford it.

"It can't be said to be a waste," Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, "I will try to keep the budget within 100 million US dollars." ”

Chen Yushan couldn't help but complain: "What you think is too simple, a better private jet is more than 100 million!" ”

Lu Zhou, who was holding his mobile phone, made a helpless expression and continued: "I will try my best to get some scientific research tasks from the space agency, as well as some policy support...... In short, the funds are definitely enough. ”

This money may not be a lot, but it can also alleviate some of the financial pressure.

Of course, Lu Zhou's biggest source of confidence is still in Xiao Ai.

As long as there is enough computing power and hardware facilities to support it, he can build a set of unmanned automatic production lines.

As for some things that have no conditions and no need to produce themselves, they can be outsourced to other manufacturing enterprises to produce.

After listening to Lu Zhou's optimistic statement, Chen Yushan asked in a teasing tone: "Then let me ask by the way, my dear Mr. Chairman, how big of an express do you plan to take?" ”

Hearing the teasing tone, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, thought for a while and said.

"It's just one hundred and fifty acres."

……

After explaining the establishment of the space shuttle manufacturing base to Chen Yushan, Lu Zhou turned around and stood on the elevator and returned to the underground laboratory.

Almost as soon as his front foot stepped over the alloy door, Xiao Ai controlled the drone and glued up.

Looking at the drone dangling next to him with a "look of anticipation", Lu Zhou immediately knew what it wanted to ask, so Wan Er smiled and said.

"Don't worry, wait two months at most, and I'll have a big task for you."

After receiving this promise, the drone floating next to him suddenly circled around him excitedly.

"Hmmm! It's wrapped up in Xiao Ai! ”

【(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧】

Ignoring the emoji that popped up on the control terminal of the industrial robot next to him, Lu Zhou took out the scanning gun from the system space and walked to the side of Wreckage Three, ready to get down to business.

However, just as he pointed the scanner at the wreckage, he hesitated.

Speaking of which, apart from this Wreckage Three, he has a black cube that he hasn't studied, and he still hasn't figured out what it's used for.

However, everything has its own order.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Zhou finally turned on the calibration light, locked on Wreckage No. 3, and pulled the trigger.

However, at this moment, a line of text popped up on the display screen behind the scanner.

[The energy is not enough to complete the scanning task, and forcibly starting it may cause some data loss, should I continue?] 】

Lu Zhou: "......"

MMP！

And the setting of the energy limit?!

The remains of the battery that had been scanned before were so small that he didn't even notice that there was such a setting.

But think about it, if there is no energy limit, he can just put the wreckage No. 2 in the wreckage No. 3 and sweep it together, then there is still no need to be so entangled.

Lu Zhou made a bold guess that the energy consumption of this scanner should be related to the amount of information ingested from the object, and the larger the volume and the more complex the internal structure of the object, the greater the energy required for one-time scanning.

Thinking of this, he spoke.

"Xiao Ai, do me a favor."

"Huh?"

"Help me remove the shell from this thing."

"Roger!"

The drone swayed and flew over, followed by three robotic arms that also quickly stretched out. Two of them clamped onto Wreckage Three's shell, and the other followed the straight lines of the cutter, slowly cutting a gap in the shell in a gut-aching grinding sound.

The ceramic matrix composite shell of the fusion battery had been shattered into slag in the initial impact, and the nearby parts had unfortunately been blown out of the wreckage by the explosion or something else, and it was basically hopeless to rely on the scanner to reverse the situation, so Lu Zhou threw this thing aside.

As for the propulsion units on the Hall propulsion array, there are still a few that are structurally intact.

Ordering Xiao Ai to line up the two main modules of the Hall Advancement Array and the ionization chamber behind it on the ground, Lu Zhou took out the scanning gun again, starting from the Hall Advancement Array on the far left, and gradually increasing the width of the scanning light.

When the capture range of the scanning ray accommodates all two modules, it is close to the upper limit of energy.

Without any hesitation, Lu Zhou immediately pulled the trigger.

Only a soft "buzz" sound was heard, and a bright blue arc of light flickered slightly at the muzzle of the gun, and along the trajectory of the calibrated light, a grid-like light blue light curtain was spread out in front of it.

This beam of light beyond the standard model, no matter how many times he saw it, Lu Zhou could not restrain the shock in his heart.

For the current technology of human civilization, this technology has even gone beyond the scope of science and reached the realm of fantasy.

At least, he couldn't imagine what kind of principle it was working on.

I can't even imagine it.

The pale blue curtain of light seemed to have a magical penetrating power, shining through the hard metal shell, turning the metallic shell into a transparent color, and scanning every inch of the shadow.

Looking at the scene in front of him, an inexplicable thought suddenly popped up from Lu Zhou's mind.

If you put a big enough thing on a spaceship, wouldn't it be possible to scan an entire planet like this?

Of course, he knew it in his heart.

Perhaps only a higher civilization that has mastered this technology is capable of answering him......