The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 478 Construction (Part 1)

Of course, Jiang, who had already decided not to change her major, still had to take the exam diligently, and her experience was no less difficult than others.

Upon hearing Jiang Hui's decision, Carlo felt both regret and understanding. He didn't say much, only asking her to come to his place after she finished her written exam.

Jiang Hui agreed. Although the written exam for the individual combat training program lasted three days, the actual exam time was only two and a half days. The afternoon of the third day was unscheduled, and the morning of the fourth day and the afternoon of the seventh day were also free. The students could arrange their own schedules based on the time difference, as long as they showed up on time for the exam.

Jiang Hui had no problem with the written test; due to the mutation in her brain, her memory was unmatched by ordinary people. This really saved her a lot of time in absorbing theoretical knowledge, allowing her to focus more on practical skills.

There was no need to worry about the written exam, and the mecha practical skills couldn't be improved by cramming at the last minute, so the last few days leading up to the exam weren't anything special for Jiang Hui. That's why Hillman saw Jiang Hui still studying how to assemble mecha parts before the exam...

But she was no less relaxed than the others who were busy preparing for the exam, because she was also facing a significant challenge recently.

The pine trees in her consciousness space were slowly taking shape, and her right arm was nearing completion. From then on, the right arm she wielded in her mecha within her consciousness space would no longer be just a phantom.

Of course, for the entire mecha, this is just a small milestone, but for Jiang Hui, it is an extremely difficult process.

Even before opening this new magical space of consciousness, Jiang Hui had already been trying to assemble a mecha. The template used was a normal humanoid armor, and he was already assembling the arm parts. Although the process was somewhat bumpy and not very smooth, it was gradually beginning to take shape.

The construction of objects within the consciousness space differs from that outside; one must "produce" the raw materials. Moreover, this "production" is highly random; it's not something that can be done simply by thinking about it.

Jiang Hui spent almost half a month, exploring day and night. Hundreds and thousands of failures told her that constructing a physical entity in this consciousness space was not simply a matter of having a shape. She had to be familiar with the material's shape, properties, and even structure, among many other aspects.

These things are abstract and ethereal, relying entirely on personal understanding. Even teachers often can't explain them clearly, and textbooks, with their dry annotations, are even less effective than a teacher's explanation.

Therefore, her inability to accurately replicate things in the consciousness space is often due to a lack of deep understanding of the material or a slight misunderstanding of the structure. In the end, the resulting replica may also be considered "unreasonable" because it deviates from reasonable parameters and cannot be realized.

I never expected this consciousness space to be so unique. It doesn't just let you have complete fantasy; it also requires some real technology built on top of fantasy. It's really quite speechless.

So Jiang Hui spent a long time reading various books on materials analysis, decomposition, and so on. She even asked Hillman for some standard guidebooks on materials science, which made her friends wonder if she was going to change her major again.

Jiang Hui certainly didn't want to switch; she had no choice but to learn it. Without learning it, she couldn't materialize materials, nor could she construct them in her consciousness space, not to mention her fantasy of one day piloting a pine tree in her consciousness space... What could she do? She could only learn it; learning more wouldn't hurt. Besides, Jiang Hui also felt that after learning these things, she seemed to be able to construct mechs in reality more smoothly than before, with a better feel for them, and she could assemble a finger joint much faster than before.

Jiang Hui felt that she had some talent, and with the help of talent and time, she finally ushered in the final assembly of the right arm of the pine tree before the final exam.

The pine and cypress armor differs from ordinary humanoid armor in appearance and grade, but their general structure and principles are not too different. Many parts, once the raw materials are obtained, can be gradually built up using existing experience, becoming increasingly easier as you progress. However, she is still stuck on the last step, because Jiang Hui herself has been unable to complete this step in reality.

Yes, it's the mech pilots' nightmare—mechanical syllables.

In terms of structural proportions, this thing is really insignificant. It varies in size, and it may be bigger than the fist of a standard mecha, or it may be only the size of a finger. There is no specific standard among different types of mecha, and even within the same type of mecha, there is no unified standard. It all depends on how the mecha pilot uses it.

If Jiang Hui were assembling a standard humanoid mecha, she could simply buy ready-made mechanical joints from the official website. They would be expensive, but she could afford them. The problem was that her mecha arm was entirely assembled from discarded parts. She had to disassemble and test each piece from the abandoned parts before putting it into use—meaning that almost all the components on this mecha arm came from thousands of discarded parts.

Finding the same standard and parameters, along with the appropriate components, is very difficult. Different production processes also result in differences, and even a slight discrepancy in any one part can lead to major problems. She could only debug and adjust, correcting any slight error. Naturally, the final product was different from the standard data output, essentially a unique piece.

Although the finished product looks strange, Jiang Hui tried it and found it quite useful. It's just that it's hard to find a match with the standard mechanical joints available on the market.

Unconvinced, she spent a fortune buying two items from the official website, only to find they were indeed unsuitable and vastly different from what she expected. Jiang Hui, not daring to experiment recklessly, stopped and decided to rummage through the discarded parts to see if she could find any joints that were even remotely usable.

She spent a month searching and carefully selected dozens of mechanical joints. Five of them were somewhat usable, but once installed, they just didn't feel quite right and were definitely not going to work properly.

Jiang Hui has very high requirements for accuracy, and in her opinion, this product is completely unqualified and not presentable, so she has been working on it.

In reality, she was stuck at the connecting mechanical joints, and in her consciousness space, her construction of the pine and cypress trees also fell into the same strange cycle.

Actually, the mechanical joints of Songbai are slightly better, since there's a prototype available, and you can just follow the mold. However, the problem lies in the fact that the mechanical joint connecting the arm to Songbai's arm is made of a different material than ordinary mecha parts. It's a wear-resistant material called Tin-Ming Steel, which is rarely used even in military-grade mecha.

It is also a type of high-strength steel, but it belongs to the reinforced type. Not only is its production limited, but it is also difficult to process, requiring special techniques to shape. However, the finished product is stronger than most wear-resistant materials on the market, and it also has unparalleled fracturing properties, making it a rare material in the mecha industry.

(End of this chapter)