I ask you to design equipment, but you do science fiction for me?

The experts presented various kinds of data.

Su Chen and Li Xinran carefully examined each piece of data.

As he looked at the data, Su Chen couldn't help but frown; it wasn't particularly good.

Whether in terms of speed, safety, or other aspects, it did not meet Su Chen's requirements.

He originally intended to point out some shortcomings, but when he looked at Li Xinran, he noticed that everyone around her was extremely excited.

It seemed that everyone was satisfied with their current research, which made Su Chen swallow back the words he was about to say.

He didn't want to say anything discouraging when everyone was happy.

After thinking about it, he decided to talk about it later.

He took a closer look at Li Xinran's expression, and there was a hint of joy on her face, indicating that she was quite satisfied with her research.

Su Chen stroked his chin and continued looking at the data.

One set of data caught Su Chen's attention: it concerned the safety of small interstellar warships.

Data shows that after a small interstellar warship reaches a certain speed, its surface exhibits a bulging phenomenon.

This pulsating phenomenon indicates that the material has reached its limit at this speed. If it is accelerated further, the material may shatter, which is extremely dangerous.

Su Chen believes the issue of materials should be addressed.

However, Li Xinran's idea was completely opposite to his.

Li Xinran specifically handed the data about the materials to Su Chen and expressed her thoughts.

"The materials we use are already the most advanced."

"I don't think there's any need to improve the materials anymore. What we should improve is the speed of the small interstellar warship, reducing its speed to a certain level so that the materials won't have any problems."

Su Chen couldn't help but smile.

In many situations, when people are trying to solve a problem, they are focused on getting the problem solved.

But Li Xinran took a different approach. Instead of solving the problem, he addressed the factors that caused it.

If the speed is not high enough to cause damage, the material will not be damaged, which is a good approach.

Su Chen memorized this way of thinking, and he felt that it could indeed be used to think in certain special circumstances.

An hour later, Su Chen and his group left the experimental site, and the small interstellar warship returned.

This is just the first attempt; there will be many more trials to come.

This eliminates the need for Li Xinran to personally supervise; he only needs to look at the data.

Upon arriving at the conference room, everyone quietly watched Su Chen, awaiting his analysis.

The people sitting in the conference room were all experts from Li Xinran's independent research lab, and they had discussed the small interstellar warship many times.

Now they are mainly listening to Su Chen's ideas.

In their hearts.

Small interstellar warships are absolutely groundbreaking.

Under Li Xinran's leadership, they can be said to have developed an interstellar warship that Su Chen had never been able to successfully research.

The reason for this conclusion is that they knew Su Chen had previously researched small interstellar warships, but abandoned the project due to various problems.

But they solved all the problems and successfully developed an interstellar warship that was even better than Su Chen had envisioned.

That sense of pride is indescribable.

Looking at the entire world, almost no one can develop a better interstellar warship than Su Chen, let alone surpass him.

This time, they could exaggerate a bit and say that they surpassed Su Chen and accomplished what Su Chen could not.

Even Li Xinran felt a little smug.

Of course, he wouldn't think that way like the experts.

He is now a senior expert in the base, and he knows very well the real reason why Su Chen did not study small interstellar warships.

It wasn't that he couldn't figure it out, but for other reasons, Su Chen didn't want to continue the research.

Su Chen suddenly yawned, tapped the table lightly, and fell into deep thought.

He was carefully considering how to express his thoughts to the experts.

His ideas may differ from those of this group.

He could sense the experts' unusual excitement, waiting for him to say something that would excite them even more.

However, their words might not excite them.

Seeing that Su Chen remained silent, everyone's hearts sank, and the smiles on their faces gradually disappeared.

Some people lit cigarettes and puffed away.

Some people stared silently at the water glass in front of them, their brows slightly furrowed.

Everyone had worked with Su Chen for a while, so they were able to discern certain clues from some of his expressions.

Even though it was their first time meeting Su Chen, the fact that he didn't say a word made everyone feel pressured and uneasy.

This unease continued to spread as Su Chen remained silent.

Li Xinran was also affected by the situation, shifting her body slightly and asking softly, "Is there a problem?"

Su Chen nodded slightly and replied with a smile, "There are no major problems, just minor ones."

"And some issues are not enough to explain, but... since they are issues, let's talk about them."

"I am quite satisfied with this small interstellar warship. It has reached a super high standard in terms of both speed and safety."

"However, I personally feel that there are still some problems, such as the navigation capabilities of small interstellar warships."

"I'm not concerned about how long he can sail; I'm concerned about whether he can return to base during the voyage."

“I’ve looked at the structural diagram of the small interstellar warship. It only has one energy storage tank. Once this energy storage tank is attacked or damaged, or once the energy in the energy storage tank runs out, the small interstellar warship will not be able to return to the base.”

"It might even fall into space in a short period of time, and that's a problem that needs to be solved."

"The solution is to add another energy storage facility."

"This energy storage facility is not for sailing, but for returning to a safe base as quickly as possible in the most dangerous moments."

After hearing Su Chen's first idea, everyone fell into deep thought.

They had discussed this method intensely beforehand, and several experts shared Su Chen's idea.

However, small interstellar warships are too small.

Adding another energy storage tank would put pressure on small interstellar warships.

Furthermore, with an additional energy storage facility, some other things will have to be reduced.

But they are unwilling to give up certain things.

Ultimately, they decided to use an energy storage facility.

This energy storage facility is larger than the previous design, which is meant to make up for the lack of an energy storage facility.

Now Su Chen has raised this question again.

For a moment, no one knew how to answer.

One of the experts shared their previous assumptions.

Su Chen shook his head, feeling helpless about their thoughts.

He glanced at Li Xinran and asked for her opinion.

Li Xinran pursed his lips; he hadn't actually thought too much about this matter.

He personally believes that if there is a problem with an energy storage facility, it will not just be a problem with one energy storage facility, but a problem with the whole system.

Therefore, having one more or one less wouldn't make a significant difference. After he shared this idea, Su Chen was speechless for a moment.

He was also unwilling to argue with Li Xinran, because he knew that Li Xinran might win if they did.

He asked Li Xinran to conduct a simulation experiment.

Let's examine what problems a small interstellar warship might encounter in two different scenarios.

Li Xinran nodded, indicating that she would conduct the relevant experiments in a while.

Then he asked Su Chen if she had any other questions.

The experts were also staring at Su Chen, their faces no longer showing any joy; they were all a bit nervous.

Because they realized that Su Chen might bring up other issues.

as predicted.

Su Chen's next question was still about safety.

This security concerns the people inside the interstellar warship.

Interstellar warships inevitably encounter various accidents while navigating the universe; the impact of a meteorite could cause an interstellar warship to disintegrate.

Therefore, there is a final safety device inside the starship.

This safety device is similar to an ejection seat, which can instantly eject people from the starship, allowing them to float in space.

However, the floating time was not particularly long.

The ejection seat can transmit danger information and its location to the base the instant it is launched.

Once the people inside the base learn of this, they will send a starship to rescue them.

This is the last line of defense and an essential function for all interstellar warships.

However, this feature was not present on this small interstellar warship.

Su Chen asked them why.

The reasons given by the crowd were not much different from what they had just given.

The root cause is that the starships are too small, too small to accommodate too much equipment.

Ejection seats, on the other hand, take up a lot of space.

This one occupies even more space than the energy storage tank from before, so it was naturally discarded.

In fact, not many people have studied this issue in much detail.

But when Su Chen asked them, they were drenched in sweat.

Because they knew very well that this was a fatal mistake.

They simply ignored this mistake.

What are the reasons for this neglect?
It was because they wanted to successfully research small interstellar warships without considering what problems might arise after the warships were put into use.

Will it cause harm to the people traveling on the interstellar warship?

Su Chen only mentioned two safety issues.

In fact, this small interstellar warship has many, many problems.

However, Su Chen did not say them all.

If all the problems were revealed, these people would probably have a mental breakdown.

Seeing that the people present were in a very bad mood, Su Chen changed the subject and gave them full affirmation.

"The small interstellar warship you are researching is actually very powerful."

"There are just a few security issues, but once those are resolved, it can be called a perfect small interstellar warship."

"Of course, you can't blame yourself for this. Because the space is small, we can only reduce the number of things that exist."

He paused for a moment, then suddenly looked at Li Xinran, who remained silent.

"Personally, I'm wondering if we could modify these small interstellar warships into unmanned small interstellar warships."

“If no one is riding, then the safety issues we just discussed can be ignored, and we can also save a lot of space.”

"This space can also be used to optimize smaller warships."

Upon hearing Su Chen's words, everyone suddenly became interested.

This is a relatively new approach.

However, the interstellar warships they were researching were for workers.

If it were converted into an unmanned interstellar warship, it would become an all-around offensive weapon, losing its most basic navigation function.

Li Xinran greatly admired Su Chen's ideas.

He never considered turning small interstellar warships into unmanned interstellar warships.

Moreover, with just a slight modification, the purpose of the small interstellar warship was changed.

Su Chen pondered for a moment and said, "We can make the unmanned small interstellar warships even smaller, so that they can be deployed inside large interstellar warships to form a drone hive."

"I think this is a very powerful attack method, and it can do many things for us, such as probing planets, detecting dangers, and launching attacks, etc."

Ultimately, at Su Chen's suggestion, the interstellar warship, originally intended for navigation, was converted into an unmanned interstellar warship.

Moreover, it should be minimized as much as possible.

Since no one uses it, many security issues can be eliminated directly.

At most, it would destroy a small, unmanned interstellar warship.

Soon, Li Xinran led the experts to conduct preliminary research.

The research was completed in less than half a month.

Su Chen was very satisfied with the various data as he looked at them in his office.

The small, unmanned interstellar warships have no major problems, and safety issues are almost negligible.

Soon, Su Chen contacted Wang Jianfeng.

When the Tianlong was being built, small unmanned interstellar warships had not yet been developed.

Now that the research has been completed, it will naturally be installed on the Huaxia Dilong.

However, to perfectly integrate the small unmanned interstellar warship with the Huaxia Dilong, a drone hive needs to be established.

As for how to build the hive, Su Chen didn't care and handed it over to Li Xinran.

Li Xinran is leading a team to Earth 2 to assist Wang Jianfeng in completing the construction of the Hive.

Meanwhile, he will also stay there for a period of time to oversee the growth of small, unmanned interstellar warships.

Li Xinran was unwilling to go.

He knew he had a problem, but he couldn't change it.

He didn't want to have conflicts with others and preferred to stay alone in his research lab.

Especially after learning that Su Chen wasn't going either, he became even less willing to go.

However, this is a matter that only he can handle at the moment.

Therefore, he could only arrive at Earth 2 with a displeased heart.

As soon as he arrived at the airport, he looked at some of the things he had built.

Seeing that some of the modifications she had made had not been removed, Li Xinran felt a little better.

He had assumed that while he was there, these buildings would be preserved, but that Wang Jianfeng would order them demolished when he was gone. (End of Chapter)