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

Upon arriving at the weapons research lab, Chen Anrong greeted everyone and found the director.

The director was a little uneasy about Chen Anrong's arrival, because he knew very well that Chen Anrong would not come to the temple without a reason, and that she must have something to say.

After pouring Chen Anrong a cup of tea, the director sat down opposite him and asked what was wrong.

Chen Anrong first looked around the room and then asked the director about the situation in his research lab and whether he needed anything.
The director smiled and shook his head. "No, no, there haven't been any problems since Su Chen adjusted the direction of his work and made changes to the graduate students."

"Did you come to see us today because you need something? Please tell us what it is, and we will do our best to help."

Chen Anrong smiled and thought for a moment before saying, "We've recently been thinking about developing offensive and defensive weapons. I wonder if you could help us?"

The director immediately agreed, smiling and saying, "Of course, no problem. This is our job."

“We had been researching this before, but recently the research labs have been consolidating, and everyone has been quite busy, so we've put it on hold for now.”

Chen Anrong shook her head and repeated her thoughts again.

"I know everyone has been working hard, what I mean is to upgrade our base's offensive and defensive systems."

The director frowned.

He had initially thought Chen Anrong wanted them to research some offensive and defensive weapons, but now he realized that wasn't the case.

He was somewhat troubled because the planet's banking system was designed by Su Chen.

It is currently the most advanced technology, and it is almost impossible for it to surpass Su Chen.

He bluntly told Chen Anrong the difficulty of improving the base's offensive and defensive systems.

Chen Anrong knew this too, and said with a smile, "I know it's difficult, that's why I'm discussing it with you."

"It's okay if it doesn't succeed. If it does succeed, wouldn't our security be further improved?"

The director nodded, indicating that he would do his best in his work.

Chen Anrong asked him what he needed, since this work required the cooperation of many people, not just the weapons research lab. It could be said that improving the current offensive and defensive system's capabilities required the cooperation of multiple research labs.

The director briefly explained his needs.

First, we need the cooperation of other units; they cannot fail us at critical moments.

Secondly, we should give them preferential treatment in terms of resources.

Once we enter the research phase, we'll definitely need to consume a lot of materials.

These materials are valuable in themselves, and every research lab needs them.

If they are not provided with sufficient materials, various obstacles will arise during the research process.

Chen Anrong agreed to all of them, and then issued another document.

The main content of the document is to instruct all work units to cooperate with the weapons research laboratory.

Shortly after the document was issued, the director of the defense research lab came to see Chen Anrong to express his dissatisfaction with the document.

"How could you let the weapons research lab do this alone? This should have been the responsibility of our defense research lab. You should have discussed it with us beforehand."

The director's words startled Chen Anrong. He asked, somewhat puzzled, "Isn't it normal for the weapons research lab to do this work? They research all kinds of weapons, while your defense research lab focuses on all kinds of defenses."

"Although he dabbles in weapons, he doesn't seem to be particularly focused on it."

The director was immediately displeased upon hearing this.

“You clearly stated in your document that you want to improve the base’s offensive and defensive systems. The offensive systems are being researched by the weapons research lab, and I have no questions about that.”

"However, the defense system should be handed over to us."

Chen Anrong gave a bitter smile.

He had thought about it before, but the offensive and defensive systems are supposed to be integrated. It wouldn't work if they were divided into two research labs, with everyone doing their own thing.

The offensive and defensive system requires an extremely high degree of coordination.

He felt that the director of a defense research lab would definitely understand its importance.

How could anyone ask such a stupid question?

His expression was a little unpleasant, but he forced himself to say, "I did this to better study the attack and defense system."

"Besides, aren't we asking you to cooperate? You are also of paramount importance in this operation."

"We're all working for the base's security. Does it really matter who we hand the task over to? If I were to assign the mission to you, the weapons research lab wouldn't be happy either."

The director stiffened his neck, looking dissatisfied. "So you're not worried that we won't agree, and you think we're easy to bully?"

Chen Anrong's face darkened, and she lightly tapped the table. "What are you saying? How could I think you're easy to bully, and how could I possibly bully you?"

"If you have any complaints about this matter, you can appeal to higher authorities."

He became increasingly stern as he spoke, and the director pursed his lips, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

He had assumed that with such a conflict, the defense research lab wouldn't be working seriously.

A few days later, he realized he was overthinking things.

Although the defense research lab was not satisfied with his work arrangements, everyone was still very serious about their work, and no one let their emotions affect their work.

The research on offensive and defensive systems was not as simple as Chen Anrong had imagined.

Chen Anrong believes that all that is needed is to conduct research and improve her abilities.

However, Su Chen had already perfected the ICBC system.

It would be extremely difficult to make any further improvements to his offensive and defensive systems.

The weapons research team is now preparing to investigate the vulnerabilities in the current offensive and defensive systems, fix them first, and then conduct further research.

Upgrade the attack and defense systems in other aspects, such as network attack and defense systems.

In this respect, everyone agreed that the ability was relatively weak.

Because Su Chen doesn't pay particular attention to this aspect.

Furthermore, in order to ensure that the base has a well-functioning system, they do not rely on the network.

Of course, the internet is also a very important part.

However, in Su Chen's research, the internet is only one part.

Even without the network, the normal operation of the entire base is not affected, which is the strength of Su Chen's attack and defense system.

Like some other bases established by others on Earth, they rely more on the network.

Once a network is attacked, many weapons become unusable.

Su Chen, however, was able to overcome this limitation, and when he had access to the internet, he could use it to better conduct offensive and defensive operations.

The absence of internet access will not have a significant impact.

During the process of identifying and addressing the shortcomings, the people in the weapons research lab did not find any particularly major flaws.

It can be said that there is none.

Because attack and defense systems require dedicated personnel for long-term maintenance, repair, and inspection.

Their professional skills are far superior to those of the people in the weapons research lab.

They couldn't find anything wrong with it, let alone those people. Ultimately, the weapons research lab began studying the network's operational testing system.

The network also has defensive and offensive capabilities, and they are working hard in this area, trying to elevate the network's offensive and defensive capabilities to a new level.

However, after several attempts, although they improved their network attack and defense capabilities, the overall effect was not particularly significant and not very useful for the entire base.

Chen Anrong had been waiting for their news.

After waiting for about half a month, they still didn't come looking for me.

Knowing they were encountering difficulties, he went to the weapons research lab in person.

Ask them what kind of trouble they encountered and whether they have made any progress recently.

The director gave him a brief report, then scratched his head sheepishly.

Su Chen's design is simply too perfect; it's virtually impossible for us to improve our offensive and defensive systems.

"Without Su Chen's support, it would be almost impossible for us to find any loopholes."

"And I believe that in this galactic system, it would be difficult for anyone to be our match."

"We originally planned to put some effort into the network attack and defense system, but we didn't see much improvement there."

"And even if it's improved, the effect won't be significant. I was just thinking of going to see you to hear your thoughts. If you could give us a clear goal, we could work hard to achieve it."

Chen Anrong rubbed her temples and suddenly remembered something that had happened recently.

He thought of an earthquake.

He asked the director, "Can we artificially create some ground tremors to form a widespread attack?"

The director, being a weapons expert, naturally understood what Chen Anrong meant and said with a smile, "I understand that you want to study ground attack waves. We have actually done some research on this before and have achieved some small successes."

"Since you've set a goal for us, let's focus on that. We'll do our best to develop the ground attack wave into a powerful offensive weapon."

Chen Anrong stroked her chin and asked curiously, "Could you describe the maximum scale of destruction caused by this kind of attack?"

The director thought for a moment and then described it to Chen Anrong.

The attack they have developed so far can completely destroy a small city.

Their current research aims to destroy the entire planet, causing it to break apart and eventually disappear into the universe.

This goal made Chen Anrong nod repeatedly.

If the ground-based attack wave they are researching can achieve this attack effect, then they will possess a powerful weapon.

Over the years of research, they have developed many weapons, but weapons capable of destroying a planet are actually very rare.

If we could develop another weapon of this type, it would truly open the eyes of all humanity.

It will also become one of humanity's most powerful weapons.

Because the director of the defense research lab came to see me last time, Chen Anrong talked to the director this time about whether they could get them involved, which would be beneficial for both of them.

The chances of success are greater if everyone works together in the same direction.

Chen Anrong also suggested that, in addition to studying ground attack waves, we should also study how to defend against such attacks.

Normally, while researching a weapon, they would also research defensive weapons.

This can avoid a lot of trouble.

What if they develop a super powerful weapon, but still can't stop others?

That would ultimately result in a lose-lose situation if a fight broke out.

To prevent this from happening, they conduct defensive research while researching a weapon.

The director had no objections.

He also knew that Bian hadn't been in a good mood lately; they were acquaintances and good friends.

Moreover, they often worked together, so out of respect for each other, he readily agreed.

With the two research labs working together, work efficiency has significantly improved compared to before.

The projects being researched by both parties are actually the same, except that one is conducting attack research and the other is conducting defense research, but the core of their research is the same.

This greatly accelerated the research progress for both of them.

It took about two months for both research labs to develop a weapon.

The weapons research lab has developed an even more powerful ground attack wave.

Meanwhile, the defense research lab has also developed a super-strong defense that can effectively block attacks from ground-based attack waves.

Of course, defense is not just about blocking one type of offensive weapon; it can block many types of offensive weapons.

However, this defense is not quite the same as the missiles used before.

This defense is a large-scale defense that can form a defensive layer in the high sky and use this layer for defense.

Once the research is complete, testing will begin.

Chen Anrong thought that this was their latest and most powerful weapon, which was rare even among all of humanity.

Moreover, the research was successful without Su Chen's help.

Therefore, he thought of inviting Su Chen and the others to a large-scale observation event, so that Su Chen could see their recent efforts.

He found Wang Jianfeng and reported the matter to him.

After reading it, Wang Jianfeng nodded in satisfaction, then said with slight hesitation, "Can we ask Su Chen and the others? They've seen it all before."

"The offensive and defensive weapons you developed are advanced, but they are too simplistic, and the research on the core technology is probably still related to Su Chen."

"If you really want to invite Su Chen and the others over, it would be best if they could develop more of these things."

"That way, Su Chen and the others can also visit more places."

Chen Anrong scratched her head, somewhat disagreeing, and said, "Isn't visiting this one enough?"

"This weapon and defense alone contain a lot of information."

Wang Jianfeng waved his hand.

Chen Anrong still didn't understand Su Chen and his group. Those people were used to big scenes and had seen everything.

Although the surface attack wave they developed was excellent, Su Chen and his group were capable of discerning its capabilities at a glance and even knowing most of the weapon's details.

From a time perspective, Su Chen and the others cannot be allowed to observe for too long.

If Su Chen and his group come and only observe for a few minutes, that would be too embarrassing.

To allow them to observe for a longer period of time, we also need to develop some new things.

These things are not just weapons; they can be other things as well.

He also planned to take advantage of the time that Chen Anrong and her team were conducting their research to make some modifications to Earth 2.

At least after Su Chen and his group arrived, they could see that Earth 2 had been upgraded; it wasn't the same as before. (End of Chapter)