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

The more Tang Yumo and the others talked, the more Chen Anrong felt his own inadequacy and the more he felt there was an insurmountable gap between himself and Tang Yumo.

After finishing their meal, everyone went about their business, except for Chen Anrong, who remained seated in the restaurant with nothing else to do.

After eating for a while, he suddenly stood up and felt that he should do something too.

What are you doing?

He wanted to provide more material resources for everyone, and it would be best if he could discover some new materials.

This can help people solve some problems and also help them broaden their thinking.

Back in his office, Chen Anrong summoned several relevant personnel to discuss the issue of exploring other planets.

They are already familiar with the resources inside the planets they already know. If they want to find new resources, they will definitely have to go to new planets to develop.

When he raised this issue, several experts in the relevant field were in a very difficult position.

Currently, the focus of the efforts to build the insulated planet is on the Nine Heavens Interstellar Battleship, and most people are busy with this matter.

The others also have their own jobs, and now Chen Anrong wants them to go explore other planets, which will require a lot of manpower.

But they are currently short-handed.

When the expert told Chen Anrong about this problem, Chen Anrong was slightly taken aback.

He hadn't considered it; a fleeting look of disappointment crossed his eyes.

"How many more people can we find to help right now?"

The expert said with a wry smile, "There are only about a dozen people. With so few people, all we can do is find the planet, but exploring it is simply impossible."

Chen Anrong's plan failed, and he had to give up for the time being.

At this moment, Tang Yumo is working intensively with experts on research.

Through their efforts over the past few days, they have finally been able to use genetic technology to create a barrier similar to a television screen.

This barrier is completely different from a television screen; it's more like a piece of clothing.

It can be easily covered on interstellar warships, but the defense is very low.

Experts tried several methods to add defense to this layer of genetically modified skin, but all attempts failed.

While it can provide defense against genetically modified skin, this defense will weaken the effectiveness of the genetically modified skin.

Having lost the ability of genetic skin, they need to find something that won't affect either of them, and even enhance the ability of genetic skin.

According to their tests, current genetically modified skin is only in its early stages.

With certain instruments, it is quick to see through the illusion created by genetically modified skin.

Tang Yumo handed over the task of upgrading the gene skin to other experts and busied herself with researching the defensive capabilities of the interstellar warship.

This is the top priority.

Once their defenses are gone or weak, even the most powerful weapons they possess will be of no use.

A single cannonball can destroy a starship, so the defensive capabilities of a starship are extremely important.

Their defenses are already very strong; they've used everything they have. But Tang Yumo isn't satisfied and wants to further enhance the interstellar warships' capabilities.

At the very least, none of the weapons they are familiar with can penetrate the defenses of an interstellar warship.

The Nine Heavens Starship now has four layers of defense.

The first of these four lines of defense is the defense provided by the materials used in the interstellar warship itself.

Secondly, there is the defense provided by the weapon.

The defense provided by a weapon is not a single defense, but rather a combination of multiple defenses.

The third type of defense is the repair capability that Chen Anrong previously proposed.

The fourth type of defense is the relatively weak gene-based skin defense capability that Tang Yumo and her team have just successfully developed.

According to Tang Yumo's idea, at least four more types of defenses need to be set up.

These four types of defenses are not only provided by the interstellar warship itself, but can also be achieved through external forces.

For example, remote defense.

Tang Yumo now believes that another defensive capability is needed to protect the interstellar warship.

After extensive research, he discovered that the energy inside the interstellar warship could be converted into defense.

However, single energy conversion is not powerful, and their weapons also have this kind of defense, so it needs to be improved.

The method to improve it is very simple: mix multiple energies together to form a powerful defense network.

This type of defense network is not much different from weapon defense, but its defensive capabilities are much stronger than those of ordinary networks.

The problem now is that when multiple energies are mixed together, they will cause repulsion, and the terrifying force of this repulsion is something that Tang Yumo and her team are unable to research.

Tang Yumo had no choice but to leave this problem to Su Chen.

Su Chen, far away in the Andromeda Galaxy, was still on an interstellar warship; they had not yet found a base where they could establish a planet.

Su Chen has been quite busy lately. Besides keeping an eye on the Nine Heavens Interstellar Battleship, he also has other issues to consider.

For example, establishing a base, or the problem of navigation in an interstellar warship.

Their situation is very dangerous right now, so Su Chen needs to keep a close eye on it at all times.

After learning that Tang Yumo had encountered a problem, Su Chen picked up the information that Tang Yumo had just sent him, looked at it carefully, and nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he handed the documents to Yuan Jingna, who was sitting next to him, and asked her to take a look.

Yuan Jingna glanced at it and said with a smile, "This girl is getting more and more impressive."

"It's only been a short time, and they've already researched the Nine Heavens Interstellar Battleship to this extent. I estimate that it won't be long before the Nine Heavens Interstellar Battleship is ready for use."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "How do you plan to help him?"

"Should we give him the technology directly, or give him an idea and let him research it on his own?"

Su Chen stroked his chin and said with a smile, "I think you should get involved too?"

"You've studied so many plants, and many of them must have defensive or offensive properties. Could you use these plants to help create one or more layers of defense?"

Yuan Jingna was taken aback, not expecting Su Chen to entrust this question to her.

This was an incredibly difficult task for him.

He wasn't an expert in this field, only studying plants. Although what Su Chen said was correct, plants are still plants, and combining plants with interstellar warships is a huge challenge.

Some time ago, he researched a technology that integrates plants and computers.

This technology is currently in its early stages and has not yet been fully successfully developed.

Although it works, it frequently malfunctions.

After thinking for a moment, he told Su Chen about his previous research, staring at him with his beautiful eyes, as if asking Su Chen whether Tang Yumo could use this technology.

Su Chen smiled and said, "You can talk to Tang Yumo. I know less about the Nine Heavens Starship than he does." Yuan Jingna touched her nose and fell silent.

Su Chen continued, "I'm leaving this matter to you. You must take it to heart."

Yuan Jingna rolled her eyes in annoyance, wanting to say something but ultimately holding back.

When Yuan Jingna contacted Tang Yumo, Tang Yumo was very happy and talked to her about many things, and even complained that she was too tired.

Yuan Jingna listened to his various complaints with a smile, and then said, "Su Chen asked me to help you solve some things, but I can make it clear in advance that I don't have that ability. At most, I can only give you some suggestions. In the end, you are the one who has to do these things."

Tang Yumo's eyes immediately lit up, and she asked Yuan Jingna with great curiosity what she thought.

Yuan Jingna smiled and asked Tang Yumo if she knew what he had been researching recently. Tang Yumo nodded vigorously and quickly realized that Yuan Jingna's research could help her and be used on the interstellar warship.

However, this had nothing to do with his request for help from Su Chen.

“I can definitely help you with your technology. I would have forgotten if you hadn’t mentioned it. But that’s not what I was talking about with Su Chen. I wanted him to help me improve the defense of my interstellar warship.”

Yuan Jingna smiled and nodded.

“I know, Su Chen means that I should help you. He hopes to use the characteristics and advantages of plants to help you build up your defenses.”

Tang Yumo frowned slightly and politely asked Yuan Jingna, "Do you think it will work? I think plants are inherently a very fragile substance."

"While plants have various advantages and disadvantages, how can we incorporate those advantages into an interstellar warship? Isn't that a bit too difficult for us?"

Yuan Jingna smiled without saying a word.

This was indeed a bit difficult for them, but not that difficult.

Because Tang Yumo has been researching gene technology, and gene technology is related to plants.

It may sound very difficult, but it should be simpler to do in practice.

The two of them had a detailed conversation.

Tang Yumo really didn't know much about this.

He said to Yuan Jingna with a grin, "I don't understand, sister. You can help me figure this out. Anyway, you're not very busy."

"Once you have the research results, just tell me the technology directly."

Yuan Jingna gave a helpless bitter smile and could only nod.

He knew that Tang Yumo was indeed busy, and he was a little worried about letting her handle this matter.

Tang Yumo understands gene technology, but she doesn't know much about plants.

Moreover, Su Chen specifically instructed him to help Tang Yumo solve the problem, so the task naturally fell to him.

Afterwards, Yuan Jingna went to the research lab to begin studying how plants could enhance the defensive capabilities of interstellar warships.

After much thought, he came up with a solution.

Most plants have one advantage.

This advantage is that they can grow in different environments, and Yuan Jingna plans to transplant these advantages to the interstellar warship.

This allows interstellar warships to survive in various environments.

This was a rather difficult problem for him, because plants and interstellar warships are completely different substances.

How can two different substances possess the same ability? How can an interstellar warship possess the abilities of plants? This is the most fundamental question.

Once this problem is solved, the rest becomes very simple.

Yuan Jingna called in several experts, and they began conducting a large number of experiments.

Take out an iron plate, and then use this iron plate to conduct a fusion experiment with some elements from plants.

The hope is that the two can be perfectly combined to form a connection, and then the elements present in the plant can be used to change the iron block.

This is a preliminary study.

If this research is successful, they can continue with further development.

Replace it with other objects, such as certain materials from a starship.

Yuan Jingna and the experts studied for half a month, but there was no major breakthrough.

They couldn't get the elements of the plant and the elements of the object to blend together; they would always repel each other.

Some experts suggested that Yuan Jingna go to Su Chen, as this was a task Su Chen had given them.

They have no other choice now; they can't just sit and wait to die, or bury themselves in hard work.

Everyone knows that without anyone's help, it's practically impossible to research and develop something like this on one's own.

Because they simply don't understand the issues and principles between the two.

Yuan Jingna nodded and went to have lunch with Su Chen at noon.

He discussed this issue with Su Chen at the dinner table.

Su Chen gave him a few ideas.

The first idea is to broaden your thinking and not limit your thoughts to plant elements and object elements.

Is it possible to create something using the elements inherent in plants? This is also the direction Su Chen hopes Yuan Jingna can research.

Their ultimate goal was to improve the defensive capabilities of interstellar warships, but now Yuan Jingna's research seemed to have exceeded his expectations.

Although Yuan Jingna's idea could also improve the interstellar warship's defense, Su Chen believed that there was no need to research anything else at the moment.

We only need to study the elements within the plant itself.

The second approach is to find the common elements between the two, or to find the different elements between them.

The same elements allow the two to blend together better.

Different elements also have things in common, which need to be sought out and discovered.

The third approach is rather crude: since these objects don't work, let's try something else; we can always find something comparable.

Afterwards, Su Chen chatted with Yuan Jingna about some things related to plants.

He explained a very simple principle to Yuan Jingna.

Plants may look like plants, but in reality, they possess incredibly powerful abilities in various aspects.

If you compare a starship to a blade of grass...

So the capabilities of the two are actually quite similar, and even a blade of grass is more powerful than a starship.

Su Chen also used an analogy: what would happen if an interstellar warship collided with a blade of grass?
The blade of grass will likely suffer no damage, and the interstellar warship will also suffer no loss.

But why do such strange phenomena occur when two different objects, one so weak and the other so powerful, collide?
Could we make use of this phenomenon?

If a spaceship were as delicate as a blade of grass, yet possessed its own unique characteristics, wouldn't its defensive capabilities be even stronger?
Yuan Jingna listened attentively while taking notes. (End of Chapter)