I built an armada.

The "infrastructure behemoths" that Xue Shuai mentioned are the Dragon Xia Engineering Legion, which possesses unparalleled strength and speed!
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Su Dingping's voice was without the slightest hesitation, even rising a few decibels, the five words crisp and clear, resounding on the ground!

"Alright! Whatever you need, mark it with the highest level and send it directly! With the full strength of the tribe, we'll help you leap over the dragon gate!"

The call was abruptly ended.

The atmosphere in the entire control room froze instantly, and then exploded violently!
Forty! Good heavens!

"A year and a half... How is that possible?!"

"Commander Xue said...no pilot test is needed...just start manufacturing?"

"This is putting the future of the entire tribe on our group... on our shoulders..."

Shock, elation, dizziness, and a strong sense of mission enveloped by immense trust... all sorts of emotions impacted everyone.

Even the usually composed Li Kaimin opened his mouth, but ultimately let out a long sigh.

"Courage! A courage that shakes the heavens and the earth!"

Hong Changlong's chest heaved violently, and his eyes shone with an alarming intensity.

"Damn it!"

This is how you do big things! Stop dragging your feet and waiting until it's too late! Let's get to it! Get to work like crazy!
A year and a half? We'll risk our lives to get it done!

Su Dingping turned around abruptly, his eyes showing no hesitation or heaviness, only a burning prairie fire!
"Order!"

Two words instantly silenced all the noise and discussion.

"The core manufacturing rights for the Tenglong-1 prototype have now been delegated to Groups Three, Five, and Nine!"

"Gao Zhiming, the former leader of Group Three!"

"To!"

"Integrate all resources for the remelting and forging of the No. 7 base alloy! With the keel supporting the main beam as the current highest priority! Three days! Three prototype samples must be on the testing table in front of me!"

"Yes, sir! I guarantee it will be done!"

"Zhao Qiang from Group Five!"

"To!"

"Take your men and head to the Northern Precision Industry Hub immediately! Obtain full access to the Dragon Claw CNC Center! Start the highest priority scheduling for all core components and energy flow channel blanks awaiting processing! Tell the person in charge there that the machines must not stop for 24 hours! Staff must rotate shifts, but the axes cannot stop! If even one part specification is delayed, I'll take his job!"

"Understood! The machine will keep running even when people stop! We guarantee it will be completed!"

Zhao Qiang roared so loudly that the veins on his neck bulged.

"Wang Haibo from Group Nine!"

"To!"

"You're in charge of the new material's molding! You're in charge of coordinating the team working on the mass production process of the Dragon Scale Derivative Composite Coating and the Ultra-High-Speed ​​Channel Heat Exchange Substrate! You have seven days to produce the first batch of qualified products! The quality and specifications must meet the highest standards I've given you! Every defective product is a waste of precious raw materials, and you'll be asking for trouble!"

"Yes! Bring me your head!"

Wang Haibo gritted his teeth and roared back, sweat beading on his forehead, but his eyes burned with intensity.

Each command, like a precise spring, instantly transformed the massive Dragonheart Laboratory into the core of a war machine running at full speed! The original groups were broken up and reorganized around the mission as the core.

The hum of high-precision lathes, the roar of special forging equipment, and the high-frequency hiss of laser etching machines... are like the wildest and most exciting symphony of the industrial age!
Amidst the boiling atmosphere, a composed figure squeezed through the busy crowd.

Colonel Lü Guangjun, dressed in a crisp uniform, walked straight to Su Dingping with a relaxed smile on his face.

"Your place... is causing even more commotion than my firing range over there!"

Lu Guangjun's voice wasn't loud, but his tone was familiar.

"Commander Lü?"

Su Dingping had just finished assigning tasks to a group of people when he turned around.

"I saw the dragon star light up here."

Lu Guangjun patted a terminal next to him that was outputting data.

"Tsk tsk, this energy production is like a river overflowing its banks, pouring into those energy storage modules. Once they're full, they can only be drained away and wasted... It's heartbreaking to see, Major General!"

He paused, his eyes fixed on Su Dingping.

"Since it's going to be a waste anyway, why not... provide some support to our neighboring units?"

Su Dingping instantly understood what he meant.

"Arm factory?"

"Correct!"

Lü Guangjun's eyes lit up.

"You have no idea! Recently, in order to meet a batch of orders for new radar and high-precision CNC machine tools for ships, the power switches at my factories are practically sparking! The power company keeps complaining that the load is too big and they're going to cut off our power! We're always being forced to work at the top of our lungs, it's so frustrating!"

He leaned closer, lowered his voice, and said with a hint of teasing.

"What you're burning right now is some stuff refined from seawater, it's practically free, isn't it? Why don't you spare some of that extra energy and give our military factory's machines a boost?"

"can!"

Su Dingping did not hesitate at all.

"But the entire power transmission and distribution system of the military factory must be transformed! Can it be matched with the output port of Longxing? Traditional cables have too much loss and are incredibly wasteful."

He raised practical questions.

"Modify it? No problem!"

Lu Guangjun acted with utter decisiveness, immediately pulling out an encrypted communicator and calling a general-level acquaintance in charge of logistics and equipment, speaking loudly into the background.

"Old Sun! Listen up! Major General Su has nodded! Use Longxing to power our military factory! Immediately send someone... no! Send me the highest-level engineering battalion you can muster!"
"As quickly as possible, complete the substation hub matching the power station's output, then lay temporary high-load lines to the Third and Fifth Machinery Plants! What? You don't understand the material specifications? Send the requirements to the engineering battalion commander! Tell him that if he delays Major General Su's supply of boundless magical energy to my side, I'll dismantle his engineering battalion's cooking stoves!"

After hanging up the phone, Lü Guangjun grinned at Su Dingping.

"All done! Major General Su, just get the gas connected! We'll handle the rest of the piping!"

Su Dingping nodded and, decisively, immediately summoned the base's logistics supervisor.

"Cooperate with the military engineering department to immediately connect an output trunk line to the energy distribution port of Longxing-3! Match all parameters and interfaces of their substation hub and provide them synchronously in real time!"

The efficiency was astonishing! That evening, a heavy engineering convoy with special markings drove into the Longxin base amidst a cloud of dust.

The soldiers in the engineering battalion didn't rest at all. With the help of the technical team dispatched by Su Dingping, they directly set up huge temporary transformer boxes and voltage stabilization control units at the selected locations, based on the ultra-high voltage DC output interface specifications and the blueprints of the military factory's substation hub.

The temporary power line was easy to handle. They used the highest current-carrying copper-aluminum composite heavy-duty cable in the military. Dozens of cables were twisted into braids as thick as an arm and quickly dragged by the engineers through the outer area of ​​the base, heading straight for the military factory area more than ten kilometers away.

Late at night, the first batch of cables was laid, marking a crucial milestone.

The huge assembly workshop of the Third Military Factory was brightly lit at the moment. Several technical officers and veteran workers were gathered in front of the brand-new substation control box, holding their breath as they looked at the instrument panel that indicated the energy level to be received.

"Report! The port at Longxin Base is ready! Power can be supplied at any time! Overvoltage warning deactivated, green light illuminated!" "Qinglong Substation Interface Matching Successful! Stable Frequency Locking!"

"Ready to connect!"

hum-

All the large machine tools and lighting equipment in the workshop instantly emitted a slight resonance! It was as if the entire massive factory had been infused with life.

An experienced operator of a large gantry milling machine suddenly slapped the side of the cold steel control panel!

"Hey! That's fucking awesome, that word doesn't allow it!"

He forced back the swear words, but his face was flushed with excitement.

"Before, cutting these high-strength alloy plates required maximum power grinding, and the blade would get incredibly hot! Now, with this current... this smoothness! It feels like the motor isn't even exerting any force! It's as easy as slicing through sheet metal!"

A burst of barely suppressed cheers erupted from the enormous workshop! The hum of the machines sounded even more powerful and resonant, as if they had been infused with surging blood.

Standing on the second-floor platform of the workshop, Lü Guangjun looked at the equipment operating smoothly and efficiently under the lights below, and then at the huge, brand-new transformer box in the corner, and nodded in satisfaction.

He didn't say anything, but sent a text message to Su Dingping.

Thanks, bro!

This dragon energy has sustained my life! Open it up! Dozens of military factories are lining up to receive this divine spring from you!
The problem with the military factory was solved, but Su Dingping's brows did not completely relax as he looked at the super-heavy cables temporarily erected on the ground, crawling into the distance like a giant gray centipede.

"Have the wear and tear records been released?"

He asked the lab's logistics data observer.

The observer handed over a tablet displaying a real-time energy transfer loss curve.

"Major General Su, the attrition rate fluctuates around five percent."

If we take into account the dozens of power plants scattered across various states and counties later on... the accumulated losses...

Five percent? Su Dingping tapped his fingertips on the tablet.

Dozens of power plants—that's the total output of a medium-sized power plant wasted!

The conventional cable route is destined to be a waste of resources if it continues indefinitely.

A solution mentioned in the previous top-secret document immediately came to his mind.

"Notify the head of the Dragonscale Materials Laboratory to come to my office immediately!"

Half an hour later, Dr. Zhang, who was in charge of developing derivative applications of the "Dragon Scale" alloy, was summoned over in a flurry.

"I need a material."

Su Dingping got straight to the point, outlining the basic requirements on the virtual screen.

"The core must be a composite superconducting phase with a dragon-scale substrate! Maintaining its basic lattice structure and toughness!"

"At the same time, it must be able to maintain absolute zero resistance at room temperature! No refrigeration environment is required!"

"Third, the energy carrying capacity must exceed that of the most advanced superconducting materials currently used in laboratories by more than three orders of magnitude!"

"Fourth, strength! As a main power grid line, it must at least reach the strength of high-strength structural alloys! Ideally, it should be self-supporting and laid in the air!"

Fifth, the manufacturing process must be able to achieve large-scale industrial-scale cable packaging!

He threw out five definitions in one go that were almost so harsh as to defy common sense!
Dr. Zhang's face turned green after hearing this.

"Major General Su...you've met all five of your requirements...this...this material is practically divine tendon! Theoretically..."

"Theories are meant to be broken!"

Su Dingping's tone was resolute.

I knew it was possible!
Did you forget the supplementary chapter at the end of that document? It described the topological spin-electron structure that spontaneously crystallizes from dragon scales in a specific strong magnetic field and energy flow environment!

It can lock electron pairs! It can create an absolute zero-resistance environment without requiring extremely low temperatures! I call this solid-state superconductivity!

He pointed to the model he had drawn on the screen.

"The base material is still Dragon Scale! Utilizing the special strong magnetic field and specific high-energy particle flow generated by Dragon Star, the cable core is catalyzed and induced to form a perfect crystalline shielding layer that is similar to an oxide magnetic film but with a highly consistent orientation!"

"This crystal layer not only has zero resistance itself."

A piercing light flashed in Su Dingping's eyes.

"It can also spontaneously form a strong confinement magnetic channel for the high-energy current inside! Energy flows in this channel, and the external electromagnetic field has almost no interference! The loss... is infinitely close to zero!"

"Furthermore, we've incorporated ultra-strong polymer fibers, developed primarily based on dragon scales, into the supporting framework and outer sheath..."

He tapped the last requirement with his fingertip.

"This thing... is called dragon tendon!"

He decided on the name right away!

"So that's the principle!"

Dr. Zhang suddenly felt enlightened! The previously difficult and complex deductions in the data suddenly connected, and his eyes blazed with a fervent thirst for knowledge.

"Understood! Major General Su! Give me direction... I'll definitely find a way to pull it out of the conceptual stage!"

"Hurry! The temporary line to the military factory is just a stopgap measure."

Su Dingping shoved a more detailed startup plan, which even included equipment debugging parameters, directly into Dr. Zhang's arms.

"Assemble your strongest research team! Open segment three of the Dragon Star High-Density Magnetic Confinement Experimental Zone for you! I'll give you the authority to allocate energy flow! Three days! I want to see the experimental segment of the Dragon Tendon! And then... accelerate the industrialization process!"

One week later. Experimental area.

A composite cable, only half a meter long, with its natural "dragon scale" color mixed with a strange, dark blue hue, floated on the powerful magnetic bracket. The cable wasn't particularly thick, but it felt exceptionally solid and heavy to the touch, with countless tiny golden rays flowing along its surface in a certain pattern.

Overload test initiated.

The current intensity was pushed up wildly! The numbers on the voltmeter jumped so fast it was dizzying.

hum!
There was no harsh noise, no high-temperature radiation, only a low, subtle hum emanating from the cable itself, like the beating of a dragon's heart.

The high-precision meter pointers monitoring the energy input and output terminals steadily point to an astonishingly high level, while the error pointer in the middle remains completely still!
"Report! Theoretical calculations show losses... are infinitely close to zero! The instrument's detection error is... the systematic error inherent in the measuring instrument itself!"

The technician's voice was completely distorted with excitement!
"It's done!"

Dr. Zhang's voice was hoarse as he lunged at the observation window, staring intently at the cable that emitted a deep blue and golden luster, as if watching a mythical embryo being born!

"Dragon Tendon! It's really done!"

Late the next night.

The atmosphere was completely different in the area connecting the military factory, which was more than ten kilometers away from the Longxin base and originally had temporary power lines laid.

There was no noisy roar of construction machinery.

Only a few dozen silent, suspended engineering platforms glided silently along the previously erected high support towers. Heavy temporary copper and aluminum cables were carefully removed and retrieved. (End of Chapter)