Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

Chapter 491 Kunpeng Rocket
As the blood donation policy was gradually implemented in the Indochina Peninsula, thousands of tons of blood were transported every day, which became the nutrients for Su Jie to practice the Blood Sea Devouring Demonic Art.

The Indochina Peninsula has a population of 250 million, which can provide Su Jie with a lot of resources.

Although Su Jie spent a lot of money on blood donation, what he gained in return was a rapid improvement in his Blood Sea Devouring Demonic Skill.

The holy blood in the body is being refined and has already exceeded ten thousand drops.

However, on this day, Su Jie left the underground training ground for the first time in a long time and took the time to come to the southern part of Zen Country, a wasteland by the sea.

What was originally just a wasteland is now a huge base.

At the entrance of the base, there are seven large gold-plated characters hanging: Chiyang Rocket Launch Site.

That’s right, this is a rocket launch site, built at great expense by the JEC Group, a rocket center that will carry out space launch missions in the future.

This rocket launch base covers an area of ​​35331 acres and has a coastline of 8.8 kilometers. It was originally a barren saline-alkali land. There is basically no one within kilometers. There are no densely populated towns and important transportation arteries, and the safety is relatively good.

At the same time, because it is close to the equator, the low latitude is the best geographical location for satellite launches. By launching satellites in the equatorial region, the carrier rocket can make full use of the rotation of the blue planet, which can save the rocket's thrust and make it easier to send the payload into orbit. Therefore, it was selected as the rocket launch site.

Su Jie came here by car. From a distance, through the car window, he could see the supporting buildings of the Chiyang Rocket Launch Site, including the tracking and control station, technical area, test cooperation area, technical service area, rocket assembly plant, etc.

The car drove along the way, and most of the staff met along the way were in a hurry, because today was the day when the first rocket was assembled and rolled off the production line.

The car stopped in front of a building. This is the behind-the-scenes monitoring room of the rocket, where all kinds of monitoring and data during the rocket launch will be summarized.

The button for the countdown during rocket launch is also pressed here.

"Mr. Su, Miss Liu!"

After entering, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and looking energetic and capable came over with a group of engineers.

He is the chief designer of the Kunpeng series of rockets. His name is Pang Liangzhi. He is of Chinese descent. His grandfather immigrated to the United States during the war. He used to work in an aerospace technology company in the United States, but was later poached by the Jeko Group.

The main reason was that the Jeko Group promised to allow him to lead a team to design and build his own rocket.

In the United States, although his strength is obvious to all, his identity as a Chinese always means he is excluded everywhere, and it is impossible for him to sit in a high position.

As soon as the JECCO Company contacted him, Pang Liangzhi agreed without much hesitation. His nationality was transferred to Chan Kingdom, and his family was sent over to be settled, so that he had no worries.

"Master Pang, how are you? Have you been living well these days?"

Su Jie shook hands with Pang Liangzhi with friendly smiles on their faces.

"Mr. Su, you are embarrassing me. You can just call me Engineer Pang. How dare I call myself a master in front of you? You are the real master. And Mr. Su, don't worry. I am satisfied with the life here. I am very satisfied. I only regret that I didn't come to JECCO earlier."

Pang Liangzhi waved his hands repeatedly. He originally came to the Jieke Group with some intention of using technology to alleviate poverty.

Although the Jeko Group is rich, rockets are high-tech and cannot be made simply by throwing money at them.

There are only 20 countries in the world that have launched thousands of satellites. Among them, only the United States, the Bear Country, China, France, India, Britain, and the Sakura Country have independently launched satellites entirely relying on their own strength.

Before this, several countries in the Indochina Peninsula had nothing to do with cutting-edge technology such as rockets, let alone anything at all.

But when Pang Liangzhi came to the newly established space department of the Jieke Group, especially when he saw Su Jie and all kinds of magical materials, his attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.

Su Jie always comes up with all kinds of bold and novel rocket designs, and those excellent performance and unprecedented materials also allow Pang Liangzhi to let go and make innovative designs.

In addition, the funding provided by the JEC Group is sufficient, and there are no other so-called lay leaders interfering.

It can be said that after coming to the JEC Group, Pang Liangzhi felt that his dream had come true and he was extremely satisfied with his current life.

"That's the best. We at Jieke Group are in great need of talent right now and are eager to recruit talented people. If you are not doing well in any aspect, please speak up in time."

Su Jie consoled him with a few words and asked, "How is the installation of the first Kunpeng rocket going? Is there any problem?"

"All the steps were completed very well. Thanks to you, Mr. Su, for sending those genetic warriors and spider mechas. Otherwise, it would be difficult to complete the installation of such a large rocket."

"Then let's go and take a look now. This Kunpeng rocket is the result of everyone's hard work. I haven't seen its true appearance yet."

Su Jie exchanged a few words with Pang Liangzhi and his group, and then came to the launch site.

When entering the launch site, a towering giant appeared in front of everyone.

Under the launch base, a huge rocket stood upright, its height estimated to be at least over 150 meters, like a giant ship that was erected upright.

The engineers present had seen it more than once, and Su Jie was mentally prepared.

Only Liu Yingying, seeing the rocket for the first time, subconsciously uttered an inappropriate cry of surprise.

"This rocket is so big!"

Because Su Jie was in charge of the rocket project, Liu Yingying originally thought that the rocket would be only about fifty or sixty meters high, which is also the length of mainstream rockets today.

But what she saw now was a behemoth that was much taller and much bigger.

"The Kunpeng rocket is 185 meters long and 15 meters in diameter. Its main body is made of stainless steel and is equipped with 44 newly developed and matched Kongpeng engines. The mass of the fully stacked and fueled Kunpeng rocket reaches 11380 tons. According to the design requirements, the Kunpeng rocket is capable of delivering 850 tons of payload to the Blue Planet's low-Earth orbit and 250 tons of payload to the synchronous transfer orbit."

Pang Liangzhi pushed up his glasses. Although he was trying to be calm, the slightly upturned corners of his mouth still revealed his inner excitement.

Because once the Kunpeng rocket is released, it will surely shock the world.

Listening to Pang Liangzhi's introduction, Liu Yingying widened her eyes and looked at the towering Kunpeng rocket, saying in disbelief, "Isn't this more powerful than the Saturn V?"

Compared with the Saturn V, the largest rocket in human history, the Saturn V, with a total weight of nearly 3000 tons and a height of more than 110 meters, is far beyond the reach of any existing rocket in human history.

Saturn V is the result of resource accumulation during the high-intensity national competition between the United States and Russia during the Cold War in the last century. Saturn V has a 140-ton near-Earth carrying capacity, which is difficult to surpass even with current rockets.

Compared with the Kunpeng rocket, the Saturn V pales in comparison.

The weight of the Kunpeng rocket alone is four times that of the Saturn V, and its carrying capacity far exceeds that of the Saturn V, not to mention when compared with today's mainstream rockets.

Even the most successful rocket today, the Falcon 70, is just a small bean sprout compared to the Kunpeng rocket, with a length of only 549 meters, a takeoff weight of 22.8 tons, and a low-Earth orbit payload of tons.

"Yes, the paper data of the Kunpeng rocket we designed far exceeds that of the Saturn V. It is also the largest rocket ever built by humans. Of course, the premise of all this is that the Kunpeng rocket can be successfully launched. Otherwise, we cannot say that we have surpassed the Saturn V."

Pang Liangzhi nodded, feeling proud inside, after all, he designed and built the largest rocket in human history.

At the same time, he was also nervous and worried, because if the rocket launch failed, he would have to endure the ridicule and questioning of the whole world.

More importantly, he didn't want to let Su Jie down.

JECCO provided him with such good treatment and environment, and there was never a shortage of funds and resources.

If the rocket launch failed, he felt he would not be able to face Su Jie.

Not to mention anything else, the cost of the Kunpeng rocket alone is more than 15 billion US dollars, and this does not include the special materials used in the construction of the Kunpeng rocket.

All those materials were provided by Su Jie, and there was no quotation at all. However, considering the extremely powerful performance of those materials, their price was definitely an astronomical figure.

Pang Liangzhi would naturally be under tremendous mental pressure after setting off fireworks on such an expensive toy.

I have not been able to eat or sleep well these days. All I can think about is the Kunpeng rocket. I have checked the rocket for potential risks again and again, just because I am worried that some unexpected situation will lead to a launch failure. "Engineer Pang, you have to have more confidence in yourself and the design and construction team of the Kunpeng rocket. This rocket will definitely be launched successfully."

Su Jie patted Pang Liangzhi on the shoulder, and seemed to have much more confidence than Pang Liangzhi, the chief designer who supervised the construction of the Kunpeng rocket.

The reason for this is that a variant model of the Kunpeng rocket has already been launched in the Tianyuan world.

Although it was still damaged in the triple heaven, it would definitely be more than enough to adapt to the space environment of Blue Planet.

"By the way, has the launch date been decided?"

Suddenly thinking of something, Su Jie asked.

Pang Liangzhi immediately replied, "I was just about to ask you for approval, Mr. Su. We plan to conduct the first flight test of the Kunpeng rocket on the 15th of this month. The rocket observation stations along the way have been built. We have strictly calculated the weather for that day, and there will be absolutely no problem with the launch that day."

"Then let's set it on the 15th."

Su Jie nodded slightly and instructed Liu Yingying, "Yingying, prepare for publicity. Send out the news that we are launching the Kunpeng rocket. Invite all major media to come and broadcast live. Our Kunpeng rocket must be able to take off in the spotlight."

"Okay, I'll do it right away and make sure the news of the Kunpeng rocket launch is known to everyone in the world."

Liu Yingying agreed and asked the Propaganda Department to work overtime to make a big news.

"Mr. Su, why don't we invite the media first? In case the launch fails..."

When Pang Liangzhi heard Su Jie's words, he felt a huge pressure. If the rocket launch was live in front of hundreds of millions of viewers, it would be fine if it was successful, and everyone would be happy. But if the launch failed and there was a big poop, it would be embarrassing to the world.

"There is no chance of that happening. I have confidence in you. That's it."

After leaving the Chiyang Rocket Launch Center.

Inside the Mander City villa, in the living room, Liu Yingying sat on the sofa, holding a tablet in her hands, laughing happily.

"what happened?"

Su Jie had just come out of the shower when he saw Liu Yingying laughing so hard.

"Look at this. Boston Dynamics just released a video introducing their latest combat mecha, saying it will surpass our Jeko Group."

Liu Yingying handed the tablet to Su Jie with a smile on her face.

When Su Jie took the tablet, he saw a video of a mecha that looked like a smaller version of a biological suit, about 2.5 meters high, worn by humans, performing various actions.

It can climb walls, jump, go up stairs, crouch, and control machine guns to suppress enemies. It also demonstrated its defensive capabilities. Ordinary rifle bullets could not completely penetrate this mecha.

Although its speed and flexibility are not very good and are still far behind those of ordinary people, the fact that it can defend against rifle bullets already has a certain practical effect.

The release of this video, as expected, is Boston Dynamics showing its research results to the outside world, while continuing to ask for research and development funds from the Black House, commonly known as transferring money.

But the interesting thing is that Liu Yingying immediately showed Su Jie the second video.

The second video also shows the mecha developed by Boston Dynamics, and it seems to have been secretly filmed by a researcher.

However, this time the video was more complete. In the video, you can see that the mecha has a long cable on its butt, like dragging an intestine, and the other end is connected to a truck equipped with a heavy generator.

Wherever the mecha goes, the power truck follows, like a nanny.

Obviously, this mecha relies entirely on external power supply to move.

Not only that, in the video footage that Boston Dynamics did not officially include, in addition to the first few minutes of filming, in the second half of the test, all kinds of problems with this mecha were exposed, including oil leakage, exploding parts, and being paralyzed on the spot and becoming unresponsive.

It is not known whether the researcher who filmed the video had a change of heart or it was the work of a rival military-industrial giant who did not want the Boston company to get involved in mecha research funds, so they exposed the secrets of Boston Dynamics.

The comments on the video below are full of insults and all kinds of ridicule.

"Oh my god! You think you can compete with the JECO Group's biological suits? It can't walk much faster than my grandma, and it relies entirely on external power. It's just garbage."

"No, how dare Boston Dynamics use this kind of stuff to challenge the JECCO Group! Can this kind of thing that moves all the way around be used on the battlefield? Or do you plan to equip each mecha with a nanny car on the battlefield? It would be better to just use armored vehicles. Their bulletproof capabilities and mobility are much better than this rubbish mecha."

"Bullshit! I was bragging to my friends that we had successfully developed the mecha and would be able to sanction the Jeko Group right away. I was going to treat my friends to a big dinner to celebrate. But you did this. I hope this scam company will go bankrupt soon."

The most angry about these comments came from the American people. They had spent so much of their taxpayers' money on the mecha, but ended up with such a thing, and what's more, it was fake. You can imagine how angry they were.

After watching the video, Su Jie also laughed twice and said, "This beautiful country is really not giving up! I heard that their expenditure on mecha research has exceeded 200 billion US dollars."

"That's right. It seems that all these funds have gone to those military industry giants."

Liu Yingying said with a gloating look, wishing that the United States would continue to invest money.

It's not that the United States is technologically weak, but there are too many difficulties with mechas. As you saw in the video just now, the development of power mechas is limited by the fact that the batteries that drive the mechas are unqualified. This is a major reason.

Since current battery technology is not developed enough and battery energy density is low, the weight of the battery will be very large if the mecha is to be driven. The extra weight and armor provided by the mecha will be directly consumed by its own battery, and the mecha naturally loses its meaning.

"This is the consequence of being too radical. The United States wants to catch up with us too much."

Su Jie shook his head. The mechas of the Jeko Group were a dimensionality reduction attack from the Tianyuan world, integrating mechanics and biology.

It is not impossible for the United States to rely on pure technological power to succeed. Unless there is a technological explosion, or an Einstein-level researcher overcomes all the difficulties of mecha, it will be possible to build practical mecha.

However, by that time, the mechas of the Jeko Group had been iterated countless times and were not afraid of catching up at all.

"We are building a rocket now. There really won't be any problems with the Kunpeng rocket."

When Liu Yingying heard Su Jie's words, she thought of the Kunpeng rocket. For the Jieke Group, building such a large rocket right from the start was a radical act and a big step.

Su Jie pinched Liu Yingying's cheek and said with a smile: "Why, you have no confidence in me?"

"No, a rocket this big has never been built or flown before."

"There were no rockets that big in the past because our JECO Group did not get involved in the rocket field. Now that our JECO Group is here, everything is naturally different. Tell me, how many firsts have our JECO Group won? Breakthroughs in various fields, such as our mechas, have always been imitated but never surpassed."

Su Jie put his arms around Liu Yingying's slender waist and began to touch her dishonestly.

Liu Yingying felt Su Jie's mischievous hand, and her pretty face gradually turned red.

However, what Su Jie said was true. Mecha research was not limited to the United States. Various countries had invested heavily in research, wanting to keep up with the mecha field and master the latest innovations in the military field.

After all, the superior performance of the mecha has been tested by the JEC Group through actual combat. Whether it is the biological suits worn by genetic warriors, the spider main battle mecha, or the derivative models modified using the spider mecha chassis, they are all being learned and imitated by countries all over the world.

There is no such thing as plagiarism or copying in the military field. If you can imitate and make it, you are very capable. No one will sue you for it.

But even though it has been imitated and learned by the whole world, after such a long time, no force has been able to build a practical mecha.

The most common ones are some individual exoskeletons that can assist soldiers, reduce the stress on their lower limbs, and allow them to carry more equipment and walk longer distances, but this has nothing to do with mecha.

"Well, it's not dark yet!"

Before Liu Yingying could figure out the problem, Su Jie had already picked up his gun and mounted his horse. His worries naturally disappeared and turned into low moans and gasps.

(End of this chapter)