Genius is just the threshold for me!

"Wait, Xiao Dong."

After chatting for a few minutes, Lin Dong picked up his laptop to prepare to reinstall the operating system.

At this moment, Wang Xingguo suddenly thought of something and pointed hesitantly to the top, front, and bottom of Hot No. 5, where there were three laser weapons.

"You hot-tempered number five, are you really planning to launch a satellite?"

"Well."

Seeing Wang Xingguo's hesitant expression, Lin Dong asked with a strange look, "Godfather, wasn't it you who was the most excited during the Hot4 test flight last year, saying you wanted to launch a satellite?"

More than a year ago, when the Hot4 satellite was test-flown and leaped out of the atmosphere at Mach 10, Wang Xingguo was excitedly shouting "Shoot the satellite!"

We not only want to launch low-Earth orbit satellites, but also geostationary satellites in a 36000-kilometer geostationary orbit.

Now that the Hot 5 has been designed, manufactured, and assembled, why are you backing down first?

"Teacher Xiaodong, you don't know him yet."

Jiao You, standing to the side, revealed his true colors: "He's the one who talks the loudest, but when it comes to actually doing something, he's the most cautious, or rather, the most cowardly."

"Bullshit, do you think I'm like you, so reckless in everything you do?"

Wang Xingguo cursed, took out his secure phone, and said, "It's not time to expose ourselves yet. I need to ask my superiors for permission to shift the blame. You guys continue..."

With that, Wang Xingguo went out.

Seeing this, Lin Dong shook his head and said nothing.

Connect to Hot Hot using a high-speed serial cable, open the Hot Hot 5.0 flight control system that I have repeatedly written, optimized and modified over the past year, enter the password and press Enter.

Di-

The code on the screen scrolled like flowing water, and a large amount of data began to be written into the main control hardware of Hot Hot through the high-speed serial port, quickly matching one functional module after another.

"Dongdong, do you think the boss will agree?"

Xu Qingling sat beside him, watching the system data constantly being refreshed on the screen. She turned her head and looked at Lin Dong with a curious and affectionate expression, asking him a question.

"Whether you agree or not will not affect today's test flight."

Lin Dong squeezed Xu Qingling's hand and smiled, saying, "If you agree, we'll shoot down some enemy satellites; if you disagree, we'll shoot down some defunct satellites or rocket debris."

Despite the many years of development in space satellites, although most satellites and rockets will crash into the atmosphere at the end of their lifespan, there are always some accidents every year.

To date, after half a century of accumulation, the number of various objects in orbit in space has long exceeded five thousand.

If we look at it ten years from now, with Starlink and the space race in full swing, the number of objects in orbit will be approaching 4.

More than half of these are various types of decommissioned satellites and rocket debris, so Hot5 has no shortage of test targets.

soon.

Lin Dong finished flashing the HotSpicy No. 5 system, tested it three times to make sure there were no problems, checked the weather and satellite timetable, submitted the application form, and then turned to Xu Ziming and called out, "Uncle Xu, where's the refueling tube?"

"In the left corner."

Xu Ziming responded, stood up, walked in, and asked, "Don't you need to go over there and remotely control the takeoff?"

The refueling of Hot No. 3 and Hot No. 4 was handled by Lin Dong and Lin Weiliang, while Lin Dong himself was responsible for remotely controlling the takeoff.

"We probably won't need to this time."

Lin Dong opened the refueling port at the wing root, inserted the fuel line, started pressurization and refueling, and began to fill the tank.

"2366 liters... Hmm, 18,000 silver dollars are gone."

After waiting a few minutes, the fuel pump automatically shut off. Lin Dong glanced at the final amount of fuel dispensed and muttered to himself.

Ordinary aviation kerosene costs only 5000 to 7500 yuan per ton.

However, since the third generation, Hot Spicy has used heat-absorbing special kerosene, also known as heat-absorbing hydrocarbon fuel. The price has never fallen below 9000 yuan per ton. A full tank of fuel of more than 1.8 tons costs nearly 20,000 yuan.

This amount of fuel, if used at speeds of Mach 10 or higher, can be exhausted in less than 20 minutes, which is almost 2 liters of fuel being poured into the engine every second.

"Qingling, move aside a bit."

Lin Dong put the refueling nozzle back in its place, took the laptop and connected it to the Hot Hot number, then pulled Xu Qingling to the door and opened the gate leading to the test flight field.

"Dongdong, how do I start this?" Xu Qingling asked curiously as Lin Dong pulled her along.

"Just start it like this..."

Lin Dong smiled and suddenly shouted, "Hot Shot, start!"

Beep! Buzz—

As soon as Lin Dong finished speaking, Hot Hot Bet beeped.

Immediately afterwards, the fan blades of both engines started running simultaneously, and a strong airflow immediately swept through the entire assembly workshop.

"hiss--"

Upon seeing this, Xu Ziming instantly understood. He took a breath, his eyes widening, and exclaimed, "They've brought the robot's intelligent interaction to the Hot Spicy Ship? This thing cost over 1.2 billion... you really think it's a toy?"

"Qingling, tell it to go out and start a self-test..." Lin Dong didn't reply, but looked at the data on the laptop screen and said to Xu Qingling.

"Will it obey me?"

Xu Qingling exclaimed with delight.

"Both your and my voiceprints have been recorded. The system has security measures at the bottom level. Just call me like Xiaobai does," Lin Dong said with a smile.

"it is good."

Xu Qingling nodded in delight and called out to Hot Hot, "Hot Hot, go out and start the self-check."

Beep! Buzzing—

As soon as Xu Qingling finished speaking, the engine of Hot No. 5 instantly accelerated and began to slowly turn in a circle under the girl's surprised gaze, before gliding out of the assembly workshop door.

Rumbling--

Just twenty meters from the workshop, the Hot No. 5 arrived at the test flight field, and its two engines roared twice, emitting two wisps of black smoke.

The next second, the black smoke dissipated, and two blue plumes interspersed with pale yellow tail flames spewed from the engine nozzles, instantly transforming the sound into a smooth roar.

Boom! Boom—

After running for more than ten seconds, with two loud booms, the blue and yellowish tail flames dissipated, and two beams of pure sky-blue tail flames, almost transparent under the sun, shot out...

"Beep—Hot No. 5 is operating stably; the intelligent system is initiating a self-check!"

"Wireless communication control is stable, altitude measurement module is normal, internal and external temperature sensors are normal... System self-test complete, the brand new Hot Air is ready for takeoff!"

The laptop's speaker kept playing the "Hot Hot Number" system self-test beeping.

Lin Dong checked the specific self-test data and confirmed that there were no problems. He smiled at Xu Qingling and said, "You can tell it to take off now. 8000 meters altitude, circle and wait at test flight site No. 8... Speak louder, otherwise the engine will be too noisy for it to hear."

"OK."

Xu Qingling's expression was full of joy, her long hair fluttering in the engine's airflow, and she cupped her hands into a megaphone shape, shouting at the hot engine twenty meters away.

"Hot Aircraft, takeoff! Altitude 8000 meters, circling and waiting at Test Flight Field No. 8..."

boom--

The engine's exhaust flames surged, and the entire Hot No. 5 accelerated violently towards the test site, its fuselage reflecting a bright metallic luster under the midday sun.

After gliding for less than 60 meters at the test track, the engine's vector angle was adjusted, and the nose of the Hot 5 rocket tilted up and soared into the sky. Then, it pulled up at a large angle and shot into the blue sky.

Rumbling--

The unique detonation sound of the rotating detonation engine resounded through the sky.

Once it was above a certain altitude, the Hot Air 5 resembled a majestic giant eagle, its entire fuselage tilting in the sky, followed by a burst of intense light from the engine exhaust.

boom!!!

A fierce wind swept across the sky, as if fireworks were exploding.

Under the sunlight, the fuselage of Hot No. 5 shimmered with seven colors, then quickly became blurry, and wisps of white mist swirled and appeared around the fuselage.

The next instant, Hot Air 5 pierced through the fog of the sound barrier cloud, streaking across the sky with a series of whistles, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a black dot and disappeared on the horizon.

"Ziming..."

Wang Xingguo returned with several meals after finishing his phone call sometime earlier.

Watching the black dot disappear rapidly on the horizon, and then looking at the young man and woman standing together, he reached out and patted Xu Ziming on the shoulder with a smile.

"Fortunately, Engineer Zhou is a nemesis to you, suppressing your attempt to break up the couple..."

Otherwise, Qingling wouldn't be playing with a hypersonic aircraft costing over 1.2 billion yuan and reaching Mach 16, but rather a cheap plastic toy airplane that someone gave her for a little over 12 yuan.

"You're envious. If Wang Rui finds a few more spy wives, he'll have 1.2 billion."

Xu Ziming, unusually, didn't get angry or sullen after teasing Wang Xingguo. Looking at his daughter's happy expression and bright eyes, he silently said, "It doesn't need to be twelve yuan. This kid gives her small things worth a few yuan, and she keeps them all carefully..."

"That makes it even more unacceptable; the children are all grown up and no longer care about their families."

Wang Xingguo smiled and said, "Engineer Zhou is an only child, and you two are still relatively young. With the 'two-child policy,' you could consider having another child..."

"roll!"

Xu Ziming's face immediately darkened.

"Hahaha!"

Hearing the curse, Wang Xingguo felt much better and walked towards Lin Dong and the other man with the food in his arms.