Chapter 254 - 254 Interlude
254 Interlude
After a while, the military vehicle turned around and went in another direction. Wu Mo had a good sense of direction. He was surprised to find that the Invisibility Armor factory was built in the deep mountains behind the Research Department.
Behind the Research Department was a large piece of gra.s.s and a continuous mountain range. It was spa.r.s.ely populated. Even many senior researchers had lived there for more than 10 years and had never set foot there.
It was extremely confidential, and it was also extremely convenient to transport resources and materials.
So far, in addition to the construction workers and related staff, there were no more than ten people who knew the location of the workshop.
After a short while, Wu Mo pa.s.sed through the heavily guarded gate that was disguised as a natural attraction and soon arrived at the open s.p.a.ce of the construction factory.
This place was less than three kilometers away from the Research Department, but it was deserted enough. There were also hidden sentries. Even an expert who knew how to hide his spirit energy could not escape everyone’s attention and sneak in.
After they got out of the car, old Wen’s a.s.sistant immediately led Wu Mo into the workshop.
On the way, he saw many workers transporting materials. It seemed that the workshop for the Spirit Wave Sword was also in the midst of preparation.
Pushing open the door of the workshop, Wu Mo entered the workshop with excitement.
The interior of the workshop covered a vast area and was brightly lit. All kinds of machinery and equipment that he had never seen before were working in an orderly manner.
The production of the invisible armor in the workshop was divided into 13 steps. Most of the work in each step was done by machines, while humans were only responsible for monitoring and adjusting some data.
From the initial smelting of the metal to the removal of impurities, to the formation of the mold, cooling, and quenching.
The equipment would take care of the material casting, while the Research Department would be responsible for a.s.sembling the produced components and modifying the energy vein within them.
If one Invisibility Armor was made by a man, it would take at least half a month or even a month.
On the other hand, the machine only needed about half an hour to cast all the materials, and the final a.s.sembly process only took half an hour.
In other words, with the help of these advanced technologies, the forging time of the invisible armor was shortened by hundreds of times.
Wu Mo was surprised to see these powerful machines.
Many of the devices and functions in the workshop were much more powerful than he had imagined on his way here.
Even the core components of the Dark Light Wings could be completed by the mechanical arm with an error of fewer than two millimeters, which was much faster than his original technique.
Wu Mo sighed at the power of today’s technology. Looking at the equipment in front of him, he suddenly felt that the Spirit Wave Sword that he had developed a few days ago was not as shocking and amazing as before.
He had not expected the White River province to grow so strong in a place he did not know about. He had been shocked when he saw it.
He looked at the Invisibility Armor that was being perfected on the a.s.sembly line.
Wu Mo curiously used the system’s appraisal function.
The result of the appraisal was that all the data was the same as when he had first forged it. It was just that the equipment a.s.sembled by the staff did not have any runes, and it would take some time to complete the rest.
Wu Mo was very satisfied with such a level of ma.s.s production.
After the arrays were added, it would be the same as the improved version.
“Hey, Wu Mo, you’re here to visit the workshop?”
Just as Wu Mo was carefully observing the entire line of work, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind.
Wu Mo turned around and saw Academician Xu walking toward him.
“Academician Xu, what are you doing here?”
Wu Mo was surprised. He did not expect the ma.s.s production project to be so important that even Academician Xu was here to supervise.
“I heard from Professor Liu that the workshop was completed yesterday, so I came to see how it’s running. By the way, take a look at the equipment and finished casting. Are you satisfied?”
Academician Xu was wearing a dust-free work uniform. He smiled as he spoke to Wu Mo.
Hearing this, Wu Mo immediately nodded and gave him a thumbs up. “This is too unexpected. I didn’t expect that our White River province would have so many complex instruments.”
When Academician Xu heard Wu Mo’s praise, he smiled and nodded. He looked up at the busy workers in the workshop and felt a little emotional.
The last time their Research Department had received so much attention from the army was a few years ago when the magicite cannons had been developed.
After nearly two years, this feeling had returned.
The a.s.sistant immediately smiled and said, “Mr. Wu, what you’ve seen is only the more common equipment. It’s already a little outdated. Our White River province has more advanced equipment. If we conduct experiments on them in the military, we might be able to integrate them in two years. There’s no need to produce so many different types of equipment.”
The a.s.sistant’s words made Wu Mo’s face light up, and he could not help but look forward to it.
If they could achieve integration as soon as possible, perhaps the speed and precision could be further improved, and by then, the blacksmiths could spend more time on research and development.
“Alright, let’s not talk about this for now. I’ll show you around the various processes.”
Seeing that the first batch of Invisibility Armor was already half-done, Academician Xu immediately started to urge them.
Wu Mo quickly followed him, planning to find out more.
The large workshop was divided into four parts.
In the first area, there were four large instruments used to process the raw materials. They were the calcining and melting, the impurities removal, the initial cooling, and the cutting of the surface cloth.
In the second area, there were five instruments, which were prototype casting, component processing, and so on.
Academician Xu took Wu Mo to the second workshop area.
After entering the corresponding workshop, he immediately saw the large casting equipment that was working.
Around the instrument, the staff was constantly adjusting the instrument and maintaining the normal operation of the process line.
On the other side, several workers in the workshop were gathered together and seemed to be discussing something.
These people were resting in a corner and didn’t notice Wu Mo and the other two who had just walked in. They were still in a heated discussion.
“I really don’t know what kind of brains those researchers have to be able to develop such a sophisticated instrument.”
“Hmph, let me tell you, the forger who developed this Invisibility Armor is a f*cking genius. He can actually use the deviation of light to achieve physical invisibility. If I were to do this, I wouldn’t be able to think of this method even in eight lifetimes.”
“You’re just a craftsman, what do you know about hammers? The scientists research this every day, so how can they not be amazing?”
The workers in the three workshops were full of praise for the Invisibility Armor that was being ma.s.s-produced.
Wu Mo, who was standing not far away, heard this and immediately felt a little embarra.s.sed.
He felt that he did not deserve it, so he took a few steps forward and said, “Masters, you’re going too far. This invisibility cloak isn’t that powerful, and it still has its flaws. For example, the armor’s design isn’t user-friendly enough, and it doesn’t look good enough.”