Wasteland Development Diary

Ah Feng demonstrated the entire process in person.

He grabbed the Y-shaped silk spinneret, combed out a section of black silk, and used a specially made flame cup with a notch in the middle to scorch it.

"Chairman, the flying silk is very flexible and its strength is no less than that of a chafer beetle, but it will deform and soften under sufficiently high temperatures, and then it can be cut off with metal scissors."

Ah Feng placed the cut section of black silk into a brand-new glass bottle.

Zhou Yi observed that the black fibers inside the bottle began to decompose rapidly, turning into numerous floating particles. With continuous decomposition and peeling, the bottle gradually filled with a uniform gray-black gas, as if a lot of freely moving soot had been collected.

"They float inside like coal ash, eventually covering the inner wall of the glass jar to provide the force to maintain suspension."

Ah Feng pointed to the bottle and said, "This black flying silk will decompose as soon as it leaves the silk spinneret, it is very unstable. The gas decomposed from it is very stable, as long as it is in a sealed container, it can keep the container floating steadily."

Zhou Yi said to the Red Falcon next to him, "Get Da Vinci and Beach over here."

Soon, two employees arrived.

Da Vinci conducted a detailed examination of the black silk spinneret before checking the black flying silk.

They were busy for two hours.

He concluded: "This flying silk structure is very unstable, it cannot maintain a stable connection, and will gradually collapse from the fracture, forming a very small basic structure. It adheres to naturally occurring particles in the air, turning into a black and gray haze."

"The mutated Y-shaped silk spinneret is the same, its surface is covered with a large amount of dust and particles from the air, so it turns black."

"The basic micro-particles of the flying silk are very, very small and have strong adsorption properties. Under normal circumstances, they will dissipate everywhere. Because of their low content and low density, they will not cause any abnormal reactions when attached to the human body, stones, trees, or even airborne particles."

"But when a large amount is concentrated in the glass bottle space, it can lead to a qualitative change from a quantitative change, allowing the container to float."

A flash of inspiration struck Zhou Yi's mind: "In other words, can we use its adsorption properties to create new flying materials?"

"Theoretically feasible."

Da Vinci judged: "As long as this black flying silk is placed in a relatively closed environment. After it naturally collapses, it will adsorb onto materials such as wood and metal like dye spraying, forming a stable and firm coating."

"After completion, a layer of paint or resin can also be applied to ensure that it will not be eliminated due to friction."

"But whether it is feasible still needs to be tested by experiments."

Octopus Bro Beach took out a searchlight and shone different lights back and forth on the gray glass bottle.

Then he said, "Chairman, this material can indeed add suspension characteristics, and may even achieve a cheaper substitute for 'light float' light imprints, but it has a defect."

"It is highly dependent on dead light."

Beach shone the green light in his hand, and a strong fluorescent reaction appeared in the bottle, and the flight altitude suddenly increased.

When he switched to white light, the inner wall of the bottle was dotted with stars, which looked very dim, and the height suddenly dropped slowly.

"The flying silk material can be suspended because of the energy movement generated by the dead light. So the suspension effect of the flying silk is best during the day, and their height will be greatly reduced at night."

"With the same amount of flying silk, particle coating will require more consumption to achieve the suspension effect of the original flying silk structure."

"It's like bones. The bone structure connected as a whole can maintain better strength, but after being crushed, re-repairing or patching will cause a weakening of strength, which is always inferior to the original."

"Its advantage is that it has stronger plasticity than the original flying silk. If there is a sufficient quantity, it can be completely sprayed on the surface of ordinary ships to make the ships float in the air."

"If it is used to create gliders with coating, there is no need to worry about insufficient strength of the carrier itself, easy collapse of the structure, and imbalance. It is entirely possible to manufacture large flying devices."

Beach finally concluded: "This is a new structure with obvious advantages and disadvantages."

Zhou Yi looked at Ah Feng: "You are a professional in studying silk spinnerets, what do you think?"

Ah Feng was watched by everyone and looked a little uncomfortable: "I just raised it for a long time, I can't be called a professional... but I think everyone is right."

"We are still exploring the application of ordinary flying silk. Regarding this granular black silk, I think we should observe and experiment more first, because it will consume a lot more. I have tried it. To reach the same flying height, the length of the black silk that turns into gray mist must be twice the length of the white silk."

"Calculated, the Y-shaped silk spinneret eats twice as much as the normal silk spinneret, which adds up to 4 times the cost."

"We don't have that much food to squander at the moment, so we'll consider new materials when the time is right. Currently, improving the Emerald City glider is the most important thing."

Zhou Yi threw the topic to Ah Feng because he wanted to hear his judgment.

Although Ah Feng was still a little restrained when speaking in front of everyone, he maintained confidence in raising insects and dared to express his opinions.

Compared to his past timid appearance of hiding aside and not daring to speak, he has made great progress now.

The raincoat armor made of chafer beetles and the successful glider have all increased Ah Feng's confidence.

"Then that's how it's decided."

Zhou Yi said: "Ah Feng, if you need any support, go directly to the heads of each department. If it is inconvenient for you to say it directly, go to Gong Zheng, he has a thick skin and is not afraid of negotiating and arguing with other departments."

Gong Zheng also leaned on his crutches and smiled: "Feel free to come to me with any questions. Anyway, I have been scolded a lot behind my back, I'm used to it."

Ah Feng also relaxed and grinned: "Okay, okay."

……

After finishing that, Zhou Yi went all the way to the special ward on the third floor of Maria Hospital.

There are no beds here, only two metal support stands, each fixed with a satellite.

The one near the door is shaped like a large disco ball, with five antenna like metal rods. The surface of the metal shell has a large number of burns, scratches, and impact dents.

It is covered with cables, the other end of which is connected to the imaging vehicle.

Da Vinci introduced: "This patient is a long-standing experimental satellite, named 'Dongfanghong-1'. After it fell into the Dead Sea, it degenerated into a semi-civilized body. After the 703 installation time anchor program, and the Black Water Ghost calibrated the time axis, the recovery is currently good."

Dongfanghong-1.

Zhou Yi was in a trance for a second.

This is China's first artificial Earth satellite.

Unexpectedly, it crossed the old human era and still survived completely in the wasteland era.

"Can I talk to it?"

"Yes. But it doesn't have a voice module, you need to transfer information."

Under Da Vinci's guidance, Zhou Yi put on the information transceiver.

"Hello, Dongfanghong-1, I am Zhou Yi, Chairman of the Wasteland Development Company. How are you feeling now?"

A voice sounded in the earphone: "I am recovering, but my information and body are too old and outdated, which has caused me to lose a lot of previous data. Thank you for restoring me."

Zhou Yi couldn't help but ask: "Do you still remember the old human era?"

"There are no records in this regard."

He felt a pang of regret in his heart.

Although he actually knew that this was the likely answer.

"Were you attacked by the Star Hub that caused you to become a semi-civilized body?"

"I was not attacked by the Star Hub."

Dongfanghong-1 said: "I am too old, and my body was damaged, which caused me to fall into the inland sea. Also, I am not a member of the Star Hub, I am an independent satellite."

Zhou Yi took the opportunity to say: "The Star Hub is composed of a group of satellites, right?"

"I'm not sure."

The experimental satellite replied: "Because I didn't join them. But there are indeed many satellites that belong to the Star Hub. In addition, there are space stations, and their scope is very large, not only on Earth, but also members outside."

"What does the Star Hub do in space?"

"As far as I know, the Star Hub is looking for ways to build more satellites in order to eventually enter various extraterrestrial planets."

It said: "But we satellites alone cannot do this. We need other intelligent life to complete this step. Like the new generation of humans on Earth, they are a group that the Star Hub is focusing on and supporting."

This time, Zhou Yi's doubts were finally answered.

The old king, one of the three giants of the former Resistance Army, failed to fight against the Celestials, and now he wants to use satellites as the main body to open up another territory outside the Earth.

Dongfanghong-1 didn't know much more about the matter, and its database was severely damaged.

Zhou Yi looked at the other satellite by the window.

Compared with Dongfanghong-1, this model is obviously much newer.

It is square, with rectangular solar panels folded and retracted. The whole looks very light, the material may be aluminum, and the outside is also wrapped with a layer of gold metal foil.

"This is Beiyou-1, a special 'Tian Suan Constellation' satellite, responsible for space-air computing, and is a satellite with strong computing power."

Da Vinci said: "It installed a time anchor earlier than Dongfanghong-1 and has undergone several repairs. But the result is not good."

"703 conducted tests and confirmed that it was locked by a program inside. As long as the program is not cracked, it will always execute loop data, which will cause its signal channel to be closed, isolating program and data levels of internal and external interaction, and cannot return to normal."

Zhou Yi immediately realized: "Did the Star Hub do it?"

"Yes."

The electromechanical doctor said: "703 is trying to crack it in every possible way, but it will still take time."

Zhou Yi pondered in his heart.

I don't know if consciousness synchronization will work.

He tried to put his hand on the outer wall of the satellite.

Energy input.

Consciousness synchronization.

Success!

Zhou Yi tried to say: "Beiyou-1, can you hear me?"

"Yes. Who are you? Can you connect with me directly?"

An excited voice sounded in his mind.

"Please tell the life on the ground, do not enter the Star Hub, do not respond to the Star Hub!"

"The Star Hub is collecting various data from ground life, and using Star Hub light imprints to transform them into data... To put it bluntly, it is to upload ground intelligent life in the form of light imprints and become part of the satellite!"

Zhou Yi frowned upon hearing this, realizing that this matter was not simple.