22: Chapter 22: The "Worker Bee" AI control center is completed, and the super factory officially goes into production!

The hardware skeletons for the three major workshops of 'Panshi Foundation' had already been set up. However, according to the design blueprints, this place was still a hundred thousand miles away from the fully automated, high-efficiency, and high-security industrial temple he envisioned—it lacked an intelligent hub capable of precise scheduling.

Before finalizing the 'worker bee' system, Chen Fan had 'Xiao Zhi' fill the vacancy of the worker bee intelligent system to run a trial operation and resolve issues in the refinement process.

Standing beside Chen Fan, Xiao Zhi's mechanical body glinted with blue optical lenses as he said, "Boss, I finished analyzing the intelligent scheduling module in the 'Modular Intelligent Precision Factory' holographic blueprint long ago! To set up 'worker bee,' we need the three pillars: hardware, software, and execution terminals. You can't run it without even one! It will take about a week to get everything ready."

Chen Fan and Xiao Zhi divided the labor; Chen Fan was responsible for the hardware, while Xiao Zhi took charge of the software.

Chen Fan first looked at the set of micro-computing cores he had obtained through Amplification earlier. Their performance was impressive, but as the AI host for an entire factory, their computing power and stability were still slightly lacking.

He was prepared, dragging out ten server blades he had scavenged from a discarded data center—the models were a mess, but the basic components were intact.

Holding them in his hands, he focused his mind on directing the Amplification toward computing cluster integration, ultra-high-speed data exchange, and stability in extreme environments!

[Ding! Ten-thousand-fold Cluster Efficiency Amplification initiated... Amplification complete! Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 1 AI Computing Host.]

The forms of the ten server blades shifted slightly as their internal circuitry was completely restructured, shrinking into a palm-sized cubic array with incredibly fast heat dissipation. Eerie blue light circuits flowed across its surface.

The comprehensive computing power density of this thing directly crushed all commercial supercomputers currently on the market, yet its energy consumption was ridiculously low!

Chen Fan's control over the system was becoming increasingly proficient; if he gave clear instructions, the system could amplify in the desired direction.

Next was laying the factory's 'neural network.' Chen Fan took out the high-performance cables he had previously amplified, along with a pile of interfaces and repeaters salvaged from old telephone switches and networking equipment. He triggered a wave of Amplification: [Ten-thousand-fold Signal Transmission and Anti-interference Amplification].

The wires were densely deployed to every critical node and piece of equipment in the workshop.

It took five days to complete the entire wiring installation.

Xiao Zhi wasn't idle either; he poured the massive amount of scheduling algorithms, production logic, fault diagnosis trees, and adaptive optimization protocols from the holographic blueprint into the 'Worker Bee AI System'.

This was a massive project. Xiao Zhi used the servers to run day and night for five days, merging code, debugging, and restructuring the underlying logic. Fortunately, as a robot, Xiao Zhi didn't need rest.

Finally, a powerful and sophisticated 'worker bee' awakened.

Chen Fan stared at the main screen of the control console: "From today on, you are called 'worker bee'! Your goal is to ensure the security of 'Panshi Foundation,' optimize production efficiency, and execute my orders unconditionally!"

A dynamic totem composed of countless hexagonal light grids instantly appeared on the screen, resembling a honeycomb. It looked incredibly efficient.

Immediately after, a calm, emotionless synthetic voice rang out: "worker bee online. Maximum authority confirmed. Awaiting instructions." There was one last part—they were just missing the 'limbs' to run errands.

Drawing from his experience building Xiao Zhi's body, Chen Fan directly ordered the 3D printers and precision processing equipment in the 'hundred refinements' workshop to start work. He followed Xiao Zhi's physical design but focused more on durability for industrial environments, load capacity, and multi-functional tool interfaces.

The skeleton used a reinforced 'Alloy,' and the joint drives were maxed out. Over twenty standard mechanical interfaces and quick-change tool slots were preset across the body.

The head's sensor array was even more luxurious, equipped with low-light night vision, thermal imaging, and laser range-finding. The core processor could also connect to 'worker bee' via high-speed wireless networking!

Because the body types were so similar, Chen Fan painted the three robots yellow to distinguish them from Xiao Zhi; they actually looked a bit like Bumblebee.

As the rigid mechanical shell stood up with a 'clang,' the consciousness of 'worker bee' instantly moved in.

"Execution terminal 'Xiao Zhi,' activated. worker bee system, beginning overall self-check."

As soon as the self-check program started, the entire 'Panshi Foundation' instantly 'came alive'!

Xiao Zhi darted around the workshop, checking equipment status with fast and precise movements. Simultaneously, 'worker bee' processed tens of thousands of data streams in parallel.

Before long, Xiao Zhi arrived at the control room to report: "Self-check complete. All hardware connections normal, software system running stably. Full system ready, capable of switching to 'Lights-out Production' mode."

Chen Fan took a deep breath and issued the first official production order: "worker bee, execute the 'Alloy' standard production process in fully automatic mode. Turn off all non-essential lighting!"

"Instruction confirmed."

The main lights in the control room were instantly extinguished, leaving only the faint glow of the screens.

In the factory building, only the equipment's status indicator lights and the dim lights of the safety corridors flickered.

In the near-dark environment, the smelting furnace in the 'Thousand Hammers' workshop ignited automatically, its fire burning bright red. Xiao Zhi moved silently through the space, occasionally stopping for physical verification and emergency preparations, while most of the processes were completed automatically by equipment controlled by 'worker bee'.

Mechanical arms swung as if dancing, and 3D printers hissed while consuming metal powder... Everything was orderly, efficient, and energy-saving!

"Xiao Fan, time to eat." Wang Defu called out to Chen Fan from the first floor. During this period, it was thanks to Wang Defu helping out and ensuring Chen Fan could have a hot meal.

"Coming, Uncle Wang." Chen Fan came down from the third-floor control console. He looked at the sign leaning against the wall that read 'Panshi Foundation Technology Manufacturing'.

"Uncle Wang, we'll hang that sign up tomorrow." Every link in the factory was finally operational; Chen Fan's super factory was officially ready for production.