57: Upgrade the laboratory level and get more good stuff

Chapter 57: Promotion to Laboratory Level, More Good Things to Replicate! This is What You Should Use for Frying Squid!

The group arrived at the back of the factory area, which was a desolate, wild mountain, previously used by Factory 732 to test various weapon equipment performances.

In the distance were various targets and obstacles, and even the ground had many craters, all blasted by shells produced by the military factory.

Standing at the test firing point.

“General Al-Azi, I’ll show you how the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s power is unleashed.”

Li Yunshan, Factory Director held a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and handed it to a young man in his early twenties beside him, instructing, “Zhang Ming, you boy, you better perform well.”

“If you mess it up, you’ll lose all your vacation this month. You’ll stay in the factory training to control the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.”

This person was a controller specially selected from a university student team after the factory began manufacturing Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, responsible for testing whether the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s various performances met standards.

He had been training for over a week, even crashing several Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. If he couldn't even do such a simple thing well, then all his rest time would be spent on continued extra practice.

“What if I perform well?”

“I’ll give you a week-long vacation so you can rest well,” Li Yunshan, Factory Director said with a wave of his hand.

“Then I’ll be looking forward to my vacation,” Zhang Ming said with a confident smile.

He took the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and walked to a wooden box next to a table, then squatted down.

Ahmad Hassan watched this scene unfold: “Academician Zheng, what are you doing? Is this how you test Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles?”

Muhammed Al-Azi, standing nearby, also looked puzzled. He didn't quite understand what power of the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle could be tested here.

He only saw Zhang Ming open the wooden box and pull out a rocket warhead from inside. The difference was that it had no barrel, only a bare warhead with several tail fins attached.

“Is this Old Maozi’s RPG-7 rocket?” Muhammed Al-Azi recognized the weapon at a glance.

After all, whether it was Persia or the Middle East, this thing was practically in everyone's hands, so he was extremely familiar with it.

Before his question could be answered, Zhang Ming firmly mounted the warhead under the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Then, under control, the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, carrying the RPG warhead, instantly took off.

‘This thing is this Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s weapon?’ The General’s mouth twitched.

Under everyone’s gaze, an aerial view appeared on the slightly large laptop screen in Zhang Ming’s hand, with a crosshair in the center.

The speed displayed in the upper right corner reached 46 KM/H, and it was rapidly flying towards the distance.

“This couldn’t be…” As a commander who had fought for many years, Muhammed Al-Azi knew what this was for.

Long-range Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle plus an RPG rocket warhead? How did Da Xia come up with such a crazy idea!

Sure enough.

Within just a few minutes of flight, the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle crossed the entire three-kilometer-long weapon test range and arrived at its target location.

At this location, a large number of imitation dummies had already been placed, and there were many cover obstacles on the ground, and it was also located at a commanding height.

If a small unit were to engage in combat here, it would require a huge sacrifice to take it down.

Everyone watched as Zhang Ming aimed the crosshair on the screen at the center of the dummy, then pressed the button.

Instantly, the rocket mounted under the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle rapidly dropped!

With a ‘bang’ sound.

Dummies within a radius of several meters were all blasted down, and the target was destroyed. After the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle completed its mission, it even returned automatically without needing control.

“Hiss… Is this how it’s used?”

Muhammed Al-Azi and Ambassador Hassan exchanged glances, both involuntarily taking a sharp breath.

After reconnoitering the enemy situation several kilometers away, it releases the mounted bomb, then snipes from thousands of meters away.

This thing is even more effective than long-range artillery support because almost every strike is a precise strike.

“Actually, you don’t need to use this kind of RPG shell; others will work too.”

Zheng Lixing added, “Things like grenades, proximity fuse missiles, and even howitzer ammunition can be simply modified and mounted on the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for use.”

Even the Military Industry Commission is already preparing to develop a small guided bomb based on this, possibly weighing only two or three kilograms. Carried by a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, it can precisely guide to the target, eliminating the need for even throwing.

Seeing their shocked expressions, Li Yunshan, Factory Director knew this was promising: “Besides those one thousand experimental Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, do you need anything else?”

“If you think this Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is not enough, our military factory has another model. That one is for search and reconnaissance; its maximum speed can reach 80-100 KM, it produces less wind noise, is quieter, and has an even lower chance of being detected.”

“However, its disadvantage is that its load capacity will be significantly worse, only about less than one kilogram.”

The modification of this reconnaissance Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle didn’t take much effort; it was simply increasing the motor power and slightly reducing the material quality in exchange for improvements in speed and noise.

“Reconnaissance Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle? 80-100 KM/H speed?” General Al-Azi’s eyes lit up even more.

His first thought wasn’t about reconnaissance, but that even though this Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle had poor load capacity, it could definitely be used as a suicide bomb.

It wouldn’t even need one kilogram; even a few hundred grams of explosives would be enough to send a person to heaven on the spot. At a speed of one hundred kilometers per hour, ordinary people on the battlefield would have no time to react.

More importantly, both types of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are very cheap. It wouldn’t hurt to lose one at a cost of hundreds or thousands of usd. Where else could you find such good weapon equipment?

“Give us five thousand first, no, fifty thousand Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.”

Muhammed Al-Azi’s eyes were sharp: “How much does it cost? I’ll pay the extra!”

He couldn’t even imagine how effective these Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles would be for frying squid. It would be an instant trip to heaven with every blast!

Powerful degreasing, you can trust it!

Eagle-land, Bay Area.

Lu Ze and Lucy briefly toured the arleigh burke-class destroyer, almost coming down from the vessel within half an hour.

It wasn’t for any other reason, but because there were simply too many people, and it was too crowded. Throughout, he also had to protect Lucy beside him, which could only be described as mentally exhausting. He had no time at all to look at the USS Milius missile destroyer.

“Lucy, let’s go back, otherwise it will be too late when we return to the LLNL Laboratory,” Lu Ze looked at the sky; it should be around four or five in the afternoon.

Driving from the San Francisco Bay Area port back to their Livermore, it would take at least an hour’s drive.

“How about we have dinner here before going back?”

Lucy rubbed her stomach: “I’m hungry.”

If they drove back, they probably wouldn’t have dinner until eight in the evening.

The two ice creams, two bags of popcorn, and a bag of nuts she had just eaten had already been digested, and she felt a slight hunger.

As they were pushed downwards by the surging crowd.

Lucy looked at something in the distance, her eyes fixed on it, unable to move.

“Lu Ze, it’s a panda!! A panda!?” She pointed at a black and white animal in front, extremely surprised.

“A panda? How can there be a panda here?” Lu Ze quickly glanced over.

This is Eagle-land; how many giant pandas has Da Xia given out in total? How could one appear in the crowd?

That’s an animal that generates tens of millions of usd in value for zoos every year. Which zoo in the world doesn’t cherish them?

The result.

“What panda? That’s clearly a Chow Chow,” Lu Ze retorted.

What he saw was a dog that, although fluffy like a panda, had a fluffy nose with canine features. This was clearly just a Chow Chow.

Its owner was truly deranged, to dye a perfectly good dog this color just to attract attention. How much suffering does that cause?

“Shall we go take a look?”

Lucy pulled Lu Ze’s hand and squeezed into the crowd: “It seems a photo is only twenty usd. I want to take ten!”

She didn’t hear the explanation just now. It can only be said that as the most ‘politically correct’ animal on Earth, the panda’s appeal is truly terrifying.

As long as it looks like a panda, that’s enough. What it actually is doesn’t matter at all.

A zebra can be a panda, an alligator can also be a panda. Abroad, anything black and white, you are a panda!

Watching Lucy waiting in line there, Lu Ze was about to follow.

Suddenly.

His phone rang in his pocket, and the screen displayed a slightly unfamiliar number.

“LLNL Laboratory HR Manager?” Lu Ze was a little suspicious: “What does he want with me?”

He had saved the HR Manager’s number when he first came to LLNL Laboratory, but the other party had never called him once.

And as an intern graduate student, he was just a small transparent; there was no possibility of being fired, because there wasn't much salary subsidy each month anyway.

The call connected, and before he could even ask.

“Lu, congratulations, you have now been successfully promoted to a D-level authorized employee of LLNL Laboratory.”

The HR Manager’s words on the other end were continuous, giving him no room to interject: “Of course, you can choose to study with Professor Hassen, or you can choose other project teams.”

“I wish you a pleasant life and study at LLNL Laboratory.”

“Okay, I understand.”

Lu Ze replied, then heard the call disconnect from the other end.

‘I’ve been promoted to a D-level authorized employee?’

This was clearly a good thing, but Lu Ze didn't understand why the LLNL Laboratory management would make this decision.

He hadn’t done anything remarkable recently, so why had he suddenly attracted their attention?

‘Could it be the NIF project invitation last time?’ Lu Ze quickly recalled that incident.

Indeed, Dr. Daman Johnson’s inexplicable invitation last time was mainly the LLNL Laboratory’s attempt to sound him out.

If Lu Ze had chosen to join the NIF project team without hesitation, then he would have been highly likely to be suspected by the LLNL Laboratory management of having ulterior motives.

After all, when he was transferred from DUKE University, the main intention was to subtly transform him into a ‘yellow-skinned, white-hearted’ banana person. But he had been playing dumb the whole time, making it hard not to suspect his true purpose.

Was he planning to get access to and learn core technology, then take it back to Da Xia?

Many Da Xia students studying abroad decades ago had done such things, and LLNL Laboratory had to be on guard.

But on the contrary, for whatever reason, Lu Ze flatly rejected the invitation to the ‘NIF’ project, the most core project of the entire LLNL Laboratory. In this regard, the possibility of him having ulterior motives was basically denied.

Even from the perspective of the LLNL Laboratory management, looking at Lu Ze’s usual behavior and attitude, could it be that he was so disheartened by the cold treatment here that he became self-deprecating?

So, they quickly arranged a D-level authorized employee qualification, giving him a glimmer of hope to climb higher.

‘So, because of this, they gave me D-level authorization?’ Lu Ze had a mocking expression on his face.

After thinking it through, he felt that this might not be a huge good thing.

D-level authorization was much better than what he had before. As for his previous authorization level? He had no authorization at all, just an external temporary employee card!

‘What should I replicate next?’

‘There are quite a few high-level tech items accessible with D-level authorization.’

Although most core areas still required B-level or higher authorization, he could still enter many places, including non-core confidential areas of the maintenance center, and no longer needed Lucy to take him in.

Replication attempts refresh tomorrow. What should be the best thing to target?

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