210: Chapter 210 The Final Preparations

Fang Muke continued walking forward somewhat dazed, with a guard guiding his direction every so often.

"Muke, wait for us." Fang Muke stopped at the sound; he knew it was Leng Guangyan and Yu Qing, who had come with him.

"This place is like a maze, but it's quite warm. I'm already sweating; I'll need to change clothes soon," Yu Qing said after looking at the surrounding walls that shimmered with a white metallic luster.

"These should all be made of special aviation titanium alloy, huh? The walls feel more like some kind of fiberboard to the touch, so why do they have a metallic luster? How strange."

Leng Guangyan bent down to tap the floor of the corridor, then stood up to touch the walls on both sides, speaking softly.

"Brother Leng, you're quite knowledgeable."

"A person needs to have some hobbies; mine is studying various materials."

"Alright, let's keep moving. Didn't you hear the broadcast? We need to report to the living quarters. It'll be embarrassing if we lose the group ahead of us and get lost."

Fang Muke finished speaking and continued forward, with Yu Qing and Leng Guangyan following closely behind after exchanging a glance.

The three of them stopped and started, not knowing how many turns they took or how many guards they passed. After passing through a massive rectangular metal door, they stepped into an open hall.

After the claustrophobic corridor, the sudden bright and spacious environment instantly lifted their spirits.

Fang Muke spun around, estimating the place to be the size of a football field. The entire hall was shaped more like an elongated oval.

He looked up; the ceiling of the hall lacked any opulent decorations, being entirely composed of recessed rectangular light fixtures.

They were connected diagonally in segments, forming a massive pattern of a cosmic star cluster halo that radiated from the center outward.

The central cluster of lights was noticeably brighter than the surrounding ones, forming a giant five-pointed star.

These majestic lighting patterns, combined with the bright white tone of the hall's atmosphere, made the space look simple, clear, and grand.

"Look, there's even a cafe over there, and a bookstore, a milk tea shop... Wow, this is practically a city leisure plaza!" Yu Qing clapped her hands excitedly beside them.

"That milk tea shop is clearly for you girls," Leng Guangyan replied in a low voice.

"Engineering personnel, please proceed to the main service desk in order with your identification tags to collect your personal belongings. Engineering personnel, please proceed to the main service desk in order with your identification tags to collect your personal belongings..."

As Fang Muke and the others were talking, a gentle voice came over the broadcast system.

"Let's go, let's get in line first. Once we're settled, I'm going to take a good look around while the leaders haven't assigned any work yet, haha."

After speaking, Yu Qing pulled Fang Muke and the others over to the queue. This was their first time boarding the ship; in the massive 'kunpeng', this leisurely hall was merely the tip of the iceberg...

Chu Ge and his group only set off for the Dockyard Base three weeks after the engineering personnel had moved into the aerospace carrier.

A large number of people from the Military Research Institute came this time, totaling 65. Yan Tianhao, Zheng Jun, Li Gang, and Wang Yun were all present. There were 8 Academicians alone in the group, led by Academician Huang.

When they arrived at the Dockyard Base, Commander Wang was waiting at the main gate as usual. Chu Ge and Academician Huang stepped out of the car, and after greeting Commander Wang, Chu Ge looked at Academician Huang.

"Academician Huang, I'll leave the arrangements for our colleagues from the Research Institute to you. Commander Wang and I are going to check on the Engineering Ship."

"Alright, don't worry, Academician Chu."

The convoy continued forward, turning at the end toward the aerospace carrier's bridge cranes. Academician Huang and the others didn't waste any time and boarded the ship directly.

For Li Gang, Yan Tianhao, and the others, nearly two months had passed since the day they boarded on National Day.

After dreaming about it for so long, they had finally returned today. At this moment, they probably wouldn't be willing to stay outside for even one more minute.

After parting from the others, Chu Ge got into Commander Wang's jeep, which quickly accelerated toward the depths of the Dockyard Base.

"Commander Wang, how are the preparations for the Engineering Ship going?"

"Completed as planned. Luckily, you pre-arranged the engines and robots, and the internal structure of the Engineering Ship isn't too complex. Combined with our 24-hour construction, we managed to finish on time. If even one of those factors were missing, we wouldn't have made it this year."

"So the fleet will set out as originally planned?"

"No problem. The higher-ups' intention was to ask the two of us; if you have no issues, I'll report it immediately. The fleet's scheduled departure for the moon at exactly 9:00 AM on December 1st remains unchanged."

"Good, let's go check the status of the Engineering Ship first."

"Alright..."

The jeep drove for a distance and then came to a steady stop.

Chu Ge and Commander Wang quickly stepped out of the car. Chu Ge paused and looked at the busy Engineering Ship not far away.

It was currently being loaded with construction materials for the Lunar Base. Twenty robots were in operation, looking quite frantic at first glance.

The Engineering Ship's hull was painted bright yellow, a color that quite suited its role.

Neatly stacked engineering materials surrounded the Engineering Ship. Bridge cranes, a size smaller than those around the aerospace carrier, were hoisting them into the ship, while fleets of trucks stood by nearby.

"Quite busy," Chu Ge remarked after looking around.

"Loading just started today, so time is tight. This isn't like a dock where you just stack containers; these are raw engineering materials and semi-finished products of all sorts of states and shapes."

"Speaking of which, General Chu, that set of robots of yours has been a huge help. They can automatically identify the material and shape of the cargo and then assign loading positions. Before you arrived, I saw its computer analysis images—fast and logical. Impressive."

"Efficiency has improved so much. Otherwise, with all these various materials totaling hundreds of thousands of tons, finishing in one week? I can tell you for sure, we wouldn't even finish in half a month."

Chu Ge nodded. Setting everything else aside, this loading volume was indeed quite large.

"The first batch of construction materials will follow the building sequence: the first to be installed will be the last to be loaded. It's all linked. The first things we need to build are definitely the bridge cranes and such, followed closely by the matching unloading docks."

"Then there's the underground gravitational wave gravity platform for the Lunar Base, the central control hall, and the accompanying 'Tianzhi' data center. The energy center will start construction simultaneously, followed by the industrial zone, with the research center coming last."

"In any case, with the kunpeng, the scientific experts can temporarily conduct their research projects there."

Commander Wang reviewed the previously discussed construction plan once more. Chu Ge nodded after hearing it; these had all been repeatedly verified before, so there shouldn't be any major issues.

This involved many semi-finished synthetic components that had already been shaped at the Dockyard Base; they only needed to be assembled once transported up.

This way, with the Moon and Earth working in coordination, the project's progress could be significantly accelerated.