54: Chapter 54: A Frenzied Discussion in the Workshop!

Li Ping's reaction was in no way inferior to Xu Jianshu's.

He stared straight at Xu Hao, as if he wanted to see right through him.

"Whew..."

Li Ping let out a long sigh, calming the shock brought about by what Xu Hao had said.

They had been burying themselves in the workshop for over a week, originally thinking that under Chairman Xu's leadership, they were researching and designing a new excavator.

Today, he actually told them.

What they were building was actually a mecha!!

"Chairman Xu... are we really building a mecha?"

Although he tried his best to calm down, when he asked this question, his heart still couldn't control its excitement.

Along with it, his voice was trembling slightly.

Jin Lexian, standing beside him, although he had a premonition before that they weren't building an excavator...

…he had never imagined that what they were building would be a mecha!!

A mecha!

What a romantic and sci-fi term this was!

He watched Xu Hao intently, waiting for his definitive answer.

Xu Hao was studying the assembly and debugging blueprints in his hands. Hearing Li Ping's words, he looked up, watching him and the other two interns from the Dragon Academy of Sciences with a puzzled expression.

What's going on?

Why do they all look so excited?!

"That's right, we are building a mecha!" Xu Hao said, looking confused.

"You didn't know? Didn't I tell you?"

Xu Hao put down the blueprints at this moment, looking at the three of them with an inquiring expression.

He remembered... he seemed to have told them it was for building a mecha.

Could it be that he was too focused on studying the blueprints and forgot?

Xu Hao rubbed his nose.

"No! You never told us we were building a mecha!"

Xu Jianshu hurriedly shook his head, and the three of them answered in unison.

They looked at Xu Hao with resentment, like three abandoned, aggrieved women.

A torrent of disbelief surged through their fragile hearts.

Who would have known that you, someone building excavators, were now building mechas?

They were clawing and screeching in their hearts, roaring crazily:

If you don't say it... how would we know? Aaaah! That's a mecha!!

That's a precious treasure that many countries around the world are trying to crack!

But currently, no country or organization has successfully developed a mecha in the true sense.

Not even the United States, Japan, Russia, etc., have one.

A few years ago, the Dragon Kingdom also proposed a mecha research project, which lasted for several years without any progress, and later the project was suspended and left unsettled.

But now!

In a heavy industry enterprise that had just been promoted to a state-owned enterprise, were they actually researching mechas under the leadership of the company's chairman, and in full swing at that?

Who would believe this if they were told?

Yet they were indeed researching mechas, and had even achieved a certain degree of progress.

"I didn't?" Xu Hao gave a light cough, rubbed his nose, and had a strange look on his face.

This was awkward.

He had been busy studying the design and construction blueprints in his hands and had forgotten to tell them what they were researching for a moment.

However, thinking that they were interns from the Dragon Academy of Sciences, Xu Hao felt relieved.

Students from the Dragon Academy of Sciences—their skills had to be top-notch.

Although he hadn't told them they were researching mechas, with their professional knowledge and skills, there definitely wouldn't be any big problems.

Anyway, during these few days of production work, they had all been quite serious and had completed various tasks on time.

"It doesn't matter if I didn't tell you; now you know..."

Xu Hao laughed heartily, made a joke, and brushed it off.

Hearing his perfunctory explanation, the eyes of Li Ping and the other two became even more resentful.

Xu Hao turned his head, choosing not to look at the three of them's eyes.

These looks... they were enough to eat someone alive...

After a long silence, the three of them finally accepted this reality.

They... were indeed building a mecha!

Thinking of this, the three of them became excited.

"So that means we are building a new gadget that the whole world can't build?"

Xu Jianshu's mouth curled up, revealing a smile that looked somewhat proud.

Mechas—so many countries had dabbled in them, but every single one had failed.

If they really built it, that would be an explosive breakthrough for the Dragon Kingdom and even the entire world.

"Although large mechas have always been criticized, they actually have many uses. For example, deep-water operations, work in high-risk environments, and they can also play a huge role on the battlefield."

Jin Lexian analyzed.

He was engaged in research on precision machinery and had a good understanding of high-tech machinery both domestically and internationally.

Of course, he was also a mecha fan and had an indescribable love for humanoid Gundam-style mechas.

Now that he heard Xu Hao was going to lead them in researching mechas, he was the most excited of them all.

"That's right, humanoid Gundam mechas look very bulky, making people feel as if they are mobile living targets. But if this big guy starts up, it will be a world-destroying existence, especially on the battlefield, where it will be a devastating blow to enemy troops."

Li Ping nodded, agreeing.

Admittedly, with currently existing technology, it is quite difficult for the large mechas built to move their limbs as flexibly as humans.

But if it is covered with super-strong defensive armor, and its 'health bar' is thickened and reinforced so that the enemy cannot damage it, then they will be helpless against it.

Hearing the two's discussion, Xu Jianshu was full of interest and also spoke up:

"Not only that, one advantage of large mechas is that they can be equipped with many detachable weapons. Attack weapons, defensive weapons, reconnaissance weapons, etc., allowing it to become an integrated combat entity."

"Equipping close-combat weapons, such as chainsaw-powered daggers, can effectively improve the mecha's close-combat attributes by relying on their high-speed cutting ability; equipping energy beam daggers or energy beam kinetic daggers, where energy beams or drifting particles appear on the blade, achieves an attack effect."

"Besides that, it can also be equipped with energy projectile rifles, energy cluster rifles, booster weapons, explosive weapons, floating weapons, and so on."

"All these can effectively enhance the mecha's combat performance, allowing it to gallop across the battlefield and become a killing machine!!"

Xu Jianshu was filled with passion, his eyes flashing with excitement, as if he could already see the mecha dominating the battlefield in an invincible posture.

Jin Lexian, who was usually quiet and introverted, was also stirred up by Xu Jianshu's words.

"That's right, that's right!" He nodded repeatedly, then added:

"Because mechas have large targets and are easily seen as living targets, we can apply stealth coatings to the mecha. Paint camouflage, masking camouflage, and optical camouflage, etc., can all effectively prevent the mecha from being discovered too early and becoming a target."

"At the same time, installing functions like thermal radiation suppression, metal reaction suppression, and communication jamming can greatly enhance its self-security attributes."

The three of them became more and more excited as they talked, discussing animatedly in the production line workshop.

Xu Hao stood to the side with a smile on his face, not in a rush to make them go back to work immediately.

Let these kids be happy for a while!

After all, mechas are quite romantic...