Chapter 152 Five-ton load capacity? I think even worker ants could do that!

It was a fragment of an Oreo cookie that had fallen on the ground.

To a human, it was just a negligible piece of trash, but to the tiny worker ants before him, it was no different from a heavy mountain.

However, they were not crushed.

Under Li Jiajun's gaze, these few ants quickly adjusted their positions. They didn't push and shove haphazardly; instead, as if guided by precise calculations, some were responsible for lifting the bottom while others maintained balance on the sides.

Gradually, between the bodies of the few ants and that massive cookie fragment, an extremely peculiar yet mechanically beautiful arched structure formed.

In that instant, all the weight was perfectly distributed across the slender legs of each ant and finally transmitted to the ground.

"Wonderful..."

Li Jiajun's pupils contracted slightly as he murmured to himself.

The Netizens in the livestream watched the dozen or so moving black dots on the screen, their heads filled with question marks.

"Is the Streamer possessed? Instead of building a perfectly good plane, he's here watching ants move house?"

"Quiet! Based on my knowledge of the Main Streamer, he's about to start his 'magic' again!"

"No way, right? Looking at birds just now, and now ants? This is ridiculous!"

...

Just as the bullet chat was buzzing with discussion, that familiar notification sound rang out in Li Jiajun's mind once more.

Ding!

[You observed the collaborative transport mode and biomechanical architecture of worker ants, gaining insight into the ultimate secrets of multi-point support and stress dispersion!]

[You have gained enlightenment on the design principles of ultra-lightweight bionic truss structures!]

Boom!

Another bolt of inspiration struck, instantly piercing through the crown of his head.

Countless complex triangular and polyhedral structural diagrams unfolded before his eyes like holographic projections. The metal skeletons that had seemed heavy and cumbersome to him were now being dismantled and reorganized in his mind, transforming into a brand-new form as thin as a cicada's wing yet as solid as diamond.

"Haha! I knew it! Nature is the best teacher!"

Li Jiajun stood up abruptly, nearly knocking over the chair beside him because he rose so fast.

Ignoring the chair, he rushed back to the whiteboard like a gust of wind, grabbed a marker, and began frantically sketching the internal structure of the fuselage next to the engine he had just drawn.

Scribble, scribble, scribble!

The tip of the pen made a harsh yet exciting sound as it rubbed against the whiteboard.

A few minutes later, a dense fuselage skeleton diagram—as complex as a honeycomb yet filled with a certain mathematical rhythmic beauty—was presented before everyone.

It was no longer supported by a few traditional large beams; instead, it was constructed from countless tiny, hollow metal tubes forming tens of thousands of triangular trusses.

"family! Look at this!"

Li Jiajun excitedly tapped the whiteboard with his knuckles, his face beaming with the ecstasy of having solved a world-class problem.

"This is the secret move I learned from the ants: the ultra-lightweight bionic truss!"

"Traditional aircraft skeletons are big, clumsy, and incredibly heavy. But this is different!"

He pointed at the dense lines, speaking at a rapid-fire pace:

"It utilizes countless tiny triangular structures to perfectly disperse the load to every corner of the fuselage. Every tube is sharing the weight; every node is transmitting force!"

"A fuselage built with this structure can reduce weight by at least thirty percent while maintaining the same level of strength!"

With a wide sweep of his hand, Li Jiajun heroically wrote a large number on the whiteboard:

"What does a thirty percent weight reduction mean? It means we can use all that remaining weight allowance to carry cargo!"

"Never mind five tons! With this skeleton, even if you add another two tons, this plane will still fly as steady as an old dog!"

After speaking, he looked at the camera with a smug expression, as if waiting for applause.

However, the livestream was met with an eerie silence.

It took several full seconds before the bullet chat exploded like a bursting dam.

"..."

"I'm... freaking convinced! I'm truly convinced!"

"He can gain enlightenment on an aircraft skeleton just by watching ants move house? Is this the world of a genius?"

"If Boeing's chief designer saw this, he'd probably be so angry he'd eat his drawing board, right?"

"Learning range from birds and load-bearing from ants... Streamer, be honest, what do you plan to learn from next? Earthworms?"

"Even though I don't understand what a truss structure is, it sounds really impressive... But Main Streamer, are you sure this thing is still for delivering packages once it's built? Why does it sound more and more like a transport plane for carrying tanks?"

...

Looking at the screen full of roasting comments, Li Jiajun wasn't angry; instead, he quite enjoyed it.

He curled his lip and switched to his signature voice-over roasting mode, speaking to the air:

"These Netizens still haven't opened up their perspective. It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. Whether learning from birds or ants, being able to build a good plane is the hard truth. As long as it helps Boss Wang deliver the packages, who cares where the ideas came from? Besides, this is called bionics—such a high-end term, yet it sounds so different coming out of their mouths..."

Roasting aside, the real business had to continue.

Now, the power was there—the Albatross; the skeleton was there—the ants. The hardware foundation of this twin-tailed scorpion was already practically perfect.

However, there was still one most critical and core problem facing Li Jiajun.

Just like a physically strong athlete, if they have no sense of direction, they won't reach the finish line.

Li Jiajun put away his playful grin, and his expression became serious once more.

He turned around and walked back to that massive map of the Eastern Country, tapping heavily several times on the areas with the most complex terrain: the Southwestern Mountains and the Northwestern Plateaus.

"The hardware is settled. Next is the software."

He turned his head to look at the camera and said in a deep voice:

"family, our plane is meant to fly all over the country. But you must know that in our country, there are many places—like these continuous mountains and that vast plateau—where signal coverage is very poor."

"If it's delivering packages and happens to lose signal halfway, it will get lost! Getting lost means hitting a mountain or crashing! Then Boss Wang's goods will be a total loss!"

At this point, he wrote a few large words on the whiteboard: Navigation.

"Therefore, the last and most critical technical challenge we face is: how to achieve absolutely precise navigation in signal-free areas like plateaus and mountains?"

He explained to the Netizens that current satellite navigation is extremely unreliable in complex terrain and bad weather, so there must be a completely independent backup autonomous navigation system that does not rely on external signals.