87: Chapter 87 Engineering Wall-Breaking Vehicle

He felt rather worried, wondering when he would be able to have another lucky draw.

Lucky draws were truly rare, and he had absolutely no idea how to activate the lucky draw rewards.

For now, he could only barely manage to control his simple and plain inner self by buying things in the system mall.

He surveyed all the automotive-grade engineering vehicles in the system.

He wanted to add another vehicle model to his Hongqi Heavy Industry.

After looking around, he set his sights on the wall-breaking engineering vehicle.

When the vehicle blueprint, which cost a full 300,000 points to purchase, appeared before him, he was incredibly shocked.

How could this thing be called an engineering vehicle? It was a complete behemoth, and a very large one at that.

Its actual height reached 10 meters, and its total length reached an astonishing 30 meters.

Wang Xiuming looked at this super engineering vehicle blueprint and felt a pang of heartache at that moment.

He never imagined that one day he would be conned by the system, and conned so miserably at that.

This was no wall-breaking engineering vehicle; it was a complete colossus.

After Wang Xiuming studied it carefully, he discovered that the working principle of the wall-breaking engineering vehicle was to complete drilling tasks through the wall-breaking machine mounted on its rear.

Besides tunnel drilling, it was also a great tool for building subways, opening up internal underground pipelines, and underground engineering.

A single wall-breaking engineering vehicle could chisel through a mountain, reaching an astonishing 100 meters per day.

If it were a simple sandy soil structure, it could advance at a speed ranging from 500 to 800 meters.

This was truly an engineering marvel.

One had to know that the actual drilling speed of the currently most advanced Shield Tunneling Machine was only a mere few tens of meters per day, which was already the absolute limit.

Furthermore, it needed constant maintenance to ensure that the drill bit of the Shield Tunneling Machine would not suffer any damage.

This seemingly mighty behemoth was actually very delicate.

The drill bit had to be replaced every two hours.

This was to ensure the actual service life of the Shield Tunneling Machine.

In comparison, the wall-breaking engineering vehicle did not need to consider any of these potential issues.

Moreover, the wall-breaking engineering vehicle had a heaven-defying function.

That was the ability to perform real-time positioning correction.

For example, one only needed to update the map in the wall-breaking engineering vehicle's system and plan the wall-breaking route, and then there was no need to worry about whether the wall-breaking engineering vehicle would deviate from the route.

This greatly reduced labor costs, but as Wang Xiuming looked at such a behemoth, he realized that to build it, he would also need to equip a production line.

A single production line for the wall-breaking engineering vehicle cost nearly 800,000 points.

And for every wall-breaking engineering vehicle sold, it would add a full 1,000,000 points for him.

This was absolutely a steady, profitable business.

It was just that Wang Xiuming was a bit worried; he feared that few people would be able to afford such a behemoth.

A bit depressed, Wang Xiuming dialed Wang Ping's number.

"I've encountered a tiny bit of trouble. I don't know if you, old man, have time to help me solve it a little. This trouble is definitely very small; there's no need to make such a big fuss!"

"So you, brat, actually have a place where you need my help? Just tell me what's going on!"

"I want to ask you about something. Do you know about the Shield Tunneling Machine?"

Wang Xiuming's words caused silence on the other end of Wang Ping's phone for a long time.

Wang Ping never expected that Wang Xiuming would actually set his sights on the Shield Tunneling Machine.

The Shield Tunneling Machine was a national treasure; the actual value of a Shield Tunneling Machine far exceeded its own selling price.

Furthermore, Shield Tunneling Machine technology was currently still in a confidential stage.

Although the Xia Kingdom had broken through the original technology of the Shield Tunneling Machine, subsequent development and application were currently still of paramount importance.

The use of any Shield Tunneling Machine required approval from the higher-ups.

It could only be seen after layers of approval.

"Brat, wouldn't it be enough for you to honestly research your cars? Why are you researching Shield Tunneling Machines? Do you know what the actual value of a Shield Tunneling Machine is? You are here brazenly saying that you want to use a Shield Tunneling Machine. Do you know that even I, your father, cannot see one!"

Wang Ping couldn't help but curse, and he warned Wang Xiuming not to use his little schemes in this area.

A talent like him should, of course, use his little schemes on how to break through the upcoming, problem-ridden automotive market.

"Aren't you misunderstanding me? I want to say that my Hongqi Heavy Industry has had a new breakthrough. We have developed a blueprint for a wall-breaking machine, but it's even more powerful than the Shield Tunneling Machine!"

"It's just that my site is limited, and to build this production line, my factory building would need to be raised by nearly 20 meters, and the straight-line distance of the entire production line is nearly 1 kilometer long. I think it would be better to develop this kind of technology jointly, right?"

Wang Xiuming cautiously tested Wang Ping.

He wanted to see what Wang Ping's reaction would be at this moment.

If Wang Ping could help him clear the path, then the production of the wall-breaking machine would be no problem at all.

After all, for such high-precision, cutting-edge technology, it was essential to establish a good relationship with the higher-ups in the early stages of use.

If there was even the slightest mistake, it was very likely that the entire technology would be abandoned.

Furthermore, it would be labeled with trumped-up charges; this was the point Wang Xiuming valued the most.

After the successful development of the heavy industry god king, Wang Xiuming had received related warnings.

That was why he became cautious at this moment.

He also wanted to see what Wang Ping's attitude really was.

"You good brat, just wait for me. I will communicate with the higher-ups right now to see what their attitude is. If there are no surprises, this blueprint will still have to be handed over to the higher-ups for preliminary research. You should organize the blueprint first!"

Wang Ping warned Wang Xiuming as he spoke.

Wang Xiuming let out a long sigh as he looked at the phone after hanging up.

He turned his attention back to the current blueprint; the overall vehicle model, which lacked any distinctive features, did not have those flashy pipelines on the outside as connections.

Instead, it was integrated, with all the lines placed inside the vehicle body.

This ensured that when the wall-breaking machine broke through the rock wall, it would not be hindered by pipelines.

Besides these, the most important point was none other than the special alloy material required for the drill bit at the rear of the wall-breaking machine.

Excluding the usual diamond and existing high-strength titanium steel, this was another type of new synthetic material.

The amount of heavy precious metals and rare earths used could reach hundreds of kilograms.

Furthermore, it also required a professional smelting furnace to perform integrated shaping and smelting.

This part of the entire production line was of paramount importance.