130: Chapter 130: New and Old Team Up, Mass Production of Pills
Under the "human-machine integration" model adopted by Sun Siyuan and a group of veteran alchemists, the core and most difficult technical bottleneck of the Shennong No. 1 factory was successfully overcome.
This news spread like wildfire throughout Kunlun Academy and reached the highest Command Center in the capital.
Everyone was thrilled by this.
This was not just a technical victory.
More importantly, it proved that the industrialization path proposed by Jiang Ning, which combined "the old with the new and prioritized people," was entirely feasible.
The "experience" and "insights" of traditional Cultivators were not dross to be discarded.
They could find a new place within the new system and unleash even greater value.
With this, those conservatives who had previously harbored doubts about "industrialized cultivation" were completely silenced.
Throughout the entire country, from top to bottom, thoughts were unified as never before.
The pace of the Shennong Project accelerated once again!
Over the next month.
The construction site of the entire Shennong No. 1 factory entered its final sprint phase.
Sun Siyuan and the group of veteran alchemists became the most precious "wealth" on the construction site.
They no longer tightened screws or welded pipes.
They were organized into a special "Quality Supervision and Technical Breakthrough Team," led personally by Sun Siyuan.
Their task was to use their acute perception, which far surpassed that of machines, to inspect every core component and tune every energy pipeline.
They were like a group of top-tier "master craftsmen," using their lifelong skills to inject a "soul" into this modernized super factory.
Meanwhile, Lin Yuan and the construction team he led were responsible for perfectly assembling these components that had been inspected by the "master craftsmen."
The new generation of "genius engineers" and the older generation of "alchemical masters" achieved unprecedented tacit cooperation on this construction site.
One was responsible for "precision," and the other for "spirituality."
One represented the "future," and the other represented "heritage."
Under Jiang Ning's design and coordination, these two forces merged perfectly.
A month later.
In the valley next to Kunlun Academy.
A silver-white super factory covering several square kilometers and filled with a sci-fi aesthetic rose from the ground.
Viewed from high above, the entire factory looked like a massive, intricate integrated circuit board made up of countless spheres and pipes.
It was full of industrial power and the beauty of order.
Shennong No. 1 was officially completed!
On the day of completion, a simple yet grand commissioning ceremony was held at the factory's General Control Center.
The top leadership of the country attended collectively via holographic projection.
Director Zhao Lixin, Chief Engineer Wang Jianguo, and Professor Chen, the veterans of the project, stood in the front row, each with tears of excitement in their eyes.
Sun Siyuan, Lin Yuan, and three thousand students from Kunlun Academy, as the builders of this factory, also stood below the stage, their faces filled with pride and glory.
Jiang Ning stood in front of the control console, wearing her usual calm expression.
But inside, there was a ripple of emotion.
This was the first true "modernized cultivation industrial base" she had personally designed and overseen from start to finish since arriving in this world.
Its significance was far more profound than the previous "East Sea Array" and the Zhenhai Project.
It represented that this world now truly possessed the ability for "self-regeneration."
"I announce," Jiang Ning's voice, broadcast throughout the factory and to the meeting room in the capital, "that the 'Shennong No. 1' fully automatic spiritual energy potion production base is now officially in operation!"
She reached out and gently pressed the huge red button on the control console.
"Hum—"
A low, powerful resonance echoed from every corner of the factory.
The entire silver-white factory, all its pipes and reactors, lit up with a soft blue glow.
Massive energy flowed continuously from the central Spirit Gathering Tower of Kunlun Academy, through underground spiritual energy pipelines, into the factory's energy core.
On the large screens in the General Control Center, countless data streams began to refresh rapidly.
"Energy system startup normal!"
"Raw material conveyor belt operational!"
"First batch of production tasks for 100,000 units of 'Standard Spiritual Energy Replenishment Liquid' has been issued!"
"Reactors No. 1 through No. 100, beginning preheating!"
...
Everyone held their breath, watching the screen nervously.
A few minutes later.
When the first packaged small brown bottle, labeled "Shennong No. 1," slowly slid out from the end of the production line.
The entire General Control Center erupted in thunderous applause and cheers!
Success!
This super project, which had condensed the painstaking efforts of countless people and carried the hopes of the entire nation, had succeeded!
Chief Engineer Wang Jianguo hugged Professor Chen beside him; the two old men, with a combined age of nearly 150, cried like children.
Director Zhao Lixin also had red-rimmed eyes as he gave a solemn military salute toward the direction of the capital.
Sun Siyuan and Lin Yuan stood together, looking at the "Spiritual Energy Replenishment Liquid" continuously pouring out of the production line, filled with deep emotion.
One was a genius of alchemy from the old era, and the other was a gifted prodigy of the new era.
They had both been arrogant, both been lost, and both had been severely "educated" by Jiang Ning.
But now, they had both found their new positions in this factory.
"Director Lin," Sun Siyuan patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder and said sincerely, "Thank you. If it weren't for you young people, this factory could never have been built by us old folks alone."
Lin Yuan shook his head, looking at the calm figure in the distance, his eyes filled with admiration.
"It is we who should be saying thank you."
"It was Instructor Jiang who made us understand what true 'power' is."
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The first batch of 100,000 bottles of "Spiritual Energy Replenishment Liquid" off the line, after passing the strictest quality inspections, were immediately transported by military aircraft to all parts of the country.
A soldier at a border post, exhausted after returning from patrol, drank a bottle. Instantly, the fatigue vanished, and they were full of energy.
A researcher at a national key laboratory, having stayed up for several consecutive nights to overcome a technical challenge, drank a bottle. Instantly, their mind cleared, and inspiration burst forth.
In the intensive care unit of a hospital, an elderly patient in critical condition, under the guidance of a doctor, drank a bottle. Their failing vital signs miraculously began to slowly recover.
Scenes of these realities were continuously transmitted back to the capital through internal channels.
Looking at these reports, the old man in the main seat at the highest Command Center stood up in excitement.
He looked at the young figure on the screen, who was currently deploying the next phase of the production plan, and said to everyone in a tone that was almost a proclamation:
"Comrades, from this day forward, our Xia Kingdom, our nation, will completely shake off the shackles of birth, aging, sickness, and death!"
"A brand-new, great era that belongs to all of us."
"Has officially arrived!"