This Isn't Treatment, It's Clearly Dissection.

A secret base belonging to Rongfei.

Top experts and senior technical engineers specializing in numerous aircraft and hypersonic engines had rushed here overnight.

Their goal was to treat and repair the captured Black Eagle as quickly as possible.

However, after dismantling and studying it for six to seven hours.

The technology displayed by the Black Eagle had nearly shattered their confidence.

"How did the Black Eagle combine three different engines – turbofan, ramjet, and scramjet?

Combining ramjet and scramjet might be feasible, but turbofans have turbine blades, which are inherently incompatible with the design of ramjets."

"An incredible design. It seems we still have some distance to go compared to the other side in certain fields."

"It's a shame the engine's combustion chamber was pierced and damaged, along with varying degrees of damage to other structures. Coupled with the impact of the crash, it will be difficult to restore the engine's structure in a short period."

"The copper-based material used in this engine is superior to ours."

"The gap, the gap, it's still the gap.

We've caught up in major national assets like aircraft carriers.

But in these high-end, cutting-edge fields like hypersonic aircraft and near-space vehicles.

In strategic areas involving intelligence, reconnaissance, suppression, and ultra-high-speed critical strikes, we are still far behind.

We must catch up in these areas as soon as possible.

In near-space within the atmosphere, Zhen-8's liquid rocket engine is far inferior to the Black Eagle's three-in-one scramjet engine.

Once they deploy these near-space aircraft, we will have no comparable means!"

A group of experts, exhausted after staying up half the night, were arguing heatedly about the Black Eagle's engine problem.

Although domestic high-end fighter jet engines had already developed prototypes of variable cycle engines, integrating both turbofan and turboprop technologies, they were still facing the Black Eagle SR-72, which combined turbofan + ramjet + scramjet – three technologies in one engine.

Everyone was still at a loss.

The Black Eagle's engine used its turbofan mode for takeoff from the runway and acceleration to Mach 3.

After Mach 3, it transitioned to ramjet mode, accelerating to Mach 5.

Then, the scramjet mode engaged.

Disregarding cost and time, it could accelerate from Mach 3 to Mach 21.

It could be said that the Black Eagle's single engine adapted to all environments and operating conditions, including subsonic, supersonic, hypersonic, low altitude, high altitude, and near-space.

And Master Ba, which competed against the Black Eagle using a liquid rocket engine.

Although its speed and range were comparable, even surpassing it in some aspects.

It was significantly inferior to the Black Eagle, equipped with the three-in-one scramjet engine, in terms of adaptability and response capability.

Liquid rocket engines were inherently unsuitable for low-speed conditions, and fuel consumption was higher at low altitudes.

Often, to save fuel and reach high speeds as quickly as possible, Master Ba needed to be carried by a transport aircraft and airdropped from an altitude of 8,500 meters for high-altitude, high-speed deployment.

War is about time.

This seemingly short response time of tens of seconds to a few minutes could often change the outcome of a war.

In yesterday's Eagle Capture Operation, if Master Ba had arrived on the battlefield 30 seconds earlier, the Black Eagle wouldn't have escaped without Chen Yi's intervention.

"Old Zhang, have you invited that genius who works on aircraft engines?"

After a period of intense discussion.

Someone suddenly looked at Professor Zhang, who was researching the Black Eagle's aerodynamic layout.

"I arranged for someone to invite him over three hours ago. He's coming by fighter jet, so he should be here soon," Professor Zhang replied without looking up.

"Fighter jet?"

An academician next to him chimed in, unable to help but complain, "You're letting someone who hasn't undergone flight training ride in a fighter jet?"

"There's no other way. This guy has been involved in too many things lately.

Putting aside previous incidents, he even shot down a Black Eagle this time.

Last night, the other side sent a protest overnight.

They demanded the return of the Black Eagle and also urgently activated a group of moles to investigate intelligence regarding the Black Eagle's crash.

In such a situation, it's too risky to let him travel by civil aviation with its mixed passenger traffic.

Besides, knowing his personality, he might be excited to ride in a fighter jet."

Professor Zhang explained.

Who knew how shocked he was when he learned yesterday that Chen Yi had taken down the Big Black Eagle.

Although the way the Black Eagle was taken down was skillful and effective.

This has really stirred up a hornet's nest.

If it were professional hunters who stirred it up, and Black Eagles flew into their airspace, they'd just have to grit their teeth and endure it.

But for Chen Yi to stir it up, that's a whole different story!

RUMBLE!

As Old Zhang finished speaking, rumbling sounds erupted from outside the hangar.

A fighter jet descended from the sky, landing steadily on the runway.

Ground crew and medics, who had been waiting nearby, immediately rushed over with ladders and stretchers.

"No need, I can walk myself."

The fighter jet's airtight canopy opened.

Chen Yi unbuckled his restraints, stood up, his expression excited but his steps unsteady. He waved off the ground crew and medics waiting to assist him, and slowly walked down, holding onto the aircraft.

"Hoo."

Stepping onto the runway and feeling solid ground beneath his feet.

Chen Yi took a deep breath, shouting excitedly, "That was too thrilling! I'll build one myself when I have time and fly it a few times!"

"..."

Listening to Chen Yi's excited shouts, the pilots who had flown with him, as well as the surrounding ground crew and medics, were stunned. They had no idea how to respond.

Because what he was saying was simply not human.

Feeling that flying a fighter jet was thrilling and wanting to build one himself to fly it a few times – how could anyone answer that?

"Stop shouting, Xiao Chen. Since you still have so much energy, hurry up and change out of your flight suit. Come over and take a look at how we're going to handle this scramjet engine."

From a distance, Professor Zhang, who had come out to greet them, heard Chen Yi's shouts and quickly beckoned him over.

"Got it!"

Hearing that he would soon be able to see Black Eagle up close, and this top-tier drone in the world.

Chen Yi calmed his excited mood.

Led by the ground crew, he went to the locker room to change out of his flight suit.

"Old Zhang, the person you invited is a bit... off, isn't he?"

As Chen Yi went to change, one of the top experts standing next to Old Zhang said.

"Indeed, he's off. Someone who's not off wouldn't be thinking about building a fighter jet himself," others chimed in.

"You'll understand more when you interact with him more. Fighter jets? They're practically toys to him."

Old Zhang waved his hand. "If he were to build a space fighter one day and go to the moon to mine helium-3, I wouldn't be surprised."

"That capable?" everyone was astonished.

"The Black Eagle lying next to us was shot down by him. Using a small drone with a wingspan of less than 2 meters and weighing less than 50 kilograms. Tell me, is that impressive?"

"Hiss!"

"Taking down a Black Eagle with a small drone. Are young people this fierce nowadays?"

Everyone gasped.

"Oh, and that small drone was the new energy charging model, using ion propulsion."

"..."

"Also, the rotating detonation engine we've been experimenting with lately? He developed that too.

He even used this engine to build a Lunar Lander Drone and successfully landed on the moon."

"Hoo."

"Monster!"

"Abomination!"

"This is simply not human!"

Several minutes later.

When Chen Yi came out after changing, he was greeted by a group of people looking at him as if he were a monster.

"Professor, why are you all looking at me like that?"

Chen Yi looked at everyone's strange gazes and subconsciously looked down at his lab coat.

Everything seemed normal.

No zippers left open, no accidental public displays.

"It's nothing, they're welcoming you."

Professor Zhang explained with a smile, not saying that they were all shocked by him.

"Yes, yes, Xiao Chen, welcome to Rongfei. Everyone, make way, let Xiao Chen come over and study the situation with the Black Eagle."

"Xiao Chen, come over here. This eagle was quite sick yesterday. See if you can find a way to treat it and learn some useful technology in the process."

A group of experts and senior technicians, older than Chen Yi's father, called out to him enthusiastically. Their fervent support made them clear a space for Chen Yi to enter the hangar and examine the Black Eagle together.

"Let me see."

Hearing that the Black Eagle was in the hangar, Chen Yi didn't stand on ceremony and walked in.

But as soon as he entered the hangar, Chen Yi stopped.

Parts and components were scattered all over the floor.

The Black Eagle's engine, functional accessories, radar instruments, and the main fuselage.

Everything had been disassembled and arranged in an orderly fashion by section throughout the hangar, which spanned over five thousand square meters.

Good heavens.

This wasn't treatment.

This was clearly an autopsy.

"Xiao Chen, this Black Eagle was brought back yesterday and was already quite damaged. Although the main body is intact, it's in a terrible state. To treat it better, we took it apart."

Sensing what Chen Yi was trying to say, an expert academician beside him explained, "Just as modern medicine cannot do without the contributions of a great teacher body, if we want to treat it, we naturally need to dissect and understand it first."