High-Tech Innovations: Starting with Toys
Chapter 2

War God! Charge!

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Baisha City's September evenings were no longer unbearably hot, and the setting sun draped the ground in a thin veil.

Outside the old Liang Xing Toys Factory building lay a concrete yard, with a downhill slope farther ahead.

An ordinary Mini 4WD could never maintain a straight course on this kind of terrain. Tiny gravel and potholes would cause drastic changes in direction.

Yet this palm-sized Fully Enclosed Mini Track Car was able to keep its basic direction steady.

Even when its tires rolled over gravel and potholes, the body made minute adjustments amid the bumps.

"War God! Charge!"

Liang Xing, jogging along behind and to the side, shouted. The Fully Enclosed Mini Track Car War God adjusted its body slightly, and its speed suddenly surged.

By making minute adjustments to its body and increasing power consumption to boost performance, Smart Chips allowed Fully Enclosed Mini Track Cars to perform maneuvers beyond ordinary imagination.

Liang Xing sped up as well and followed War God down the slope. His jog gradually became faster and faster, and the instant War God shot out from the bottom of the slope, Liang Xing excitedly waved his arms.

This was a childhood memory from Earth. The thrill of recreating an iconic anime scene made him shout without thinking.

"Go! Leaping Cannonball!"

War God's entire body traced an arc, its chassis pressed extremely close to the ground.

It rounded a bend, then sprang—and War God actually leaped into the air!

Like a cannonball soaring skyward, it carved a beautiful arc through the air.

Bang!

War God landed smoothly, bouncing slightly to cushion the impact before quickly returning to its normal speed.

"Phew, phew—stop... stop!"

Liang Xing was thrilled, but he really could not run any farther.

In truth, they had not run very far.

The problem was that he had been sprinting in bursts, with his mind highly focused and constantly tracking War God's position.

Coupled with those two impassioned shouts, Liang Xing, who had already been busy for nearly a month, was genuinely tired for the moment.

Seeing War God gradually slow in the distance until it came to a complete stop, Liang Xing hurried over, bent down to pick it up, and casually switched it off.

For a Smart Chip, accelerating and decelerating were among its simplest functions, but they all increased power consumption.

In contrast, functions such as using airflow in conjunction with the fully enclosed shell and memorizing how to adapt to weather and terrain consumed almost no power.

This kind of Smart Chip application placed greater importance on the racer's modification skills.

Clearly, Liang Xing had performed quite well in that regard.

"Your car... can be voice-controlled?" Liang's Mother asked hesitantly, holding the phone Liang Xing had asked her to use for recording.

Although she had never interfered with the Toy Factory's operations before, years of exposure had taught her enough to say a thing or two about most toy cars.

So she could tell that the new toy Liang Xing had designed would not be cheap.

In fact, Liang Xing had positioned the Fully Enclosed Mini Track Car as a toy for older middle school students, high school students, and adults.

They had a certain level of spending power and were willing to pay for things that interested them.

It just so happened that the gaming industry had recently introduced a notice aimed at preventing minors from becoming addicted to online games.

A toy suited for outdoor activities, capable of training both hands and mind, and eye-catching enough to draw attention would be easy to promote.

And through this test run, Liang Xing had confirmed his suspicion—he had really developed the product he had envisioned.

"Mom! I'll leave the Smart Chip patent to you. Let's call it... the GD Chip."

After answering Liang's Mother's question, Liang Xing entrusted her with miscellaneous matters such as filing the patent application.

Liang's Mother had handled the Toy Factory's purchases of design licenses before, so she was fairly familiar with the United Nations Intellectual Property Protection Platform.

As for why he was not using the GP Chip from the original work—compared to an abbreviation for "General Purpose," Liang Xing preferred the initials of the Chinese pinyin for track.

Either way, it was a remembrance of Earth, so of course he preferred his own country's culture.

While waiting for the patent application, Liang Xing also needed to adjust the Toy Factory's direction.

Leaving Liang's Mother to arrange production matters at the old factory building, Liang Xing hailed a ride and headed straight for Liang Xing Toys Factory.

The operation methods for the assembly equipment were simple. Liang Xing could write them out in the car, and the Toy Factory's original workers would have no trouble learning them.

It was just that, limited by insufficient equipment, Smart Chip production definitely would not be very high.

Though the old factory building had quite a few assembly machines, they were, frankly, only supporting equipment for a crude, handcrafted Lithography Machine.

Chip production had never been simple. Even though Liang Xing had made a finished product, he did not really understand the principles behind it.

As long as it worked, he could not be bothered to dig deeper.

"How did you do it?"

Although Liang's Father had nearly run Liang Xing Toys Factory into the ground, he actually had plenty of ideas.

It was just that, because of his personality, he lacked the courage on one hand, and after repaying the bank loans, the Toy Factory truly had no extra funds to upgrade its equipment on the other.

But he had looked into it before!

Throwing one million into the vast lake of chip production would not even make a splash.

Yet Liang Xing had spent less than a month using research funds that would not even make a splash to successfully develop a complete production line.

Even though limited funds meant the semi-automated production line still required quite a few workers to participate in production,

at the end of the day, this was still a Smart Chip production line that belonged exclusively to the Toy Factory!

Heavens bear witness, Liang's Father had agreed to let Liang's Mother provide research funding for Liang Xing purely out of parental indulgence toward their only son.

He had truly never expected a modern university graduate's practical skills to be this absurd!

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Liang's Father was proud of his son. After watching the video recorded on the phone, he gave his full support without hesitation.

"Stop producing the old toy cars! If we're doing this, we're making the best!"

Liang Xing was brimming with confidence, and his confidence invisibly infected Liang's Father as well.

"Dad! How much working capital does the Toy Factory have left? Every piece of equipment needs upgraded parts."

Liang Xing was preparing to transform the Toy Factory into a producer and seller of Fully Enclosed Mini Track Car components.

After all, the old toy cars were already outdated. The cheap, high-volume approach truly did not bring much profit.

Besides, Mini 4WD parts were not fully compatible with Fully Enclosed Mini Track Cars.

A Fully Enclosed Mini Track Car equipped with a Smart Chip was practically a mechanical device. While some Mini 4WD parts could indeed be used, Liang Xing wanted it to have better components.

Liang Xing Toys Factory would be the benchmark for Fully Enclosed Mini Track Car components. The special models from Earth's anime could absolutely be recreated in the Parallel World!

"There isn't much money left in the company accounts. But... I saved more than one million for your future marriage."

Liang's Father hesitated slightly before finally saying it.

Being honest, dutiful, and stubborn did not mean he was foolish. Liang's Father believed in his son, so he would support him as much as he possibly could!

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