Spellflame Turbofan

Sapphire Port.

Beianqi was the only member of the main management team who did not travel to the Holy City to attend the Victory Day celebrations.

On the one hand, the base in Dragon Valley needs to have someone stay behind to oversee it, no matter what.

On the other hand, the transformation of Pansy is progressing rapidly.

The modification of bone structure is progressing rapidly due to sufficient manpower.

However, the disassembly and transportation of the Vermilion Bow took a considerable amount of time.

This large electromagnetic railgun system, developed for launching satellites, has been installed on the Pansy.

Accordingly, all weapon systems on the entire ship, including the electromagnetic railgun originally intended for combat, were removed.

This was solely to make room for this massive electromagnetic satellite launch system.

Only the very front of the ship retains eight torpedo launch ports, which barely justifies its "submarine" identity in the form of the Pansy Blue Whale.

Despite the impending installation of nuclear power, a battery system will still be essential.

Su Ming expanded the battery compartment to 1,000 tons.

At the same time, sufficient cargo space must be reserved for the satellites and rockets that are about to be launched.

There are five sets of rockets and satellites in total, which is also a huge space consumer.

Therefore, the equipment on the entire warship was increased rather than decreased.

Ultimately, the Pansy's total displacement exceeded 30,000 tons.

Ruby Base, Radiation Control Zone.

Wearing protective clothing, Su Ming walked through the green zone and arrived at the red zone.

Inside the thick, isolated storage equipment, shafts 235, with an abundance of 4%, produced during this period, were neatly arranged.

Nearby, there were also piles of other materials, including zirconium.

Su Ming picked up a piece of zirconium metal, weighed it in his hand, and found it to be lighter than iron.

"We've tried, but we still can't reduce the hafnium content any further," Quail said, standing to the side, also wearing protective clothing.

Hafnium (Hf) and zirconium (Zr) both belong to Group 4 of the periodic table and have extremely similar physicochemical properties, making them almost a pair of "Broken elements".

Therefore, they are naturally intertwined within minerals, making them extremely difficult to distinguish.

In regular applications, this doesn't really matter.

But once you get into the realm of nuclear physics, the problems immediately become complicated.

Hafnium has an extremely high neutron absorption cross section, reaching 115 ng, which is 640 times that of zirconium.

Therefore, zirconium is a very suitable cladding material, while hafnium is a natural control rod material.

It's like the difference between an angel and a demon.

The former allows neutrons to flow freely, enabling the nuclear fuel in the reactor to burn smoothly. The latter, however, can shut everything down!

Therefore, one of the biggest challenges in the nuclear industry is to achieve the ultimate separation of hafnium from zirconium.

In nuclear-grade zirconium metal, the hafnium content must be less than one part per ten thousand.

With the current processing technology of Taya World, this is certainly not something that can be done.

"Don't worry, this is a problem we don't need to worry about."

Su Ming said.

****

Earth Support Base.

The staff are on high alert.

Su Ming switched to the Little Spiky Head, looked up, and saw a pile of radiation shielding boxes in front of him.

Sangzi, who was standing next to him, finally put on the protective suit obediently this time.

"I thought you were planning to wear casual clothes this time too." Su Ming glanced at her.

"It's not impossible," Sangzi said casually, "But I'm afraid the on-site safety supervisor will kick me out."

Without initiating combustion, this low-abundance nuclear fuel is actually far less dangerous than one might imagine.

It primarily releases alpha particles, which have extremely weak penetrating power and can be blocked by toilet paper, the surface of the skin, and even a few centimeters of air.

It emits gamma rays, but at a lower intensity.

As for neutron radiation, its energy percentage is almost negligible.

Several robots are opening the container and removing the fuel components one by one.

"Or rather," Sangzi lowered her voice slightly and said to Su Ming, "This thing is actually not dangerous at all."

"At this distance of about three meters, even without any protection, one kilogram of fuel left for one hour would only burn 0.2 kilograms."

Microsievert radiation levels.

This figure is even lower than the natural background radiation that humans constantly experience, which is 0.27 microsieverts per hour.

"There are 6 tons of fuel here today, right?" Su Ming asked irritably.

That number should be multiplied by six thousand!

Sangzi, however, gave a playful smile.

"So the overall effect is that my skin feels warm, even more comfortable than sitting by a fire."

Su Ming really wanted to call over the on-site safety supervisor and report that there was a weird older woman leading the children astray.

With everything prepared, Su Ming initiated the teleportation preparation.

The structure of the fuel rods was quickly determined.

It is essentially a zirconium tube containing fuel pellets made of materials such as ceramics, with uranium dioxide encased within those pellets.

More than two hundred of these fuel rods, along with guide tubes and instrument tubes, together form a complete assembly.

Just like Pea.

The bean kernels are wrapped in bean skins, and the bean skins are then stuffed into the bean pods, eventually forming a long, spiral-like cluster.

Soon, spatial projection began, and the mapping of the transdimensional structure was completed.

The fuel rods on site disintegrated, and the radiation-related data on the radiation sensors jumped accordingly.

But no one, including Sangzi, reacted too strongly.

This change is far from meeting safety requirements.

****

On the Taya side, a large amount of materials took off simultaneously, mixed and recombined in the air, and were quickly "printed" into fuel pellets, which were then further assembled into individual components.

To be honest, this process is easier than transmitting the equipment.

A full 6 tons of nuclear fuel were recombined in one go!

"Done!" Su Ming breathed a long sigh of relief.

In the Earth workshop, robots stepped forward, unfolded radiation-proof containers, and collected the debris left behind after the transfer.

"The reactor control rod components are next door," Sangzi gestured in a direction.

Su Ming took two steps forward before realizing that she was still standing there, staring at the data she had just captured, analyzing it rapidly.

His face showed a barely suppressed excitement.

"Any recent breakthroughs?" Su Ming asked.

"Of course," Sangzi said without looking up. "You get the satellite working first. I'm 90% confident we can achieve two-way digital communication."

"Alright, it's settled then," Su Ming said with a smile.

Meanwhile, in Taya, the materials section is also being organized.

But the Hechun raised its hand to stop the others.

He walked ahead alone, squatted down, and carefully examined the clumps of powder remaining on the ground where the zirconium metal had been piled up.

When Su Ming transferred the shelling material, he removed the zirconium but left the hafnium.

The difficulties that Earth's nuclear industry struggled to overcome were simply a matter of burning a little more Magic Power for Su Ming.

"President, I'd like to collect this hafnium powder and study it," the Hechun, looking up.

Su Ming had no objection.

After that, Su Ming began transferring the remaining components of the reactor.

With the improvement of the material processing level at the Ruby Base, Su Ming can now easily transmit purely structural items.

However, when encountering parts with many circuit boards and high precision requirements, one's workload immediately increases significantly.

Following the structural specifications, Beianqi transported them one by one to the port for assembly on the ship.

****

In the middle of the work cycle, Miao Xin greeted Su Ming and said that she was going to conduct a mecha test.

"Yinglong?"

"Yes."

"Go ahead, I'll go along and see too," Su Ming said.

Anyway, he's been teleporting like crazy these past two days, so it's a good time to give his brain a break.

Support base airport; nearby airspace has been sealed off.

Miao Xin piloted the Little Spiky Head into the hangar. What appeared before her were two mechs, each about six meters tall.

Clearly, there is one main unit and one backup unit.

They have heads, but the heads are flat and low, and the overall shape is streamlined, which is for installing multi-functional main detectors.

The mech has two legs and a pair of mechanical arms.

Besides that, the most eye-catching feature is the four pairs of wings of different sizes.

"The largest pair are the main lifting wings," Fengshou explained from the side. "The rest are auxiliary wings, used to improve aerodynamic performance and perform various maneuvers."

"Are these all omnidirectional?" Su Ming asked, looking at the complex hydraulic structure at the base of the wings.

"Certainly."

Su Ming fell silent.

He himself had also received some flight training.

The problem is, he simply can't imagine how something with four pairs of wings could fly.

"For example, like this." Fengshou took out his tablet and brought up the demonstration model.

In the image, "Yinglong" quickly transforms into a long and narrow shape.

"This is the supersonic form."

"Raise the first auxiliary wing forward horizontally to break the sound barrier."

"The main wings are retracted."

"The remaining two pairs of ailerons, one pair acts as the vertical stabilizer, and the other pair is responsible for left and right trim."

Fengshou was discussed, it shifted to another form.

This time, the mecha's wings were almost entirely spread horizontally.

"This pattern is suitable for high-intensity spins, maximizing climbing ability."

Nonsense, with four pairs of wings, what aircraft could have such a high climb rate?

The Fengshou continues.

In this configuration, the wings are completely folded back.

"This is the dive stance, suitable for trading altitude for speed to instantly catch up with the enemy, and also convenient for launching an offensive barrel roll."

Low-intensity fluctuations.

"Won't all these controls make things chaotic and confusing?" Su Ming asked honestly.

Fengshou let out a long sigh.

"It was more than just a flurry of activity."

"Currently, no pilot can fly this thing."

"Otherwise, Miss Qiu wouldn't have had to come in person for the testing."

Su Ming circled around to the back of the mecha and, unsurprisingly, saw four fighter jet turbofan engines.

Judging by its size, the engine itself probably accounts for a quarter of the entire mech's weight.

"How much does this mech weigh?" Su Ming asked.

"About twenty tons," Fengshou replied.

Su Ming calculated the thrust in his mind and was immediately shocked.

"Brother, you're giving something that weighs just over twenty tons a thrust of sixty tons?"

"This is a new model of aero-engine," Fengshou Shou said with a proud smile. "It's already over seventy tons."

Su Ming immediately cut off the connection and turned to look for Chun.

"How much thrust increase can your vortex upgrade plan achieve?"

"About double, what's wrong?" the Hechun replied.

The "Yinglong" mecha project was, from the very beginning, a product of a hybrid of technology and magic.

For example, its turbofan engine will be upgraded to the Vortex engine later.

Full name: Cursed Flame Turbo Fan.

Essentially, it involves making literal modifications to the existing "Yinglong" engine.

When air enters the intake of the spell vortex, it is not only compressed by the mechanical compressor, but also passes through a ring of runic compression.

Air density, therefore, increases further.

At the center of the turbine combustion chamber is a cursed flame anchor core.

It uses a miniature arcane field to firmly "nail" the flames to the center of the combustion zone, thus allowing the combustion chamber to withstand even more intense workloads.

And combustion efficiency.

Even the fuel itself is mixed with fragments of magic crystals, increasing its energy value to three times that of jet fuel after mixing.

There are many more details like these.

After hearing the data from Chun, Su Ming raised his hand to indicate that he understood.

He then reconnected.

"Once this thing reaches Taya, its thrust can reach 140."

Su Ming raised his hand and pressed down hard on Fengshou's shoulder.

"Brother, a thrust-to-weight ratio of 7 to 1—even missiles don't operate like this, do they?"

Within the realm of aircraft, the aircraft with the highest thrust-to-weight ratio is currently the F-22A, which existed only in legends before the engine data was revised.

1.3:1.

"Some models of hypersonic missiles can still achieve this overall thrust-to-weight ratio," Fengshou argued logically.

****

Miao Xin took over control of the Little Spiky Head and walked towards the mecha while chewing gum.

Meanwhile, the preparation team was facing a dilemma.

"Does Miss Qiu need to wear an anti-G suit?"

"Never mind."

The person in charge glanced at her.

"Even if this mech disintegrates first, she'll be fine."

"Let's add more cushioning springs for her."

The personnel responsible for the pilot's medical examination stepped forward and examined Miao Xin.

Chewing gum is not allowed; it can cause choking.

Miao Xin looked helpless, but still obediently vomited it up.

"And nail art."

Miao Xin could only remove the scales from the bone claw, and then borrowed a small knife to scrape it clean little by little.

"Uncle, don't be so strict."

She complained as she scraped.

"Back when I was delivering food on a modified electric scooter while wearing high heels, I never had a single minor collision!"

She boasted about her impressive achievements back then.

Yes, we checked your traffic records.

The person in charge spoke calmly.

"You had a total of twelve traffic violations on your electric bike, and the traffic police couldn't catch you."

"----" Miao Xin paused, "You don't still want me to pay the fine, do you?"

"Headquarters has already paid the fee for you," the person in charge said. "However, your E certificate now has a negative score, and you'll have to retake the exam."

"So all I do every day is take certification exams!" Miao Xin protested.

Su Ming laughed until his stomach hurt.

[Let you show off!]

[snort.]

"By the way," Su Ming turned to look at Fengshou, "What weapons can your Earth version of 'Yinglong' carry?"

Once "Yinglong" arrives in Taya, it will be equipped with two special weapons, one for close combat and one for long-range attacks.

But neither of those two things are available on Earth.

"----We have no weapons."

Fengshou stubbornly insisted.

"The Yinglong was originally developed for the Taya."

"On our side on Earth, as a backup, we only need to ensure that at least one unit is always ready for deployment."

Su Ming glanced at him sideways.

"When you showed me the different flight configurations just now, I could already see the weapon mounting patterns," he bluntly exposed.