Novel Full Chapter 1310 - 644: The Tasks and Pressures of the R&D Department
Chapter 1310 - 644: The Tasks and Pressures of the R&D Department
Liang Yuan didn’t have time to think, his figure shot swiftly toward Yangshan.
At this moment the sky was completely dark, the cold wind was bitter, and heavy snow was swirling down.
At Liang Yuan’s Speed, it took him only a few minutes to rush back to Yangshan.
When he returned to the Leader’s Mansion, he saw that Zhuang Shuyuan and the others were all waiting for him.
"Mr. Liang is back!"
Someone shouted, and at once everyone rushed out the door to greet him.
Zhuang Shuyuan hurriedly stepped forward, her figure swaying slightly, and asked anxiously, "Are you alright?"
Liang Yuan shook his head and asked, "Has anything happened here on Yangshan?"
Zhuang Shuyuan quickly shook her head. "No, why?"
Liang Yuan said in a deep voice, "That convoy really was from an old enemy."
"What! An old enemy?" Zhuang Shuyuan was greatly shocked.
Shi Haizhu and the others at the side also started asking questions one after another.
"Mr. Liang, when did we ever offend people from Yu Province?"
"How did this Mengya Company end up having a grudge against us?"
Everyone was talking over one another, anxiously asking questions.
Liang Yuan shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice, "Do you still remember the Eden in the Mirage Snake Space?"
Everyone present was stunned. Quite a few had only heard of this incident, but weren’t very clear on the details.
In the crowd, a patrol captain who had once been in Han Xiangman’s team immediately reacted and shouted, "Mr. Liang, are you talking about the Eden from that time when Old Ge and Xia Ming ran into trouble exploring the Mirage Snake Space?"
"Mm. Back then, the owner of that Eden was an opponent with a Clone Superpower. His name was Wu Yaobang."
"At the time I killed all of his clones, but he definitely still had clones hidden in other places. This time, that so‑called leader of the Mengya Company is him."
"One of this man’s clones has already made it to Chi Mountain in Yu Province, and has even slipped into the higher‑ups of Mengya Company."
"This person has already stepped into the gene recombination stage. He’s extremely dangerous."
"I suspect he still has other clones remaining in Linjiang City. Minister Zhuang, have the Inspection Department conduct another population census, focusing on screening out outsiders and seeing if there are any suspicious individuals."
Liang Yuan suspected that Wu Yaobang definitely had a clone left in Linjiang City, and this suspicion was not groundless.
One had to know, Linjiang City was very far from Chi Mountain in Yu Province. Without any directional guidance, trying to feel one’s way over was almost impossible.
Yet the other party was able to clearly cross the vast snowy fields and make it all the way to Linjiang.
He must have had some way to find the right direction.
Liang Yuan guessed that this method was likely based on the connection between Wu Yaobang’s clones.
Just like how he himself could sense where the Parasite Species were.
Although there was a geographic range limit, this kind of sensing did exist.
In addition, Teacher Li’s Spiritual Brand also had positioning and tracking capabilities.
Zhuang Shuyuan nodded immediately and said, "Alright, I’ll have people take care of it at once."
This wasn’t the first time a population census had been done; the people in the Inspection Department were very familiar with the whole procedure.
Liang Yuan reminded everyone of a few more things, then hurried off to the R&D Department.
The R&D Department was still brightly lit; they practically kept the lights on here 24 hours a day, conducting all kinds of research.
Ren Jie and Fu Qibo were leading everyone in developing the various technologies Li Hanzhong had brought back from the military.
Nowadays, the staff at the R&D Department were working overtime to produce a large number of new types of Runes and applying them in combination on various devices.
At this point Yangshan wasn’t short on Runes anymore, but it was lacking carriers for manufacturing weapons and equipment.
Aside from the bones of various Mutant Beasts that could be used as materials, there were only things like wood and stone.
But stone was prone to shattering; some Mutated trees were in no way inferior to steel and were even lighter, but these trees had growth cycles and couldn’t be cut down recklessly, or it would definitely affect the island’s ecology.
And the best materials were still all kinds of metals, then fused with Mutant Beast bones to form all sorts of composite materials.
So a new profession had sprung up on Yangshan.
The scavenger profession!
Many Superpower Users would leave Yangshan and search the nearby high‑rises for various metal materials to bring back, then sell them to the Yangshan departments that specialized in buying materials.
And among them, of course, Water Attribute Superpower Users had the biggest advantage.
Using the floating‑bridge fishery over there as a passage, they dove underwater and began exploring the underwater ruins of the once‑submerged city.
On those abandoned streets and elevated roads, there were large numbers of abandoned, rusted cars, each with a lot of steel. Bringing them back was pure profit.
Of course, there were certain risks involved.
After all, the underwater world was extremely dangerous, with large numbers of Mutant Fish and shrimp.
Therefore, many Water Attribute Superpower Users chose to band together, forming scavenger squads to start exploring the depths and collecting materials.
And during this process, if they could find rare metals such as gold and silver, they’d make an even bigger profit.
All in all, every development and change at the upper levels of Yangshan would bring about significant changes below.
"Mr. Liang, what brings you here?"
Seeing Liang Yuan, Ren Jie, Fu Qibo, and the others all asked in surprise.
Liang Yuan nodded to the two of them and asked, "Where’s Professor Li?"
"Professor Li has gone back to rest. He doesn’t come by much at night," Fu Qibo said.
Liang Yuan said, "I brought back a piece of spoils from battle. I need your R&D Department to focus on studying and dismantling it to see if we can duplicate the same kind of equipment."
Ren Jie and Fu Qibo immediately became interested.
The two of them knew very well that whenever Liang Yuan came back, if he personally brought back spoils of war, they were definitely not simple things!
"Mr. Liang, what kind of spoils?"
"Is it a weapon?"
The two immediately asked.
Liang Yuan glanced at the space around them and said, "This place is too small. Let’s go to the R&D Department’s Sunshine Room."
The two of them were greatly startled. The Yangshan R&D Department had been built leaning against the mountain; it was no longer that small place it had been.
At present the entire R&D Department had six or seven floors, each with several hundred square meters.
What kind of spoils could possibly not fit even here?
At once everyone in the R&D Department followed along, faces full of curiosity.
Liang Yuan led them to the R&D Department’s dedicated Sunshine District.
This was inside the mountain, a large cavern hall inlaid with a great number of Defense Runes, which could effectively block Superpower Users with Earth Escape and similar abilities from infiltrating or scouting.
The entire cave was high enough and spacious enough.
All around, large numbers of Mutated Sunflowers had been planted.
Mutated Sunflower planters also hung from the ceiling, illuminating the entire cave quite brightly.
Rumble!
Liang Yuan waved his hand and took a Mengya armored vehicle out of his inventory.
The massive armored vehicle crashed to the ground, making the earth tremble slightly.
The whole R&D department stared, dumbfounded.
"Th-this... this is an armored vehicle?"
"Oh my god, why is it this big?"
"What material is this made of? Rune Bone!"
"No, the runes on these bones were carved on later."
"Whoa, is this a tracked drive system?"
"Hurry, hurry, let’s go in and take a look."
Ren Jie, Fu Qibo and the others all started circling the armored vehicle to study it, each of them extremely excited.
This was a Superpower Technology product with a high-degree fusion of runes and technology.
Its technological level was a whole notch higher than Yangshan’s current level.
Liang Yuan called out, "Everyone, this piece of loot has built-in food, lodging, transport and all functions, its own weapons system, various reconnaissance systems, defense systems, and a transformation system."
"I need you to research and dismantle it as soon as possible, and get a full set of blueprints out early."
"If there’s anything about operating this armored vehicle that you don’t understand, I’ll have people from the Inspection Department send over a manual."
Ren Jie froze, then asked curiously, "Why is the manual with the Inspection Department?"
Liang Yuan smiled, "Minister Zhuang and the others are still interrogating them."
Liang Yuan had already dragged all the Mengya Company Seedling Team Members trapped in the Shadow World out and handed them over to Zhuang Shuyuan and the others for interrogation.
The main targets were Mengya Company itself, and the operating technology of these armored vehicles; those had to be clarified.
Zhuang Shuyuan’s Superpower used in interrogation was naturally effortless.
They’d probably be able to write up a report by tomorrow.
"Mr. Liang, can this armored vehicle really be dismantled? I’m afraid once I take it apart, I won’t be able to put it back together," Ren Jie said worriedly.
Fu Qibo beside him also nodded, "Not only is there a precision circuitry system inside, there’s also a Rune Array system, a switching Talisman Array system, an energy supply system and so on, multiple systems working together. It’s probably very complex."
"Once we dismantle it, reassembling it will be quite difficult."
Liang Yuan chuckled, "Just go all out and study it. I’ve collected a total of eight of these armored vehicles."
Hearing that, Ren Jie and Fu Qibo were overjoyed, excitement flashing in their eyes.
"That many? Hah, then no problem, we can totally let loose and study it."
"Old Ren, what are you waiting for? Let’s start tonight."
"But that rune electric grid project you’re working on... eh, that’s not urgent. I see this armored vehicle has its own power system; maybe we can get some inspiration from it!"
"Hey, now that you mention it, my multi-attribute tracking cannon project might also get some inspiration from this vehicle!"
...
Watching the two of them excitedly discuss and then dive into the armored vehicle to study it, Liang Yuan couldn’t help but let out a small laugh, then turned and left the R&D department.
When he got home, Yang Mei had already gone to bed early.
But Lin Ya was actually still in the living room.
Ding Yan, Dong Yan, and Song Wen had all come back as well.
Seeing this scene, Liang Yuan was a bit surprised.
"Why is everyone at home?"
The women all stood up at once. Ding Yan looked Liang Yuan up and down, confirmed he wasn’t injured, and couldn’t help letting out a breath of relief.
"People from the Inspection Department came by and said you had just gotten back today and then went out again. That’s how I knew you went into battle. Are you okay?" Ding Yan asked.
Song Wen added, "Brother Liang, didn’t you say things on the military’s side were already resolved? Why did you go out again?"
"It was that armored convoy from Yu Province."
Liang Yuan recounted what had happened, and everyone present showed looks of shock.
"Wu Yaobang? He’s not dead yet?" Ding Yan asked, her expression dark.
She hadn’t forgotten how, back in the Mirage Snake Space, she had nearly fallen victim to Wu Yaobang.
Song Wen and Dong Yan had also heard Liang Yuan talk about what happened in the Mirage Snake Space, and both of their expressions changed slightly.
Song Wen couldn’t help saying, "Brother Liang, is he the Superpower User who can use Clone Superpower?"
Liang Yuan nodded slightly. "Yeah. Last time when we killed so many of his clones, I’d already guessed he still had his real body hidden outside."
"I just didn’t expect he’d already run all the way to Yu Province, and even become some mid-to-high level in this Mengya Company."
"Brother Liang, did you kill him this time?" Dong Yan asked immediately.
Liang Yuan nodded slightly, then shook his head. "I’ve already captured his convoy, but he should still be alive. The ones who came this time were all clones."
"Clones again?" Dong Yan couldn’t help getting angry.
"What kind of strength did these clones have?" Ding Yan immediately followed up.
Liang Yuan said, "His gene recombination progress is estimated to be above 20%."
"What!" Ding Yan was shocked. "Doesn’t that mean it’s higher than yours?"
Liang Yuan nodded slightly.
"With such a high gene recombination progress, could that actually be his real body?"
Liang Yuan shook his head. "No."
He was very sure, because the system hadn’t prompted him with any Points gained from killing the opponent.
Which meant that wasn’t Wu Yaobang’s real body at all.
"This guy has countless clones. If I were him, I’d never let my real body come out and take risks."
"So his real body must be hidden somewhere no one can find."
Ding Yan’s face didn’t look good. Having such an enemy peeping from the shadows was really not good news.
Liang Yuan patted her shoulder. "His real body has most likely gone to the northwest. The altitude is high there, no need to worry about flood attacks. Don’t stress too much."
"Brother Liang, what kind of power is this Mengya Company exactly?" Song Wen couldn’t help asking.
"Zhuang Shuyuan is leading a team to interrogate them overnight. We haven’t gotten concrete intel yet."
The women pressed Liang Yuan for more details on the whole process, and Liang Yuan naturally didn’t hide anything; he told them one by one.
After listening, all of them wore grave expressions, realizing that this so-called Mengya Company was probably extremely powerful, its level of development far beyond Yangshan!
Looking at them, Liang Yuan said, "Next, we have to speed up our development, focus on boosting Yangshan’s technological strength. You all need to work on your Cultivation progress too."
"Break through into gene recombination as soon as possible; only then can you help me suppress some key points in Yangshan."
Song Wen, Dong Yan, and Ding Yan all nodded seriously.
Even Lin Ya, standing not far away, could feel the pressure weighing on Liang Yuan and the others.