Chapter 406 348: First Step of the Mega-Corporation! The Chu Bamboo Plan... Saturation Production Support for the Future

"...The specific contents of these catalogs! Where are they?" Hodges tried to force himself to calm down but found it impossible.

"I'll communicate with Z in a bit." Chu Bamboo nodded slightly. "Tomorrow... I'll introduce you to Principal Li Quanyuan. You should be able to get in touch with the officials very soon... Don't make that face. The officials don't know we're back in the country yet! You'll be the one to push this series of plans forward..."

"...But, looking at the situation with this book!" Hodges was silent for a moment, then gave a wry smile. "You're the chief architect of this entire project... And you want me to take the master plan and implement it bit by bit? Wouldn't I be taking credit for your monumental achievement?"

"I don't have time to manage all this..." Chu Bamboo's voice was flat.

"...How about this." Hodges thought for a moment. "I haven't had any contact with the officials yet, so I don't know what the situation is... Besides, even with everything that's happened... at the end of the day... I'm a Chinese-American from North America."

Hodges gave a bitter laugh. Although he'd never had contact with anyone from the motherland, he had, after all, lived in the unique atmosphere of North America. Especially with the Golden Lion King's rise to power and his series of absurd moves... He felt that, ultimately, he wasn't a native-born Shen Zhou person. 'No matter how magnanimous the motherland is, they can't possibly give me one hundred percent of their trust, right?'

He took a deep look at Chu Bamboo, his voice a little hoarse. "If possible, you should be the one to do it... But, I also know you're very busy... So, I can act as the executor of your plan! In that respect, I'm still somewhat confident..."

'Even setting all that aside, just based on the fact that Chu Bamboo saved his and his daughter's lives, he's his great benefactor... Under these circumstances, to snatch the glory that belongs to Chu Bamboo? Would he even be human? He'd despise himself for it!'

After a brief pause, Hodges suddenly realized a key issue and added, "Of course, if we do it this way, when problems arise in the future, I and the others involved in the project will definitely need to ask you... Um, will you be able to answer our questions? Or are we supposed to solve them ourselves?"

This was a test from Hodges. It wasn't that he didn't believe Chu Bamboo was the chief engineer—Chu Bamboo had no reason to lie to him. But the problem was, this all seemed to be the work of a future Chu Bamboo. He wasn't sure if the present Chu Bamboo still possessed that future knowledge.

"...You can ask," Chu Bamboo said concisely. 'My mind basically contains a complete encyclopedia of problem-solving... Never mind problems that might arise in the future—'

'I even remember clearly who will have which problem and who will ask me about it!'

"...You're the man!" Hodges gave him a thumbs-up.

Zhao Shao, who was tapping away on his computer nearby: "?"

As he listened, he sensed something was off. He stared blankly at Chu Bamboo, experiencing the same shock that Hodges had felt earlier—

'Wait, buddy... you actually know this stuff? That's right!' Zhao Shao realized he'd been an idiot. 'If you don't have insider knowledge, you probably wouldn't even know how to copy it correctly... So what Chu Bamboo said before was just him being humble! Whoever believed him was the fool... and I actually fell for it! Damn it!'

"..." Chu Bamboo's expression was a bit strange. For a moment, he didn't know how to explain. 'But then again,' he thought, 'that other guy really *was* him, so... hmm, what these people are thinking isn't entirely wrong!'

Lin Xia saw that Chu Bamboo was busy talking, so he didn't disturb him. He found a place to sit and casually flipped through the latest version of *Star Sea*.

Chu Bamboo had written an old version of *Star Sea* before, which he had read with Chu Bamboo's permission. Now, looking at the new one, he could only marvel that its quality and appeal were on a completely different level compared to the old version.

All sorts of high-end, cutting-edge theories were smoothly woven into witty language and wildly imaginative examples. Every phrase revealed a kind of profound, vast knowledge... Even though he didn't really understand the theories, he still found it fascinating to read.

'All I can say is, it's absolutely brilliant...'

But...

"...Why isn't there a section on biology in here?" After flipping through it briefly, Lin Xia noticed something was wrong and looked at Chu Bamboo strangely. "Even the old version of *Star Sea* had biology in it!"

"I deleted it on purpose," Chu Bamboo said concisely.

"...I understand." Lin Xia didn't ask any more questions. Everything was understood without another word.

In reality, Chu Bamboo felt that the field that developed most absurdly in the future was biology. Under the guidance of a heaven-sent prodigy like Guan Qianyu, coupled with Chu Bamboo's bottomless support... they had truly deciphered the source code of the human genome!

In one world line, when facing the Transcendent members of the Golden Dawn, even the science-based Genetic Modifiers created through gene enhancement alone were able to hold their own against them.

But...

Chu Bamboo recalled the genetic contamination from several world lines, and his brow gradually furrowed. Among the dozens of timelines he had reset, incidents of genetic contamination had actually occurred quite a few times. And basically, they were all caused by a portion of the genetic research results being leaked to the public.

Not a full leak... even a partial leak would cause problems!

Therefore, the results of his biological research were the sole exception... Chu Bamboo planned to study them quietly on his own.

"Oh, right," Lin Xia said, seeing that Chu Bamboo had finished chatting with the others and finally had a free moment. He scratched his head and pulled a thick notebook from his briefcase. "This is the construction status of the various bases... You were in such a hurry before that I had no choice but to work directly with Great River. I borrowed some of their production lines."

"We've now built over three hundred of the small attack drones you needed... The unarmed kind, of course. To my surprise... we didn't have to file any reports with the officials..."

Chu Bamboo took it and flipped through it, saying casually, "We never needed to. You're overthinking it... These things need to be connected to Z to unleash their full potential."

"They're manually controlled and have no weapons... If you don't say anything, who's going to know they're dangerous goods? If this was taboo, then all the civilian drones they sell now would be contraband... After all, North American soldiers are actually buying these things to use in wars overseas!"

The biggest difference between these so-called combat drones and civilian drones was that these war drones had various weapon interfaces reserved—

Their battery life was a bit longer, thanks to the state-of-the-art batteries researched by our own factory... They were a bit more rugged, able to operate normally in environments of minus thirty degrees Celsius or in high-temperature desert environments above sixty degrees... They also had a certain degree of anti-jamming capability...

'Is there a problem with that? It just means we value quality more!'

However, when paired with Z... these drones become true top-tier assassins.

Chu Bamboo had used drones countless times in the future. No one understood their power better than him... It was no exaggeration to say that if he'd had these three hundred-plus drones back when he was in the land of the White-headed Eagle, equipped with enough ammunition and all kinds of logistical support...

Chu Bamboo was confident he could face off against a state's National Guard on the White-headed Eagle's own turf and guarantee he wouldn't lose—one man against an entire state! Although, the prerequisite was that logistics had to keep up.

Over three hundred drones were equivalent to two thousand of the most elite special forces soldiers—and flying ones at that!

'Even back home... uh, okay,' Chu Bamboo's train of thought suddenly stalled for a moment, and he gave a wry smile. 'I've already suffered a loss from laser radar destruction in the Imperial Capital. If that technology has already been implemented in this reality, I probably wouldn't win...'

"Continue production!" Chu Bamboo took a deep breath. "We can't get weapons manufacturing approved domestically... so let's not consider that for now. In the future, we can think about building a factory in the Mao Bear's country... No, the Mao Bears are still not very reliable. Let's do it in Southeast Asia."

'Southeast Asia isn't reliable either... but once the factory is successfully established, the locals won't have a say in the matter!'

In fact, with just these three hundred drones, plus logistics and enough weapons, Chu Bamboo was confident he could make certain local warlords in Southeast Asia who were getting funny ideas kneel in submission. The two thousand he mentioned were the most elite North American soldiers, and flying ones at that.

What local warlord in Southeast Asia has that kind of power?

"...Besides that!" Chu Bamboo opened his mouth, then suddenly fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xia was momentarily baffled.

"It's nothing... I was just thinking." Doubt flickered in Chu Bamboo's eyes. 'The future diary actually mentioned the acquisition of a humanoid robot factory. But why didn't it exist in the future... It wasn't in the Hive, maybe because someone stole it, but why was the future filled with drone mechanical dogs, but no humanoid robots?'

'It just... no matter how you look at it, it's too unreasonable.'

'Did... something go wrong? Or is it a warning to me? But there's nothing in the later diary entries. Were they all deleted?' Although Chu Bamboo was full of worries, he remembered the situation his future self was currently facing and tapped his forehead forcefully. "Whatever!"

'If there are problems, I'll fix them in the future! Right now, the priority is to build up our power at all costs—and see if I can give that unfilial descendant of mine a big surprise!'

"Lin Xia! I will make the following deployments," Chu Bamboo said, enunciating each word.

Lin Xia's eye twitched. He suspected Chu Bamboo was cosplaying some big shot from *The Great Decisive Campaigns*. That old movie was one they had watched together back in their first year of middle school, after they had snuck out of school, played video games until they were sick of them, and felt utterly bored.

Still, he played along perfectly, pulling out a notebook and putting on a serious expression to show he was taking notes—

"Acquire a humanoid robot production factory from the market! Then... produce humanoid robots. I'll give you the blueprints in a moment. Don't make that face, I know you don't understand... As for all the machine maintenance aspects... Hmm, I'll communicate with Z! I'll have her handle everything. Don't worry."

"?" Zhao Shao turned his head a second time. 'Dude, aren't you overdoing this act a little?'

'I only mentioned it to you once last time, and it's only been half a month, and now you're jumping right into it... And what do you mean, *you'll* communicate with Z? You said you were just a deliveryman... How can a deliveryman directly teach Z what to do?'

'Liar! Your lies are getting more and more outrageous...' Zhao Shao cursed inwardly. He suspected Chu Bamboo was doing it on purpose, deliberately pretending to be a clueless newbie when he was actually a shark lurking beneath the surface... He was letting people who felt proud in front of a "newbie," who saw themselves as veterans and offered help, have their worldviews shattered after discovering the truth!

But soon, Zhao Shao realized he had spoken too soon.

Chu Bamboo even precisely named which factory to acquire, which manager to talk to, the manager's phone number, what problems the manager had, what issues the factory had, how to navigate the pitfalls, and what a reasonable price for the factory was...

He listed which people in the factory had to be kept, what high-end technologies these essential people controlled, what problems of theirs needed to be solved, and which positions they should be placed in...

It was as if a complete blueprint for everything already existed in Chu Bamboo's mind.

Zhao Shao: "..."

Hodges: "????"

Lin Xia: "...?"

After speaking for a full forty minutes, Chu Bamboo gathered his thoughts, felt that there were probably no major issues left, and closed his mouth in satisfaction. "Alright! Let's start executing... What's wrong? Why the long faces?"

"..." Lin Xia looked at his completely blank notebook with a deadpan expression. 'You were talking so fast, how was I supposed to play along with your flexing?'

Snapping the notebook shut, Lin Xia looked at the camera in the corner. "Z... did you record everything your dad just said?"

"Uncle Lin! All recorded."

"Okay, transcribe the audio to text and print a copy for me!" Lin Xia stuffed the notebook into his pocket. 'Notes? Notes my ass!'