bioinnovel Chapter 514 Hour!
Chapter 514 Hour!
Chaos landed at 2:11 AM.
The lights on the runway at the top-secret launch site were all off, with only the low-frequency guide wires embedded in the ground showing a dark red outline in the night.
The mech slowed down, touched down, and glided, the exhaust flames from the thrusters scalding the runway coating until it peeled off.
Zhang Yan did not contact Nie Qingcheng.
As he opened the hatch, the system panel had already synchronized the real-time location with the three people.
Qin Xiao was the first to reply, with a text message: "The outer three-kilometer signal shielding circle has been sealed off. I'm at the C3 outpost. Call me if you need anything."
The second reply from the stargazer: "The lab is ready, waiting for you to come down."
Nie Qingcheng did not reply.
As Zhang Yan jumped out of the cockpit and his feet touched the runway, he felt a slight soreness in his calf muscles.
The aftereffects of maintaining the same sitting posture for fourteen hours.
He moved his ankles a couple of times and opened the chest cavity heat shield.
The golden crystals were quietly embedded in the clasp, their pulsation rhythm about half a beat slower than when it took off.
It is visible to the naked eye.
Zhang Yan took out the crystal, and felt warmth in his palm.
The system panel pops up:
[Star Core Crystal - Current Activity: 97.3%]
[Time elapsed since precipitation: 14 hours and 22 minutes]
[Maximum activity window remaining: 9 hours and 47 minutes]
9:47 AM.
Zhang Yan placed the crystal into the portable insulated compartment, closed and locked it, and walked towards the elevator entrance without stopping.
Chaos was left on the runway, and no one cared.
In any case, apart from Qin Xiao's people, not even a flying insect can get in within three kilometers.
As the elevator descended to the second basement level, a cold light rushed out the moment the doors opened.
The lab is much bigger than when he left.
It's not an illusion.
Nie Qingcheng knocked down the two adjacent storage rooms and placed a brand-new assembly platform in the expanded space.
At the center of the platform is a dark gold frame of Tiangong Zhongshi, eight meters high.
The four core elements have been put in place, the conduit wiring is complete, and the ends of the energy pathways are all open, waiting for the crystallization to enter.
The stargazer was crouching on the right side of the platform, holding a precision level in his hand. He looked up when he saw him come in and said, "Quick."
As Zhang Yan approached, he noticed a chair in the corner on the other side of the platform.
Nie Qingcheng was sitting in the chair.
She was wearing a black turtleneck sweater, her hair was casually tied up, and she was holding a cup of coffee.
It looks like they've been sitting here for at least two hours.
"When was the equipment brought in?" Zhang Yan asked.
Nie Qingcheng took a sip of coffee: "Eight hours ago."
"How long have you been here?"
"Half an hour earlier than the equipment."
Zhang Yan did the calculations.
She arrived at the lab at 6 p.m. and stayed there for more than eight hours.
He didn't say anything, opened the heat-insulated chamber, and took out the crystal.
Guan Xing had already stood up, placed the level on the workbench, and quickly slid his finger across the data panel: "Assembly platform pre-calibration complete, slot tolerance ±0.03 mm, Four Spirits core frequency pre-synchronization locked, protocol loading 100%."
"Interface temperature".
"The constant temperature is 27 degrees Celsius, which is less than 0.2 degrees Celsius different from the current temperature of crystallization."
Zhang Yan nodded.
He held the crystal up to his eyes and looked at it for three seconds.
The irregular edges of the golden crystals refracted warm light under the cool light, and the pulsation was visible to the naked eye, with a steady rhythm.
Nine hours and forty-seven minutes.
Four hours is enough to fill one crystal.
But mistakes are unacceptable.
If there is a mistake, it takes forty minutes to recalibrate.
If it goes out twice, the window will be in jeopardy.
"start."
Zhang Yan walked onto the platform, and the Thousand Machine Arm unfolded from his back.
The six mechanical fingers spread out in a fan shape, the fingertip sensors are activated, and the precision mode is switched on.
The core power slot of the Tiangong final form is located four centimeters below the center of the chest cavity, with an opening diameter of 9.6 centimeters and a depth of 12 centimeters.
The inner wall is engraved with a miniature array of runes that resonate with the Heart of Heaven.
The crystals are 8.2 cm in diameter and need to be screwed in at a specific angle so that their irregular edges completely engage with the grooves pre-set on the tank wall.
Tolerance 0.01 millimeters.
This is not a typical mechanical installation.
The crystals are alive; they pulsate, and each pulsation causes nanoscale deformation in their shape.
The installation process must be timed precisely with the pulsation rhythm, and the crystal must be screwed in at the instant it shrinks to its minimum diameter.
Zhang Yan supported the bottom of the crystal with his right hand, while three fingers of the Thousand Machine Arm fixed the upper part from the side, and the other three fingers probed into the groove for pre-contact positioning.
"Report the pulsation cycle."
Stargazing at the data panel: "Current cycle is 1.13 seconds, with an error of ±0.02."
One second, one third.
The window shrinks for approximately 0.15 seconds.
Zhang Yan went through the process in his mind.
"I'll count to three and report the deviation in the fitting angle."
The stargazer gripped the data panel tightly: "Ready."
The first pulse.
Zhang Yan didn't move.
The second pulse.
He inserted the crystal five millimeters above the groove opening and then fine-tuned the angle of the robotic arm.
"The deviation is 0.04 degrees." — The voice of the stargazer.
Zhang Yan adjusted the second joint of his right hand.
0.01 degrees.
The third pulsation reaches the contraction phase.
Zhang Yan pressed down with his wrist, and the crystal slid two centimeters into the groove.
"Entering the first engagement zone, alignment 97.2."
Not in place.
Zhang Yan stopped moving and waited for the next cycle.
The crystal expands and then contracts, rotating three degrees to the right and pressing down one centimeter.
"Section 1 is aligned to 99.6, qualified. Proceed to Section 2."
The second zone has four grooves that need to be aligned simultaneously.
The irregular facets of the crystal must all be inserted within one pulsation cycle.
Zhang Yan's fingers trembled slightly.
It's not nervousness.
It was muscle fatigue after flying for fourteen consecutive hours.
He paused for two seconds, then the Thousand Machine Arm took complete control of the crystal fixation, and flicked his right hand.
Blood returned to normal, and the trembling disappeared.
"continue."
The fourth pulse.
At the instant the contraction phase arrives, the six mechanical fingers move simultaneously, applying minute forces at different angles.
The crystallized material rotated 2.7 degrees and sank 2 centimeters at the same time.
"Second zone alignment..." Guan Xing's voice paused for 0.3 seconds, "Ninety-nine point nine."
Passed.
Zhang Yan let out a breath.
The remaining three meshing zones operate on the same principle, but with progressively higher precision requirements.
The tolerance for Zone 5 is only 0.004 millimeters.
Time ticked by, minute by minute.
At 3 a.m., the third section was completed.
At 3:47, the fourth section was completed.
At 4:12, Zhang Yan's hand stopped above the entrance to the fifth section.
Report the temperature.
"The value in the tank is 27.1, the value of the crystallized material is 27.2, and the difference is 0.1."
can.
"Report activity."
"95.8"
It's still raining.
Zhang Yan did not hesitate.
The last area is the most difficult but also the fastest, because once you enter, the same-frequency gravity of the Heart of Heaven will automatically pull the crystallized crystal into its final position.
He just needs to let go at the right moment.
"The third to last cycle," the stargazer announced.
Zhang Yan gathered all six mechanical fingers to the bottom of the crystal.
"The penultimate cycle."
He took a breath.
"reciprocal."
shrink.
Zhang Yan released all the fixing forces, and the Thousand Arms delivered a downward pulse thrust from the bottom, accurate to 0.002 Newtons.
Crystallization and settling.
Spin.
Meshing.
The entire Heavenly Craftsmanship Finale began from the feet, and the patterns on the dark gold frame lit up simultaneously.
The light travels up the duct from the ground, passing through the knees, waist, chest, and finally to the top of the head.
After about 0.4 seconds, it all went out.
The laboratory returned to the white illumination of the cool fluorescent lamps.