A 10,000-fold Increase System, Picking Up Garbage and Becoming a Technology Giant

80: Chapter 80 The Sky’s Admission TicketChen Fan arrived on time as agreed with Engineer Li, carrying a silver-gray special alloy shockproof case in his hand.

”Engineer Li.” Chen Fan gently placed the case on the workbench in the center of the office, his movements as steady as if the contents were fragile glass artwork.

Engineer Li nodded without much pleasantry and directly pressed the internal communication button: ”Please have the expert group come over.”

Five minutes later, five experts walked into the office one after another. Their ages ranged from early forties to over sixty; they were dressed simply, but each person’s eyes revealed the unique sharpness and prudence that comes from years of deep cultivation in a specific field.

After a brief greeting with Engineer Li, their gazes all fell upon the silver-gray case.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Chen Fan unhurriedly released the composite latches on both sides of the case.

With an almost inaudible sound of pressure release, the lid slowly rose under the action of the hydraulic rods.

Inside the case, fifty heat exchange units were neatly arranged in five rows and ten columns, cushioned by specially made shockproof foam.

Each piece presented a uniform silver-gray matte texture. The honeycomb-like porous structure on the surface cast a fine and regular grid of shadows under the morning light, exuding an almost cold industrial beauty.

The white-haired expert addressed as ”Old Master Wu” was the first to step forward. He put on white gloves and carefully took a piece from the case, cradling it in his palm. The moment it touched his hand, his eyebrows shot up—it was too light, so light that it completely contradicted its dense and tough visual impression.

”This weight...” Old Master Wu looked up at Chen Fan. ”When you said it was 37% lighter than the existing solution, that was a conservative figure, wasn’t it?”

”The measured average is 3.8 kilograms; the lightest piece is 3.76, and the heaviest is 3.83,” Chen Fan stated the data calmly. ”Compared to the 6.1 kilograms of the traditional solution reference sample we received, it’s a weight reduction of 38.2%.”

A middle-aged expert named Zhou, wearing black-rimmed glasses, leaned in close, almost pressing his nose to the unit’s surface. ”This coating... it’s not pure ceramic; there’s a metallic luster in the dispersed phase. Is it a gradient composite structure? How did you solve the matching of thermal expansion coefficients and interfacial bonding?”

”Engineer Zhou has a keen eye.” Chen Fan nodded slightly. ”The specific material ratios and composite processes are core technical secrets of our company. However, we have a complete internal test report for all relevant key performance data available for inspection.”

His attitude was polite but firm—performance could be verified, but process details would not be disclosed.

This was a common form of self-protection in commercial cooperation, but in the field of aerospace, which demands extremely high technical transparency, it could easily trigger doubts.

Engineer Li had remained silent, merely observing quietly. At this moment, he gestured to a young assistant beside him.

The assistant immediately stepped forward, put on gloves, took the unit from Old Master Wu’s hand, and carefully placed it into a pre-prepared transfer cradle. The group left the office, passed through two blast-proof doors requiring card access, and entered the adjacent integrated testing workshop.

The workshop was tall and cavernous, with a massive ground simulation test apparatus standing in the center.

A robotic arm took the cradle and installed the silver-gray unit onto the test rack with millimeter-level precision.

Instantly, the hundreds of temperature, stress, strain, and deformation sensors surrounding it lit up with eerie green indicator lights, like a cluster of awakening electronic eyes.

”Begin full-load simulation testing,” Engineer Li’s voice echoed in the workshop as he stood before the main control console.

The heavy alloy shroud of the test stand slowly closed and locked tight.

Amidst the low hum of the vacuum pump starting up, the internal air pressure rapidly dropped to Low Earth Orbit levels.

Immediately after, the main nozzle of the simulation device lit up with a blinding white light—a stream of high-temperature plasma gushed out at speeds of several kilometers per second, instantly heating the unit’s surface to over 190 degrees Celsius!