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Chapter 483 The Path of Technology and Magic for Spaceships

Secretary Li held up two fingers.

"The second point is technology."

"Dwarves are obsessed with craftsmanship; it's ingrained in their very nature, and they worship a god of craftsmen!"

"They were extremely envious of Daxia's precision manufacturing equipment, CNC machine tools, laser cutting...

"The requirements for the management team are simple. Want to learn? Sure!"

"As long as you finish your daily work, you can study whenever you want after get off work, and there are engineers to teach you step by step."

"Those dwarves' eyes turned green with envy."

"He worked like crazy during the day, and at night he would squat in front of the CNC machine tool and refuse to leave, drinking and studying at the same time."

Lin Mo couldn't hold back any longer, leaned back in his seat, and burst into laughter.

The two lifelines, wine and technology, are completely under the control of the Great Xia.

No matter how irritable a dwarf is, once his weak point is exploited, he'll have no choice but to submit.

"Who's leading the management team? They're really talented!" Lin Mo asked, suppressing a laugh.

"Director Sun from the Logistics Support Department," Secretary Li said.

"I'm an old logistics guy. I've managed three foreign engineering teams before, so I have a lot of experience."

"His exact words were: 'Managing people is simply about figuring out what they want and then exchanging what they want most for what they should be doing.'"

Lin Mo gave a thumbs up.

This Director Sun is truly a talented individual!

......

The vehicle drove into the eastern section of the underground city, passed through two security gates, and entered a separate, enclosed area.

Spacecraft manufacturing center.

As soon as the SUV came to a stop, Lin Mo got out of the car and looked up.

He was completely stunned.

He was standing in an absurdly huge underground space.

The dome is over 300 meters high and is covered with a dense array of lights. White light pours down like an artificial sun, illuminating the entire space.

Technicians and researchers in blue uniforms could be seen everywhere, hurrying about and each performing their duties.

But these are not the main points.

The key point is the thing right in the center.

A ship!

A fucking huge spaceship!

The giant silver ship lay horizontally in the dedicated dock, and from where Lin Mo stood, it seemed to stretch on forever.

The ship's surface reflected the light, and dense welding marks and unsealed armor plates could be seen on the silver-white metal hull.

Countless scaffolding clung to both sides of the ship, like vines entwining a fallen giant tree.

The arc of the welding torch flashed intermittently, the blinding white light leaping across the surface of the ship, and welding sparks flew, crackling as they landed on the ground.

The air was filled with the scorching smell of metal welding, mixed with the smell of machine oil and concrete.

The crane's long arm slowly rotated in mid-air, lifting huge armor plates and placing them steadily on the ship's hull frame.

The distant "thump-thump" of the air hammer could be heard, its rhythm steady and powerful, like the beating of a giant heart.

Lin Mo stood there, head tilted back, mouth slightly open, staring for a good ten seconds.

Secretary Li walked to the side, her tone filled with undisguised pride.

"It is called Kuafu. It is 1,080 meters long, 210 meters wide at its maximum, and 200 meters high."

"The interior has twelve decks and can carry 20,000 people and a year's worth of supplies."

Lin Mo swallowed hard.

Good heavens, a spaceship a kilometer long!

He had seen the aircraft carrier of the Great Xia before and thought it was already big enough.

Compared to this thing in front of me, even a 300-meter-long aircraft carrier looks like a giant toy.

"The overall structure of the Kuafu was inspired by an aircraft carrier," Secretary Li continued.

"Humans have never built a spaceship this large before, and there is no existing experience, so the design team chose the most mature solution—modifying the aircraft carrier configuration."

"The decades of design iterations of aircraft carriers, the pitfalls encountered, and the optimized layouts have all been thoroughly understood and directly adopted."

"It saves a lot of time on trial and error."

Lin Mo nodded, his gaze never leaving the spaceship.

This line of thinking is correct.

It takes countless revisions to perfect a car, let alone a spaceship, a field that humanity has never touched before.

Instead of starting from scratch, it's better to build upon existing projects.

He walked a few steps forward along the viewing platform, his gaze sweeping over various parts of the ship.

At the bow, several groups of workers are installing a dish antenna array, with thick cables extending from the antenna base into the hull.

Two electromagnetic railguns and a plasma cannon, which were not yet fully installed, had half of their barrels protruding, their dark calibers at least two meters.

Lin Mo looked around and suddenly frowned.

"Where are the dwarves?"

He looked around but didn't see any dwarves.

"get off work?"

Secretary Li smiled and pointed towards the middle section of the ship.

"There it is."

Lin Mo looked in the direction he was pointing.

Several figures were busy on the scaffolding in the middle of the ship.

They wore standard blue engineer uniforms from Daxia University, bright yellow hard hats, protective work shoes, and tool bags around their waists.

At first glance, he looks no different from the engineers from Da Xia next to him.

But Lin Mo looked closely—

Beneath the helmet, a thick, reddish-brown beard swayed back and forth with his movements.

One of the "engineers" turned around, and Lin Mo saw his face clearly—

He had a wide nose, deep-set eyes, a rough face, and a beard braided into two small braids that hung down in front of his chest.

Standing less than 1.5 meters tall, who else could he be but a dwarf?

They were using their specially made carving knives to inscribe runes inch by inch along the surface of the ship.

His movements were focused and serious, and his technique was superb.

The sound of runes being engraved into metal was soft and crisp, a soft "shush-shush-shush" sound, like tattooing a spaceship.

Occasionally, a dwarf would straighten up, take a thermos from his tool bag at his waist, unscrew the cap, and tilt his head back to take a big gulp.

Then he opened his mouth and let out a satisfied "ha," before putting it away.

Lin Mo was certain that the thermos cup contained absolutely no tea.

He stared at it for several seconds, then smiled silently.

No wonder I didn't recognize you earlier.

It's not that his eyesight is bad; these dwarves have simply been assimilated too thoroughly.

If Thorin were here, he probably wouldn't be able to recognize who his own people were.

Lin Mo withdrew his gaze and looked at Secretary Li.

"How's the rune inscription progressing?"

Secretary Li opened the tablet in her hand and brought up the data.

"We have completed 70% of the rune engraving on the hull, and it's not just the exterior of the ship that needs it, but also the interior and the engine room."

"According to the dwarven craftsmen, it will take about half a month to complete the entire project."

"Preliminary test data shows that the hull strength of the inscribed rune area has increased by 40%, and the energy conduction efficiency has increased by 25%."

"Most importantly, the weight has already been reduced by 50%, and it's expected to reach 60% upon completion!"

"The hull is made of the most robust and lightweight 'Zheng Jin'. Relying on our existing plasma thruster technology, it is fully capable of taking off from the ground and entering space."

"Furthermore, with the support of the sturdiness and stability runes, there's no need to worry about the ship breaking apart due to the strain!"

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow.

With only a 17% coverage rate, is there such a significant increase?

Once all the carvings are completed, the overall performance of this spaceship will need to be improved to another level.

Technology plus magic – Great Xia has chosen the right path!