Chapter 43

"Advanced space array purchase privileges unlocked successfully."

Goodness, my points balance is back to double digits.

"Minister Chen, has the money arrived?"

The other end replied, "Coming right away."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Xia Ke's bank card showed that 3 billion yuan had been deposited into her account.

Xia Ke has a heart to help others, but she doesn't have the idea of ​​taking on everything. She has already spent 300 points that she had painstakingly accumulated to unlock the purchase permission of the advanced space array, and it is impossible for her to spend billions to buy physical products for free.

This is not something she should have done.

A spatial array with a diameter of 500 meters can transfer thousands of people at a time and transport countless supplies in the blink of an eye. Why would a startup boss like her set up this thing on her own? Is she afraid that she's having too good a life now?

Before officially unlocking the advanced space array, Xia Ke and Chen Ying reached an agreement that she could help solve the problem of large-scale transfer of supplies, but only if money was required.

At that moment, Chen Ying simply gave her a meaningful look and then asked.

How much funding is needed?

"That depends on how many advanced space arrays you want."

"I will report back and get back to you."

It seems that this was the decision made after Chen Ying reported and discussed the matter. 3 billion yuan.

Although Chen Ying and Xia Ke communicated online, she was actually at the Red Flag Exhibition Hall, not far from Xia's home.

Back when Hongqi Piao publicly recruited for two projects, namely constant temperature clothing and bionic prosthetics, the organization's senior management intended to adjust her position, planning to remove her from her front-line position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and transfer her to a special position for strategic communication and coordination with Xia Ke. However, due to the professionalism and complexity of her previous work, the official transfer order was not officially issued until yesterday.

Xia Ke's acting was really bad; even her most basic attempts at concealment were full of holes.

The express delivery arrived at the buyer's hands at an unscientific speed, and the entire logistics process, apart from packaging and delivery, showed no trace of human intervention.

Valuable high-tech products and data that appeared out of nowhere.

There are some subtle discrepancies between the product information and Bluestar's description...

Everything points to the most improbable fact.

Behind Xia Ke stands not a single individual or group, but a profound and unfathomable unknown. The nation knows very little about this unknown, but one thing is certain: it possesses cutting-edge technology and continuously provides Xia with solid support.

Things were more complicated than I had imagined.

Xia Ke's level of danger was instantly raised several levels, and at the same time, her files, those of her family, and the core personnel of Hongqi Piao Company were marked with the word "top secret".

For the time being, it is reassuring that Xia Ke and the mysterious unknown force behind her are currently treating Blue Star with goodwill and friendliness, at least towards Xia Ke's hometown—the Flower Kingdom.

Both sides tacitly remained silent about this fact and did not bring the matter to the forefront.

I know you're unique, but I won't say it; I know you know I'm unique, but if you don't say it, I'll pretend I don't know, and if you do, I'll deny it and say I don't know.

Thus, the relationship between the two parties is in a delicate harmony.

"The items are ready, come and get them."

The advanced spatial array is a dark brown disc, shaped like an exquisite compass, approximately fifty centimeters in diameter. The disc has a unique design, with hard edges and a soft center, and its main body is engraved with intricate patterns. In addition to the advanced spatial array itself, a complete set of installation accessories is included, neatly packaged in a large box.

Xia Ke glanced at the instructions for using the advanced spatial array and felt that the spatial array truly lived up to the prefix "advanced," being far more complex than the basic spatial ring, which could be activated with a simple press.

Xia Ke didn't need to personally handle the installation of the advanced spatial array, but she was really curious about its functions, so she made an appointment with Chen Ying to watch the installation process.

The high-level officials of the Flower Kingdom held an emergency meeting overnight to arrange the placement of the advanced space array that Chen Ying had just acquired.

The meeting ultimately decided to select five transit cities nationwide, based on existing railway deployment plans, and to expand outwards from these cities to deploy space arrays.

People affected by the snow disaster in the north were still waiting for supplies to save their lives. After the plan was finalized, the experts studied the installation method of the advanced space array overnight, and the next day they took flying cars to various cities to begin deployment and installation.

Xia Ke learned of the news and brought her company's people to visit.

Since its establishment, Hongqi Piao Company has been very busy with its employees. Although their salaries and bonuses have been paid in full, Xia Ke still felt a pang of conscience seeing her employees working so hard. Therefore, when faced with a rare opportunity to visit, Xia Ke specially negotiated with Chen Ying for an extra spot to lead the company team on a tour, so that everyone could go out and relax.

Xia Ke took the people from Hongqi Piao Company to Anshi City, Yuanhe Province, one of the transit cities.

Anshi is located in the central part of the Flower Country. It is very convenient to travel from Anshi to Beijing in the north, Shanghai in the east, or Yongzhou in the west of Shaanxi Province.

The first one installed was the advanced space array connecting Anshi to Xisheng Province.

Staff will be working simultaneously on both the Anshi and Xisheng sections.

The reason for choosing Anshi for the visit was simply because it's far from the company, giving everyone enough time to relax on the way.

The car was going too fast, and the provincial capital of Xi'an was too close. They arrived in no time, barely exchanging a few words along the way. So, after a vote, everyone unanimously decided to come to Anshi.

The advanced space array was installed on a barren piece of land far from the city.

The snow that had covered the land has been cleared away, revealing the brown earth.

Xia Ke and his group, along with other government personnel, sat in the flying car, watching from afar as the staff, dressed in protective suits, solemnly took out the space array from the box, then studied it, marking a position in the empty space and inserting a component.

About half an hour later.

Staff members in protective suits ran over and hid behind a makeshift wall at a distance.

"Expand!"

After a loud and passionate male voice, a rumble followed, and then a mechanical sound rang out.

The advanced space array disk placed at the center split into countless tiny pieces, which then shot outwards from the center and automatically generated mechanical claws to tighten around the parts left behind by the previous staff. The ring instantly grew a thousand times larger, and only then did Xia Ke realize that the center of the ring was also covered with patterns.

After the rings were deployed, the staff who had been hiding behind the walls rushed to the advanced spatial array. They carefully checked the installation of each spatial ring, leaving no loopholes.

After checking and confirming that everything was correct, the staff picked up the walkie-talkie.

"The Anshi No. 1 Advanced Space Array has been installed. Please provide further instructions!"

"First, exit the space array's range. We'll proceed to the next step after the installation in the western province is successful."

Ten minutes after the advanced space array in Anshi was installed, news also came from Xi Province that its advanced space array had been installed.

"Attention all departments, we are now conducting a physical space travel experiment. Western Province, commence."

At the control panel, the commander-in-chief suppressed his excitement and calmly issued orders.

"The experiment begins."

As soon as the order was given, the western province placed a box of supplies that had been prepared in advance in the middle of the advanced space array.

"The items for Experiment 1 have been placed. The spatial array can be activated."

"Activate!"

As a vertical beam of blue light interspersed with golden specks emanated, a white collection box appeared out of thin air within the spatial array of An City.

"It really works!"

"Cool, it teleported me directly to the central container!"

The onlookers cheered and applauded the scene, while the invited media focused their cameras intently on it.

"Increase the amount of supplies put in until the entire space array is filled."

This time, the operation is targeting Anshi. The government had already prepared everything when the advanced space array was being deployed.

One by one, the centralized boxes filled with supplies were placed into the space array by the robotic arm until they covered the entire space array.

"Activate!"

A familiar blue light flashed, and the supplies in the space array disappeared. The excited voice of the person in charge of the space array in the western province came through the receiver.

"Western Province has received supplies from An City. We will now stack supplies on top of the first layer of supplies and then activate the spatial array. Please reply to An City after receiving feedback."

About twenty minutes later, the four-layered crates were delivered to Anshi.

Next, an experiment was conducted in which objects were simultaneously placed on two space arrays and the space ring was activated at the same time.

This experiment shows that when there are objects to be transmitted on both space arrays and both are activated, the space transfer will fail. In other words, the space array only supports single-line communication and cannot perform these two actions simultaneously.

The object experiment was almost over at this point. Next, the command center used rabbits to conduct a space array experiment.

Experimental results show that, like objects, living animals can move through space as long as they are placed in an air formation, regardless of the number of animals.

However, if there are rabbits on both sides of the spatial array, then the transfer cannot be carried out.

Some employees at Hongqi Piao Company watched intently, muttering to themselves.

"The two commanders are so meticulous." In the time they've been watching, they've conducted more than a dozen experiments back and forth.

Ma Yan glanced at the person who spoke and realized it was a new R&D staff member from their department.

He explained,

"Once the space array is deployed, it will be used to transport personnel and supplies on a large scale, so we must be rigorous and verify the safety of the space array before it can be put into use."

"Safety is no small matter, I understand, I understand!"

The experiment is still underway below.

The experiments on living organisms have been completed; now it's time to test on humans.

After the commander-in-chief made a phone call, a large bus painted military green quickly pulled up next to the space array.

The car door opened, and a group of soldiers wearing military green cotton-padded jackets and standing tall emerged.

Next, they will work with the commander-in-chief to complete the final experiment.

Xia Ke leaned against the car window, watching the commander directing the people around in circles.

Before the next snowfall, the two chief commanders completed all the experimental projects of the space array.

"I hereby declare the deployment of this space array a resounding success!"

The people on the flying car clapped along happily, feeling genuinely proud and honored.

Meanwhile, the colleagues from other countries whose red flags fluttered on the flying car felt bitter. Their own country had a space ring and space array, but they couldn't even develop a flying car.

Compared to the Flower Kingdom, it's several heads shorter.