A week later, Lin Chuchu's group handed over the excavator project to others. However, not everyone in their group participated in the machine tool research.

Including her, only two people participated in Lin Chuchu's group. Not only Lin Chuchu's group, but also other groups only had a portion of their members participating.

Those who were unable to participate were temporarily integrated into other groups to continue working on previous projects.

Soon, they arrived at the new research lab, which was very large, and next door was where the senior researchers were.

The leader, with malicious intent, put the two groups together.

There were 20 people on their side, all of whom were elites among the new researchers. Everyone knew each other, since they saw each other all the time.

At this moment, everyone is gathered together, and the first thing to determine is the group leader and deputy group leader.

Zhou Lichen was the one everyone respected, so he naturally became the team leader. There were two deputy team leaders: one was Researcher Hou, and the other was surnamed Liu.

This is a research lab converted from a warehouse. There's only one machine in it, and it's not small. It looks even more dilapidated than before.

One researcher circled the machine, rubbing his hands together in anticipation.

Where should we start demolishing?

"Wait a minute, we can't just take it apart haphazardly. Let's remove the outer casing first. I remember some of you know how to draw blueprints, right? We'll need your help to draw blueprints for the parts we take apart."

Zhou Lichen said.

"Blueprints? Can't we just take the original to them and have them make it?"

Someone asked him out of curiosity.

"Of course we need to make blueprints. Every part we photograph must have blueprints made. This will give us a basis for future improvements to the machine."

Zhou Lichen spoke with absolute certainty.

"Wouldn't that slow us down?"

The reason they initially suggested dismantling the machine was because that team was slow, wasn't it?

"It will be a little slow at first, but it will definitely get faster later. If you think it's not going to work, we can vote by raising our hands. Those who agree, please raise your hands."

After speaking, Zhou Lichen raised his hand first, and the others followed suit, with more than half agreeing with his idea.

"Alright, the minority shall obey the majority. You can draw blueprints, so first draw a complete picture of this machine."

The machine is rectangular in shape, but there are some oddly shaped parts on top, and there is a platform on top of it.

Now that the decision had been made, everyone got busy taking measurements and recording data.

Zhou Lichen somehow obtained a camera and film and began taking pictures.

This process took an hour. Some people started drawing up blueprints, while others began studying the machine and figuring out the best way to disassemble it.

Because Zhou Lichen and Lin Chuchu's group had experience in dismantling, everyone listened to Lin Chuchu's group.

Not far from the machine, there was a long platform made up of individual tables. On the other side of the ground, there were some templates with white paper pasted on the wooden boards.

These places will be where the disassembled parts are placed.

There are more men than women, and the men are stronger. However, they also have an advantage that men cannot match: they are meticulous.

Some of the smaller parts, which contained many small components, were disassembled by Lin Chuchu and her team.

The disassembled parts that can be placed on the table should be placed on the table and numbered.

Each disassembled part was designed with a blueprint, so the initial part was relatively slow, taking a total of 20 days.

Once everything was dismantled, they had a complete set of blueprints.

After finally finishing that, the next step was to replicate it.

"This generator is a bit outdated. Comrade Tian, ​​you can temporarily take over the generator part and improve it to make it more powerful."

"The fan is not working, Comrade Lin. I'm entrusting the fan part to you. I hope you can finish these parts in two days and hand them over to me."

...

Zhou Lichen handed out the tasks one by one, and Lin Chuchu and the others all received their tasks.

Then, in their respective work areas, they began to conduct research on the areas they were responsible for.

Improve everything that can be improved, and make sure the damaged parts are visible on the surface so that people can remake them.

Next, Zhou Lichen and three others remade all the numbered parts.

After they are made, they need to be assembled one by one according to the blueprints.

For the parts that needed improvement or replacement, they made two: one to replace the original parts in the machine, and the other to be used in the new machine.

A few more days passed, and Lin Chuchu kept taking some old parts and doing her best to improve and restore them.

Every day, her hands were filthy, and she even smelled of engine oil, but the sense of accomplishment from creating something new made her very happy.

Half a month later, everyone looked at the two machines in front of them. One was still quite old, while the other was brand new.

Zhou Lichen took a tired puff of his cigarette, then roused himself. "Let's begin the experiment now."

"Yes, team leader."

After working so hard for so long, it's finally time to see the results.

Both machines were plugged in and turned on at the same time.

Two roaring sounds rang out at the same time, and everyone watched the machine nervously. One person operated it on the other side, and soon, some complete parts appeared on the other side of the machine.

The machine had records, so they made two items according to those records. They used iron, and the finished products were dark in color.

However, they couldn't understand what it was.

"Team leader, what is this thing? It feels like a spare part."

A researcher picked up a component and asked a question.

"Who knows? Maybe they didn't use iron, and we used the wrong material."

Once Zhou Lichen confirmed that both machines were working, he stopped worrying about them.

Just as they were about to send someone outside to find the base leaders, the lights in the warehouse suddenly flickered twice.

Zhou Lichen's expression changed. "Quickly turn off the machine."

Upon hearing this, the person operating the machine immediately turned it off.

The light above my head went out the very next second.

The warehouse was in a pitch-black environment.

Everyone wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, their faces filled with relief.

"Luckily, we reacted quickly, otherwise the machine we just finished would have broken down again."

Just then, a loud bang came from next door.

"Who broke the power supply? What are you doing? Who is using a high-powered machine?"

His voice was old yet strong; you could tell at a glance that it belonged to the elderly researcher next door.