The second launch of the suborbital cannon is no different from the previous one, with the intensity and launch time being constant.
Chen An was very satisfied. "I was worried that continuous shooting would reduce the effect, but it seems to be working well so far, in line with expectations. Let's continue testing."
Three more shots were fired after that, ending with the suborbital gun overheating.
In fact, if you take the risk of the suborbital cannon being melted by energy, you can still fire it a sixth time.
"Fuyao, give us your analysis results."
A large amount of data appeared on the screen, scrolling down densely, and Chen An could see it more clearly.
Fuyao extracted some key information.
The weight of the sub-orbital gun has been reduced by half, but its power has been greatly increased, reaching the strength of a first-level super-orbital gun.
The average launch speed of the suborbital gun is 21 seconds. Without a better structure, this time cannot be reduced further.
[The sub-orbital cannon consumes 10 million energy crystals per shot, but can only last about five seconds, far weaker than the extraordinary orbital cannon]
[The recoil of the sub-orbital gun has been greatly overcome, and the destroyer can be loaded normally without being affected.]
This time we used a destroyer for testing, and one of the key points was the recoil, which currently meets the requirements.
Chen An nodded repeatedly.
"Send the test results back to the research base so they can continue to improve. If there's really no room for improvement, we can officially start mass production. How long does it take to build a suborbital cannon?"
【Five days at the fastest】
Chen An slid his hands across the screen to retrieve this information.
"Why five days? Is it because the factory is short of supplies? We can renovate part of the factory that manufactures warships."
[Special materials are needed to manufacture sub-orbital cannons, but it will take at least five days to obtain the required materials.]
"Who is the director of the Materials Research Institute?"
【Cobot Tucker】
Ten minutes later, Chen An contacted Tucker and asked him questions about the materials.
There are enough resources and enough engineering robots, but not enough professional factories.
Tucker: "The materials used to make the sub-orbital gun require extremely high performance, even more stringent than those used to make space cruisers. Of all the factories we currently have that manufacture these materials, only the C98 factory left by the Empire can be used. This factory once manufactured the pipes for the spiral railgun. However, this factory has a limited daily production capacity, and it takes five days to gather the materials needed for one sub-orbital gun. If you take into account losses, it may take six days."
So this was the problem. Chen An thought it was a technical problem.
"If we need a factory, we'll build it. You just choose the location."
Tucker was full of energy and asked, "What are the requirements?"
"My requirement is to build at least one suborbital gun every day."
Tucker replied, "That would require five specialized factories of equal size. Would they be built on trains or on planets?"
This question is very important, and Chen An thought about it for a long time.
Considering the future, Chen An decided to build it on the train.
"Fuyao, where on the train is suitable for building a material factory? It might be a bit too big."
[The storage space behind the 40 carriages can be built. If the factory is too large, it can be divided into smaller pieces.]
Chen An checked the storage layer. The first forty sections were almost full of materials and factories, but the last sixty sections still had a lot of space.
"Select sections 46 and 47 to build the material factory. Start work immediately. Hurry up."
"Huh? Are the worms we're raising mature?"
The worm farm is in Section 40.
Fuyao called up the picture, which was filled with huge fleshy worms.
"I've seen so many strange creatures, now I think fleshworms are pretty normal."
[Currently, there are 4 million worms in breeding, of which 1 million are mature]
Chen An was surprised: "Are they breeding so fast? If I don't take a look, won't the breeding farm be overcrowded? How many can they raise at most?"
The maximum capacity of the breeding farm is 5 million fish. It is recommended to increase the number of breeding farms.
Chen An thought about it and didn't agree.
"We'll harvest the mature ones first and sell them on the market to see how passengers respond. If they're popular, we can add more breeding farms. If not, forget it."
Just as he was about to close the screen, Chen An said, "Send some to the research center for a snack."
【Master, don’t you want to eat? 】
Chen An sneered: "I'm not in a hurry. Let me see how others react first."
Fifty minutes later, more than twenty large fleshy worms were sent to the scientific research base.
Zhou Zhenfeng, Abel and others felt their scalps tingling, while Stino Soto was grinning from ear to ear.
The former are the Purple Star people and the Half Moon people, and the latter are the Cobo people.
Seeing the others keeping their distance, Steno, who had just touched the worm, was surprised: "Don't you like it? This kind of worm is a high-end food on Cobo Star, and it's hard to come by."
Abel waved his hands repeatedly.
"You guys eat, I'm afraid I won't have the pleasure. Zhenfeng, I have some ideas I can share with you about the energy topology of three-dimensional space."
Zhou Zhenfeng hurriedly followed Abel away.
Soto: "Huh? Isn't Abel a biologist? How come he also knows about energy physics?"
Regardless of what others think of the meatworms, the Kobo people put their work aside and had a gourmet feast.
Grilling, boiling, stir-frying, steaming, and even learning hot pot from the Purple Star people.
When the rich aroma of meat filled the entire research base, some scientists who were itching to eat meat pretended to come and take a look. If they had a chance to taste it and it felt good, they would join in.
In the laboratory, Zhou Zhenfeng swallowed his saliva.
"Abel, how about we go and take a look too?"
Abel shook his head: "Go ahead, I'm not interested."
"Oh, I'll go first."
Ten minutes later, Zhou Zhenfeng returned to the laboratory with a pot of thick white broth.
"Let's continue our research. The essence of a super-shield is to construct an energy field. To stabilize the energy field, we need to evenly distribute energy to every spatial point. Hiss, it's so hot!"
Gulp...
Abel swallowed and left with a dark face.
In the cockpit, Chen An laughed and said, "Abel is the oldest and has the most experience. Even though he's younger now, it's still hard for him to get along with the others."
As he was speaking, the rich aroma of meat came from the living room, and Chen An hurried over.
"Fei Yi, you did this?"
The broth on the table made Chen An's mouth water. He picked it up and took a sip. It was so delicious that it was hard to describe.
Fei Yi came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of bright fried meat.
“Is my craft good?”
Chen An gave a thumbs-up and asked, "How long have you been studying?"
Fei Yi: "I'm online every day and I've learned so much. You can tell me anything you need in the future, and I'll be able to do it. For example, when cooking, I can accurately control the amount of each ingredient and manage every second."
"Haha, I'm probably the only one who can train a telepath to be a chef. Fuyao, what's the market reaction?"
[The Kobo people are crazy about buying, other races have little interest]
"It's up to you. If demand is high, we'll increase production. If not, we'll maintain the status quo. I have to say, this meat is much better than the old, dry, and tough meat of star beasts."
Chen An ate a lot and even prepared ten meatworms for Qianqiu to try.
But Qianqiu doesn't use his mouth to eat, he absorbs food directly with his tentacles.
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