Chapter 1246: Chapter 646: Continued Development_2
They need more people, more workforce, to develop faster!
However, Xu Xin is very worried about Xu Ying’s current condition.
He already knew before that Xu Ying’s entering and exiting the World Tree would cause temporal disruption due to the different time flow speeds inside and outside, exacerbating her symptoms.
"Yingying will be okay." Li Wenxi saw Xu Xin’s worried expression again and comforted him, "Before leaving, Yingying reassured me, saying she doesn’t want to die now, at least not before witnessing the alien invaders being driven away, so she wouldn’t joke about risking her life."
Xu Xin sighed, "I know, I know she won’t seek death, but I’m just afraid she might misjudge her situation, or some special circumstance might occur..."
"Don’t worry, Yingying has lived for over three hundred years; she’s better at handling these things than us."
"That’s true."
...
After resting for a while in the villa with just the two of them, Xu Xin went out.
Inside the World Tree, it’s currently perpetual daylight, the sky remains bright, but there aren’t many people on the streets.
For the sake of maximum production efficiency and everyone’s health, a timetable has been established inside the World Tree.
Right now, according to their schedule, it’s already midnight, and everyone has already rested.
However, Xu Xin knew someone couldn’t possibly be resting.
"Brother Xin, you’re here."
When Xu Xin entered the tree house, he saw Ma Hongwei bowing his head studying something.
There were metal parts and machinery everywhere, along with a somewhat unpleasant fuel smell.
The sight of metal parts everywhere eased Xu Xin’s mood.
The transformation of Ma Hongwei’s laboratory truly symbolized their current development speed.
This used to be Xu Xin’s tree house, and due to its large size, the first and second floors were specifically opened up.
Ma Hongwei currently doesn’t live in any house but has moved into this tree house, spending basically all day here.
With the new technology obtained, Ma Hongwei has become almost obsessed with researching weapons.
This state has persisted for a long time, beginning since Xu Ying arrived, and by the World Tree’s internal time, it has lasted for two months.
Xu Xin initially thought this state was a momentary excitement, but he didn’t expect it to last so long.
However, he was actually glad to see this situation.
"How’s it going, any progress in the research?" Xu Xin walked up to Ma Hongwei.
"It’s almost done, it’s according to your requirements, Brother Xin." Ma Hongwei pointed to a two-man-high facility nearby.
A missile launch device.
"So small?" Xu Xin was somewhat surprised.
A missile was mounted on the launch device; its length just barely exceeded a meter.
"It’s just the prototype for now; in the future, larger ones will be made, and regarding the scaling up, it’ll be left to Zeng Tao." Ma Hongwei explained.
Zeng Tao’s ability is to create large-scale weapons.
"That’s true."
Xu Xin nodded.
Zeng Tao had become very skilled in weapon development now, and using her abilities, she could very easily conduct large-scale research on the weapons Ma Hongwei developed.
"According to your requirements, this launch device, paired with our missile’s firing speed, can reach up to fifty Mach in the earth’s atmosphere. But correspondingly, because most of the fuel is used for explosive propulsion, the missile’s range has drastically decreased; if the target exceeds a hundred kilometers, precision drops significantly."
This means it is a missile that sacrifices range for a significant boost in flight speed.
This is exactly what the World Tree currently needs most.
No matter how far the range, on this extremely huge planet, it doesn’t have much use.
Because their missiles can’t possibly strike alien invaders across half a planet; even if they had this range, with the enemy’s anti-missile systems, it’s unlikely to be effective.
Therefore, what they need to focus on developing is "defensive weaponry."
They need to ensure the safety around the World Tree, and these short-range but extremely fast missiles that are almost impossible to counter are precisely the weapons they need most now.
Achieving an undeniable strike around the World Tree.
Fifty Mach, fifty times the speed of sound, this speed is already very impressive.
You should know, a thousand years ago, missiles capable of exceeding five Mach in the atmosphere were called hypersonic missiles.
Fifty Mach, incredibly exaggerated.
Approximately 17 kilometers per second.
Even if the missile is launched outside the World Tree, observed from inside with a hundredfold time dilation, it still maintains half a Mach speed.
Meaning, launching a missile inside the World Tree, even when time outside appears nearly frozen, can still be seen as a missile shooting out at over 170 meters per second, exceeding 600 kilometers per hour.
Even with a hundredfold slowdown, it’s still near the speed of a commercial airline.
Xu Xin felt that missiles at this speed should be impossible to intercept.
For defense, it’s completely sufficient.
If a nuclear is added inside...
"Then I can temporarily be at ease."
Xu Xin felt, since that monster came, it was the first time he’d felt somewhat relaxed.
"I’ll try to finish it within two days, then it can be handed over to Zeng Tao for scaling up."
Xu Xin nodded.
Then he touched his chin and examined this petite little missile.
