In one of the research labs in the Otherworld Development Department, a group of experts were studying the power guns brought back.
This research group was temporarily named the Power Gun Research Group.
The expert leading this group was Zhou Zhiyong.
Zhou Zhiyong said, "Colonel Chu Shi has provided the disassembly video of this power gun. Everyone, take a look, and then remove the energy gas block and the energy block from this power gun."
The other researchers in the group immediately got to work, and soon, a power gun was dismantled.
A pile of parts appeared on the research table.
Looking at the parts of the power gun, Zhou Zhiyong could roughly understand much of its structure. The internal lens structure of the gun barrel was integrated with the barrel itself, so it could not be removed.
Zhou Zhiyong said, "Scan the internal structure of the power gun barrel again."
A researcher immediately placed a power gun barrel into the corresponding scanning equipment.
After a quick scan, the displayed internal structure showed several lenses installed inside.
Zhou Zhiyong said, "Disassemble a broken power gun barrel and see what the lenses inside are like."
The researchers nearby got to work again, and soon, five lenses were removed.
The five lenses were placed on high-grade lens cleaning paper.
Zhou Zhiyong looked at the lenses and said, "It's a shame we don't have equipment here to test these lenses. Xiao Yu, take them to the neighboring research institute to test the parameters of these lenses."
A researcher immediately took the five lenses and left the laboratory.
Zhou Zhiyong said, "Let's start drawing the three-dimensional diagrams now."
Zhou Zhiyong and the other researchers worked together. Soon, the three-dimensional diagrams of these power guns were completed.
Meanwhile, the researcher who had taken the lenses for analysis had also returned.
"Team Leader Zhou, the parameters of those five lenses have been analyzed."
Zhou Zhiyong took the parameters and asked, "And the five lenses?"
The researcher replied helplessly, "They kept those five lenses. They said the lenses were their testing fee."
Zhou Zhiyong cursed, "These bastards! They actually took our five lenses."
Grumbling, Zhou Zhiyong began to look at the data.
After reviewing the parameters, Zhou Zhiyong was greatly surprised.
"I never expected that the lenses installed on the five power guns would achieve such parameters. In our Longguo, we can only produce them in laboratories. Yet, they have already achieved mass production."
With this, Zhou Zhiyong's research group hit a bottleneck.
"We know the structure of the power guns. The gun body can be easily replicated. However, it is difficult to manufacture the energy blocks, the energy gas blocks, and the lenses inside."
At this point, a researcher nearby said, "Team Leader, shouldn't we analyze those energy blocks and energy gas blocks carefully?"
Zhou Zhiyong replied, "No need. When these guns were brought back, the energy blocks and energy gas blocks were already sent to other laboratories for research."
Zhou Zhiyong then glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and said, "It's getting late. It's time for me to go and talk with the other team leaders. You all continue your research here."
Zhou Zhiyong left the laboratory and went to another one.
In this laboratory, they were researching the energy blocks.
Inside, Zhu Xinghuai was working with the researchers.
Zhou Zhiyong asked, "Old Zhu, how is it? Has the research on the power gun's energy block been successful?"
Zhu Xinghuai turned to look at Zhou Zhiyong and said, "Simply put, that energy block is essentially a high-performance battery. It far surpasses our current batteries in Longguo. It's just like the radioactive battery brought back by Colonel Chu. And this energy block is even safer, containing no radiation. But the electrical energy stored within is far greater than that radioactive battery."
Zhou Zhiyong asked, "Can this energy battery be replicated?"
Zhu Xinghuai shook his head and said, "Our foundational technology in Longguo is not yet strong enough to replicate it. We need to enhance our foundational technology."
Zhou Zhiyong then went to another research room. In that room, the research group also stated that they could not replicate the gas block.
Thus, the research on the power guns fell into a bottleneck.
...
The next morning, as soon as Su Han stepped out of his door, he was surrounded by a large group of scientific researchers.
"Our Longguo's technology cannot yet manufacture that energy block. Deputy Minister Su Han, can you see if you can find the relevant technology in the third world?"
"Power gas also requires technology..."
"Their material technology also needs..."
"We need those levitating material technologies. We understand the principle, but we lack the relevant technology. We don't even know how to manufacture it."
"We need metal smelting technology..."
These individuals were all leaders of various research groups. It was clear they had coordinated to block Su Han's door.
Su Han, overwhelmed by the noise, said, "Don't all crowd here and shout. There are so many issues. Let me think properly first. At least let me come up with a plan."
At this moment, Chu Shi walked over and said, "Deputy Minister Su Han, the plan has already been made."
Chu Shi handed some materials to Su Han.
Su Han looked them over and then said, "Convene a meeting of the Special Operations Team."
...
Members of the Special Operations Team, who were scattered throughout the headquarters of the Otherworld Development Department, received the summons and immediately headed to the conference room.
Soon, the meeting of the Special Operations Team commenced.
Su Han said, "Because our Longguo's foundational technology still lags far behind the third world, many items from the third world cannot be researched. Therefore, we must obtain a large amount of technical data from the third world. We need to go to an industrial area to find such equipment. Everyone, please look at the map."
Then, two maps were displayed on the screen. One was the old map of Tattajiao Star, and the other was the current map of Tattajiao Star.
Both maps indicated the same location. On the old map, it was a vast city with various buildings towering within.
The current map, however, showed a scene of ruins.
Chu Shi said, "The old map was obtained from the Tattajiao people. The current map was taken by the Globalized Type 3 drone."
Su Han continued, "This city is Baise Guishu Mansion. And that Qiuyang Village is a remote village within this Baise Guishu Mansion. Let's not focus on the name Baise Guishu Mansion for now. After all, it's quite normal for the Tattajiao people to have strange names for their cities."
Su Han continued, "What I want to tell you all is that according to the analysis of the think tank, Baise Guishu Mansion was once an industrial city. Looking at the buildings shown on the old map, their appearance strongly resembles factory buildings. Although Baise Guishu Mansion has now turned into ruins, there must still be a lot of data that our Longguo needs inside. Therefore, for the upcoming period, our main objective will be to go to Baise Guishu Mansion to obtain technical data. Don't worry, the translator can now translate the text into our Longguo characters. You don't have to worry about not recognizing the script anymore."