The summer continues.

Red Kestrel shows outdoor temperature is 33.7 degrees Celsius.

The new humans are overheating and drink water and eat popsicles like crazy every day.

The problem caused by long-term exposure to the sun is the lack of rainfall, which heavily impacts agriculture that solely relies on natural weather.

Luckily, the company has measures in place to cope with that.

Firstly, the use of agricultural machinery, which is less affected by weather conditions. Human farmers can stagger their work times, checking and working in the fields in the cooler early mornings and evenings.

Additionally, the successful construction of the first Dead Sea Channel has promoted water irrigation, allowing water to be drawn from rivers and delivered to farmlands.

The high-pressure utilization brought by the Dead Sea Channel is an unexpected delight.

Zhou Yi originally had a sudden inspiration, finding it difficult for glider planes to land in low areas. Could the self-contained high pressure of a complete circular Dead Sea Channel facilitate the landing of glider planes?

The principle is that the downward pressure of the Dead Sea Channel and the buoyancy of the "flying filaments" counteract each other.

He had the electromechanical programmers carry out a large number of simulation experiments.

The final conclusion was that it was feasible.

Following this train of thought, the programmers first conducted modeling and repeated testing and eventually determined the specific location and size parameters of the Dead Sea Channel.

Constructing the channel itself is a highly specialized job, especially since it involves utilizing the mouth of the Dead Sea River, requiring experienced Professionals to undertake it.

Thus, Zhou Yi found Shang Fulin and hired two professional electromechanical life forms from the Spring and Autumn Trade Group to excavate the channel, handing them over to Gongsun Bao for command.

Gongsun Bao lived up to expectations and completed this infrastructure project to standard within a month, passing the acceptance checks.

The circular islands inside the channel were built with helipads, where glider planes could not only land but also take off.

With this core facility problem solved, glider planes could finally be produced on a large scale.

Next, Zhou Yi summoned Yuan Tong to inquire about the production status.

"Chairman, currently the production speed is still stuck there. Aside from the time-consuming parts manufacture and testing, the installation and testing of the 'flying filament' glider wings also consume time."

"Additionally, once the glider is assembled it still needs to undergo flight testing, which also takes at least 12 hours."

Yuan Tong smiled bitterly: "Right now we have a total of 31 glider manufacturing workers. Although the work efficiency has significantly increased compared to the past, we can only produce one plane per day, and currently, we cannot further enhance this."

"There's also the manned glider improved by Afeng and Zhuama. That's even slower because it requires more testing and processing steps to ensure balance and stability, taking 6 days to produce one plane."

"Currently, we have a total of 48 single-person gliders, of which 35 have completed flight testing. There are 6 manned gliders, 4 of which have completed flight testing."

Zhou Yi frowned: "Too slow."

He looked at Yuan Tong: "Recruit on a large scale, have the current core workers train the new ones. We need mass production of glider planes, we must start selling officially as soon as possible, no more delays."

Yuan Tong hesitated for a moment: "If we want to increase efficiency, I do have one idea."

"Speak."

"I suggest handing over the assembly of the outer shell, exterior skeleton, cutting and installation of the wings to Sand Port City, with Lord Sand Sea responsible for the basic framework. There are many craftsmen, tailors, and blacksmiths in Sand Port City; this part could be done faster if handed over to them. Then we would share a bit of the profit with them."

Yuan Tong continued: "We would complete the final assembly of the core 'flying filament' glider wings, and the final assembly and test flights. This way, efficiency could be increased, and the core technology would still be in our hands, with the most important safety testing also overseen by us."

"If an agreement can be reached, our personnel can focus on the two core processes. As long as Sand Port keeps up, on our side we can guarantee a minimum monthly output of 50 glider planes."

Zhou Yi immediately contacted the other party through Red Kestrel.

Hearing of this, Lord Sand Sea immediately agreed: "No problem, of course, no problem. Mr. Zhou, our side has plenty of manpower, fully capable of doing this job. Glider planes are finally going into mass production, I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"We are co-producing, sharing profits, splitting revenue, 8 for the company, 2 for you, any problems with that?"

"No problem."

However, the pricing has not been finalized yet.

Zhou Yi then summoned Afeng and Qian Su to discuss the price.

Yuan Tong disclosed the data to everyone: "The production cost for a single-person glider is 144,000 mushrooms, and for the manned glider, it is 312,000 mushrooms."

"In the shipyard, the cost of ships is generally 40%-60% of the sale price. Based on our low-price strategy, taking 60% as the standard, the external sale price for a single-person glider should be 240,000 mushrooms, for a manned glider, the price should be 520,000 mushrooms."

"The profit for a single-person glider is about 96,000 mushrooms per plane, and for the manned glider, the profit is 208,000 mushrooms per plane."

"Compared to enhanced cars and enhanced ships, this price is already very cheap."

Afeng, however, showed a troubled face: "Still so expensive. Even for employees within the company, it would take two years to afford the cheapest single-person glider... can't it be cheaper?"

Yuan Tong shook his head: "To further reduce costs and sale price, we need to significantly increase production volume. Because we have to cover the wages of the workers, as well as R&D expenses, and the initial investment was also considerable."

Qian Su couldn't help but interrupt: "Hey hey, we're supposed to be doing business and need to make money, right? Also, have a little faith in our gliders, will you? This thing will sell itself."

She said to Zhou Yi: "Chairman, I think everyone has fallen into a misunderstanding."

"This glider is obviously a military vehicle... think about it, even if sold to the general public, how many would dare to fly over the Dead Sea? They wouldn't dare. Flying at ground level requires additional facilities; civilians can't do it on their own."

"But it's different for the sea lords of various cities; they need this. Because the best view is from the air, you can see every move on the ground at any moment, and monitor the surroundings of the Dead Sea."

"To maintain their stable rule, sea lords will not stint the money. They will also further equip more things, such as helipads, flight passages at different altitudes, and even subsequent new gliders... and then the groundwork for civilian gliders will be cultivated."

"First military, then popularize to civilians, that's the order. You all have been thinking about this the wrong way."

Both Yuan Tong and Afeng's eyes lit up.

"Yeah."

"That makes sense!"

From this, Zhou Yi thought that the sea lords of the Development Alliance had been paying attention to gliders, and even just now Lord Sand Sea was eagerly inquiring.

So he decided on the spot: "Let's go with these prices."

In the following days, Yuan Tong and Lord Sand Sea finalized subsequent details and started the upstream and downstream cooperative production model for gliders.

The output speed of gliders also increased to 2 planes per day, and the first batch of 10 single-person gliders was sold to Steel Refining City and Shell City within the Alliance.

Glider machines began to soar frequently above the Sand Port Region.

...

The high-speed development of the company against the trend has made several sea lords of the Alliance extremely envious, all of whom wish to send people to learn. Zhou Yi has also happily agreed.

These people include Wang Jun from Steel Refining City, who invented the second generation of refrigeration boxes, Bei Chengyi from Shell City sent to study in the Mushroom Forest, and Sha Ziliang, Ma Rui, and others who were promoted by Sand Port City to the manufacturing department for further training.

One of Zhou Yi's recent favorite inventions is the "Samurai Crab Adventure" that he created with Shi Gandang.

Shi Gandang and Jade City, on the basis of ancient hieroglyphics, are crafting an Alien Language.

Zhou Yi suggested making the interactive process simpler and more entertaining—using the projected samurai crab to create an adventure story.

The story doesn't have to be complicated—simply featuring the samurai crab as the protagonist, battling monsters, treasure hunting, leveling up, and making friends along the way.

This makes it easier for more people to accept and like the story.

Through the animation format, it showcases the evolutionary path of samurai crabs and educates residents and employees about various Guangna Species.

In addition, every victorious battle earns a rune.

The runes are actually a confirmed part of the Alien Language.

For example, the "fire" rune depicts an attack in the form of flames.

The "water" rune brings the effect of a vast flood.

These are subtly teaching and educating.

The screenplay is written by Zhou Yi himself.

He cobbled together various game scenarios he's played, which was enough to attract the new humans.

The effect is better than expected.

Children are the most fascinated—they gather faithfully every other day around the four-sided projection wall near Building 8 to watch the latest episodes.

Young people and parents have also joined in, quickly going through the path of [resistance to watching → reluctantly giving a glance → integrating into the group → loyal audience].

After all, entertainment is scarce in the Wasteland era.

People's positive feedback and love for the projection, as well as the gathering around Building 8, have rapidly increased the intensity of its projection. It has subsequently installed 12 Light Imprints, surpassing its high-rise brothers in length.

"Building 8 says it's very confident."

Jade City said, "It wants to converse with various lives outside through projection. It wants to rewrite the history that Building Life can't speak."

In the rapidly developing and changing environment, the Rolls-Royce left without a trace.

...

Another ordinary summer day.

Zhou Yi, drinking a cold cola and eating locally produced dried sweet potatoes, watches the latest "Samurai Crab Adventure" with the residents.

Red Kestrel flies to his side: "Zhou, the refrigeration box from Weapon Hunter has been delivered to Yalong Bay."

He immediately rushed to Yalong Bay.

The refrigeration box was much smaller than Zhou Yi had anticipated. It was about 15 meters long, 8 meters wide, 6 meters high, and had a thick outer wall of brick and stone, with a good exterior.

A bald young man stood beside the refrigeration box.

With a deep scar at the corner of his mouth, he politely bowed his head and said: "Mr. Zhou, it's an honor to meet you, your name is known to everyone now."

"I am Fang Qiao, I brought this refrigeration box. It's malfunctioning now, it's not cooling."

Under Alert's view, Fang Qiao radiated red light, indeed with B-level intensity.

Zhou Yi didn't waste words: "I'll check it out first."

He placed his hand on the outer wall of the refrigeration box.

Energy input.

Consciousness synchronization.

"Can you hear me? Refrigeration box?"

No response.

He could hear some rustling, strange scratching, and eerie buzzing noises.

This reminded Zhou Yi of the Water Factory Dormitory in United City—this situation was more serious, with no coherent information at all.

"The Consciousness may have incurred heavy damage."

Zhou Yi asked, "Can it move on its own?"

"It can't anymore. So we installed a moving device at the bottom."

Only then did Zhou Yi notice the many wheels beneath the refrigeration box.

He called Jade City over and had Shi Gandang run some tests and checks.

The mechanical expert came to a conclusion.

"Chairman, it has completely mutated, a large number of Consciousnesses are collapsing, it's about to explode!!!"

"After the explosion, an atmosphere creature will be born! Just like the Experimental Angel initially, we need to quickly take it to a safe place!"

Zhou Yi looked at Fang Qiao with a cold gaze.

Fang Qiao was startled: "What's wrong? Is the problem very serious?"

"It could explode at any moment."

Fang Qiao's face turned extremely ugly in an instant.

"How... How could this happen..."

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