Chapter 104: Reinitiating the Aircraft Project
Chapter 104: Reinitiating the Aircraft Project
And as for Wu Hao! To put it plainly, he got lucky because he demonstrated the ability to fly in front of these apes, which led these apes to consider him a "divine envoy" passed down from their ancestors.
Although Wu Hao wasn't sure if, centuries ago, the people who came here to collect this elixir had any special abilities. But just based on the effects of this elixir, it was enough to suggest that those who knew about this underground space were definitely not ordinary individuals.
Because ordinary people had an extremely hard time entering this underground space. It's worth noting that when entering this underground space, one had to go through several diverging paths.
Moreover, this place was deep within the Shenlong Ridge. Even if one wanted to enter from the outside, it was not an easy task. Let alone finding the entrance to the passage leading to this underground space.
As for what Wu Hao wanted to do for these apes, it was a way to repay them! However, these apes lived in this underground space, and they didn't really need many things.
If there was something they lacked, it would probably be food. After all, there wasn't much food in the underground space, and these apes would go out to gather food every few days.
Originally, Wu Hao was planning to bring some food from the outside for them. But later, he reconsidered, thinking that bringing ordinary food into the space might inevitably leave an unnecessary impression on the environment of the underground space.
Because the food available in China now, even if claimed to be entirely natural and pollution-free, was deceptive. Even vegetables and fruits were grown with pesticides and fertilizers.
Moreover, these items had a short shelf life, and since these apes could gather wild fruits in the valley, Wu Hao didn't consider bringing them fruits.
Of course, there were plenty of things that could serve as food for these apes aside from fruits. However, Wu Hao didn't feel comfortable bringing items from outside into the underground space.
The things from the outside, whether in terms of packaging or the food itself, were difficult to meet the requirement of not contaminating the environment. Therefore, Wu Hao temporarily abandoned the idea of bringing food. However, in the future, when his base developed, he could certainly develop a high-nutrition compressed biscuit as food. In terms of packaging, it had to be biodegradable to ensure it wouldn't harm the environment of the underground space.
This high-nutrition compressed food had a small volume, and if used as occasional rations for these apes, it would be the best option, reducing their need to go outside to find wild fruits and mushrooms. Overall, this could be considered Wu Hao's only small way of helping these apes after collecting the elixir!
As for teaching these apes to use various high-tech tools, Wu Hao had considered it initially, but he quickly dismissed the idea. It wasn't because these apes lacked intelligence; it was because of the limitations of the underground environment.
Furthermore, these apes had significant differences from humans, and they possessed considerable intelligence. Teaching them to use modern tools made it challenging to ensure that these apes wouldn't develop a desire to leave the underground cave someday. At that point, if discovered by humans, it would become a real-life version of "Planet of the Apes," wouldn't it?
After a brief explanation to the elder ape, Wu Hao leaped up and left the underground space with the briefcase under the watchful eyes of the other apes. This time, when he left the underground space, it would be at least several months before he returned. His base's size was still limited, and with the government's surveillance team stationed outside his base, he couldn't easily bring in supplies and materials from the outside world in the short term.
Once again leaving Shenlongjia, Wu Hao flew at low altitude and low speed. By the time he arrived at the Qinling base, it was nearly 6 a.m. However, in this season, the day started later, and he didn't need to worry about being detected while flying in the sky, especially in the remote mountainous region.
"Now that I have the elixir, I can put aside the genetic research lab and the research on tackling cancer cells for now. This means I can initiate my aircraft project," Wu Hao thought to himself as he returned to the base and secured the elixir. He pondered the next major development direction for the base.
Before this, almost all of the base's resources had been allocated to building the genetic research laboratory and various research equipment. This allowed the lab to have such a rapid construction progress. After all, the genetic research lab was not something that could be established easily, requiring more than just a couple of rooms and a few pieces of equipment.
Inside the base, there were dozens of rooms of various sizes. There were multiple security checkpoints to access the laboratory, as well as gene banks for cultivation and storage, and a wide array of research instruments and equipment.
Currently, Wu Hao's base in the Qinling Mountains had expanded by more than twice its original size since its initial construction. The new spaces weren't entirely created with Wu Hao's telekinetic abilities alone. He had designed and built special machines capable of excavating rock walls, which, in conjunction with his telekinesis, enabled the expansion of the internal space.
The manufacturing capabilities of the base had become highly advanced. Apart from limitations related to raw materials and space, it was entirely feasible for Wu Hao to manufacture a complete combat aircraft within the base.
Of course, there were still several critical raw materials needed to construct a fighter jet using the base's resources.
However, for the type of aircraft Wu Hao planned to create, there was no need for a propulsion system. In reality, whether it was an airplane or a car, the most critical component happened to be their propulsion system, i.e., the engine.
Certainly, it wasn't that Wu Hao couldn't create an engine; it was that he didn't see the necessity at the moment. To be honest, he somewhat looked down upon the engines used in the current world, whether in automobiles or aircraft.
Additionally, with telekinesis as his foundation, the aircraft he manufactured, minus the engine component, not only reduced a significant amount of weight but also provided more space for other functionalities.
Moreover, if Wu Hao used telekinesis as the propulsion, it wouldn't be inferior to the best aircraft engines in the world today.
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