"I understand!" Su Buyan's eyes lit up with an astonishing brilliance. "The essence of a weapon is to use powerful kinetic energy to drive ammunition, thereby inflicting a fatal blow on the target!"
"Conventional firearms can use devices like firing pins to create high-temperature gases that generate kinetic energy. Space-Based Weapons use the immense energy produced during particle collision fission to generate kinetic energy!"
"Black Silver itself is a special metal with an unusual melting point, and its internal structure is very unique!"
"When it's in a liquid state, its melting point is very low, but by applying different voltages, it can be deformed and solidified at will. Once solidified, its melting point becomes very high again."
"Similarly, under the stimulation of different voltages, some of its metal particles can achieve collision fission at room temperature, thereby generating enormous kinetic energy!"
Thinking of this, Su Buyan shook his head regretfully again: "The problem of kinetic energy is solved, but conventional firearms still can't be used. Because conventional firearms need bullets, and bullets contain gunpowder."
With gunpowder, high temperatures are inevitably needed for ignition, and for Black Silver material, the problem returns to the original starting point.
So, the problem of the gun is solved, but the problem of the bullet is not...
Xia Chujian's mind raced, and somehow, she thought of the conversation she once had with Shen Junyi about dried Blood Kirin and fresh Blood Kirin.
Shen Junyi had said that dried Blood Kirin could be made into a potent poison with no antidote.
But fresh Blood Kirin could neutralize many toxins that chemical antidotes couldn't.
She had asked if fresh Blood Kirin could be used to counteract the poison of dried Blood Kirin, essentially using the victim's weapon against them.
Thinking of this, Xia Chujian said thoughtfully, "...What if the bullets are also made of Black Silver? Does it necessarily have to be filled with gunpowder to be called a bullet?"
Su Buyan froze.
That makes sense! That's so damn right!
Who says firearms have to use conventional bullets?! What's the biggest difference between firearms and cold weapons? Is it gunpowder?
No! It should be the exponentially increasing kinetic energy driving force!
When firearms first emerged, gunpowder, as the most convenient and cheapest ammunition, became the iconic product representing firearms. But in reality, with the development of technology, they no longer need gunpowder to achieve huge kinetic energy driving force and lethality!
For example, new weapons using Energy Beams, and even Space-Based Weapons.
Su Buyan felt like the door to a new world had opened! He said excitedly, "We can use this Black Silver metal to make the outer shell of the bullets, and then fill them with Black Silver metal needles of the same melting point, which can achieve the same killing effect as conventional firearms! And on these special metal needles, we can directly add various chemical agents, which would be a combination of conventional firearms and chemical weapons, a weapon of mass destruction!"
"Ordinary conventional firearm bullets can't be directly combined with chemical weapons, because those bullets are gunpowder-based, and the intense heat required during firing would render all chemical agents ineffective."
"But Black Silver bullets are different. Due to the peculiarity of its melting point, it cannot withstand high temperatures during state transitions, but this allows it to achieve maximum fusion with chemical agents!"
"Then use the kinetic energy of the Black Silver metal itself to fire it out, oh my!"
The scene was so beautiful that even an empire's top mecha pilot like Su Buyan felt dizzy and mesmerized.
And to think if the military could fully equip them...
"Good!" Su Buyan roared, his eyes staring straight ahead. "Xia Chujian, right? I now formally hire you as my special expert assistant, Su Buyan! My newly developed Shao Siming - Chujian Model must have a place for you!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She didn't understand what this Su Chief was so excited about.
If she weren't an ordinary person without Mental Strength and unable to undergo Gene Evolution, would she have to rack her brains so much to seek benefits for herself?
It was quite sad to think about it.
But since this mecha pilot said the word "hire," Xia Chujian's mind started working again.
She tentatively asked, "Are you offering me a job?"
Xia Chujian hadn't used honorifics like "you" when speaking to this mecha pilot before.
But if the other party was offering her a job, then he was her boss.
And the boss was the one who paid her, so of course she had to use respectful terms! A working stiff, a working soul, the boss is the superior person.
Xia Chujian had this much professional ethics.
Su Buyan nodded emphatically, his gaze sharp and proud: "Of course, my specially invited expert assistant, others would fight to get it!
Xia Chujian's eyes flickered slightly, and she continued to ask, "Then how much money will you pay me to be your expert assistant?"
"Money?!" Su Buyan was stunned for a moment. "You're working for me as an assistant, and I still have to pay you?"
Who would believe it if they heard? If Su Buyan said he wanted to recruit an assistant, believe it or not, a bunch of top noble families would cry, shout, kneel, crawl, and offer money just to get in!
Did he even need to pay?
Moreover, Su Buyan came from the Su Family, the head of the four great noble families of the Beichen Empire. He had been exceptionally intelligent since childhood and was a key figure in the family's cultivation.
Money had never been something he cared about.
However, Xia Chujian was unhappy: "If you don't have money, you want me to work for free? Chief Su, think about it, is this kind of request reasonable?"
Su Buyan: "..."
Xia Chujian's actions at this moment touched Su Buyan's blind spot of knowledge.
He stared blankly at Xia Chujian for a while, scratched his head, and said, "Okay, let's talk about the assistant thing later. But you gave me a lot of inspiration!"
"I want to design immediately! Manufacture immediately! Xia Chujian, you are my soulmate! I want to give you the latest model of the Shao Siming mecha! I want to name it Shao Siming - Chujian Model!"
Xia Chujian: ...There's really no need.
Having her name engraved on the mecha was too embarrassing.
Xia Chujian refused, "...How can I face people if others see it?"
It was just like those foreigners who didn't understand Beichen characters, tattooing the word "chicken" on their bodies and parading around triumphantly.
Su Buyan laughed: "It doesn't matter, I will personally take action to ensure that no third person knows where I engraved it!"
After speaking, he cut off the quantum encrypted communication and quickly plunged into his intense work.
However, after cutting off the quantum encrypted communication, Su Buyan still informed the big boss of the Dark Night Hunter, saying that he was going to send Xia Chujian a newly designed upgraded Shao Siming mecha!
...
Gu Shanjun could also hear the people at headquarters speaking through the Brain-Computer Interface of the Quantum Optical Brain, and his expression became a little strange at this time.
This Xia Chujian, her luck was too good...
He listened for a while, his mouth twitching, and said to Xia Chujian: "That, headquarters has spoken, saying that you can choose another reward. This mecha will not be counted as this time's S-Grade Merit reward, but an extra reward."
"Extra reward? What extra reward?" Xia Chujian was puzzled again, not giving up until she asked clearly, "What virtue or ability do I have to make headquarters so good to me?"
Her face was full of the expression "I haven't read much, don't lie to me."
Gu Shanjun's mouth twitched and said, "You have to thank yourself! It is said that your suggestion just now gave the chief designer of the Shao Siming mecha inspiration, and he will create a set of Shao Siming mecha for you, which will be equipped with both cold weapons and hot weapons. That will not be counted as the S-Grade reward headquarters gave you, it's extra."
"Really?! Then I won't be polite! - My aunt always said that knowledge is wealth, she was right." Xia Chujian was happy and in a great mood.
Gu Shanjun asked curiously: "What did you say to Su Third Young Master, that is, the chief mecha designer Su Buyan?"
"Confidential, I can't talk nonsense." Xia Chujian was still a little worried about the fact that the mecha designer didn't pay her for working for free, and was too lazy to advertise for that guy.
Gu Shanjun touched his nose and didn't continue to ask, but said: "Okay, then you can choose another reward, this is the S-Grade Merit reward that headquarters gave you."
Xia Chujian was in a bad mood, turned her face and asked for a high price: "How about this, then I will exchange my S-Grade Merit for an Ability Defense Helmet, I want an Ability Defense Helmet that can defend against Rank A Mental Strength peak."
"Rank A Mental Strength peak?! You really dare to ask! Why don't you ask for an Ability Defense Helmet that can defend against Rank S Mental Strength peak?!"
"I can too! Is there such a helmet?!" Xia Chujian was taking advantage of the situation, ordering rewards like ordering dishes.
"Of course not!" Gu Shanjun glared at her, "I advise you to be kind! Rank A Mental Strength peak defense helmet, this thing is not easy to find, wait until it is found, and send it over with the mecha."
Xia Chujian nodded, then quickly shook her head and said, "No, I won't leave until I get the things. What if you go back on your word when I go out like this?"
How could she leave without getting such good things? Xia Chujian planned to wait for her precious mecha even if she had to sleep on the floor!
And an Ability Defense Helmet that can defend against Rank A Mental Strength experts!
Gu Shanjun didn't expect her to be so shameless.
But he was also helpless.
Because Xia Chujian's words were not without reason.
With such amazing rewards, if she left without getting them, she might really be intercepted halfway.
Gu Shanjun waved his hand: "Okay, you go to the next room to rest, the things will be delivered tomorrow."
Xia Chujian didn't listen at all, she sat cross-legged directly in Gu Shanjun's office, intending to stay here.
Gu Shanjun couldn't stand it anymore and frantically urged the headquarters through their dedicated channel to get things done quickly.
Fortunately, for Su Buyan, the chief designer of the Shao Siming mecha, this new design incorporating thermal weapons was not a problem as long as the melting point design hurdle was overcome.
It just required him to go to his lab overnight, redesign the mold according to the new concept, and then pour in the Black Silver special metal.
Mechas are truly products of large-scale industry and high-tech combined production, and definitely cannot be created by one person relying on abilities alone.
Su Buyan and his team of thousands worked tirelessly in the lab for six hours before the first Shao Siming mecha made of Black Silver material, equipped with a thermal weapon kinetic system, was produced.
He officially named it "Shao Siming-CJ1 Model" and even used a special process to engrave Xia Chujian's name in ancient Yin script inside the mecha near the neck.
Of course, as he had promised Xia Chujian, he completed the name engraving himself.
None of his team knew about it.
Moreover, inspired by Xia Chujian, Su Buyan discerned another unique property of Black Silver metal, directly upgrading this Black Silver material from a special metal to an exotic metal, the highest grade of metal.
This contribution is truly immeasurable in terms of money.
Of course, Su Buyan vaguely felt that this little girl probably didn't think so.
She seemed particularly keen on measuring the value of everything in terms of money.
This was wrong.
Su Buyan silently vowed that once Xia Chujian became his specially invited expert assistant, he would correct her wrong ideas.
A teacher for a day is a father for life.
From then on, he had an unshirkable responsibility to educate her.
Proud face.
After the first upgraded Shao Siming Black Silver mecha was produced, Su Buyan made a special trip to the Special Security Bureau headquarters, borrowed Marshal Huo Yushen's Bat-style Fighter Jet capable of space jumps, and then, in just one hour, traveled from Beichen Star to Mulan City on Guiyuan Star.
...
Xia Chujian really stayed in Gu Shanjun's office all night.
She sat cross-legged on the ground for half an hour before falling asleep.
Fortunately, the office had a constant temperature system of twenty-five degrees Celsius all year round, so she didn't feel cold at all.
The next morning at seven o'clock, Gu Shanjun stomped his feet on the ground, waking her up.
"Get up, the stuff has arrived."
Xia Chujian's spirits lifted, and she immediately wasn't sleepy anymore.
She got up from the ground and casually straightened her already wrinkled khaki work jacket.
The door opened, and a tall, thin man with a pale face and eyes burning with excitement walked in.
His appearance was actually very outstanding, with a high, straight nose, thin lips, and eyes like stars, but because of his slightly neurotic temperament, it was easy to overlook his appearance.
Gu Shanjun's eyes lit up: "Oh, it's Su Third Young Master! Why did you come in person? Please sit down! Please sit down! - Have you had breakfast yet?"
This person was none other than Su Buyan, the chief designer of the Shao Siming mecha, whom Xia Chujian had seen in the quantum-encrypted holographic 3D communication channel yesterday.
Su Buyan raised his hand to Gu Shanjun as a greeting, then waved for him to leave, as he had something to say to Xia Chujian alone.
After Gu Shanjun went out, Su Buyan went straight to Xia Chujian, who was standing in the center of the office, and said, "You are Xia Chujian? - Confirm your biological information."
Although the two had met in the quantum-encrypted communication channel, it was, after all, a virtual system and could not completely guarantee that this Xia Chujian was the same Xia Chujian he had seen in the encrypted communication channel.
Therefore, it was necessary to check the biological information.
Xia Chujian held out her hand, and Su Buyan took out a sensor and waved it at her. After confirming that it was correct, he handed her a small black wooden box.
"This is the Shao Siming mecha that was just rebuilt based on our conversation. Its exclusive bullets are also made of Black Silver material. However, because Black Silver material is too precious, there are not many bullets included. Because it's a reward, I'm giving you five hundred rounds. After these five hundred rounds are used up, you have to buy them yourself."
Xia Chujian: "..."
"How much is a box?"
According to the Beichen Empire's bullet sales model, ordinary bullets are fifty rounds per box, and a box costs about twenty Beichen Coins.
For ordinary wage earners, it's still quite expensive.
Xia Chujian: The child is poor and needs monthly tickets to exchange for small money~
At the beginning of the month, I have to shout hard for monthly tickets! Throw your guaranteed monthly tickets quickly, darlings!
The second update is at 1 p.m.
PS: I have to nag one more thing, this is an interstellar novel, and the level of technology is far higher than that of real society. In fact, I have written it conservatively. Some technologies already have seedlings in real society. In short, all settings are based on the author. (^▽^).
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