320: Chapter 319 A New Era (Part 1)

"What… what are these things?"

After a long time, Jiang Jun stammered.

Wang Jie scrolled through his phone, looked at the description, took a sharp breath, and said, "These are hexapedal mechanical crawler robots."

"Crawler… robots?"

Jiang Jun stared blankly at the man-made objects of varying sizes in front of him, feeling as if his brain had crashed.

"To be precise, they should be called the crawler robot family. They are divided into five major categories. You can check the manual yourself for details, or ask zero egg."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Jun's voice came from over there.

"Holy crap!!!"

Wang Jie shook his head slightly, not really wanting to deal with Jiang Jun.

In fact, the shock in his heart right now was not much less than Jiang Jun's.

He had seen many robots, and he had even encountered quadruped mechanical dogs created in the laboratories of some high-tech companies, but those things were not on the same level as what was in front of him.

The things in front of him were rough—indeed, very rough. With square bodies and six huge mechanical legs without much design refinement, from a distance, they looked just like giant spiders.

But they were extremely agile.

They moved quickly, aimed precisely, advanced and retreated with order, as if they were a single entity.

This wasn't what shocked him the most; what shocked him most were the functions introduced in the manual.

These small robots could handle most engineering tasks and were completely under the command of zero egg.

In addition to group mobilization, they could even be manually controlled one-on-one when necessary.

For this reason, the manual also included a small tutorial component, mainly for learning some control gestures.

That's right, you heard that correctly. This thing doesn't even need a remote control; it is controlled directly through zero egg via gestures, and the control precision can even reach an astonishing 0.5 cm.

To better experience the first-person perspective, Mr. Wang even thoughtfully prepared a VR headset for each of them.

It really is… too thoughtful.

This wasn't even the end of it.

To better enable these small robots to work, the six mechanical legs of each crawler robot were specially designed, allowing it to operate normally on steep slopes of up to sixty degrees. Some small engineering robots, such as welding crawler robots, could even hang upside down on the ceiling.

Of course, this required certain conditions to be met.

But this was already impressive enough.

This thing… could it really be manufactured with current technology?

At this moment, Wang Jie fell into deep confusion.

What exactly is Frontier Technology?

Why did he feel that the more he learned about this company, the more unfathomable it seemed, like an abyss, as if what had been revealed was only the tip of the iceberg?

Just as he was pondering, he felt his pant leg being tugged.

Looking down, a small crawler robot was by his feet, using the clamp at the end of its small front universal mechanical arm to grab his pant leg and gently pull it.

Wang Jie frowned, then felt a bit helpless, and turned to look to the side.

Sure enough, Jiang Jun, who was beside him, had already put on a VR headset at some point, his arms raised, making grabbing motions at his zero egg, with a wicked smile on his face.

"Jiang Jun, have you had enough fun?"

Jiang Jun chuckled twice, made a stop gesture, then took off the glasses and handed them to Wang Jie.

"This is really awesome, Wang Jie, do you want to try it? It's like playing a game in reality; it's really exciting."

Wang Jie was tempted, but still shook his head.

"What we need to do now is to thoroughly understand the construction blueprints as soon as possible, figure out the specific usage of these robots, and start work as soon as possible."

"Isn't that simple?"

Jiang Jun whistled, and his zero egg immediately flew back to his side; the whole process was as smooth as walking a dog, though this method of recall was clearly not something Wang Jie liked.

"I've already checked; these things are very simple to operate. You just need to give zero egg a basic command within the scope of its instructions, and it will control these things to execute it, for example… Zero, use the existing materials to build us a shed."

"Okay, Master. There are fifty-two ways to build a shed in the database. Which type of shed would you like to build?"

Jiang Jun picked up his phone, looked at it, and pointed to one at random.

"Shed structure analysis has started, the process has been generated, tasks have been broken down, please specify the construction location."

Jiang Jun pointed to the open space nearby.

"Start production."

As soon as the words fell, the numerous crawler robots that had been standing on the ground began to move, attracting the attention of everyone present.

The largest mechanical crawler picked out some raw materials from the pile of supplies, put them into a basket, and transported them to the open space specified by Jiang Jun.

A small welding robot stepped forward, and in an instant, a steel bar over ten meters long was cut into dozens of pieces. Several robots worked together to assemble them, and welding sparks flashed across the construction site.

Not far away, the 3D printing robots had already set up a formation. After the transport robots poured the materials into the feed inlet, layers of material melted at high temperatures were extruded and formed.

Nearby, a comprehensive robot had already dug a pit one meter square and forty centimeters deep. Under the control of the crawler robots, cement, sand, and water were mixed together, and a mixing rod was directly inserted into the mixture, stirring rapidly as the motor ran.

The originally quiet deep mountains and old forests instantly turned into a bustling construction site.

Watching the mechanical crawlers on the scene working like skilled laborers, everyone couldn't help but open their mouths wide, revealing a stunned expression, including Jiang Jun, who had directed it all.

Wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, Jiang Jun coughed and said, "How about that? I was right, wasn't I? These things are just that simple. You open your mouth, point your hand, and it's done easily."

Wang Jie glanced at him without saying a word.

Jiang Jun said unconvinced, "What kind of look is that? Being able to grasp the essence just by looking at the manual, isn't that impressive?"

"Impressive."

Wang Jie nodded. Jiang Jun had just revealed a joyful smile when he heard Wang Jie continue, "But aren't the people who designed and manufactured these things even more impressive?"

Jiang Jun's desire to boast immediately vanished into thin air.

Thinking of young man who often wore a smile, he shivered and quietly glanced at the zero egg floating quietly beside him.

That person had a habit of frequently observing task sites; if he were to accidentally mess up, wouldn't he cry himself to death?

If he had been somewhat reluctant before seeing these things, then after seeing them, he only had one thought: from now on, anyone who questions Mr. Wang is an idiot. Damn it, is that kind of person someone he can question?

Is it hard for ten people to build a fully functional base?

Outside, it might indeed be difficult, but here, is it really difficult?

An hour later, under the gaze of everyone, a simple shed was quickly built from scratch.

When a few mechanical crawlers welded the last piece of sheet metal onto the door frame, the entire project was declared complete.

Inside the shed, in a space large enough to accommodate more than ten people, several temporary beds and tables and chairs assembled by 3D printing were arranged neatly.

During this period, Jiang Jun even controlled one of the mechanical crawlers to transport their personal belongings here as well.

Not for anything else, just for fun.

Just to focus on experiencing the thrill of playing a game in the first person.

The sun had almost set, with its last rays of light, and the sky quickly darkened.

The work lights on the chest of the Powered Exoskeleton lit up automatically, illuminating the entire shed.

Wang Jie quietly watched this product that seemed like a miracle.

He knew that from the moment this shed was erected here, a new era had already arrived.

Right here in this place without any sign of human life.

Silently, quietly arriving!