Xiao Zhong Li Yi became happy. The little fellow didn't know how to express his emotions like Xiao Mu Lan, but the corners of his lips, which he couldn't suppress no matter how hard he tried, betrayed his current joy.
The news of Zhong Li Fei Yu's return spread quickly across the star network. Lu Wan Qing opened her quantum computer and began to search for information online. She discovered that the entire interstellar network was buzzing with people paying attention to this incident.
Lu Wan Qing watched for a while, but had not yet seen any results.
Although Zhong Li Fei Yu had returned, it would still take some time to handle matters.
Lu Wan Qing emerged from the star network pod, remembering the mecha blueprints she had drawn earlier. She quickly took them out, checked them, and then went to find Mu Sijie.
She currently had two small mecha blueprints: one was a little fox mecha designed for Xiao Shu Shu, and the other was a Qilin mecha designed for the space pirate cub. Both blueprints were now complete. Since she would be staying at the Mu family's place during this period, she could use this time to have these two small mechas made at the Mu Corporation.
However, before building the small mechas, Lu Wan Qing still needed to ask Mu Sijie to review the blueprints. Although she already had considerable experience in building small super-3S mechas, the materials for building small mechas were still very expensive. If she made a mistake, the waste of materials would be a lot of money. More importantly, if there was something she hadn't noticed that left the mecha with a safety hazard, it would be bad to harm the child.
Mu Sijie was very surprised to see the two blueprints she had brought out again: "Two?"
Lu Wan Qing paused slightly and then nodded: "Mm."
Mu Sijie took the blueprints and after a moment, nodded: "Mm."
At this moment, they both understood who the extra blueprint was prepared for.
"Do you have their contact information?" Mu Sijie couldn't help but ask after a while.
Lu Wan Qing shook her head: "No."
"Then... how do you plan to give it to them?" Mu Sijie asked, confused.
Lu Wan Qing thought for a moment and then said, "Let's keep it for now. If we meet by fate, I'll give it to them."
Mu Sijie felt that this was unlikely. Lu Wan Qing was too optimistic. Space pirates were not so easy to encounter. If Lu Wan Qing really encountered them, she might not survive.
However, as a mother, it was normal for her to think of every child.
"Then can this mecha also be released together with the small mecha series?" Mu Sijie asked involuntarily, thinking.
Lu Wan Qing blinked and then nodded: "Mm, of course."
Mu Sijie smiled and said, "Alright, I'll take a look at these two blueprints first, and I'll tell you the results when I'm done."
"Okay." Lu Wan Qing smiled happily.
Mu Sijie was just checking the blueprints for problems, and the process was actually very fast. The results came out the next day. There were basically no problems, except for the performance design of the little fox, which once again surprised Mu Sijie.
It was another mecha that focused most of its performance on damage. The weapon and equipment were even more specialized. She actually used disposable explosive damage weapons. Each output was very strong, but at the same time, it had a fatal weakness: after each output, she had to reload the energy cannon. This operation would take a relatively long time and seemed... impractical.
Most importantly, this mecha even had a camouflage skill that he had never considered before. It could camouflage itself as grass or trees. It was just... very strange.
However, thinking that this mecha was specifically designed by Lu Wan Qing for Yu Shu, he suddenly felt it understandable. After all, the Yu family had been researching ancient Earth plants for so many years, and Yu Shu seemed to like plants very much. Perhaps Lu Wan Qing designed the mecha this way to please the child?
"Does this mecha also need a warrior to protect it, like the Phoenix?" Mu Sijie asked involuntarily, thinking.
But after asking, he paused and frowned: "That's not right. The weapons equipped on the little fox are all disposable explosive ones. The attack is powerful, but it needs charging time. This... isn't it impractical?"
"Who says it's impractical?" Lu Wan Qing said with a laugh.
She explained, "You can treat this mecha as a detective type, or a stealth type mecha. As long as the terrain is suitable, it will be more powerful than other mechas."
"In what kind of terrain?" Mu Sijie asked, thinking.
"Forests," Lu Wan Qing said, thinking.
Lu Wan Qing couldn't help but explain the operation of the little fox crouching in the grass, then launching a surprise attack and taking down the enemy in one go.
Mu Sijie: "..."
"So the fox's main skill is to camouflage itself as the surrounding environment to avoid detection, right?" Mu Sijie asked.
Lu Wan Qing nodded: "Mm."
"Then perhaps it can be modified further," Mu Sijie said.
Lu Wan Qing was surprised: "How?"
Mu Sijie thought for a moment and then said, "If it's on the battlefield and there are many combatants, perhaps it can camouflage itself as a piece of broken mecha debris, or a rock, or some kind of nearby structure?"
Lu Wan Qing: "???"
Mu Sijie smiled and said, "Wan Qing, your idea is quite interesting. Perhaps you can try to make it. If it's useful in the future, it can also be made into an adult mecha."
Mu Sijie found that his thinking seemed to be gradually following Lu Wan Qing's.
Although he had tried to innovate in his previous thinking patterns, he had always been confined within the boundaries left by others and had never broken through.
It was only after seeing Lu Wan Qing's bold designs time and time again that he realized that building mechas could be even bolder, abandoning those restrictive ways of thinking and designing as one pleased.
After all, mechas with different performances, as long as they were used appropriately, might also achieve miraculous results.
At this moment, Lu Wan Qing did not know that because of her inspiration, the research direction of Mu Corporation's mechas would undergo a huge change from then on, and later even influence the entire interstellar mecha research direction.
The previous rigid mecha classification research had become a hundred flowers blooming, with all sorts of peculiar functions being researched. It was also from this era that interstellar mechas became diverse, with all sorts of good, bad, and strange mechas appearing explosively, making more people fall in love with mechas uncontrollably.
"Oh, and there's one more thing." Mu Sijie said, thinking, and took out the super-3S mecha design blueprint that Lu Wan Qing had given him last time for Zhong Li Fei Yu.
"The super-3S mecha you designed for Zhong Li Fei Yu has no structural problems, but regarding the weapons..."
Mu Sijie said seriously, "Admiral Fei Yu has a special identity. The mechas made for him should also be equipped with the Federation's most advanced weapons. However, ordinary people are not qualified to access those things."
"Ah?" Lu Wan Qing was stunned, but she quickly reacted and looked at Mu Sijie in shock.
Mu Sijie took out a red and gold appointment letter and handed it to Lu Wan Qing, asking, "Wan Qing, are you willing to join the Federation's Supreme Weaponry Bureau?"