Chapter 50: The Airborne Carrier?

“My first step should be to start with metal smelting.” After gathering all this information, Xingzhou He already had a clear plan in mind.

To create a powerful industrial machine tool, the primary requirement was to obtain high-quality metal materials.

Such as special steels, titanium alloys, aluminum alloys, and so forth.

Currently, most metal materials could be smelted domestically, but special metals posed a challenge. Each year, large quantities of special metals had to be imported from abroad.

Special metals were widely used—in the energy sector, transportation, marine engineering, and various industries, these materials were indispensable.

On his technology roadmap, Xingzhou He marked three types of smelting equipment: ultra-high temperature arc furnaces, vacuum induction furnaces, and plasma furnaces.

These corresponded to three smelting methods that could produce special metals as well as the required alloys.

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Xingzhou He divided his team into multiple groups, primarily focusing on special metal smelting, machine tool design and manufacture, and CNC system development.

He himself first joined the special metal smelting team to work alongside them in developing special metal smelting techniques and equipment.

“There are many types of special metals, but the most urgently needed now are special steels and titanium alloys. Let’s start with special steel,” Xingzhou He told his team.

Since the recent announcement of the infrastructure plan, the price of imported special steel had skyrocketed. It was a key material used in manufacturing automobile parts, power grid systems, and military weaponry.

“To smelt special steel, I first need to design a plasma furnace,” Xingzhou He said, relying on data acquired from his quantum light brain to carry out the design on his software.

Plasma smelting technology was not widely applied in metal smelting due to its immature state and high costs.

But these issues didn’t exist for Xingzhou He—he could utilize plasma technology to achieve higher purity metals.

“The most critical component of a plasma furnace is the plasma gun. By discharging a low-temperature plasma arc with temperatures ranging from 2000 to 5000 Kelvin, it forms a compressed arc that can spray a high-temperature plasma flame for metal smelting!”

On his computer, the design of the plasma gun gradually took shape. He also had to consider the overall structure and design of the furnace.

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In his office, Xingzhou He was having Zilan Xu and Yue Ding help film the latest video episode.

Recently, due to international restrictions, the domestic special metals, raw materials, automotive, and energy industries had all been impacted. Xingzhou He released videos to boost the confidence of related enterprises.

Only in this way could industrial development accelerate, advancing the progress of the “Xuanwu Project.”

“Hello everyone, I’m Xingzhou He. It’s been a month since we last made the electromagnetic levitation vehicle,” he introduced.

“This time, we’re going to create something new.”

“Everyone knows about aircraft carriers—they are national treasures that showcase a country’s strength. Yet, aircraft carriers themselves cannot fly; they serve only as floating airstrips. The real flying carriers are called space carriers—true ‘aircraft carriers’ that can soar through the sky.”

“In this episode, we’re going to make a model of a space carrier—” Xingzhou He deliberately paused a few seconds before continuing, “a model of a space carrier.”

“We’ll build actual space carriers in the future. For now, with our limited capabilities, we’ll start with a model. This series of videos will show everyone how to manufacture a space carrier model.”

“My plan is to start with metal materials, then build an ultra-precision machine tool capable of manufacturing space carriers, and finally use the machine tool to create all the parts of the space carrier model for assembly. The series will be divided into three episodes—stay tuned.”

Strictly speaking, this was a video preview.

The space carrier model was meant to attract viewers’ attention and demonstrate their capabilities. Xingzhou He aimed to manufacture the special steel required for aircraft carriers and achieve the machine tool precision needed for carrier weapon design!

“Shall we release this preview across all platforms?” Zilan Xu asked him. “As your agent, I’ve already negotiated with various video websites and short video platforms. Your video can be released without any restrictions.”

Ordinary people—even top celebrities and influencers—had to face platform restrictions. But Xingzhou He was no ordinary person; those websites and platforms dared not impose limits on him.

“Then let’s release it everywhere,” Xingzhou He naturally wanted as wide a reach as possible.

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On DouSheng, one of the hottest short video apps with hundreds of millions of active users, a new short video was submitted that immediately caught the attention of the entire editorial department.

“Boss! Xingzhou He’s assistant just sent over a video—he’s about to officially release it!” the operations manager reported at once.

“Xingzhou He? The young scientist who developed metal-air batteries and electromagnetic levitation vehicles?” Upon hearing the name, the supervisor immediately recognized the figure.

Xingzhou He was currently one of the hottest personalities; compared to him, even superstar celebrities and top internet celebrities were insignificant. He was a figure heavily promoted by the authorities!

“His video is being released across all platforms and has just arrived here,” the manager said.

“Then what are you waiting for? Operations, promote it across all platforms immediately! Make sure every user can see it—faster than any other platform! Now! GO! GO! GO! Operations, PR, every department, everyone get moving!” the supervisor shouted.

They acted with lightning speed, immediately recommending Xingzhou He’s video to all users currently on DouSheng. Upon opening the app or refreshing the feed, the first video was Xingzhou He’s.

“Hello everyone, I’m Xingzhou He… we’re going to make a space carrier…” Within just minutes, tens of millions had seen the video.

“@PlanetBuilder Look what I found in my feed! It’s Xingzhou He!”

“Finally got a front-row spot, but I’m at a loss for words!”

“I’ve said it many times, but I have to say again—Xingzhou He is amazing!”

“Who is this guy? The name sounds familiar.”

“100,000 likes in one minute? Awesome!”

“Space carrier model? I’ve got my notebook ready! Update fast!”

Comments surged every minute, and the hashtag #XingzhouHeReleasesNewVideo quickly topped DouSheng’s trending videos chart!

Meanwhile, Xingzhou He’s account gained one million followers within ten minutes!

Other platforms also saw equally high popularity.

“Not bad,” Xingzhou He was quite pleased with the situation. He needed everyone’s attention to use his technology to drive development nationwide.

Those following Xingzhou He included not only ordinary people and industry professionals but also intelligence agencies from various countries, who secretly monitored his videos and even held meetings to discuss each new release!