Chapter 214: Zhou Ming's Delivery Routine

"118.3 tons, length 42 meters, main beam structure." Northwest Launch Control Center, Li Yang was checking the real-time data of the dragon bone module on his tablet.

"Zhao Gong said this is his most perfect work after forty years of art."

"It must be perfect!" Wang Hao rubbed his hands.

"This is the backbone of the Immortal Isle!"

Countdown reached zero, ignition.

The heavy rocket rose smoothly, more stable than yesterday's launch.

Eight minutes later, the big screen switched to a space view.

The Heavenly Craft Orbital Shipyard had already taken initial shape.

After twenty-four hours of nonstop construction, the number of robots reached 120 units, and the first Giant Spirit Mechanical Arm was 70% assembled.

"The dragon bone module has entered the docking orbit." The main control desk reported.

"Giant Spirit, prepare to capture."

The mechanical arm began to move.

Although not yet fully completed, basic functions are already in place.

The grabbing mechanism at the arm's tip unfolded, consisting of six sets of hydraulic clamps, each capable of generating 500 tons of gripping force.

The module gradually approached.

300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters...

"Contact in ten seconds."

Li Yang held his breath.

The clamps firmly closed, gripping the dedicated docking rings at both ends of the module.

The monitoring feed transmitted a slight vibration, which is the normal mechanical feedback when the clamps lock.

"Capture successful! Positioning accuracy 0.1 meter!"

"Adjust to millimeter-level precision."

The mechanical arm began fine adjustments.

The huge module slowly rotated and translated in space, finally aligning with the shipyard's main assembly frame.

There, the base interface had been pre-installed; once the module docked successfully, it would mark the official start of construction of the Immortal Isle.

"Docking — start."

The clamps released, and the module slid gently toward the base by inertia.

Three seconds later, a dull impact sound came through the sensors.

"Mechanical latch engaged!"

"Power interface connected!"

"Data link established!"

The control center burst into cheers.

Wang Hao jumped up to pat Li Yang's shoulder, but Li Yang dodged with a sideways move, as he was staring at the structural stress data on the screen.

"All connection point stresses are within safe limits." Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief, "Docking successful."

Feng Yan stood in the back row, watching the dragon bone module already embedded in the shipyard's frame on the screen.

The silver-gray metal gleamed coldly in the sunlight, its fine scale-like texture clearly visible.

This is only the beginning.

Over the next three months, hundreds more such modules will be launched into orbit, where they will be assembled in the Heavenly Craft Orbital Shipyard into a true space-air carrier.

But he didn't have time to linger on sentiment.

His phone vibrated; Chen Guang sent a message: "Crystal element detection abnormal, return quickly."

At the same time, an old residential compound inside Yanjing's Third Ring Road.

Zhou Ming, the champion of the Longteng Cup Mecha Competition, was wearing the delivery platform's Type I exoskeleton, weaving through the morning rush traffic.

His mecha was a custom version, with the leg thrusters modified to deliver explosive acceleration over short distances.

The phone's order notification sounded: "You have a new order, from the 72nd floor of Guomao Phase III to a certain investment bank on Financial Street, urgent document delivery, must arrive within thirty minutes, pay 300 yuan."

"This order actually pays 300, not bad, not bad, I'll take it!" Zhou Ming grinned, twisted the motorcycle's handlebar, and turned into an alley.

The exoskeleton's leg thrusters fired briefly, letting him directly bypass the traffic jam at the intersection.

This is why he chose to stay in the delivery industry: freedom, excitement, and his income is now also not low.

Since obtaining the title of Dragon Chant Special Consultant, the platform has increased the unit price of his orders by fifty percent, and also equipped him with the latest model exoskeleton.

Seven minutes later, he rushed into the lobby of Guomao Phase III.

The security guard nodded at him; among all the delivery personnel serving this building, Zhou Ming is the only one permitted to use the exoskeleton to go straight to the upper floors.

During peak hours, the elevators are too slow; just waiting for them to go up and down takes ages.

Zhou Ming walked to the safety passage; the exoskeleton's adhesion function activated, the special material on his palms and soles firmly gripping the wall.

Like Spider-Man, he climbed straight up the stairwell vertically.

Seventy-two floors, time taken: one minute forty seconds.

Pick up the package, sign, turn around and go down the stairs again; this time it's faster, just jump down.

For every ten floors descended, the leg thrusters briefly fire to decelerate; when reaching the ground floor, it's just like jumping in place, simple and simple.

He sprinted out of the building, flipped onto the motorcycle, ignited, started, all in one smooth motion, and continued charging into the traffic.

The morning rush in Yanjing is hopelessly congested, but for Zhou Ming it's not a problem.

He planned an unconventional route, passing directly through the park walkway.

After crossing a low wall, he finally entered the target floor directly via the fire escape of a building on Financial Street.

Twenty-eight minutes later, the document was delivered.

The client was an investment elite in a suit; when he saw Zhou Ming walk out of the fire escape, his glasses almost fell off.

"Your express delivery." Zhou Ming handed over the document.

"Th-thank you..." The customer scanned the code to pay, and even gave an extra fifty yuan tip, "You guys... actually deliver documents like this now?"

"I'm just a bit special." Zhou Ming chuckled, turned and left.

As he went downstairs, he glanced at his phone; the platform showed that the route he had just taken had been recorded by the system, which would recommend it to other riders, awarding +50 points.

Returning to his motorcycle by the roadside, he took off his helmet and wiped his sweat.

He looked up at the sky; the weather was really nice today, perfect for making runs.

Suddenly, the large screen on the outer wall of the nearby milk tea shop switched to a news livestream.

The screen showed that the Tiangong Orbital Shipyard was hoisting the second module.

The footage was stunning; the robotic arm moved as if it were an extension of the arm.

"Holy crap, what is that!" exclaimed the few young people waiting for their milk tea.

"That's the orbital shipyard!" said a bespectacled boy excitedly.

"It's the Longyin Research Institute doing it! They said they'll eventually build spaceships in the sky!"

"Is it real? That's way too sci‑fi..."

Zhou Ming smiled, but said nothing.

As a specially appointed consultant of Dragon Chant, he knew it was true, because he had previously seen the concept art of Penglai.

He just didn't expect the progress to be this fast.

He put his helmet back on, ready to take the next order.

But his phone rang first.

"Zhou Ming, are you free this afternoon? Come to the research institute for a bit; there's a control test for a new mech, and we need your help."

"I'm free! What time?"

"Two p. m., see you at the test field."

After hanging up, Zhou Ming whistled.

Another new mech to play with! He was in high spirits, casually picked up a along‑the‑way order, and headed straight for the west side of the city.

Longyin Research Institute, Crystal Core Testing Lab.

Chen Guang stared at the microscope, his brows furrowed.

Before him was a palm‑sized circuit board integrating over three hundred micro crystal cores.

This is a backup control module for the Heavenly Clerk's mechanical arm, supplied by Longyin's tertiary supplier Huaxin Microelectronics.