Chapter 25

Just as everyone in Tie Lang Gong Fang was immersed in the performance bonus brought by the energy upgrade.

While they were performing a final sprint optimization on their respective equipment.

An unexpected 'external attack' arrived silently.

It almost caused their national-level report preparation work to directly 'crash'.

That afternoon, Feng Yan was in the warehouse together with Li Yang.

Making fine adjustments to the transmission structure of the Iron Wolf exoskeleton.

Trying to squeeze out a bit more potential from Li Yang's newly designed burst-type thrust algorithm.

Wang Hao, meanwhile, was in the corner competing with his ballistic simulation software.

Muttering under his breath, as if engaging in some mysterious communication with the god of aerodynamics.

Chen Guang was repeatedly testing the performance of his laser etching on different materials.

Striving to achieve flawless perfection.

Suddenly, Feng Yan's phone on the workbench began to vibrate violently.

The caller ID showed it was the number of the street office. He answered the phone with some doubt.

"Hello, is this Mr. Feng Yan? We are the Wu Tong Li Street Office."

A rather official-sounding female voice came through.

"Yes, it's me. Hello, what's the matter?"

"Just to notify you, the warehouse your team is currently using, located at No. 77 Wu Tong Li in the old factory area,"

"as well as the surrounding area, including the abandoned factory area behind the hills where you often conduct outdoor tests."

"It has already been listed as a key area for this quarter's 'Urban Appearance and Environment Comprehensive Remediation and Safety Hazard Inspection.'"

"According to the unified deployment, starting next Monday, closed fencing and preliminary cleanup work will be carried out."

"Please, by this date, complete the cleaning and relocation of all items in the warehouse, and cease all activities in the surrounding area."

Feng Yan listened to the content on the phone, feeling as if a basin of ice water mixture was poured from head to toe, instantly chilling to the bone.

He could almost hear the 'thud' of his own heart sinking.

"No… no, comrade, please wait!"

Feng Yan became anxious, his voice rising eight degrees.

"We are the science and technology innovation project team that is a key focus and support of the Yun Chuan City Bureau of Industrial Development!"

"We are making the most critical preparations for the national-level project application report!"

"This warehouse and the test site behind it are crucial to us! Moreover, we had already applied for it with the department earlier."

"Could you make an exception, at least let us wait until after our report is finished…"

"Sorry, Mr. Feng." The other party's tone was polite but indisputable.

"This is a unified action of the city, aiming to eliminate safety hazards in the old factory areas and improve the urban appearance and environment."

"We are merely the executing unit, with no authority to grant extensions."

"All units and individuals within the notified scope must cooperate."

"Please be sure to complete the relocation within the stipulated time; otherwise, any losses resulting from the subsequent cleanup will be borne by you yourselves."

The phone was hung up.

Feng Yan held the phone, frozen in place, his face alternating between green and white.

"Feng bro, what's wrong?" Li Yang sensed something was off, stopped what he was doing and asked.

Wang Hao and Chen Guang also cast inquiring glances.

Feng Yan took a deep breath, trying to make his voice sound as steady as possible.

But the anxiety within could not be concealed at all:

"Bad news. The street office notified that next Monday, here, together with the rear hill factory area where we test—"

"Everything will be sealed off and cleaned up. Let us relocate within a deadline."

The warehouse instantly fell into dead silence.

"What?!" Wang Hao was the first to jump up.

"Next Monday?! What kind of international joke is this! My 'mid-air drawing circles' still isn't finished!"

"Xiao Bai's collaborative algorithm is still being debugged! Move now? Where are we supposed to find a place?"

"Even if we find a place, we'd have to re-layout the power, network, debugging equipment… By the time it's all set, the yellow flowers will be cold!"

Chen Guang pushed his glasses, his face also showing a rare panic:

"Without a stable test site, my laser dynamic tracking demonstration cannot be verified in the field at all."

"Relying solely on simulation, the risk is too great for the report."

Although Li Yang didn't speak, his tightly pressed lips and suddenly clenched fists.

Showing his inner unrest. Many of the Iron Wolf's limit data.

All need that open and relatively safe site to obtain them, and now Tie Lang Gong Fang is also going to be demolished.

Feng Yan felt like he had two heads.

This is nothing short of a disaster out of the blue!

With the report imminent, yet even the most basic 'base' and 'training ground' are about to be taken away?

It's like soldiers are about to go to the battlefield, only to find their barracks and training grounds have all been taken away in one sweep.

"I'll immediately contact the bureau to see if we can coordinate!"

Feng Yan forced himself to calm down, then immediately called Director Wang.

Director Wang also took the call seriously, saying he would immediately report upward and strive for coordination.

But before hanging up the phone, he also helplessly said:

"Little Feng, this city-wide unified crackdown is intense, involves many departments; for our Industry Development Section to turn it around… the difficulty… is huge."

"You need to prepare for the worst and quickly look for a backup plan."

The last hope also seemed to become slim.

The atmosphere in the warehouse dropped to freezing point.

The excitement brought by the earlier technological breakthrough.

They were thrown into disarray by this sudden real predicament.

Amidst the gloom, Wang Hao scratched his already messy hair.

His eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his thigh:

"Wait! Brother Feng! Old Li! Brother Guang! Are we stupid?"

"Isn't there a ready-made perfect solution right before us?"

The three of them looked at him simultaneously.

Wang Hao's face lit up with a "Why didn't I think of this earlier?" grin, his voice booming:

"Come to my place! You remember the 'Vast Universe Fireworks Factory' I mentioned a few days ago? It's in the suburbs!"

"Behind the factory there's a large tract of self-retained wasteland, backed by a small hill."

"It's much more spacious and safer than our backhill factory area!"

"That place, from childhood to now, has been my Wang Hao's exclusive 'high-energy physics and aerodynamics test field'!"

"Those Skyrocket Monkeys that can turn corners and the double kicks that can pierce the sky—all were tested there!"

"Power? Available! Workshop! Ready-made! Site? Plenty!"

"Want to blow… uh, I mean, want to test however you like—just test however you like!"

The more he spoke, the more excited he got, waving his arms and kicking his legs:

"Besides, that place is remote, no one manages it; as long as I greet my dad, there's absolutely no problem!"

"He'd love for someone to come admire his son's 'scientific achievements'!"

A turn of fortune!

Feng Yan froze for a moment, then ecstasy surged in his heart!

Right! How could we forget Wang Hao's place!

For a family capable of developing the "Qian Xuesen ballistic-version Skyrocket Monkey",

providing a test site is nothing!

"Great! Old Wang! You're practically our team's lucky star!"

Feng Yan was so excited he almost wanted to hug Wang Hao.

"Your site is practically tailor-made for us!"

Li Yang and Chen Guang also visibly relaxed, their furrowed brows unfurrowing.

This really is an unexpected perfect solution.

"No delay!" Feng Yan decided instantly.

"Old Wang, contact your family right away to confirm the situation."

"We'll also start preparing immediately, aiming to move the core equipment and personnel over by tomorrow, at the latest the day after!"

"We must get ahead of time!"

"No problem! Leave it to me!" Wang Hao patted his chest.

He immediately pulled out his phone, stepped aside, and chatted with his father in their hometown dialect.

A few minutes later, Wang Hao returned with a victorious smile:

"Done! My dad heard we're doing a national project and was overjoyed!"

"He said the factory happens to have an empty warehouse; tidy it up and it's usable, and the backyard site is ours to mess around with!"

"He also said… he wants to see what kind of 'big firecrackers' his son is actually tinkering with!"

The crisis was finally resolved, hope rekindled.

The warehouse atmosphere instantly rose from freezing point to boiling point.

【Tie Lang Gong Fang Exclusive WeChat Group (Core Core)】

【Wang Hao: (shared an "out of the dark, a bright village" emoji) Brothers! Ready to go to the countryside… uh, I mean, to move into our new R&D base?】

【Chen Guang: Received. I need to plan equipment transport and layout arrangements in the new environment.】

【Li Yang: Hmm. List.】

【Feng Yan: @Wang Hao give your dad our regards! Tell him we'll drop by in two days!】

【Feng Yan: @Everyone act now, sort and pack core equipment and data! Travel light, bring only essentials! We're going to fight a splendid "base relocation battle"!】

【Wang Hao: Don't worry, Brother Feng! My that precious plot will guarantee our "Iron Wolf", "Xiao Bai", lasers and mini-missiles.】

【Wang Hao: They can all be tested freely! Much better than being tied up in this broken warehouse!】