Chapter 24: Equipped with Nukes!

Ye Cang's question left the dozen or so researchers stunned, looking at one another.

In the end, the person who had spoken just now explained, "Ahem, this might have to do with the fact that for the past month or so, we've only been sleeping two hours a day and drinking a bit of glucose for meals!"

Hearing this, Ye Cang's eyes widened into perfect circles.

Nani?!

Could it be that his place was so poor they could only drink glucose?!

And why only sleep for two hours? Was someone forbidding them from sleeping?!

Thinking about it carefully, that couldn't be right!

His place was a proper Underground Research Base, not some illegal coal mine!

It was just absurd.

Just as Ye Cang was about to say something, the person who had spoken earlier had already arrived in front of him, grabbed him, and started walking toward the depths of the base.

While walking, they said, "Chief Engineer Ye, we can talk about our situation later; we are living just fine right now, nothing is wrong."

"The most urgent matter is for you to come and see this with us!"

At this moment, Ye Cang finally reacted, and he immediately let out a sharp, explosive shout.

"You bastards!"

"You've all turned into skeletons, what is there to look at? Hurry up and go get some rest, we'll talk after you've rested!"

"And why are you drinking glucose? Did someone cut your food rations?!"

"Tell me, who has the guts to do that? I'll beat them into a sieve!"

By the time he said this, Ye Cang was already red-eyed with anger.

What kind of joke was this? Their current state was entirely due to them pushing themselves; who knew when they might just drop dead!

However, Ye Cang's words were ignored by the researchers.

"Chief Engineer Ye, look at this first. We've finished the Luan Bird from the Nantianmen Project! And we made a few small modifications; its size, for instance..."

Watching the researchers ignore him, Ye Cang couldn't help but twitch his face.

Now Ye Cang understood; it must have been them, for the sake of research, constantly compressing their own time for eating and sleeping.

And then they ended up like this!

One had to know, everyone here was a top-tier talent in their respective fields; if even one person were to sacrifice themselves, it would be a huge loss!

Not to mention that all dozen or so of them were in this state.

Thinking of this, Ye Cang stopped being polite and used his own method to resolve the matter.

"I am Ye Cang! All soldiers, assemble immediately! We have a mission!"

Ye Cang's shout was very loud, echoing far through the Underground Base.

At the same time, it left the researchers on the side completely confused.

What happened? Why the sudden emergency assembly for the soldiers?

Just as they were wondering.

Except for the soldiers on guard duty, all other soldiers had already arrived to assemble.

Looking at the soldiers, Ye Cang said, "Tie these researchers up, throw them into the bedrooms, and give them some sleep-inducing gas!"

As the words fell.

The soldiers acted decisively, not giving the researchers a chance to speak, grabbing them all and throwing them into the dormitories.

Meanwhile, Ye Cang said to the system, "Hurry and get me the formula for that kind of Nutrient Solution."

"My god, not eating or sleeping to do research, are they trying to die?!"

The system didn't waste words and immediately gave Ye Cang the Nutrient Solution formula he needed.

Subsequently, Ye Cang personally set out to prepare the injectable Nutrient Solution.

While preparing the Nutrient Solution, Ye Cang saw the Luan Bird they had finished.

This fresh-out-of-the-oven Luan Bird looked somewhat different from the one in the design blueprints.

The fresh-out-of-the-oven Luan Bird was huge!

According to Ye Cang's visual estimation, it was at least twice the size of the Luan Bird in the blueprints!

Moreover, the interior of this Luan Bird had many more places to mount heavy firepower.

Ye Cang made a rough estimate; if this Luan Bird were to unleash all its firepower right now, it might be enough to directly destroy a small country.

Thinking of this, Ye Cang couldn't help but give a thumbs up; truly well done!

Besides that, Ye Cang also discovered a very large space inside the Luan Bird.

Based on experience, Ye Cang concluded that this large empty space was also meant for mounting heavy firepower, though as for what kind of heavy firepower, he couldn't guess for the moment.

In his memory, there was no heavy firepower that large.

This question would have to wait for the researchers to wake up and answer for him.

To summarize now, the Luan Bird modified by the researchers was no longer just an ordinary aerospace carrier platform; strictly speaking, it was more like a war machine.

Besides this, Ye Cang also saw the prototypes of two other Luan Birds, as well as a half-finished Profound Maiden fighter, a slightly started Shadow tactical mecha, and a White Emperor Fighter that was still just a sketch.

After seeing all this, Ye Cang let out a sigh.

These people were really risking their lives; to churn out an enhanced version of a Luan Bird in a month, even with a buff, was unimaginable!

It looked like he had to work harder too!

Subsequently, Ye Cang began to focus on preparing the Nutrient Solution.

When the Nutrient Solution was prepared, medical personnel administered it to them via intravenous injection, as this would allow the Nutrient Solution to be absorbed faster, helping their bodies recover more quickly.

After doing all this, the next step was the time of waiting.

Yet this wait lasted for three whole days!

During these three days, all the researchers were asleep, which made Ye Cang's face twitch uncontrollably.

During this time, Ye Cang doubted countless times whether his Nutrient Solution was useless; otherwise, how could they have slept for three whole days!

Just like this, it wasn't until the morning of the 4th day that people began to wake up one after another.

However, what Ye Cang didn't expect was that the first thing the people who woke up did wasn't to complain of hunger or thirst, but to take him to see the Luan Bird.

However, Ye Cang decisively refused them.

And he demanded that they eat first, and whatever matters there were could be discussed after eating.

Afterward, Ye Cang led the group to have a light breakfast.

And after breakfast, they rested for a while.

Only then did the group set off and arrive at the storage site of the Luan Bird.

Immediately following that, someone began to carefully introduce the current Luan Bird to Ye Cang.

"Chief Engineer Ye, after we looked at the Luan Bird design blueprints, we always felt something was missing, so we took the liberty of improving it a bit; we hope you won't be angry."

"For this improvement, we enlarged the Luan Bird and added a number of heavy weapons! Of course, we also improved the Power System by adding more engines; I won't go into the specific details."

"And there's more!"

Speaking of this, the group led Ye Cang to that very large open space inside the Luan Bird.

Standing in that large open space, a researcher said: "Chief Engineer Ye, this is the place we changed the most, and it is also the place we are most satisfied with."

"I believe you must be very curious about what such a large space is used to store!"

"I can tell you clearly, this is used to store nuclear bombs!"

"Furthermore, the other two Luan Birds have the same configuration!"

Ye Cang:!!!

Storing nuclear bombs!

My goodness! This is too exaggerated!

Just as Ye Cang was shocked, someone suddenly said: "Tsk, I think being able to store one nuclear bomb is still a bit too little; it should be two as a baseline!"

"Only then will there be a full sense of security!"

Once these words were spoken, they were met with the approval of the other Research Institute personnel present.

"Mm, I agree!"

"Me too!"

"So shall we work overtime to modify it again? Strive to let the Luan Bird accommodate one more nuclear bomb?"

The words of this last person received the unanimous approval of everyone.

At this moment, Ye Cang, standing to the side, couldn't help but cover his forehead.

How could this group of researchers be so reckless with their lives?

Right now, they are each as thin as a skeleton; if it weren't for him continuously giving them the specially made Nutrient Solution for three days, they would probably be in the ICU by now.

Thinking of this, Ye Cang hurriedly stopped them.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

"I agree with your ideas, but! Your bodies no longer allow for high-intensity overtime!"

"So, you must rest well for a period of time, at the very least a week!"

"After a week, you can talk about other things, okay?"

However, Ye Cang's proposal was directly ignored.

At this time, this group of researchers was heatedly discussing how to let the Luan Bird carry one more nuclear bomb.

Seeing this scene, Ye Cang sighed helplessly.

"That's enough. If you really don't care about your own lives, then you can all go back to your own homes and find your own mothers; I will replace you with another batch of people to complete the Nantianmen Project!"

Once these words were out, everyone present instantly went quiet, not saying a single word.

Seeing this, Ye Cang nodded with satisfaction.

Just as Ye Cang wanted to say something else, Zhizi, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly sent a message.

"Detected a humanoid flying object above Huaxia; do you wish to retrieve the detailed footage?"

Hearing Zhizi's words, Ye Cang was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes gradually turned cold.