Chapter 383 (1/2)

Translator: _Min_ Editor: Caron_

“Aeros.p.a.ce Technology Research Inst.i.tute?” Jiang Lin was stunned.

From the shape of his lips, Jiang Chen could tell that he was asking in shock: Why me?

“Because I believe in you.” Jiang Chen was direct.

“But-”

Jiang Lin wanted to say that compared to scientists before the war, his abilities paled in comparison, but Jiang Chen interrupted him.

“I know what you want to say, but I want a response now.”

Jiang Lin held his breath.

“… Okay.”

“Excellent, your response is what I wanted to hear.” Jiang Chen smiled.

Seeing as his expression was still perplexed, Jiang Chen paused to explain to him.

“The director of the research inst.i.tute doesn’t have to be the one who has the best research skills – even if your knowledge level is nowhere close to the old experts, I still believe that you will be the one who leads a group of people with the ability to achieve important results. Such as the miniature rocket I saw at your store last time – I still have a vivid impression of it.”

Not just a vivid expression – it was stunning.

In Jiang Chen’s understanding, a rocket would have to be ma.s.sive like a chimney, but Jiang Lin’s observation satellite completely altered his understanding of near-orbital rockets.

“If you wanted that small thing, you didn’t need to start a research inst.i.tute.” Jiang Lin showed a troubled smile.

“You’re misunderstanding me.” Jiang Chen shook his head. “It’s the imagination that counts.”

“Imagination?” Jiang Lin raised his eyebrows.

“That’s right.” Jiang Chen took out a piece of crystal from his pocket. “Look at this, do you know what it is?”

“A crystal?”

“Correct.” Jiang Chen smiled and threw this crystal in Jiang Lin’s hand. “But before I told the blue skins, they didn’t know what it was.”

Jiang Lin looked at the green crystal in his hand as thoughts began to emerge in his head.

“The entire w.a.n.ghai City, or the entire wasteland… The world is no longer the world we were used to. Past ways of thinking wouldn’t be adaptable on this wasteland, whether survival or research. I need you to use your creative imagination, your extraordinary vision to develop aeros.p.a.ce technology suitable for this wasteland.

Jiang Chen stared into Jiang Lin’s eyes as he spoke with seriousness.

It was far more challenging to build a s.p.a.ce elevator on the wasteland compared to the modern world. Just in terms of the dangers of the ocean, there was a vast difference between the two. Although he’d never been to the coast before, Jiang Chen heard some stories from Chu Nan.

Liuding Town was on the better side because it was close to land, so sea mutants were uncommon. But once in the deep ocean, the dangerous level of mutants would rise exponentially. Regarding the battle on earth, only a small portion of the total launched nuclear, biological and chemical weapons actually struck the land. Where did the rest go? It didn’t disappear but was intercepted by the ocean.

With the influence of bacteria, viruses, and radiation, the mutation of the sea creatures was far more unpredictable than the land creatures. But the foundation of the s.p.a.ce elevator had to be built on the ocean surface near the equator.

Other than that, the s.p.a.ce garbage around the near earth orbit and synchronous...o...b..t almost formed a small planetary ring. These factors had undoubtedly increased the difficulty of aeros.p.a.ce exploration.

“Extraordinary vision? You gave me a hard problem.” Jiang Lin smiled, troubled again.

“If it wasn’t hard, why would I need you?” Jiang Chen glared at him.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Lin inhaled deeply.

“Could you give me a general direction? The NAC or s.p.a.ce technology you require is leaning toward which area?”

Jiang Chen thought momentarily.

“Start with collecting the garbage.”

“What?” Jiang Lin looked at Jiang Chen dumbfounded; he didn’t know the meaning of this sentence.

Jiang Chen pointed up in the sky.

“Design a rocket that can be sent to the near earth orbit or the synchronous...o...b..t… Whatever you do, I need you to bring the stuff in s.p.a.ce down, fix it, and send it up again.”

“This… is rather an unscrupulous thought.” Jiang Lin showed his third troubled smile that day.