Chapter 1120 - The End of the Century (1/2)

These volunteers would be trained in the Ange Island Astronaut Training Center, currently recognized as the largest and most professional astronaut training base in the world. They would learn the basics of being an astronaut to adapt and combat in space.

These five hundred volunteers were the first group. In the coming year, the member states would also send a total of five thousand volunteers based on assigned quotas to deliver new blood to the burgeoning Earth Fleet.

After the five hundred volunteers settled down, Jiang Chen parted farewell with Wu Changfeng and left the training center. Instead of returning directly to Future Building, he drove to the high-tech park to visit Future Heavy Industries’ factory.

After signing a power export agreement with Hua Electricity Group last time, Hua’s Minister of Transportation made a trip to Xin. After he learned about the cost of the magnetic levitation road, he immediately proposed the idea of introducing the technology to the country.

At that time, Jiang Chen agreed, but Future Heavy Industries was focused on building the magnetic levitation road network on several islands. The production capacity at the time was not enough to develop the overseas markets. Now that the last island was transformed, Future Heavy Industries could begin to focus on international orders.

After he arrived at Future Heavy Industries’ factory, CEO Yang Guanglei took Jiang Chen for a tour and showed him the newly built magnetic levitation production line.

“This new production line is an attempt at automation. It uses a supercomputer to coordinate the production processes. From production, processing, assembly to final delivery, everything is done by machinery. Except for several engineers responsible for maintenance and optimization of the production line, this production line can be said to be completely unmanned!”

Yang Guanglei was quite proud when he made this statement

It was not a steel ingot or a lead bullet production line, but a high-tech product that included hundreds of links!

From the drawing of the graphene circuit board to the assembly of magnetic levitation generating devices, it was completely operated by automated machineries. If the automation could be applied to other fields, it would undoubtedly be a great leap for Future Heavy Industries’ productivity and cost-savings.

Although the focus of Future Heavy Industries was on aerospace, the company was still a pioneer in the civilian field. After all, as social animals, economic benefits were often the driving force for technological advances. History has proved countless times that technological breakthrough often starts with civilians.

As Jiang Chen looked at the black-colored quadrangular pyramidal piles passing through the assembly line, he nodded with satisfaction.

“How many magnetic levitation devices can you produce per month?” Jiang Chen asked Yang Guanglei.

“With sufficient raw materials, we can reach a monthly output of 100,000!”

100,000 was already better than the Sixth Street.

Jiang Chen was quite astounded by the number.

Chu Nan began to push for a magnetic levitation road in the Sixth Street a long time ago. At that time, Jiang Chen learned from the factory responsible for the production of this magnetic levitation device had only reached 50% automation.

He didn’t know what the productivity levels were before the war, but it wouldn’t be too different.

Many times, Jiang Chen felt that the Future Group in his hand was like a silkworm. It slowly digested the technology he brought back from the 22nd century and spat out white and firm silk threads one at a time.

One day, it will turn into a cocoon.

One day, it will break the cocoon and become a butterfly.

In the shambles of the apocalypse, Future Group would give birth to new glory, bringing the world in a more prosperous and beautiful direction.

Now, Jiang Chen already vaguely “saw” the shape of the cocoon, and he could even faintly touch the boundaries of the 22nd century.