The meeting on Project Nüwa lasted for several days, and the professionalism displayed by the participants amazed Roland, but what surprised him even more was their energy.
Arguments and debates continued throughout the meeting, often from nine in the morning to seven in the evening, and it was not unusual for them to argue until midnight when they encountered difficult issues. Although most of them were dressed in formal wear, they did not give an inch in the technical field, and the intensity of the debate was no less than that of going into battle naked. Not only were there industry backbones in their thirties or forties, but even the grey-haired seniors were the same.
When people reached this age, it was normal for them to be inarticulate and slow in thinking. However, other than their appearance, there was almost no sign of aging. Not only were their voices loud and clear, but their eyes were also bright and full of expression. When debating, they could often suppress the latecomers by a head. This made Roland believe that the brain was indeed an organ that developed the more it was used.
In the Dream World, he could still rely on the Awakening Force to maintain a high level of concentration, but after waking up, he would feel obviously tired. In order to deal with the contents of the meeting, he had to increase the number of times he slept, using the time in reality to replenish his energy.
Of course, the atmosphere in the project department was not like this from the beginning. At least at the beginning, no one showed much interest, and the focus of the dispute was more on Roland's "settings."
For example, after the destruction of human civilization, the Fallen Evils degenerated into another type of "competitor," as well as Blackfire, elemental purification, and other variants of the Force of Nature that obviously did not match the overall level of technology … Although no one openly questioned whether this was possible because of the Martialist Association and the government's leadership, there were occasional conflicts and responses. They either remained silent, or repeatedly questioned the details under the guise of "for the convenience of work," and naturally, the tone used during the process was not very good.
If Roland had not winked at Ling and the others several times, the Taquila witches would probably have started fighting on the spot.
It was not until the end of the first night that the conflict between the two sides reached its peak.
A chief engineer who specialized in mechanical control stood up and said bluntly. No matter how much they discussed it, it was useless if they could not remember it. Just the matters that were decided in one day were enough for the martialists to digest for several weeks, so it was better to end the meeting earlier next time. Roland clearly remembered that Scroll, who had been silent all this while, suddenly slammed her palm on the table.
After that, the conference room became a stage for her to dominate.
Not only was the content of the meeting discussed, but also who spoke up several times, how many questions were raised from the beginning to the end, and how much contribution was made to the project. This incredible memory ability shocked everyone present. The Chief Master who raised the objection was rendered speechless. For a moment, it was as if everyone present had become his students, and Scroll was his only teacher.
Perhaps it was because she had confirmed the Association's deduction that the Force of Nature had infinite possibilities and was not limited to strengthening the muscles of the limbs. Or perhaps it was because the engineering elites were naturally close to people with high intelligence. Coupled with Scroll's outstanding temperament and appearance, the situation was suddenly reversed.
The next day, there were still occasional disputes, but the focus of the discussion had shifted from the settings to Project Nüwa itself.
Not only that, in a situation where there was no shortage of money or manpower, every "controversial point" that came up in the meeting could be immediately transmitted to the research and development team, and they could test it on the spot to verify its feasibility.
For Roland, this was undoubtedly the most rewarding few days in the Dream World.
According to the suggestion of the chief technical officer, Director Wu, his current focus of improvement should be on the "tools."
The other party's original words were: "Even though we have extremely high precision processing methods and reliable metal raw materials, we still use such a crude machine tool. It's really a waste. Even if we lack electronic control technology, we can use mechanical methods to achieve semi-automatic and precise control. If you had brought it up earlier, you wouldn't have had to put up with these defective products until now. "
Roland did not know whether to laugh or cry. The "defective products" that the other party mentioned were already the pinnacle of what he had learned in his life. However, he completely agreed with the director's evaluation.
Before electronic technology was popularized, pure mechanical equipment had once been developed to the level of "works of art." For example, mechanical computers and the difference engines that were developed from them, but ultimately remained on paper. Anyone who saw the layers of overlapping gears and interlocking screws would feel a sense of pure beauty. However, the advancement of electronic technology was like a torrent, sweeping these huge and complicated machines into the gutter of history in the blink of an eye. Even if he flipped through the textbooks, he would not be able to find the relevant equipment design knowledge.
Now that there was a specialized team to improve the production tools for him and restore these originally vanished mechanical devices, he naturally could not ask for more.
Once the level of the "tools" was improved, not only would it bring about an increase in production efficiency, but it would also reduce the need for manpower. This meant that Neverwinter could use the same number of workers to complete more work, which was very significant for a kingdom with a limited population.
In addition to production machine tools, the New Design Bureau also provided many administrative tools, such as relatively simple mechanical calculators, typewriters, automatic printing presses, and so on … They basically did not need electronic components, and only a few of them could greatly improve the speed of administrative work.
And this part of the content formed the foundation of Project Nüwa.
The content built on top of this suddenly expanded by a lot.
Most of the people in the meeting agreed that strengthening oneself was the most important task to protect the human race from extinction. They had to have the power to resist the degenerated Fallen Evils to have the capital to discuss the next step of development, so the second stage of the discussion mainly focused on weapons.
Considering the conditions given by Roland, the participants did not directly propose a plan that would solve the problem in one step, but instead divided it into three steps — a quarterly plan, a one-year plan, and a five-year plan.
Although the war history of the Dream World provided the best answers to some questions, because the number of "survivors" in the setting was not enough to support a complete industrial system, it was obviously not practical to completely replicate history. Therefore, the experts were more inclined to focus on the development of the few projects that would bring the greatest benefits to the enemy. This was also the original intention of the first two plans — to bring about a radical change in the human's combat ability within three months to a year.
The first and easiest project to be mentioned was a variety of high-performance explosives and propellants.
This was also the current biggest shortcoming of Neverwinter.
If the production process of nitro gunpowder could still be glimpsed from chemistry books, then the information on simple explosives such as TNT and RDX was much less, not to mention the composition and ratio of modern composite gunpowder. Now that the official representative had started this, this gap could finally be filled.
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