Meng Hao found this extremely troublesome.
Even more so.
To be precise.
It wasn't just about the launch of the Dangui submarine.
Judging by the current development.
The final size of the finished Dangui would likely be as large as two buses.
Equivalent to the scale of four or five ordinary civilian RVs.
It was important to note.
Even though Meng Hao was a research genius, with system-enhanced capabilities and an extraordinary mind, he was still just one person.
As a natural human.
Piloting a conventional electric-powered submarine the size of four or five RVs was simply impossible.
One had to consider sonar, shielding and stealth, as well as hundreds of other indicators like power systems.
Submarines, unless serving as shallow-water vessels, require a team of at least ten people to operate if they are capable of diving hundreds of meters deep.
It was worth noting.
Even ordinary, bus-sized light tanks have a crew of four to five people.
Meng Hao was no Nezha, who could have three heads and six arms. Well, even Nezha could only function as three people at most, and still couldn't pilot a submarine.
Therefore.
It was imperative to introduce an artificial intelligence module.
Regarding AI programming.
The system could indeed provide the necessary exchanges.
However.
These computers were all connected to the US military's computer systems.
If code were to be inputted there, it would undoubtedly be stolen.
But.
This posed no obstacle to Meng Hao.
After requesting several PC terminal computers.
He proceeded to disconnect the network cables and wireless network cards.
After all.
Artificial intelligence only required powerful computational capabilities and did not need to be connected to the network. However, once the AI was activated, Meng Hao wouldn't mind throwing a copy to directly hack into the US military network.
This was far more powerful than ordinary hackers.
Another seven to eight days of seclusion.
After requesting a large quantity of mechanical arms, copper rings, and other materials.
The personal computers provided by the US, which were not connected to the network and possessed powerful computing capabilities, were transformed by Meng Hao into semi-artificial intelligence robots.
Why semi-artificial intelligence?
Even with the AI software code provided by the system, it still required extensive network connectivity.
However.
Under the current circumstances, Meng Hao could not connect the half-baked AI to the network. Otherwise, with the current detection technology of the US, such an incompletely formed AI would certainly be intercepted.
Looking at the extremely agile, yet entirely non-sentient semi-AI robots in front of him, continuously welding, splicing, and assembling the Dangui according to his instructions.
Meng Hao finally had some respite.
Next.
What he needed to do was to continuously design and refine the overall structure of the Dangui.
These administrative tasks could be completely handed over to these semi-AI robots.
During the day.
While Meng Hao was awake, the robots were responsible for assembling the Dangui.
And at night, when Meng Hao was resting.
These robots were responsible for digging tunnels beneath the research center, striving to create an underground dock that directly connected to the ocean within a few months, capable of housing the Dangui conventional electric-powered submarine.
It was estimated.
The US side would never dream that.
Meng Hao would excavate an underground dock for a conventional electric-powered submarine at a coastal research center military base.
As the underground dock expanded.
Before it was officially connected to the ocean and filled with seawater.
Meng Hao could even work on the surface, instructing the robots to enter the underground dock to construct the Dangui.
This concealed both the semi-AI robots and the construction of the Dangui conventional electric-powered submarine.
Truly killing two birds with one stone.
It was quite convenient.
...
Another bright and sunny day.
Meng Hao opened the window.
Allowing the salty sea breeze and the coastal sunlight to caress him.
The computer in front of him was a personal terminal completely disconnected from the US physical network.
On this computer, the various complex graphics were completely incomprehensible to that fellow William.
Meng Hao openly used this computer, connected to the underground dock, to control the robots assembling the Dangui.
It had been more than three months since this research center military base was established, meaning Meng Hao had been here for over three months.
For the new energy vehicles designed for Testco, Meng Hao was sporadic, investing no more than twenty minutes a day on average.
However.
The US side did not urge him.
After all.
A new model of car, with a cost controlled within ten thousand US dollars, superior performance to all new energy vehicles on the market, and capable of generating an annual profit of one hundred billion, would be considered extremely fast even if it took three to five years to research and develop.
Therefore.
Even if they knew Meng Hao was openly slacking off, they wouldn't push him too hard. After all, every ten days to half a month, Meng Hao would submit some of the latest research and development design plans to William.
This alone had greatly satisfied the US side.
After all.
For a genius like Meng Hao, as long as he was continuously working, everyone would feel relieved.
Of course.
There was an exception.
Bruce, who had completely let himself go, adopting a "what's the use of worrying" attitude. In over three months, this deputy head of the research center military base had become a universally reviled figure. For him to have brought himself to this state was indeed remarkable. This guy came to trouble Meng Hao every few days.
However.
He was helpless against Meng Hao.
At most, he would mutter in Meng Hao's ear, urging him to speed up the progress, and then report to Vice Admiral Tommy, claiming that he had contributed to Meng Hao's research progress.
Fortunately.
Bruce was also an idiot who didn't understand research.
Even if Meng Hao operated the construction of the Dangui conventional electric-powered submarine in the underground dock right in front of him, he wouldn't understand.
He even thought that his nagging and complaining had contributed to forcing Meng Hao to accelerate the progress.
Even.
Every time he came to urge Meng Hao, he would call Vice Admiral Tommy, stating that he was supervising Meng Hao's work.
This made Vice Admiral Tommy quite pleased.
It seemed.
His previous instruction to Charles to pass a message to Meng Hao had been effective, and Meng Hao was indeed working in front of Bruce.
Vice Admiral Tommy even occasionally reported Meng Hao's work to the White House and Capitol Hill, specifically adding a few words claiming that his nominal nephew, and actual illegitimate son, had effectively supervised Meng Hao and helped Bruce to gain credit. Little did they know, this would become a foreshadowing that would lead to Bruce's downfall.
Regarding this.
Meng Hao couldn't be bothered to explain.
Do as you please.
In any case, he continued to act on his own accord, openly assembling the Dangui submarine under everyone's watchful eyes.
Even.
He would go to the gambling ships arranged by William for a spree every ten days to half a month.
Occasionally, he would flirt with Luna and Zhang Xijin.
Of course.
These actions, which were originally done secretly, later became openly acknowledged. Those gambling ships even remained docked during the day, only departing after Meng Hao had slept enough.
In this regard.
Whether it was Vice Admiral Tommy, William, or other high-ranking military and military base officials, they all turned a blind eye, pretending not to see.