I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 499 - 497 Damaged Titan

In front of the Research Center’s gate, a transport vehicle is unloading a Titan from its cargo.

This is the first batch of Titans returning from the disaster zone. Due to malfunctions and the wear of spare parts, repairs are no longer feasible on-site, so they must be brought back for major repairs.

For this reason, Chen Xin and the researchers involved in the design and manufacture of Titans gathered around the transport vehicle.

Watching a Titan with scratches all over its surface, looking like an excessively used battle-damaged version being unloaded from the vehicle, Chen Xin couldn’t help but shake his head, "How did it end up like this? Even with overuse, it shouldn’t be in such a state!"

Regarding this batch of Titans, Chen Xin considered them his creations, treating them like the Gundam models he used to play with.

Now seeing a Titan turned into a battle-damaged version, Chen Xin felt like a cherished model was ruined by reckless kids. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Although Titans are not models, and this isn’t ruined by reckless kids, Chen Xin still felt uneasy looking at the shabby state of the Titan before him.

"Sorry, Academician, we encountered building collapses during the reconstruction efforts. Two Titans ended up beneath the debris, and that’s why they’re like this. It’s our oversight!" Among the Titans brought back, there are two in total, and the operators immediately approached Chen Xin to apologize.

Hearing that the Titans were buried underneath the rubble, Chen Xin nodded slightly and asked the two operators, "Building collapses? How did you handle it? How did the Titans perform in such scenarios? Do you think there are areas that need improvement?"

Despite feeling displeased about the Titans being in such a state, Chen Xin didn’t let it affect him and earnestly inquired about the situation.

The two operators exchanged glances, and one of them explained to Chen Xin, "We were piloting two Titans to clear building rubble, while several ordinary workers were assisting us. The building collapsed again.

When it fell, we used the Titans to shield the workers as protection, the bricks crashed onto the Titans, and buried them completely, causing varied levels of damage to the Titans."

"The damaged parts are mainly the protective armor on the Titans’ backs and the arm sections. At that time, the building rubble pressed down on the Titans, and it was solely relying on the arms and legs to hold up that prevented the workers from being crushed to death," supplemented another operator, detailing the situation to Chen Xin: "Due to bearing too much weight, the Titans’ arms suffered significant damage, and the support structures on the back also deformed.

We ran out of spare parts locally, and some damages could not be repaired, so we had to bring them back for repairs.

As for the areas you feel are lacking, we’ve discussed with other operators before, everyone feels that the arm parts’ wear is particularly severe, but the fast consumption is from the load-bearing structural parts."

"Are the arm parts worn out severely, and the load-bearing structural parts consumed the fastest?" Upon hearing this, Chen Xin nodded knowingly.

This situation is somewhat anticipated by Chen Xin, as the disaster relief work mainly requires Titans to use their arms to transport building debris and some heavy objects, and actions like these naturally involve the most usage of arms, while the load-bearing structure bears the most pressure.

Thus, subsequent Titan engineering models will naturally strengthen their arms, adjust worn parts, and enhance and upgrade the load-bearing structure where consumption is high.

The two Titans brought back are sent to the laboratory where they will be disassembled.

Along with the two Titans, the worn-out parts are brought back for analysis and identification to study precisely why they were worn out.

Watching the outer shell of both Titans being removed, revealing the internal structural components, Chen Xin approached one of the Titans and observed it carefully.

He discovered that the part wear and consumption on the upper limbs of both Titans were generally more severe than the lower limbs, especially the auxiliary support parts used for enhancing stability on the legs, which appeared as if they had barely been used since installation.

"It seems the stability of the Titans is better than we anticipated; the auxiliary support components don’t seem necessary for every Titan!" commented a researcher standing beside Chen Xin, who also noticed this point.

Chen Xin agreed, affirming, "I observed in the disaster zone that Titans, due to their weight, maintain stability well, even standing firmly on snow and ice surfaces without experiencing balance instability or slip issues caused by humanoid structure, which was a concern initially; thus, the auxiliary support components were indeed used less."

"For future models, should this component be removed?" the researcher asked Chen Xin.

Contemplating this, Chen Xin shook his head, replying, "No, let’s wait for the analysis results to decide."

Although Chen Xin could easily use the system’s powerful functions to directly remove this auxiliary support component and adjust the Titan’s structure, he doesn’t plan to do so.

Chen Xin relies on creativity and the powerful functions of system upgrades to build Titans, so he can rely on intuitive ideas or sudden inspirations to proceed.

But the country’s design and research for any device clearly cannot proceed with such impulsiveness. Every technical modification needs step-by-step verification and thorough consideration based on actual conditions.

Additionally, every modification still requires various tests and validations to become final implementations on the device.

If Chen Xin were to handle everything and solve every problem with the system, it would deprive the design team of training opportunities and eventually cost them their capacity to design independently, leading them to always rely on Chen Xin, which would be detrimental.

Therefore, even though the system’s upgrades provide a straightforward way to solve many problems, Chen Xin still wishes for these researchers to utilize conventional methods to address issues.

After all, both Titans and other equipment are intended for mass production. If the research team is incapable of handling all sorts of problems and lacks understanding of the Titans themselves, they wouldn’t be able to resolve issues encountered during usage or develop future models, which is detrimental to the country.