Just as the Bean three-wheeler was successfully penetrating all village clusters in the wild, Coastal Automobile Factory seized the opportunity, ingrained every trait and quality of a cunning merchant — that when a toad has any residual oil, they squeeze it to death, even extracting urine without letting go!

Only two weeks later, under Ji Jue's instruction, the brother model of the Bean three-wheeler...

— the Peanut three-wheeler, made a shocking entrance!

Goddamn Peanut!

When Shang Tongwen saw the second three-wheeler brought back by his subordinates, he was utterly distressed.

A thick black question mark, akin to Yin Chaoyang's, surfaced on his forehead, and he just wanted to grab Ji Jue by the neck and question him — what the heck are you doing here?!

Do you seriously plan to fight properly?!

You're clearly addicted to producing small three-wheelers, aren't you?

This pathetic thing, from top to bottom, is a reduced and shrunken version of the Bean three-wheeler, with half the frame cut off, turning the full enclosure into an open-air convertible.

It's the beggar's version among beggars!

Yet it made all the experts gathered again in East City's factory collectively suck in a breath.

Everyone originally thought the Bean was already the pinnacle of corner-cutting, but didn't expect...

There's actually a master at work?!

"So light..."

A newly employed structural engineer leaned under the three-wheeler, tentatively stretching out his hands, and almost effortlessly lifted the entire three-wheeler.

It's practically like a small e-scooter!

Still the same vehicle body with not a hint of paint, still the same meager configuration with nothing but the necessary parts to drive, filled within its shrunken form just two-thirds of the Bean, with wisdom in cutting corners condensed practically into a tangible form.

One can only say, pushing theft to the extreme is art.

The nearly absurd lightweight design often makes one see black spots before their eyes, and in terms of craftsmanship, it reached unfathomable heights...

Seriously, you can steal like this?!

The engineers scratched their heads, looking at each other in disbelief — how did you manage this?

You must know, anyone can cut corners, as long as they're sinister enough, even anti-collision beams and A/B-pillars can be glued together with paper, but that's never the key, the key is maintaining quality, possibly even achieving results more intimidating than overcompensation.

Apart from Yan Jian's miserly design...

What's even scarier is the craftsmanship!

Bang!

In the face of a destructive collision, the entire small three-wheeler flew like a sheet of paper, spinning 360 degrees in the air, landing and rolling all over the ground, debris flinging everywhere.

The rear compartment was flung out.

Yet, the frame and chassis were only slightly deformed.

In fact, change a set of transmissions, and it can still drive...

What's going on? What happened?

"Something's not right..."

Old Deng, focused on materials, examined the chassis, sniffing and knocking it, barely stopping short of licking and gnawing — no, he actually went for it.

This texture, this taste, it's undeniably aluminum and steel alloy!

But the problem is...

Such absurd pressure resistance and impact data, could it be achieved with such a thin layer of aluminum alloy tube and a steel frame as frail as a joke?

Is physics even a thing?

Has physics ceased to exist?!

"Saw! Get me a saw!"

Old Deng had gone red-hot, grabbing a cutting saw, not bothering with gloves or a mask, directly facing the cut, sparks flying, catching in his hair, flaring and dying out.

Other engineers trying to caress the newcomer gently couldn't stop him in time.

As the saw sliced past with a crisp clang, the chassis split in two, and besides the sound of the cutting machine hitting the ground, only heavy breathing remained.

One by one, the gathered crowd converged inside, shoulder to shoulder, all staring intently at the scene at the fracture, unable to pull away.

Contrary to what one might think, it's not a hollow tube; instead, it's packed with countless bubbles, much like a honeycomb, densely distributed within the hollow metal workpiece.

It's as if the chassis wasn't cut open but rather a chassis-shaped hive!

"Metal foam?"

"No, it's not that straightforward, the internal structure is too complex." Processing specialist decisively shook his head: "Normal foaming aluminum simply can't create such a large internal cavity, nor..."

He paused, a dry sigh escaping: "It's not that controllable."

"Secondary processing then? Pre-fabricating the piece, then injecting foaming metal..."

"Look closely at the cut, are there traces? Besides, second, third, fourth, fifth times — doing this requires a vast amount of effort and dedication, calculate it before speaking, will you?"

"3D metal printing?" someone questioned, dubious.

"Don't bring up 3D metal printing technology which hasn't yet reached such exaggerated levels, and even if the Coast pulled something big, have you considered the processing cost?!"

"So, how exactly is it achieved?"

"You ask me, whom the heck am I supposed to ask!"

For a moment, silence, not a word was spoken.

Only resentful glances cast toward old Deng who was the first to cut open the chassis, why are your hands so troublesome?

Before it was cut open, physics was nonexistent; after being cut open, it became the turn of materials and processing...

This fundamentally isn't metal foaming technology!

Normal foamed aluminum is when, during processing, chemicals are injected, forming numerous cavities within the metal to enhance heat resistance, lighten weight.

But are these things the same?

What additive and processing techniques can create such uniform, dense, and even sharply-defined complex structures?

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