Cutting-edge technology: Starting with individual stealth equipment

Chapter 2 unlocks the first technology.

After leaving the conference room, Lin Chuan returned to his office.

He closed the door, sat down at his desk, and then his consciousness entered a hyperdimensional space.

[Task Completed]

[Reward: Tech Points ×1]

[Currently available technology points: ×1]

[Would you like to spend 1 tech point to randomly unlock a technology?]

Seeing that the mission was actually completed, Lin Chuan was invigorated and immediately decided to unlock a technology to see what it was all about.

Lin Chuan tapped his hand, feeling a sense of excitement and anticipation from the random unlocking mechanism, which gave him the feeling of playing a lottery. "Please, please don't unlock some outrageous anti-gravity technology right away..."

With the current level of industrial development in 2010, there was simply no foundation for it to be realized; even if it were unlocked, we could only watch helplessly.

After a moment of contemplation, Lin Chuan decided to unlock the first technology.

Looking at the holographic information window in front of him, he decisively confirmed.

Countless shimmering branches of the technology tree flashed before his eyes: basic materials, energy technology, information intelligence, life sciences, deep space exploration...

Each branch seems to extend into the endless distance, but all the technology trees are locked.

After a short wait, a new information window appeared.

[Unlocked successfully]

[Unlocking Technology: Optical Stealth Individual Combat System]

[Category: Basic Materials & Metamaterials Applications / Advanced Manufacturing & Military Equipment]

[Complete data has been saved and can be accessed at any time, including: graphene metamaterial stealth skin fabrication process, mathematical model of electromagnetic wave circumvention effect, adaptive background matching algorithm framework...]

Lin Chuan immediately began reading the information intently.

On the technology tree panel of the Hyperdimensional Library, a cursor was lit up for the Basic Materials category.

He clicked the cursor, and a new window immediately appeared, containing complete technical details, including complete technology tree diagrams, theoretical derivations, and experimental data.

Although no physical object was provided, it was no different from an open-book exam.

In the hands of an ordinary person, even an open-book exam wouldn't be a success, but for Lin Chuan, it's practically cheating; he is a top genius in high-tech.

"It's alright, at least it's something that can be made in modern times."

Lin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief after reading it. Fortunately, it wasn't some kind of anti-gravity technology that couldn't be achieved at the moment.

Lin Chuan continued reading the technical materials, becoming increasingly engrossed.

Many of the technical difficulties that had been troubling him became clear after he saw the answers.

The core technologies of the optical stealth individual combat system mainly consist of graphene metamaterial stealth skin and adaptive background matching algorithm.

Lin Chuan suddenly realized and muttered to himself, "So it turns out that graphene films with specific layered structures have an unusual light transmittance to visible light, and there are also new applications of optical metamaterials. This material really has many wonderful uses."

In his previous life, Lin Chuan remembered that a genius named Cao Yuan had also made a major discovery in graphene materials. It was a material system called "magic-angle twisted three-layer graphene" that exhibited superconductivity.

Stealth skin made from graphene metamaterials achieves a "circumvention" effect on electromagnetic waves in specific bands, including visible light, infrared, and radar, by precisely controlling the electromagnetic parameters of the material. This is yet another completely new property.

However, this is not "transparency" in the traditional sense, but rather allows light and radar waves to "flow" through the body, presenting a background image in the observer's eyes.

If all you see is the background image, then it's practically invisible.

Obviously, if used in the military, it could be made into individual combat uniforms that would make soldiers invisible.

Moreover, the unlocked technology is a triple stealth system combining optics, infrared, and radar – truly cutting-edge technology.

Furthermore, this technology is not limited to individual soldier equipment.

Theoretically, it can be applied to various large equipment such as airplanes, tanks, and even warships.

While it is theoretically possible to use it on large equipment, it is difficult to achieve in the short term.

The first reason is that its production cost is too high, and its maintenance cost is also high.

If such a stealth material were applied to large equipment, the sheer volume of material required would be prohibitive given the current economic level.

In the short term, it can only be used for individual soldier applications, and individual soldier combat applications cannot be made into a large-scale, regular practice.

Even if only a small number of applications are used to create an elite stealth special forces unit, it is still incredibly powerful.

If a special operations team with stealth capabilities were to infiltrate behind enemy lines, it would be like a dragon roaming right under the enemy's nose.

To achieve optical invisibility, in addition to graphene metamaterial skin, a crucial adaptive background matching algorithm is also needed.

The skin surface needs to integrate a large number of densely packed micro sensors, which is one of the reasons for its high cost. These sensors can collect the spectrum and texture of the surrounding environment in real time and control the color and brightness changes of the skin pixels through edge computing to achieve seamless integration with the background.

With a response time of less than 0.01 seconds, it can be said to be instantly invisible.

The unlocked technology is also equipped with an intelligent weapon system, a modular assault rifle wrapped in the same stealth material, the gun body can also change color with the environment, and adopts electromagnetic acceleration and silencer structure design, with no flash, no smoke, and a gun sound of about 30 decibels.

A sound of about 30 decibels is equivalent to the loudness of a soft whisper or the ticking of a clock, which is the volume of a very quiet environment.

This weapon is a single-soldier electromagnetic rifle, which is definitely cutting-edge technology on its own.

However, one thing that Lin Chuan couldn't help but complain about was that although the technical blueprints for the electromagnetic weapon were provided, the accompanying high-energy-density battery technology was not.

The stealth skin itself requires continuous power, and the electromagnetic rifle also consumes power.

Lin Chuan reviewed all the data again and found that there was indeed no battery-related technology.

With the current performance of lithium batteries, even if an electromagnetic rifle were built, it would be useless and could only be shelved until energy technology improves.

With current battery technology, it can support approximately 6 hours of continuous operation in stealth mode and up to 15 hours of standby time.

If exoskeletons are used to increase a soldier's carrying capacity, they can carry larger battery backpacks, and doubling the battery life wouldn't be a problem.

Even in 2010, assistive exoskeletons were still in the laboratory and were considered a cutting-edge concept.

The battery life is a bit weak, but it's not unusable.

It can perform tasks such as rapid response and blitzkrieg.

Six hours of stealth capability is enough for a special operations force to accomplish a great deal.

From any perspective, this stealth equipment system is undoubtedly a cutting-edge technological product that is ahead of its time.

Although it only provides an invisibility effect and does not increase attack power, this incredible invisibility ability can be used to deliver a devastating blow to the enemy in many combat scenarios.

Its stealth capabilities are incredibly strong, possessing triple stealth capabilities, according to the performance specifications described in the tech tree.

Optical stealth: When stationary, it blends into the background by 98%, and when moving, it can still achieve 90%. When moving, there will be a slight "heat wave" effect. In daytime scenes, if you stare intently at a certain position with your naked eye, you can still see a slight outline of a human-shaped heat wave. But at night, it is basically no different from 100% stealth.

Radar stealth: Reduces the radar cross-section of Ku-band fire control radar and RCS radar to 0.001 square meters, equivalent to that of a sparrow.

Infrared stealth: The skin has a built-in microchannel liquid cooling circulation system, which can reduce the infrared signature of the human body to within ±0.5 degrees Celsius of the ambient temperature, and the adjustable performance can match the ambient background temperature.

The entire system, including weapons and batteries, weighs approximately 22.5 kg.

In certain environments, such as sandstorms, heavy rain, or dense fog, the stealth effect can decrease by 30%.

Such physical environments naturally have a certain restraining effect on them, and anti-stealth measures can be specifically developed.

For example, if an opponent creates a large amount of colored dust in the area, these dust particles will adhere to the stealth skin and present a very obvious human outline that is visible to the naked eye, which is equivalent to directly revealing the human body.

Although it can be countered by specific physical environments, it still puts the enemy at a significant disadvantage.

If the enemy creates a large amount of air dust in a certain battlefield area, our side can wait in ambush on the periphery, and doing so also actively exposes our position to the enemy.

Furthermore, as long as the other side cannot confirm your location, it can create a huge deterrent effect on them and put immense psychological pressure on their soldiers.

Because he doesn't know whether you've left or not, and he has no idea if you might suddenly appear.

As long as you don't show yourself, you are like a sword hanging over the enemy's head, ready to strike at any moment. They dare not relax for a moment, so they must be on high alert at all times. Over time, they will inevitably become mentally and physically exhausted.

It is evident that in a confrontation between the two sides, the side possessing stealth combat forces has a significant advantage and can firmly maintain the initiative.

This is based on the premise that the enemy already knows that the opponent has stealth units.

If you don't know it, it's an even more unexpected and devastating blow.

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