In the next few days, the weather remained sunny.
The Rocket Launch Center soon made a decision.
They would begin the second round of satellite launches.
After all, according to the weather forecast, it wouldn't rain for several days.
Perfect weather for launching satellites.
So she made the decision immediately.
All the satellites Takumi had provided would be launched.
She even modified the satellite carrier device so that multiple satellites could be placed at once.
Based on her calculations, the current rocket could definitely handle it.
The rocket she designed hadn't yet shown its full power.
Clearly, launching several satellites at once was possible.
During the rainy days, she wasn't idle either.
That was when she created the multi-satellite launcher.
For this launch, the device could finally be used.
Earlier, she had already instructed the staff to prepare the rocket.
After checking repeatedly to ensure there were no issues, she didn't hesitate and immediately launched it.
Takumi, sitting in the yard, saw the rocket lifting off in the distance.
He watched with great interest.
After waiting for almost a minute, the ascending rocket disappeared into the clouds.
Soon after, the rocket returned, and the communication satellites began operating.
When Takumi received the news through Nuwa, he immediately accessed the system's network backend to inspect it.
The current signal was indeed connected to the satellites in the sky.
Also, the weather satellite's signal had become stronger.
Not only that—Takumi could sense a weaker signal coming from the direction of Snezhnaya.
Upon noticing this, Takumi became curious.
Had they already developed their own network?
Although the signal wasn't as strong as Liyue's…
And the transmission speed wasn't as fast…
It was clear that the people of Snezhnaya had already established a network.
With just a glance, Takumi saw countless vulnerabilities.
To anyone who knew even a little about computers, the multinational networks were filled with holes.
But this was only the beginning.
He assumed the flaws would gradually be patched.
While poking around the new network, Takumi could clearly see the alchemists of Snezhnaya constantly modifying and improving it.
Their network infrastructure was also being laid out.
In other words—Snezhnaya was fully planning to go online.
Inside their network, Takumi found traces of code.
Some of it was obviously based on programming books he wrote.
Seeing this, Takumi smiled.
"Nuwa."
"Did you detect the networks in the other nations?"
Nuwa's voice responded.
[Already detected.]
[Do you want me to take control?]
Take over?
Takumi was speechless.
"No."
"You don't need to interfere."
"Just monitor them quietly and collect data."
Takumi didn't intend to intervene.
At this stage, they were just getting started.
Taking over their network now?
That would be too much.
Hearing him, Nuwa answered immediately:
[Understood.]
Takumi's commands were absolute.
Since he said so, that was what she would do.
Silently implanting a backdoor in the new network, Nuwa began monitoring.
At the same time, she copied any useful information from Snezhnaya.
But there wasn't much important data yet.
Mostly trivial news.
Takumi checked for a while.
Soon, he lost interest.
It seemed they didn't upload anything sensitive to the network.
However, Takumi still learned something useful.
For example—they had begun producing mobile phones.
And they were making their own cars.
There were even military aircraft.
When he saw that, Takumi paused.
Military aircraft?
Good grief.
Takumi had been too lazy to develop aircraft, but Snezhnaya had already started mass development.
It seemed Snezhnaya was truly opening up.
Should he visit them?
Maybe he should ask her to run some errands or hammer in some nails.
A mischievous smile appeared on his face.
Since Celestia was his ally, Takumi didn't need to worry much.
Thinking it over, he still wasn't in a hurry.
Military aircraft?
Takumi had already produced designs for them, but never went into mass production.
The mechanism workshop held several blueprints.
Perhaps it was time to build some.
When the time came, he could show them off to the people of Snezhnaya.
Add some pressure.
Maybe even build bombers.
Then conduct live-fire exercises.
A round of bombing over the sea.
Although bombers meant nothing to gods or the truly powerful…
Most nations didn't have many strong fighters.
So such weapons were still very useful.
As for warships—there was no need to mention them.
To be blunt, Liyue was the naval overlord of this world.
In a real naval battle…
No nation could resist the fleets Takumi had created.
Thinking this, Takumi enthusiastically sent orders to the mechanism workshop.
Mass-produce fighter jets.
And train pilots.
The workshop received Takumi's sudden orders with excitement.
They had been idle for a while.
After finishing the rocket project, the rocket department separated from them.
Leaving them with nothing to do.
Now they finally had work.
Takumi wanted them to produce airplanes.
They had long wanted to mass-produce them.
Previously, they had built only a prototype.
Then the project stopped.
Takumi never instructed them to continue.
But today…
He finally gave the order.
How could they not be excited?
Everyone immediately prepared for production.
Meanwhile, Takumi had Nuwa calculate the costs.
How much to produce one aircraft.
How much to produce a hundred.
The ammunition costs.
All of it.
After receiving the numbers, Takumi instructed Nuwa to notify the finance department.
They were to prepare funds and transfer them to the mechanism workshop.
Also, Takumi planned to build a military airport.
The chosen location was near the satellite launch center.
These expenses were approved immediately.
He submitted the documents to Guiliyuan's administrative terminal.
Including the airplane manufacturing project.
Those documents appeared on the system for everyone to see.
Many people received the notification instantly.