219: Chapter 220 The "Independent City" Beneath Yu Mountain! The Last Piece of the Technological Puzzle is Back in Place

The bulletproof Hongqi sedan sped smoothly along the winding asphalt road, its heavy armored tires crushing the pavement with a low, rustling sound.

Secretary Shen Hai of Shanghai leaned back against the leather seat in the rear and lowered the tinted, bulletproof window halfway.

"Salute!"

With a crisp command from outside the car, two fully armed sentries with live ammunition snapped to attention, heels clicking together.

This was already the fourth military checkpoint the car had passed since entering this area.

As for the snipers and firing points hidden in the shadows, even with Secretary Shen Hai's level of clearance, he could not fully grasp the specific coordinate grid.

The driver didn't touch the brakes at all; he pressed the accelerator, and the sedan plunged directly into a dark forest road.

Secretary Shen Hai gazed sharply out the half-lowered window.

As far as his eyes could see.

Yu Mountain, once a famous natural tourism reserve in Shanghai, had been completely erased in terms of its physical outline.

The tall vegetation, which had been crazily cultivated and grown densely over the past two years, was like a green wall of sighs, tightly wrapping around this area.

Through the dense, towering branches and leaves.

Secretary Shen Hai could even vaguely see the special electrified barbed wire fence, several meters high, flashing with cold light in the back.

The bustling noise of tourists that once filled the place had long since vanished.

Around the periphery of Yu Mountain, only a suffocating sense of murderous intent and deathly silence remained.

The car made a sharp turn at the end of the forest road and plunged into a massive underground tunnel disguised as a mountain fault.

Accompanied by the blinding glare of searchlights and the dull sound of hydraulic doors closing.

The bulletproof Hongqi sedan came to a steady stop on a wide underground transfer platform.

The car door opened, and the chief director, Xu Hao, had been waiting for a long time with two assistants.

"Secretary."

Xu Hao stepped forward, skipping the pleasantries, and directly handed a military-grade encrypted terminal to Secretary Shen Hai:

"Ten minutes ago, those Western spy satellites locking onto us just captured this overhead feedback image."

Secretary Shen Hai glanced down at the screen.

On the screen, there were no outlines of any high-tech laboratories.

There were only silent thermal imaging maps of a few rows of extremely dull, ordinary war reserve warehouses and conventional military barracks.

"The electromagnetic interference dome overhead is already running at full power."

Xu Hao raised his hand to point at the unfathomable metal ceiling above, his tone filled with confidence:

"Right now, even if the Pentagon keeps their eyes glued to the satellite lens.

What they see will always just be a worthless, conventional military camp.

Only those inside can see the full picture with the naked eye."

Secretary Shen Hai nodded with satisfaction, tossed the terminal back to Xu Hao, and strode toward the two heavy, high-pressure airtight doors at the end of the platform.

"Hiss—"

With the spray of high-concentration disinfectant mist and the flashing green light of the iris lock, the heavy military-grade steel doors slowly slid open to the sides.

The moment Secretary Shen Hai crossed the threshold, the coldness and murderous intent belonging to the military exclusion zone behind him were instantly torn away.

All that remained was an independent underground city, brightly lit and with facilities so complete they felt almost unreal.

With a huge contrast, it crashed into his field of vision without reservation.

Walking forward along the fully transparent sky corridor, Secretary Shen Hai's gaze was firmly attracted by a massive ecological isolation chamber on the left.

Behind the thick bulletproof glass, artificial wind and snow were dancing wildly.

Several industrial-grade snow machines were roaring at full capacity, forcefully creating a Russian-style ecological ski slope deep here underground.

A few blonde-haired, blue-eyed white men were stepping on snowboards, shouting loudly inside to vent their energy.

And in the next isolation zone right next to it, the light suddenly dimmed.

The artificial dome inside was pressed extremely low, maintaining a year-round state of constant rain and extremely oppressive low air pressure.

Even the air carried a chill and dampness.

"That is a simulated climate zone custom-built for several Norwegian base-level physicists."

Xu Hao pointed to that forever gloomy area, reporting to Secretary Shen Hai as they walked:

"Although there are only a few dozen top-tier core scientists in the entire Yu Mountain exclusion zone.

But in order to completely bind the hearts of this group of foreign 'national treasures,' we have poured every resource we can into it."

The two walked to the end of the living area, and a highly contrasting aroma drifted out from the ventilation ducts.

It was the scent of authentic German roast pork knuckle mixed with Japanese broth.

Secretary Shen Hai stopped and glanced at the fully enclosed central restaurant.

"To ensure the appetites of these dozens of people, all the top-tier ingredients, including the master chefs and service staff inside who are proficient in local American, German, Japanese, and Russian cuisines..."

Xu Hao stepped forward, lowered his voice, and his tone carried an extremely cold strictness:

"They were all secretly transferred from the three neighboring provinces and cities.

Everyone had to hand over all electronic devices and cut off all external communication before coming here."

"Furthermore, they wore specially made fully enclosed blindfolds the entire way.

In windowless tactical box trucks, they were driven around national highways hundreds of kilometers away for three days and three nights.

Only after their biological clocks were completely disrupted and all sense of direction was stripped away were they finally sent into this underground city."

Xu Hao looked at the figures busy in the restaurant, his eyes calm:

"Before this project is completely exposed.

They won't even know if it's day or night here, let alone figure out the physical coordinates of Yu Mountain."

The two passed through the living area, and their steps finally stopped outside a clean-room isolation chamber flashing with red light.

Here was the true heart of the entire underground city of Yu Mountain: the core laboratory.

Xu Hao took a deep breath.

He held up a physical confirmation report stamped with multiple top-secret seals and solemnly handed it to Secretary Shen Hai.

"Secretary, the final piece of the puzzle has completely fallen into place."

In Xu Hao's originally cold and strict voice, there was now a trace of uncontrollable, trembling ecstasy:

"The three most peripheral consumable technologies that General Shen brought back from the Koreans earlier.

Just early yesterday morning, led by Victor Zima's team, they all completed the final technical conversion and real-machine closed-loop verification!"

Secretary Shen Hai flipped open the report abruptly.

His fingertips brushed over those lines of glaring data representing the peak of industrial crystallization.

Even with his composure as steady as Mount Tai, a few veins bulged on the back of his hand, and his breathing became noticeably heavier.

"Less than three years..."

Secretary Shen Hai stared fixedly at the bright red "100%" conclusion at the end of the report, muttering to himself.

"Yes! Less than three years!"

Xu Hao straightened his back abruptly, a sharpness like a drawn sword erupting in his eyes:

"We have completely broken through the localization of the cold-carving architecture!

From today on, let alone the most cutting-edge etching equipment.

Even for the most fundamental semiconductor silicon wafers, which consume the most industrial heritage, we have already achieved complete self-sufficiency!"

Xu Hao turned his head and, through the thick explosion-proof glass, stared fixedly at the black behemoth silently operating in the laboratory:

"The current semiconductor industry in Huaxia is fully capable of 'weaning itself off' the entire industrial chain.

We no longer need to look at the expressions of any overseas financial conglomerates!"

Secretary Shen Hai closed the top-secret report with a "snap" and returned it to Xu Hao.

He turned around, no longer looking at the pitch-black behemoth in the laboratory.

Instead, he walked to the heavy isolation iron door he had come through and stopped.

Secretary Shen Hai looked back one last time.

His gaze passed through layers of bulletproof glass and security checkpoints.

He took a deep look at this bustling city that had been smashed out of the ground to protect the lifeline of Huaxia's technology.

Every person and every machine inside was a sharp blade about to pierce the heart of Western hegemony.

Afterward, Secretary Shen Hai turned back without hesitation and strode out the door leading to the outside world.

"Boom—Click!"

Accompanied by the dull locking sound of the heavy, multi-ton military-grade steel door behind him.

The brightly lit exclusion zone was completely sealed off in the darkness.

Secretary Shen Hai went all the way up along the secret tunnel until he stood in front of the bulletproof Hongqi sedan again.

He didn't get into the car immediately.

Instead, he raised his head and looked at the sky over Yu Mountain, which was tightly shrouded by dense vegetation and heavy night.

A night breeze mixed with the heat of early summer blew by, and Secretary Shen Hai's gaze became sharp in the night.

It was as if he had already crossed the vast Pacific Ocean and seen the violence and panic on the other side of the ocean at this moment.

"In the first half of this year, we have unilaterally and completely cut off all imports except for computer and memory chips."

Secretary Shen Hai reached out to open the car door, his voice deep and cold, carrying a pressure like Mount Tai:

"With the terrifying sense of smell of those vampires on Wall Street.

By now, the international community must have already noticed the fatal abnormalities in the import and export data."

He sat into the rear leather seat, one second before the door slammed shut.

He threw the final, resonant tone-setting remark to Xu Hao, who was standing outside the car seeing him off:

"Tell everyone, abandon all illusions.

Next, get ready to welcome a real hard battle!"