43: Just call it "Classmate Number"

“A week? Old Zhao, are you sure you can build such a monstrous Intercontinental Ballistic Missile within a week?” Lin Yang hung up the phone after hearing Zhao Zizhen's military pledge.

But Ye Guhong started to get a little nervous.

He didn't understand much about the data, but the power parameters after the modification made him feel that building this thing would definitely not be an easy task.

“Don't worry, with such detailed technical tutorials, and even solutions for material issues, a week is more than enough!” Zhao Zizhen patted his chest, assuring him.

“Are you sure?” Ye Guhong was still a bit suspicious.

“Of course, the power does look terrifying, but strictly speaking, this is an upgraded version of existing missiles. As long as we follow the manufacturing process, there won't be any accidents.” Zhao Zizhen guaranteed again.

“Alright then, a week it is. Any of your demands will be prioritized. You must build this missile!” Ye Guhong's eyes instantly gleamed.

This power was too delightful!

Zhao Zizhen, upon hearing this, rolled his eyes and muttered, “How many will we build?”

“How many? How many do you, old fellow, want to build?” Ye Guhong retorted.

“Of course, the more the merrier.” Zhao Zizhen's eyes shifted.

Ye Guhong then immediately laughed and scolded, “You old guy, the more the merrier? How dare you even suggest that! The Classmate just said that this thing isn't cheap to build. Each one costs at least tens of billions. This is a strategic deterrent weapon, there's no need to build too many at once. Let's make three. One for display, and the remaining two for deterrence!”

“Three, huh? Alright, sigh, Old Ye, it's not me talking, but why are you being so stingy? If you ask me, we should just build a dozen or twenty, and place two in each direction—southeast, northwest—along the border. Then I'd like to see who dares to disrespect us!” Zhao Zizhen smacked his lips.

“Go, go, go, a dozen or twenty? It's easy for you to just say it, but are you going to pay for all that money?” Ye Guhong immediately glared.

“Cough cough, if it's not possible, then it's not possible. Well, I'm going to get busy.” Zhao Zizhen said regretfully.

Ye Guhong then added, “It's not that I don't want to build that many, but the cost is too high. Right now, we need to work on photolithography machine and also the application of Controllable Nuclear Fusion Technology. These all require a lot of money. This modified missile just needs to serve as a deterrent. The remaining money still needs to be used for Controllable Nuclear Fusion Technology. That's the most important thing!”

Speaking of which, he looked at Zhao Zizhen through the screen and said seriously, “What's more, the Classmate only took a few days to research such a terrifying upgraded missile. If we give him more time, he will definitely be able to research even better weapons!”

“So for now, this missile is enough. It just needs to scare those guys from Western countries enough so they don't dare to act rashly. This will save a large sum of money to build truly powerful weapons later!”

Zhao Zizhen immediately nodded, “That's true too!”

Ye Guhong's eyes shone brightly as he reiterated, “Especially, the Classmate just said he's preparing to research spaceships, and that's where we should truly invest completely. For now, let's save what we can!”

“Spaceship…”

At the mention of spaceships, Zhao Zizhen's eyes also lit up, “Okay, what you said makes a lot of sense. Then let's build three first.”

“Hmm, hurry up and get to it. I'll contact the finance department to approve the funds for you. Since the Classmate said he's annoyed with Sakura, we really need to help him vent!” Ye Guhong rubbed his hands.

“I have one last question, what will this missile be called after it's built?” Zhao Zizhen asked leisurely.

“Name…” Ye Guhong pondered for a moment and said, “How about 'Classmate'? What do you all think?”

“Classmate?”

Zhao Zizhen, Tang Wensheng, and Han Zhaoyu were all startled, then immediately said, “Good, let's call it Classmate. We refer to the Classmate as 'Classmate', so this name is quite fitting.”

Sakura.

Lin Yang didn't idle after ending his call with Zhao Zizhen.

After completing the provincial-level artifact collection, he drew a perfect-grade gene-strengthening potion, which immediately energized him!

It would take Zhao Zizhen a week to build the upgraded Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, and Lin Yang didn't plan to sit idle during these seven days.

He planned to completely accomplish the national-level artifact repatriation mission directly in Sakura!

Yes, that's right!

He planned to use this week to directly sweep through all the remaining shang xia wen (chinese) artifacts in Sakura!

However, as he proceeded, Lin Yang found that perhaps due to his previous actions, other guys who possessed artifacts had hidden them particularly deeply.

Some were even hidden directly in safes!

When the system detected this situation, Lin Yang was speechless for a second.

The safes in the rich people's homes were truly like those in movies, all made of bulletproof material, and extremely thick and heavy!

This was clearly a precaution against him!

“Damn it, these little guys!”

Lin Yang cursed, then could only pay extra to have the system help him crack the safe passwords.

A mere safe password couldn't stump him at all!

However, Lin Yang didn't know that his actions directly terrified these rich people in Sakura!

When they saw their own safes opened without any signs of violent prying or smashing, the panic that surged through them in that instant sent chills down their spines!

Furthermore, with news reports, it caused widespread panic and anger among everyone in Sakura!

“Provocation!”

“This is blatant provocation!”

“This is definitely a professional bandit team sent by shang xia wen (chinese)!”

“shang xia wen (chinese) must give us an explanation!!”

The guys of Sakura were all agitated, cursing wildly!

The Sakura government also once again held a press conference with strong wording and a stern attitude, stating that the shang xia wen (chinese) government must give them an explanation, and must also return the donated artifacts received from Sakura, otherwise, their missiles were not to be trifled with!

The attitude of the Sakura government instantly enraged shang xia wen (chinese) Netizens!

“Holy crap, these damned little guys, those artifacts originally belonged to us, how do they have the nerve to demand we return them now?”

“When it comes to shamelessness, who can compare to them?”

“Damn it, I suspect this is a self-directed, self-acted play by them. So many rich people's safes were easily opened; anyone with a bit of sense can see what's going on. Their goal is probably to launch a few of their so-called broken missiles at us!”

“Indeed, these damned guys, as soon as they research a new type of missile, they start demonstrating and provoking everywhere. Truly damnable!”

“…”

Netizens in the country were also filled with righteous indignation.

Because the Sakura government's statement was truly too arrogant!

Lin Yang also saw this statement and immediately sneered.

It had to be said, these little guys indeed had a mysterious kind of confidence.

They dared to use those half-baked missiles to threaten others every day.

He didn't pay attention to the overwhelming online clamor, but continued with the final artifact collection.

As for the explanation Sakura wanted.

After the improved missile was built, Zhao Zizhen should give these little guys a perfect explanation!

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