71: The mysterious surprise has officially arrived. This is unscientific.

Chapter 71: The mysterious surprise officially arrives. This is unscientific. How did this thing appear?

“I want to know, why do you think I’m like a missionary?” Lu Ze asked with interest.

“Otherwise, your act of giving money… would just be a waste—”

Parker was about to say the last word when Xiao Riben Buller, who was beside him, covered his mouth, not letting him utter a single sound.

“Excuse me, sir, he’s always been a straightforward person,” Buller apologized.

Regardless of why this ‘strange white uncle’ wanted to give them money, saying such things in front of others was simply too ‘impolite.’

“Don’t worry, I’m not a missionary.”

Lu Ze’s mouth curved into a brilliant smile: “However, next time, if you do as I say, you’ll still receive a reward.”

Hearing the word ‘reward,’ both of them felt their hearts skip a beat.

Is this guy getting addicted? And you still say you’re not a missionary?

However, this time Lu Ze held up two fingers: “And next time, my bonus will be two thousand usd.”

“Sir, what do we need to do this time?”

Parker was already a bit impatient, his breathing quickening.

Even Buller’s eyes were shining, his heart stirring.

This was a job that could earn two thousand usd a week, which was considered a high-paying job even in today’s Eagle Country, let alone for them, bottom-tier youths who had been running errands and doing odd jobs, and might not even earn that much in a month if their luck was bad.

“Sir, let me state in advance that we will not do any malicious acts.”

Little chubby Parker’s eyes were alert: “Unless someone causes you trouble, and we help you fight back—that kind of job.”

Parker was naturally very greedy for money, but he also had this minimum principle: never do anything that harms others. He and Buller were good, bottom-tier youths of society, a consensus they had established from the beginning.

Whether it was two thousand usd or twenty thousand usd, once this bottom line was trampled, it would lead to an endless nightmare.

“Don’t worry, this time it’s still about reading and answering my questions. If you answer correctly, you can get two thousand usd.”

Lu Ze shook his head.

He was very optimistic about this pair of ‘Texas tough guys’—they had considerable ambition, and as long as they could stick to their principles, they would complete tasks without hesitation.

If they were absorbed into the organization later, any command he issued would likely be perfectly fulfilled. Dirty and tiring work could be completely handed over to them.

Of course, core members could only be the ‘characters’ played by Lu Ze. Everyone else would only serve as the outermost ordinary organization members, with no right to know the true secrets of the organization, only needing to execute tasks according to instructions.

“Still reading?? Can’t we do something else?”

Parker was dumbfounded. Do you really love making us read that much?

“Reading feels great, doesn’t it, my children?”

Lu Ze threw over a slip of paper he had in his pocket, with several book titles printed on it: “These are the books you need to read this time. You need to keep up the good work.”

After speaking, he decisively turned and left.

It was getting late. If he didn’t go back to get Lucy the green bean cake she wanted, it would be too late.

The moment to absorb them into the organization had not truly arrived yet.

Lu Ze had just noticed that the book Buller was holding was clearly not one of the ones he had previously requested, but rather a famous work, "State and Revolution."

However, this was far from enough. Currently, the two of them had only felt the ‘dark side’ of Eagle Country and even this world through books, but these ‘Texas tough guys’ had not yet truly achieved enlightenment, a true enlightenment like at Longchang.

Over here.

Watching the 'middle-aged white uncle' walk away, Parker gritted his teeth: "Damn it, even if he's a missionary, so what? As long as he gives money, it's fine."

Anyway, he wasn’t a devout believer. Getting one or two thousand usd a week just for reading books—where else could he find such a good deal?

Forget about believing in religion; even if you said the Earth was flat, or created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster, Parker would believe it.

“Are these those kinds of books again?”

Buller frowned, looking at the book titles written on the slip of paper in his hand.

As expected, they were similar to books like "Das Kapital," "The Wealth of Nations," and "The Accumulation of Capital."

However, these books were more profound than the previous ones, analyzing the entire capitalist social class more comprehensively.

A huge question deeply emerged in his mind: what exactly did this ‘uncle’ want to do?

Was he trying to train the two of them to be ‘sociologists’?

While Parker and Buller diligently read these books, absorbing the knowledge day and night, striving to get the next two thousand usd reward.

Time quietly arrived on Monday.

While Lu Ze and others were still immersed in sleep at night, the Xiao Riben stock market had already opened.

After the sharp drop in the global futures market at the close on Friday, this panic had fully fermented over the weekend.

Most people believed that once the Tokyo Stock Exchange opened, a terrifying plunge would ensue.

However, over these two days, well-known Xiao Riben media such as Yomiuri Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun, as well as major TV stations, invited many financial and economic experts to argue from various angles for one claim.

That is, Xiao Riben’s carbon fiber technology still maintained its global lead, and Friday’s sharp drop was merely an extreme event. Toray Industries still had considerable room for its market value to rise.

However, this kind of rhetoric was clearly a joke to most stock investors and traders.

“Technological leadership? How many tons of carbon fiber material can Toray produce in a year?”

“With the complete loss of the mid-to-low-end market, how can it maintain its terrifying profits?”

“It is said that Da Xia is about to develop T1000 strength-grade carbon fiber materials.”

The market’s panic could not be dispelled by a few words from these ‘experts.’

Sure enough.

At 9 AM Xiao Riben time, during the opening auction phase.

Toray Industries’ stock plummeted like a thousand miles, instantly evaporating 10% of its market value.

Even all companies in the entire materials sector saw their market values generally drop by more than 5%, and the Nikkei index, which had risen 3% on Friday, reversed to -2% at the opening.

However, there were also a few big fools who actually believed that absurd claim and planned to buy the dip at a low price.

Apparently, their imagined dip-buying landed them at the top of the mountain. Toray opened with a limit down, triggering circuit breakers twice, with its market value evaporating over five billion usd, and the Nikkei index’s largest single-day drop also exceeded 5%.

Hundreds of billions of usd in funds completely disappeared without a trace in this bizarre financial market within just a few minutes.

The only winner in this carbon fiber war was Da Xia.

“Is one squadron of J-20s enough?”

Zheng Lixing looked at the K-line chart, so delighted he didn’t know which way was up: “I think a large group of prototypes should be built first, otherwise how can we test anything?”

H-20 several hundred million usd each? Build them! Let’s have ten to try out!

J-20 costs seventy to eighty million usd each? Build dozens of prototypes to play with!

Zhang Yuli, beside him, didn't stop the old man's fantasy; even he felt that the previous research and development might have been too conservative!

After all, it's just money, isn't it?

Aren't the 'kind people' from Xiao Riben and Wall Street continuously delivering it to Da Xia's doorstep?

Eagle Country.

The morning sun cast its rays on the ground, sweeping away the chill of the night.

[Achievement Points: 10000.]

[Replication Chances: 2 times.] (Refreshes once every Monday.)

Looking at the information displayed on the light screen in his eyes.

“It’s Monday, huh? I wonder when Lucy’s mysterious surprise will arrive?” Lu Ze muttered to himself as he walked to the LLNL Laboratory.

Replication chances have all refreshed; everything is ready, only waiting for the east wind.

He just didn't know what this mysterious big guy was, that could make the entire LLNL Laboratory so secretive.

Just as Lu Ze was thinking about these things, Lucy suddenly walked towards him.

She was holding a cup of milk tea and several pineapple pies, eating breakfast and saying, “Lu Ze, let’s go.”

“That thing arrived at the maintenance center last night, we can go check it out now.”

This time, not only Lu Ze but even she had developed a considerable curiosity, which was why she was in such a hurry to go visit.

After all, there weren't many people at the maintenance center at this time. If they waited another hour or two, it would be difficult, as this level of classified technological item wasn't something just anyone could access.

“It’s here?”

Lu Ze’s heart filled with joy, and he quickly followed Lucy’s pace.

After waiting for so long, was the mysterious veil finally going to be lifted?

Twenty minutes later, it was still the same maintenance center, covering over a thousand acres.

Inside the factory building of the weapon equipment storage area.

Lu Ze saw all sorts of weapon equipment he had seen before, and even the F22 he had previously replicated was still placed in its original spot, unmoved.

As for what that mysterious guy was?

After looking around, Lu Ze firmly fixed his gaze on the spot next to the F22.

He was too familiar with this thing!

‘At this point in time, has Eagle Country already completed all its research and development?’ Lu Ze’s brows furrowed into a frown.

How could it be this? Why would this thing suddenly appear at the LLNL Laboratory?

This is unscientific!

(Second chapter.)

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