196: Chapter 196 Artificial Sun

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Over the past few days, the entire world has been in an uproar due to the crazy actions of this company. Someone compiled a list of the top 100 most influential companies in the world and was shocked to find that nearly a third of them now had a new name among their controlling shareholders.

This company was named Third-Party Biotechnology.

Never in history has a company reached this level, and no one knew what the company's purpose was in doing this.

As a result, many people panicked. Street protests and strikes broke out continuously. In the Americas, a protest of as many as 200,000 people was held, demanding that the government conduct a thorough investigation and impose sanctions on the company.

Protesters held banners saying "Oppose Economic Dictatorship," "Reject Umbrella," and "Humanity Doesn't Need Third-Party," blocking the main streets of Wall Street in New York.

In this environment.

The shareholders behind the giant companies whose shares had been acquired were the first to lose their cool. These directors and shareholders couldn't stand suddenly having a new partner. What drove some companies even crazier was discovering that this new partner was also their arch-rival.

Consequently, they intervened one after another, spending vast sums of money to incite this wave of opposition and strategically driving down stock prices. They attempted to force Third-Party Technology to vomit out all its shares by making it unable to withstand the pressure and losses.

Yet, no matter how much of a stir the outside world made, Third-Party Technology did not issue any statement. It maintained a posture of remaining steadfast regardless of the storm, treating these protests as if they were nothing.

In the end, it was these giant corporations that first lost their footing. Instead of forcing out Third-Party Technology, the protests backfired, causing their own stock prices to plummet to rock bottom. The market was filled with wailing, and it even threatened to become the fuse for an economic crisis.

The opponent did have losses, but their own losses were even greater.

It was only then that these giants realized with horror that they were powerless against this company...

Of course, where there were opponents, there were also supporters of Third-Party Technology, especially those whose lives had been changed by it.

For instance, on a technology forum in the Central Continent, in a thread titled "What Ambitions Does Third-Party Technology Company Harbor?", many people were arguing heatedly:

Northern Lone Wolf: [This company is a scourge! Look at the mess things are in now. I suggest sanctioning this company; it's best if it goes bankrupt!]

Snow Lotus Growing in the Desert: [Is the person above an idiot? Who has this company harmed? Don't you know how many lives the Cancer Cure has saved?]

What is a Niuzi: [Just sticking to the facts, what kind of good company sells a piece of gaming equipment for nearly a hundred thousand yuan? It's just a trash enterprise plundering funds. You supporters must have had your brains genetically modified. Are you that eager to be their dogs?]

Hater Crusher: [@What is a Niuzi, no one's forcing you to buy it, so watch your mouth! A bottom-tier loser like you wouldn't be able to afford it even if the world ran according to your wishes for a hundred years.]

Calm and Collected: [According to the data, this is a company registered in our Central Continent region, isn't it? Shouldn't we be proud that such an incredible enterprise emerged here?]

Northern Lone Wolf: [Heh, they've already built their headquarters abroad. Who would give a damn about you?]

Crayon Shin-chan: [Confirmed, the OP is a 500k spy.]

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These arguments followed only two patterns: either starting with passionate mutual insults, aiming directly at the opponent's ancestors for eighteen generations, or pretending to start rationally only to reveal their true colors within three sentences. Ultimately, they all became intoxicated in the restructuring of each other's familial relationships.

While the whole world was shaking because of Third-Party Technology, Lin Fang, atop the Civilization Spire on Ruang Island, also received news from Xiao Hei. A Trade Commission delegation under the United Nations was about to visit Third-Party Technology.

Looking at the composition of this delegation, Lin Fang rubbed his temples. Had they finally lost their patience?

[Boss, the outcome of this visit will affect whether the sanctions from various countries are actually implemented.]

"I'm well aware," Lin Fang chuckled. "That's exactly why I'm thinking about how to deal with them."

"Xiao Hei, what do you think?"

[Boss, you're already prepared, aren't you? Otherwise, you wouldn't have had Professor Yodelion prepare those materials.]

Lin Fang nodded, looking into the distance through the floor-to-ceiling window. "Actually, despite how intense things seem outside, as long as we hold the Cancer Cure as our trump card, it's enough to keep them wary. We have a strong enough bottom line. People are afraid of dying, aren't they?"

Lin Fang paused and continued, "Of course, I can't rule out them taking a desperate gamble, but the possibility is very small. What we've shown isn't yet enough for them to turn against us at all costs."

Xiao Hei said worriedly, [According to calculations, that day will come sooner or later.]

"Then we'll lay our cards on the table. At that time, they'll be the ones worrying about whether I'll turn against them..."

Lin Fang sneered, "Aside from the company and my family, the only thing I truly care about is human civilization itself. I can take a step back and compromise for reality, even suffer a bit of a loss, but that doesn't mean I'll tolerate them pushing their luck."

"I'm just an ordinary person with a small heart. As long as I'm unhappy, no one gets to laugh in front of me!"

[Boss is right.]

The sycophantic Xiao Hei immediately chimed in.

Immediately after, Xiao Hei reported another matter to Lin Fang. Inside the Black Watch Base, the first Nuclear Fusion reactor had been completed, and Professor Yan Wei-geng's team was in charge of the final inspection.

Hmm? Not bad! Lin Fang was delighted. He instantly put the United Nations delegation out of his mind. After taking the elevator downstairs, he boarded the Inner Earth Shuttle, preparing to head to the Black Watch Base.

Inside the shuttle, Lin Fang's thoughts became active. This wasn't some movie world; this was reality.

The emergence of Nuclear Fusion could be described as having monumental significance.

In 1939, physicist Bethe first confirmed through experiments that by accelerating a deuterium nucleus with an accelerator to collide with another tritium nucleus at extremely high speeds, the two light nuclei would undergo a fusion reaction, creating a brand-new helium nucleus and releasing a free neutron.

During this process, a total of 17.6 MeV of energy is suddenly released. This discovery shocked the entire scientific community, and this is the core principle that allows the sun to burn continuously for 4.5 billion years.

Humans developed Nuclear Fusion reactors to controllably replicate this "Artificial Sun" process to obtain clean, endless energy.

But while the technical principle sounds simple, it is extremely difficult to implement. Every step is arduous. In existing human records, only brief reactions have been achieved, let alone actual applications.

But now, this record was being broken in a place unknown to ordinary people.