52: Section 52

But now, this person actually launched a personal attack against Academician Wang, and even against all citizens of Huaguo.

Director Chen was not going to tolerate the other party any longer!

“Seize him!”

“I now strongly suspect he is a criminal from an enemy country's underground organization, who infiltrated here deliberately to sabotage Huaguo's stability and disrupt international order!”

“Take him back and interrogate him thoroughly!”

Swoosh—!!!

As soon as Director Chen spoke, the other Experts, professors, and media personnel were thrown into an uproar.

Of course, the Western media had come with an agenda, so they naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

They immediately pointed their cameras at Director Chen, raising their microphones high as they questioned him: “Sir, by what right are you arbitrarily arresting a professor from another country? You have no authority to do this!”

“We are a nation that champions freedom, and that professor's statement was completely fine!”

“You cannot strip him of his right to free speech!”

“Or are you saying that the Huaguo officials plan to use these crooked methods to arrest all of us, so that no one can prove you are falsifying results?”

“It's useless. The truth will come out, and these despicable methods employed by Huaguo officials will certainly be exposed!”

“Don't think that by denying us the right to broadcast, you can keep this secret. In fact, we already have people who have entered your official Huaguo live stream and recorded everything!”

Faced with questioning from multiple media outlets, Director Chen showed no concern whatsoever.

If they truly wanted complete secrecy, they would never have allowed so many media outlets inside, much less granted some the authority to stream live.

He did this precisely because he wasn't worried about their harassment.

As for the arrested professor, heh.

“Who said I stripped him of his freedom? He can speak, but everything he says will be recorded!”

“Besides, at least I preserved his right to breathe, allowing him to breathe freely. Isn't that better than your 'free' Lighthouse Country?”

“We will not arbitrarily arrest anyone, but we also won't let anyone who violates the law escape our grasp!”

Hearing Director Chen's words, the Experts and media personnel from Lighthouse Country all looked displeased. They raised their eyebrows, wanting to refute him, but they couldn't, realizing that during law enforcement in their own country, they often stripped people of their right to breathe without hesitation.

However, being people from Lighthouse Country, their nature was to skillfully evade the important points and focus on the minor ones, ignoring anything unfavorable and clinging tightly to anything beneficial.

So the media outlets immediately skipped the topic and pressed further:

“But our Experts were right! Your Huaguo officials are just fooling us, talking about five hundred times higher efficiency, talking about progress, talking about sub-one-nanometer technology!”

“Our Professor Colton saw through these added components immediately, recognizing them as mere camouflage for your lies!”

“Your officials clearly mocked us first, and I demand that Huaguo officials apologize and offer compensation!”

They won't shed tears until they see the coffin!

Director Chen sneered, then turned to look at Academician Wang beside him.

“We will let our Expert explain this issue.”

Academician Wang nodded and slowly walked toward the enormous machine that bore a six-tenths resemblance to a 90-nanometer photolithography machine.

“The reason we asked everyone to come at this time is that this is precisely when our process requires the use of this photolithography machine.”

“Before this, we had already prepared the silicon wafer, coated it with photoresist, and etched the designed circuit pattern onto the mask.”

“I trust that with all of your knowledge, you understand what I'm referring to.”

“You are free to observe this process. We will not impose any restrictions, provided you do not maliciously attempt to damage our precious photolithography machine.”

As Academician Wang finished speaking, his hands quickly began operating the machine.

Soon, the photolithography machine was visibly powered on and running.

What confused everyone the most was that all the additional components—which looked like completely superfluous add-ons—also began operating simultaneously, participating in the chip manufacturing process.

It must be understood that the chip manufacturing process is extremely complex and demanding.

Once the technology for a certain chip is established, its manufacturing process is rigidly fixed. Even a minor external change in the procedure can lead to chip damage!

In severe cases, it could even affect the components of the photolithography machine itself!

Especially since Huaguo was using this old machine that clearly looked identical to a 90-nanometer photolithography machine, they absolutely couldn't afford to mess around.

If a mistake occurred, the chip being destroyed would be a minor issue; if the machine malfunctioned, it could even endanger their safety!

Thinking this, the others immediately took a step back, glaring angrily at Academician Wang: “What is the meaning of this? Are you trying to drag all of us into danger?”

“shit, stop quickly! I don't want to die here!”

“F*ck you! These despicable Huaguo people actually intend to take us down with them! This is outrageous!”

“Quick, stop him!”

Seeing that the machine had started operating, everyone else began to panic.

However, Academician Wang was calm and composed from beginning to end. He quietly walked up to the machine, where a screen displayed the photolithography machine's operation process and manufacturing progress. The operational status was excellent, showing no errors whatsoever, much less any alarms due to faulty operation as others claimed.

“I trust Academician Wang, and I trust Huaguo even more!”

“You are afraid to die, but I am not. I am willing to approach and observe!”

Suddenly, a middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses shouted out a loud voice, slowly stepping forward from the crowd.

Liu Huafeng is a professor at Yanjing University and was also invited to observe.

Before this, although he had always firmly believed that Huaguo would not deceive everyone on such an important matter.

He just hadn't received any official response or found any verifiable information.

Seeing the constant mockery of Huaguo's technology by foreign scholars—their ugly expressions and contemptuous attitudes.

He could only grit his teeth and endure it.

But.

Now, seeing Academician Wang personally step out to explain everything, and even allowing everyone to witness firsthand this scientific forbidden zone—the sub-one-nanometer level—that Huaguo had conquered!

Yet everyone was still questioning it, even trying to avoid it!

At this moment, Liu Huafeng couldn't hold back. He stepped forward directly, willing to trust Academician Wang's words, and willing to trust the Huaguo officials' words!

Amidst everyone's mockery and disdainful gazes, Liu Huafeng also approached the photolithography machine.

Although he had not previously researched photolithography machines, much of the data was interconnected, and he could verify his internal conjectures by looking at the data displayed on the screen.

More importantly, the entire chip manufacturing process, while never exposed to the air to prevent environmental contaminants from affecting the photoresist and optical reactions.

Outsiders could still observe the chip's morphological changes at all times through partially transparent glass and internal specialized observation instruments.

Liu Huafeng walked to the photolithography machine's control panel, leaned over, and observed carefully.

The media also aimed their cameras at this “show-off,” Liu Huafeng, waiting for his reaction after observing.

“This...”

“It's real!”

“Sub-one-nanometer, it genuinely exists!!!”

After a few minutes of silence, Liu Huafeng turned around excitedly, his voice trembling, and shouted loudly to the media.

His emotional state, bordering on tears, was broadcast to all viewers via the camera.

This immediately ignited the emotions of the Huaguo public, who had been suppressed to the point of suffocation.

“Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!”

“I knew it! Huaguo would never mess around with something like this!”

“It's true, we really have our own photolithography machine!”

“Hahahaha, I really can't hold it in! Let me laugh some more hahahaha...!!!”

“Damn, it's Professor Liu! I'm his student, and I feel so proud right now!”

“The poster above is awesome! To be able to enter Yanjing University and become Professor Liu's student—I'm so jealous!”

“This is so satisfying, hahaha! This time, we completely slapped the faces of those ignorant Experts and 'beasts' (derogatory professors)!”

The emotions of the Huaguo public had been suppressed too severely, so the instant they saw a glimmer of hope, they could no longer contain their excitement.

However, the other professors present were not satisfied with this result.

Someone immediately said disdainfully: “Hmph, this person is also a Yellow Skin... *cough*... a Huaguo person. You are obviously protecting your own!”

“Exactly! Nothing he says is credible!”

“This person must also be an insider arranged by the Huaguo officials, cooperating to deceive us!”

“Huaguo officials, please stop changing the subject! Your actions have already affected countries worldwide, and you must give us an explanation!!!”

“...”

Professor Wang, who was being questioned repeatedly, hadn't even had a chance to speak.

Liu Huafeng couldn't hold back. He roared angrily, drawing the cameras of the media reporters and seizing the attention of the foreign professors, scholars, and Experts.

Having witnessed the truth, he felt as if he had gained the strongest backing, and his heart was now filled with incredible confidence.

He believed that even if he had to argue alone against all the top professors, Experts with greater achievements, and scholars with richer knowledge present, he could absolutely win the debate.

Because there is only one truth, and he had already witnessed that truth!

“Hmph, a bunch of ignorant people!”

“All you do, day after day, is use your outdated experience to mask your backwardness.”

“You are the ones who have disgraced all scholars, lost the honor of all professors, and completely ruined the credibility of the title 'Expert'!”

“The truth is laid out right in front of you, yet you dare not come over and verify it yourselves.”

“Standing proudly ten meters away, without even the courage to approach this brand-new machine, what right do you have to call it fake?”

“The field of science demands a brave and fearless spirit of exploration, and a careful and cautious spirit of verification!”