65: Section 65

"Our asthma medicine is the most effective worldwide for alleviating asthma, yet their China developed a special medicine that directly cures it."

"We wanted to gain an advantage in rare earth minerals, but they immediately banned our rare earth exports and broke through the blockade."

"It's the same story with the photolithography machine!"

"Now they even want to snatch our dominance in new energy?"

"This China is going too far!"

The President angrily swept the documents off his desk with a wave of his hand, throwing the intelligence report the secretary had just brought over directly onto the floor.

"Mr. President, please calm down."

The Secretary was quite used to it; the number of times the President had flown into a rage had risen sharply recently.

Almost every time she brought intelligence regarding China, an outburst occurred.

This time was considered mild.

However, the President's words, even in anger, still adhered to their inherent robber mentality.

They always believed it was normal for them to demand things from others.

It was also normal to gain hegemonic status by monopolizing resources.

They were always committed to solidifying their dominant position, believing that being the world's number one was the most reasonable outcome.

But when the roles were reversed and others surpassed them, they immediately became hysterical.

"I refuse to believe it!"

"How could their China possibly develop a more advanced extraction method than ours?"

"Send someone to investigate and find out what their extraction method is!"

Although the President didn't believe China could truly surpass them in all aspects so quickly.

However, China itself wasn't trying to hide much.

They started construction openly and grandly at sea.

They began renovating an existing offshore extraction platform.

Originally, such a large project would require a significant amount of time.

Unfortunately for them, the design blueprint, after being enhanced by Lin Bai's ability, became incredibly detailed.

Every modification was clearly marked.

In other words, the work of the designer was completely eliminated, and even the surveying work was unnecessary.

All the values listed were correct.

The construction team only needed to follow the blueprint to build it.

Furthermore, China's infrastructure level is already world-class.

This renovation, originally estimated to take half a year, was completed in just over a month!

The expanded extraction platform can support mining operations down to three thousand meters underwater.

This means that almost all the combustible ice in this water area can be rapidly extracted by them.

And the reserves in this single sea area, once fully extracted, would be enough to cover China's natural gas consumption for at least thirty years!

This covers civilian use, military use, and various factories, large and small, across the entire nation!

After the renovation was complete, the extraction phase naturally began.

Since the China government was not deliberately concealing anything.

The spies attempting to investigate the situation could easily obtain intelligence regarding China's combustible ice extraction.

For example—

"What?"

"China is using the same extraction method as our Lighthouse Country?"

"They are also using the chemical reagent injection method?"

Hearing this news brought by the Minister of Intelligence, the President was stunned.

Because in previous instances, China had secretly prepared a major move before revealing it to shock the world.

But this time, it was so ordinary?

No other methods, no more advanced techniques?

Of course, the President knew that chemical reagents could differ from one another.

But he had heard some information about chemical reagents from Professor Ganiff.

"Using chemical reagents to extract combustible ice inevitably causes harm to the ocean."

"Even using the most expensive chemical reagents can only mitigate the harm."

"Therefore, chemical reagents are the least commonly used method for combustible ice extraction, only serving as an experimental option, and are not used for mass mining."

"However, the chemical reagent developed by Professor Ganiff can be used on a large scale."

"That's because he replaced some of the components in the formula with cheaper materials, yet the effect still reached the level required for extraction."

"The cheaper it is, the greater the harm, but this harm is only directed at the marine environment and does not damage the combustible ice itself!"

"And China now dares to openly use chemical reagents for extraction..."

After muttering softly for a moment, the President's eyes suddenly burst forth with an excited gleam.

"That damned China!"

"They must have stolen our chemical reagent formula, which is why they suddenly gained the ability to extract on a large scale!"

"Damn it, we have a spy in our laboratory!"

The President first cursed angrily, but then he remembered the laboratory they had secretly destroyed themselves.

He suddenly showed a look of realization.

"No, China must have stolen our chemical reagent formula sheet during the last inspection of our laboratory!"

"Those United Nations delegates must have just been a cover; their real goal was to infiltrate the laboratory and obtain the genuine formula before we destroyed it ourselves!"

The President quickly found a rationale.

He believed China's high-profile push for the United Nations to investigate their laboratory must have been driven by an ulterior motive.

They even resorted to selling chips, surely because they were eyeing the most advanced chemical reagent formula in their laboratory!

The key is!

Because he himself didn't want the harmful components in the formula to be discovered, he destroyed the laboratory, which ironically means they can't find evidence now!

But, it doesn't matter!

The method you can use, I can use too!

"Didn't China say they adhere to environmental protection policies?"

"Since they used our chemical reagents, they can forget about environmental protection!"

"Immediately prepare the application form for me; I want to investigate China's chemical reagents too!"

"And while you're at it, sue China in the International Court of Justice for stealing our secrets!"

The President was already convinced internally that the chemical reagents China could mass-produce were definitely based on a formula stolen from their laboratory!

Therefore, this time, even if he had to admit that the chemical reagent was harmful, he must drag China down with them!

Not long after.

Various major media outlets immediately began publishing articles condemning China—

"Shock: China's Combustible Ice Extraction Technology Actually Came From a Lighthouse Country Laboratory!?"

"Lighthouse Country's California Laboratory Explodes Mysteriously, Is China the Sole Beneficiary?"

"China Advocates Global Environmental Protection, Yet Uses Harmful Chemical Reagents Itself—Is This a Moral Degradation, or...?"

"BBC Reporter Interviews Professor Ganiff: It is Reported That on the Day of the Laboratory Explosion, Figures Suspected to be China Nationals Were Seen Wandering Inside?"

"China Suddenly Announces Mastery of Low-Cost Combustible Ice Extraction Technology—The Reason Behind It Is...?"

...The sudden accusations immediately sparked dissatisfaction online.

Especially among the citizens of China who were being directly insulted.

"What a joke! Saying our China stole technology from their Lighthouse Country?"

"Are they treating us like Kimchi Country? Hilarious!"

"All I can say is 'Heheda' (Scoff)!"

"I wonder who was afraid of being investigated and destroyed their own laboratory?"

"Can this Lighthouse Country President just calm down? He keeps trying to frame our China!"

"Classic case of them being unable to stand our success!"

"I also heard that Lighthouse Country knew the chemical reagents were toxic but kept secretly using them!"

"I finally understand the meaning of 'a thief crying stop thief'!"

"Our China is developing steadily now; how could we possibly stoop to using Lighthouse Country's harmful methods!"

"Exactly! Even if we didn't have a new method, not extracting combustible ice wouldn't affect us at all! Since they dare to proceed with large-scale extraction, they must have achieved a breakthrough in extraction technology!"

"In any case, I trust China!"

After the previous few incidents, the psychological resilience of China's citizens has greatly increased.

Merely trying to use such unsubstantiated accusations to make things difficult for China couldn't cause them any anxiety.

Instead, they watched the Lighthouse Country's President jump around like a clown, enjoying the spectacle.

It was clearly an attitude of amusement: 'You hate me, but you can't touch me.'