74: Section 74

“Absolutely no mistakes allowed!”

The two men also replied with solemn expressions, “Yes, we guarantee the completion of the mission!”

Of course, such valuable data could not be entrusted to just two people to send back alone.

In fact, at the back entrance of Peach Blossom Dock, ten National Security Bureau vehicles had already been arranged for secret escort to ensure nothing went wrong.

The remaining four people stayed here, genuinely tasked with helping Lin Bai renovate and build his home theater.

In addition, they also had to equip Lin Bai's villa with various protective measures.

These included infrared detection alarms, unknown signal shielding and jamming, and even replacing all the glass in the house with bulletproof glass.

The goal given to them by the higher-ups was to transform Lin Bai's villa into a defensive structure comparable to a fortress.

Even a close-range explosion had to be withstood at least three times for the renovation to be considered qualified.

Soon, everyone began to start the renovation work... Meanwhile.

Chief Yun finally received the data concerning Nuclear Fusion.

He also gathered top-level scientific researchers led by Academician Jiang.

Academician Jiang brought along the Vice Dean of his institute and the leaders of the seven project teams.

Each person was responsible for reviewing one set of data, hoping to find the answers they were looking for.

Everyone held their breath, quietly awaiting their response.

However, unlike the excitement and thrill Academician Wang, Academician Li, and the others felt when viewing the data previously,

this time, everyone, including Academician Jiang, seemed somewhat tense and worried.

“Could it be... that the ability failed this time?”

“No, that can't be right. I remember the data definitely changed, so the ability must have taken effect!”

“It changed, yes, but judging by Academician Jiang's expression, he doesn't seem particularly excited.”

“Academician Jiang is old and reserved; it's normal for him not to show his emotions.”

“But the other professors in charge of the Nuclear Fusion project are about our age, or even younger, yet they aren't showing excitement either!”

“Hiss... Could it be that this change went in a bad direction?”

As time passed, Academician Li and the others couldn't help but start whispering amongst themselves.

Even Chief Yun lacked his usual confidence this time.

After all, although he knew Lin Bai's ability had been verified,

no one had any clue how this ability came about, why it existed, whether it had an upper limit, or if it had a time restriction.

If something happened to go wrong this time, it wouldn't be surprising.

Therefore, Chief Yun also looked solemnly at all the professors from the Number One Research Institute.

Finally, Academician Jiang was the first to finish reading the content in his hands.

The temperamental Academician Li couldn't hold back and asked directly, “Old Jiang, did this data improve or not?”

Academician Jiang first shook his head, but it wasn't a denial; rather, it was an expression of slight helplessness.

Then he said, “It improved, yes, but perhaps because our knowledge level is too low, or perhaps because this improvement is too advanced, half of the content inside cannot be fully understood immediately.”

“Huh??”

Hearing Academician Jiang say this, the others were stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but feel a mixture of amusement and frustration.

So it wasn't that there was no improvement; it was that the degree of improvement was so vast that even Academician Jiang couldn't fully comprehend the contents.

As for Academician Jiang claiming his knowledge level was too low, that could be completely ignored.

After all, if the person who can serve as the Dean of the Number One Research Institute claims low knowledge, then all of humanity on the Blue Star could be considered ignorant!

Soon, the other professors also put down the data in their hands.

“Indeed, Dean Jiang is correct. The theory I hold is also a concept almost beyond our era, making it impossible for me to fully grasp it right away.”

“Mine too.”

Half of the people were in the same situation as Academician Jiang.

However, the data held by two others was not theoretical but concerned other content, and they showed expressions of pleasant surprise.

“The documents we have are design blueprints for the equipment required for Nuclear Fusion, and the content on them is quite comprehensive.”

“Even if we can't fully understand the underlying principles, as long as we follow the steps above, we should be able to build a small Nuclear Fusion reactor!”

“Although it won't be fully applicable, as an experimental step, getting the first Nuclear Fusion device working—achieving the breakthrough from zero to one—the remaining data can quickly help us break through from one to ten!”

Having listened to them for so long, Chief Yun, who didn't understand the research side of things, was completely confused and couldn't help but press, “So, what are you saying? Is this data usable?”

“Of course it is! Chief Yun, this is a treasure for our Number One Research Institute! You absolutely cannot take it back!”

“Don't worry, Chief Yun. Dean Jiang actually meant that once we fully understand all the content inside, Nuclear Fusion can be applied to all fields!”

“Although we can't fully understand it now, by simply imitating the designs, we can still produce controlled Nuclear Fusion!”

So that's how it is!

Only upon hearing this guarantee did Chief Yun finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He understood that, after all, when it came to the Nuclear Fusion project, it wasn't just that their Huaxia Country was lagging.

It could even be said that, including Lighthouse Country, not a single nation in the entire world has managed to produce stable controlled Nuclear Fusion!

Therefore, the first step, crossing the threshold from zero to one, is the most crucial!

Previously, Huaxia Country had followed the path of Lighthouse Country in many areas, imitating their advanced concepts and cutting-edge technology.

But this time!

It was their Huaxia Country's turn to lead the way in Nuclear Fusion!

“However, there is one major problem right now!”

Hearing this, Chief Yun, who had just felt a surge of joy, quickly suppressed his happiness and turned to look at Professor Xu, the leader of the Number One Project Team, who had spoken.

He saw Professor Xu take out one of the documents, which detailed a design blueprint resembling a giant furnace.

Professor Xu pointed to the machine on the diagram and explained, “This is a magnetic confinement toroidal vessel, one of the machines used to facilitate Nuclear Fusion.”

“However, the requirements for manufacturing this item are extremely stringent; it requires a construction material that is extremely dense and incredibly hard.”

“If we want to achieve Nuclear Fusion, we must first research and find suitable materials before we can build this machine.”

“The same goes for the other components; this is the biggest difficulty we face in achieving Nuclear Fusion!”

It wasn't because the design wasn't advanced enough, but because it was too advanced, with extremely high requirements in all aspects.

That is why, with their current technical capabilities, it is relatively difficult to implement.

Because the materials or methods for every single step require them to conduct their own research.

If controlled Nuclear Fusion is on the third layer, the biggest problem is that the technology they currently master is only on the first layer.

Therefore, they still need to explore the second layer before they can connect to the third layer and achieve final success.

Chief Yun couldn't help but frown.

His first thought was to use Lin Bai's ability for the advancement.

But the problem was that the data they provided this time was already the most rudimentary data, which had been directly upgraded to the most advanced stage.

They simply had no more backward data to give Lin Bai for a weaker enhancement.

So, this time they had to rely on themselves.

However, just then, his satellite phone suddenly rang.

He took it out and saw that Director Chen of the National Security Bureau was calling him.

Director Chen was currently personally overseeing matters related to Lin Bai, so Chief Yun, worried that something might be wrong with Lin Bai, quickly answered the call immediately.

“Old Yun, we hit the jackpot, hahahahahaha!!!”

Unexpectedly, the voice coming through was Director Chen's loud laughter.

This caused Chief Yun to frown. He was busy thinking about Nuclear Fusion, so he could only ask somewhat impatiently, “Get to the point.”

“It's related to Lin Bai!”

Hearing this, Chief Yun became serious and leaned in to listen.

“He's renovating today, right? He bought his own construction materials.”

“You must have all been focusing on those documents, right?”

“Let me tell you, while our bureau personnel were helping Lin Bai renovate his rooms, they discovered that some of the construction materials Lin Bai bought, specifically some steel plates...”

“...the quality of these steel plates is so high that not even a sniper rifle could penetrate them... No, I should say, they didn't even leave a scratch!”

“This is a completely new type of material!”

Hearing Director Chen say this, Chief Yun couldn't help but feel astonished.

The other party certainly wouldn't speak nonsense; if he dared to say this, it must have been tested!

In that case, the steel plates enhanced by Lin Bai could actually reach such a terrifying level?

Wait!

To complete the Nuclear Fusion project, wasn't the missing piece precisely better material?

He had just been thinking that Lin Bai's ability couldn't help at this stage.

Unexpectedly, it seemed they could still utilize it!

He looked at Professor Xu and smiled, “The dense and hard material you need has been found!”

...Section 75: Technological Level Raised by Fifty Years! The Entire Nation Pushes the Project Forward! Lighthouse Country Goes Crazy! [Pleading for Subscription!!]