77: Section 77

"Do you really think someone is omnipotent? Even with the existence of Lin's, I don't think Huaguo can achieve Nuclear Fusion that quickly!"

"I think so too. It's definitely possible to achieve it, but absolutely not now!"

"..."

Liu Weilong himself was a university professor.

He had several research projects on hand, specifically concerning Nuclear Fusion theory.

However, he belonged to the theoretical faction, unlike the practical faction of the research institutes.

Recently, after being repeatedly asked by students about the success rate of controllable Nuclear Fusion in class.

He only then noticed these comments online.

"What? They suddenly gave tens of billions to the Nuclear Fusion project?"

"What the hell is going on?"

"Do they really think no one in Huaguo understands this project, right?"

As a theoretical professor, he was very clear about Nuclear Fusion.

Although controllable Nuclear Fusion was a grand project beneficial for generations, the problem was that without thirty to fifty years, the technology simply couldn't break through its numerous constraints!

"A batch of corrupt officials was cracked down on a few years ago, and now, a few years later, there's a new batch of corrupt officials, right?"

"Just a while ago, I felt that the government was getting better and better."

"I didn't expect such a worm to appear again at this time!"

Watching more and more discussions about this matter online, Liu Weilong felt increasingly angry.

He believed that those who were optimistic about the Nuclear Fusion project, although not ill-intentioned, were truly just ignorant.

He felt that anyone with even a little common sense wouldn't believe that controllable Nuclear Fusion could make such rapid breakthroughs.

In fact, Liu Weilong even had some doubts.

He felt that those who questioned the government were the ones with normal thoughts.

And those who blindly whitewashed the government were probably just internet trolls sent out by the corrupt officials who embezzled this tax money to clear their names!

To prevent the public from being fooled, Liu Weilong decided to come out and explain it himself!

And expose this matter; those worms in the government must be brought to justice!

As a very young professor, Liu Weilong had a high acceptance of the internet.

He usually had his own account on Bilibili, occasionally posting popular science videos in the field of science.

And he would increase viewers' interest through humorous explanations.

So, Liu Weilong's account had many followers.

He immediately edited and uploaded a video.

This time, it was still his popular science video, mainly to attract more people to watch.

However, after popularizing the advantages of Nuclear Fusion.

He immediately took a sharp turn and pointed out the biggest problem that made controllable Nuclear Fusion impossible in this era—

"First, the inertial confinement method: the power achievable by laser or particle beams is still thousands of times short of what is required! This prevents the temperature from reaching hundreds of millions of degrees!"

"Second, even if the temperature were reached, there would be no material capable of withstanding hundreds of millions of degrees!"

"In summary, the controllable Nuclear Fusion project can be advanced, but in this current era, investing heavily is equivalent to throwing money away!"

"Officials related to this project, please come out and give an explanation!"

The entire video was only about ten minutes long.

But throughout, it clearly stated that investing large sums of money into such a project was highly questionable... "Huh? The monthly updating streamer has updated?"

"What, this is actually a corruption incident?"

"This is too much! Isn't this clearly bullying us ordinary people who don't understand?"

"I was so happy before, but now I realize I was happy too soon. It turns out this kind of technology simply doesn't exist!"

"Don't be discouraged, upstairs. Brother Long also said it's not that it doesn't exist, just that it doesn't exist now. After thirty to fifty years, it can still be made."

"Laughing to death, thirty to fifty years. If this project lasts thirty to fifty years and hundreds of billions of funds are invested into it every year, then rounded up, our common people would have lost hundreds of millions!"

"Holy crap, the logic upstairs is flawless. The thought of losing hundreds of millions suddenly makes my heart ache to death!"

"So the question is, when can I have hundreds of millions?"

"Everyone, let's work together to get back our hundreds of millions!"

"Emmm... how come this floor seems to be off-topic? How did we suddenly all become billionaires?"

"Cough, cough, don't interrupt! Brother Long is right, there must be a problem with such a project suddenly receiving so much money at this time!"

"@People's Daily, big news! Come out and report it quickly!"

"Brother Long even said that even with the existence of Lin's, it's impossible to suddenly raise a country's technology by fifty years! After all, although the name is a bit mysterious, most likely, this Lin's is just a research institute!"

"It must just be a research institute, right? Is it alien technology or something? Have you read too many novels?"

"At most, this Lin's is actually just the top one among research institutes."

"But it's still the same old saying! Huaguo is a country where the people are masters, and we cannot let some worms destroy our homeland!"

"Support Brother Long, get back our tax money!"

As Liu Weilong's video was pushed to the top of the trending list, many others followed suit and created content related to Nuclear Fusion... Afterwards, this topic gained extremely high popularity across various social platforms.

Of course, if it were just an ordinary person saying this, it wouldn't have caused such a large discussion.

But the problem was that Liu Weilong, who posted this video, was himself a professor at a key university, possessing a doctoral degree, which gave his words great credibility.

Immediately, the online sentiment shifted from balanced to more skepticism.

It even directly topped the list on the Weibo platform.

The topic popularity was maximized!

Countless people were criticizing it, questioning the rationality of Huaguo's large financial investment in this project.

The lackeys belonging to Lighthouse Country.

They hadn't expected that their orders were just to slightly disrupt the public opinion environment.

Yet it suddenly sparked such a huge topic.

They then discovered that a group of professional experts and professors were helping them fuel the fire.

Immediately, these people, worth five hundred thousand, couldn't help but secretly gloat.

They quickly got involved, guiding the emotions of more people towards the outcome they desired.

"Is the government just sitting on too much money with nowhere to spend it, right?"

"Can't they look at the distant mountains, where so many children still can't get enough to eat!"

"While talking about poverty alleviation, they embezzle taxpayers' money. Is this what the government does?"

"Strict investigation, a strict investigation is a must! We must get to the bottom of this and see which worm is committing evil!"

"A project that clearly cannot succeed suddenly received such a large sum of money. No matter how you think about it, something is fishy!"

"What era is this? They still want to embezzle under the name of investment. Do they really take us citizens for fools, right?"

"..."

Soon, this news was intentionally spread to Lighthouse Country.

Subsequently, because the contacts in Lighthouse Country saw this great success, several Ws immediately appeared in some people's accounts.

And in Lighthouse Country, The White House, the President also received this intelligence.

Upon seeing it, the expression on his face, which hadn't shown emotion for a long time, immediately lifted.

"Hahahaha, these Huaguonese, are they really working on some Nuclear Fusion?"

"No, it should be as I thought, someone in the government must have embezzled it."

In the President's view, such matters were normal.

However, he deliberately fueled the exposure of this matter, which could somewhat destabilize public sentiment in Huaguo and delay Huaguo's development process.

Of course, kicking someone when they're down was also indispensable.

Instantly, many international media news reports published articles about this matter.

"Huaguo Suddenly Invests Tens of Billions in a Short Period to Research Controllable Nuclear Fusion?"

"The Nuclear Fusion Project, universally recognized as unachievable for at least 0.1 thirty years, is being used by a certain Huaguo official for personal gain!"

"Lighthouse Country Research Institute Extends Invitation to Huaguo Nuclear Fusion Project Members, Claiming Staying in Huaguo is Merely a Tool for Some to Launder Money, While Going to Lighthouse Country is Where True Nuclear Fusion Research Happens."

Various reports emerged endlessly, and many countries internationally were waiting to see Huaguo's joke this time.

Especially the countries aligned with Lighthouse Country, all couldn't help but jump out and kick them while they were down.

After all, Huaguo's development had been too fast recently, so fast that they were somewhat afraid.

Coupled with the ban on rare earth exports and overall technological leadership, it greatly suppressed other countries.

Now seeing internal chaos in Huaguo, they naturally added fuel to the fire without hesitation, hoping to see Huaguo become even more chaotic.

Not only that.

Research institutes in various countries also issued condemnations.

"Huaguo's actions are an insult to all our scientific researchers!"

"The scientific community is the source of human progress and should not be exploited for personal gain!"