Chapter 204 Should we imitate the toy rocket with a white cloth over our heads?

It was the kind of light one only saw when spotting a lighthouse in endless darkness.

Even his muscles were twitching slightly on Rajesh's stubble-covered face due to extreme excitement.

At this very moment.

In this Bangalore office filled with the smell of curry and mold, Rajesh felt as if he had opened a door to a new world.

He was originally a drowning man, with only a written resignation letter and a bottle of sleeping pills in his hand.

But now, he felt like he had grabbed onto a life-saving straw.

A life-saving straw that, although seemingly ridiculous, was incredibly sturdy.

You see, through the bullet chats and discussions of the Netizens in the livestream, he had just gained a general understanding of some of the deeds of this "Militia General."

"Li Family Toy Factory... Militia General..."

Rajesh muttered to himself. The light in his previously dead, ashen eyes grew brighter and brighter, until they were like two searchlights locked onto the screen.

He no longer hesitated and immediately utilized his specialty as a technocrat—the rapid retrieval and information integration skills he had honed through countless instances of dealing with inspections from his superiors.

Using his linguistic advantage as an "Eastern Country expert," he frantically searched for all news, posts, and even banned livestream recordings related to the "Li Family Toy Factory" and "Li Jiajun" on that laptop that frequently crashed.

He needed to catch up quickly.

He had to find out exactly what kind of existence this man, who had shown him the dawn of hope, really was.

And this inventory left him completely stunned.

It could even be said that it shattered the worldviews and weakened the knees of this scientist who had spent his whole life working on aerospace technology.

"This... is this something a human can actually do?"

Rajesh looked at the "glorious deeds" being unearthed on the screen, his mouth hanging open wide enough to fit a lightbulb, and his entire being falling into a state of eerie excitement.

First, he scrolled to the "Swarm Drone" incident that made the "Li Family Toy Factory" famous in a single battle.

In that somewhat blurry recorded video, he saw the young factory director holding a palm-sized quadcopter drone, saying with a smile that it was a toy for children to take pictures of scenery.

And the result?

The scene shifted to the Middle East battlefield, where the overwhelming "swarm" acted like a black scythe of death, completely wiping out the Ileser Brigade, which claimed to have the strongest armored force in the Middle East.

"My goodness..."

Rajesh gasped. He understood technology and could see the value of that swarm algorithm at a glance. "How is this a toy? This is clearly a swarm combat system more advanced than even those of the Ugly Country!"

Next, he saw the legend of the "stealth elderly joy."

A mobility scooter claimed to be for the convenience of the elderly to buy groceries could actually reach speeds of three hundred kilometers per hour on the highway and even achieve optical stealth in broad daylight?

Not only that, after this thing was sold to Sanbianpo, it actually became a divine tool for warlords to unify territories, with armor so thick that even rocket launchers couldn't blast it open.

"These materials... this stealth coating..."

Rajesh's hands were shaking.

Then there was the "Arresting Cable" incident that even he found inconceivable.

One after another, case by case...

'A genius... no, this is a freakish talent! A divine talent!'

'He clearly makes toys, but the toys he makes always go off track and end up being requisitioned by the state.'

Such a thought surfaced in Rajesh's mind. He swallowed hard, feeling as though he had discovered a massive treasure.

From the perspective of a foreign technical Expert, he completely reviewed the protagonist's series of magical requisitioning processes.

He discovered a pattern.

A pattern that made him tremble all over with excitement.

That was—this Li Jiajun, although he claimed every time that he was making civilian products and toys, as long as they fell into the hands of those "in the know," these things could immediately become lethal weapons and vital national equipment!

And most importantly, this Li Jiajun seemed to truly have no "bad intentions"; he was tricked every single time!

Thinking of this, Rajesh's gaze locked onto a key figure.

A figure who had left a significant mark on Li Jiajun's history of making his fortune—

The mysterious buyer with the ID "A White Cloth on the Head," who was later confirmed to be the Middle East armed leader, Hassan.

Rajesh pulled up all the detailed information from when Hassan purchased the drones back then.

As if studying a peerless secret manual, he analyzed Hassan's operations word by word.

"Let me see... how did he do it..."

Rajesh leaned closer to the screen, his eyeballs bloodshot.

He saw how Hassan had initially disguised himself as an ordinary "artist."

He saw how Hassan had showered the livestream with gifts, first leaving Li Jiajun with the impression of being "more money than brains."

He saw even more clearly how Hassan had cleverly proposed his requirements—

"Can you make drone toys? I have high requirements for efficiency and quantity."

He also stated he wanted to do light and shadow art performances, wanting the drones to fly like bees.

Looking at these tactics, Rajesh's eyes instantly lit up, terrifyingly bright!

"Brilliant! Simply beyond words!"

He slapped his thigh hard, so excited he almost jumped out of his chair.

"This is the key! This is the core!"

"I can't state my requirements directly!"

"I must disguise it! Package it! Use a seemingly harmless reason that Li Jiajun can accept to fool him!"

A brilliant inspiration, like a bolt of lightning cutting through the dark night, burst forth in his long-parched mind.

What was his current predicament?

It was that he needed to complete that damn "sixteen satellites on one rocket" launch mission in a short amount of time.

Yet ISRO's existing rocket technology was completely unreliable, with a failure rate as high as 120%.

Therefore, what he lacked most right now was a qualified, reliable carrier rocket that would absolutely not fly wildly in the sky or explode!

And what was Li Jiajun best at?

Making "toys"!

Making the kind of "toys" with heaven-defying performance!

Since Hassan could describe drones as "light and shadow art installations."

Then why couldn't he follow that Middle East guy's example, disguise himself as an ordinary customer, and fool the protagonist into building him a "toy rocket"?

Or rather...

"toy sky rocket!"

Rajesh blurted out these words, feeling like he was a total genius.

"Exactly! A sky rocket!"

"I'll tell him I'm a fireworks enthusiast and I want a super firework that can fly exceptionally high, very steadily, and with a particularly large payload!"

"I'll shower his livestream with gifts! I'll be the Top Supporter!"

"I'll make him think I'm just a simple, somewhat wealthy Curry Country tycoon with a soft spot for grand scenes!"

This method was simply awesome!

The more Rajesh thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, and the more he felt this was a path to survival guided by the heavens.

You see, Li Jiajun could even build "twin-tailed scorpion" drones capable of flying at altitudes of ten thousand meters; wouldn't building a "sky rocket" that could fly out of the atmosphere be a piece of cake?

Moreover, based on previous cases, the quality of things Li Jiajun built was absolutely top-notch.

Like gas canisters that anti-tank mines couldn't destroy, or jump ropes that two trucks couldn't pull apart.

If a rocket were built using his technology, the success rate would definitely be 1000%!

Never mind sixteen satellites on one rocket; even sixty on one rocket could probably be sent up!

"This is called... using their strength against them!"

"This is called... Eastern Country wisdom!"

Rajesh paced back and forth in his office, a long-absent, even somewhat frenzied smile appearing on his face.

He felt this idea was a stroke of genius.

It would definitely get him out of his predicament and save his job.

Even better, if this succeeded, he wouldn't just complete the mission; he could also slap his arrogant superior's face and become the hero who saved ISRO!

Thinking of this, he immediately made a decision.

"I want to be like Hassan!"

"I need to go undercover!"

"I'll disguise myself as an ordinary 'toy enthusiast'!"

"I'm going to fool Li Jiajun into customizing an 'electronic sky rocket' for me!"

He sat back down at his computer, looking at the livestream on the screen which, though blacked out, was still buzzing with popularity.

He seemed to see a future where a massive rocket, emblazoned with a cartoon bear logo and trailing a long tail of flame, precisely delivered sixteen satellites into orbit under the shocked gaze of the world. No, that cartoon bear icon would have to be replaced with their carrier rocket's emblem.

And at that time, the whole world would cheer for "curry speed."

Even though the core of it was actually an "Eastern Country toy."

But did that matter?

It didn't!

As long as the satellites went up, the credit would belong to him, Rajesh!

"Mr. Li... oh no, Factory Director Li."

Rajesh faced the screen, his eyes full of fanaticism:

"My future, my destiny, and even the future of our Curry Country's aerospace industry all depend on you!"

He clenched his fists, his sunken eye sockets shining with infinite longing (delusions) for the future.