Chapter 395: The most painstaking work

Inside the spacious and bright office.

Liu Jianguo's hands were trembling.

The smartphone that usually felt so light in his palm now felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

The old comrade's gaze was fixed firmly on the screen, his Adam's apple bobbing with difficulty.

His mind raced, trying to find a reasonable explanation.

But he hadn't even figured out how to respond to the Old General's lethal interrogation.

'How can I possibly explain this?'

Sweat from his forehead slid down his cheeks and dripped onto his dark suit pants, forming a dark, spreading stain.

Liu Jianguo was speechless to the extreme, the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.

Just as the Old Minister was so conflicted he was about to pull his hair out.

The sound coming from the computer speakers pulled his attention away.

Then, at that moment.

In the livestream, the camera cut back to Li Jiajun.

Inside the factory office in Baishui City, sunlight streamed in through the window, casting a glow on the young man's energetic profile.

Presently.

On the public screen of the livestream, those military bigwigs with bizarre usernames were still arguing incessantly over that Bionic Arthropod Power Firefighting Exoskeleton.

Regarding the chaos on the bullet chat over the exoskeleton.

Li Jiajun saw it all and was secretly delighted.

...

In his simple understanding.

These accounts that refused to yield to one another were all firefighting procurement teams from various provinces and cities.

To snatch up advanced equipment that could protect the safety of firefighters, these logistics heads had even cast aside their dignity.

What did this show?

It showed that the exoskeleton he designed had truly hit the pain points of the firefighting field!

He picked up the teacup on the desk and took a comfortable sip of warm water.

Li Jiajun felt that the previous buildup was shocking enough.

Whether it was the RPG launcher capable of beyond-visual-range strikes from ten kilometers away.

Or that tracked armored vehicle that could level ruins.

Plus the individual protective skeleton that had just ignited the room.

The atmosphere had been built up perfectly.

It was time for today's true grand finale.

He set down the teacup.

Li Jiajun cleared his throat and withdrew his gaze from the scrolling, bickering bullet chat.

He leaned forward slightly, getting closer to the fixed phone camera.

He continued to introduce the next item.

He looked into the lens, his eyes sparkling with the light unique to an inventor.

His face beamed with an unmaskable pride.

He stated confidently:

“family, everyone stop for a moment.”

“The things just now were merely auxiliary tools.”

“Used to solve the problems of distance, terrain, and physical strength.”

“The fire extinguishing shell I'm about to introduce next is even more powerful!”

...

As he spoke.

He turned around and picked up a design draft from the desk behind him.

Then, he took out his general design diagram and spread it out before the camera.

The drawing showed a cross-sectional structure of a cylindrical munition, marked with complex internal mixing chambers and a parabolic trajectory.

Li Jiajun began to explain its explosive principles in detail.

To ensure the viewers understood, he specifically incorporated the chemical reaction process he had previously deduced.

Specifically, the configuration of two-stage detonation and aerosol dispersion.

He lectured in a serious tone:

“family, think back to the fire news you've seen before.”

“We find that water cannot instantly extinguish a massive fire.”

“Especially in extremely complex environments where the fire spreads incredibly fast, no matter how high the water pressure is, it's just a drop in the bucket.”

“To truly provide efficient disaster relief, we must move from the physical level to the chemical level.”

“Therefore, this fire extinguishing shell can completely resolve a fire at its source!”

He extended a finger and tapped heavily on the area of the drawing marked 'aerosol dispersion'.

His gaze held a sense of rigorous scientific spirit.

“No matter how large or high the sea of fire before you is.”

“Just launch a few of these over.”

“Once the warhead reaches the designated area, the internal structure will immediately trigger.”

“Accompanied by a loud 'bang'.”

“The first-stage explosion will evenly disperse high-concentration flame-retardant aerosols and special dust over the entire fire field.”

“Immediately after, the second-stage fuse instantly ignites to form a high-temperature fireball.”

“Within a millisecond, it produces a massive explosive overpressure!”

“Through this extreme chemical combustion reaction, all oxygen within the coverage area is instantly sucked dry!”

At this point, the young factory director tapped the desk with satisfaction.

A confident smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

“Combustion cannot happen without oxygen; this is common knowledge that even middle schoolers know.”

“As long as the oxygen is gone, the fire can be extinguished instantly!”

“Clean and decisive, cutting off the source, absolutely leaving no blind spots for reignition!”

...

The more Li Jiajun spoke, the more he felt his design was simply a work of genius.

This idea of destroying the three elements of combustion at the source was practically a miracle in firefighting history.

To highlight the greatness of this work.

Finally.

Li Jiajun sat up straight, put away his relaxed expression, and replaced it with an unprecedentedly solemn look.

Facing the hundreds of thousands of viewers before the screen.

He declared with great ceremony:

“Everyone, do not underestimate it.”

“To overcome the challenge of sucking oxygen dry, I went through countless days and nights of repeated calculations.”

He was lying, of course; he hadn't spent nearly that much time.

“This is the masterpiece that I have currently put the most effort and heart into!”

...

This explanation of principles, which could be described as hardcore to the extreme, was transmitted through the network signal to the ears of every viewer.

A strange change occurred in the atmosphere of the livestream.

Upon hearing these words.

The military personnel in front of the screens, who had been arguing tooth and nail over the ownership of the exoskeleton, fell silent.

Instantly, everything went quiet.

The bullet chat, which had been scrolling like a waterfall, showed a long, abnormal blank space.

The entire public screen was deathly silent.

As insiders, they knew all too well what this theory of two-stage detonation and aerosol dispersion represented.

This was no rescue tool for extinguishing fires.

This was clearly a thermobaric weapon of mass destruction that destroyed everything through overpressure and asphyxiation!

This was a terrifying thing that could wipe out an entire block, people, buildings, and all!

Meanwhile, far away in a Ministry of Military Industry building in the Imperial Capital, Liu Jianguo sat.

The Old Minister sat dazed in his leather chair.

He, who had been worrying about how to reply to the Old General's message, had now completely lost the ability to think.

Listening to the other party introduce the principles of this so-called fire extinguishing shell.

Hearing professional terms like 'aerosol' and 'instantly sucking oxygen dry' popping out of the computer speakers one after another.

And seeing Li Jiajun use so many words and speak with such solemnity.

Liu Jianguo's scalp practically exploded.

His heart felt numb.

An icy chill rushed up his spine to the back of his head.

He suddenly had a bad premonition.

This premonition was intense and terrifying.