Chapter 403 solved a major problem of civilians being unable to afford thermobaric weapons.

Li Jiajun had no idea that the "cabbage price" he had just thrown out had set off a massive tidal wave within the military-industrial system.

In his business mindset,

driving down inflated product prices through technological innovation and supply chain integration was inherently a good deed that benefited society.

He looked at the camera, and as he spoke, his face was filled with the look of someone pursuing a dream:

"I have a dream, and that is for everyone to be able to afford it. My fire extinguishing shell is already at a cabbage price, but in the future, if sales go well, I will definitely compress costs further and lower the price. As I said before, I want to make it affordable for everyone."

These words were spoken with resounding force and a sense of righteous indignation.

The light of an entrepreneur sparkled in Li Jiajun's eyes.

He was even sketching out a beautiful vision of the future in his mind.

In the future, whether in urban residential areas or remote villages, every household would no longer stock those traditional, inefficient dry powder fire extinguishers.

Instead, rows of fire extinguishing shells would be neatly stacked in the balcony cabinets of every home.

Encountering any fire,

elderly men and women would only need to grab one, pull the safety pin, and toss it into the fire.

Instantly, the source of the fire along with the oxygen of the entire building would be sucked completely dry.

This was the true democratization of firefighting.

...

This grand dream spread along the internet.

Transforming into countless electronic signals, it dispersed across the country to hundreds of thousands of terminal devices currently watching the live stream.

At this moment, the camera close-up on a female Netizen who was watching Li Jiajun's live stream.

It was the height of summer, and the asphalt roads of a certain city in the Eastern Country were baked hot by the sun.

There wasn't a hint of a breeze in the air.

This female Netizen was waiting for a bus by the roadside.

To alleviate the irritating, muggy heat, she had just bought a popsicle from a nearby small shop.

She was currently eating a popsicle.

She held her phone in one hand, and the screen was playing the live stream from the Li Family Toy Factory.

Initially,

she, like many ordinary onlookers, had been left with a tingling scalp from the shock of the rising mushroom cloud earlier.

Before she could even fully recover from the shock of that physical transcendence,

Li Jiajun's impassioned phrase, "make it affordable for everyone," came clearly through the phone's speaker.

After hearing these words,

the sudden fright caused her hand to jerk.

The bite of the cold treat she was sending into her mouth instantly lost control.

She shoved the popsicle directly into the back of her throat, deep-throating it.

A bone-chilling sensation rushed down her esophagus, and the strong foreign body sensation instantly triggered a physiological rejection.

She frantically pulled the popsicle out of her mouth.

She tossed it onto the ground nearby.

Immediately after,

she doubled over and coughed violently.

"Cough, cough, cough—cough, cough!"

Bursts of heart-wrenching coughing rang out under the bus stop sign.

Tears streamed wildly from the corners of her eyes, and her cheeks turned bright red from holding her breath.

The surrounding commuters waiting for the bus cast surprised looks, wondering why this young girl had suddenly deep-throated her popsicle.

She coughed for a full minute.

After the coughing fit, her face bore a look of disbelief.

She gasped for air, her chest heaving violently.

The terrifying declaration she had just heard replayed constantly in her mind.

She thought to herself:

'Cough, cough. Make it affordable for everyone? Does this Little Factory Director Li know what he's saying?'

'That's a Thermobaric Bomb!'

'That's a weapon of mass destruction that can completely drain the oxygen within a range of several hundred meters in an instant!'

'If this thing really becomes a daily necessity that every household can afford,'

'when neighbors have a conflict, will they throw Thermobaric Bombs at each other to resolve it?'

'Who would dare live in a residential complex then? The whole village would have to be ready to start a funeral feast in a mushroom cloud at any moment!'

...

She finally managed to steady her breathing.

Once she had recovered, the female Netizen hurriedly picked up her phone.

She felt she had to say something to interrupt this Streamer's insane idea.

She started sending bullet comments:

"Main Streamer, you really shouldn't say such things."

It wasn't just this female Netizen; other Netizens in the live stream were also sending bullet comments.

Over a hundred thousand online viewers exploded with the hand speed of someone single for many years.

Dense text drifted across the screen:

"I hereby declare that all actions of this Streamer have absolutely nothing to do with us fans."

"Exactly! We're just passing by to buy soy sauce; please don't mistake us for accomplices of a terrorist organization!"

"Little Factory Director Li, aren't you being a bit too 'sentencing-worthy'?"

"This isn't just 'sentencing-worthy'; this is practically tap-dancing on King Yama's bottom line!"

"Affordable for everyone? Do you want us to go fight a World War?"

"What the hell is 'compressing costs'! You're trying to compress the Earth's lifespan!"

"Incredible, the Streamer actually invented a civilian Thermobaric Bomb."

"Little Factory Director Li has solved the major problem of civilians not being able to afford Thermobaric Bombs."

"I suggest giving the Streamer a Nobel Peace Prize directly. After all, once this thing is used, the world will be completely quiet."

...

These bullet comments, filled with horror, mockery, and a desire for survival, scrolled down in layers.

They almost completely submerged the entire screen.

After all,

turning Thermobaric Bombs into civilian fast-moving consumer goods...

this kind of imaginative leap could no longer be described as just 'outrageous'.

It was entirely a plan for the destruction of Earth disguised as charity.

At this moment,

looking at the screen full of bullet comments from Netizens,

Li Jiajun leaned back in the driver's seat and curled his lip.

He didn't feel any so-called sense of crisis from these words at all.

On the contrary, he felt these bullet comments were full of exaggeration and affectation.

He felt these Netizens really lacked worldly experience.

Usually, they would lecture on national affairs online, speaking with great eloquence.

Yet, when they encountered a high-tech product that could truly and completely solve fire hazards, they were so scared they didn't even dare to buy it.

He didn't realize at all that there was anything wrong with his words.

He only thought these Netizens must have been shocked by the low price he had mentioned.

After all,

being able to buy such a high-tech chemical fire extinguishing shell for five thousand yuan did indeed subvert an ordinary person's consumer perception.

'Once this equipment becomes popular in major fire departments in the future,'

'and everyone sees its flawless safety performance,'

'that's when you guys will be lining up to snatch it up.' This thought surfaced in his mind.

Li Jiajun picked up the teacup from the console beside him and took a comfortable sip.

He was filled with blind optimism for his future business empire.

And at the same time,

his outrageous remarks had already reached the ears of those who truly understood the industry, without missing a single word.

And then, their mental states directly collapsed.