Chapter 408 Are you really a military novice?

Inside the armored vehicle's cabin, the air grew silent.

Li Jiajun remained sitting upright, his brain momentarily short-circuiting.

Looking at the naturally authoritative Old General on the screen, the sentence about the requisition still echoed in his ears.

In that moment, he almost shut down completely.

However.

After a few breaths.

He snapped back to his senses.

Once he had recovered.

To save his reputation as a "pure toy maker" and, more importantly, to prove that he hadn't gone off track this time.

Li Jiajun quickly leaned closer to the phone camera.

He began to explain, using the products he had manufactured, which firefighting pain points they were developed to address.

"Leaders, and family in the livestream, please listen to me."

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He counted on his fingers, his expression as sincere as could be.

"I created these things with the sole intention of serving the firefighting cause!"

"Think about the news we usually see. When those firefighters put out large fires, carrying dozens of kilograms of equipment, they end up collapsed on the side of the road from exhaustion. Isn't it heartbreaking?"

"To solve the pain point of physical strength, I specifically designed that metal skeleton that provides hydraulic assistance."

The more Li Jiajun spoke, the more righteous he felt, even patting the console panel beside him.

"And also, when encountering chemical plants that could have secondary explosions at any time, with sharp debris everywhere, ordinary fire trucks simply can't enter."

"Addressing the pain point of such extreme and harsh environments, I created this All-terrain Fire Truck with thick composite armor and tracks. Is that wrong? Isn't this protecting the safety of firefighters in every way?"

"As for long-range firefighting and high-rise building rescue!"

He took a deep breath, his tone becoming increasingly impassioned.

"I created that large tube for beyond-visual-range firefighting, and the fire extinguishing shell that solves the fire at its source by sucking out all the oxygen in one shot, all to keep firefighters from having to face danger at close range!"

"I've solved all these pain points one by one. This is clearly civilian rescue equipment that benefits society!"

...

This original intention was spoken with such sincerity that it was truly touching.

However.

Seeing Li Jiajun's serious attempt to defend himself.

The hundreds of thousands of Netizens online in the livestream burst into laughter.

The onlookers behind the screens had long been won over by this kid's train of thought.

Everyone listened to this flawless logical deduction, then looked at those majestic Main Battle Tanks, Individual Exoskeletons, and RPGs.

This hell-level cross-server theory made everyone double over with laughter.

They teased him mercilessly in the bullet chats, and the rapidly scrolling public screen was instantly filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Netizens one after another said:

"What you're saying actually sounds plausible, but the problem is that your firefighting equipment looks more like military supplies than firefighting gear."

"Hahaha, 'protecting firefighter safety' my foot! You're planning to have them armed to level the entire block!"

"The Main Streamer's theory is invincible. To stop the fire from burning people, he just sucks out all the oxygen and people within a ten-mile radius!"

Looking at the teasing bullet chats from the Netizens.

Li Jiajun felt depressed.

'I put so much heart into this, why can't anyone understand?'

'These viewers just love to watch the chaos and stir up trouble.'

He frowned, and just as he was about to say something...

The layout of the video windows on the screen changed once again.

At this moment, Qian Zhengming, a titan of the scientific community, also came online.

In the video, Elder Qian sat in front of a laboratory background filled with precision instruments, wearing reading glasses on the bridge of his nose.

The old man looked at the depressed young man on the screen.

Recalling the series of breathtaking deductive logics from just now.

Elder Qian felt his scientific worldview was being challenged like never before.

This young man clearly had unparalleled inventive talent, yet he seemed to lack common sense...

He didn't beat around the bush either. After coming online, he asked tentatively, "Little Li, are you really a Military Noob? Setting everything else aside, your fire truck is just a tank, and as for that Thermobaric Bomb, you can search for it yourself."

The Old Expert's voice was gentle and clear, yet it was like a bolt of lightning striking straight into the armored vehicle's cabin.

Only then did Li Jiajun realize belatedly that what he had invented seemed to have gone off track again.

'Tank?'

'This tracked vehicle is called a tank?'

'And that Thermobaric Bomb thing, wasn't that just a name I came up with in a flash of inspiration?'

The ominous premonition in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

Refusing to believe it, he picked up the spare phone lying to the side.

He opened the browser and brought up the search interface.

Then, he searched for "tank" and "Thermobaric Bomb."

A brief silence fell over the cockpit.

Only the faint sound of Li Jiajun's fingertips sliding across the screen remained.

Soon, the search results popped up.

The first thing to catch his eye was an encyclopedia page about the modern King of Land Warfare.

Looking at the familiar high-angle composite armor, multiple pairs of road wheels with rubber-padded tracks, and the thick main gun barrel with a smoothbore structure on the roof...

Li Jiajun's eyes widened further and further.

Why did this thing's design look exactly like the "firefighting armored vehicle" he had parked in his backyard?

Feeling somewhat unwilling to accept it, his trembling finger clicked on the next entry.

The introduction to that large-area thermobaric cloud-detonation killer was clearly displayed before his eyes.

"Uses high-energy fuel dispersal to form an aerosol cloud; a secondary detonation produces a high-temperature, high-pressure fireball, instantly depleting oxygen in the blast area and dealing a devastating blow to living forces..."

Looking at this line of text.

Li Jiajun felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

Wasn't this the super fire extinguishing shell he had racked his brains to deduce in order to put out fires at the source?

Not only was the working principle identical, but even the setting of "instantly sucking out oxygen" coincided perfectly with the tactical purpose others used to destroy underground bunkers!

After seeing those kings of land warfare and strategic-grade weapons of mass destruction that looked almost identical to his own designs on the encyclopedia entries...

Li Jiajun, who had been so eloquent just a moment ago.

Seemed to have all his strength drained away, slumping into the large driver's seat.

His head was buzzing.

He sat in a daze for a long while.

Then.

After holding it in for a long time.

He stared at the screen, his face full of grievance, and uttered a sentence:

"I've been wronged! How could someone have plagiarized my invention in advance?"

His voice was filled with incomparable desolation and sorrow.

At the same time.

On the other end of the video call, the Old General, in order to calm his nerves after being startled by the series of grand scenes, was picking up his teacup to take a sip of water.

This mouthful of warm tea had just entered his mouth and he hadn't had time to swallow it yet.

As a result, upon hearing those words.

The Old General's majestic eyes instantly bulged.

His throat suddenly tightened, and the breath in his chest instantly went down the wrong way.

"Pfft—!"

More than half a mouthful of tea was sprayed directly out.

Water splashed everywhere, soaking the desk and several documents in front of him.

While coughing violently, the Old Chief roared from the depths of his soul:

Plagiarized in advance, my foot!