Chapter 89 The Perfect Staircase

Wang Dachui said the four words "electronic speed limiter," his voice not loud, yet it made the entire office instantly quiet.

There was no sound left in the office; everyone's thoughts stagnated at this moment.

The Experts who had just been filled with righteous indignation were now all frozen. They stood there blankly, mouths slightly open, eyes unfocused. Their brains seemed to have given up on processing the four words "electronic speed limiter."

The report in Academician Zhang Jingmin's hand fell to the floor with a clatter, but he was completely unaware.

Liu Jianguo's violent coughing also stopped. He was bent over, his face flushed red, tears coughed out. Looking at the scene before him, he felt he might collapse from oxygen deprivation at any moment.

Li Jiajun, who was at the center of the storm, had the "I am a law-abiding citizen" aggrieved expression on his face completely frozen.

He slowly turned his head and stared fixedly at his loyal Big Smart One manager. There was no anger in his eyes, only numb despair.

'It's over,' a thought emerged in his mind, 'It's completely screwed.'

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This dead silence lasted for a full half-minute.

Ultimately, it was still Academician Zhang Jingmin, the chief engineer of Chengfei Group, who was the first to struggle out of the ruins of his thoughts.

He didn't pick up the report on the floor, nor did he continue to dwell on that outrageous speed. He had dedicated half his life to the Sword Project and knew very well that no matter how fast the speed was, it was only at the level of technique. What truly shook him, and the entire country, was something else.

He forced his brain, which was about to go on strike, to start working again. He took a deep breath and used a hoarse voice to pull the topic back to the core.

"The issue of the speed limit... let's not talk about it for now." Academician Zhang Jingmin's voice was dry. He raised his bloodshot eyes and stared at Li Jiajun, "We are now... only talking about that coating. That optical stealth coating!"

Once these words were spoken, the other Experts at the scene, who were still in a state of system crash, also suddenly came back to their senses.

That's right!

Speed and such were just floating clouds!

The achievement that could make light go around was the true purpose of their trip!

Having figured this out, the Experts immediately threw the impact brought by the 300 km/h speed and the electronic speed limiter to the back of their minds. They all cast scorching gazes at Li Jiajun, and the atmosphere at the scene instantly shifted from stagnant to tense.

'Don't ask about the principle, don't ask about the principle...' Li Jiajun prayed frantically in his heart.

However, what happened next completely exceeded his expectations.

The Experts did not immediately question him. Based on the preliminary technical analysis report obtained from the Baishui City police and the details of the on-site investigation, they spontaneously launched a small-scale technical argumentation meeting. Their goal was very clear: to verify whether their preliminary judgments aligned with the facts.

"According to the preliminary spectral analysis provided by the police, the material basis of this coating seems to be a previously unseen polymer superlattice structure." One materials science Expert pushed up his glasses, his tone very uncertain, "But the problem is, to achieve negative refraction for the full band of visible light, the internal nano-unit structure must reach extremely high complexity and precision, which is theoretically impossible. Existing manufacturing processes simply cannot achieve it!"

"I agree." Another Expert in the field of optics immediately echoed, "Even if we don't consider the manufacturing process, just talking about energy consumption. The energy required to maintain this scale of optical bending must be an astronomical figure. For a small child's toy car, how terrifying must the energy density of that battery be to support this level of energy consumption? This is not scientific!"

Listening to the Experts' discussion, Li Jiajun stood on the side. At first, he was terrified, fearing they would ask some question he couldn't answer. But as he listened, the expression on his face became strange.

He realized that this group of Experts was using their professional knowledge to step by step approach the truth of the coating used by dragon knight no. 1 — it indeed had fatal technical limitations.

'My god, they are about to deduce it...' Li Jiajun's heartbeat skipped a beat, but immediately after, it was a burst of ecstasy.

As long as they could reach the correct conclusion themselves, wouldn't he be safe?

Just then, Academician Zhang Jingmin, who had been silent, suddenly clapped his hands, the confusion on his face swept away.

"I understand now!" His tone was suddenly enlightened, successfully attracting everyone's attention.

He looked at the crowd, his tone extremely certain, and stated the conclusion he had reached through rigorous scientific deduction:

"The preparation process for this coating must be extremely complex, and the failure rate must be extremely high! And the cost must be an astonishingly astronomical figure!"

"Therefore," he emphasized his tone, and asked Li Jiajun word by word for confirmation, "This technology must have a fatal limitation! That is — it can only be realized on the surface of small objects with small curvature! It cannot be applied to big guys like fighter jets! Their structures are too complex, and their surface areas are too large! Comrade Li, am I right?"

Once this conclusion was out, all the Experts at the scene showed expressions of realization, looking at Li Jiajun, waiting for his final confirmation.

This explanation was too reasonable! It acknowledged the advanced nature of this technology while putting a shackle on it that prevented large-scale application. This completely conformed to the laws of scientific development and their understanding of existing technology.

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Li Jiajun looked at the Experts' verifying gazes, his heart filled with ecstasy.

He felt like a student caught by the teacher for copying homework, preparing to be scolded, but the straight-A student at the next desk stood up and told the teacher that his answer was the standard answer!

The desire to survive made Li Jiajun decide to follow this perfect step and slide down quickly.

Seeing that the Experts had reached a consensus, he immediately stepped forward, his face wearing a sincere expression, and nodded heavily at Academician Zhang Jingmin, his eyes full of admiration.

"Yes, yes, yes! Elder Zhang, you really have sharp eyes, hitting the nail on the head!"

He pointed to his hands and feet, swearing with a tone of utmost sincerity: "I won't hide it from you leaders, this technology of mine is really very immature! It's just a half-baked level! It can only be used on such small toys like this children's car to fool laymen. If it were really applied to big guys like airplanes or warships, that would absolutely not work! It would be impossible even if I died!"