10: Chapter 10 The whole nation was shocked! He unveiled a revolutionary battery technology!

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The moment this name, along with an unimaginably vast stream of data, flooded into Lin Yun's mind...

He was completely dumbfounded.

All-solid-state... lithium-air battery?

Holy crap!

The system is really going above and beyond!

As a former web novel enthusiast and a bit of a tech fan, Lin Yun knew better than anyone what those words combined together meant!

Energy!

It is the lifeblood of modern industrial civilization!

Current battery technology, especially lithium batteries, has long since hit a bottleneck.

Low energy density, slow charging, lack of safety, short lifespan... every single one is an insurmountable obstacle.

Scientists all over the world are racking their brains to solve these problems.

And lithium-air batteries have always been hailed as the "ultimate battery"!

Its theoretical energy density is more than ten times that of traditional lithium batteries, even comparable to gasoline!

Once realized, it means electric vehicles could easily have a range of thousands of kilometers! Mobile phones could go a month without charging! The entire nation's energy storage methods would be completely revolutionized!

But while the ideal is grand, reality is harsh.

The technical challenges of lithium-air batteries are even more numerous than those of controlled nuclear fusion!

Catalyst issues for air electrodes, dendrite problems for lithium metal anodes, stability issues with electrolytes... each one is a century-level devil of a problem.

Yet now, the system had directly stuffed the complete, mature, and mass-producible set of technology into his brain!

It even included a brand-new catalyst formula, solid electrolyte materials that could perfectly inhibit dendrite growth, and an incredible technology that used nanorobots for battery self-repair!

This wasn't just being ahead of an era!

This was directly slapping the final answer onto everyone's face!

"Mr. Pangu? Mr. Pangu?"

The medical expert's call pulled Lin Yun back to reality from his immense shock.

He saw that everyone was looking at him with eyes full of concern mixed with ecstasy.

Qin Zihan was also looking at him. Though her cold face still lacked expression, deep within her eyes, there was a hint of something called "tenderness" that had never been there before.

It was the radiance of motherhood.

"I'm fine, I'm just... too happy."

Lin Yun took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart, and a sincere smile appeared on his face.

He walked to Qin Zihan's side and gently held her slightly cool hand.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Qin Zihan's body stiffened slightly, seemingly unaccustomed to such intimate contact, but she didn't pull her hand away. She only gave a soft "Mm," though the tips of her ears turned a nearly imperceptible shade of red.

...

Meanwhile.

At the supreme command center of the "Pangu Project."

Old Chen stood up abruptly from his chair, so violently that he even knocked over the teacup behind him.

Scalding tea spilled all over the floor, but he was completely oblivious.

He stared fixedly at the encrypted communicator in front of him, listening to the report coming through. His aged face was flushed with uncontrollable ecstasy and excitement!

"Pregnant?"

"And it's twins?"

"Haha... Hahahaha!"

Old Chen couldn't help but laugh toward the sky. His laughter was resonant, making the entire command room buzz.

"Good! Excellent! Lin Yun! Qin Zihan! They are both top-tier heroes of our Dragon Country!"

The other staff in the command room were also in an uproar!

Everyone high-fived in celebration, their faces red with excitement.

This wasn't just good news; it meant the theory behind the "Pangu Project" had been completely verified!

Lin Yun, this national treasure, could truly produce a steady stream of black technology for Dragon Country that would change the global landscape!

"Immediately! Notify all relevant departments to raise Comrade Qin Zihan's security level to the same grade as Mr. Pangu's!"

"From today on, she is our Dragon Country's 'National Treasure'! No! She's the 'Mother of the National Treasure'!"

"Her nutrition, medical care, and security must be flawless! Not even a mosquito can be allowed to fly into Base No. 1!"

Old Chen issued command after command with high spirits.

Just then, his private communicator rang.

It was Lin Yun calling.

Old Chen answered immediately, a warm smile on his face. "Comrade Lin Yun, what wonderful news! On behalf of the country, I thank you! You..."

Before he could finish, Lin Yun interrupted him.

"Old Chen, good things come in pairs."

Lin Yun's voice came through the receiver, calm yet carrying a soul-shaking power.

"To celebrate the successful conception of my first children, I have prepared another gift for the country."

"Please immediately gather the top experts in the fields of energy, materials science, and chemical engineering in the country."

"In half an hour, we'll meet at the usual place."

The smile on Old Chen's face froze instantly.

His heart began to beat wildly and uncontrollably!

Another gift?

A gift... to celebrate the pregnancy?

He remembered the WS-30 engine blueprints that served as a "greeting gift."

He remembered the brand-new theory that overturned quantum physics, which served as the "betrothal gift."

This time, what earth-shattering thing would Lin Yun bring out?

...

Half an hour later.

In that same heavily guarded underground conference room.

The atmosphere was even more solemn and heated than last time.

Around the conference table sat over a dozen white-haired elders.

Each was a titan of Dragon Country in the fields of energy and materials science!

Leading them was the Vice President of the Dragon Country Academy of Sciences, the famous battery technology expert, Academician Wang Haoran.

When they were summoned here with the utmost urgency by a top-secret order, everyone was completely in the dark.

Until Old Chen gently placed a black USB drive on the conference table.

"Everyone."

Old Chen looked around at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "I've invited you all here today because there is a major technology concerning our national energy security, which may even initiate the Fourth Industrial Revolution, that needs your collective evaluation."

Academician Wang Haoran frowned and spoke up. "Old Chen, aren't you being a bit hyperbolic? What technology could possibly deserve such high praise?"

He didn't believe that, given the current speed of technological development, there could still be any technology worthy of being called "initiating an industrial revolution."

Old Chen didn't speak, only signaled the technicians to project the contents of the USB drive onto the big screen.

["Complete Technical Details of All-Solid-State Lithium-Air Batteries"]

When this title appeared.

The conference room fell into a deathly silence.

A few seconds later, an uncontrollable commotion broke out.

"Lithium-air batteries? And all-solid-state? Are you kidding me!"

"This is the stuff of science fiction! Who doesn't know this thing is just a theory, still a hundred thousand miles away from realization!"

Academician Wang Haoran gave a cold snort. He pushed up his glasses, his tone carrying a hint of scholarly arrogance and disdain.

"Old Chen, if I may be blunt, isn't this wasting everyone's time?"

"Lithium-air batteries have five insurmountable technical chasms! Air electrode efficiency, solid electrolyte ionic conductivity, dendrites and pulverization of the lithium metal anode, battery cycle life, and sensitivity to air-borne carbon dioxide and moisture!"

"Any one of these five mountains cannot be conquered within ten years! Let alone solving them all!"

His words represented the sentiments of all the experts present.

They truly couldn't believe someone could produce technology from "mythology."

Old Chen didn't argue, only glanced faintly at the conference room door.

The door opened.

Lin Yun walked in with composed steps.

He went straight to the big screen, picked up the remote, and flipped the PPT to a certain page.

On it was an extremely complex molecular structure model.

Lin Yun's calm gaze swept over the disdainful Academician Wang Haoran, and he began to speak.

His voice wasn't loud, but it echoed clearly in everyone's ears.

"Academician Wang, regarding the first problem you mentioned, air electrode efficiency."

"Please look at the screen. This is a catalyst we've named 'Pangu-1.' Using graphene as a substrate and loaded with ruthenium-platinum dual atoms, its ORR and OER bifunctional catalytic activity is more than 50 times that of the best catalyst currently in academia, and the cost is only one-tenth."

"As for the second problem you mentioned, the conductivity of the solid electrolyte."

Lin Yun flipped another page.

"We use a sulfide solid electrolyte route. By introducing an 'amorphous interface layer,' its room-temperature ionic conductivity can reach 2.5 x 10^-2 S/cm, which has already exceeded traditional liquid electrolytes."

"And the dendrite problem you're most worried about..."

A mysterious smile curled at the corner of Lin Yun's mouth.

"Please turn to page 118 of the technical manual. We've designed a 'dynamic self-healing protective layer.' It can use the trace amount of thermal energy generated by local currents at the moment a dendrite begins to sprout to drive nano-repair robots for 'point-to-point fusing,' physically and completely eliminating dendrite growth."

...

With every sentence Lin Yun spoke, Academician Wang Haoran's face turned a shade paler.

When Lin Yun finished explaining the solutions to the five major problems as if he were telling a story, nonchalantly.

Academician Wang Haoran was frozen in place like a statue!

His mouth was wide open, his eyes bloodshot, and his whole body was trembling uncontrollably!

Subversive!

Completely subversive!

Every solution Lin Yun proposed was like a divine decree descending from another dimension—precise, elegant, and violently crushing all the knowledge systems he had built over his lifetime!

The conference room was dead silent.

All the national-treasure-level academicians looked at the young man on the stage blankly, as if they were listening to a heavenly book.

Shock, fear, ecstasy... all sorts of emotions intertwined into a turbulent wave in their hearts!

After a long time.

Old Chen slowly stood up, breaking the suffocating silence.

He looked at the experts who were completely stunned, then at the calm Lin Yun, a surge of unprecedented pride rising in his heart.

How fortunate for Dragon Country!

He took a deep breath and asked the ultimate question that made everyone's heart, including his own, race.

"Lin Yun..."

Old Chen's voice carried a hint of imperceptible trembling.

"You just said that this epoch-making battery technology is merely a gift you prepared to celebrate your children's... successful conception?"

"Yes." Lin Yun nodded.

"Then..."

Old Chen's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and an incredibly scorching light burst from his eyes as he stared fixedly at Lin Yun.

"Then, when the day the children are actually born comes, the 'grand birth gift' you plan to bring out..."

"What exactly will it be?"