131: Lin Qi was furious! A new task appeared again!

“Yes and no.”

Lin Qi thought for a moment and said, “The aerospace method I envision is not simply a rocket or an early-stage space shuttle.”

“Instead, it’s a single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft.”

Old Qian: “!!!”

He almost thought he misheard.

Old Qian even turned his head to look at Lin Qi.

Seeing this?

Lin Qi smiled and nodded, “You didn’t mishear, it is a single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft.”

“What I want is an engine that combines multiple operating states and can automatically change its operating state according to the working conditions.”

“Using nuclear energy or other highly efficient energy as the power source to propel this engine, it can enter space from the ground without reducing its own weight.”

As a world-class scholar and the father of aerospace in both Eagle Country and Dragon Country, Old Qian naturally knew what Lin Qi was talking about.

However...

“This won’t be easy!”

If it were anyone else saying this, Old Qian would not only shake his head repeatedly but would even directly reject the idea!

After all.

Eagle Country hadn’t even figured out the space shuttle, and Dragon Country hadn’t even figured out heavy-lift rockets!

This was like not being able to crawl yet, but directly competing in a race with Usain Bolt and Liu Xiang, which would not only waste the researchers’ time.

It would also waste a lot of research funds and resources.

This was not a good thing.

But...

These words came from Lin Qi.

For a moment.

Old Qian really didn’t refute him.

Lin Qi nodded.

He didn’t know Old Qian’s inner thoughts.

He just thought this was Old Qian’s normal reaction.

He smiled and said, “It is indeed not easy, which is why I haven’t dared to research it yet!”

“However...”

“Considering that future wars will no longer be solely land, sea, and air combat, but rather integrated multi-dimensional wars across land, sea, air, and space.”

“Therefore...”

“Future fighter jets should fly higher and faster, even breaking through the current five-digit altitude limit to reach six-digit or even seven-digit altitudes in space!”

“And to achieve this, the propulsion system of our fighter jets must be replaced.”

“This is a perfect opportunity.”

“To verify the energy and propulsion system of a single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft, making the future appearance of such a spacecraft a matter of course.”

If it were anyone else, Lin Qi might not have said so much, after all, these were just his previous life’s ideas, and whether they could be realized was still unknown!

But the person in front of him was Old Qian after all.

If he could hear Old Qian’s opinions, it would obviously allow Lin Qi to understand the risks in advance and thus better avoid them.

Indeed.

Listening to Lin Qi’s words, Old Qian, after a moment of silence, immediately spoke about his concerns.

And Lin Qi answered what he knew one by one, and straightforwardly said he didn’t know what he didn’t know.

For a moment.

It felt like an academic seminar.

Listening to the two of them discussing these topics, which were clearly very advanced but completely incomprehensible.

Both Old Qian’s wife and Shen Wanyue couldn’t help but show bitter smiles on their faces.

After a long time.

Until it was past nine in the evening.

Only then did Lin Qi propose to leave.

After all, it was already this late, and if he stayed any longer, he would not only affect Old Qian’s rest but also Old Qian’s wife’s rest.

This was not what Lin Qi wanted to see.

“Alright...” Old Qian’s eyes were filled with obvious reluctance, and he even escorted Lin Qi to the door, unwilling to leave, saying:

“Go ahead and research with confidence. If you encounter financial difficulties, come find me, and I’ll help you figure out a solution.”

Lin Qi nodded heavily and smiled, “Don’t worry, Old Qian, if I really encounter such a situation, I definitely won’t forget to find you!”

Under the gaze of Old Qian and his wife, Lin Qi and Shen Wanyue gradually went downstairs, and then, with the old couple watching from the window, they drove out of the compound.

“What’s wrong, Old Qian? You look so ‘worried.’ Could it be that you don’t agree with the ideas Little Lin mentioned?”

As Old Qian’s wife, she was very familiar with Old Qian’s reactions when he received guests.

It could be said that today was Old Qian’s most “unusual” time; not only his current expression but also his reluctant appearance just now...

It was also very rarely seen!

Old Qian shook his head, “It’s not that I don’t agree, but that I agree too much, which is why I feel immense pressure for Little Lin!”

“You don’t know how difficult it is to successfully develop the things Little Lin just mentioned!”

“Especially with our current production level, these ideas are no less than asking people from the Stone Age to develop mobile phones!”

Old Qian took a deep breath.

He thought for a moment.

Under the wide-eyed, disbelieving gaze of Old Qian’s wife, Old Qian walked towards his study.

One must know that it was a forbidden area in Old Qian’s house, a place Old Qian only went to when he needed to think!

And now...

“You old man...”

“Don’t think too late!”

“Okay.” Old Qian waved to his wife without looking back, then walked into the study, raising his hand to close the door.

Seeing this?

Old Qian’s wife shook her head.

Looking out the window again at the jeep’s taillights, which had long disappeared, Old Qian’s wife sighed:

“As expected of Old Qian’s confirmed successor, to make Old Qian stay up late to help with theories, it seems Dragon Country is indeed about to take off!”

...

As for Old Qian’s help.

Lin Qi didn’t know about it yet.

After sleeping for a night at the new place prepared by the National Security comrades in Jingdu, when Lin Qi was eating breakfast the next day, the news on television...

Immediately made Lin Qi frown.

He couldn’t even swallow his breakfast!

“The above is a summary of the conflict between Dragon Country and A San Country that occurred yesterday in the Ban Lake region.”

“Although the details are currently uncertain, no matter which force is behind it, it is a provocation to the dignity of my Dragon Country.”

“And a disregard for the lives of my Dragon Country soldiers!”

“Regarding this.”

“Our side expresses strong protest and will fully investigate this matter, rooting out the forces behind it!”

...

“There was a conflict yesterday?” Lin Qi frowned and looked at Shen Wanyue, who nodded and said, “There was indeed a conflict.”

She then told Lin Qi about yesterday’s events.

Especially the part where Wang Peng and his team killed the culprits, which Shen Wanyue also mentioned, just to soothe Lin Qi’s furious mood.

However...

‘Damn it! Those accursed A Sans! In my previous life, they kept causing trouble on the border, and even caused deaths!’

‘I never thought, I never thought that even after coming to a parallel world, such things would still happen?’

“How is that soldier now?” Lin Qi took a deep breath, his voice low.

Shen Wanyue: “According to the latest intelligence, that soldier is not in life-threatening danger.”

“But because he was in a plateau region and hit the back of his head from a three-meter drop, the doctor’s opinion is...”

Saying this, Shen Wanyue paused.

She said with some reluctance, “Paralysis.”

“Damn it!”

“Detection initiated...”