18: Project Divine Light has begun immediately; the US is stirring up trouble again!

The Dragon Kingdom's Project Divine Light officially launched the moment Elder Wu announced it.

"Alright," Elder Wu patted Lu Feng on the shoulder.

"Good luck!"

"The future of our Dragon Kingdom depends on you."

After saying that, he greeted Ji Zhengkang.

"Mr. Ji, long time no see!"

Elder Ji smiled and replied, "Elder Wu, long time no see!"

"It's hard on you, having to work when you should be at an age to enjoy retirement!"

Elder Ji waved his hand. "What polite words you speak, Elder Wu."

"As long as the Dragon Kingdom has a need, these old bones are ready at any moment."

"Besides, aren't you also constantly busy out there, Elder Wu?"

"And besides!"

Elder Ji looked at Lu Feng, "I'm just here to assist."

"Everything here still depends on Lu Feng."

Elder Wu sighed with emotion, "A hero truly comes from the youth."

After saying that, he looked at Cheng Yong, who was standing to the side.

"You must be Cheng Yong, right?"

Cheng Yong instantly stood at attention and gave Elder Wu a standard military salute.

The usual traces of Cheng Yong's casual, somewhat slack demeanor were gone.

In its place was only solemnity and tenacity.

"Reporting, Chief! I am Cheng Yong!"

"The current Captain of the Poison Fang Unit!"

"Good! Good!" Elder Wu looked Cheng Yong up and down.

"That kid Qin Guozhu chose well."

"Take good care of Lu Feng!"

"His security level is now higher than us old men!"

"Yes, sir!" Cheng Yong stood at attention again!

Cheng Yong maintained his salute until Elder Wu entered the elevator.

He remained in that posture.

As Qin Guozhu passed by him, he whispered something.

"Lu Feng's security level has now been raised to SSS."

"If the Poison Fang Unit isn't enough,"

"just say the word, and I will send another unit to you."

"Not for the time being!" Cheng Yong didn't dare to be too overconfident.

Because he understood the current situation.

He also knew why Lu Feng was so important to the Dragon Kingdom.

With the current Project Divine Light, if progress were made, personnel from other countries would certainly try to infiltrate and steal information.

Lu Feng was the absolute priority among priorities.

He might have to face the top agents or spies from other countries in the world.

Therefore, he didn't dare to make absolute promises.

He didn't say there was no problem at all, only that it wasn't necessary for now.

"Mm!" Qin Guozhu nodded slightly.

"Report anything to me immediately."

After saying that, he also walked out... Elder Ji looked at Lu Feng.

"Chief Engineer Lu, where do we start our first step?"

Lu Feng pondered for a moment.

Although he had only written the paper on the feasibility of Controllable Nuclear Fusion,

and it seemed to remain only at the theoretical level,

in truth, Lu Feng already knew exactly how to begin implementation and every subsequent step.

When Elder Ji asked, he wasn't flustered at all.

"Elder Ji, our first step is to build the nuclear reactor."

Elder Ji nodded with a smile.

"It's just as I suspected."

"Regarding small nuclear reactors, before you arrived, I had already started arranging for people to build some."

"However, they were built only according to my understanding and the methods in your paper."

"Currently, there are 1,200 small reactors."

"But they are only structurally defined."

"The specific materials still need to be determined by you."

"Good! Then let's take a look now."

Elder Ji truly lived up to being the Dragon Kingdom's current top veteran researcher; he had basically considered everything that could be done for Lu Feng.

At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a hard hat walked over.

He smiled and extended his hand to Lu Feng. "Hello, Chief Engineer Lu."

"I am the leader of the materials expert group for the Project Divine Light."

"My name is Chang Qi."

Lu Feng didn't know why, but he quickly settled into his role.

"Alright, Leader Chang, I will now hand over all the derivation formulas and mixing methods regarding the materials to you."

"You need powerful computers to begin calculations, and at the same time, the practical material testing here must not stop!"

"Yes, sir!" Leader Chang also entered his role very quickly.

Next, Lu Feng looked at Elder Ji.

"Elder Ji, I need a quiet environment to write down all the papers I hadn't finished before."

"Alright..." Elder Ji agreed.

People behind him quickly moved into action... On the other side.

The Dragon Kingdom's Cabinet meeting room.

Elder Sun pushed open the door, his face full of anger.

"Isn't the USA clearly bullying us on purpose?"

"This time I went on a visit."

"One moment they were talking nicely with me, and the next they were pushing for the passage of the CHIPS Act."

"The CHIPS Act?" the Fourth Elder asked.

"The one where the USA and its allies restrict and blockade high-end chip technology to our Dragon Kingdom?"

The Sixth Elder added, "Earlier this year,"

"I heard people over there mention this. Now they're starting to push it. If their Congress passes it,"

"it will be terrible news for our Dragon Kingdom."

"Indeed!" the Third Elder also agreed.

"As far as I know, the probability of this act passing in the US Congress is very high."

"Our Dragon Kingdom's own chip research and development must pick up the pace."

"This is not something that can be achieved overnight!"

"Then we must also start preparing our response."

"This should be our key project moving forward!"

The Tenth Elder said:

"Whether it's daily life, military, scientific research, or healthcare, every piece of equipment relies on chips for processing."

"Especially communications; in modern warfare, communication is the primary priority among priorities."

"It's no longer the same as the wars in our time."

While several people were discussing,

the door to the Cabinet meeting room was pushed open.

Elder Wu walked in with a joyful expression.

He immediately saw the expressions of the various Elders.

He couldn't help but be a bit stunned.

"What's happened to you all? Every one of you has a frown on your face."

"Elder Sun, when did you get back?"

Elder Sun let out a long breath and looked at the Second Elder, who had always been known for his fiery temper.

"How was it? Did the Project Divine Light go as desired?"

"Oh boy!" Elder Wu's face instantly lit up with excitement.

"You guys have no idea. That kid Lu Feng is quite the talent, and not only that,"

"his mastery of Controllable Nuclear Fusion is absolutely unrivaled."

"Oh? Elder Wu, since when do you understand these things?"

Elder Wu waved his hand. "How could I understand any of that?"

"But the more than 2,000 experts on-site understood. When Lu Feng spoke, the entire venue went silent."

"That kid didn't even introduce himself; his opening remarks were all about the implementation methods for Controllable Nuclear Fusion."

"Good!" the Fifth Elder slapped the table.

"One's own strength is the best self-introduction!"

"Yes! Lu Feng proved with his strength that he is well-deserving of being the Chief Engineer of the Project Divine Light."

"Then now..." the First Elder asked, though he didn't finish his sentence.

Elder Wu already understood his meaning.

"Our Project Divine Light has already officially started!"

"That's great!"

"Wonderful!" Elder Sun stood up excitedly.

"This is the only piece of good news I've heard in the past six months."

"I wonder when this Project Divine Light can be completed?"

"This..." Elder Wu scratched his head, showing a rare moment of embarrassment.

"The atmosphere at the scene was so good that I forgot to ask."

"It doesn't matter, I'll go check on the progress next week."

"But you'll absolutely never guess what request Lu Feng made!"

"What request?" the Tenth Elder asked.

"How about you tell me first what you all were just grumbling about with such gloomy faces?"

"This is how it is; we didn't intend to keep it from you anyway!" Elder Sun was just about to speak.

Bang!

The meeting room door was suddenly slammed open!