26: Are lithography machines difficult to make? Learn about 5 nanometers!

Lu Feng suddenly had a thought.

"Elder Ji, do you know much about this Lithography Machine?"

Elder Ji was stunned for a moment. "I'm not very familiar with this field."

"But we have such talents in this base."

"Why?"

"Do you have some other ideas about the Lithography Machine?"

Elder Ji actually had one more thing he hadn't asked.

He originally had this thought.

But at the moment he was about to speak...

...he hesitated for a moment.

Because the idea was too absurd.

He wouldn't even believe it himself if he said it!

And that was: Lu Feng, do you want to start researching the Lithography Machine???

Because it was too absurd...

...the words kept circling on the tip of Elder Ji's tongue.

But he still didn't ask.

He just replied calmly.

"Alright! I'll call the people over for you right away."

"I'll keep an eye on the situation outside for you first."

"Mm! Then I'll have to trouble you, Elder Ji!" Lu Feng nodded.

He didn't state his intentions.

After all, regarding the principles of his enlightenment system and whether it could actually succeed...

...he didn't know either.

After Elder Ji finished speaking, he drove his electric wheelchair out.

A short while later, there was a knock on the door.

Lu Feng nodded in response.

"Come in!"

Three men entered.

None of them looked very old.

One of them was completely bald—the hairstyle of the strongest among the strong.

The man introduced himself:

"Hello, Chief Engineer Lu!"

"My name is Xiang Hao, and these two are my colleagues."

The other two nodded at Lu Feng.

The look of admiration on the three men's faces could not be hidden.

The abilities Lu Feng had displayed these past few days...

...and his level of understanding regarding Controllable Nuclear Fusion...

...had far surpassed the other so-called professors and academicians they had seen.

From the faint resentment at the beginning...

...to being convinced later...

...to the current admiration!

And he was someone so much younger than them.

Some of the older ones among them had children older than Lu Feng.

They really wondered how Lu Feng's parents had raised him.

If these people knew that Zhao Lan would say just giving them more sweet and sour pork ribs would do...

...who knows how they would react.

"Hello!" Lu Feng said with a smile.

"I called the three of you here mainly because I wanted to ask..."

"Regarding Lithography Machines and chip manufacturing,"

"how much do you three know?"

Xiang Hao seemed to be the leader among the three.

He was still the first to speak:

"Regarding the Lithography Machines imported from Netherlands previously..."

"...there are several that we specifically research!"

"That's great!" A smile appeared on Lu Feng's face.

"Tell me about the Lithography Machine in detail; if we were to build one,"

"where would the difficulties and bottlenecks be?"

As soon as he finished speaking...

...all three were stunned.

Xiang Hao was the first to react.

If anyone else had said this...

...Xiang Hao would have cursed them out thoroughly!

What are you thinking? Why don't you just think about immigrating to Mars?

You want to build a Lithography Machine??

But the person asking this was Lu Feng.

The man who was about to turn the impossibility of Controllable Nuclear Fusion into a possibility.

Xiang Hao immediately focused all his attention.

Then he pointed behind him at a man wearing thick glasses.

"This is Jiang Yuan."

"If we're talking about all the Scientific Researchers in our Dragon Country..."

"...who has the deepest research into Lithography Machines..."

"...there can only be one person, and that is Jiang Yuan!"

Jiang Yuan waved his hands modestly.

"No, no, Xiang Hao, you're exaggerating."

"Chief Engineer Lu is here; how would I dare claim to be number one?"

Lu Feng laughed:

"I am a complete novice in the field of Lithography Machines."

"Please, Brother Jiang Yuan, explain it to me in detail."

When Jiang Yuan heard Lu Feng call him 'Brother', his face flushed bright red.

Lu Feng's status was now extraordinary.

Someone who could be called 'Brother' by Lu Feng...

...had yet to be seen in the entire Project Divine Light base.

Jiang Yuan's expression immediately turned solemn.

He said:

"It's like this, Chief Engineer Lu."

"The difficulty of the Lithography Machine lies in..."

"...designing our own optical system."

"This is the core of the core of the Lithography Machine."

"It includes light sources, lenses, mirrors, masks, photosensitive silicon wafers, and so on."

"We need to design and manufacture these components and ensure their precision and stability."

"There are also complex mechanical systems."

"To be honest."

"With that previous Lithography Machine from Netherlands, I haven't even figured out their mechanical system yet."

"Currently, our domestic Lithography Machines have been restricted to 14nm."

"And even this, we cannot fully manufacture yet."

At this point, Jiang Yuan could not hide his look of regret.

"If we were really to start developing our country's own Lithography Machine from scratch now..."

"...it could be said that we are starting from zero."

"According to our current development technology..."

"Ten years!"

"Twenty years!"

"Thirty years!"

"It's all possible!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head, "I don't know how long it will take."

"And by then, I don't know how far the Lithography Machines of Netherlands and the USA..."

"...will have developed."

"I simply dare not imagine it."

Speaking up to here, Jiang Yuan, Xiang Hao, and the other man...

...glanced at each other.

They sighed simultaneously.

Lu Feng had been listening for a while.

His brain had no reaction.

There was no 'ding' sound either.

He checked the time.

It was already 12:00 PM.

"Alright!"

Lu Feng encouraged everyone.

"Don't belittle yourselves."

"Although we don't have long-term technical accumulation..."

"...Dragon Country has Scientific Researchers like you."

"Everything will get better."

"Yes!" Xiang Hao nodded vigorously.

"We don't matter, as long as we have you!"

"Chief Engineer Lu! If Dragon Country had two more geniuses like you..."

"...then Dragon Country surpassing the USA to become number one in the world..."

"...would be just around the corner!"

Jiang Yuan added from the side:

"Chief Engineer Lu is no ordinary genius; he is a genius among geniuses."

"Right!" Xiang Hao nodded.

"A genius among geniuses."

These three were usually workers who buried their heads in scientific research.

They didn't know how to flatter.

These were their truest feelings.

Lu Feng felt a bit embarrassed listening to them.

"Let's go! Let's go to the cafeteria to grab something to eat first."

"We can talk while we eat!"

Lu Feng planned to spend the entire day on the research and manufacturing of this Lithography Machine.

If he could have an enlightenment in this area...

...it would be a help to the current Controllable Nuclear Fusion project.

If the computing power were increased...

...the realization of Controllable Nuclear Fusion should be shortened significantly!

Just as he stepped out, Lu Feng's assistant was already waiting at the door.

The assistant was named Sun Qing.

She was a postdoctoral fellow in physics, and most importantly, a ninth-degree black belt in Jujitsu.

She was assigned to be Lu Feng's assistant at the experimental base.

Actually, another point was that she also needed the ability to protect Lu Feng.

Originally, having Cheng Yong alone would have been enough.

But Cheng Yong knew nothing about physics.

So Lu Feng also needed an assistant to help convey messages and organize the things he needed to do.

So Sun Qing was chosen.

She was personally selected by General Qin Guozhu.

Whether in looks, knowledge, or figure, she was among the best in Dragon Country.

As soon as Sun Qing saw Lu Feng come out...

"Chief Engineer Lu! Your lunch is ready!"

Lu Feng waved his hand.

"I'm eating at the cafeteria with Xiang Hao and Brother Jiang Yuan today."

"This..." Sun Qing hesitated slightly.

But seeing Lu Feng's determined expression...

...she could only agree.

"Alright, Chief Engineer Lu!"

"I'll go tell the cafeteria to prepare." Just as she turned around—

Bang!

Something fell from Sun Qing's person.

It was a silver compact mirror.

The mirror hit the ground and shattered into several pieces.

The broken mirror reflected the white light from above.

Lu Feng's brain buzzed!

[Ding!]

[You have gained enlightenment on the manufacturing principles of the Lithography Machine from the compact mirror.]

[Manufacturing process: 5nm!!!]