Chapter 271 Ready to Ignite!
Dragon Country, Eastern Sea.
A Nuclear Fusion matrix network power generation base stood toweringly.
It was like a technological lighthouse carrying the hope of human civilization.
At this moment, Su Chen was standing at the center of the Spring Festival Gala camera's focus, his posture upright and his expression solemn.
He was about to solemnly announce to the whole world another great achievement of Dragon Country that possessed epoch-making significance.
However, this great technological achievement, which should have symbolized the progress of all mankind, was like a thorn in the side or a splinter in the eye to some people with ulterior motives, filling them with jealousy and unwillingness.
Especially on the side of the US, when they heard that Dragon Country had actually mastered Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology, the country's high-level officials and many people in relevant fields were on the verge of a breakdown.
For a long time, they had prided themselves on being a technological powerhouse, occupying a leading position in many key technological fields!
Controlled Nuclear Fusion was a core project into which they had invested vast amounts of manpower, material resources, and financial capital to research, yet had never achieved a substantial breakthrough; now, Dragon Country had beaten them to it, and this reality was like a heavy hammer, smashing fiercely against their hearts!
It made it impossible for them to accept such a heavy blow, no matter what.
However, even though their hearts were filled with resistance and doubt, they dared not take their eyes off the program for even a second, fearing that a single blink would cause them to miss some key information!
At this moment, Su Chen in the footage spoke again, his voice steady and powerful, yet carrying a hint of atmosphere that made people nervous: "Next, we will conduct the ignition ceremony for the Nuclear Fusion device!"
President Biden heard this and thought he had misheard, subconsciously muttering to himself: "Ignition? They are playing for real!"
A simple thought would make it clear that if Dragon Country did not have absolute confidence, it would be impossible for them to perform such a critical ignition operation under the watchful eyes of the whole world.
Yet even so, that stubborn disbelief in their hearts still dominated; they still refused to admit that Dragon Country had truly mastered Nuclear Fusion power generation technology, as if as long as they didn't believe it, this matter wouldn't be real.
Su Chen walked slowly to a device with a futuristic design.
The device had smooth exterior lines and exuded a mysterious and advanced aura!
In the center of the device, there was a button protected by layers.
Su Chen calmly disengaged the protective device, and then, his hand gently rested on that button. At this moment, it was as if time had frozen, and the eyes of the whole world, without exception, were gathered on this young man.
In those gazes, there was anticipation, suspicion, nervousness, and worry; all sorts of emotions were intertwined, as if the whole world were holding its breath.
Su Chen also took a deep breath. Although he was full of confidence in the design of the ignition device and all the preliminary tests, at such a moment that attracted worldwide attention, he still couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
However, thinking about it carefully, it would be more appropriate to call it excitement rather than nervousness.
After all, compared to the shock brought by the Aerospace Carrier, Su Chen also harbored an incomparably eager anticipation for the Eternal Day Project. This was a major project that had condensed the hard work of countless researchers and promised to change the global energy landscape!
Meanwhile, everyone else in Dragon Country was also on edge; they were truly nervous!
For the arrival of this moment, they had given so much; countless days and nights of research, countless failures and restarts of experiments—behind it all lay unimaginable hardships and sweat.
At this moment, even the Top Leader and the second-in-command of Dragon Country were sitting in front of the screen, watching the program with focused and nervous expressions, their eyes unblinking, fearing they might miss any key moment.
The group of Americans was also staring nervously at the screen, but their thoughts were completely different from those in Dragon Country; they certainly did not hope for the Nuclear Fusion ignition to succeed.
Although President Biden and the Secretary of State were in different places, at this moment, they had the same thought in their minds, which was to silently pray in their hearts that Dragon Country's Nuclear Fusion device ignition would fail!
It was as if as long as Dragon Country messed up this time, they could preserve their crumbling sense of technological superiority.
On Russia's side, President Putin was watching Dragon Country's program together with a group of high-level officials.
President Putin looked around at everyone, his gaze steady and deep, and asked: "Do you think Dragon Country's Nuclear Fusion device can successfully ignite?"
Upon hearing this, everyone first looked at each other, not knowing how to answer for a moment; after all, the difficulty of Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology was right there.
After a while, a high-level official slowly opened his mouth and said: "Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology is too advanced for us, and even for the US."
"Although Dragon Country has made rapid technological progress in military industry, Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology is different from those military technologies. It is the most cutting-edge energy technology known, apart from Cold Nuclear Fusion Technology. Dragon Country's ignition this time may not necessarily succeed."
As he spoke, he frowned slightly, weighing various possibilities in his heart.
President Putin listened, nodded thoughtfully, and then asked in return: "So you mean, it is possible for them to succeed, right?"
The high-level official was stunned for a moment, carefully pondered his own words, and finally nodded, responding: "In my view, although the difficulty is indeed very high, perhaps the impression that Dragon Country gives me now is no longer the situation of average technological level from before; maybe they really could succeed!"
Clearly full of denial, yet in the end, stubbornly believing in Dragon Country, Russia was also quite conflicted.
President Putin looked around at everyone again, his expression becoming solemn, and said calmly: "It seems we need to prepare for an energy war."
The group of high-level officials was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, and expressions of shock appeared on everyone's faces.
They all knew clearly in their hearts that once Dragon Country's Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology successfully ignited and was applied, the global energy landscape would inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes!
A new competition, and even potential conflict, centered around energy, would likely be unavoidable.
On the other side, the group of high-level officials from Japan were also watching Dragon Country's program intently at this moment.
Previously, due to the "nuclear explosion" by Dragon Country, many places in Japan had experienced varying degrees of impact. Disaster relief and many other affairs should have been their primary focus at this moment; however, as the Prime Minister of Japan who had to solve these problems, he had not left the television for even half a step.
Compared to the domestic disaster situation, he was more concerned about the upcoming ignition situation of Dragon Country at this moment, and like the US, he was constantly praying in his heart: "Must not succeed!" "Must not succeed!"...