Chapter 311 Young man, do you understand technology?
"Sincerity?"
Smith fell into deep thought. He was considering how to demonstrate his sincerity. Various ideas flashed through his mind like a carousel, but he felt that none of them were very reliable.
To keep Smith from overthinking, Commander Liu Chengzhi decided to give him a hint:
"In fact, we are in great need of your country's technological blueprints."
Upon hearing this, Smith immediately felt his scalp tingle, and he secretly cried out that things were bad!
Where would I have any blueprints?
Although, in his own hands, he did truly have blueprints!
But those blueprints, just like the Space Warp Engine, were all meant to fool the Dragon Nation...
Seeing that Smith remained silent, Commander Liu Chengzhi frowned slightly, a trace of imperceptible doubt flashing in his eyes. He turned his head and glanced at Su Chen, a tacit understanding passing between their gazes.
Su Chen smiled calmly at this moment, breaking the stalemate as he spoke:
"It seems Mr. Smith is in a bit of a difficult position."
"Of course, it is possible that he does not have any technological blueprints from the Eagle Nation on hand, rather than intentionally withholding them from us."
As he spoke, Su Chen's expression was indifferent and his tone peaceful, yet a kind of invisible pressure seemed to permeate the air, making the atmosphere in the room increasingly heavy.
Commander Liu Chengzhi helplessly spread his hands and said with a feigned expression of regret:
"Then there is nothing to be done. In this case, it is very difficult for us to trust Mr. Smith!"
As he said this, he made a move to stand up, the chair scraping with a "creak" sound. His sleeves brushed lightly, and it appeared he was preparing to leave in a huff.
This action seemed casual, but it actually hid sharp intent. It was a test and a form of pressure on Smith, intended to force him to reveal his hand and show his true colors.
As expected!
Seeing this, Smith immediately panicked!
His heart felt as if it were being fiercely clutched by an invisible giant hand. The veins on his forehead slightly bulged, and his eyes were filled with anxiety and panic.
He knew that in the current situation, he absolutely could not let Commander Liu Chengzhi leave just like this!
Otherwise, his stable life in the Dragon Nation would very likely collapse in an instant!
He would very likely completely lose the trust of the Dragon Nation!
At that point, he would fall into a desperate situation where neither the Dragon Nation nor the Eagle Nation would tolerate him!
To put it more poetically, he would become a rootless duckweed, at the mercy of fate.
"Mr. Liu, please stay..."
Smith hurriedly spoke up to detain him, his voice slightly hoarse and raised due to nervousness.
"Oh?"
Commander Liu Chengzhi stopped his movement to stand up and turned his head to look at Smith, his gaze as sharp as an eagle's, as if wanting to pierce through his heart. "Mr. Smith, do you have anything else to say?"
Smith wanted to speak but hesitated, his lips trembling slightly. His hands unconsciously clenched and unclenched as he struggled and weighed his options internally.
Finally, helplessness and the instinct for survival prevailed. He gritted his teeth, stood up, and said with a voice filled with trembling sincerity:
"Please wait for me a moment."
After speaking, he walked hurriedly toward the bedroom with a mix of panic and determination. His figure disappeared behind the door, leaving Commander Liu Chengzhi and Su Chen to exchange a glance and wait quietly.
Before long, Smith walked out with a stack of documents tightly clenched in his hands, his expression grave. His complexion did not look good, pale with a hint of gray, as if he were carrying a burden of a thousand jin.
He placed the documents on the table with cautious movements that seemed to carry a hint of unwillingness and helplessness, muttering with trembling lips:
"Mr. Liu, this is what I brought with me when I first came here to the Dragon Nation."
"I am not sure if it will be of any use to you! You should take it back and have a look first!"
Commander Liu Chengzhi reached out to take the documents, his gaze lingering briefly on the cover. His expression was calm, making it impossible to tell if he was happy or angry, and he then handed them over to Su Chen.
Su Chen did not decline and immediately opened the documents. As soon as his eyes touched them, his pupils instantly widened, and a flash of undisguisable light flickered in his eyes.
Damn!
Good stuff!
These documents were actually the blueprints for an extraterrestrial colonization plan!
Covering many cutting-edge technological fields!
From life support systems to terraforming plans, to complex and precise base construction blueprints, and other conceptual blueprints that Su Chen hadn't thought of before but which would be very helpful for extraterrestrial colonization.
Su Chen was inwardly shocked and thought to himself:
"Isn't this exactly the colonization technology I've been longing to obtain?"
"With these blueprints, won't I be able to realize the farming plan?"
"Good heavens, this is like finding a pillow when you're sleepy; it came without any effort!"
He suppressed his inner excitement, remaining outwardly calm, but his slightly trembling fingers still betrayed his exhilaration.
Just at this moment, the long-silent system voice in Su Chen's mind sounded!
"Detected that the host has identified a certain technological conceptual blueprint!"
"Beginning decompilation..."
"Warning! Decompilation failed!"
"System beginning to call upon technologies within the system library to perform autonomous compilation..."
"Compilation progress: 1%, 2%, 3%..."
"Compilation progress: 100%! Compilation successful!"
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining technologies related to the colonization plan!"
As the system notification ended!
A series of technical blueprints and related theoretical knowledge, like a nimble stream of data, accompanied by the system's voice, poured into Su Chen's mind.
Su Chen only felt his head slightly throbbing with pain, yet he was ecstatic!
Like a sponge absorbing water, he quickly digested this new knowledge, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corners of his mouth as he thought:
"The farming plan is secure!"
Smith noticed that fleeting smile on Su Chen's face, which he had keenly captured, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. At this moment, his heart was full of nervousness and anxiety, like a prisoner waiting for judgment.
He was in a state of desperation, grabbing at any straw. The Dragon Nation wanted to judge his sincerity by obtaining technological blueprints from the Eagle Nation, but where would he have any genuinely useful blueprints!
Although he had some conceptual blueprints originally used to fool the Dragon Nation, those blueprints were one more outlandish than the next, each crazier than the last!
Most importantly, with the Dragon Nation's current technological strength, they would surely be able to see at a glance that these blueprints were just conceptual gimmicks that looked good but were useless.
If he brought these things out again, wasn't he still trying to fool them?
Thinking of this, Smith felt desperate, as if falling into an ice cellar, constantly muttering in his heart:
"It's over! It's all over now! I won't be kicked out of the Dragon Nation, will I?"
It wouldn't matter if he was kicked out, but the key was that he didn't want his family and children to be kicked out with him!
Commander Liu Chengzhi did not know Smith's inner worries. At this moment, he only cared about whether these blueprints had any actual value to Su Chen, so he looked at Su Chen and asked:
"How is it?"
Su Chen restrained his smile, returning to his composed state, and nodded.
Concise and yet full of affirmation:
"Not bad."
Although he spoke so lightly, his heart was already uncontrollably ecstatic, as if he had won a huge lottery, feeling that this harvest was truly a massive fortune!
The Dragon Nation's journey into space, initiating a true colonization and farming plan, was already close at hand; the future was promising.
Su Chen felt the hot blood in his body igniting; he couldn't wait to go back and get started!
Commander Liu Chengzhi was relieved. His tense expression instantly relaxed, a gratified smile appearing on his face. Looking at Smith, the previously furrowed brows completely smoothed out!
He took the initiative to reach out his hand and said warmly:
"It is evident that Mr. Smith is quite sincere."
"Thank you for your help. The Dragon Nation will not let your contributions go to waste."
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Smith looked bewildered, full of question marks!
He was inwardly confused and pondered to himself:
"What is going on? The Dragon Nation actually believed it???"
"They actually think that these blueprints, which are even more exaggerated and unreliable than the Space Warp Engine, have value?"
"This..."
Suddenly, his gaze inadvertently swept over Su Chen!
A flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he immediately realized; he understood.
"Commander Liu Chengzhi actually let his assistant determine the value of these blueprints?"
"What the hell does he know!"
"He is so young!"
"Does he understand technology?"