125: Chapter 125 is practically suicide!

After sending the message, Lin Yuan casually tossed his phone onto the office desk.

He picked up the thermos cup on the table and took a slow sip, a look of mockery flashing in his eyes.

Playing dirty tricks on him?

Playing an information war against a cheater backed by the entire state apparatus?

Simply seeking death!

Less than two hours after Lin Yuan sent out the message,

the official account of the Xia Country Daily fired the first shot.

A sharp and incisive commentary article was pushed to the homepage of every mainstream platform across the entire internet.

The ten-character title was resounding—

《Do Not Let False Rumors Mislead the Country and its People!》

The article began without any bureaucratic beating around the bush.

It directly pointed out the strategic significance of Fifth-Generation Communication Technology for national industrial upgrading and digital economic transformation.

Then, the tone shifted abruptly.

"However, just as this foundational project, which concerns the future of the nation, is being fully promoted, some so-called 'popular science articles' of unknown origin are running rampant on the internet."

"These articles, under the banner of 'caring for public health,' use methods like switching concepts and taking things out of context to spread false information about communication base stations, alarmism, and manufacturing panic."

"The motives behind them are glaringly obvious."

The article did not name any country or point to any organization.

But the aura of imposing authority between the lines was something anyone could taste—

Attempting to interfere with Xia Country's technological strategic layout using such low-level public opinion tactics—the state will never tolerate such conduct!

The final paragraph of the article ignited the blood of netizens across the country and was screenshotted and shared crazily by countless users.

"For five thousand years, the people on this land have never stopped their forward progress because of external threats and intimidation."

"It didn't in the past, it doesn't now, and it certainly won't in the future."

The comment section was buzzing with discussion.

"Holy crap, the Daily has made a move; this has completely set the tone!"

"I knew it; those articles looked wrong no matter how I read them. The posting times were all so uniform; it's obviously an organized internet army!"

"Those people The Other Side of the Ocean, seeing that they can't stop the technology, have started using these low-level tactics; it's truly disgusting."

The Daily's article tore open the first breach with thunderous momentum.

Immediately after, major TV news and science and education channels broadcast a series of popular science interviews with heavyweight experts.

On screen, several gray-haired authoritative scholars in the fields of communication engineering and electromagnetic radiation faced the camera and dismantled those rumors one by one.

"First, we must clarify a most basic concept: ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation."

A professor wearing reading glasses picked up a chart on the table and pointed his finger at it.

"What can cause cancer is ionizing radiation."

"For example, X-rays and gamma rays have extremely high frequencies, and their energy is sufficient to damage the DNA structure of human cells."

"The electromagnetic waves emitted by communication base stations belong to non-ionizing radiation; their frequency is even far lower than visible light, which is what we commonly call sunlight."

The professor pushed up his glasses.

"Everyone, sunlight is non-ionizing radiation. If base station radiation could cause cancer, then you would have been long gone from going out in the sun every day."

Then, another communication expert from the Academy of Engineering directly presented a set of comparative data.

"Let's look at the specific numbers."

"Currently, widely used second-generation and third-generation communication base stations have a single-carrier transmit power density of about 10 watts per megahertz."

"The Fourth-generation Communication being promoted abroad has reduced this figure to about 4 watts per megahertz."

"And what about our Fifth-generation Communication base stations?"

The expert held up two fingers, staring intensely at the camera, his voice suddenly rising.

"About 2 watts per megahertz."

"Yes, you heard that right. The single-carrier radiation power of 5G base stations is expected to be only one-fifth of existing 2G and 3G base stations, and only half of the 4G base stations currently being promoted internationally."

"This amount of radiation is even lower than that television in your living room, or the mobile phone you press against your face every day to make calls."

"Those articles say 5G radiation is more than ten times higher than before; I don't know where that data came from."

"But I can responsibly tell everyone that this is a complete and utter rumor."

This interview was also simultaneously pinned and reposted by the official accounts of major platforms.

The data was there, in black and white, leaving no room for ambiguity.

2 watts versus 10 watts.

5G radiation is not only not higher, but it is actually the lowest among all standards.

The trend in the comment section began to shift drastically.

"Damn, only 2 watts?"

"So those articles before saying it was over ten times higher were just total bullshit?"

"No wonder the Daily said it was false information; once this data was put out, their faces were swollen from being slapped."

"I knew it; the country wouldn't joke with the lives of the common people. Those articles were obviously trying to manipulate public opinion!"

"Damn, I even followed along and forwarded those articles in the group chat... Now that I think about it, I was really used as a tool. I'm going to report those rumor-spreading articles right now!"

Overwhelming official popular science, authoritative data, and experts standing up in their own names.

After these three moves, those carefully concocted panic-inducing remarks were hacked to pieces.

And just as the scales of public opinion were tipping rapidly, the three major operators simultaneously released a killer move.

That afternoon, hundreds of millions of mobile phone users across the country received an official text message from their respective operators at the same time.

The content was largely the same.

"Dear user, hello."

"Recently, our company has been fully promoting the installation of Fifth-generation Communication base stations, aiming to provide you with faster and more stable communication services."

"If you still have concerns about the construction of surrounding base stations, you can call the customer service hotline to register your feedback, or join with your community to submit a joint petition. Our company will evaluate and adjust based on the actual situation."

"However, please note: After the base station is adjusted or cancelled, the communication signal quality in that area will be severely affected, and you may subsequently experience weak signals, dropped calls, and inability to use the network."

"Thank you for your understanding and support."

This text message completely extinguished the restlessness ignited by blind obedience.

Oppose base station construction?

Sure.

But you must bear the cost yourselves.

With the health rumors completely shattered by official and authoritative data, not many people were willing to bear the subsequent costs for a debunked lie.

On major social platforms, the popularity of topics regarding base station radiation plummeted.

This brief public opinion storm not only failed to slow down the pace of base station construction but instead became a nationwide popular science campaign, deeply engraving the safety and necessity of Fifth-generation Communication into public consciousness.

The infrastructure frenzy within Xia Country continued at full speed with an even more unstoppable momentum.

... At the same time. The Other Side of the Ocean.

The headquarters building of a certain communication giant.

The president stared straight at the Xia Country online public opinion monitoring report on the screen.

The red data line showed a cliff-like drop; topics about the dangers of base stations had been completely cleared out.

In the conference room, a dozen senior technical consultants hung their heads, the atmosphere dead and gloomy.

"Less than twenty-four hours."

The president suddenly slammed the file in his hand heavily onto the conference table.

"The public opinion blockade we planned not only failed to hold them back for a single day, but instead helped them conduct a free, nationwide popular science campaign!"

"Without even a hint of testing or hesitation, they used a combination of moves to slam all their trump cards right onto the table!"

A strategic analyst opened his mouth, trying to defend himself.

"The opponent's determination is unprecedented, and they were very well prepared. The data they produced was too detailed; our articles simply couldn't stand up to scrutiny..."

"Enough!"

The president interrupted sharply.

He braced himself against the edge of the table, his face flushed red, the veins on his neck standing out clearly.

"Since the base station installation within Xia Country can no longer be stopped."

"Notify all core members of the alliance to hold an emergency meeting immediately."

"We must not let their Fifth-generation Communication standard step even half a step outside of Xia Country!"