16: Chapter 16 The real show is about to begin.

Night deepened.

Outside the window, the clamor of public opinion continued to ferment like a crashing tidal wave.

But for Lin Yuan, continuing to watch the skyrocketing numbers on the screen had lost its meaning.

He walked to the window and reached out, drawing the heavy curtains with a sharp "swish."

All the light and turmoil of the outside world were completely shut out.

Then, he lay back on the soft, spacious bed and closed his eyes.

The night passed in silence.

...

The next day.

Early morning.

The room was pitch-black, so dark that one couldn't even see their own hand in front of them.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes but didn't get up; instead, amidst the darkness and silence, he summoned that pale blue light screen from the depths of his consciousness.

The light screen unfolded silently.

At the very top, the row of numbers that had once been jumping frantically had now quietly frozen in place.

[Current Total Credibility: 100%]

It's done!

A heartfelt smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

In the next instant, a brand-new prompt silently emerged on the light screen.

[Credibility full. The lie has officially come true and is being converted into reality...]

[Please select the method for the lie to manifest:]

[1: Knowledge Infusion (Directly integrated into the host's brain memory)]

[2: Data Materialization (Stored on an external hard drive)]

[3: All of the above]

Without any hesitation, Lin Yuan issued the command in his mind.

"Three!"

The moment the command was given, an indescribable torrent of information flooded into his mind.

There was no pain.

No dizziness.

Only a sense of fulfillment originating from the depths of his spirit.

Countless mathematical formulas of extreme complexity, physical models precise down to the atomic level, and inconceivable yet logically self-consistent concepts...

Like brilliant rivers of stars, they were orderly injected into the depths of his consciousness, perfectly stitching together with his original knowledge system.

The core physical model of the Steady-state Micro-focused Light Source.

Exponential amplification algorithms for coherent radiation.

Transverse and longitudinal distribution control matrices for high-energy electron beams.

Design blueprints for Ultra-high-precision synchronous magnetic fields.

Along with the supporting Mirror arrays, Ultra-high vacuum systems, and Liquid tin target circulation supply schemes...

All of this was no longer a collection of ethereal, empty concepts.

They became like innate instincts for Lin Yuan, as if he had spent countless sleepless nights deriving, calculating, and verifying these truths from scratch with his own hands.

This feeling was incredibly wonderful.

Lin Yuan slowly sat up and raised his hand to rub his brow.

From the knowledge he received, he discovered an interesting detail.

The focus and completeness of this set of theories materialized by the system perfectly matched the difficult problems the Third Research Institute was currently tackling.

Especially the part regarding the "Steady-state Micro-focused Light Source"—its theoretical depth and engineering feasibility were incredibly detailed.

"Does the system even perform optimal adaptation based on my situation..."

Lin Yuan muttered to himself, then smiled.

However, he didn't care about that.

Because from now on, he, Lin Yuan, was no longer that "big swindler" who needed to rely on information asymmetry and rhetoric to maintain a facade.

At least in the theoretical field of Photolithography Machines, he was now an undisputed authority.

Of course, there was still a long way to go before theory could be transformed into reality.

But he was in no hurry.

This most crucial first step had already been perfectly taken.

Next was how to use the results of this first step to leverage an even grander future.

Lin Yuan's gaze fell on the nightstand.

There lay several military-grade encrypted black solid-state drives provided in the room.

With another thought.

[Data materialization beginning...]

[Generating theory folders by category...]

[Core physical model of the Steady-state Micro-focused Light Source... Generation complete.]

[Detailed explanation of core technologies for the Dual-workpiece Stage System... Generation complete.]

[Full set of design blueprints and manufacturing processes for top-tier Objective Lens Systems... Generation complete.]

...

Folders were rapidly created in the virtual space of the hard drive, and massive amounts of encrypted data were quickly written into them.

The entire process lasted only a few seconds.

[Data materialization complete.]

Lin Yuan picked up one of the hard drives and hefted it slightly in his hand.

This small black metal cube now carried a future capable of overturning the global semiconductor landscape.

He didn't delay, getting up to wash and change. He carefully placed this "future" into his backpack and headed straight for the door.

The good show was about to formally begin.

...

Third Microelectronics Equipment Research Institute.

When Lin Yuan stepped into this slightly aged building again, he could clearly feel that the atmosphere around him had changed.

Researchers passing him in the hallway would instinctively stop in their tracks after realizing it was him.

The gazes directed at him were a complex mix of awe, curiosity, and inquiry.

Lin Yuan merely nodded in greeting with a smile. Then, he proceeded unimpeded all the way to the metal doors of the Core Research Laboratory.

He reached out and pushed open the door.

Suppressed and hurried voices of discussion suddenly drifted out, accompanied by the smell of bitter coffee so thick it seemed almost tangible.

The sight that met his eyes made even Lin Yuan raise an eyebrow slightly.

The entire laboratory was a complete mess.

The consoles and work areas that had been relatively tidy yesterday were now piled high with mountains of literature and scratch paper covered in calculation formulas; toppled coffee cups were everywhere.

Wei Jiancheng's core team members all had bloodshot eyes, messy hair, and wrinkled clothes, having completely lost the decorum of top-tier scientists.

All of them were gathered around a mobile whiteboard.

The whiteboard was densely covered with various formulas and derivations that would make any ordinary person dizzy with just a glance.

"No! There's a problem with the inverse operation of this matrix! Its convergence speed is too slow, which will directly cause energy divergence when the electron beam deflects!"

"We must consider the energy dissipation of the electron beam during the injection phase, otherwise the entire model will be distorted!"

"Director Wei, I suggest we should first work backward from the basic coherence conditions to avoid missing any key initial variables!"

Lin Yuan's arrival didn't attract anyone's attention.

These technical fanatics were all immersed in the world of science, completely isolated from the outside.

It wasn't until Lin Yuan approached that a sharp-eyed young researcher spotted him and quickly nudged the person next to him with an elbow.

Soon, the heated argument came to an abrupt halt.

Swish!

Everyone turned their heads, and dozens of gazes focused on Lin Yuan in unison.

Wei Jiancheng also stopped writing and turned around to look at Lin Yuan.

"Lin Yuan!"

"You've come at just the right time!"

He rushed to Lin Yuan in a few steps, grabbed his arm, and without a word, dragged him directly to the whiteboard.

"We spent the whole night deriving the preliminary model for the steady-state micro-focused beam scheme. The more we derive, the more feasible it seems, but there are still some doubts we can't resolve!"

"You're the one who proposed this route, I want to hear your thoughts!"

In the laboratory, the eyes of all the researchers were on Lin Yuan.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan smiled.

He reached out his other hand and gently patted Wei Jiancheng's arm.

"Director Wei, don't worry."

"As it happens, I've brought something along that I'd like to show you all."

As he spoke, in front of everyone, he took out that black solid-state drive from the backpack behind him.

"Clack."

A soft sound, crisp and neat.

He placed the hard drive steadily on the wire-laden console.

"This is..."

Wei Jiancheng looked at the hard drive in confusion.

"Inside are the materials I've compiled."

Lin Yuan extended a finger and lightly tapped the black hard drive lying there quietly.

"All the theoretical materials regarding the Steady-state Micro-focused Light Source that I've researched..."

"...are all in here!"