184: Chapter 184 An Unforgettable Lesson in Deterrence!

Shen Changhe's voice echoed in the vast hall for several seconds, his final syllable trembling violently, unable to be suppressed no matter how hard he tried.

The entire hall was deathly silent.

The dozens of experts present didn't even dare to breathe, their eyes darting rapidly between the palm-sized device emitting a faint, eerie blue glow on the workbench and Lin Yuan's face.

Everyone was waiting for that answer.

An answer sufficient to completely overturn and grind the existing edifice of human physics into dust.

Meeting the gaze of those dozens of eyes, Lin Yuan chuckled, extremely nonchalantly.

"Chief Engineer Shen has a keen eye."

He nodded slightly, his tone relaxed and without a ripple.

"That's right, this is a Cold Controlled Nuclear Fusion reactor."

A light, airy sentence.

The hall was silent for a full two seconds.

Immediately after—

"Hiss—"

A chorus of sharp gasps rang out; in that second, the inherent worldviews of dozens of people were smashed to pieces by an invisible giant hammer.

Shen Changhe staggered back half a step, his right hand gripping the edge of the console so tightly that he barely managed to keep from collapsing to the floor.

His lips moved violently several times, his Adam's apple bobbing frantically, yet he couldn't squeeze out a single complete word.

Behind him, several silver-haired elderly experts tremblingly approached the large screen, ignoring their dignity as they leaned over the console, their eyes less than ten centimeters from the screen.

Watching that rock-solid vertical line of energy output, the elderly experts' lips trembled uncontrollably.

They knew deeply that Cold Fusion had always been regarded in the traditional academic world as a product of science fiction, or even a shameless pseudoscientific scam.

But what about now?

The facts were placed right before their eyes so brazenly!

This palm-sized little device was erupting with terrifying net energy that would make traditional internal combustion engines despair, ruthlessly crushing their decades of inherent cognition with cold, hard data!

Lin Yuan stood where he was, one hand in the pocket of his Zhongshan suit, taking in every detail of the experts' reactions as their worldviews collapsed.

He was not in a hurry at all.

Today's demonstration was just another brick he was laying for the south heaven gate project; the harder the brick was thrown, the faster the building would rise.

Shen Changhe's breathing was incredibly heavy.

He stared fixedly at the miniature device emitting an eerie blue light for a long while, finally forcing down the emotions that had surged to his throat.

He suddenly looked up.

His gaze darted back and forth between Lin Yuan and the device twice, before he finally spoke cautiously.

"Academician Lin, then this Cold Controlled Nuclear Fusion... you brought it out, is it to be used for..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

Yang Tongan, who had been standing quietly to the side, suddenly laughed out loud.

He scanned the surrounding experts who were so excited they had lost their composure, and shook his head.

"Does that even need to be asked?"

His voice deepened, resonant as a bell, carrying the unique domineering air of someone in a high position.

"It naturally has to do with the south heaven gate project."

south heaven gate!

As soon as these three words popped out, the brains of those dozens of people in the hall collectively went "buzz."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, smoothly picking up where Yang Tongan left off.

"Elder Yang is right."

He stood with his hands behind his back, his upright posture exuding the composure of someone in control of the whole situation, his gaze sweeping unhurriedly across every flushed face present.

"But if we want to truly construct an integrated aerospace strategic system..."

"Whether it is the Aerospace Carrier that covers the sky and blocks the sun, the aerospace fighter capable of executing dimensionality reduction strikes outside the atmosphere, or the directed-energy weapons capable of melting steel."

"In the final analysis, none of it can be separated from the core cornerstone of Controlled Nuclear Fusion."

"The Thermonuclear Fusion scheme has a large volume and powerful output; it is naturally designed to provide power for large platforms."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, their ears pricked up straight and their necks stretched long, afraid of missing a single word from Lin Yuan.

At this point, Lin Yuan shifted his tone slightly.

"However, the Controlled Nuclear Fusion right now has just successfully ignited."

"To achieve the complete grid-connection and overall implementation of large-scale projects, it will take about another month to wrap things up."

"Therefore, big items like the Aerospace Carrier and aerospace fighter still need to wait."

These few sentences of rational analysis caused the heated atmosphere in the hall to cool down slightly.

"But, however."

When Lin Yuan uttered these words, everyone's heart skipped a beat.

He withdrew the hand he had held behind his back, his slender fingertips pointing vaguely at the small Cold Fusion reactor on the workbench, which was emitting an eerie blue glow.

"Controlled Nuclear Fusion still needs time."

"But Cold Controlled Nuclear Fusion..."

He clapped his hands, his tone wrapped in irrefutable certainty.

"Right now, it is already mature."

"Its volume and power perfectly adapt to the drive requirements of individual soldier armor."

"And its first use—"

"Is planned to be the core energy source for the south heaven gate 'Chengying Mecha'!"

Chengying Mecha.

These four words, like four heavy hammers, slammed fiercely into the nerves of everyone in the hall!

Everyone couldn't help but open their mouths wide, their pupils shaking.

Mecha?

That kind of ultimate weapon that could only appear in science fiction movies?!

But Lin Yuan didn't give them time to digest it.

He scanned the entire room, his originally gentle gaze suddenly becoming as sharp as a knife.

"Everyone."

"Controlled Nuclear Fusion will soon be implemented, at which time The Other Side of the Ocean will surely be eyeing us covetously; they will not watch us complete this energy transition so easily."

"If nothing unexpected happens, they will use every means, even going so far as to provoke local friction, to test our bottom line and obstruct our rise!"

Upon hearing this, no one made a sound, but everyone's face darkened completely, and suppressed anger that had been held for years ignited in their eyes.

After a few seconds of silence.

Lin Yuan closed his fingers, slowly clenching his fist in mid-air.

"Therefore—"

"In order to dispel the covetousness and fantasies of The Other Side of the Ocean after Controlled Nuclear Fusion is implemented!"

"I have decided that within this one month before Thermonuclear Fusion is fully implemented, I will simultaneously complete the full implementation of the Chengying Mecha!"

"This is also the reason I came here today! I want to use this epoch-making steel war beast to teach The Other Side of the Ocean a deterrence lesson they will remember for a lifetime!"

As Lin Yuan's resonant words fell, the entire room fell into a state of stunned system crash.

At the same time, deep in Lin Yuan's mind, the mechanical voice of the system emerged silently..

[lie-to-truth system has been activated]

[Locking onto current lie... Lock successful!]

[Lie content: Complete full implementation of Chengying Mecha within one month.]

[Lie level judgment: Level 3 (Involves future science and technology, but does not involve physical material transformation)]

[Current confidence: 0%]

Just as the lie was locked, the value of the progress bar began to jump rapidly, jumping to 11% in an instant.

But this wasn't over!

A smile of certain victory appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

Soon, the next line of prompts followed closely, squeezing into his field of vision with an extremely domineering posture.

[Detected that the host has a related higher-level lie: Complete implementation of south heaven gate project (Level 4)]

[Current confidence of higher-level lie: 21.3%]

[System startup confidence conversion...]

[Conversion complete...]

[Current confidence: 100%!]