218: Chapter 218 You take care of the imagination, I'll take care of the realization!

Lin Yuan looked at those eye-stinging numbers, a satisfied smile appearing in the depths of his eyes.

In just one second.

The confidence of a Level 4 technological lie soared by nearly twenty percent!

This rocket-like speed of value surging was a level of gratification he had never experienced since awakening the system.

After this simple and crude surge, a guess that had previously faintly emerged in Lin Yuan's mind was completely verified at this moment.

Lin Yuan mused to himself.

It seems that in the future, when throwing out these kinds of future technological lies—which the current era has absolutely no concept of and which even far exceed the limits of ordinary people's cognition—to the world, he must never just toss them a hollow codename.

When the public lacks concrete cognition of such unknown things, they cannot form concrete images in their minds, and the conversion rate of confidence will be greatly discounted.

He must feed them.

At the very least, he must let them understand the specific outlines and concepts.

Lin Yuan put away the system panel and refocused his gaze.

The live stream was still continuing.

The refresh rate of the comment section had become so fast that the naked eye couldn't keep up.

Countless comments surged crazily from the bottom of the screen, each one staying for less than a fraction of a second before being pushed up and drowned out by more comments following behind.

"Luan Bird! Aerospace Carrier! My God, are we going to fight an interstellar war?!"

"My brain is currently filled with the image of a steel continent floating above the Earth, with countless fighter jets taking off from inside, and Chengying Mecha filing out of the hatch... Damn, I have three layers of goosebumps!"

"Within the south heaven gate, gods and ghosts retreat! It's also time to give the aliens a little bit of Xia Country shock!"

Countless countrymen were driven into a frenzy by these grand, extreme concepts.

Patriotism and fanatical anticipation for the future gathered into a monstrous wave within the live stream.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan chuckled at the camera.

He spoke to the camera in an extremely casual, chatty tone.

"I just now merely outlined a rough contour."

"I didn't expect everyone to have already associated so many things."

He shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of sincere exclamation.

"Everyone's imagination truly amazes me."

Hearing this down-to-earth banter from Lin Yuan, the atmosphere in the live stream became even more heated.

However, the smile on Lin Yuan's face not only didn't diminish, but deepened by a few degrees.

He continued to speak unhurriedly, every word precisely stepping on the lungs of those people on The Other Side of the Ocean.

"Since everyone's imagination is so vast, it seems that conducting scientific research in the future will be much easier."

"Not only can I conveniently 'borrow' ideas from those science fiction movies on The Other Side of the Ocean—after all, their special effects are well done, saving me a lot of effort in drawing blueprints."

"In the future, if I encounter a bottleneck, I can flip through our countrymen's imaginative comments more often. And most importantly..."

The curve of Lin Yuan's mouth widened infinitely.

"Turning science fiction movies into real creations doesn't seem to require paying copyright fees."

Once these words were spoken.

The Xia Country netizens in the live stream were stunned at first, then erupted into earth-shaking laughter.

The entire screen of bullet comments turned into a carnival of jokesters in the next second.

"Hahaha! God Lin, hurry up and copy mine! I'm going to write a Star Destroyer concept right now; I don't want copyright fees, just let me go up and touch it!"

"God Lin: I'm not targeting anyone specifically, I'm saying all you science fiction screenwriters here are my free laborers!"

"Laughing to death, the only scientist in the world who dares to say 'borrow from science fiction movies' in front of billions of people, and the key is that he can actually build them!"

The Xia Country netizens were doubled over with laughter, and the screen full of 'hahaha' and various imaginative suggestions completely turned the comment section into a large-scale wish-granting site.

However, in stark contrast to the joy and peace domestically.

On The Other Side of the Ocean, countless fanatical fans of Iron Man and elites who considered themselves superior had faces as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Borrow"? He actually shamelessly said this was "borrowing"?!

This Xia Country man was wearing armor "borrowed" from their cultural symbols, standing in front of a global live broadcast camera, and in front of billions of people, openly declared that he would continue to "find inspiration" from their science fiction works?

This was not borrowing. This was naked humiliation.

It was treating their pride-and-joy science fiction culture as a free, on-demand material library.

And what made them most desperate was that they didn't even have the confidence to refute it.

Because that Xia Country man was not bragging. He actually built it.

He turned the fantasies on the screen into real steel and wore them on his own body.

Frustration. Extreme frustration.

On The Other Side of the Ocean, in a certain white building, the big boss's face was twisted out of shape.

He stared fixedly at Lin Yuan's face on the screen, which wore a playful smile, with veins throbbing on his dark forehead.

"Borrowing our science fiction movies..." He squeezed out word by word through his teeth, each word carrying the force to crush steel.

"Quick, call the people from the intelligence department!" The big boss stood up abruptly, hands braced on the table, his voice hoarse and frenzied.

"Right, and the Cultural Review Committee!"

"I want them to screen every science fiction movie, science fiction novel, and science fiction comic that has been publicly released in the country!"

"List all advanced concepts, weapon settings, and energy ideas that have appeared in them, and mark them as sensitive information!"

His fist slammed heavily onto the table, making a dull, loud noise.

"Suspend approval for everything not yet released! Anything submitted for review that involves cutting-edge technological concepts, as long as there is even a sliver of hope for it to be replicated in reality, reject it all!"

"Absolutely must not provide that Xia Country madman with any more 'inspiration'!"

After the order was issued, the entire office fell into an eerie silence.

Several aides looked at each other, the corners of their mouths twitching slightly.

They wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start.

Censoring... science fiction novels? Banning... making science fiction movies?

Just because they were afraid that the Xia Country man on the other side would see them... and actually build them?

What the hell kind of move is this?

Because someone else is too good at building things, we choose to castrate our own brains? Cultural self-castration?!

In the live stream. Lin Yuan naturally didn't know what kind of absurd farce was playing out on The Other Side of the Ocean. He faced the camera, the teasing look on his face gradually receding, replaced by a perfectly appropriate seriousness.

"Actually, originally, I was prepared to introduce to everyone in detail some technical parameters of the Xuan Nu, White Emperor, and Luan Bird in this live stream today."

Upon hearing this, the comment section quieted for a fraction of a second, then erupted at an even more frenzied speed.

"Parameters! Report the parameters quickly!"

"It's here, it's here! The main feature is here!"

However, Lin Yuan's tone suddenly shifted, and he spread his hands, encased in the armor, in front of him.

"But after looking through everyone's comments just now..." He shook his head, a half-smile curling the corners of his lips.

"Your imagination is far stronger than I expected."

"Since that's the case, I won't do anything superfluous."

"Lest I say the specific parameters and instead limit your performance."

"That would be so boring."

The comment section was silent for a whole second. Then it collectively collapsed.

"No! God Lin, you're doing this again! Last time with the south heaven gate, you just threw out a name!"

"I beg you, God Lin, I'm watching this live stream on my knees, can you at least give us something practical!"

"It's over, we're being dangled again. This feeling of being scratched but not being able to reach the itch is ten thousand times more uncomfortable than not being told at all!"

Facing the screen full of wailing, Lin Yuan remained unmoved.

He shook his head, his voice spreading across the globe through the amplification system.

"Technology always originates from humanity's endless imagination, so I want to say, from now on..."

"You are responsible for the imagination, and I..."

"...am responsible for the realization!"