224: Chapter 224 The Seventh Generation Communication!?

Under the gaze of dozens of pairs of eyes, Lin Yuan's hand reached into the bag and pulled out slowly.

"Clack."

A soft sound.

The first encrypted hard drive, gleaming with a matte metallic luster, was placed steadily on the metal tabletop by him.

Immediately after, his hand reached into the bag again.

"Clack."

The second hard drive was placed side by side.

"Clack."

The third one followed right after.

...

Every "clack" landed precisely on the tempo of the heartbeats of the dozens of experts present, raising their blood pressure notch by notch.

In the vast conference hall, it was so quiet that the air felt completely frozen.

In the front row, Shen Changhe stared intently at the hard drives on the table, his Adam's apple bobbing several times, and his hands had unconsciously clenched into fists.

It wasn't just Shen Changhe.

The several old academicians in the front row even leaned forward, their bodies completely out of control.

If it weren't for their remaining sanity holding them back, they would have loved to jump over the table right now and pounce on these priceless treasures to hold them tightly in their arms.

Lin Yuan took in everyone's reactions.

A smile flashed in his eyes, and then he withdrew his hand with great composure, the corners of his lips curling slightly as he raised his hand and made a pressing motion for silence.

"Seniors, please don't be in a hurry."

"The things are right here; they don't have legs, they won't run away."

Hearing this, the old academicians' faces turned red. They glanced at each other and managed a few coughs, forcibly pulling their sanity back from the brink of madness.

But their burning gazes, which looked as if they wanted to pounce immediately, could not be hidden no matter how they tried.

Lin Yuan looked at the state of these old men and shook his head with a smile.

"Before we officially begin, I need to make something clear to everyone."

He reached out, casually picked up a hard drive from the table, and weighed it lightly in his palm.

"The scale of the south heaven gate project far exceeds that of the Chengying Mecha."

"The capacity of these few hard drives simply cannot contain the full set of underlying code and blueprints."

"Therefore, what is placed here today is only the first batch of core data that I have filtered out according to engineering priority."

Before he finished speaking, the old experts were momentarily stunned.

But then, they nodded repeatedly like chickens pecking at rice.

Everyone present was a leading expert who had worked on large-scale systems engineering for a lifetime; they knew all too well the terrifying scale of such an aerospace-level super project.

If it could really be contained in a few hard drives, that would be a complete fantasy.

"We understand."

Shen Changhe was the first to speak, his voice filled with uncontrollable excitement.

"Step by step, steady and sure!"

"Academician Lin, you are the commander. Whatever you say we do, we'll do it! We definitely won't hold you back!"

The surrounding experts all nodded in unison.

Lin Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

"Then I shall continue."

"These hard drives represent the first phase of our full launch of the south heaven gate project."

He put the hard drive back in its place and pointed his index finger at the first hard drive.

"Inside this one are the basic material categories."

"It includes 2,000-degree-Celsius-level Ultra-high-speed Aerodynamic Ablation-resistant Composite Skins, All-frequency Adaptive Stealth Metamaterials, and Large-scale Heavy-duty Lightweight High-strength Structural Materials..."

Lin Yuan paused and tapped his fingertip lightly on the hard drive.

"Simply put, all the prerequisite basic materials needed for the south heaven gate to go into space are in here."

The second after this sentence landed,

The old men from the materials group trembled violently as if struck by lightning!

2,000-degree-Celsius-level ablation-resistant skin?

All-frequency adaptive stealth?

Any one of these materials, if taken out, would be enough to grind the world's existing materials science systems into dust!

The so-called "cutting-edge materials" that The Other Side of the Ocean is so proud of are like primitive stone tools in front of this stuff!

A chorus of uncontrollable heavy breathing and low exclamations rang out in the hall.

But Lin Yuan didn't give them much time to process.

His finger slid over, pointing to the second hard drive.

"Inside this is the weapons system."

Lin Yuan's tone remained calm, but the slight upward curve of his lips carried a dangerous aura that sent chills down one's spine.

"It includes Ship-borne Large-scale Pulse Laser Main Cannons, Airborne Pod-style Pulse Particle Accelerator Cannons, and Giant Particle Diffusion Field Weapons..."

He paused for a beat and added nonchalantly,

"The firepower of these things far exceeds those mounted on the Chengying Mecha."

"Moreover, the Particle Diffusion Field Weapon inside can perform a physical dimensionality-reduction paralysis on all conventional electronic equipment within its coverage area."

"Hiss—"

In the hall, the sound of people drawing in sharp breaths could be heard one after another.

The old experts from the weapons group had flushed faces, and their temples were throbbing.

They had witnessed the weapon power of the Chengying Mecha.

And this "ship-borne large-scale main cannon" mounted on the Aerospace Carrier was equivalent to an infinitely magnified version of the Chengying Mecha; what kind of world-destroying concept would that be?

Not to mention that weapon that can paralyze all electronic equipment!

The informationized combat system of The Other Side of the Ocean was their proudest asset.

Once this thing is activated, the informationized advantage those people accumulated over half a century will completely reset to zero.

Shen Changhe opened his mouth to cry out in surprise, but found his throat was so dry he couldn't make a sound.

Lin Yuan took in everyone's reactions, the smile on his lips never fading.

His finger slid to the third hard drive, tapping it casually.

"This is the intelligent communication category."

"It covers Quantum Anti-interference Communication, Terahertz Broadband Data Links, Deep Space Laser Communication..."

He shrugged slightly, his tone as if talking about a matter of course.

"After all, we are building Aerospace Carriers and Aerospace Fighters."

"If these big guys are going into the sky, they need a dedicated communication network to link them together."

"They can't just be flying in near space and lose contact with the ground command center, turning into headless flies."

As Lin Yuan's voice fell, several old experts in the field of information engineering were stunned in unison.

Quantum Anti-interference Communication?

Terahertz broadband?

Deep Space Laser Communication?

Isn't this the hell future communication setting from classic sci-fi novels?!

The voice of an old expert trembled noticeably as he asked word for word,

"Academician Lin, are you sure it's these communication technologies?"

"Quantum anti-interference, terahertz broadband, Deep Space Laser Communication..."

"These technologies are far beyond the Fifth-Generation Communication Technology system that our country is currently pushing with all its might!"

The entire room went silent for a beat.

Everyone's ears perked up.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan turned his head to look at the old expert who had asked the question.

He chuckled and nodded without hesitation.

"Correct."

"Since it's for military use, it has to be a bit more advanced than civilian use."

He paused and tapped the hard drive with his index finger.

"To be precise..."

"The technologies these correspond to are actually the future Sixth-Generation, or even..."

"Seventh-Generation Communication!"