253: Chapter 253 The skies of the old era are about to change completely!

Shen Changhe tightly gripped the test report, which still carried the warmth of the printer, and looked straight at Lin Yuan.

"After preliminary testing, the Aerospace Fighter's main structural stress, trans-atmospheric heat-insulating skin, global sealed cabin pressure tests, superconducting power lines, overall center of gravity balancing..."

Shen Changhe spoke extremely fast, his chest heaving violently.

With every technical term he called out, the surrounding air seemed to heat up a degree, searing everyone's eardrums.

At the end, Shen Changhe took a deep breath and then roared out the final test conclusion.

"All relevant core indicators..."

"Have all passed!!!"

Swish—!

As soon as his voice fell, the grease-covered engineers and researchers all simultaneously focused their gazes on Lin Yuan.

Everyone's breathing became incredibly heavy.

Their eyes held an extremely intense excitement and pride, and their backs were perfectly straight.

Meeting everyone's burning and excited gazes, Lin Yuan nodded slightly, unmasked admiration appearing in his eyes.

"Very good, you all did a beautiful job."

"From the dry technical data on a hard drive to today's physical landing, you have used your hands to create a miracle in the history of Xia's aviation."

Lin Yuan paused, his gaze scanning those faces flushed with excitement, and added:

"No, to be precise, you have created a miracle in the history of human flight."

"Your names will be forever engraved on the monument of humanity's journey toward the sea of stars."

This crisp affirmation and elevation made the excitement on everyone's faces even more intense.

A few young experts even secretly turned their heads away, using the backs of their hands to gently wipe the corners of their eyes.

Lin Yuan didn't say any more sentimental words. His gaze slowly shifted, finally settling on that pure white steel beast.

The "Xuannv" Aerospace Fighter.

It lay quietly dormant on the hydraulic cradle.

Without any flashy paint, the pure white fuselage under the workshop's cold Light Source emitted a heart-palpitating matte texture.

Its exterior design completely abandoned the traditional aerodynamic layouts of all current active fighters on the Blue Planet. There were no wide main wings, no vertical stabilizers, and not even a shadow of canards could be seen.

The overall shape presented a geometric form that was a perfect fusion of a sharp teardrop and a triangle.

On the seamless belly of the fuselage, the plasma engine nozzles were a deep dark gold, like a passage to some violent energy abyss.

Quiet.

Deadly.

The whole thing exuded a sense of industrial oppression that did not belong to this era.

Lin Yuan gazed at it silently, knowing full well in his heart.

Although this was only the first "Xuannv" Aerospace Fighter assembly completed, it was an extremely good start—the final puzzle piece to shift the entire landscape of the Blue Planet.

The underlying logic of industrial manufacturing was always thus.

The leap from zero to one was the hardest.

But as long as this first prototype completed all assembly processes and verified the feasibility of the entire production line,

Then what followed would be simple.

From one to a hundred, from a hundred to a thousand—it was just a matter of time on the assembly line.

With Xia's "World Factory" level industrial capacity, which could be called terrifying once in full gear, once mass production began, the speed of churning them out like dumplings would be enough to drive hostile forces worldwide into deep despair.

The complete realization of the entire "south heaven gate" project was no longer a distant blueprint, but a reality within reach.

Thinking of this, an extremely sharp dark light flashed deep within Lin Yuan's profound eyes.

The realization of the south heaven gate project didn't just mean a leap in Xia's national defense power.

It meant that Xia finally possessed a powerful military foundation that could ignore all conventional and unconventional weapons on the Blue Planet!

And this also meant... he could finally let loose and spin that subsequent massive lie about "biological science," or even something more exaggerated, to the whole world!

After all, for the sake of the big picture and to avoid driving those The Other Side of the Ocean crazy prematurely, he had been holding back quite painfully during this time.

While Lin Yuan's thoughts were racing, sketching out the blueprints for those grand future deceptions,

The smile on Shen Changhe's face had grown even broader than before, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes smoothed out with excitement.

"Academician Lin."

He forced himself to calm the violent heartbeat in his chest, then spoke to report.

"The Xuannv Aerospace Fighter side is a success, and the eyes in the sky haven't been idle either."

"During this period, to coordinate with the global combat guidance needs after the Aerospace Fighter's launch, our space-based satellite array has been undergoing intensive deployment at any cost, according to plan."

"As of now, although global seamless coverage hasn't been achieved yet, a significant number of ultra-high orbit satellites have completed orbital deployment, forming a preliminary Skynet."

"In other words, we already fully possess the preliminary network guidance and data relay capabilities to coordinate with 'Xuannv' operations!"

After Shen Changhe finished this part, he took a deep breath.

He stared at Lin Yuan with burning eyes, his voice trembling slightly from extreme excitement and longing.

"Since the hardware and software conditions are both ready."

"Then our next step..."

"...Is it time to prepare for the Aerospace Fighter's... flight test?!"

As soon as these words fell,

The atmosphere in the entire workshop became even more heated.

Everyone's breathing couldn't help but hitch, and their hearts felt as if they were being squeezed hard by an invisible hand.

Every pair of eyes present fixed onto Lin Yuan, an unprecedented fire of anticipation burning in their dark pupils.

Aerospace Fighter.

Flight test.

Everyone present knew better than anyone what these few words meant.

That was an ultimate existence surpassing all current active fighters on the Blue Planet by who knows how many generations, a dimensional reduction strike weapon that originally only existed in science fiction!

Once it truly soared into the clouds, tore through the atmosphere, and looked down upon this azure planet with an unstoppable posture—

The skies of the old era would be completely transformed.

The global air superiority that those The Other Side of the Ocean had been proud of for half a century would become a complete and utter joke!

The workshop was extremely quiet.

So quiet that one could even hear the faint "whooshing" sound of air flowing through the thick ventilation ducts overhead.

Lin Yuan stood quietly in place, looking at Shen Changhe's old face, which was filled with expectation and fanaticism.

He then turned his head slightly, his gaze like a torch, slowly scanning the surrounding pairs of burning eyes that were about to burn through his back.

The corners of Lin Yuan's lips curled up bit by bit, and a smile completely spread from the depths of his eyes.

Meeting everyone's gaze, he gave a crisp, slight nod.

"Of course we can."