309: Chapter 309 The Unknown Pressure

The Chief of Staff looked around the room, taking in everyone's shocked, suspicious, or puzzled expressions, and continued in a steady voice:

"Everyone, since you still can't see the current situation clearly, let me help you break it down again."

"Starting from half a year ago, how exactly did that man named Lin Yuan get to where he is today, step by step?"

"At first, he said he wanted to build a Photolithography Machine."

The Chief of Staff shook his head, a smile mixed with self-deprecation and bitterness appearing on his face.

"What was our reaction back then?"

"Arrogance, disdain, mocking it relentlessly in the media, even treating it as an international joke. But what was the result?"

"He didn't try to catch up by following the technological roadmap we set at all. Instead, he flipped the table directly."

"He skipped all technological iterations, reaching the goal in a single bound, and brought out an EUV Lithography Machine that we couldn't replicate at all, directly ending the entire chip race."

Hearing this, the conference room fell deathly silent.

Several high-level officials in charge of technology silently picked up their coffee cups, using the action of drinking to hide the embarrassing sense of powerlessness in their eyes.

The Chief of Staff did not pause. This brutal "public strategic execution" was still ongoing.

"Then, it was the communications sector."

"While Fourth-generation Communication on The Other Side of the Ocean was still being rolled out in full swing in an attempt to continue harvesting global wealth, and we sitting here were still smug about getting a piece of the pie, Lin Yuan casually said he was going to develop the next generation of communication."

"Not long after, Fifth-Generation Communication Technology emerged in an utterly domineering fashion."

"Xia Nation directly held the global next-generation information superhighway firmly in its own hands."

In the vast conference room, only the faint white noise from the air conditioning vents remained.

Everyone present had personally experienced those bloodless yet incredibly brutal games between great powers.

They knew all too well how bitter it tasted to be unilaterally crushed in the field they were most proud of by someone using a generational gap in technology.

That was not a problem that anger could solve; it was a pure chasm of power.

"And then, it was energy."

At the mention of this word, the eyes of the executives present dimmed uncontrollably.

"He said he wanted to enter the energy sector and achieve Controlled Nuclear Fusion ignition within half a year!"

"But what was the final answer sheet he handed in?"

"Not only was the time terrifyingly compressed to just over two months, but what he created was not just a conventionally understood Controlled Nuclear Fusion reactor."

"It even included the kind of miniature arc reactor that only exists in science fiction movies, which can be stuffed directly into a fighter jet's chest cavity!"

The atmosphere in the conference room had become solemn to the absolute extreme.

The Chief of Staff took a deep breath, pulling the topic from the past back to the present.

"Now, it's the turn of Life Sciences."

"From those two specific-effect drugs before the new year that directly disrupted the global pharmaceutical market and caused the stocks of major pharmaceutical giants to plummet for a month, to today..."

"This Super Soldier Serum that completely shatters the physiological limits of human beings."

"Everyone, have you still not understood by now?!"

The Chief of Staff placed both hands flat on the conference table, leaning forward slightly. His gaze swept across everyone present, his tone carrying a weariness and clarity of someone who had seen through everything.

"Every single time, he only gives a seemingly 'reasonable' small goal."

"Then, when the entire world thinks this is the end and prepares to rebuild their defense systems based on it..."

"He will bring out a 'final result' that far exceeds the limits of everyone's imagination, and is even enough to overturn the underlying logic of the entire industry!"

"This is Lin Yuan's strategic deception!"

As the Chief of Staff spoke, he threw out the soul-searching question that completely silenced everyone present.

"Now, let me ask you all."

"With Lin Yuan's style of never playing by the rules, who among you sitting here dares to stand up, pat their chest, and guarantee..."

"That this so-called super serum is his... final goal in the field of Life Sciences?"

These words, like peeling an onion, stripped away the layers of self-comforting disguise in everyone's hearts.

Indeed, how did they make that extremely fatal strategic mistake again?

They were actually still using ordinary thinking to fathom the bottom line of a monster.

Seeing everyone fall into deep thought, the Chief of Staff straightened up and continued:

"Furthermore, please do not overlook a strategic tradition deeply ingrained in the bones of the Xia Nation people."

"They are a nation suffering from a severe 'fear of insufficient firepower' and extremely fond of 'keeping a card up their sleeve'."

"They will only ever show you what they think you are allowed to see."

"Today, what they have generously brought out for the whole world to see is a 'Captain Xia' who can deliver a punch of 1,200 kilograms."

"What does this mean? This means that internally, this technology has matured to the point where it no longer needs to be kept secret."

"So... what would the culmination of their efforts be, the one they have hidden beneath the surface and haven't brought out?"

The Chief of Staff did not go on. He slowly sat back down in his seat.

But the terrifying room for imagination left by those unspoken words tightly gripped everyone's hearts!

No one dared to think any further.

This unknown sense of oppression was far more despair-inducing than the data laid out on the table.

After a brief silence, the Speaker leading the meeting let out a long sigh, reached up to rub his tired brow, and made the final conclusion.

"Say no more."

"Facing the bottomless Xia Nation, and facing that Lin Yuan who simply cannot be fathomed by common sense, continuing to oppose them will only result in being completely crushed by the era."

The Speaker raised his head, his eyes returning to coldness and pragmatism.

"The only way out is to align and build good relations with them at all costs."

"We must express our goodwill ahead of the other Western nations."

At the same time, the same scenario was playing out simultaneously in power centers and top-secret conference rooms of major nations across the globe.

There was no hysterical, incompetent rage, only the weighing of interests in the face of absolute strength.

Countless top politicians and think tanks, after experiencing the same fear and logical deduction, made the strategic shift to align with Xia Nation by coincidence.

...

Inside an independent dormitory at Xishan Base, Xia Nation.

Lin Yuan leaned back comfortably on the sofa. Deep in his mind, the translucent system panel that only he could see was flashing with a blue light.

[Lie "Achieved breakthrough results in the field of Life Sciences" has been completed!]

[Current confidence: 100%!]

Looking at the progress bar that was completely filled, a smile appeared in his eyes.

Then, after seeing the system's new prompt, Lin Yuan gave the order without hesitation.

"Three!"