350: Chapter 350 A New Era of Civilization!

"Is it all completed?"

Lin Yuan held his phone, the corners of his lips lifting slightly, his voice betraying little emotion.

"Yes!"

On the other end of the line, Zhou Ping's voice was filled with an irrepressible joy, even tinged with the hoarseness that comes after completing an epic-scale project.

"Academician Lin, everything!"

"Not a single one left out, it's all finished!"

Fearing that Lin Yuan might not grasp the weight of this "everything," he added quickly.

"Across the entire country, all 9.6 million square kilometers—from the Mohe border post in the north, where it's minus forty degrees, to the humid reefs of the South China Sea in the south, and even including those desolate, uninhabited plateau regions!"

"All the renovation, construction, and installation work for the seventh-generation communication base stations has been fully completed!"

Zhou Ping took a deep breath, calming his overwhelming excitement, though the sense of pride in his voice only grew stronger.

"And it's not just that the installation is finished."

"Every base station has undergone our most rigorous extreme-condition stress tests. 7G signal transmission and reception are normal, latency is below 0.1 milliseconds, and peak bandwidth, data throughput... every parameter has perfectly met the standards!"

"In a word, there are no issues whatsoever!"

"It can be put into use immediately!"

The pride of having accomplished an impossible task seemed ready to burst through the receiver.

Listening to his excited report, which was akin to "claiming credit," Lin Yuan finally allowed a gentle smile to spread across his lips.

"You've worked hard, Director Zhou."

"This progress is even a few days faster than I anticipated."

On the other end, Zhou Ping was clearly stunned for a moment, then hurriedly began to act humble.

"Oh, Academician Lin, you flatter me too much; please, you really mustn't say that."

"But to tell you the truth, I only just received the compiled report from the lower levels five minutes ago. As soon as I verified the data and confirmed it was correct, I called you immediately."

His speaking speed unconsciously increased, revealing a sense of urgency.

"I was just afraid of delaying your grand plan."

"I know you need the base station network fully deployed before you can start your work, so my heart has been in my throat every day this past month, terrified that something might go wrong in some link and hold you back."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

This top official, who managed the industrial lifeline of the entire country, was currently speaking like a student afraid of being scolded by a teacher for handing in an assignment late.

"You are too modest, Director Zhou."

Lin Yuan's tone carried a touch of heartfelt, sincere warmth.

"The speed at which you led this initiative didn't hold me back at all; rather, it once again vividly demonstrated to the whole world what 'Xia Country Efficiency' truly means."

"In one month, millions of base station renovation projects, spanning the vast 9.6 million square kilometers of Xia Country territory, across countless terrains so complex they were despair-inducing, were just forcefully conquered."

"This terrifying execution capability, regardless of cost or sacrifice, this miraculous infrastructure-building ability—looking across the entire Blue Planet, apart from us, you won't find another."

Lin Yuan paused, his tone taking on a touch of casual teasing.

"If this were on The Other Side of the Ocean, in those places that boast of being beacons of civilization, just going through parliamentary approvals, bickering with so-called environmental organizations, and letting the capitalists calculate their profits..."

"Heh, they might not even move an inch of soil in a year."

On the other end of the line, Zhou Ping was both embarrassed and filled with a sense of reflected pride by Lin Yuan's words, and he let out an awkward laugh.

"Academician Lin, you are too kind."

"But all in all, this credit really doesn't belong to me alone."

"After all, this is a national-level strategy set by you, and Elder Long and Elder Zhang have been keeping a close eye on it too."

"Especially Elder Zhang; for the past month, without fail, he has personally listened to progress reports twice a day, morning and evening."

"If there was even the slightest snag anywhere, even at two in the morning, the heads of the relevant departments would be dragged out of bed for a video conference, and a solution had to be produced before dawn."

"With the higher-ups taking it so seriously, how could those rascals in the engineering teams dare to slack off at all? They were all howling, working three shifts, risking their lives!"

"Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to have achieved this speed."

Lin Yuan listened quietly.

The vivid details in Zhou Ping's words involuntarily conjured a magnificent picture in his mind.

It was countless engineers in hard hats, arguing heatedly over blueprints under searchlights in the dead of night.

It was countless workers suspended a hundred meters in the air, tightening the last screw in the biting cold wind.

It was countless technicians sitting in bumpy off-road vehicles, crossing the Gobi and deserts, just to calibrate the signal for a remote station.

Countless people, driven by the national will, became the most precise and scorching gears in a massive machine, operating at full speed.

For the blueprint he had drawn, this massive state apparatus had tightened every single screw to its limit.

And this terrifying efficiency, held up by countless hands...

Would eventually transform into the massive, tsunami-like tide of faith that would surge in after billions of people connected to the second world.

And flow back into his system.

Becoming the fuel for him to unlock higher-dimensional technology and paint even grander lies.

Using the nation's credibility to endorse his lies, and then using the action of 1.4 billion people to fill the gap between the lie and reality.

This was a perfect closed loop.

"That is also thanks to Director Zhou sitting in the middle and coordinating everything."

Lin Yuan collected his thoughts, his tone calm.

"With so many complex threads, to be able to sort them out so smoothly without any mishaps—that relies on the real skills of you at the executive level."

"It's only right, it's only right."

Zhou Ping said repeatedly, unable to hide his smile.

After the brief pleasantries, the anticipation in his voice could no longer be contained.

"Academician Lin, then... since the base stations are now fully completed across the board, and everything is ready..."

"What is your plan for the next step?"

As soon as this question was asked, the other end of the line went quiet for a moment.

Zhou Ping held his breath.

He knew better than anyone that the countless engineering teams he had led, working day and night for the past month, were paving the way for a truly great existence.

It was an ultimate plan capable of completely rewriting the structure of human society and ushering in a new era of civilization.

And now, the button to activate that ultimate plan was in the hands of that young man on the other end of the line.

In the underground control room of Xishan Base.

Hearing this, the curve of Lin Yuan's lips widened, his deep eyes reflecting the blue data streaming across the display screen.

He spoke slowly, his voice not loud, yet it seemed to possess a power that could pierce through time and space, every word clear and distinct.

"The next step."

"Is naturally to fulfill the promise made to the people of the entire country."

"To officially open..."

"The second world."