91: Chapter 91: The Anti-Gravity Platform Assault! The US Intelligence Network Has Been Destroyed

4:00 AM.

On the other side of the "Kaitian" base, the gravity experimental workshop was brightly lit.

Academician Wu Mengda sat in his wheelchair, staring at the Anti-gravity device in front of him, which was dismantled into a mess; his brows were furrowed tightly.

"It's not right, still not right."

He had his assistant adjust the winding angle of the electromagnetic coils for the seventeenth time.

The device started; the steel ingot levitated for three seconds before crashing back to the ground with a dull thud.

"Academician Wu, why don't you take a break?"

The young assistant researcher advised, his eyes dark from exhaustion.

"Rest?"

Academician Wu waved his hand.

"Su Che has already created the lens, and I, an old man, am still spinning in circles. I can't afford to lose face like this."

He stared at the device, his voice raspy.

"The core of this device is not the electromagnetic coils themselves, but that algorithm for quantum fluid potential energy capture."

"But we completely fail to understand the operating logic of the parameters provided by Chief Engineer Su."

The assistant opened his notebook, which was densely packed with test data.

"Seventeen experiments, and the levitation time hasn't exceeded five seconds at most. The stability is terrible."

"This can't be used on the Quantum Lithography Machine platform at all."

Academician Wu said nothing, just stared intently at the pile of coils.

Just then, the workshop door was pushed open.

Su Che walked in carrying two cups of hot coffee and handed one to Academician Wu.

"Academician Wu, pulling an all-nighter?"

Academician Wu took the coffee and smiled bitterly.

"I'm old; I can't handle staying up anymore."

"Su Che, I've been studying this device of yours for two days, and I still can't figure out the knack of it."

Su Che walked to the device, squatted down, and checked the coil layout.

"Academician Wu, your line of thinking is correct; the problem lies in the phase of the energy input."

He pointed to one of the sets of coils.

"The current frequency here needs to be synchronized with the computing cycle of the quantum chip; the error cannot exceed 0.01 milliseconds."

"Otherwise, the potential energy field will fluctuate, causing unstable levitation."

Academician Wu's eyes lit up.

"Phase synchronization?"

"Correct."

Su Che stood up and walked to the console.

"I'll rewrite a calibration program to lock the chip's computing cycle at the nanosecond level."

His fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard, and strings of code flowed across the screen.

Ten minutes later, the program was finished.

"Academician Wu, try it again."

The assistant restarted the device.

This time, after the steel ingot levitated, it didn't move an inch.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

Thirty seconds.

A minute passed, and the steel ingot was still steadily levitating in mid-air.

Academician Wu stood up abruptly from his wheelchair, his cane dropping to the floor.

"It worked! It really worked!"

His voice echoed in the workshop, filled with irrepressible excitement.

Su Che turned off the power, and the steel ingot fell back to the ground.

"Academician Wu, this is just the first step."

"Next, we need to scale up this system by a hundred times to carry the entire Quantum Lithography Machine."

"That's a weight of several hundred tons."

Academician Wu sat back down in his wheelchair, his eyes firm.

"Don't worry, with this breakthrough, the rest is just an engineering problem."

"Give me three days, and I guarantee I'll come up with a complete plan."

Su Che nodded.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Academician Wu."

He turned and left the workshop, and the sound of Lieutenant General Peng's footsteps could be heard in the corridor.

"Engineer Su, has Academician Wu gotten it done?"

"Yes, the phase synchronization problem is solved."

Su Che yawned.

"General, I'm going back to catch some sleep first; I'll organize the complete technical plan for the Quantum Lithography Machine this afternoon."

Lieutenant General Peng patted his shoulder.

"Go ahead, you've worked hard these past two days."

At the same time.

Across the ocean, on the third basement level of The White House.

The Pan-Pacific Technology Alliance intelligence center.

On the giant circular screen, real-time intelligence updates from around the world were displayed.

An intelligence analyst suddenly stood up, his face deathly pale.

"Sir! The satellite thermal imaging of the Dragon Country's 'Kaitian' base is abnormal!"

"In the Optical Materials Research Group laboratory, the energy consumption curve has shown a perfect parabolic peak over the past 72 hours."

"This type of curve characteristic only appears during high-precision crystal growth."

The intelligence director sitting at the command console turned around abruptly.

"Are you sure?"

"I am sure."

The analyst pulled up the detailed data.

"Moreover, just ten minutes ago, the electromagnetic wave spectrum of the gravity experimental workshop showed a stable levitation signal for one minute."

"This means..."

His voice was trembling slightly.

"They have not only created the lens but also overcome the stability problem of the Anti-gravity platform."

The director at the command console looked grim.

"Report this to Mr. Adam immediately."

"Also, activate the 'Shadow' project."

"Our pawns inside the Dragon Country need to move."

Half an hour later.

Adam's private estate, the study.

He had just received an encrypted call from the intelligence center and stood frozen, as if struck by lightning.

"Impossible... this is absolutely impossible..."

He muttered to himself, and the wine glass in his hand dropped to the floor, shattering into pieces.

Red wine spilled all over the floor, looking like fresh blood.

"Created a diffraction-limited lens in 72 hours?"

"And conquered the Anti-gravity platform?"

"Su Che... what kind of monster is he?"

Adam's breathing became rapid; he forced himself to calm down.

He picked up the phone and dialed an encrypted number.

"Shadow, execute."

"Target: 'Kaitian' base."

"Mission: Acquire the core technical data of the Quantum Lithography Machine."

"If you cannot acquire it..."

His voice turned cold.

"Then destroy it."

On the other end of the line, a voice without any emotional fluctuation replied.

"Understood."

"Kaitian" base, 2:00 PM.

Su Che woke up after sleeping for four hours, washed his face, and walked into the conference room.

Academician Qian Zhenhua, President Liu Qianghua, Lieutenant General Peng, and dozens of core experts were already waiting for him.

"Chief Engineer Su, is the plan ready?"

President Liu Qianghua asked.

Su Che nodded, opened his laptop, and projected the content onto the big screen.

"Seniors, this is the complete technical plan for the Quantum Lithography Machine."

On the screen appeared a technical document detailed to an outrageous degree.

From the light source module, optical path system, and alignment platform to the temperature control system and anti-vibration structure, the parameters, materials, and processing techniques for every component were clearly laid out.

Even the assembly sequence was clearly marked.

The conference room was silent.

Everyone was quickly browsing the document, their eyes growing brighter.

"This... this is simply a textbook-level engineering manual."

Academician Qian Zhenhua pushed up his glasses.

"With this plan, we can completely follow the instructions and build the Quantum Lithography Machine."

President Liu Qianghua flipped to the last page and saw the assembly schedule.

"Chief Engineer Su, how long do you estimate it will take to complete the assembly?"

Su Che thought for a moment.

"If every research group can deliver the components on time, one month at the fastest."

"One month?"

Lieutenant General Peng stood up.

"Too slow."

"The White House certainly won't sit idly by; we must race against time."

Su Che nodded.

"The General is right."

"Therefore, I suggest initiating a three-shift work system, working 24 hours without stopping."

"Also..."

He paused.

"The security level of the base needs to be raised by another notch."

Lieutenant General Peng's expression sharpened.

"You mean..."

"The White House might send people to infiltrate."

Su Che's voice was calm, but every word felt like shards of ice.

"Since they could send snipers to Su Family Village, they can send agents here."

"We must take precautions."

Lieutenant General Peng immediately picked up the phone.

"Dragon Shadow Commando, enter Level 1 combat readiness."

"All personnel entering and leaving the base are to undergo background checks again."

"Any suspicious target is to be neutralized on sight."

Hanging up the phone, he looked at Su Che.

"Kid, you focus on the R&D."

"Leave the security matters to me."

Su Che smiled.

"Then I'll trouble you, General."

He closed his laptop.

"Seniors, from now on, we enter the final sprint phase."

"One month from now, I want the whole world to see."

"Just how powerful the Dragon Country's Quantum Lithography Machine is."

Thunderous applause erupted in the conference room.

Night fell.

In the dense forest on the perimeter of the base, a black shadow infiltrated silently.

He was wearing a special stealth combat suit, and his thermal imaging signal was completely shielded.

He held a micro-device in his hand, scanning the base's electronic defense network.

"Shadow calling headquarters, I have arrived at the perimeter of the target."

"Preparing to infiltrate."

Adam's voice came through the earpiece.

"Proceed with caution."

"The Dragon Country's 'Dragon Shadow' Commando is not to be trifled with."

The black shadow did not answer, just continued to sneak forward.

Just as he was about to approach the base wall.

An infrared laser suddenly shot out from the darkness, locking onto his position.

"Stop! Hands up!"

Several fully armed Dragon Shadow members surrounded him from all directions.

The black shadow's pupils contracted.

"Discovered?"

"Impossible!"

"His stealth equipment was the top-tier technology of the 'Pan-Pacific Technology Alliance'!"

"How could..."

A Dragon Shadow member sneered.

"Don't waste your effort."

"Su Che just upgraded our detection system for us."

"That antique of yours is just a moving target in our eyes."

The black shadow's face was ashen.

He suddenly pulled a flashbang from his waist and threw it onto the ground.

"Boom!"

Blinding white light exploded.

Taking advantage of the momentary blindness of the Dragon Shadow members, he turned and ran.

But he hadn't run ten meters yet.

A tranquilizer dart hit his neck precisely.

The black shadow's body went limp, and he fell to the ground.

The Dragon Shadow captain walked over and stepped on his back.

"Take him back and hand him over to the Ministry of State Security for interrogation."

"Also, report this to General Peng immediately."

"The claws of The White House have really reached over."