58: Chapter 58 Physically in China, but mentally in Shit

After speaking!

Professor Gao Xiaohua left proudly.

He was confident.

Xia Zhongxun would eventually agree.

If he didn't, he might face being removed from his position.

After all!

His return to the country had already stirred up public opinion, and many people were supporting him.

If he couldn't even secure the position of General Manager...

Presumably.

There would be many people who would stand up for him!

After walking out of the Longke Academy, Professor Gao Xiaohua looked back at the researchers coming in and out, a flash of disdain in his eyes.

He had returned this time with a mission and his own hidden agenda, rather than a genuine desire to serve his motherland and advance the Nantianmen Project.

"Professor Gao, you still have a certain reputation in the Dragon Kingdom. If you are willing to renounce your United States citizenship and return to the Dragon Kingdom, I believe you can easily infiltrate the Longke Academy and enter the Nantianmen Project."

Inside the biochemical experimental base.

Dr. X helped him straighten his clothes, speaking persuasively.

Professor Gao Xiaohua's gaze was complex and conflicted.

He naturally knew what Dr. X wanted him to do.

After all.

Rumors had long circulated in the scientific community that the Dragon Kingdom was developing a grand plan called Nantianmen; many people knew about it.

However, the specific content and progress remained unknown.

"Once the task is accomplished, I will use the most advanced genetic modification technology to give you a complete makeover, making you a pure-blooded American."

"I'll give you an appearance that is 99% identical to a native of the United States!!!"

Seeing Professor Gao Xiaohua's hesitant expression, Dr. X offered the bargaining chip he couldn't refuse!

After all.

Who could refuse having a face just like a person from the United States?

Sure enough!

Professor Gao Xiaohua's eyes lit up.

He had grown up in the United States, yet he still possessed the facial features of a Dragon Kingdom descendant.

Because of these features, he was often bullied and humiliated by those American children.

Facing these humiliations, he gritted his teeth and studied hard, swearing that he would make a name for himself, achieve great things, and become a great scientist respected by everyone in this country!

He was admitted to Stanford University, stayed to teach, and had unique accomplishments in Rocketry, Dynamics, and Engineering Control.

He became the Deputy Director of the Stanford School of Physics.

He had received certification as a Global Outstanding Scientist from the United States Ministry of Science and Technology.

He thought that being so successful, he should finally gain the recognition of this country and its citizens.

But!

Things were far from that simple.

When he attended high-level meetings, his seat was always secondary.

When he ran for high-level positions, there was always a note in the remarks column: Dragon Kingdom descendant.

He wanted to enter politics, but those congressmen looked at him like he was an outsider, with mockery practically written on their faces.

No matter how hard he worked, he could always sense a subtle feeling of exclusion around him.

Even if those people always had warm smiles on their faces and said 'Thank you, thank you'.

Gradually!

He began to feel angry.

But not at the United States.

Rather, he was angry at the Dragon Kingdom.

Angry that he was born with a Dragon Kingdom face!

If he hadn't been born with this face, with his ability and talent, it would have been enough to obtain supreme status in this paradise-like world.

To be revered by thousands!

But!

This Dragon Kingdom face of his made it impossible for him to climb up.

He hated himself.

But he blamed the Dragon Kingdom even more!

He felt that all the injustice he encountered was actually caused by the Dragon Kingdom.

If the Dragon Kingdom didn't compete with the United States!

If the Dragon Kingdom was completely submissive to the United States!

If the Dragon Kingdom opened all its markets!

If the Dragon Kingdom gave up on researching high-end chips...

As long as the Dragon Kingdom surrendered!

As long as the Dragon Kingdom surrendered like Japan.

Then!

The United States would never be wary of Dragon Kingdom descendants like him.

But!

The Dragon Kingdom didn't do that.

Instead, it wanted autonomy in everything.

Economic autonomy, cultural autonomy, military autonomy, and scientific autonomy...

It had become a colossal world of its own.

It was itself a super-civilization wearing the cloak of a nation.

How!

Could this not make the United States wary!!!

"Fine! I will return to the country."

Professor Gao Xiaohua ultimately could not resist Dr. X's temptation.

He chose to return to the country to execute Dr. X's mission.

"I must take control of the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals project."

"As long as I become the person in charge, what secrets won't I be able to access?"

Professor Gao Xiaohua muttered to himself.

He was already quite old, and it was no longer possible for him to make any major breakthroughs in science and technology.

He had to, before he completely aged, use Dr. X's genetic modification technology to thoroughly become a true American.

To think of himself with a head almost identical to an American, walking on the streets, speaking pure English, and breathing the sweet air of this world with other Americans—what kind of satisfaction would that be?

Just thinking about it.

His aging body began to tremble.

"My body is in the Dragon Kingdom, but my heart will forever be in the United States!"

...

Qingyu Residential District.

Inside the study.

Jiang Chen had let the Jindai Bird fly into the sky.

He was at his desk, organizing the design blueprints for the Kuafu Chasing the Sun Propulsion System.

These blueprints were extremely complex; even just looking through them once made his head spin.

So!

He was simplifying and condensing them.

Redesigning and annotating some of the most complex parts.

This was to ensure that expert-level researchers could understand them.

And this reorganization...

Took a whole day and night.

During this time, Qin Xueyao would occasionally bring him chicken soup, ginseng, and a bunch of other supplements, hinting at him frantically.

Hinting that his beautiful girlfriend had been left in an empty nest for several days.

But Jiang Chen!

Was addicted to scientific research and couldn't pull himself away.

Xue Yao's gaze was melancholy, but seeing how serious he was, she couldn't bring herself to interfere too much.

She could only silently stay by his side, occasionally advising him: "Honey, it's time to sleep."

"It's fine, I'm full of energy."

Jiang Chen was now an S-Sequence · Heaven-Usurping Thunder God.

He had plenty of strength!

"Full of energy? Then can't you share some with me..."

Xue Yao muttered softly.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, keep working!"

Another half-day passed.

Around ten o'clock in the morning.

Jiang Chen finally finished reorganizing the entire set of blueprints.

About fifty thousand words and eight thousand structural diagrams.

He had even annotated the unique design of every single screw with exquisite detail.

"Wife, I'm going to the Longke Academy. I'll be back tonight!"

Jiang Chen called out to Xue Yao.

"Tonight?"

The listless Xue Yao suddenly perked up.

She quickly got dressed and headed to the market.

Inside the Longke Academy.

Jiang Chen rushed excitedly toward Dean Xia's office.

"Dean Xia!"

Jiang Chen knocked quickly, but there was no response.

He was wondering why when Shu Yin, passing by, suddenly said, "Oh, General Manager Jiang, you're back!"

"Ah, yes. Where's Dean Xia?" Jiang Chen asked in confusion when no one answered the office door.

"Oh, don't you know yet? Dean Xia and the others went to the large conference room for a meeting."

"The argument is getting quite heated!"

Shu Yin sighed.

"What are they arguing about?"

Jiang Chen asked.

Shu Yin said, "A top-tier professor of Dynamics came from Stanford University. He's currently in the conference room forcing Dean Xia to make a choice: either he resigns, or you step down as the General Manager of the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals project!"

"Forcing? Step down?"

"Where does he get the nerve?"

Jiang Chen snorted coldly!

He quickly walked toward the conference room.

Shu Yin watched Jiang Chen's domineering figure and was slightly stunned.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Holy crap!

Don't tell me this guy also knows about Dynamics and engines?

Filled with intense curiosity, she secretly followed him!