Did the world end today?

The True Meaning of Chapter 85

If Lin Xu were asked to verbally explain what "Industrial Cthulhu" could actually do, he would find it very difficult to articulate.

After all, he has only seen it so far, not yet participated in it.

However, some people have already truly experienced how terrifying this thing is.

Ren Jian was the first to be affected.

An hour after Lin Xu finished his meeting with the representatives from AVIC, at 5 p.m. that day, Ren Jian received his first phone call.

When Ren Jian answered the call from the unfamiliar number, she had many guesses in her mind.

Perhaps it's a big shot in the investment world?
Perhaps it's a directly related regulatory body?

Perhaps he is the head of a research team at a research institution or university?
Or perhaps they are simply some astute peers, suppliers, or customers?
But when the other party introduced themselves in the most straightforward way, Ren Jian was completely dumbfounded.

The person on the phone said:
"Hello, Comrade Ren Jian. This is the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Nanjing City, speaking to you on behalf of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Jiangsu Province."

When these words reached Ren Jian's ears, he was stunned into a daze that lasted for several seconds.

To be honest, it's not that he hasn't had contact with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

However, I have never received a direct call like that.

He responded awkwardly, but from the other person's orderly and methodical narration, he gleaned the general meaning.

Capital injection and controlling stake, management and supervision, and policy support.
In short, we need to be offered amnesty.

Ren Jian initially thought that the other party was after Donghua Chemical Fiber, and even tried to explain that he did not have control of Donghua Chemical Fiber.

But after a brief chat, he realized that the other person didn't seem to care at all.
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that's true.

It's basically controlled by our own people, so why would anyone bother to ask?

What they want is Sky Dome Technology.

Ren Jian couldn't refuse.

Because this is the best outcome he could achieve after founding the company.

none of them!

Are there really commercial space companies in this world that are completely independent of the government?
What a fart!
Who is the actual controller of SpaceX?

It's NASA, the federal government!
Musk has already paved a successful path for the industry, so why should I be stubborn?

Moreover, the terms offered by the other party were quite generous.

If you want to participate in management, then continue to shine in your original position, making full use of your strengths and abilities to contribute to the company's healthy development.

If you don't want to work so hard, you can retire or take a leisurely job.

Ren Jian chose the former, and the two parties quickly reached a verbal agreement and agreed on a time for further negotiations.

After hanging up the phone, Ren Jian felt as if she had just woken up from a dream.

One month.

A complete transformation has taken place, and the root of all this lies in the one and only opportunity I seized—
However, before he could even reflect on his feelings, another call came in.

This time, he received a "transfer order".

Of course, it wasn't his own transfer order, but rather an order directed at Xu Jin, the materials genius with Asperger's syndrome who had previously collaborated with Lin Xu.

If the previous collaborations were clandestine, this time, the secondment notice from the Jinling Materials Research Institute gave him a perfectly legitimate reason to hire people.

In addition, the Jinling Institute of Materials Science also relayed to him the suggestions from Northwestern Polytechnical University and Bai Mo's graduate advisor, Mao Chengyou, regarding Bai Mo's appointment.

The suggestion is very simple, just like all recommendation letters written by top talents, consisting of only one short sentence:

"This girl is very good; she's rational and intelligent, and we can trust her with our abilities."

Ren Jian immediately understood what the other party meant.

It's not that you can just appoint someone with confidence, it's that you can trust them to be given important responsibilities!

After hanging up the phone, Ren Jian slumped onto the sofa.

too fast.

A surging wave was already brewing, and Tianqiong Technology, without knowing when, had been swept up and was now standing on the crest of the wave.

After a short rest, Ren Jian stood up again, full of vigor. And that night, even more calls were coming in.
Meanwhile, Lin Xu had already arrived at Zhongshan Sanatorium and met with the technical support team prepared for him by his superiors.

The team's composition can be described as extremely impressive. It was led by Wang Yifan from the Institute of High Energy Physics, and the team members included several leading researchers in the fields of astrophysics and quantum physics in China, aerospace experts from China Aviation Industry Corporation, and a "messenger" who had experience in multiple fields but did not specialize in any one of them.

The role of this messenger was to summarize the scenes Lin Xu saw in the so-called "high-dimensional channel" into precise, quantifiable, and discussable physical phenomena based on Lin Xu's fragmented descriptions.

These physical phenomena will then be handed over to other experts for analysis in an attempt to arrive at a principle that can be explained within the existing theoretical framework.

The entire mechanism operates with extreme precision and efficiency, to the point that even Lin Xu felt a bit overwhelmed.

After he gave a rough description of the apocalyptic scenario, the expert group immediately drew a preliminary conclusion through the "translation" of He Yunshen, the "messenger".

"So, judging from the phenomena alone, we currently have three main valid clues."

"First, the apocalypse will be accompanied by a violent gravitational disaster."

"Secondly, after a gravitational disaster, matter annihilates within the affected area, releasing a large amount of energy."

"Thirdly, the energy arrived on Earth before the gravitational disaster and basically destroyed and wiped out all life, which proves that the speed of light must have been distorted in space, or that it was unevenly distributed."

Wang Yifan tapped the table, and continued thoughtfully:

"As for the Blue Shift, those are just insignificant aftereffects."

"If a large-scale annihilation of matter occurs within the solar system and the area of ​​annihilation continues to expand, then a blueshift is almost inevitable."

"Because an unusual gravitational wave peak appeared in space."

"We can actually rule that out first—just as you can't use floods to deduce the cause of torrential rain, we can't use blueshift to determine the cause of apocalyptic disasters."

After hearing these words, Lin Xu had no choice but to admit defeat.

He had previously thought that the Blue Shift must be part of the disaster.

But now, in front of real experts, this thing has been directly classified.

He nodded in agreement, and Wang Yifan continued.

"The physical causes that Comrade Lin Xu mentioned earlier that could lead to the apocalyptic disaster can basically all lead to the phenomena we are seeing."

"Unfortunately, we currently have no way to obtain more 'detailed evidence' about the apocalypse."

"To be honest, even if we could obtain it, it would be difficult to make a judgment without supporting data."

"The best approach is to try eliminating possibilities one by one."

"If we want to eliminate them one by one, then we need to use what Comrade Lin Xu called the 'time pincer attack'."

Wang Yifan's thinking was extremely clear—probably because he had more resources at his disposal, and his plans were more imaginative.

"We need to send a series of observation instruments to Mars, which is closer to the initial point of the disaster."

"To achieve this, we must develop long-range manned spacecraft."

"So, this could be the significance of the so-called 'critical node'?"

Enlightenment.

Only then did Lin Xu realize how much he had overlooked when considering the issue of key nodes.

But it's fine now.

With the support of more collective wisdom, subsequent work will be easier.

He let out a long sigh of relief and was about to say something.

But just then, there was a knock on the door.

Everyone looked at Lin Xu, who suddenly realized that he was the real protagonist, so he spoke up:
"Please come in!"

The conference room door was pushed open, and Qin Feng's face appeared before everyone.

"Comrade Lin Xu."

He opened his mouth and said:
"Emergency."

Zhang Yuan is dead!

(End of this chapter)