94: From Technological Warfare to Space Empire

Chapter 130 Win, win, win, in the end, it's all our victory.

But according to those intelligence reports, Lin Yu was someone who worked in aerospace, steel, and oil.

He was never mentioned doing basic physics.

Moreover—who would have thought that someone engaged in applied science could make such groundbreaking achievements in the field of fundamental physics?

"Baka!"

Ogawa Shuzo slammed his hand on the table.

"Is this your job?"

"Such an important person, and you're only focusing on his application results?"

"What about his theoretical level? What about his academic background? What about his research team?"

"None of them!"

America, Washington, D.C., the Pentagon.

In a windowless, sealed room.

A man wearing epaulets with one less star than MacArthur slammed his fist on the table.

"Can anyone tell me, just how much military value does this thing actually have?!"

"How did they do that?!"

"What are our intelligence agencies doing?! Such a major breakthrough, and there wasn't any prior warning?!"

The CIA man stood up, his face grim: "General, our men aren't high enough rank to handle this project."

"The entire experimental process was strictly sealed off. According to the information we pieced together later, the core team consisted of fewer than twenty people, and all of them were physically isolated from the outside world."

"What about Lin Yu?! Didn't he give a public speech?!"

"Yes, he gave a lecture on absolute zero at Tsinghua University."

"But in retrospect, it turned out that he only talked about basic theories and publicly available knowledge in that lecture, and there was no leak of any core secrets."

"We...we wouldn't even pay attention to a young person."

Four-star General John Mullen slammed his fingers on the table, the printed cover of *Science* magazine rattling as he tapped it: "Stop shifting the blame!"

"I'll ask you one more time! Just how much military value does this BEC actually have?!"

Sitting on the other side of the long table was a science and technology advisor from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), who said with a forced smile, "General, if you insist on hearing the truth—it's all-encompassing."

"explain!"

"The essence of BEC is macroscopic quantum state."

The consultant stood up, walked to the projection screen, and pulled up a diagram of an atomic clock: "First, the atomic clock. The cesium atomic clocks used in current GPS satellites are off by one second in three million years."

"If we replace it with a BEC atomic clock, the accuracy can be improved by two orders of magnitude, reducing the difference to one second in 300 million years."

Looking at Maren's donkey-like face, so gloomy it seemed to drip water.

The technical consultant quickly said, "But that's highly unlikely. They've only developed BEC, not a practical application."

"They confirmed the existence of BEC, so we can now invest heavily in follow-up research."

"This is actually a wedding dress made for us."

"We...we won!"

Hearing the technical consultant say this, Maren's face turned from anger to joy.

Everyone present finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But actually, these tech guys exchanged glances.

They knew that since China had taken the lead in developing the BEC, other implementation plans were probably already on the way.

The fact that they were able to develop BEC means that their research in this area is the strongest.

No one else can compare to them.

But there's no need for them to say such things and make a fool of themselves.

If I say it out loud, I'll probably get retaliated against by this American general.

Meanwhile, in Beijing, across the ocean...

The atmosphere was quite different in a conference room in the capital's political district.

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The meeting room was small and simply furnished.

But it's bright and clear.

White walls, dark green curtains.

A long table covered with green velvet, and several wooden chairs.

In the center of the long table, an old man was looking through the materials in his hands.

"Lin Yu, 22 years old, is a doctoral student at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Note: He graduated a month ago and was awarded a doctoral degree ahead of schedule), and is a student of Song Zhiwei."

"In November 1993, the improvement of the satellite grid wing to aluminum alloy was completed, which increased the rocket control level, reduced manufacturing costs, and improved the overall efficiency by about 13%."

"In February 1994, an algorithm was developed to bypass GPS availability selection policy, improving civilian signal accuracy from 100 meters to 1 meter."

2 meters.

"In the same month, a technology exchange was completed with the team of scientists left over from the Soviet Union, and the complete set of blueprints for the RD-170 rocket engine and the VT-20 titanium alloy process were obtained."

"In March, the industrial application of the technology for extracting rare metals from steel slag was completed, with a profit margin of over 300%."

"In the same month, the formula for unleaded gasoline was made public at the 315 Gala, which directly promoted the upgrading of the national gasoline industry."

"In April, a technical solution for producing high-energy aviation fuel from corn stalks was completed. It is said that its performance is comparable to that of the US military's JP-10. The Sinopec research team has completed the preparation in the laboratory, and after testing, the effect is just as he said."

"In the same month, Bose-Einstein condensate. The fifth state of matter."

Besides the introductory materials at hand.

Several other notebooks were also attached to the table.

It concerns the specific techniques used in each type of research.

After reading the last page, the old man took off his reading glasses and gently placed them on the table.

"Tell me, our Comrade Lin has really given us a big surprise."

The deputy secretary, Liu, who was sitting to his right, was the first to speak.

"Sir, we have conducted a preliminary assessment of the significance of this matter."

"The conclusion is that this is enough to enable our country to achieve the most significant original breakthrough in the field of basic science."

"It is an expansion of the boundaries of human cognition as a whole."

"According to the investigation, countless top laboratories around the world have been pursuing this goal for the past 70 years."

"Americans, Europeans, and Japanese."

"People all over the world have invested billions of dollars in this project."

"But now, we've done it first."

"Even the funding was just what Academician Zhou had saved up by using various instruments he had previously purchased."

"No new nationally approved funds were used."

The old man's fingers tapped lightly on the table.

"That young man's name is Lin Yu?"

Deputy Secretary Liu nodded and handed over another document.

"Each of the above-mentioned items has reached the international advanced level, and some are even leading."

The old man took the materials, which were not much different from the one he had looked at before.

But he still read it carefully, word by word.

After a long pause, he looked up and said with a sigh, "I remember at the beginning of the year, Xiao Hou submitted a report."

"There's a young man who wants to start his own aerospace company, and he wants to start by contracting a steel plant."

Deputy Secretary Liu nodded.

"Yes, sir. You approved it back then, allowing him to prove himself in the Seraev case."

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The old man smiled: "He proved it very well."

A soft chuckle followed in the meeting room.

The old man's smile faded, and he said seriously, "Breakthroughs in basic science are more important than ten large oil fields or a hundred steel mills."

"The Americans can't hold us back with this technology because it's just the beginning for the whole world."