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Chapter 366 Conversation with Old Man Wang

Li Zhenhua had come here to see Wang Yuesheng before, and not just once or twice. Led by the guard on duty, the three of them were invited to the reception room. At this time, it was obviously not yet time for work.

Li Yun and Xiao Lizi played games in the reception room, while Li Zhenhua scrolled through his phone, looking at recent domestic news.

They arrived close to their work start time, but they weren't kept waiting long before the door to the meeting room was pushed open from the outside.

This morning, Wang Yuesheng went to work as usual. As soon as he entered the office building, he received a message that Li Zhenhua was waiting for him in the meeting room. He was quite happy to hear that Li Zhenhua had actually come to Beiping and was looking for him.

He didn't even go back to his own office, but went straight to the meeting room.

When he arrived at the door of the reception room, he heard children laughing inside. Hearing the laughter, he realized that Li Zhenhua had come with his wife and children. He then quickly pushed open the door and went in.

But when he pushed the door open, he found that there were three people in the reception room, one of whom he did not recognize. He looked at Li Yun and her daughter next to him and confirmed that Li Zhenhua had arrived. But why did he not see him? Instead, he saw an extremely unfamiliar face.

With a hint of doubt in his mind, Wang Yuesheng entered the room, ignoring Li Zhenhua sitting on the sofa, and walked towards Li Yun and her daughter.

"Xiaoyun, you're here! Where's that kid Li Zhenhua? I can't see him."

As he spoke, Wang Yuesheng squatted down next to Xiao Lizi and asked her a question.

Do you still remember Grandpa Wang?

When Xiao Lizi heard someone asking her a question, she quickly turned her head to look at Wang Yuesheng and replied somewhat timidly, "I've seen a picture of you and Dad standing together at home. I know you!"

Little Chestnut's answer immediately made the old man laugh. He felt that the child was really cute. While the old man and the child were interacting, Li Yun stood aside and began to answer the old man's question.

"Uncle, you're looking for Li Zhenhua, isn't he sitting right over there?" Li Yun said, raising her hand and pointing to Li Zhenhua sitting to the side. Only then did she realize that Li Zhenhua had turned on the holographic camouflage projection above his head at some point.

She was busy playing with Little Chestnut and didn't really notice what Li Zhenhua was doing.

After hearing his answer, Wang Yuesheng was full of questions. There was no sign of Li Zhenhua at the spot where Li Yun was pointing; there was only a completely unfamiliar person sitting there.

It was only at this moment that he realized something was wrong. This was no ordinary place; it was the August 1st Building, a place where ordinary people couldn't even get up, let alone enter the reception room.

Wang Yuesheng, holding the little chestnut he had just picked up, took two steps toward the stranger in his eyes.

Who are you?

Li Zhenhua smiled as he looked at Wang Yuesheng, who was standing in front of him holding a small chestnut, and then spoke.

"I am Li Zhenhua!"

As he spoke, he turned off the holographic disguise projection he was carrying, revealing his true appearance as the projection was deactivated.

His actions completely shocked the old man in front of him; the scene that only appeared in science fiction movies was now unfolding before his eyes.

The scene that just occurred was something he would never have imagined. In an instant, a person's appearance could be changed, and just now, he hadn't seen any flaws on the person's face.

All facial expressions were so clear, whether it was a smile or a blink, that it was impossible to tell that what had just happened was a disguise.

Now that he had revealed his true colors, Li Zhenhua continued to smile at the old man in front of him.

"Long time no see, sir!"

Upon hearing Li Zhenhua's words, Wang Yuesheng's thoughts were brought back to normal. He looked at Li Zhenhua's face and asked uncertainly.

"Your face, it's not fake, is it? What happened to your face just now?"

Ning Wei had actually reported the holographic camouflage projection technology that Li Zhenhua had developed to the Kyushu Guard Regiment before, but the Guard Regiment hadn't seen what the actual object looked like, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

Wang Yuesheng, on the other hand, had not received any relevant reports, so he had never seen the kind of disguise technique that Li Zhenhua had developed.

When Li Zhenhua heard Wang Yuesheng's question, he just smiled mysteriously, took the little chestnut from Wang Yuesheng's arms, and then looked at the old man in front of him and returned.

"Let's talk in your office. The thing on my face just now was just a little thing, nothing to worry about. I'll demonstrate it for you later."

Wang Yuesheng glanced around and realized it wasn't the right place to talk, so he nodded to him and walked towards his office first.

As Li Zhenhua passed by Li Yun, he handed her the little chestnut he was holding, gave her some instructions, and then followed Wang Yuesheng.

Having visited Wang Yuesheng's place several times before, they knew where his office was. Following the old man in front, they arrived at the office, where the door was then closed by the guards, leaving only the two of them inside.

After Li Zhenhua sat down on the sofa, Wang Yuesheng took out a cup, poured him a glass of water, and then sat down opposite Li Zhenhua.

"Hey kid, tell me, start your performance! What exactly happened to your face just now?!"

Li Zhenhua didn't hesitate either. Right in front of Wang Yuesheng, he began to conceal his identity by taking out the holographic disguise projector he was carrying from his chest pocket and then placing the portable particle energy shield in plain sight.

Li Zhenhua pointed to the two devices he had just shown and said to Wang Yuesheng, "These are the two pieces of equipment that caused the changes in my head. One of them I named the Holographic Camouflage Projector."

The other one is used in conjunction with this holographic projection. It is a device used to shield the camouflaged projection from interference and is called a portable particle energy shield.

Yes, the latter device not only shields against interference, but also performs its own function. Under full power operation, the Golden Crow particles stored in the particle storage tank can only last for a maximum of 20 minutes. However, when used as an interference shielding instrument under normal circumstances, the duration can be much longer!

Hearing his answer, the old man Wang Yuesheng didn't quite understand, but he did know one thing: one of the two devices in front of him was a portable particle energy shield, and the technology used was the same as that of the particle energy shield on the spaceplane.

It is a very powerful defensive measure. Even if there is a nuclear explosion, it can still protect against it and can also clean up a certain amount of nuclear radiation. It can be considered the pinnacle of individual soldier defensive equipment.

Wang Yuesheng listened quietly to Li Zhenhua's introduction, his face full of curiosity. He gestured to Li Zhenhua again, signaling him to continue.

At this moment, Li Zhenhua did not say anything more. Instead, he took the holographic disguise projector from in front of Wang Yuesheng and used it to cover his face again.

The following period was a year in the making for Wang Yuesheng, an old man who was about to be amazed. Under Li Zhenhua's manipulation, Li Zhenhua's face began to change, and various well-known domestic actors were replaced one by one.

Seeing these changes, Wang Yuesheng thought about many things, such as whether this device could be used for infiltration and reconnaissance, whether it could save lives when infiltrating behind enemy lines, and whether the big shots could activate this projection to disguise themselves and evacuate when they encountered danger.

Seeing Old Wang's expression, he knew exactly what the other man was thinking, but the current holographic camouflage projection wasn't really suitable for him to equip.

Because current holographic camouflage projectors are not perfect and have significant flaws, without a portable particle energy shield to block interference, using this thing for camouflage is not as effective as the usual methods!

He then looked at Wang Yuesheng with a hint of unease, and began to explain to the old man.

"Commander, the holographic camouflage projection technology I have is still not very mature. It has serious flaws. The reason I can use it now is because the portable particle energy shield I carry has played a huge role. Without the shield, the projection would be greatly affected by interference."

Li Zhenhua patiently explained the difficulties to Wang Yuesheng. When the old man heard that a portable particle energy shield was needed for its use, he knew that trying to equip the holographic projection equipment was obviously playing with the lives of the soldiers.

Given this situation, he didn't dwell on the matter too much. Instead, he asked Li Zhenhua about the portable particle energy shield.

"Since this disguise technique is not yet mature, don't give up on it. Study it more when you have time. It's quite useful to us. It's more convenient and less labor-intensive than makeup and human skin masks. Keep studying it!"

Now tell me about the specific effects of the portable energy shield. I've been following it closely, and now that I've caught you, the inventor, I'll have you explain it to me.

Li Zhenhua then began to tell Wang Yuesheng about the portable energy shield and his experience using it during his travels. He talked on and on, while the old man opposite him listened very attentively.

After he explained his experience using the portable energy shield to Wang Yuesheng, Wang Yuesheng understood the effects the shield could achieve.

"This energy shield is really good news. I think the safety of the big shots should be upgraded. Also, this technology should be used in the vehicles of the big shots!"

"The Green Ox Bus and the Dragon Bus—these two modes of transportation for the big shots really need an upgrade."

Li Zhenhua immediately nodded in agreement; indeed, the security for the bigwigs needed some upgrades.

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind and do it later."

After agreeing to Wang Yuesheng's request, the old man opposite him finally came to his senses and asked him again, somewhat puzzled, "Didn't you say you were traveling around Kyushu? Why are you in Beiping now?"

"Oh, that's simple. My plan is to start from Xinjiang and travel clockwise through the provinces. I just started my journey south from the three northeastern provinces. Since I'm heading south, I can't avoid Beijing, Tianjin, and Yongliang."

"Since I've come all this way to Beiping, I took my wife and kids to Tiananmen Square this morning to watch the flag-raising ceremony. After that, I came to meet you. It wouldn't be right to come all this way to Beiping and not see you, would it?"

After Li Zhenhua's explanation, I understood why he had come to Beiping at this time.

After understanding all this, Wang Yuesheng recalled the questions raised by the Mars exploration team that had just returned from Mars some time ago, and then asked Li Zhenhua about them.

"You should know about what our Kyushu Space Agency did recently, right? Our exploration team that went to Mars has returned safely. Did you follow that?"

"I've followed this. I really didn't expect that the Kyushu Space Agency would be so reckless, daring to send an exploration team to Mars without being fully prepared!"

Regardless of the good outcome, I knew they returned safely, and I'm very happy for their safe return!

Actually, he doesn't really agree with the exploration of Mars. Why? Because, frankly, exploring Mars now is a bit of a roundabout way of doing things.

The moon, such a great treasure so close to Earth, is still not fully understood, and the development of the moon has only just begun. To be honest, he felt a little panicked about exploring Mars now.

But since Wang Yuesheng had already asked him this, he couldn't just not respond, so he could only say these polite words.

Wang Yuesheng, of course, understood something else from his words, as if he had no interest in exploring Mars and was not enthusiastic about the Mars project.

This old man had seen it all. Seeing his somewhat perfunctory attitude towards the Mars project, he became extremely interested in how Li Zhenhua really viewed things.

"Oh, since you're interested, let's chat. What are your thoughts on the Mars exploration plan? How about I take you to the Kyushu Space Agency while you're in Beiping?"

You should also go and see the exploration team's firsthand data brought back from Mars. It will help us research whether Mars is even a viable development site!

After listening to this, Li Zhenhua's head immediately spun. He never expected the old man to ask such a question. If he had known, he would never have come to visit him this time.

(End of this chapter)