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Chapter 368 What Li Zhenhua Left Behind...

"Are you sure you're talking about clouds, and not water? What effect can collecting so many clouds possibly achieve?"

Wang Yuesheng was genuinely not following his train of thought at that moment, so he asked a question rather impatiently, and then Li Zhenhua continued to explain.

"What I'm saying is that when it's going to rain in a certain place, there will definitely be a thick layer of clouds in the sky, and the key to the rain is precisely these clouds."

Our shield is aimed precisely at these clouds. The spaceplane expands the shield to its maximum size within the clouds, and then uses the shield's ability to expand and shrink to compress the clouds inside.

With the addition of anti-gravity technology, these clouds will stay obediently inside the shield. Then, we will have a spaceplane carry these clouds over the desert and retract the shield.

Once the shield and anti-gravity constraint are removed, the clouds that reach the critical value will begin to rain over the desert, depending on their characteristics.

Through this series of operations, we will be able to achieve our goal of no longer having a shortage of water in the desert.

As for why we didn't just load the water and transport it to the desert from the beginning, it comes down to the same question: where would we find such a massive amount of fresh water? Taking away too much fresh water from a place on land would definitely have a huge impact on the local area!

Therefore, selecting clouds from the sky has the least impact. Moreover, we can use this technology to move clouds away from areas affected by floods, preventing or stopping the floods. Conversely, this method can also be used to address drought conditions in other areas.

Even if the entire Kyushu region experiences a drought, we can still go to the unpredictable sea to collect clouds containing large amounts of water vapor, transport them back to the skies above Kyushu, and artificially control the weather in a particular area.

How's my application of this old technology? Isn't it amazing? From now on, we in Kyushu will have the ability to control the weather, no longer relying on basic artificial rainmaking and rain enhancement technologies.

Li Zhenhua explained his technical solution to Wang Yuesheng in detail, and also explained the reasons why he had to do it this way.

After listening to his story, he was truly captivated by this imaginative idea. If the Nine Provinces were truly free from the natural disasters of floods and droughts, that would be wonderful.

Wang Yuesheng himself became more and more excited as he thought about it. This was another technology that would benefit the country and its people, and its impact on certain aspects of people's lives in Kyushu would be enormous.

"Kid, do you really think these things can achieve such results? Have you even conducted any experiments?"

During Wang Yuesheng's cautious period, he asked Li Zhenhua to ask the question again. However, after asking it, Li Zhenhua realized that he had asked a pointless question. Li Zhenhua had been traveling the whole time, and even if he wanted to conduct experiments, he would not have had the necessary equipment.

After listening, Li Zhenhua answered very seriously.

"I have never actually done the experiment, but these things are consistent with all the theories. I believe that with all the theoretical support, it will definitely be successful when we actually do it!"

With the technology we have now, it's actually not difficult to do these things. We can give it a try. Space fighters can also do it.

By the way, how many spaceplanes do we have now? If we have extra spaceplanes, it would be best to allocate one for a practical test, without affecting our normal mission execution, to see if my idea is feasible!

After listening to what Li Zhenhua said, Wang Yuesheng thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed true. The chief architect had said that practice is the sole criterion for testing truth, and the instructor had also said that one has no right to speak without investigation.

After careful consideration, it becomes clear that of the nine semi-finished spaceplanes that Li Zhenhua previously built, only two remain unfinished, and Kyushu itself has not slowed down the production of its spaceplanes.

Kyushu currently possesses a total of twelve, including eight aerospace fighters, four aerospace planes, and ten more that were delivered to Kyushu for manufacturing.

The ownership of the space fighters has been transferred to the military, while the right to use the spaceplanes has been granted to the Kyushu Space Agency. Currently, there are a total of four space fighters in the sky carrying out combat readiness missions.

It wouldn't be a problem to take one of their other four idle aircraft for an experiment.

"We currently have a total of twelve fighter jets and aircraft. I'll be selecting one to test your idea. If it really comes to fruition, then Kyushu will have acquired a powerful weapon!"

Wang Yuesheng then answered his previous question. In Wang Yuesheng's view, the technological applications he mentioned were not limited to those that Li Zhenhua had described.

Despite his advanced age, Wang Yuesheng has served in the military for many years, so he generally considers issues from a military perspective.

Based on the applications Li Zhenhua mentioned earlier, such as controlling rainfall in a certain area and solving drought conditions in a certain area, if this method can be used to control the weather in an enemy country, then why can't it be used to control the weather in an enemy country?

Or could it be used to help Kyushu's allies deal with major natural disasters? For example, Pakistan experienced severe flooding recently. If they had known about this method, redirecting the heavy rainfall in Pakistan to other areas could have mitigated their suffering.

Since it can reduce rainfall, it can also increase rainfall within a country, causing floods that are significant enough to impact people's livelihoods.

Sometimes this kind of tactic can really have a miraculous effect. For example, if the main battlefield is deadlocked, it can cripple their domestic livelihoods, leaving all their citizens with nothing to live on due to the floods.

All these operations can produce great results; this is Wang Yuesheng's vision for the application of this technology from a military perspective.

"Alright then! Anyway, I've already told you the method. How you arrange it is up to you. Just show me the data you get during the experiment. I'll give you the specific parameters for using the particle energy shield later, and you can arrange it as you see fit!"

After hearing the current total number of Kyushu spaceplanes, Li Zhenhua knew that it would be no problem to allocate one for testing. Since that was the case, things were fine. As for having him oversee the experiment, he said he didn't have the time.

He directly pushed the matter into Wang Yuesheng's hands. As for Wang Yuesheng's attitude, that was no longer his concern. He still had to travel around the Nine Provinces!

Hearing Li Zhenhua's dismissive words and seeing his attitude, Wang Yuesheng felt a headache coming on.

Why can't this kid on the other side have a more respectable attitude? Why does he have to be so nonchalant? He even pushed such an important experiment into his hands, but he can't do anything about this kid.

Who could blame them when Li Zhenhua's past achievements were so outstanding? He finally got a break, and they couldn't just conscript him!

At this moment, Wang Yuesheng could only smile helplessly, and then jokingly cursed at Li Zhenhua twice.

"I really hope your Kyushu tour ends soon, then I'll definitely stop bothering with all these troubles of yours!"

"Hehehe, thank you for your trouble! Let's call it a day. We've been chatting for quite a while now. Li Yun and Xiao Li Zi have been here for quite a long time."

We plan to visit other places next. I haven't gone to see the president of our academy yet; I'll go see that old man later!

After speaking with him, Li Zhenhua stood up, went out to pick up his wife and children, said goodbye to Wang Yuesheng, and continued his visit.

After leaving Wang Yuesheng's place, he visited several acquaintances in Beiping.

After this round trip, they stayed in Beiping for two more days before starting his journey around Kyushu again.

During his trip to Beiping, Li Zhenhua told Wang Yuesheng about the solution to the desert water shortage problem, which can be considered as reporting this technology. However, he did not submit the holographic camouflage projection technology that he had previously researched.

It wasn't that the higher-ups didn't need this technology, but rather that the technology was immature and handing it over wouldn't be very meaningful. However, simply handing over the weather control technology would be enough to achieve his goal for this trip to Beiping.

Li Zhenhua, with his wife and children, got into his car and set off again from Beiping, heading south.

After he left Beiping, Wang Yuesheng took action. He first reported to his superiors about the application of the technology that Li Zhenhua had told him. The bigwigs at the top were stunned when they heard that such an operation was possible.

They can even control the Earth's weather at certain times. If used properly, this thing could be a great tool. After thinking about these things, they readily agreed to Wang Yuesheng's proposed experiment.

Since there isn't a pressing need for space fighters right now, it's better to put them to good use while they're idle. Besides, even aircraft that are on combat readiness missions in space can come and help out at times!

This shows how much importance the bigwigs above attach to the application of this technology. Of course, it's because there are now more spaceplanes, which gives them the confidence to do so.

Just as Li Zhenhua was touring the Central Plains in the south, the aerospace fighters took action.

Moreover, taking into account the impact on the interior of Kyushu, the experiment was not conducted on land in Kyushu. Instead, guided by the Kyushu Meteorological Bureau, the experiment was conducted over the high seas where the cloud cover was particularly thick.

When the space fighters arrived over this international waters, it was during a stormy season, with torrential rain falling from the sky onto the endless sea.

Along with the heavy rain, various lightning and strong winds also appeared. The aerospace fighters arrived in this cloud layer and, according to the various parameters of the particle energy shield given by Li Zhenhua, expanded the shield, enveloping a large amount of cloud layer inside.

Once inside the shield, the lightning and thunder gradually disappeared due to the anti-gravity technology, and the clouds became completely quiet.

Once the clouds were detected by the spaceplanes and calmed down using anti-gravity technology, they reported the results to their superiors.

The leaders who had been paying close attention to this matter showed expressions of satisfaction upon seeing the results of its practical application. They were truly surprised that this technology could actually be effective.

The gathered clouds quietly remained inside the space fighter, which then sped towards the inland borders of Kyushu.

At the speed of a fighter jet, returning from the sea doesn't take long. As soon as the aerospace fighter arrives over the Taklamakan Desert, it immediately releases the clouds that are controlling its return from the particle energy shield.

The clouds that were originally raining over the sea were released and revitalized over the desert, with the dark clouds constantly colliding and lightning flashing across the desert sky.

With the appearance of lightning and thunder, the clouds, which had already reached the conditions for rainfall, began to rain down on the desert below again.

When a large amount of rain fell from the sky into the desert, the staff waiting for the test results in the desert all cheered.

When Wang Yuesheng received the report from his subordinates, he remained calm, because he was already used to it, as he knew and trusted Li Zhenhua too well.

I've long been used to Li Zhenhua's amazing abilities. He can even pull off such outrageous holographic camouflage projections. Would he be shocked by simply reusing existing technology? That's completely overthinking it.

While this experiment was underway, a seminar on Mars-related topics was held at the Kyushu Space Agency, chaired by its leaders.

As for why this seminar was held, it is inextricably linked to Li Zhenhua. Just recently, Wang Yuesheng compiled Li Zhenhua's views on Mars into materials and handed them over to the Kyushu Space Agency.

The Kyushu Space Agency took Li Zhenhua's opinion very seriously, after all, the spaceplane they were using was his masterpiece. If it weren't for his spaceplane, the Mars exploration team would never have existed.

However, after reading his views, all the leaders fell into deep thought and began to reflect on whether they were being too idealistic. It could be said that Li Zhenhua's views were like a wake-up call, but the benefits were enormous.

This brought them all down from their frenzied state and made them start to rethink whether their expectations for Mars had been too high.

In this state of doubt, they were also somewhat undecided. It is said that there is strength in numbers, and with more people, things can be considered more comprehensively. So, they held this seminar on Mars-related issues!

(End of this chapter)