Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 1134: Chapter 557 The Relaxed but Tense Public Opinion War_3

If it were a young person, they might compromise for the sake of the future, contribute to the development of M Country, and seek better treatment.

But Li Ning was already old. He didn’t need good treatment, and instead, he began to think of his Chinese identity.

This approach was killing two birds with one stone.

It was to his own benefit and could also prevent M Country from discovering the truth.

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In the capital, at the press conference venue.

A large number of foreign media had gathered to attend the press conference, hoping to learn the truth about the ’mysterious device.’

The onsite reporters’ questions to the press officer were also related to the ’mysterious device’ reported in the media.

But most reporters were not hopeful; such ’mysterious research’ was definitely confidential, and it was almost impossible to really disclose any information.

"The press officer will surely say, ’I’m not clear on what you’re referring to,’ or ’The rumors are fabricated,’ or ’I wish it were true, but I have never heard of such research.’"

A reporter predicted.

Anyway, the press officer would certainly claim ignorance.

They were all wrong.

When the press conference began, a reporter from Y Country stood up to ask a question, and the press officer said, "... We follow international law and reserve the right to conduct high-tech research." ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"In the most cutting-edge research on antigravity, we have achieved notable results. This is thanks to a group of selfless scientists, thanks to the hard work at the forefront of scientific research..."

"Blah, blah, blah~~"

The press officer said a lot of words of thanks, as if he were giving a research development report speech.

All the reporters were stunned.

This was the first time they listened so intently to a whole lot of official ’thanks’, because they were too surprised; they had not expected the press officer to directly acknowledge it.

For the next question, a reporter immediately stood up and asked, "Could you talk about this mysterious device? What is it called? What technology does it use?"

The press officer replied, "I can answer your second question: it uses antigravity technology. As for the first question, it involves scientific secrets, I’m very sorry."

Several reporters followed up with questions related to technology, development, and theory.

The press officer’s answers were varied and diverse, but on closer inspection, they could be simply summarized as, "Sorry, it’s confidential."

"Next~~"

The press conference ended.

Most foreign reporters did not receive satisfactory answers to their questions, but they were very excited because what mattered most was that the press officer had publicly acknowledged that the ’mysterious device’ was indeed Chinese research and indeed possessed antigravity technology.

As for what kind of antigravity... frёewebηovel.cѳm

After all, it was antigravity!

Ordinary people wouldn’t delve into the principles of antigravity technology, so whether questions about it were answered or not was no longer important.

In fact.

At the level of public opinion, the higher-ups had long planned how to respond, and the first few antigravity research meetings always addressed two issues: the matter of confidentiality and the measures to be taken if the research were exposed.

Now that antigravity research had entered the experimental stage, the initial experiments for sky fortresses certainly required the device to take to the skies, and maintaining complete secrecy was nearly impossible; rather than concealing it, it was better to frankly acknowledge it.

At the level of public opinion, the approach was to treat antigravity technology as a common kind of high-tech.

Research, yes.

Details, confidential!

At the same time, it was continuously emphasized in public discourse that the focus of antigravity was on civilian use and related space research, and for military applications, it was sufficient to emphasize ’upholding sovereignty and peace.’

In fact, regarding antigravity-related research, confidentiality was certainly best, but exposure made no real difference, because domestically we were many steps ahead, and even if other countries were aware of it, without theoretical support, they would have nowhere to begin their research.

The antigravity team was currently using Photon Anti-gravity Technology, while the media only knew it was antigravity, perhaps thinking of Superconducting antigravity.

Even when Photon Anti-gravity is later known, researching it would remain extremely difficult.

The experts on the antigravity team had significant authority. They had spent several months and hadn’t completely understood the basic Photon Anti-gravity Theory. In terms of experimental device design, it seemed like they knew something, but the details were still murky.

For other countries to undertake research and development, this step would be very difficult.

It was like the large nuclear reactor technology that M Country possessed, also known as nuclear-powered aircraft carrier technology. Other countries may understand nuclear power principles, but no other country could build a large nuclear-powered aircraft carrier comparable to M Country’s.

As long as the core is secret, exposure of the research doesn’t matter.

Moreover, the international military situation has changed compared to decades ago.

Antigravity is cutting-edge technology, even science fiction-level technology; it will definitely become a major direction for development in the future. But militarily speaking, what is always decisive is nuclear weapons.

Nuclear deterrence is likewise a means of safeguarding peace. Precisely because of nuclear deterrence, Earth’s future is unlikely to see large-scale wars, otherwise, it may lead to a human extinction disaster.

China possesses nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles; even if it is exposed for having some high-tech, there’s no fear of being surveilled.

The tactics of other countries are nothing more than applying economic and military pressure, but launching a large-scale war is almost impossible.

The higher-ups also considered another strategy: using basic antigravity technology as a bargaining chip to exchange for some advanced technologies.