Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 1136: Chapter 558 Zhao Yi: Nuclear Fusion is Controllable!_1

In response to the mysterious antigravity device issue, M Country specially organized an emergency meeting.

The meeting invited antigravity experts from Stanford University, including Professor Li Ning and his colleagues, as well as scholars engaged in superconductivity research, electromagnetism, and other fields, with over a hundred participants.

Since it was an internal discussion, there were no media reporters covering the event.

However, some details of the meeting were leaked, and both the government and military of M Country believed that China’s mysterious antigravity device posed a serious threat to national defense security in the future. If they did not catch up quickly, they would also be at a disadvantage in the technological competition.

Although antigravity was just a research topic, the fact that the technology used in the mysterious antigravity device was uncertain meant that research in the field was completely blank.

In other areas, such as nuclear energy research, M Country was also at the forefront, but other countries understood the principles of nuclear energy and could still conduct research; it was only technology that they were lagging behind.

In addition, the research in antigravity was beyond imagination and could involve other theoretical levels.

This would mean a completely new system.

From any perspective, an absolute level of importance had to be maintained.

The meeting ended without any conclusion because no one knew what specific technology the mysterious device utilized. They could not even be 100 percent certain whether it was antigravity technology.

The scholars’ discussions diverged in two directions about whether it was antigravity, there was unanimous agreement, but whether it was superconducting antigravity or some other form was more controversial.

The meeting did have an effect.

After the meeting concluded, M Country’s government held another meeting with heads of various research institutions and leaders of technology companies developing related high-tech technologies. They discussed the development of the mysterious antigravity device, eventually prompting those capable of participating in development to invest certain funds into relevant research.

In fact, without the government’s prodding, whether they were research institutions or related technology companies, they would all be interested in antigravity; new technology represented a new direction, and the applications of antigravity would be very broad. With a successful precedent, they were certain to increase research and development investment.

M Country’s government then began to employ propaganda and political tactics.

Various political figures began to speak out, "International technology development has its division of labor, and China shouldn’t be involved in researching cutting-edge technologies!"

"China should contribute its relevant results!"

"Technological advancement promotes human progress; any fundamental theory or technology should be shared. Antigravity is not unique to China. I suggest that all related technological results should be shared with the whole world, with more people involved in research for faster progress!"

"Antigravity represents the future, and it may relate to the beginning of humanity’s conquest of the universe. China should look to the cosmos rather than using antigravity to strengthen its military technologies..."

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Of course, M Country’s government wouldn’t only work on propaganda; they also employed military threats, such as dispatching aircraft carrier groups to show off their might and secretly sending spies and agents to see if they could obtain relevant information through unofficial means, and so on.

These were all routine operations.

The domestic response was also very stringent, with propaganda campaigns criticizing M Country’s hegemonic behavior, and internal development adopting the highest level of secrecy measures. All personnel involved in development, including the most junior technicians, were prohibited from having any contact with the outside world.

Research related to antigravity was heavily guarded by the military, and a special signal-blocking device was established in the area.

Furthermore, for key personnel involved in research, there was also dedicated guard protection.

Zhang Qican, Huang Zhong, and others were provided with close protection guards, and even their families received strict protection.

Zhao Yi was the most critical protection target.

Some senior leaders even suggested that he move to live in the central district of the capital or directly in the center of the capital’s military region, or even in an underground air-raid shelter.

Of course, this was not feasible.

Zhao Yi remained very busy with his work. He oversaw the consolidation of theories and later simply delegated the basic explanations to Zhang Qican, Huang Zhong, and others, while he focused on explaining the thirteen formulas of photons and space.

The theoretical research on antigravity had come to a conclusion.

With the thirteen formulas of photons and space, there was enough support for the development of aerial fortresses and even potential applications in other fields.

However, one problem remained unresolved, which was the power issue for the aerial fortress.

The aerial fortress required substantial power support, and from a strategic perspective, nuclear power was arguably the only choice. However, the work of the nuclear energy research group was not very smooth, and the nuclear power device for antigravity was still in the design and proof stage.

The senior leadership was also very concerned about this because if there were no issues with antigravity technology theory, the power problem would become the only obstacle.

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The leadership even considered using the fundamental antigravity research in exchange for nuclear power technology with Country E, but they later abandoned the idea after careful consideration.

Because Country E did not have perfected naval nuclear power technology.

The nuclear power technology of Country E had not developed for decades. The nuclear-powered aircraft carriers they used were based on nuclear submarine reactor technology.

In the process of developing nuclear reactors for submarines, Country E had always adopted a "icebreaker-paves-the-way" approach, first developing new-generation nuclear-powered icebreaker reactors, and then deriving mature submarine reactors from the icebreaker reactors.