Great Power Reclamation

Chapter 2973 Foresight
Just as Ye Wanqing and Yang Zhenyu's data model was perfectly integrated with the field experiment, Lin Haodong's robot was precisely sowing seeds under the guidance of Chen Siyu's "genetic eye".

While Zhao Lieyang and Su Xiaoman were forging ahead in the Central Asian market, the massive parent company they relied on—the Warrior Group—was wreaking havoc across the globe at a speed far exceeding outside expectations.

Junken City, once a pearl of the Gobi Desert, has now become an indispensable landmark on the global map of high-tech industries.

The city skyline is being reshaped by the ever-rising skyscrapers, the most striking of which is the Warrior Global Research and Development Center twin towers located in the heart of the new city.

The glass curtain wall glitters in the sunlight, like two giant crystals rising from the desert, symbolizing the power of knowledge and technology of the Warrior Group.

However, the military reclamation seed industry, which carries the original aspirations of Ye Yuze and Yang Geyong and the dreams of a new generation of young people, is of great significance in the vast warrior empire, but it is only one part of its grand undertaking.

The group's roots have long penetrated the fertile soil of agriculture and deeply penetrated the core areas of high-end manufacturing, energy revolution and information industry, growing into a towering tree with lush branches and leaves that can block out the sun.

Junken City is no longer just a simple coordinate on a map. It is a living, breathing, and constantly self-renewing superorganism.

During the day, sunlight filters through the smart glass curtain wall of the Warrior Global Research and Development Center twin towers, casting dappled light and shadow inside, where tens of thousands of researchers and engineers are building the future.

At night, holographic projections intertwine in the city sky, creating images of golden wheat ears, speeding sports cars, and flowing chip circuit diagrams, proclaiming the city's industrial soul.

On the edge of the city, the once boundless Gobi Desert is now covered with a deep blue ocean of photovoltaic power, and the "Warrior Energy" flag flutters in the wind.

Further away, in the intelligent agricultural demonstration zone, unmanned agricultural machinery operates precisely according to the instructions of Yang Zhenyu's "smart agriculture data platform," while the disease-resistant crops cultivated by Ye Wanqing thrive under the protection of the sensor network.

The "Insight" robot, a collaboration between Lin Haodong and Chen Siyu, has been upgraded to its third generation, becoming a tireless "new farmer" on this land.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. The success of Junken Seed Industry is an important branch of the Warrior Group's vast ecosystem, focusing on life sciences and food security.

What truly made the name "Warrior" resound throughout the world was its absolute dominance in the core of the new industrial revolution—energy, intelligence, and computing power.

Warrior Motors headquarters, "Genesis" showroom. Here, there are no luxurious leather sofas or gleaming chrome trims.

Instead, a holographic dissected car model floats in the air, showcasing the core electric drive system, intelligent driving architecture, and lightweight body.

On the central display stand, there is a seemingly unassuming gray battery module – this is the prototype of the world-shaking "Kunlun" third-generation solid-state battery.

The success of the "Kunlun" battery stems from the groundbreaking breakthrough made by Warrior New Materials Co., Ltd. in solid electrolyte materials.

They discovered a novel electrolyte based on rare earth elements and nano-ceramic composites, whose ionic conductivity reaches the level of traditional liquid electrolytes, while completely eliminating the risks of dendrite growth and thermal runaway.

Its energy density is as high as 500Wh/kg, which is nearly twice that of the mainstream ternary lithium batteries at the time.

More importantly, it supports 6C super-fast charging, which means that a vehicle equipped with a 100 kWh battery pack can gain 600 kilometers of range with just ten minutes of charging.

The production line adopts Warrior Semiconductor's self-developed high-precision laser welding and vacuum injection molding processes, ensuring extremely high consistency and yield of the battery cells.

The release of "Kunlun" directly pronounced a "death sentence" on internal combustion engines and traditional lithium battery technologies.

Global automakers' stock prices plummeted in response, while Warrior Motors' orders were instantly booked for the next three years.

The CEO of a long-established European luxury car manufacturer privately lamented:
“We are not competing, but watching a well-planned ‘execution’ targeting our industry.”

In the heavy commercial vehicle sector, Warrior Group has chosen another, more strategically significant path – hydrogen fuel cells.

Warrior Energy did not limit itself to the vehicles, but joined forces with the State Energy Group to build the world's first "gigawatt-level wind, solar and hydrogen storage integrated" base in the wind and solar rich area of ​​Northwest China.

Using inexpensive, curtailed wind and solar power, hydrogen is produced by electrolyzing water. Through independently developed novel hydrogen storage materials based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and safe hydrogen transmission pipelines, green hydrogen is transported to a nationwide network of hydrogen refueling stations.

The "Qingtian" series heavy trucks, equipped with the "Zhuque" fuel cell stack from Warrior Hydrogen Energy Company, have become the darlings of global logistics giants.

Its range exceeds 1500 kilometers, hydrogen refueling takes only 15 minutes, and its only emission is pure water.

Thanks to the efforts of Zhao Lieyang's overseas expansion team, the "Qingtian" heavy truck has become the most common green presence on trunk logistics routes in Central Asia, the Middle East, and even Europe along the "Belt and Road".

One international shipping giant even established a dedicated hydrogen energy logistics subsidiary, which exclusively purchases "Qingtian" heavy trucks.

The core of the system is the "Beidou-Intelligent Driving" series chip, custom-designed by Warrior Semiconductor. This chip uses heterogeneous integration technology to integrate the CPU, GPU, NPU (Neural Processing Unit), and LiDAR signal processing unit into one unit, boasting amazing computing power and extremely low power consumption.

Every Warrior vehicle sold becomes a massive data collection terminal (while strictly adhering to the data privacy regulations of various countries).

Every day, massive amounts of real-world road condition data are encrypted and transmitted back to the cloud data center in Junken City for continuous training and optimization of the AI ​​algorithm of the "Zhengtu" system.

This "data flywheel" enables soldiers' intelligent driving systems to evolve at a speed far exceeding that of competitors who rely on simulation testing.

In an evaluation by a reputable Han Chinese institution, the takeover rate of "Journey 4.0" in complex urban road conditions was only one-third that of the second-place (an American technology company).

The “Chip Valley” where Warrior Semiconductor is located is a huge complex covering tens of square kilometers, with an internal air cleanliness level that is more than 10,000 times higher than that of the outside world.

The story here is an epic tale of a triumphant comeback filled with thorns.

Back then, faced with the predicament of being unable to import high-end lithography machines, the group's board of directors, headed by Ye Yuze, made a decision that was considered "crazy" by outsiders:

Since it's too difficult to catch up in the traditional silicon-based chip manufacturing process, let's switch tracks and bet on "post-Moore's Law" technologies—chiplets and heterogeneous integration.

They acquired a nearly bankrupt Dutch company specializing in advanced packaging technology and established a joint laboratory with the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

After years of investing heavily, the “Stardust” interconnect interface standard and the “Quantum” high-speed silicon interposer technology were successfully developed.

This allows them to integrate multiple functional chips made using different processes (or even different materials, such as silicon, silicon carbide, and gallium nitride) together like building with Lego bricks, and package them into a high-performance system-on-a-chip (SoC).

This approach, using relatively "mature" technology, achieves superior performance and energy efficiency compared to a single advanced process through architectural innovation.

The "Pangu" AI training chip, born from this technology, has become a "power plant" for the global AI industry. Its unique architecture is particularly suitable for handling ultra-large-scale parallel computing, achieving more than 50% higher efficiency than competitors when training large models with hundreds of billions of parameters.

Major AI research institutions and cloud service providers around the world are lining up to buy "Pangu".

A technology executive at a Silicon Valley giant reluctantly admitted, "In the field of AI computing power, we have already fallen behind 'Pangu' by a step."

And Mr. Ni, the old scientist personally invited by Ye Yuze, has now become a top figure and pillar in the world's semiconductor industry.

What makes Warrior Semiconductor invincible is its absolute control over the upstream core materials field.

Warrior New Materials Co., Ltd. has leveraged its extensive experience in the chemical industry to synthesize a special gas mixture codenamed "Phantom" for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography and chip etching.

Its purity reaches an astonishing 99.9999999% (nine nines), and its batch stability is unparalleled.

More than 85% of the world's advanced chip production lines, including those of competitors, rely on "Phantom" gas.

If supplies are cut off, the global electronics industry will face the risk of shutdown.

The high-performance composite substrate material used for Chiplet integration is a "barrier" with world-leading thermal conductivity and signal transmission loss performance.

To this end, the Warrior Group established a fully automated "lights-out factory," with production processes kept strictly confidential, creating an extremely high technological barrier.

The rise of warriors inevitably threatens the interests of the old hegemon. A major battle over intellectual property rights ensues.

Northern Lights, a long-established U.S. chip giant, has filed a lawsuit against Warrior Semiconductor in the U.S. District Court for the District of Texas, accusing Pangu chips of infringing on seven of its fundamental patents related to chip interconnect and cache coherence protocols.

Ye Feng, based in New York, personally directed this legal battle. He did not get bogged down in the debate over the patent details, but instead adopted a more aggressive strategy.

On one hand, Warrior's legal team has filed countersuits against Aurora Borealis and its affiliates in multiple jurisdictions around the world, accusing them of infringing on Warrior's patents in power management and thermal design.

On the other hand, Ye Feng instructed his team to spread rumors that if "Northern Lights" persisted in the lawsuit, the warriors would consider imposing a "targeted embargo" on "Phantom" gas and "Barrier" substrate.

Following the news, Northern Lights' stock price plummeted, and its downstream customers, including several US car and mobile phone manufacturers, put pressure on it.

Ultimately, Aurora Borealis initiated a settlement, and the two parties reached a global patent cross-licensing agreement.

In this battle, Warrior Semiconductor not only defended its market share, but also declared to the world its unshakeable position in the industry chain.

New York, Warrior Building, top-floor office. Ye Feng stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the bustling Wall Street below.

His office was simply decorated, with the only thing hanging on the wall being an enlarged photo of Ye Yuze and Yang Geyong in their youth, standing next to a tractor in the Gobi Desert.

Ye Feng is not only a technology strategist, but also a master of capital operations. His "Brothers Capital Group" has long since become a giant, engaging in global investment and mergers and acquisitions.

He rarely engages in hostile takeovers, preferring instead a model of "strategic investment + technological cooperation".

For example, the acquisition of Hansgo Industrial Robotics retained its management and brand, but injected its AI and chip technology, giving it a new lease on life and enabling its products to quickly capture the high-end market.

When exploring emerging markets, Ye Feng vigorously promoted "deep localization".

In Southeast Asia, Warrior Motors has partnered with local companies to build factories and cultivate local supply chains.

In Africa, he spearheaded the establishment of technical training academies to cultivate personnel for the operation, maintenance, and after-sales service of soldiers' products.

In the Middle East, he partnered with sovereign wealth funds to develop new energy projects and shared the profits. This strategy greatly mitigated geopolitical risks and won the support of local governments and people.

A sudden global crisis is testing the resilience of Ye Feng's strategic planning.

Due to heightened international tensions, shipping across a key strait has been disrupted, prompting a North American automaker reliant on East Asian electronic component suppliers to announce a production halt. Panic grips the global supply chain.

However, the warrior group was almost unaffected. Ye Feng had already planned ahead:
The most critical components, such as chips, batteries, and intelligent driving systems, are all supplied by the group itself or by its close domestic ecosystem partners.

Factories in Mexico, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia are sufficient to meet the needs of local and surrounding markets, reducing reliance on a single supply chain.

The Warrior Group has established a strategic reserve of irreplaceable key materials such as "Phantom" gas for up to a year.

While competitors reduced production due to chip shortages, Warrior Motors ramped up production and seized a large market share.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Ye Feng calmly stated:
"The Warrior Group's supply chain is not about pursuing the lowest cost, but about pursuing the highest resilience. Globalization is not a single-threaded dependence, but a collaboration of multiple nodes."

Despite its global reach, Ye Feng's roots remain firmly planted in the East.

The most cutting-edge technologies of the Warrior Group are always the first to be applied and iterated in the domestic market.

For example, the first urban full-scenario pilot project of the "Zhengtu" intelligent driving system was launched in Junken City.

Warrior Semiconductor's most advanced chiplet production line was also first put into operation in "Chip Valley".

The group has established the "Military Reclamation Scholars" program to attract top Chinese scientists and engineers from around the world to return to China and serve the country with top salaries and research conditions.

Junken City has become a "holy land" that countless scientific and technological elites yearn for.

A weekly video family meeting is a routine Ye Fenglei makes. He not only reports his work to Ye Yuze, Yang Geyong, and his father Ye Yuji, but also listens to the older generation's teachings on integrity, responsibility, and long-term vision.

"Xiao Feng, no matter how big your business gets, don't forget that we are children of the Production and Construction Corps. Food, energy, and chips are the lifeblood of the country. Making money is important, but protecting the lifeblood is even more important."

Ye Yuze's words were the constant ballast for Ye Feng's decision-making.

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