I built an armada.

After the banquet, the delegation members returned to their rooms to rest, preparing for their departure the next day. The corridor was softly lit, and most of the people wore relaxed weariness.

Just then, Li Zhe, who had been silently following behind, quickened his pace, his face showing an extremely "sincere" look of seeking advice.

"Director Su! Director Su, please wait!"

Su Dingping stopped in his tracks and turned to look at him. Wan Long beside him was like a shadow that had no presence, almost blending into the pillars of the corridor.

"That's right, Director Su."

Li Zhe tried his best to squeeze out a look of bewilderment that was full of "academic spirit" on his face.

"Regarding the secondary compensation algorithm logic in our Globe Semiconductor production line's adaptation to the Wangyue Optical Positioning System... there are several key parameter optimization directions that I felt I hadn't fully grasped during our discussion this afternoon. Could I... take another ten minutes of your time to discuss this in more depth? Is it convenient for you in your office?"

His heart pounded in his chest, and his palms, gripping the ballpoint pen, instantly became sticky with cold sweat. He was betting on Su Dingping's passion for technology! He was betting on his habit of working late into the night!
Once he enters that office... he'll have three seconds to make a move!
Wang Hao's gaze immediately sharpened from a corner not far away, and all his muscles tensed up!

Su Dingping looked at him with a knowing yet slightly amused smile, as if he could see through the rapid beating of his heart.

He didn't answer immediately, but simply raised his hand and gently brushed away an inconspicuous crease on the cuff of his jacket, as if dusting off an invisible speck of dust.

"Oh? It's the dynamic feedback optimization of that compensation algorithm? Consultant Li is truly meticulous."

Su Dingping's voice carried a gentle sense of appreciation.

"Okay, come with me."

He turned and calmly walked toward his private office, located deep inside the building and requiring multiple access controls. His steps were unhurried.

Li Zheqiang suppressed his turbulent emotions and suffocating tension, and followed closely behind. An opportunity! The only chance had arrived!
The heavy alloy composite soundproof door slid open silently with iris scanning and password recognition. Inside, it was brightly lit and filled with a faint smell of disinfectant and the inorganic odor characteristic of precision instruments.

"Director Su, it's like this..."

Li Zhe followed him in, and casually tried to close the door behind him.

Right now!
His muscles tensed instantly, like springs.

The tip of the ballpoint pen suddenly pops out like a venomous snake's tongue!

His movements were so fast that they left only a blur! He stabbed fiercely at Su Dingping, who was just a step away and had his back to him without any warning!
"Humph."

A soft but chilling sneer.

Almost at the same instant the poison needle was ejected, the heavy alloy door was suddenly and completely pushed open by an invisible force!

A dark shadow swept past Li Zhe like the fastest thunderbolt, accompanied by a biting cold wind!
A large hand, like a hydraulic clamp, gripped Li Zhe's arm tightly as he raised it, which was holding the deadly syringe!

The immense force made Li Zhe feel as if his bones were about to be crushed!
A cold, dark gun barrel was pressed against Li Zhe's temple, the metallic chill penetrating his skin and piercing his brain!

Under the lights, Wan Long's cold, expressionless face was almost right in front of Li Zhe's eyes, his sharp eyes filled with piercing mockery and chilling killing intent!
“Li Zhe, oh no, Mr. Worker Bee.”

Su Dingping slowly turned around, his face showing no trace of panic. That calm smile was more terrifying than a devil in Li Zhe's eyes at that moment.

"You brought high-end stationery to ask for advice so late at night. Your thirst for knowledge is something to be wary of."

"Take it!"

Wanlong let out a cold shout.

Two equally ghostly figures silently slipped in from outside the door. Working together, they swiftly and effortlessly pinned Li Zhe to the ground! Knees pressed against his back, arms twisted behind his back. The cold alloy handcuffs clicked shut!
The glasses were taken off, and the pockets were searched in an instant!

A syringe, disguised extremely cleverly, was found; the small amount of dark solution inside gleamed with a deathly sheen under the light.

Li Zhe was like a fish thrown ashore. He struggled for a few moments in vain before collapsing completely, his face as pale as paper, his body drenched in sweat, and his eyes lifeless.

He knew he was finished.

From the very beginning, I was a fish in the net.

Su Dingping glanced indifferently at the dangerous syringe.

"Hellfire lava? Eagle's bio-lab hasn't been wasting its time all these years."

He paced back and forth, standing before the limp Li Zhe, looking down at him with a chillingly calm voice.

"We have received your chief’s anger and despair. Rest assured, someone from Eagle will write your epitaph."

Wanlong waved his hand.

"Drag him away! Highest security level, isolation and imprisonment! The base to immediately go into silence!"

Like dragging away a bag of garbage, the special forces soldiers quickly pulled away the completely exhausted Li Zhe, and the alloy door closed again, as if nothing had happened.

Only a faint, cold, metallic smell remained in the air.

The delegation departed the following morning.

Wang Hao looked utterly exhausted, having spent a sleepless night.

Li Zhe's "mysterious disappearance" weighed heavily on everyone's hearts like a boulder, but he knew he absolutely couldn't ask! The atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

Dong Weichang hesitated several times before finally choosing to remain silent. Only when the plane doors closed and he looked out the window at the military base that had concealed so many turbulent waves did his heart finally settle down a little.

At least... the equipment agreement was actually signed! Although the core technology is restricted, at least there's a way out!

After seeing off the negotiation plane from Ryukyu, Xie Yuanwang and Liu Zhengyi immediately found Su Dingping in a small technical monitoring room next to the hangar.

"gone?"

Xie Yuanwang looked at Su Dingping's composed profile.

"That Li Zhe..."

Su Dingping didn't turn around, his gaze sweeping over the missing flight signal on the monitor screen, and said calmly.

"A mad dog that tried to bite someone was simply locked in an iron cage."

Liu Zhengyi was still somewhat uneasy. "Dingping, is this... really alright? And what about our Chains Plan..."

He recalled the agreement that had caused the core maintenance technology to become stuck.

"Global TSMC suffered a huge loss. Will there be a recurrence?"

Su Dingping turned around, his face revealing an absolute confidence that was so strong it was reassuring.

"Minister Liu, Minister Xie, please rest assured. Problem? That little trouble was nipped in the bud long ago."

As for whether they will relapse?

He chuckled softly, like a wise strategist watching the moves on the chessboard.

"Our Wangyue is priced at only two-thirds of ASM's comparable equipment! It also consumes less power! After our optimization, its stability far surpasses those outdated machines that are about to be scrapped! Most importantly, its yield improvement is supported by our Loongson's unique AI-assisted process!"

He walked to a display wafer testing station next to him and picked up a freshly cut chip sample with a metallic sheen.

"Obsessed by this cheap, easy-to-use, high-yield, and consistently high-yield equipment, do you think... they can still bear to go back to chewing on the bitter fruit of those old machines?"

Especially when we've already seized control of the lifeline of their own industries? Rest assured, three months from now, when those two Wangyue machines arrive, they'll be begging for more and tighter bindings! Under the chains of technology, they have nowhere to escape!

That resolute posture and the aura of complete control caused Xie Yuanwang and Liu Zhengyi's tightly furrowed brows to involuntarily relax.

A sense of absolute confidence in the young man's decision arose spontaneously.

"Good! Dingping! We all believe you!"

Xie Yuanwang patted Su Dingping's shoulder forcefully.

"The follow-up matters still depend on you, the chief architect, to stay in charge and keep things in order!"

In the following days, the base entered a busy period of implementing the agreement.

Su Dingping, however, locked himself in a high-security laboratory reserved specifically for him.

Outside the huge, transparent, soundproof window, other researchers were working feverishly to organize the process documents for the first batch of mass-produced lithography machines. Inside, however, Su Dingping was constructing a completely new and dazzling command world on another huge display screen.

The screen no longer displays the complex lens array structure of a lithography machine or chip blueprints, but rather a vast aerospace situation map covering the eastern coast of Longxia! Dense streams of data flow and interweave within the crisscrossing grid as if they were alive!
The entire process was like a cold, logically-driven death march! From detection to the issuance of the interception command, the time was reduced from tens of seconds or even one or two minutes, which was required by the previous early warning system, to a staggering two and a half seconds!
The artificial intelligence AI "Pangu" is like a pair of invisible, huge, cold hands that cover the sky and the earth. In milliseconds, it can complete tasks such as target sorting, location, threat assessment, firepower allocation, and trajectory guidance that previously required the combined efforts of many operators and dispatchers in a large command post!
"It's done!"

Su Dingping stroked the warm "Heavenly Punishment-1A" core terminal in his hand, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light capable of cleaving through the future.

This black box, which integrates the essence of the "Dragon Kirin" system, the top-tier "Dragon Heart" SOC chip, and the "Pangu" AI prediction soul, is the ultimate brain of the "arm of the gods" that hangs above the Dragon Summer Sky and combines the heavenly eye and thunder!

But this guardian sword is still missing the final section of its sharpening groove—the "Thunder Spear," powerful enough to tear the sky apart and precisely destroy any invading enemy!
"It's time to give our HQ-9 a stronger heart!"

Su Dingping slammed his fist on the table and rose to his feet, his command like thunderclap.

"Team, assemble! Target: Hongqi Modification Core Group!"

The laboratory was instantly enveloped in a fervent yet somber atmosphere of scientific research.

The crazy team in the materials science group put the newly refined ultra-high-energy propellant fuel rods, designed specifically for intercontinental ballistic missiles, into a high-temperature pressure furnace to repeatedly optimize their stability;
The structural dynamics unit is frantically testing a new vertical cold ejection and high-maneuverability vector nozzle technology that combines the most top-secret technology of the "Dongfeng-41" in a high-speed wind tunnel simulation, to ensure that this spear can pierce the sky and accurately strike the target in the shortest possible time.
Under Su Dingping's personal supervision, the guidance algorithm team deeply embedded the "Pangu" AI's predictive capabilities into the missile's core logic, enabling it to possess the god-level computing power and microsecond-level response required to counter hypersonic maneuvering warheads at the terminal stage!
"Ready for ignition test!"

"Vector nozzle deflection correction synchronization complete!"

"Active radar/infrared imaging dual-mode seeker locks onto simulated target!"

The massive underground testing ground shook and roared!

A thick, black "divine spear," with a tail spewing out a ghostly blue plasma plume and a length far exceeding the standard, was violently launched from the vertical launch silo!

The immense thrust propelled it past supersonic speeds in an instant, then it spun wildly through the air, completely defying conventional ballistic maneuvers! Simulated interception windows were repeatedly and swiftly breached by it! Finally…

The "Divine Spear" lunged at the high-speed moving simulated target at a near 90-degree angle, exploding into a fireball symbolizing destruction in the simulated data stream!

"Experimental parameters collected!"

"The terminal phase active maneuverability exceeds the expected limits!"

"Successful interception rate against the Black Hawk S-class hypersonic warhead simulated target—100%! Theoretical hit probability against the Ash-class long-range ballistic target—61.8%! Currently being verified in practice!"

Su Dingping's voice was as steady as steel.

"It's no longer the HQ-9. Its code name is HQ-91!"

The deathly silent test site erupted into a long-suppressed, frenzied cheer that nearly lifted the dome!

The "divine spear" has a sharp edge!
The "Reverse Scale" armor has finally completed its last and most ferocious piece of the puzzle!

Three days later, at the Longxia National Defense Equipment Department, the highest-level press conference was held.

There were no noisy media outlets, only a handful of high-ranking generals from Longxia with solemn expressions and national-level strategists with expressionless faces.

A massive, dark gray curtain slowly drew back, revealing a huge tactical situational awareness screen. On the screen, a massive protective shield, shimmering with a blue-purple three-dimensional halo and covering the entire eastern territory of Longxia, slowly rotated! Clear and conspicuous text was marked on it.

【Reverse Scale-1 Strategic Missile Defense System - Initial Deployment Version】.

A deep, powerful voice resounded throughout the venue.

"...It consists of four components: the Tianfa integrated battlefield control core, the Longxin space-based infrared early warning constellation, the large-scale ground-based long-range phased array radar integrated group network, and the [Hongqi-91] strategic anti-missile interceptor system..."

"After thousands of live-fire simulations and two real-world tests of key nodes, and after acceptance and evaluation by the highest decision-making body of the central government, the system has been confirmed to have achieved its design targets!"

"Core competencies."

It boasts a theoretical interception rate of 100% against saturation attacks by short- and medium-range tactical missiles and hypersonic missiles! It also possesses a theoretical interception capability of over 60% against terminal penetration attacks by intercontinental ballistic missiles!

Those clear, cold numbers struck the hearts of every general in the audience! 60% may not sound like much, but it meant that for the first time, Longxia's skies possessed a theoretically existing, strong shield capable of shaking the balance of nuclear deterrence at the level of national annihilation, a shield that would make any strategic adversary hesitate to act!
"From today onwards, [Reverse Scale] is officially in service! Dragon Summer's shield is forged by Dragon Summer's beliefs!"

The spokesperson's tone was firm and resolute!
The news, like a violent shockwave, didn't need a press conference to announce it to the global media; it struck the Eagle's Black House's most top-secret intelligence briefing with lightning speed and precision! (End of Chapter)