Break out of the courtyard

The underground base on the Dapeng Peninsula, the command center for the construction of the Moon Palace base.

"Report: The Guanghan Palace 1 controlled nuclear fusion power device has been successfully started, and the energy conversion is proceeding smoothly!"

"Gravity system activated, gravity index adjusting..."

"Defense system activated, pulse particle accelerator cannons begin charging!"

"Wireless charging system successfully switched to the power grid!"

"The lighting system has been successfully switched to the power grid!"

"The brick factory has successfully switched to the new power grid!"

After listening to the reports and seeing that there were no abnormalities in the underground base of the Guanghan Palace, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu bid farewell to their elder brother Zhang Bei and reluctantly returned to Nanshan.

Originally, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu had no problem with their future father-in-law, Xie Jia. However, Xie Jia had been frequently visiting Shenzhen recently, and each time he came, he would interrupt Zhang Long and Zhang Hu's participation in the construction of the lunar base, which annoyed the two brothers.

However, it was their parents who invited Zhang Long and Zhang Hu home for dinner, with another intention being to let them spend some time with Xie Wan and Xie Ting instead of always staying in the lab, so they were quite helpless.

When the two brothers returned home, their future mother-in-law, He Fang, was chatting with their mother, Tang Xin, on the sofa in the living room.

"Take Xiaoting out to play!" Tang Xin said casually as her two sons returned. "Remember to invite Xiaowan too!"

Zhang Long and Zhang Hu originally wanted to go to the basement to train their mental strength, but their mother stopped them with a single sentence, so they had no choice but to take Xie Ting out the door.

Spending time with your girlfriend, especially when you only see her once every few days, should be a good thing that is mutually attractive and something to be happy about.

However, Zhang Long, Zhang Hu, Xie Wan, and Xie Ting are not proactive people. Because of the bodyguards following them, they rarely even hold hands, let alone kiss or break through the defenses!
If those two brothers had been bolder and caused one or two deaths, the wedding wouldn't have been delayed until next year.

After Xie Wan was called away by a phone call, Xie Jia went to the Peace Hospital next door.

In the inpatient department of Heping Hospital, there were indeed fewer patients that Xie Jia was familiar with. However, after making inquiries, Xie Jia learned that the main reason for those people being transferred to other hospitals was that they had been hospitalized there for too long. The doctors asked them to be discharged, but they refused to leave, which is why Elder Hua and Elder Li asked them to leave.

Despite this, Xie Jia only believed about 50-60% of it, clearly taking his third daughter Xie Wan's reminder to heart.

When Xie Jia went to the Zhang family for dinner in the evening, he finally understood why his two daughters had said that Zhang Heping had been very busy lately.

In the 15 minutes that Zhang Heping, Hua Lao, and Li Lao returned for dinner, Zhang Heping first spoke quietly with Secretary Chen for a few minutes, then spoke with Qian Lao and Deng Lao for a while, followed by the head of the Nanshan Guard Brigade.

After he quickly finished his meal, got up to say goodbye and prepare to leave, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi followed him out, clearly having something to discuss outside.

Elder Hua and Elder Li did not leave, but continued eating their meal, casually asking Xie Jia about his current work, which made Xie Jia very nervous.

……

"Report: The Nanshan Guard Brigade replied that Director Zhang refused to hand over control of the space-based weapon system to us. He told us to contact the military aerospace forces in the capital."

The old man, who was eating, froze upon hearing the orderly's report, and frowned as he asked, "Have you made it clear that this is the decision from the capital?"

The young male orderly replied seriously, "He said he told us to ask him first!"

"Hmph!" The old man put down his chopsticks and sneered, "He's trying to be like the space-based early warning system, only allocating limited permissions!"

"Doesn't this capitalist even consider whether the country would allow him to control such advanced space-based weapons?"

The orderly wanted to say that the other side had already taken control, but he could only think about it; only a fool would say such a thing.

The old man was silent for a moment, then frowned and said, "Report this to the capital and ask the military aerospace force for their opinion."

"Report!" Another orderly ran to the door. "A call from the capital. You are invited to a video conference in 7 minutes. Top secret!"

……

Conference room in the administration building of the World Institute of Advanced Technology.

Zhang Heping was having a meeting with the expert group in the institute when Hua Lao, Li Lao, and Secretary Chen walked in and handed him a note, indicating that there would be a video conference later.

Without even guessing, it's clear that this refers to the control of the space-based weapon system that the head of the Nanshan Guard Brigade just mentioned.

After the pulse particle accelerator was built, it never had the opportunity to be tested in actual combat because it required a huge amount of electricity to power it and keep the equipment running.

But today, after the pulse particle accelerator cannon set up at the Moon Palace base was fully charged and ready to fire at any time, many people couldn't sit still!

Zhang Heping added a few brief words and then dismissed the expert group.

When Secretary Chen went to connect to the video conference, Professor Qian was kept behind by Professor Hua.

After the video conference was connected to three venues in the capital, one venue in Huadu, and two venues in Shenzhen, Yang Lao, who was chairing the meeting, began by stating the topic of the meeting: control of space-based weapon systems.

"Dean Zhang, given the strategic significance of the space-based weapon system, we hope that the military will take over control of it!" Elder Yang said solemnly.

"Of course, to thank you and the Peace Group for your outstanding contributions, we will provide you with generous compensation! If you have any needs, please feel free to let us know!"

Zhang Heping glanced at his wristwatch on his left wrist and said, "Since you've invited people from the military aerospace force to the meeting, I won't waste any more words."

"Xiao Zhou!" Zhang Heping directly addressed the head of the military aerospace force, "I'll give you 10 minutes to prepare. You have 100% access to the space-based early warning system, space-based weapon system, and space-based computing center."

"In 10 minutes, I will launch an attack on you from this conference room. If you can hold your access for 5 minutes, I will agree to Elder Yang's proposal."

Xiao Zhou, the head of the military aerospace force, suddenly stood up. "Teacher Zhang, um..."

Yang Lao spoke into the microphone, "Xiao Zhou, can you complete the defensive mission?"

The head of the military aerospace force, Xiao Zhou, looked troubled. After hesitating for a few seconds, he said, "Teacher Zhang, I hope the teachers on the Dapeng Peninsula can assist us in our defense. Is that alright?"

Zhang Heping nodded slightly, "Okay!"

After the speech, the microphones in each venue were turned off, and only the video footage showed people making phone calls or whispering to each other in each venue.

When Hua Lao saw Zhang Heping with his arms crossed, leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Vice Dean Qian glanced at the computer host used for video conferencing in the corner, then looked up at the cameras at the front and back of the conference room, as well as the gold-rimmed glasses on Zhang Heping's face, secretly wondering what means Zhang Heping would use to attack the space-based defense system he had personally built!

This space-based defense system, comprised of a space-based early warning system, a space-based weapon system, and a space-based computing center, is still in its early stages, but it is already at a world-class level. To put it bluntly, it's decades ahead of Europe and the United States in terms of high technology!

However, despite having such a world-leading space-based defense system, Zhang Heping actually declared that he would seize control of the space-based early warning system, space-based weapon system, and space-based computing center in this conference room, which was devoid of any professional equipment!

Not long after, a ringing bell broke the silence of the conference room.

Zhang Heping took out his phone, answered the call, put it on speakerphone, and placed it on the conference table.

The voice of the person in charge of Peace Aerospace Company came from the other end of the phone: "Boss, the military aerospace force has temporarily taken over the authority of the space-based early warning system and the space-based computing center. They say you agreed to it and they want our cooperation in defending against your attacks?"

"Hmm!" Zhang Heping responded calmly, "You all cooperate fully, and this will also serve as a test of your work capabilities!"

"Okay, boss!" Lu Zhongsheng, the person in charge of Peace Aerospace Company, hung up the phone immediately after saying that and hurriedly informed his subordinates.

Zhang Heping's phone rang again as soon as he hung up.

The call came from the head of the lunar Guanghan Palace base construction command center. "Dean, Elder Yang just called and wants us to suspend Earth-Moon signal communication for 15 minutes."

Zhang Heping's tone remained calm, "Okay, you can rest for 15 minutes first, and then continue working!"

Before the call had even ended, Vice Dean Deng knocked on the conference room door, glanced at the ongoing video conference, and frowned as he said, "Dean, we've received a call from the capital requesting that we shut down the communication equipment at the space laboratory's remote control center for 15 minutes!"

Zhang Heping nodded slightly, without saying anything more.

"Wait a minute!" Old Hua turned on the microphone and said with a frown, "Old Yang, you've gone too far!"

"Our conference room doesn't even have a server, and there are so many of you..."

"Elder Hua!" Zhang Heping raised his right hand and pressed it down. "Let them do as they please, we won't interfere!"

There was no response from the venue in the capital. Seeing that Zhang Heping's expression was calm and he did not seem to be throwing a tantrum, Hua Lao turned off the microphone and waited quietly.

Suddenly, the video went black.

Secretary Chen rushed forward to check, glancing at Zhang Heping with slight nervousness, "The internet is down!"

Zhang Heping said calmly, "The area is under signal jamming, and cell phone signals are also cut off!"

"These guys are a bit shrewd!" Old Qian glanced at his phone, shook his head and chuckled, "They even contacted the telecom company!"

Old Hua pursed his lips, picked up his teacup, glanced at Old Li, and wondered how he would handle the situation.

Old Li was also somewhat bewildered at this moment!
Even if he didn't understand technology, just from listening to the phone call, he understood that the capital had not only cut off the network signal here, but also shut down the ground communication equipment here. It was an extreme level of strict prevention and control!

Crucially, Zhang Heping also agreed to have experts from the Dapeng Peninsula participate in the defense!

He was all alone!
"Ten minutes are up!" Zhang Heping said calmly.

Immediately afterwards, the curtains, windows, and doors in the conference room were opened by an invisible spiritual force, and the cool air inside rushed out into the hot air.

Elder Hua, Elder Li, Elder Qian, and Secretary Chen did not see Zhang Heping make any move; they only saw the screen of his phone light up briefly before restarting.

Just as the group stood up and looked over in confusion, the phone restarted and seemed to enter a background coding interface, with lines of Chinese characters flashing rapidly.

About 30 seconds later, the video conference images projected on the wall lit up again. People in the three venues in the capital and one venue in Huadu stared in astonishment at the newly connected venue of the Shenzhen World Advanced Technology Research Institute.

Meanwhile, the Nanshan Guard Brigade venue, which was missing, was still without internet access at this time.

"The space-based computing center has been attacked!" Exclamations rang out from the meeting hall of the Capital Military Space Force.

Before anyone could react, the network connection at the Capital Military Space Force venue went down and the screen went black!

The next second, the Nanshan Guard Brigade's meeting room was connected to a video conference.

Although the remaining two capital city venues did not have microphones on, it was clear from the video conference footage that they were very busy, as most participants were on the phone.

Five minutes later, the video conference was reconnected to the venue of the Capital Military Space Force.

"We've just lost all control!" said Xiao Zhou, the head of the military aerospace force, in a deep voice.

"I have something to do, I'm leaving now!" Zhang Heping picked up his phone from the table, didn't say a word, and left the meeting room, leaving behind a group of people who didn't understand what was going on.

He just used his phone's satellite communication module to access the remote control division of the space capsule on the top floor of the Hong Kong Island Peace Big Health Medical Research Institute, then hacked into the satellite system and first regained access to the space-based computing center.

With the assistance of the Pangu intelligent model, regaining other privileges becomes a piece of cake.

In this offensive and defensive battle, the military aerospace force and other experts actually put their hearts into the defense.

Unfortunately, the space-based early warning system, space-based weapon system, and space-based computing center are all Zhang Heping's achievements.

It's no exaggeration to say that Zhang Heping remembers every single string of code inside.

In addition, Zhang Heping's gold-rimmed glasses have also been upgraded!
In order to combine mental power with brain-computer interfaces, Zhang Heping didn't just let his three sons do the research; he also practiced the "hanging up" method himself.

His research into brain-computer interfaces with chips stems from the fact that biological brain servers and regenerative brain servers need to increase brain capacity to support more users, which in turn consumes more nutrient solution.

Zhang Heping has no shortage of electricity, and the cost of self-production and self-sales is very low!

However, the cost of the nutrient solution is indeed quite high!
It's not that Zhang Heping can't afford it; after all, the cost will eventually come from the user. Once the virtual dream game is launched on the market, the cost of the nutrient solution can be entirely passed on to the user.

However, this will drastically reduce the number of people who can afford to play virtual reality games!

Moreover, Zhang Heping also wants to use virtual dream games to connect the world and redefine the currencies of various countries!
Therefore, Zhang Heping wanted to find other ways to see if it was possible to avoid using biological brains or regenerative brain servers.

After all, the larger the regenerated brain is, the greater the potential risk of its mental energy dissipating and the greater the risk of it developing self-awareness.

In addition, Zhang Bei and Zhang Yi recently proposed a hypothesis: the more human consciousness the regenerative brain server receives, the more confused consciousness it will produce.
If the regenerating brain server generates chaotic consciousness, it is no longer just a risk of mental energy leakage. It may also spread the chaotic consciousness to players through mental energy backflow, thereby causing symptoms such as schizophrenia.

Therefore, Zhang Heping has recently stopped focusing on brain-computer interface research and is instead looking for alternatives to virtual dream servers.

As for control of the space-based weapon system, if we put ourselves in Zhang Heping's shoes, it would indeed be very risky to have him in control!
After all, his reputation in Hong Kong is quite formidable… (End of Chapter)