Break out of the courtyard

"Mr. Zhang, will you be continuing your research on the 1-year lifespan potion by launching Dragon Egg Spaceship No. 200, in addition to carrying monkeys for experiments?"

"This is for sure!" Zhang Heping's figure appeared on the TV, and there were a few big words on the wall behind him: Peace Space Rocket Launch Command Center!
"Mr. Zhang, could you please tell us about the 200-year lifespan potion?"

As the camera on TV shifted some of its focus to the female reporter nearby, the Magnesium State Councilor, who was watching TV, suddenly turned to look at his secretary and several advisors and asked:
"How's the NMN120 drug research going? Have the bio-genetic experts there read this Hong Kong news?"

The petite, blonde secretary, standing next to the sofa, replied, "They were previously applying to conduct space experiments, but ever since Professor Lu was diagnosed with an unknown virus and placed in quarantine, the NMN120 research has been suspended!"

Old Bush looked at the female secretary who had been with him for many years, frowned and asked, "Why did you suspend the research?"

The female secretary answered without hesitation, "Professor Lu refused to reveal the experimental project involved in the Lifespan 120 potion. He would not disclose it until the doctor cured the viral infection of his entire family and two students!"

"How could their whole family be infected with the virus?" A middle-aged brown-haired man looked at the still charming female secretary in confusion.

"The agents who persuaded Professor Lu and his family to immigrate to our Magnesium Country initially suspect that the virus they contracted is related to the bacterial samples from the space experiment with the Lifespan 160 drug." The female secretary, who was in her forties and clearly had a deep understanding of the matter, replied seriously.
"Because Zhang Heping previously claimed that Professor Lu had stolen a very dangerous bacterial culture from him, but Professor Lu has never admitted it."

After listening to the female secretary's story, the brown-haired middle-aged man looked at Old Bush excitedly and said, "Mr. Chief Steward, the virus infection of these people can be used to accuse the Peace Group of the dangers of space experiments. It will be of great help in banning their space experiments!"

"You go and do it!" Old Bushi didn't hear about the progress of the NMN120 drug and looked at the TV in disappointment.

Zhang Heping on TV had just finished talking about the inspiration for the development of the 200-year life potion.

"I won't tell anyone about my R&D ideas, so as not to inspire researchers at Japan Magnesium." Zhang Heping looked at the people outside the TV with a half-smile.

"Mr. Zhang, since you mentioned Japan and magnesium, you must be thinking of the truck explosion on the night of January 1th. Mr. Zhang, what are your thoughts on the recent calls from European and magnesium countries for a ban on the deployment of space weapons?"

"They can't stop it!" Zhang Heping sneered. "Unless they give up all weapons of mass destruction and electronic information warfare, China will not give up the space-based early warning system I proposed."

"Mr. Zhang, can you introduce this space-based early warning system to us?" The female reporter on TV asked this question with shining eyes.

Looking at the few guys in front of the TV, their faces turned gloomy.

"This space-based early warning system is a dual-use satellite system designed for both military and civilian use, adapted from the anti-ballistic missile military strategic plan proposed by the United States, also known as the Star Wars plan."

"The purpose of building this space-based early warning system is the same as that of the Magnesium plan, both to defend against possible nuclear attacks."

"So, I just said that they can't ban it, because it was the Magnesium who started the space race!"

"Mr. Zhang!" the female reporter asked excitedly, as if she had caught some incredible news. "How advanced is our space-based early warning system? Can it now defend against missiles from other countries?"

"The construction progress must be kept secret. As for whether it can defend against missiles?" Zhang Heping pointed his right index finger at the ceiling and said with a smile, "Currently, it can intercept the Mach 12 supersonic missile launched by Umbrella Security Company!"

boom!
Zhang Heping's words, broadcast live on Hong Kong Island's ATV, sounded like a bolt from the blue over the European and American countries!

Ou Mei was already wary of the Mach 12 supersonic missile that was still circling in the sky, and now he heard Zhang Heping say that their defense system could intercept this kind of supersonic missile!
This sudden psychological imbalance shattered the confidence that the Western powers had finally regained from the Gulf War last year!
However, Zhang Heping had not finished speaking on TV.

“Here, I need to dispel rumors again!”

"The missile launched by Umbrella Security is not targeted at any country. It is just a product test."

"Peace Group is a law-abiding multinational corporation. They develop these dual-use products only to better safeguard peace, not to provoke war like Japan and Magnesium did."

The live broadcast ended, but Zhang Heping's high-sounding excuses continued to echo around the world. At the Heping Aerospace Rocket Launch Command Center on the Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen.

After Zhang Heping and other reporters, photographers, and assistants took their equipment out, they said to a group of young soldiers who were eager to try:

"The missile has already circled the Earth 66 times, and the remaining fuel is estimated to allow it to fly another or times."

"Since you want to practice, and Elder Hua and the others are worried that I will drop that missile on Japan Island, today we will hand over control of the missile to your military aerospace force."

"It just so happens that Mr. Qian is here too. You can ask him to advise you on how to change the missile's trajectory so that it can escape interception by the space-based early warning system!"

An engineer nearby asked in surprise, "Teacher Zhang, can that missile even break through the laser interception of the space-based early warning system?"

"Why not? This space-based early warning system hasn't even reached one-third of its construction progress. The sparse laser defense system we've built so far is riddled with flaws in my eyes." Zhang Heping walked towards Elder Hua, who visibly relaxed, and said without turning his head:
"The Space Race is on again!"

"We are the leaders in this round, so don't let your guard down!"

Ignoring the group of incredibly excited aerospace workers behind him, Zhang Heping, along with his family, called to Hua Lao, Zheng Laotai, and others, and left the place.

When the group was driving past the construction site of the controlled nuclear fusion device, Zhang Heping stopped the convoy and asked someone to call Professor Luo Wen, deliberately asking him about his so-called three-day "reply."

As Zhang Heping expected, Professor Luo Wen could not come up with a better solution to improve the controlled nuclear fusion device.

Zhang Heping patted his relative on the shoulder and pointed at the experts who were directing the assembly of the equipment. He smiled and said, "They've been here for so long, and the number of people who have raised objections to me like you can be counted on the palm of one hand. Do you know what this means?"

"A towering building rises from the ground. What we lack now is not technology, but talent!"

Professor Hua already knew about Professor Luo Wen's earlier decision to halt the controlled nuclear fusion device here.

In addition, he also knew that Luo Wen and several other professors had submitted an application report to the higher-ups, hoping to open some of the information of the Sanxingdui underground base to Zhang Heping for the improvement of the controlled nuclear fusion device here, but they were rejected!
Mr. Hua was also quite helpless about this matter.

As Zhang Heping said before, you can't change other people's minds unless they want to change themselves.

Now, Mr. Hua is also pondering how to help Zhang Heping break through his current predicament.

"Professor Luo, are you interested in bringing your students here for exchange and study?" The conversation between Zhang Heping and Luo Wen continued.

Luo Wen asked doubtfully, "Come here in the name of Capital University?"

"What else?" Zhang Heping said with a smile, "Do you want to come to Shenzhen Peace University and get a high salary?"

Luo Wen ignored the joke and thought about the problem seriously.

After a moment, Luo Wen said seriously, "I can't guarantee whether those students will go abroad in the future."

The implication of this sentence is that the confidentiality level here is so high that he cannot guarantee that those students will not leak the controlled nuclear fusion technology here in the future.

Zhang Heping looked at the white pigeon-eye air defense system on the top of a distant mountain and said meaningfully:
"Our future should be the vast sea of ​​stars, not the current conflicts!"

...(End of chapter)