I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

Although Master was very uneasy, he had no choice but to act now. All the preparations were complete, and his reusable rocket had to be tested. Otherwise, his image would collapse, Tesla's stock would collapse, and investors would not let him off the hook.

At 10:00 a.m. local time, SX's reusable rocket was launched on schedule.

Masters specifically ordered the entire launch process to be broadcast live to netizens around the world, and netizens from all over the world who love to watch the excitement gathered to watch the live broadcast.

"I don't know if Yang Chen has a rocket with an explosion engine, but Master really does have a reusable rocket, otherwise he wouldn't dare to broadcast it live to everyone."

"I hope Yang Chen is just bragging. I really can't imagine how arrogant he would be if he actually launched a rocket with a pulse detonation engine and succeeded. He already dares to disrespect the people of the world. If he succeeds in the test launch, even aliens would be slapped in the face by him."

"I wish the experiment success. I firmly believe that Master is humanity's hope, and no one else can. Yang Chen has so much technology, but how much of it can we actually benefit from? Master has technology, and we can truly benefit from it."

"Fuck! Some people are going too far! The reason you can't enjoy Yang Chen's technology isn't because Yang Chen won't let you enjoy it, but because of the various restrictions and sanctions imposed by your government. You shouldn't blame Yang Chen, but your government."

"Whether it's his fault or our government's fault, the result is the same: we just can't enjoy many of his technologies. So I still hope that Master can replace Yang Chen and continuously develop new technologies so that we can enjoy the benefits of technological progress."

Just as netizens from various countries were debating the situation, the rocket launched by SX returned to the launch pad. The two large pincers of the launch pad firmly grasped the rocket, and cheers immediately erupted in the live broadcast room. Netizens from various countries watching the live broadcast immediately knew that the test was a success.

Congratulations on your success!

"Congratulations!"

"We succeeded! Master truly lives up to his reputation as humanity's hope; he never lets us down."

Master smiled happily as he watched the barrage of blessings and praise from viewers in the live stream.

No matter what Yang Chen can offer, at this moment he is the most admired person in the world.

It must be said that the 16 billion Eagle Dollars spent on the propaganda war by the Eagle family is indeed very powerful. As soon as SX Company successfully recovered the rocket, the news started to be hyped on the Chinese internet, and major media outlets rushed to publish the news they had prepared in advance.

He was showered with praise, hailed as a model technology company and a beacon of humanity.

After this round of praise, Master and his company reached the pinnacle of their reputation worldwide, especially in China. Master's popularity on various platforms surpassed that of other well-known Chinese entrepreneurs, such as Big Brother Ma and Little Brother Ma, and was second only to Yang Chen.

The reason Yang Chen is so popular is because everyone expects his pulse detonation engine version of the rocket to be real, and not a fake news he deliberately released to guide public opinion.

Just as everyone was engrossed in discussing whether Yang Chen really had a rocket with a pulse detonation engine, NASA, the China National Space Administration, the European Space Agency, and others jointly released a shocking message to the world: an asteroid named "Elibus" is heading towards Earth at a speed of more than 20 kilometers per second. The current probability of the asteroid hitting Earth is 2.7%, and many experts predict that this probability may increase as it gets closer.

This kind of news has appeared many times before, but nothing ever came of it, so this time it still failed to attract much attention. People still think that, as before, the moon and other protective mechanisms are protecting the Earth, and that an asteroid impact won't happen.

The focus now is on whether Yang Chen can come up with a large rocket with a pulse detonation engine.

At 9:00 AM on August 1st, Beijing time, netizens around the world were looking forward to the test launch of a rocket by Star Satellite Communications Company at 8:00 PM that evening. However, at this time, some netizens suddenly appeared on platforms such as Douyin (TikTok) showing footage of the aircraft.

Normally, it's not unusual for netizens to photograph airplanes, even fighter jets, but this time it's different. What netizens photographed was a brand-new aircraft accompanying the J-20, without a tail or other messy structures, looking like a ginkgo leaf floating next to the J-20.

What shocked netizens even more was that there was more than one type of aircraft with this similar structure. Videos uploaded by netizens in Jiangcheng showed four different aircraft with different shapes being test-flown. One of them was even a diamond-shaped aircraft, which looked like a UFO from below.

This sparked a flurry of discussion among netizens, who left numerous comments.

"This design is so futuristic, is it the legendary sixth-generation fighter jet?"

"My goodness, we were waiting for Mr. Yang's big rocket, but we didn't expect the sixth-generation fighter to lead the way."

"Mr. Yang specially chose today to test-fly the large rocket, it turns out it was to celebrate Army Day together with the sixth-generation fighter jet."

"Haha... Taking off from Jiangcheng is enough to prove that Mr. Yang's company participated in the design and production of the sixth-generation fighter jet. How can Master compare? Haha..."

"I really want to ask those Ma fans how they feel right now. Are they still waiting for the pulse detonation rocket tonight?"

……

It was past 9 p.m. in the United States. When footage of what appeared to be a sixth-generation fighter jet test flight appeared on the Chinese internet, the Pentagon immediately sprang into action. Lights were turned on in rooms that had been turned off, and military vehicles began heading to the Pentagon.

The pizzeria next to the Hexagon had already finished cleaning and was ready to close when the Hexagon made a phone call and ordered 100 pizzas of various flavors. The pizzeria owner had to quickly call his employees back to work overtime.

High-ranking officials from the defense department and the military were all present, and they watched online videos together to analyze whether those aircraft were sixth-generation fighters.

After watching the video three times, weapons expert Humphries was the first to stand up and share his analysis of the aircraft.

"I'll state my opinion directly: these are indeed sixth-generation fighters. There are two main pieces of evidence. First, the J-20 escorted them. This is their tradition; new aircraft test flights are accompanied by their most powerful active-duty fighters. The J-20 is currently their most powerful aircraft, so its escort suggests the new aircraft must be stronger than the fifth-generation J-20, making it a sixth-generation fighter. Second, the aircraft lacks a tail. This futuristic design perfectly matches our understanding of sixth-generation fighters. There's also a third piece of evidence: Yang Chen deliberately chose to test his pulse detonation rocket tonight, which sufficiently demonstrates the importance of these aircraft. It also suggests that Yang Chen does indeed possess a pulse detonation engine, and his rocket test tonight will certainly be successful. That's my opinion." After Humphries finished speaking, the entire room fell silent; they could clearly hear the ticking of the clock on the wall.

After a long pause, military expert Sanchez said, "I also tend to think that this is a sixth-generation fighter jet, and the first test flight did not demonstrate the altitude and speed that a sixth-generation fighter jet should have. Or perhaps they did it on purpose to show the world that they have a sixth-generation fighter jet. I think we need to take immediate action, otherwise our status as the world's hegemon will be in jeopardy."

Military representative Haniyeh said helplessly, "We've already lost our technological dominance; we can't afford to lose our military dominance too. But sixth-generation fighters aren't something we can just develop at will. We're still stuck in the PowerPoint stage. How can we possibly respond?"

The group started to think of solutions; they had to take remedial measures.

After several hours of brainstorming, and with everyone's heads practically bursting with sleepiness, they finally finalized their strategy.

The first step was for Wikipedia to revise the standards for sixth-generation fighter jets, redefining them according to the standards of the B-2 bomber. This would make them the first country to build a sixth-generation fighter jet.

The second step is to immediately complete the PowerPoint presentation on the true sixth-generation fighter jet, release it, and announce that construction began five years ago and that it is ready for test flights at any time. Then, delete the modifications made in the first step.

The bald eagle leader rushed to the White House, but before he could even settle in, he received a response report from the military, which left him dumbfounded.

"Fuck! They dare to give me this self-deceiving report? If I actually did that, wouldn't I have no shame?"

An hour later, Wikipedia listed the world's first sixth-generation fighter jet as the B-2, and the standards for sixth-generation fighter jets changed from "speed above Mach 5 and combat radius of tens of thousands of kilometers" to the combat parameters of the B-2.

This move stunned netizens around the world, who flooded the comments section of the video showing the sixth-generation fighter jet's test flight in China with criticism.

"What the hell? The Pentagon ate pizza all night and the solution they came up with was to modify the sixth-generation fighter jet standards?"

"What a talent! Otherwise, how could he become a high-ranking official in the Pentagon? Most people wouldn't think of such a method, and even if they did, they wouldn't dare to do it! I admire him greatly."

"Haha... I'm dying of laughter. Originally, everyone doubted whether the aircraft tested by Dongda was a sixth-generation fighter jet, but now there's no doubt. Yingzi directly proved that it is a sixth-generation fighter jet. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been in such a hurry to revise the sixth-generation fighter jet standard."

"Everyone, don't overlook this issue: those planes all took off from Jiangcheng, which is Yang Chen's base of operations. Do you understand what that means? Yang Chen's giant rocket is going to have its test flight in two hours. I believe that by now, no one will doubt that he can produce a pulse detonation rocket, right?"

"Is it possible that those are all AI videos? After all, their AI development is very fast now, and their technology is very advanced. Making a few AI videos wouldn't be difficult, right? Our Great Korean Empire is the only developed country in Asia and the strongest military power. We haven't even been able to build a sixth-generation fighter jet yet. How could they possibly do it? This doesn't make any sense, does it?"

"Don't embarrass yourselves, Koreans. We, India, are the third strongest military power in the world and the strongest in Asia. Our glorious achievement is the sixth-generation fighter jet, which we built many years ago. I am very happy to see that our neighbors have finally built a sixth-generation fighter jet after twenty years. If they continue to work hard, they can catch up with us from twenty years ago."

……

When the United States made the decision to modify the standards for sixth-generation fighter jets, it already anticipated being ridiculed by netizens around the world. Therefore, they could only pretend not to see those criticisms and mockery. In fact, the United States' own social media platforms and websites would block related comments.

With the Chinese time approaching 8 PM on August 1st, the U.S. hastily released a PowerPoint presentation about their sixth-generation fighter jet, and interestingly, they named the aircraft F47.

Why 47?
Because the current president is the 47th president of the United States, this PPT sixth-generation fighter jet is a tribute to him.

To increase credibility, they even added a photoshopped image of a fighter jet covered with a black cloth to the PowerPoint presentation, its shape completely mimicking the "ginkgo leaf" of China.

This whole operation amused people all over the world.

"Awesome! I knew the Pentagon couldn't have come up with just one way to modify Wikipedia after eating pizza all night. Sure enough, there are even more sophisticated methods, like building an airplane directly from a PowerPoint presentation."

"Haha... I'm dying of laughter. If they did things this way, every country could build a sixth-generation fighter jet. They could make a PowerPoint presentation, Photoshop a picture of someone covered in a black cloth, and charge five yuan for each Photoshop edit. That's the most expensive they could do."

"That country is just a huge makeshift operation. I really don't know what they're thinking. How abstract must a person be to do something so abstract? As a normal person, I really can't understand it. Fortunately, our great Korean empire's KF-21 can be directly upgraded to a sixth-generation fighter jet, unlike that country which builds airplanes through PowerPoint presentations."

"Is this a hasty PowerPoint presentation to save face because Yang Chen is about to launch his rocket? What will you do when Yang Chen's rocket actually flies into space and cruises? Will you release another PowerPoint presentation with the rocket covered in a black cloth?"

The bald eagle leader grew angrier as he read the comments from netizens.

"Fuck! Tell Master and the others to immediately block these topics and comments. I don't want to see these disgusting topics and comments anymore. Ban those accounts that make inflammatory comments! Immediately! Right now!" the leader of the Bald Eagle said angrily.

We acted immediately; since the boss had given the order, we had to do it right away.

With less than ten minutes to go until 20 PM Chinese time, platforms owned by the United States, including Twitter, YouTube, Google, and Facebook, quickly banned tens of thousands of accounts and blocked tens of thousands of comments.

Bald Eagle casually browsed the various platforms and, seeing that the comments mocking him were gone, he immediately smiled happily and praised, "That feels good... You guys did a great job. Come on, let's admire Yang Chen's pulse detonation rocket together."

Laughter immediately erupted from the room, but everyone's smiles looked rather awkward.

At this moment, the live stream rooms on platforms such as TikTok hosted by Star Satellite Communications were bustling with activity, as netizens from all over the world gathered to witness how Yang Chen's giant rocket would impress everyone... (End of Chapter)