Our great nation of China traverses the multiverse.

Boom——

The bunker-buster missile engine is now operational!

Flames spread out like a phoenix spreading its wings, propelling the bunker-buster missile into the lunar surface.

A blur flashed by, and a cloud of dust rose from the moon's surface.

a long time……

A deep crater was left on the moon's surface.

This crater is particularly eye-catching!

"The space station immediately detached the landing capsule, released the robot, and began cleanup work on the cave and the surrounding area."

At the aerospace control center, Zhang Zhaoming wore an undisguised smile.

It worked!

The bunker-buster missile blasted out a perfect crater!

This laid a solid foundation for the lunar base.

The rest is a piece of cake!

It can be said that the lunar base is already halfway to success.

Now, it's just a matter of time.

……

February went by very quickly.

Having benefited from the war, China experienced unprecedented development.

Most notably, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) refinanced "Longxin" and secretly dispatched technical personnel to join the company.

Although few people know about these secretive events.

However, the results and actions that Longxin Company presented at the end of the month directly ignited public opinion.

Major good news! The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in collaboration with Loongson, has developed an EUA lithography machine with an accuracy of 10nm!

Loongson's EUA lithography machine has been finalized and will enter mass production next month!

The pain of chip shortage finally resolved; another industrial gem achieved a breakthrough?

The "heart disease" problem of domestically produced technology has finally been solved!

Photolithography machine!

This is the painful chapter in China's semiconductor technology over the past two decades!

It is a technology that was once strongly blocked and even controlled by the United States.

Now, they've broken through so easily?!

Because there have been so many false rumors about lithography machines in the past, when the news broke, people's first instinct was not to believe it!

Because until a few months ago, authoritative sources analyzed the situation.

It will take China at least two years to break through the lithography machine technology!

Moreover, in the past two years, the breakthrough has only been in the 28nm process EUA lithography machine.

Now, a shocking triple leap has occurred: a breakthrough has suddenly been achieved in 10nm process lithography machines. How is this possible?!

I'm afraid it's just another publicity stunt!

However, as a photo was released, people suddenly realized that it was actually true!

The photo shows the heads of several major telecommunications and chip companies standing together with smiles on their faces, pointing and gesturing at a lithography machine the size of a shipping container in front of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

This represents half of the domestic semiconductor industry!

Now that they've all gathered together, that can only mean—

This news is true!!!

The lithography technology has truly achieved a breakthrough!

"Wow, there's been so much good news lately!"

"Since we returned from the far side of the moon, technological breakthroughs have been coming one after another! 'Think deeply'"

"Great! Kill Asmail! Damn it, he still dared to pull this embargo on us!"

"..."

This message came suddenly, catching everyone off guard.

At the end of the last century, the argument that it was better to buy chips than to manufacture them held absolute sway.

This is also a major reason why China's semiconductor industry later declined.

It wasn't until a few years ago, with the US embargo, that all those who harbored illusions were awakened and made to understand the weight of the words "self-reliant and controllable".

If you lack autonomy and control, and an enemy targets you, a single piece of paper can paralyze your entire industry!

However, at that time, the gap between China and the United States was too great!

The embargo on lithography machines even caused many domestic manufacturers to collapse!

Fortunately, they pulled through.

This news is a huge boost for the semiconductor industry.

This time, the advantage is mine!

Just five days after the announcement, the latest chip was released.

Moreover, because it's their own lithography machine, after deducting all costs, the price of all products equipped with the new chip will be reduced by another 10%!

A 10% price drop almost instantly crushed similar foreign products.

Left with no other choice, they had to lower their prices as well.

This is the advantage of domestic products.

Once you have it, it will force foreign monopolistic manufacturers to stop "catching fire" in their factories, leading to reduced production and higher prices.

Because the market is there.

If you reduce production, your enemies will seize your market!

Cheng Hua, who is currently buying a mobile phone, understands this all too well.

Because he witnessed firsthand how the price of a phone he had his eye on dropped from 6999 to 5799 in just one hour.

It's almost a thousand!

That's fucking ridiculous! It just goes to show how much money those manufacturers have ripped off China!

"Moreover, it is said that there has been a huge breakthrough in domestically produced chips that support AI computing power, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Cheng Hua clicked his tongue, feeling a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, often including admiration or reflection).

In just the past six months, it feels like a dream. They've taken off like a rocket, spiraling upwards!

This technology is so advanced it's almost unreal.

……

The White House, the Oval Office, United States.

Fred hadn't had a good time since the end of December, and now, seeing the message from Asmail, his face looked even worse, so gloomy it was almost dripping with water.

Vanno was sitting opposite him, and he was also in a terrible predicament.

Since the defeat and the shattering of the military myth, Western Europe has been increasingly dissatisfied with the United States and has been showing signs of restlessness.

Domestically, having lost their two blood banks in East Asia and the Middle East, they can no longer absorb resources, and various conflicts have begun to erupt, causing them endless trouble.

"We can't go on like this. We must win back the technological battle!"

Fred's voice was deep, his fists clenched, like an old lion driven from its home, practically gritting its teeth.

"General Vanno, what stage has the research on electromagnetic pulse weapon defense reached?"

"Your Excellency, if I may be so bold, the enemy's electromagnetic pulse weapon, according to the returning prisoners of war, is from a completely different era than ours. Our research... has made no progress."

“No progress!”

Fred's eyes were bloodshot, and he hated this damned weapon to the core.

If it weren't for this weapon, the United States would never have fallen from its pedestal, at least during his term!

Thinking about it, he clenched his fists even tighter.

"The enemy was able to defeat us because of a revolutionary weapon."

Fred muttered to himself, his eyes fierce, as he racked his brains for a solution.

Suddenly, he caught sight of the frame-up plan that had once been used to divert attention.

ITER thermonuclear fusion reactor!

Fred's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said excitedly: