A live stream of someone hand-making a giant white robot attracted the attention of the government,

Bai Che lifted his eyelids and met Li Jianguo's extremely solemn face.

ask?

He didn't bother to reply, but simply turned his chair around to face the group of busy white coats, giving off an attitude of "do whatever you want, just leave me alone."

This silent gesture is itself an answer.

Li Jianguo didn't say anything more.

He knew that dealing with geniuses of this caliber was a joke; only absolute honesty and respect could secure a sliver of cooperation.

He turned around and focused all his attention on the ongoing test.

The air in the laboratory had become so stagnant.

The chief expert was an elderly man with gray hair and gold-rimmed glasses. He was an authority in the battery field in China, but at this moment, he was so nervous that his palms were sweating.

"Energy density test, commence!"

He issued the order.

A sophisticated instrument probe slowly made contact with the paper-thin flexible battery surface.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the huge display screen connected to the instrument.

The numbers on the screen started jumping wildly.

100 Wh/kg…

200 Wh/kg…

This is currently the limit for top-tier ternary lithium batteries on the market.

The numbers didn't stop.

500 Wh/kg…

A collective gasp filled the laboratory.

1000 Wh/kg…

The chief expert's hands began to tremble.

He had never seen such an outrageous number in his life.

However, the numbers on the screen continued to soar wildly at an unreasonable pace.

1500… 2000… 2500…

Ultimately, the numbers stopped at a point that made everyone's brains stop working.

【3088 Wh/kg】

Dead silence.

The entire laboratory was deathly silent.

The chief expert's hand trembled, and he almost spilled a glass of specimen liquid next to him.

He adjusted his glasses, leaned closer to the screen, and checked it pixel by pixel.

Three thousand and eighty-eight.

This number is not just one or two times that of existing lithium battery technology, but a whole order of magnitude generational leap!

This is not a technological breakthrough.

This is a god descending to earth.

"Impossible...absolutely impossible!" a young assistant researcher exclaimed. "The instrument is malfunctioning! It must be interference!"

The chief expert ignored him, and with trembling hands, he operated the instrument himself.

"calibrate! Reset! Retest!"

The second test begins.

The numbers surged once again, eventually settling steadily at the same level.

【3088 Wh/kg】

"The third time!"

【3088 Wh/kg】

Three tests were conducted, and the results were exactly the same, so stable it was almost despairing.

The young researcher who had lost his voice stood there, mouth agape, unable to utter a single word; he was completely dumbfounded.

Su Wanqing stood behind Bai Che, pinching her hand hard, trying to use the pain to confirm that she was not dreaming.

She knew what that number meant.

This means that if this technology is applied to mobile phones, they could go a month without charging. If applied to electric vehicles, it could easily provide a range of 3,000 kilometers.

This is an undeclared war, a war of annihilation against the entire energy industry.

The man who started this war was now idly rocking his chair, seemingly contemplating what to have for supper that night.

This stark contrast made Su Wanqing feel a ridiculous dizziness.

"Safety...security testing!" the chief expert practically shouted.

His worldview was shattered in just a few minutes.

All he wants to do now is prove that no matter how high the energy level is, this thing must still be an extremely unstable bomb.

This was the last shred of dignity he had as a scientist.

Soon, the thin battery sample was placed into a specially made high-temperature resistant protective box.

"High-temperature burn test, begin!"

The blue flame from the spray gun instantly enveloped the battery.

The thermometer inside the protective box showed a rapidly rising reading.

300℃… 500℃… 800℃!

On the oscilloscope connected to the battery, the green waveform representing a stable power supply showed no jitter whatsoever.

Everyone was stunned.

Conventional lithium batteries will thermally run away at around 100 degrees Celsius, turning into a powerful bomb.

And this thing, even in flames of 800 degrees Celsius, is still outputting power steadily?

"Apply electric shocks!" the chief expert gritted his teeth.

"puncture!"

High voltage current, steel needle puncture...

Every imaginable, most extreme form of destruction was inflicted upon that tiny battery.

It was heated until it was red-hot, sparked from the electric current, and pierced through by a steel needle.

But it just won't explode.

Not only did it not explode, but the green power supply waveform remained as stable as ever.

"That's enough..."

The chief expert waved his hand weakly, looking ten years older.

His pride, his understanding, and the scientific edifice he had built over decades were utterly razed to the ground in this moment.

"Cyclic...life test..."

He used almost his last bit of strength to say the last test.

A specialized instrument was connected to the battery and began to perform a frantic, rapid charge and discharge at an extremely high rate.

This is simulating the long-term lifespan of a battery.

On the screen, the number representing the number of cycles jumped rapidly.

1000 times… (the lifespan of a typical mobile phone battery)

3000 cycles… (Top-tier power battery life)

10000 times…

50000 times…

The numbers kept jumping, showing no sign of stopping.

On the other side of the screen, the percentage representing capacity decay is always a glaring 0.00%.

"Don't bother testing."

An aged voice stopped this pointless "corpse-whipping."

An elderly expert in charge of materials analysis stood up shakily from beside a huge electron microscope.

He took off his goggles, revealing a face streaked with tears.

He didn't look at anyone, but stared intently at the battery sample that had been tortured beyond recognition with a pilgrim's gaze.

He opened his mouth, making a hoarse sound in his throat, and finally uttered a few words.

"This is a miracle! How did they do that?"

Li Jianguo stood there, motionless.

Test reports, each printed with scorching numbers, were handed to him.

Each number was like a heavy hammer, slamming into his heart.

He took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

He knew that what he had dug up this time was not a gold or silver mine.

This is an immeasurable divine treasure, capable of changing the fate of the Dragon Kingdom and even altering the entire world order.

Inside the laboratory, the experts' cries and gasps of amazement mingled together.

Li Jianguo walked through the chaotic crowd, step by step, until he reached the young man who had remained aloof from the whole affair.

Looking at Bai Che's still somewhat weary face, all his previous scrutiny, probing, and wariness vanished in that instant.

What remains is only pure, extreme awe, and a heartfelt, profound respect.

He stood at attention, straight, with an unprecedentedly solemn posture, facing the young man in slippers and a T-shirt.

"Comrade Bai Che."

He spoke, and the way he addressed him had changed.

"From now on, your safety will be entirely under our control."

Bai Che was pondering how to sneak back to catch up on sleep when he was interrupted by this sudden remark, and he looked up impatiently.

"What do you mean?"

Li Jianguo spoke clearly, word by word:

"It means that from this moment on, when you go to the toilet, someone will stand guard outside for you."