Special forces soldier demobilization: Starting from the county government compound, a meteoric rise

The snow in the capital is falling even more heavily.

Tiny ice crystals swirled in the north wind, pattering against the thick bulletproof glass of the National Development and Reform Commission building with a soft crackling sound. In the brightly lit director's office, a top-secret document bearing the dark gold seal of the high-level council lay quietly on Liu Ming's desk.

This is more than just an appointment.

This was an imperial edict that sent chills down the spines of everyone in the officialdom of the Nine Provinces.

[...Comrade Liu Ming is appointed as the Chief Commander of the National "Loongson Chip Project." Effective immediately, he has absolute authority over all research funding, personnel transfers, and security related to the project. All ministries must fully cooperate; those who violate this will be prosecuted for treason.]

Twenty-eight years old.

The top leader in the technological battlefield of the Dragon Kingdom...

Liu Ming sat in her executive chair, holding a porcelain teacup that was half-painted.

He looked out the window at the blurry street scene, his eyes devoid of any joy, only a cold, almost ruthless, calm that seemed to threaten to overturn the world.

"Boss."

Lone Wolf's hoarse voice came through the earpiece, "The bait has moved." "That deputy director named Lin Yu just left home without driving. He took a taxi with fake plates and is heading towards the abandoned chemical plant site in the eastern suburbs."

Liu Ming slightly raised his eyelids. Lin Yu, the "ambitious young man" from a poor family whom he had personally promoted after the Great Purge.

Just yesterday, Liu Ming had eaten with him in the cafeteria, patting him on the shoulder and saying, "The future belongs to you." And today, this "cicada" he had personally nurtured has finally succumbed to its urge to fly into the spiderweb of profit.

"Tank, Vulture, Poison Doctor, you guys follow behind." Liu Ming put down his teacup, slowly stood up, and put on his long black trench coat.

"Ghost Hand, cut off all external surveillance in that area. Tonight, I don't want to see any 'eyes' there other than ours."

"Understood, boss. Ghost mode activated."

Liu Ming walked out of the office. One by one, the infrared sensor lights in the corridor turned on and then quickly went out behind him. He walked very fast. The hem of his trench coat drew a sharp arc in the air.

……

East of the city. A desolate, overgrown open space.

The air here still carries a musty, rotten industrial smell. In the distance, a car recycling plant exudes a sinister, deathly aura under the moonlight.

A black sedan was parked quietly on the side of the road, its lights off.

Lin Yu hunched his shoulders, glancing around nervously. He clutched the brown paper bag full of "top secret documents" tightly to his chest, his palms sweaty.

That was the core data about the third phase architecture of the "Dragon Abyss" chip that Liu Ming had just given him this morning. As long as he handed these things over to the other party, he could get fifty million US dollars.

They could then take their whole family to a North American ranch and live a life of luxury for the rest of their lives.

"Why isn't he here yet..." he murmured, his voice trembling violently.

Just then, the window of the black sedan opposite slowly rolled down a crack.

A deep voice with a heavy foreign accent came from inside the car. "Mr. Lin, did you bring the things?"

"I...I brought it." Lin Yu quickly stepped forward, about to hand over the paper bag.

"Smack."

A very faint sound, yet unusually jarring in the quiet night, was followed by a blinding beam of light from behind Lin Yu. The beam struck the seal of the brown paper bag with perfect accuracy.

Lin Yu shuddered in fright. He turned around stiffly.

In the darkness three meters away, Liu Ming stood quietly, holding only a specially made tactical flashlight, without a gun.

Looking at Lin Yu's face, which was completely distorted and filled with terror, Liu Ming smiled faintly, with a hint of sadness.

"Xiaolin, I haven't signed off on that report yet. Isn't it a bit against procedure for you to rush me to give it away?"

"Director Liu... Director Liu?" Lin Yu's voice changed instantly, and his legs went weak, almost collapsing to the ground.

"Lin Yu, you were personally promoted by me," Liu Ming said as she walked towards him step by step, each step feeling like she was stepping on Lin Yu's nerves.

"You told me that your family is from a farming family, and that you don't want the people of this country to be held hostage by others anymore. You said you want to be a pillar of the Chinese nation, standing tall and upright."

Liu Ming stopped in front of him and snatched the paper bag from his hand. "Fifty million US dollars. You think you can buy all your ideals and conscience?"

"I...I didn't want to..." Lin Yu broke down, kneeling on the muddy ground and sobbing uncontrollably. "They forced me to do this! They arrested my family! Director Liu! Please save me! I really had no choice!"

"Excuse," Liu Ming's voice was devoid of warmth, "The moment you decided to use the nation's lifeline as a bargaining chip, you were no longer a citizen of the Dragon Kingdom."

"Bang--!"

The black sedan opposite suddenly roared, abruptly shifted gears, and attempted to ram Liu Ming aside and escape!

However, before it could even rush ten meters...

"Boom!" A deafening roar! Tank leaped out of the rubble beside him, carrying a solid steel beam with a diameter of 20 centimeters. He directly and violently smashed the entire hood of the car into a flat piece of scrap metal!

The engine shut down, billowing black smoke.

The people inside the car tried to put up a fight, but as soon as they opened the car door, they were blown to pieces by a stun grenade fired by Lone Wolf from 500 meters away.

Two minutes later, all the middlemen and the mole codenamed "Cicada" were tossed together by the Dragon Shield team members like chickens.

Looking at the group of trembling trash, Liu Ming's eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty edge befitting a "Shura," reaching its peak at that moment.

"Arrest him, interrogate him," Liu Ming handed the paper bag to Chen Momo behind him, "following in on Lin Yu, find out who in the higher-ups passed him the notes too."

……

The next morning, in the capital city, at the staff quarters of the organization department.

Instead of going to her workplace, Liu Ming went directly to the doorstep of the high-ranking leader who had been trying to "protect" Lin Yu.

He didn't knock on the door. Instead, he threw the confession signed by Lin Yu and the heavy bag of US dollar checks onto the family's doorstep.

He then walked back to his Hongqi car without looking back.

……

Half an hour later, the national "Loongson" project was launched.

This place brings together 120 of the nation's top academicians and the heads of 30 semiconductor giants.

Liu Ming stood under the huge five-star red flag. He looked down at the elderly, white-haired seniors with burning eyes. He looked at the scientists who had almost given up their dreams due to lack of funding or internal sabotage.

He slowly raised his right hand.

"Everyone." Liu Ming's voice echoed through the solemn hall via microphone.

"I am Liu Ming." "Today, I stand here not only as the commander-in-chief, but also as a soldier, as a pillar of the Chinese nation, to solemnly make this promise to you all."

He slammed his hand on the plan for allocating 500 billion yuan in R&D funds in front of him.

"Money, plenty of it!" "People, I'll clear all obstacles for you!" "Anyone who dares to lay a hand on me again, I'll send them to meet the King of Hell!"

Liu Ming took a deep breath, her eyes flashing with an almost saintly madness.

"Today," "I, Liu Ming, swear an oath under this red flag."

"A three-year period."

"If I cannot manufacture core chips that belong to our Dragon Kingdom, if I cannot enable our people to stand tall and speak with confidence on the technological battlefield."

"I am Liu Ming." "—Bring me your head!"

Dead silence, a full three seconds of dead silence.

Then, "Whoa—!!!"

The applause, like thunder and a tsunami, resounded over the capital city, lasting for a long time.

Everyone looked at the man on the stage, whose sharpness was like a blade. They knew that Kyushu's backbone had finally hardened completely at this moment.

Liu Ming looked at the fervor of the audience below, but her gaze drifted towards the distant sky.

Dad, did you see that? I will definitely win this battle.

"Old Chen, let's go."

"Go to the lab"

"I'm not going to sleep."