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The lights came back on.

But only the spotlight in the center of the stage is illuminated.

Li Yichen walked out from the side of the stage, one hand in his suit trouser pocket and the other holding a wireless microphone.

His steps were unhurried, his leather shoes making a clear and steady sound on the stage floor.

All two thousand eyes in the room were fixed on him.

The flashes started going off like crazy, and the clicking of camera shutters was like a downpour hitting glass.

Li Yichen walked to the center of the stage and stopped.

Raise your right hand, grasp the microphone, and bring it to your mouth.

Good morning, everyone.

The sound traveled through the speakers throughout the venue, steady, clear, and with a slightly metallic quality.

"I am Li Yichen."

"Future Technology, Founder"

Scattered applause broke out in the hall, but it was quickly replaced by a much louder silence.

Everyone is waiting.

Let him say the next sentence.

Li Yichen turned around and looked at the large screen behind him.

The lightning effects on the screen slowly faded, switching to a simple comparison image.

The left column lists several names: Ningwang Qilin Battery, Bidi Dao Battery, Panasonic 2170, and LG Chem.

The right column has only one name: Thor Battery.

Below are two lines of data.

Energy density: 255 / 240 / 260 / 250 —— 890.

Unit: Wh/kg.

The venue erupted in chaos.

It wasn't the sound that exploded, it was the emotions that exploded.

The mineral water bottle in Mr. Wang's hand fell to the ground with a "clatter," rolled a few times, and came to a stop in the aisle.

He didn't even bother to pick it up.

His gaze was fixed on that number.

Eight hundred and nine.

More than three times.

It took BYD Battery five years to increase its energy density from 180 to 240. For every ten percentage point increase, billions of yuan had to be invested in research and development, relentlessly working on material formulations and process routes.

Now, Future Technology casually tosses out an 890.

This is no longer a complete rout.

This changes the industry's benchmark from centimeters to meters.

Mr. Zeng's hands, which were resting on his knees, began to tremble uncontrollably.

He recalled that he had tentatively asked Li Yichen about the technical route in the lounge earlier.

Now he understands.

They didn't even follow the path they had taken.

They simply laid a high-speed railway on a barren piece of land.

Mr. Lei suddenly stood up from his seat.

The movement was too hasty, and his knee slammed into the back of the seat in front of him, making a dull thud.

He didn't feel any pain at all.

Only one number remained in his mind—three times.

The phone's battery capacity has tripled, its battery life has tripled, and its charging time has been reduced to fifteen minutes.

The biggest weakness of the Mi phone has been completely eliminated by this battery.

No, it was directly raised.

It's so high that other brands can't even reach it by standing on tiptoe.

Li Yichen stood on the stage, looking at the out-of-control expressions on the faces of the audience below.

His lips twitched slightly.

This is nothing.

He raised his left hand and gestured towards the side of the stage.

Staff pushed up an industrial-grade hydraulic shearing machine that was about half a person's height; its steel frame gleamed coldly under the lights.

Next to it was a complete Thor battery module, with a silver-gray casing, palm-sized, and less than two centimeters thick.

Li Yichen walked over and picked up the battery with one hand.

It's very light.

It is at least one-third lighter than a conventional battery of the same volume.

He walked to the shearing machine, put the battery into the clamp slot, adjusted its position, and clamped it.

Then he turned around and faced the entire audience.

"I know that what you all care about most is not energy density or cycle life."

He paused, then spoke clearly.

"It's safe."

The audience fell silent instantly.

Everyone held their breath.

Li Yichen reached out and grasped the operating lever of the shearing machine.

The hydraulic pump starts, emitting a low hum.

He pressed down the control lever forcefully.

click-

The metal clamps closed, and the sharp blades cut through the middle of the battery module.

The silver-gray shell was neatly cut in half.

The exposed cross-section revealed a dense layer of black material, with no liquid seepage or sparks flying.

Only a wisp of extremely thin white smoke emerged from the cross-section, slowly rising under the light before dissipating.

Li Yichen released the control lever, bent down, and took the two halves of the battery out of the clamp.

He picked up one half and then picked up a pair of ordinary office scissors from the side.

He started cutting the paper in front of more than two thousand people.

Click.

Click.

Click.

The silver-gray shell was cut into smaller pieces, and the black material layers were cut into scraps and scattered on the stage floor.

No sparks.

There was no fire.

There was no explosion.

The room fell silent for a full three seconds.

Then, the first gasp of surprise erupted from the back row.

Then came the second tone, the third tone, the tenth tone, and the hundredth tone—

Exclamations, gasps, and incredulous murmurs mingled together, sweeping through the entire venue like a tsunami.

Mr. Wang slumped in his chair, his back covered in sweat.

He recalled the scene at the launch event for the Bidi Dao battery, where a staff member in protective gear carefully placed the battery into the needle penetration test machine, and the entire audience held their breath awaiting the results.

Future technology will now use hydraulic shears to cut batteries into pieces in public.

Zero fires.

Zero spontaneous combustion.

Zero explosions.

This is no longer a security test.

This raises the safety standard from "avoiding fire as much as possible" to "not catching fire no matter what you do to it".

Mr. Zeng's hands trembled even more violently.

He recalled the test samples in Ningwang's laboratory that had been destroyed by fire due to thermal runaway, and the billions of yuan spent on research and development of thermal management systems every year.

Now, future technology uses a shredded battery to tell him—

Thermal runaway?

What is that?

Li Yichen spread the shredded battery fragments in his palm, held them up, and pointed them at the camera in front of the stage.

The fragments had a matte finish under the light, with smooth edges, like cut pieces of dark chocolate.

"Zero fires, zero spontaneous combustion, zero explosions."

His voice carried throughout the venue through the speakers.

"This is Thor's safety commitment."

He turned around and pointed to the big screen.

The screen switches to display a simulated battery life data graph.

For vehicles of the same size, the combined driving range of a new energy vehicle equipped with a Thor battery is 2,100 kilometers.

High-speed driving range: 1,500 kilometers.

Below is a line of smaller print: The test environment temperature ranged from -20 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius, with air conditioning throughout.

The venue erupted in chaos once again.

This time, the explosion of applause was deafening.

The deafening applause, like a torrential downpour, lasted for a full minute.

Li Yichen stood amidst the applause, one hand in his pocket and the other holding the microphone, his expression calm.

When the applause subsided a little, he raised his hand and gestured to the side of the stage.

The staff pushed over a small table with a mobile phone and a fast charging adapter on it.

Li Yichen picked up the phone, removed the back cover, revealing a thin, silver-gray battery inside.

It is only three millimeters thick.

He plugged in the fast charger, placed his phone on the table, and aimed it at the camera.

The charging progress is displayed in real time on the large screen.

The battery percentage number started to jump.

0%…5%…10%…15%…

The speed is ridiculously fast.

In the audience, Mr. Lei suddenly stood up from his seat, put his hands on the back of the chair in front of him, stretched his neck out, and stared intently at the big screen.

His breathing became heavy.

My heart was pounding like a drum.

Fifteen minutes.

It only takes fifteen minutes.

If a mobile phone uses this type of battery, users will find their phones dead when they wake up in the morning, and they can fully charge them while brushing their teeth and washing their face.

The power bank industry can just declare itself bankrupt.

The term "charging anxiety" can be removed from the dictionary.

The number jumps to 100%.

The timer stopped at 14 minutes and 57 seconds.

A second wave of applause erupted in the hall, even more intense and enthusiastic than before.

Li Yichen put down the microphone and waited for the applause to subside.

He walked to the very front of the stage and stood still.

"All the data above are not theoretical values ​​from the PPT, but actual measurements from our factory's mass production line."

His voice, transmitted clearly through the speakers, reached everyone's ears.

"Thor Battery is officially opening up to global cooperation today."

"Automakers, mobile phone manufacturers, drone companies, energy storage equipment manufacturers—all industries that need batteries can talk to us."

He paused for a moment and scanned the entire room.

My gaze swept across Mr. Wang's face, then Mr. Zeng's, then Mr. Lei's, then Mr. Yu's, across every face that showed shock, elation, fear, or bewilderment.

Then, he added one last sentence.

"But let me make this clear first—"

"Limited production capacity."

"First come, first served".

This statement was like a bomb, exploding in the meeting room.

The audience erupted in commotion.

Several car company CEOs stood up simultaneously, some of them already taking out their phones to make calls.

Mr. Wang, the general manager of Bidi, turned his head and whispered a few words to the vice president next to him. The vice president immediately got up and ran towards the backstage passage.

Ning Wang's General Manager Zeng grabbed a mineral water bottle from the table, unscrewed it, and took a big gulp. Water spilled from the corner of his mouth and dripped onto his Zhongshan suit, but he didn't notice.

Mr. Lei from Da Mi raised his hand and shouted from below the stage.

"Mr. Li! Our company wants to be the first to sign a letter of intent for cooperation!"

His voice was loud and clearly carried through the noisy crowd onto the stage.

Li Yichen looked at him and nodded.

"Can."

The audience erupted into even greater chaos.

Li, the CEO of NIO, stood up and waved towards the stage.

"Mr. Li! NIO wants to sign too!"

Mr. He, the manager of the small shed, pushed aside his chair and squeezed forward.

"Future technology! Let's queue up at the small booth!"

Mr. Li from Ideal, Mr. Li from Geely, Mr. Wei from Great Wall Motors, Mr. Zhu from Changan Automobile...

Everyone was pushing forward.

The passageway was blocked, and security personnel formed a human wall by holding hands to barely maintain order.

Reporters in the media area frantically pressed the shutter, the flashes turning into a blinding white light.

On social media platforms, the number of viewers watching the live stream of the press conference has exceeded eight million.

The barrage of comments was so fast that the words were completely illegible.

"Holy crap! Three times the energy density!"

"Hydraulic shears cut directly? What kind of cutting-edge technology is this?!"

"A range of 2,000 kilometers? My electric car can drive all the way back to my hometown!"

"Fully charged in fifteen minutes? Power bank manufacturers would go bankrupt overnight!"

"First come, first served? This is highway robbery!"

"Future technology is awesome! Li Yichen is awesome!"

In the backstage lounge.

Ji Yanran stood in front of the monitor screen, watching the out-of-control scene in the venue.

She looked up at the man standing under the spotlight on the stage monitor screen.

He wore a black suit, one hand in his pocket, and had a calm expression.

Like a god.

A god who just used a battery to shatter the entire old world's energy structure.