Siheyuan: At the beginning, I can integrate everything!

Next Wednesday.

Northwest China, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Yellow sand swirled, and the wind howled like a knife.

This desolate Gobi Desert is now the focus of the highest level of attention in China.

The atmosphere in the launch control hall was so tense it was almost palpable.

The countdown red light on the wall flashed rhythmically, each blink feeling like a tap on everyone's heart.

"ignition!"

With the commander-in-chief's hoarse roars.

"boom--!!!"

A deafening roar that shattered the heavens!

On the launch pad, the carrier rocket, carrying the hopes of China, suddenly spewed out a violent orange-red tail flame from its base.

White steam instantly engulfed the entire launch tower.

The earth trembled violently.

Like an Eastern dragon that has been dormant for thousands of years, it roared and broke through the clouds!

"Dongfanghong-1 (upgraded version)" has been successfully launched!

Inside the command center.

The top leader, Lin Zhentian, Professor Chen, and a group of researchers.

Everyone stared intently at the ever-increasing red dot on the screen, their hands clenched into fists.

Zhang Huaimin sat on a specially made high chair, holding a cup of hot cocoa in his hand, sipping it slowly.

He seemed calm, even somewhat bored.

"Grandpa Lin, don't be nervous. The lens I made won't break even if a rocket explodes."

Zhang Huaimin offered a comforting word in his childish voice.

Lin Zhentian gave a wry smile; beads of sweat were practically dripping from his forehead.

"My good grandson, how could Grandpa not be nervous? This is our 'all-seeing eye'!"

Ten minutes later.

Suddenly, the loudspeakers in the hall blared the excited, distorted voice of the forward control station.

"Report! Star-rocket separation successful!"

"The satellite has successfully entered its designated orbit, and the solar panels have deployed normally!"

"Initial signal docking is underway!"

Wow!

The entire command center erupted in cheers!

The veteran experts embraced and wept, while the young researchers were so excited that they threw their folders into the air.

But this is just the appetizer.

The real shock is just beginning.

"Quiet! Quiet!"

The high-ranking leader suddenly stood up, pressed his hands down, and silenced the cheers from the entire audience.

His deep, old eyes gleamed with an extremely sharp light.

"Activate the remote sensing lens immediately and transmit the first image!"

"Destination coordinates: Western Hemisphere, United States, Washington, D.C."

"yes!"

The operator's fingers flew across the keyboard, typing a series of complex commands.

Ten seconds.

Thirty seconds.

A minute passed.

The main screen is still filled with static.

"What's going on? Is there signal interference?" Old Chen asked anxiously, slamming his fist on the table.

Just then.

"drop--"

A crisp notification sound rang out.

The snow on the home screen disappeared instantly.

Instead.

It is a high-definition, full-color photograph with a clarity that is both chilling and somewhat eerie!

"hiss--!"

A collective gasp filled the entire command hall.

Dead!

Deathly silence!

Everyone stared wide-eyed, their mouths agape, as if they could fit an apple in their mouths, their eyes glued to the giant screen.

That's an aerial view.

In the center of the photo is a very familiar white domed building.

The heart of America, the White House!

This is not the most shocking thing.

What's most terrifying and chilling is the resolution of this photo!

After magnification.

They could clearly see the texture of every blade of grass on the White House lawn.

You can see the water droplets splashing from the fountain.

even!

They could also see it clearly on the roof of the building in the West Wing of the White House.

There was a black crow, its head tilted to the side, with half a sausage it had picked up from who-knows-where in its beak!

Even the reflection on the crow's feathers is clearly visible!

"Oh my God..."

Old Chen's legs went weak, and he collapsed into the chair.

His hands trembled as he pointed at the screen, his voice so shaky he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"This...this resolution...this clarity..."

"Let alone seeing a crow clearly, we can even read the words on the newspapers the people below are reading!"

"The Eye of God...this really is the Eye of God!"

This is hardly a satellite image.

This is practically like putting a magnifying glass right up to the nose of the US president!

Commander Lin Zhentian slammed his fist on the table, his face flushed and neck red with excitement.

"Great! That's wonderful!"

"With this thing, the dirty laundry of those Western countries is completely exposed in front of us!"

"Military bases, missile silos—they're all transparently located right under our noses!"

The top leader was so excited that he was trembling all over, and tears welled up in his eyes.

He turned his head and looked at the five-and-a-half-year-old toddler who was leisurely drinking hot cocoa.

The shock and gratitude I felt were beyond words.

At this time.

Across the ocean, the US-Soviet joint space monitoring station.

The atmosphere here was completely opposite to the jubilation on the Chinese side.

It was like a scene of carnage, as if it had just been struck by a meteorite.

"F**K! What the hell is this thing?!"

The station chief, a U.S. Air Force general, was pointing at the radar screen, roaring like an enraged beast.

"Can anyone tell me why there are no warning signs on our radar?!"

"Why is it that Chinese satellites have been orbiting overhead for ages, even conducting high-definition scans of us, yet our systems are completely unresponsive, like they're blind?!"

next to.

Several top Soviet and American aerospace experts, pale-faced and sweating profusely, frantically pounded on the control panel.

"General...it...it not only shields against radar waves, but it even conceals its thermal radiation signals!"

A Soviet expert looked up in despair, his voice filled with a deep sense of powerlessness.

"This is definitely a 'quantum-absorbing stealth coating'!"

"We haven't even scratched the surface of this technology in theory, how did the Chinese manage to do it?!"

"What's even more terrifying is..."

Another American optics expert retrieved a faint reverse detection signal that had just been intercepted.

Looking at the data analysis on the screen, he completely broke down, clutching his head and screaming:

"My God! The optical lenses on their satellite!"

"The flatness error is an astonishing 0.001 nanometers!"

"This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible! This is alien technology!"

Throughout the monitoring station, wails, roars, and desperate curses filled the air.

At that moment, military experts from both the United States and the Soviet Union collectively experienced what it truly meant to be a "dimensional reduction attack"!

Their long-standing space dominance.

Faced with the "ghost satellite" that suddenly rose into the sky and the terrifying "eye of God" in China.

It was instantly pulverized, leaving not a trace!

China.

Control room of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

"We won...we won!"

The leader could no longer contain his excitement, and two streams of tears rolled down his cheeks.

He strode up to Zhang Huaimin.

This usually imposing and dignified leader of a major power was surprisingly like an ordinary old man.

He pulled Zhang Huaimin into a tight embrace.

"Huaimin...you are truly our country's savior! You are a true national treasure of China!"

The top leader laughed until tears streamed down his face, his voice choked with emotion.

he knows.

Starting today.

On the international stage, China can finally stand tall!

But thousands of miles away.

Nanluoguxiang, Beijing.

In the Hongxing Courtyard.

The long, cold winter has finally passed, and there is a touch of warm, moist air in the air.

The old locust tree in the front yard that had been dry all winter.

Under the first gentle breeze of spring.

On an inconspicuous branch.

It quietly burst open, a tiny, yet vibrant, spark.

Tender green new shoots.