Vol. 15The Illusion Trials

Jiang Yan Hai helped establish China’s technological independence, advanced controlled nuclear fusion, and exposed a spy network. He then launched a brainwave-controlled combat simulation, where Zhang Qi’s team began its first trial.

  • The research institute announced domestic lithography and chip advances, while Jiang Yan Hai presented the Nuwa System and persuaded phone companies to form an alliance.
  • Jiang Yan Hai helped Xiaomi build a flagship around a domestic 3-nanometer CPU, and CEO Lei unveiled the phone to global attention.
  • Jiang Yan Hai advanced the Phantom and fusion research using the newly identified alloy S4-82, while Xiaomi’s Nuwa System spread widely.
  • After an airliner emergency, Jiang Yan Hai survived an armed hotel attack and escaped with his group, unsure of the attacker’s motive.
  • Jiang Yan Hai and Fire Phoenix captured Silver Fox and her accomplices, helping authorities uncover a spy network of nineteen people.
  • Jiang Yan Hai announced that he was Jiang Ling after foreign scientists challenged her fusion research, then declined the Nobel Committee’s invitation.
  • Jiang Yan Hai and Professor Wu Min prepared a brainwave-controlled combat simulation and tested its risks with Scorpion.
  • Zhang Qi’s twelve-man team entered the simulation, where artillery scattered them and a sniper killed Ma Dang Xian.
Chapters 1426–1525 Read from Ch. 1426

Arc 57The Nuwa Alliance

Jiang Yan Hai introduced the Nuwa System and helped build a domestic phone alliance as China’s 3-nanometer chip capabilities shook the global industry. He then helped Xiaomi redesign its flagship phone, which launched with a domestically made 3-nanometer CPU and a near-full-screen display.

  • The research institute’s director announced domestic 7nm lithography production, 3nm chip-design plans, and new operating systems, while Jiang Yan Hai prepared Er Dan’s concealed subprogram for wider release.
  • The Old Commander backed Jiang Yan Hai’s development of the Illusion Simulation Program, and Li Ruo Bai reported that her team had designed new chips and advanced the 3nm lithography machine.
  • Chinese media announced completed 7nm and 3nm lithography machines, prompting foreign chip stocks to fall and ASML to face canceled negotiations with Chinese companies.
  • Jiang Yan Hai presented the Nuwa System to phone-company leaders, demonstrating its security, AI assistance, app compatibility, and emergency functions as he urged them to form an industry alliance.
  • Jiang Yan Hai accepted a government request to draw attention as Jiang Ling, received four Fire Phoenix Special Forces officers as close protection, and helped Xiaomi decide to join the alliance.
  • Jiang Yan Hai persuaded CEO Lei to replace Xiaomi’s planned flagship hardware with a 3-nanometer chip and other advanced components, then designed the phone and identified 132 software bugs overnight.
  • Jiang Yan Hai explained how domestic chip production could reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, while China prepared to replace imported chips gradually over several years.
  • CEO Lei unveiled Xiaomi’s near-full-screen flagship with a hidden front camera and a domestically manufactured 3-nanometer CPU, startling global competitors and captivating livestream viewers.
Chapters 1426–145025 summaries Read

Arc 58The Phantom and the Hidden Attack

Jiang Yan Hai advanced the Phantom and controlled nuclear fusion with newly identified materials while Xiaomi’s technology reshaped the phone industry. After surviving an apparent aircraft incident, he faced an armed attacker at a hotel and left under security escort, still unsure of the enemy’s purpose.

  • CEO Lei announced Xiaomi’s 4999 top configuration and introduced Nuwa, while technology executives struggled to understand the new phone and operating system.
  • The CIA assessed Jiang Ling’s identity and achievements, and Kaplan recommended bringing her to America or arranging an accident if she could not be recruited.
  • Xiaomi phones sold out, Nuwa spread to users, and Wiko and Wileyfox gained sales after adopting the system as Samsung, Apple, and other companies suffered losses.
  • Jiang Ling received the State Supreme Science and Technology Award, spoke about serving her motherland, and Jiang Yan Hai learned that suspected Syndicate and Sha Chen Organization operatives had entered the country.
  • Jiang Yan Hai visited the Chengfei base, examined a Nuclear Engine, and discussed the Phantom’s range, speed, nuclear power, and possible future space operations with the researchers.
  • Jiang Yan Hai improved a controlled nuclear fusion design and used the Data Analysis System to identify a promising alloy, then warned researchers that material S4-82 could strengthen the Phantom and support new power and cooling designs.
  • After Er Dan warned of a windshield risk, Jiang Yan Hai’s airliner plunged but landed safely, and he then had experts test S4-82 and asked them to explore its use in the Phantom and controlled nuclear fusion.
  • An armed attacker lunged at Jiang Yan Hai in a hotel lobby, wounded He Lu and Silver Fox, and was shot by Qu Bi'a Zhuo, and Jiang Yan Hai’s group escaped by separate routes and he questioned the attacker’s motive.
Chapters 1451–147525 summaries Read

Arc 59The Jiang Ling Incident

Jiang Yan Hai exposed Silver Fox’s network and returned to his fusion research, eventually unveiling a reactor breakthrough through Jiang Ling. As foreign scientists challenged her work and the Nobel Committee invited her, Jiang Ling refused to engage and declined the prize.

  • Jiang Yan Hai improved Huawei’s Kirin chip design, helped its revised chips pass testing, and founded the Jiang Ling Foundation.
  • Silver Fox betrayed Jiang Yan Hai and tried to take him out of China, but Jiang Yan Hai escaped her control and helped lead the authorities to her network.
  • Jiang Yan Hai and Fire Phoenix captured Silver Fox and her accomplices at sea, and investigators arrested nineteen people connected to the spy network.
  • China expanded its influence in Evia through investment and security support while Jiang Yan Hai returned to fusion research and designed a next-generation Phantom fighter jet.
  • Jiang Ling announced that her reactor had operated with an average Q value of around 4.5 and that a planned power station could reach around 6.
  • International scientists confirmed China’s controlled nuclear fusion breakthrough, but foreign researchers challenged Jiang Ling’s claimed discovery of two new elements.
  • When Science threatened to retract Jiang Ling’s paper, Jiang Yan Hai announced that he was Jiang Ling and requested the retraction of his papers.
  • The Nobel Prize Committee invited Jiang Ling to be nominated for the Physics and Chemistry prizes, but Jiang Ling said she was too busy and uninterested.
Chapters 1476–150025 summaries Read

Arc 60The Illusion Simulation Trials

Jiang Yan Hai launched Xing Hai, then developed a realistic combat simulation and tested it first on Scorpion. After Scorpion’s trial, Jiang Yan Hai recruited elite soldiers for further testing, and Zhang Qi’s team began training inside the simulation.

  • Jiang Yan Hai launched Xing Hai with 328 Chinese-language Controlled Nuclear Fusion papers credited to Jiang Ling, while Jiang Ling accepted China’s State Preeminent Science and Technology Award.
  • At Research Institute No. 382, Jiang Yan Hai and Professor Wu Min developed a brainwave-controlled combat simulation and prepared it for human testing with Scorpion.
  • Jiang Yan Hai recruited Scorpion for the trial, and Scorpion endured a simulated battlefield explosion that caused intense pain and dangerous physiological reactions.
  • After examining Scorpion and analyzing the risks, Jiang Yan Hai improved the bodysuit and simulation, then sent Scorpion to live and work under strict restrictions in a mining town.
  • Jiang Yan Hai called back former Special Forces members and the Thunderbolt Commando Unit and Fire Phoenix Special Operations Unit to join the experiment.
  • The Old Commander promoted Jiang Yan Hai, and Zhang Qi’s twelve-man team volunteered to test the simulation before the other units.
  • Jiang Yan Hai placed Zhang Qi’s team in a realistic jungle battlefield, where artillery scattered them and a sniper killed Ma Dang Xian in the simulation.
Chapters 1501–152525 summaries Read
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