Daddy, I'm So Poor!

Li Yao had taken the bait! His attention was immediately drawn to it, and he said excitedly, "Let me tell you, I've already thought of a name for this! ' Death Ray Array ' or ' Pale Giant Cannon '! Doesn't that sound really cool?"

Lin Xiaowei stared blankly at her phone; surprisingly, the two names actually seemed quite normal.

certainly,

It's just normal.

However, she knew that this was already a huge improvement for Li Yao! So Lin Xiaowei asked, "This time it's good, the name you came up with is actually quite pleasant to hear."

Li Yao was immediately displeased. "Were the names I chose before bad?"

Lin Xiaowei: "..."

Don't you have any idea whether it's good or bad?

Of course, Boss Li had no idea what was going on, and he rattled off, "Then I name things by directly capturing the essence of things! You could say they're quite soulful!"

soul?

Lin Xiaowei frowned, almost questioning her existence... Was the word "soul" even used here? And what's more!

The word "soul" isn't exactly a good adjective, is it?

Why can you say that so proudly?

Li Yao continued, "Let me tell you, if you see that example of the accelerated weapon, you'll definitely understand everything. I'm a genius at creating names!"

Lin Xiaowei had a headache. "Alright, alright, hurry up and send me the design drawings!"

Li Yao suddenly realized. "Right! Wait a little longer!"

He turned and returned to the Elemental Demi-Plane. The celebration was over, and everyone was now debugging and repairing the equipment.

Although the main problems have been solved, there is still work to be done. According to Li Yao's plan, this weapon will definitely be used frequently in the future, so its portability, reliability, and service life will need to be continuously adjusted in order to find the optimal state.

So after everyone finished cheering and celebrating, Fu Qinghua instructed the researchers below to continue working and debugging the equipment, and to report any problems they found.

Seeing how busy things were inside, Li Yao couldn't help but come over to Fu Qinghua and say, "Old Fu, isn't this a bit too unfair?"

Fu Qinghua looked up from the device in confusion. "Huh?"

Li Yao: "Everyone has worked so hard for so many days to finally succeed in the experiment, you definitely need to let everyone relax! It's very important to balance work and rest!"

Fu Qinghua pushed up his glasses, indicating his agreement. "Then... a half-day off?"

Li Yao: "..."

He patted Fu Qinghua on the shoulder. "I'll do it!"

Li Yao grabbed the speakerphone from the table, switched it to public address, and said, "Attention all staff! To celebrate the success of our experiment, we're having a day off. There'll be a celebratory banquet in the Main Canteen tonight! Eat as much good meat as you want! Drink as much good wine as you want! As for the girls, you'll have to rely on yourselves. Also, I'll give everyone an extra 100,000 yuan bonus! From now on, one percent of the project's revenue will be distributed as a bonus to all researchers present!"

Many of the researchers present erupted in cheers after hearing this! The cheers were even louder than before! Their previous joy stemmed from the sense of accomplishment from the successful research! But now it was because of the tangible benefits they were about to receive! Although none of them knew what the phrase "one percent of the project's future revenue" meant.

Li Yao was also happy to see the researchers cheering. He felt it was only right to give scholars who did solid academic work and research generous material rewards and guarantees.

Not to mention that these people are willing to remain anonymous and sacrifice themselves to protect the world.

Everyone who works here has signed a confidentiality agreement.

They cannot publicize the nature of their work, nor can they disclose any work-related information, not even the existence of Wallfacers or other beings.

Therefore, many of them are single.

Or it's an internal matchmaking arrangement within the organization.

In reality, even if their knowledge and skills don't make them experts in a particular field, they would still live a more glamorous life than 99% of people.

But they are willing to work here as research laborers.

Although the Wallfacer Organization and the Authorities provided good treatment and benefits, for various reasons, this was only a relatively good standard.

That is far from enough to make up for their sacrifices.

Li Yao put down the microphone, Fu Qinghua came over and said, "Boss Li is so generous!"

He's an honest man, so his praise is genuine.

Li Yao was delighted. What's the point of making money if not to spend it wisely? So he humbly replied, "To receive a compliment from Mr. Fu that the money was well spent! Besides, I, Boss Li, am not short of money!"

Fu Qinghua gave a thumbs up.

Li Yao also leaned over to the control panel and said, "Hey, could you send me a copy of the blueprints for the Circular Particle Accelerator? I'd like to see if I can optimize anything from it."

Fu Qinghua had no doubts... This project was originally initiated by Li Yao, and he also provided the basic properties of the Verdant Matter.

Even the testing environment was provided by Li Yao.

Otherwise, the experiment wouldn't have been so quick or effective.

In the real world, if such a ghastly green contaminant were to invade, it would be impossible to develop suitable Particle Accelerator attack equipment in a short time—the infected won't stand still as a fixed target, and researchers wouldn't be able to do anything about it. It would likely require a tremendous effort to realize that this strange substance requires kinetic energy bombardment to be effectively killed! After all,

Faced with something like this, any normal superhuman would immediately use their spiritual power to kill it! So Fu Qinghua simply pulled up the blueprints, saved them to a USB drive, and handed it to Li Yao: "Speaking of which, I should thank you!"

"It would be too late to develop countermeasures if we waited until this evil substance leaked into the real world!"

Li Yao felt a little embarrassed by what he said...

This was actually just a request made by my best friend.

Moreover, it is almost impossible for it to spread to the rest of the world.

but,

Only when your close friends are developing steadily and prosperously can they provide you with more resources, and these resources will also benefit them.

So this is a virtuous cycle! It's a good thing for your best friend, for yourself, and for the Wallfacers.

Li Yao took the USB drive and said, "By the way, what kind of equipment do we need to build this? How much will it cost?"

Fu Qinghua looked up and calculated, saying, "The most valuable part of this Particle Accelerator is the High-Energy Particle Synchrotron. Along the ring are the magnet system, high-frequency system, vacuum system, and detection and correction system, etc... Oh, and along the ring are four special long straight section launch ports for launch... This whole set is probably worth more than nine billion."

Li Yao: "(°ー°)???"

His heart skipped a beat when he heard the specific amount. "How much???"

Fu Qinghua blinked. "Over nine billion? Actually, that's still considered cheap. After all, the accelerated particles are iron atoms, which have relatively high atomic numbers. The energy requirements for the particles aren't that high."

Iron atoms can be directly observed using equipment in some of the larger laboratories.

Those excitations used for elementary particle collision experiments are truly expensive!

The Large Hadron Collider, developed by CERN, consists of a 27-kilometer-long superconducting magnet ring and many accelerating structures that enable particles to propagate in specific directions. It is built in a circular tunnel 100 meters underground in the border region between Switzerland and France, where the temperature will be maintained at an extremely low temperature of -271°C.

At this temperature, superconductivity will occur, allowing particles to move through the tube with almost no resistance, thus approaching the speed of light.

The project involved more than 2,000 scientists and engineers from over 80 countries and regions, and the entire project cost nearly six billion US dollars!

This is real money burning!

However, there's no way around it; this money has to be spent—the scientific theories that humanity currently uses are still based on the foundation laid during the scientific explosion of the last century.

From then until now, humanity has merely turned theoretical and technological achievements that were difficult to realize into reality.

However, this is an inevitable process.

Experimental physics is a very practical field; all aspects must be addressed simultaneously to obtain truly accurate experimental observation results.

After learning the general outline of these points from Fu Qinghua, Li Yao expressed his understanding. However, understanding is only one aspect...

It's expensive, really expensive!

Master Li Yao silently shed tears of poverty in his heart—nine billion! Maeve Manufacturing's revenue to date probably wouldn't even be that much, not to mention that he now has to allocate a portion to the Spiritual Research Academy.

Even adding the shares from the senior student's side wouldn't help now! Fu Qinghua didn't notice the change in Li Yao's expression and continued, "Actually, our experiment this time was alright. The supplies were specially allocated from above. Otherwise, these things are usually hard to buy."

Li Yao nodded; they had previously set one on fire.

The parts that were replaced in the remaining three tests account for about one-fifth or one-sixth of the total.

So, this experiment alone cost one or two hundred billion? Li Yao remembered that a bank in a certain province had appraised an office building for only 1.2 billion... Scientific research really burns through money! Fu Qinghua suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, why are you asking this?"

Li Yao: "No... I was just asking."

He got up and left the control panel, calling out to Fu Qinghua and the other researchers as he walked, "Let's go, everyone, let's have some fun!"

Everyone walked outside in high spirits.

Li Yao, on the other hand, silently followed in the crowd.

He initially thought he was quite generous, giving away over ten million in prize money alone! But he never imagined that those involved in scientific research were the real tycoons! Over nine billion...

They'll blow it up right away!

They really set it off like a firework!

He vividly remembered that when the accelerator exploded during the experiment, Mr. Fu Qinghua's expression didn't change at all... except that his brows were furrowed quite deeply. But that was definitely not because he was distressed about the equipment, but because he was thinking about where the problem was! After leaving the Elemental Demi-Plane, everyone went straight to the Main Canteen. Li Yao found the person in charge of logistics, told them his requirements, and asked them to send the bills directly to Maeve Manufacturing for reimbursement.

After the researchers were settled,

Li Yao found an opportunity to take out his phone and send the design to his best friend, adding the message: "Daddy, I'm so poor!!"

First update. Tonight will be Children's Day, and I think with my intelligence, I'll be fine getting through it, right everyone? Hope you all enjoy reading!