Chen Lin picked up the hard drive and released a wisp of spiritual power from his fingertips.
Hum-
A faint blue light glowed inside the Crystal Hard Drive.
A holographic projection burst open before him.
Dense streams of data, intricate mechanical schematics, profound physics equations... poured down like a waterfall of light.
At the very top, a bold heading made Chen Lin's breath catch for a moment.
"Complete blueprints and construction guide for a second-generation miniaturized controlled nuclear fusion reactor."
Chen Lin shot to his feet.
Controlled nuclear fusion!
An artificial sun!
This was a technological chasm Earth's civilization had yet to cross.
Whoever mastered it would command unlimited energy, put an end to oil hegemony, and drag human civilization into its next era.
Yet Earth's progress was still mired in the challenge of igniting first-generation large-scale reactors.
And this hard drive actually contained mature second-generation miniaturization technology!
That meant reactors would no longer have to be enormous power plants. They could fit inside aircraft carriers and submarines, or even serve as the beating hearts of future space battleships!
[America thinks its carrier fleets and oil settlement system let it throw its weight around the world?]
[Little Japan thinks having someone backing it gives it the nerve to reopen the War Shrine?]
Chen Lin's lips curved into an icy smile.
"You like playing with sanctions and flexing your muscles, do you?"
"Then I'll give Huaxia a blade that can overturn the whole game."
He put the Crystal Hard Drive into his Storage Ring, turned, and stepped through the Black Portal.
By the time he returned to the guest room, dawn was breaking.
Chen Lin walked out onto the balcony and called Ye Wenjun's encrypted direct line.
The call connected after a single ring.
"Advisor Chen, what are your instructions?"