Chapter 125: Energy Revolution

"I don't know if Old Luo, you've seen 【The Fifth Element】, in that movie's future city,

Aerial lanes crisscross, various flying cars shuttle through them, forming a complete three-dimensional transportation network."

Qin Hao stated the source of the technology.

"I really haven't seen this one, but since you've made up your mind, given the current developments, let's copy this technology!"

Having received Old Luo's approval, Qin Hao immediately opened the system interface.

【Detected target technology: mature magnetic levitation civilian vehicle technology.】

It includes the core engine, energy system, flight control system…… technology completion 100%. Proceed with replication?】

"Yes."

【Replication successful, consuming one hundred million Energy Points.】

After doing all this, Qin Hao again revealed a wicked smile:

"Now that we have the technology, we can first popularize it domestically, then sell it abroad,

Of course, the sold version will definitely be a weakened one, for example by limiting flight altitude, or making some adjustments to the energy system.

This way, we can both improve people's livelihood and create a new global market where we set the rules.

Although it cannot compare to the Eternal Essence Longevity Version, it can likewise harvest the world."

Watching Qin Hao's smug smile, Old Luo laughed and shook his head.

"It has to be you; every technology you plan to scheme the whole world into—if they found out, they'd surely hate you to death."

"But rest assured, with the full set of technology, magnetic levitation cars will become reality soon!"

Old Luo put away his smile, looking solemnly at Qin Hao and said:

"You've come up with another good idea for the country and the people; you're right—strong military is so our people can stand firm,

"while advanced civilian technology is to let our people fly proudly."

After the two concluded their discussion, the technical data was quickly handed over to the Academy of Sciences for them to analyze and fully grasp it.

As expected, after just a few days of being given the mature magnetic levitation technology, they had completely mastered it.

After all, many foundational technologies already existed before this, so learning it now is very fast.

Upon receiving the news, Luo Rui Xiang immediately distributed this technology, by way of licensing, to the domestic largest automobile companies and aviation manufacturing groups.

A disruptive automobile revolution has begun.

And while Yanhuang Guo was domestically ablaze with enthusiasm, readying fists for the upcoming new era, a piece of news was released.

【Recently, Yanhuang Guo achieved a major breakthrough in the energy field, with successful miniaturization research on controllable nuclear fusion, soon to replace traditional fossil fuels.】

Upon release, the news immediately caused a huge uproar.

Major financial trading centers worldwide saw some fluctuations in the international crude oil futures price curve.

Some perceptive individuals sensed something and began small-scale selective sell-offs.

However, many financial sharks and oil giants still scoffed, believing this was merely another smokescreen released by Yanhuang Guo, part of a public opinion war.

"Replace oil? What with? Love?"

A top trader analyzed on a TV program.

"Don't joke—oil's position will be unshakable in the next fifty years!"

"Even if they had previously built a genuine spacecraft, its power source would likely be only nuclear; currently, controllable nuclear fusion technology cannot be miniaturized."

His words gained approval from some, yet others firmly believed them.

Because Yanhuang Guo never lies in public.

However, merely twenty-four hours later, a second piece of news followed closely.

【Yanhuang Guo's largest automobile manufacturers and aviation conglomerates have halted all expansion plans for fuel‑vehicle and aircraft production lines, and begun large‑scale mothballing and renovation of existing factories.】

This threw the market into utter panic.

If the first item was a rumor, then this second one is a concrete industrial trend!

Capital is the most honest; no one would joke about the future of their own factories.

Panic spread like a plague.

The price of crude oil futures fell from $80 a barrel to $60, then to $40……

Finally, like a stone, it plunged straight into the abyss.

Liquidation! Bankruptcy! Default!

Wails of lament echoed throughout the entire energy sector.

And at this moment, the most desperate are those Middle Eastern countries that had just exchanged oil and vast resources for life‑extending elixirs.

Sand Gang State, its capital.

Inside the magnificent palace, the atmosphere was solemn.

The old king and several core princes frowned as they stared at the huge screen on the wall, that green line continually falling, making their eyes sore.

Not long ago, they were still pleased with themselves for exchanging "black gold" for precious lifespans,

and, feeling proud of their friendship with Yanhuang Guo, believed they had seized the ticket to the future.

But now they horrifiedly discovered that the oil resource they prided themselves on had, overnight, become worse than black mud.

"How could this happen…… how could this happen……"

A young prince, Talaer, turned deathly pale, unable to believe it.

He had just presided over a grand celebration marking the "Century Agreement" between his state and Yanhuang Guo.

Now it seems that celebration was more like a funeral.

"Over ninety percent of our fiscal revenue comes from oil."

The finance minister's voice hoarse and dry, "If oil prices continue like this, the state will go bankrupt within three months."

"Contact Yanhuang Guo, ask them what exactly happened? They can't treat us like this, we are friends!"

"The old king roared, but the confidence in his voice couldn't even convince himself."

"Friends?"

In the face of absolute interests and technological gaps, so‑called friendship is fragile beyond endurance.

They had handed over half a century of mining rights to the nation's lifeline, believing it would bring renewal and a future.

Now it appears they were merely rushing to sell off their goods while they still had some value, clearing inventory at a discount.

The buyers, from the very start, knew this thing would soon be worthless.

The entire palace fell into a death‑like silence; outside lay endless desert.

The land beneath their feet held nothing but oil and sand.

When oil is no longer gold, all that remains is endless lament.

The old global energy order was thrown into chaos by the sudden advent of miniaturized nuclear fusion technology.

A forced reshuffle triggered by the energy revolution has already begun.

Just one month later.

Yanhuang Guo International Exhibition Center buzzed with crowds and blazing lights.

The nation's largest automobile manufacturing conglomerate—the Green Energy Group—was holding a global launch event here.

Hundreds of journalists and industry analysts from around the world packed the venue to capacity.

Flashlights blazed like daylight as everyone waited patiently for the world's first true magnetic levitation car.